Unlike the Manu brothers who are rushing to do small business one after another, Master Sihuan and his team have less appetite, so their inspections are more detailed.
The city was very young. He spent most of the day observing the efficiency of people building houses and speculated that the city might have appeared less than a year ago. That's right, this is a miraculous product. Judging from various unofficial histories, it's probably not a good sign for such a place to suddenly appear. If there are signs of trouble, you must stay away.
The currency system of wooden coins is a bit strange, but as long as you can actually buy supplies, it's fine.
Selling a golden bean in a city warehouse would earn dozens of yuan.
The price of iron is very cheap. After consultation, I found that there is a certain purchase limit for large quantities. I heard that it will be gradually relaxed as the production capacity of the iron plant increases.
Sugar water, this is amazing.
Hackwep had tasted the juice sold by Manu Brothers in Red Rock City. It tasted more sour than the one bought on site, probably because it took a long time.
Some people were also observed buying sugar water to make candy cubes.
A very common drying method is used, where a layer of sugar water is poured into a large flat container covered with iron sheets, and then beaten down after drying.
I got closer and watched them working for a while, then asked, "How much do I pay for your candy?"
"How much to buy and when do you want it?" one of them asked in turn.
“If the price is right, I’ll take as much as I want.”
"Two yuan a kilogram."
"Isn't the purchase price of the city warehouse only 7 cents?" Hackwep was a little unhappy.
"The selling price in the warehouse is only 1 yuan, why don't you buy it."
Of course it’s because you can’t buy it!
The Fourth Ring Mage can use spells to help his memory. He remembers clearly that the stock of jaggery in the city warehouse is 670 tons, but its shipping point is set at 12,000 tons. It is a typical war reserve material.
Once the city's warehouses are full, it may be impossible to break into the city with conventional force.
Of course, Hackwep didn't care about this. He just felt that the price the sugar workers were asking was too outrageous, so he might as well hire a few people to make sugar himself.
As he was about to leave, the man spoke again: "Want to make your own sugar? Do you have a sugar-making license?"
"..." Too many rules can be really annoying sometimes.
Thinking of the monsters in the city, Hakwep held back his temper and asked: "Then how can I get a sugar production license?"
As he spoke, two fingers covered with red scales popped out of the overly long cuffs, holding two one-yuan Phoenix coins between them.
He has made it clear that only bribes to officials and various guards will be punished, and those who are unruly will not be punished.
The sugar worker happily took the money and put it away, not caring about his red scales, and explained to him: "Sugar making is an act of kindness from our king. If people from our two tribes can't find a suitable job in Hukou, they can apply for short-term sugar making." The license is valid for one month. In principle, each person can only apply once a year, and disabled people can apply once every six months."
"What if I buy sugar water and make sugar myself?"
"Yes, but the warehouse will not accept your candy. You can only find a way to sell it to others."
Not bad, although you can't use a group of slaves to make money in the city, but selling them to the city warehouse probably won't make much money in the first place.
After bidding farewell to the sugar workers and wandering around the city for two more days, he basically gave away dozens of dollars to inquire about information. The plan in Huckwep's mind was gradually taking shape.
Iron, this thing is a bit common as a trading product. If the purchase is restricted, even if the profit per unit weight is okay, the total profit will still not meet expectations. If you have extra transport capacity, you can buy some and handle them directly in Red Rock City.
Sulfur and obsidian, their single product profits are higher than iron ingots, but the market is too small. A city can only pull a few tons to the limit, and they may not be able to sell out in another month or two.
Just candy bars.
Hackwep secretly used magic to dry a pot of sugar, and the resulting sugar cubes weighed nearly one pound. According to Phoenix City's weights and measures, the sugar water costing seven cents can produce two kilograms of jaggery. There are a lot of impurities in it, which is manifested in the fact that after solidifying into sugar cubes, there is a lot of powdery substance on the surface, which tastes like some kind of flour and is a little sour.
But it doesn’t matter, the sugar produced by this unknown sacred tree has a complex flavor ratio. Even if it is not pure sugar, it can easily be sold at a price higher than pure sugar. Even if there is too much supply, it will be cut. Half, the profit is also extremely generous.
The point is that the purchase restrictions on sugar water are ineffective. The total daily limit is 600 tons, and one third of it is drank directly by locals as tea. A small part is used to subsidize sugar manufacturers, and there are still hundreds of tons of quota, etc. Spend money.
According to the ratio of dried materials secretly tested, dozens of tons of jaggery can be produced in one day, far exceeding the planned transportation capacity.
Although he, Hackwep, is not a good person, he would not refuse if he could change his job and become a big sugar merchant.
He came here from Red Rock City to sell hot wind fruit, set up a workshop in Phoenix City to make sugar, transported the sugar to Blackwater City for sale, and then purchased magic materials and wine from Blackwater City and brought them back to Red Rock City to sell.
It is difficult for Heishui City to eat so much sugar at high prices. It can also add two more cities to buy some luxury goods and high unit price daily necessities and sell them to Phoenix City.
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While Harkwep was exploring the possibility of polygonal trade, the two Manu brothers were already on their way back home. This time, for the sake of safety on the road, they reluctantly hired two mid-level mercenaries in Red Rock City with ancient silver coins worth five iron ingots. .
This is definitely a lot of money. If you sell the iron back to your hometown, the money will be enough to pay for the four fellow guards next to you for a month. It can only be used to hire mid-level mercenaries for ten days one way.
But even with the help of mid-level mercenaries, there are still too few people.
The second rule that merchants must abide by is never to expect the mercenaries to really risk their lives to protect the goods, so they threw a few iron ingots and some obsidian fragments on the road to deal with the strongmen, and then they got home safely.
It seems that the mid-level mercenaries have no effect, but in fact it is fate. If there are no mid-level mercenaries and the bandits see through the hidden large obsidian, the result may not be a loss of mercenary fees and iron ingots.
In short, as the brothers' capital increased, the total profit of a single trade increased, and they learned some small lessons with relatively good results in the trade in Red Rock City, it was necessary to spend more money on safety.
Unfortunately, the Phoenix City warehouse does not allow you to select high-quality obsidian by yourself. You can only specify a single weight range and let the guards randomly pick up the goods. Sister Liv, the blood elf, only bought more than 60 kilograms of them at a high price.
There were still just over two hundred kilograms of obsidian left, as well as about two hundred kilograms of iron ingots and obsidian fragments for cover. The two brothers ran around with four guards for several days, visiting all the magic props shops in the city, and then running It took several markets to get the goods processed.
Earned five hundred and fifty-four gold coins!
Not counting the Phoenix coins that were not consumed due to insufficient weight, and the remaining ancient damaged silver coins that could only be circulated near Red Rock City, the gold coins alone increased by nearly 400% in just over a month!
Of course, the dangers involved are not obvious to outsiders.
The two brothers returned home and took a good rest for half a month. They focused on their younger siblings' studies and started to formally form a caravan.
Based on a civilian's daily income of 0.2 silver coins, assuming that the ratio of ten silvers to one gold does not change, it would take more than ten years without food or water to save 500 gold coins... which doesn't seem to be a lot.
But there are too many strong men on the road, and the brothers have had enough of serving these guys. Unless the brothers can accept the existing trade scale and slowly accumulate it - how is that possible?
Whether it's a secret trade route or a business license in Phoenix City, the two brothers got it first. How could they just watch it all being taken away by the bastards from Red Rock City!
So even if the capital was a little shabby, I decided to set up the caravan first.
Caravans are different from chambers of commerce. Caravans are relatively loose.
For example, the four guards who protected the two brothers this time have decided to join the caravan. During Pang Xuncheng's rest period, they received only half of the salary during the operation, but the advantage is that they do not need to report to the two brothers every day and can go elsewhere to fight. Temporary workers.
The Manu brothers' caravan wants to expand the number of guards to ten people, including two first-level mages.
This is a term for high emotional intelligence. In the mage system, it is generally called trash, because when a normal mage apprentice reaches a level where he can take risks alone, he should be a third-ring mage!
First-level mages are very different from ordinary people, and their magic talents are just the same. The subsequent training is mostly the same as that of adventurers and mercenaries. However, since they have had the opportunity to come into contact with magic, it has shown that their resources and intelligence are superior to ordinary muscle monsters, and they will not be particularly weak in the future. Some fish that slipped through the net also have the opportunity to become second-level mages, but regardless of magic or other things, they will not be particularly weak. It is difficult to advance to a high-level profession due to energy allocation.
The first-level mages hired by the Manu brothers can shoot arrows and use clubs. They are barely at the level of intermediate mercenaries. They do not count magic and can fight two or three sharp blades at the same time.
No matter how high the level is, they won't have the money to hire them for a long time, at least not yet.
With a guard team, the camel beast was also eliminated and replaced with a two-headed ox.
The two-headed cow is said to be stronger than the human cow with one head. The advantage is that it does not need a trailer. It can directly use the camel beast's backpack to carry a weight of almost one ton. The disadvantage is that it is a little timid when going downhill, and it is smaller than the small camel beast. Requires more frequent eating and drinking.
The environment in the dark land was a bit harsh, so I took the old camel beast car with me and went directly to Phoenix City to sell it. I also hired two people to do hard work, and when I found a suitable place, I cut some fodder for the two-headed cattle.
After getting the team ready to purchase goods and preparing to leave, when I was about to leave the city to buy magic items, I didn’t know whether to be happy or cry.
Sister Liv is going to go with the team to the place where they collect obsidian.
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