I have a shelter

George's eyes moved slightly, and he understood what this guy meant - Gale said before that those slaves came from various territories in the Black Pearl Valley.

‘The promises of these businessmen are somewhat credible because they also rely on divine grace for their livelihood. But the God of Sanctuary seems to have left a small backdoor - He seems to be suggesting that the lord buy the population instead of selling the people. ’

Unless he thinks his sanctuary is strong enough and doesn't mind revealing his situation.

"Have any of your responsible persons died before? Don't be nervous, Gale. That's not what I meant. I'm just curious about one thing - have you never met those dishonest guys?" George scratched his eyebrows. , said as he walked.

"Lord Baron, you are joking. The mainland today is not what it was a few decades ago. When doing business abroad, there is no risk without encountering risks." Gale said: "It is inevitable that someone will take risks for profit, or a lord will suddenly betray. But How high the risk is, how high the benefit is. Those of us who eat this meal put our lives on the line the moment we go out, but we will also make a wanted list for those who are unfriendly. For example, if I die, the next person in charge of the road will definitely hand over the list to you or Duke Adeline. As a friend of the Chamber of Commerce, if you provide help to the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce will give it to you. Remunerated accordingly.”

George nodded, understanding what he meant.

Using profit to drive the sword is a common method used by businessmen.

If he knew who killed this businessman, making it difficult for his territory to exchange for urgently needed supplies, then he would definitely make the extermination of the trade bandits his top priority.

As we talked, we had seen all twelve tents in the entire camp several times. However, George never meant to stop and continued to stroll leisurely.

It wasn't until he saw Martin, who was sweating profusely in the distance, quietly waving to him that he finally stopped and chatted with the merchant about the price of the goods.

The businessman had given him a list before - right after he collected the taxes.

When he saw the list, he almost picked up the hammer.

The price above can no longer be described as ridiculously expensive. And this businessman seems to really need something urgently! It just hit my own vital point!

Slaves should actually be the least valuable now, and the lords of various territories would never take in these useless refugees. However, the price the merchant gave him was four or five times more expensive! Simply black-hearted!

As for those skinny horses, they were sold for several times higher prices than war horses!

But what made his heart tremble the most was the iron ore.

With the productivity of this world, strategic materials like iron ore were originally horribly expensive. But now, because there are no people to work with and businessmen are deliberately driving up prices, they are simply astronomically expensive!

On the contrary, the price of food is extremely low, but it is only collected and not sold.

George picked up the list in his hand again, with a mocking smile on his face. He looked at the person in front of him and said, "Gale, you do have a lot of things here. But many of them are complete waste - are you sure you really want it?" Have you been carrying these worthless things, eating and drinking all the way to Yongfeng City?"

"Waste? Sir, I'm afraid my point of view is completely opposite to yours - I know what is urgently needed in every place I will visit. Unless it is something like that, the lords and subjects have not prayed to God." Gale showed confidence. With another playful smile, his meaning was very clear - don't use these inferior negotiation skills with me.

He said: "Sir, look at those horses. For your sake, I wasted my time and bypassed the dangerous cemetery and went to the desolate pasture in the north of the valley. In addition, I also I specially persuaded those lords to get the person you are most looking forward to - twenty yuan for a serf. This price is very reasonable. Of course, if you really don't plan to buy these things, it doesn't matter, just treat it as such. Guess I wasted a little time and spit."

This profiteer spread his arms and made it very clear - I didn't spend much on these things, and if you don't buy them, I won't lose much.

But he was sure that the lord in front of him was in urgent need of these things.

Obviously, this businessman, like George, is also a loser. He heard everything that George said every night.

"Indeed, Gale." George nodded. He could not deny that this profiteer had indeed caught his pain point: "But do you think, between people and food, which one is more expensive?"

"Haha, sir. It depends on which territory it is." Gale laughed.

"But, Mr. Gale, there is no waterway from here to Yongfeng City." After saying this, George put his arm around Gale's shoulders: "Gale, you are indeed very interested in this first big order. . Even if you come two days late - with this group of people, the carriage will be much slower, right? Of course, the food on your list is very cheap, so there is nothing wrong with wasting a little more. "

"Sir, I never buy or sell by force, and doing business is risky. If you are really unwilling to replace the useless things in your hands with useful things, then I have no choice but to let you do it."

"It's no use? Gale, I think your news has fallen behind. The situation in my territory is now very different from the past few days - several refugees came to my side in the past two days and told me that There are a lot of young workers in the coal mine in the south, and the guards there are not as strong as your guards, so if I want serfs, I don't need to spend money at all. As for the horses, you should have seen what I have. Soldiers are stronger than horses. Of course, they may not be willing to do such rough work, so these soldiers may be like those refugees and come to tell me that they happened to see something that can be done without spending money. Get the horses."

Speaking of this, George looked at Aji.

Aji smiled widely and looked at the horses in the market.

"So, do you understand what I mean, my friend? As you said, these things are not too important to you, but they are as important to me as life. I can tell you honestly, I really I'll do whatever it takes to get my people through this winter."

The businessman looked at the lord who suddenly changed his face in front of him, and felt a chill running down his spine, and the sweat on his head couldn't help but break out. He felt a little unsure: "Sir, this is not what a devout believer should say."

"Damn fat man." Ajipi smiled without a smile, glanced at the fat man from top to bottom with his sinister eyes, opened his mouth and said, "Before I was forced to become a bandit, I once Be a law-abiding citizen.”

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"My friend, as you said, doing business is risky, because the news is different every day, and prices are changing every day. But, I promise, using my trading plan, not only will it not violate God's will, but it will also make people happy. Both of us can fill our wallets." After that, he laughed, hugged Gale's shoulders, and said, "Come, let's talk about a new way of trading."

Of the 125-gallon large oak barrels of ordinary wine, George eventually sold 100 barrels, some of which were slightly sour. Originally, there were about 80 barrels intact in the territorial wine cellar. After George quietly arranged the matter, Martin sold A dozen barrels of the monastery's completely rancid wine were brewed.

A dozen four-wheel caravans were fully loaded.

These wines were eventually exchanged for five loads of cotton, three loads of linen, three loads of wool, three loads of coal, most of the load of salt, and a small pile of iron ore.

The most valuable thing here is the iron, which accounts for almost half of the overall value.

As for other things, the territory is in urgent need of them. With these cotton, linen and wool coals, people will not freeze to death in winter.

After bargaining, the caravan's guard captain took off his equipment and was given to George as a 'gift' by the merchant - a double-layered willow nail mail. There is also a long sword.

Judging from the market price in peacetime, George is not a good deal. But the iron ore is indeed in urgent need of supplies. Given the situation in the Countess's territory, no one is mining at all. Therefore, in the entire Black Pearl Valley, iron ore can now be said to have a price but no market.

So judging from the current situation, the price of the new list is still very reasonable.

Especially for George now, these things can be said to have solved an urgent need - the stones on the plow truck are waiting to be replaced with iron.

‘According to the rules of this transaction, unless I occupy the coal mine, iron mine, or salt mine one day. Otherwise the prices of these things will never come down. It's even possible that prices will continue to rise due to the territory's increasing demand. ’

Unless he is willing to give up part of his divine grace and make a business without capital.

The iron ore carts were not completely filled because they were too heavy. The weight of this car traded was about two and a half tons.

According to the old blacksmith's estimation, although the quality of this cart of iron ore cannot reach the quality of the Black Pearl Valley, it is still good ore. The old blacksmith estimated that about 1 ton of iron could be smelted.

The scroll in the shelter shows that after the ore was traded, the number of iron increased by 1023 kilograms.

In fact, the iron content of these iron ores is more than this, but with the current smelting level of the territory, only this can be smelted.

A double-layered rivet mail armor with a hood on top and a knee-length iron skirt on the bottom actually weighs about fifteen or six kilograms. And a long sword actually weighs two kilograms. George estimated that even if he armed all his soldiers to the teeth, the iron used on one person would not exceed 25 kilograms. So this iron is enough for him to arm thirty or forty people.

Counting farm tools, it would be about twenty armed men.

As for salt, because it is coarse salt full of impurities, if you remove the impurities such as sand, ten pounds of coarse salt is equivalent to six to eight pounds of salt.

The citizens currently have to do a lot of work, so 10 grams of coarse salt per person per day is almost appropriate. More than a hundred people consume just over a kilogram every day.

Most of the trucks contained almost a ton and a half of salt, which was enough for the residents to use for four to five years.

But if you want to pickle meat and pickles, I'm afraid you can't forget it. Because according to the situation of these coarse salts, 100 kilograms of cured meat or pickles will require at least ten kilograms.

Moreover, salt is now as valuable as gold and silver and can be used as money. In addition, considering that the number of people in the territory will continue to increase in the future, George is extremely eager for salt.

But the merchant only sold so much, and he would transport the rest to Yongfeng City.

What surprised George was that the merchant was not dissatisfied with the small amount of slightly sour wine.

"Although some of it is a little sour. But these are the most precious and clean water. In fact, if the civilians were not so poor, I would rather buy and sell more low-concentration wine. Instead of those extremely expensive brandies." Gale tasted the wine in the barrel and said so.

After the settlement of these goods, they began to talk about the price of those brandies.

After hearing the word "water", George couldn't help blinking. Because the wells in the shelter were all purified by God's grace, he really never realized the importance of water sources. But in fact, even in peacetime, people here are very resistant to drinking hot water-even in some chaotically managed free cities, garbage is piled near the water source. Plagues often break out because of this.

So in some periods, water is even more expensive than wine.

"I have absolutely clean water here, would you like to buy some?!" George's eyes lit up.

"Puff~" Gail almost spit out the wine in his mouth: "Please forgive my impoliteness, sir - even if all the wells in Yongfeng City are dry, no one will buy water from a merchant who sells it at a high price! Because it will rain!!"