Early on the morning of the 13th, Mace Frost Wolf came to Lant to report the profits of the merchants.
"Lord Lant, our sausages, cheese, leather, and salt are very popular in Blue Magpie City and Maned Wolf City. The goods produced in our territory are almost all sold out in Elk Castle. Usually we are Replenish goods in Maned Wolf City and the castles along the way, go to Dragon Tooth City to sell, then buy local goods in Dragon Tooth City, and then sell them along the way to the territory." Mace Frostwolf is reporting back to Lant about the business situation.
"That is to say, except for the salt from the Blue Dragon family, as well as the black-scaled horses and armor ordered by the Maned Wolf family, the rest were bought from various knight territories and barony territories, right?"
"Yes, merchants just sell and buy goods all the way. There is no shortage of furs or ironware near the capital, but there is a huge demand for magic plants." Mess paused and mentioned it again.
"In addition, the nobles in the royal capital are very interested in the beast of burden and asked us if we would sell it."
"We can't use it ourselves. How can we sell it in sufficient quantity?" Lant looked carefully at the two documents in his hands, which were the caravan's import and delivery bills.
Their goods included food, non-staple food, salt, armor, war horses, and livestock. When they arrived at Maned Wolf City, they sold their armor and horses, and bought local specialties such as herbs, draft horses, yellow sheep, and plain cloth. Du then bought magic scrolls, magic rune plates, alchemy props, floral cloth, silk, potions, paper, etc., sold some of them when he returned to Maned Wolf City, and then bought some of the specialties of Maned Wolf City before returning to the territory.
Judging from the nature of the goods, the commodity route from the Territory - Earls - Royal Capital - Imperial Capital is a journey of agricultural products - handmade products - high-end handmade products - high-tech products. If it were not for the three major strategic materials in the territory: salt, Iron and horses, the products of one's own territory are no longer competitive.
However, the purpose of caravans like Metz is not to make a lot of money. It is more about traveling between the territories of small and medium nobles and opening up trade routes between the territories of various barons and knights. From this perspective, the land route is changed to The waterway seems to save time for doing business, but it actually reduces the profit of each trip.
If we just talk about making money, alchemy items or magic equipment are naturally the most profitable. However, such products are not affordable for ordinary citizens, and are not even widely used by small nobles such as knights, knights, and barons.
Even magic markets like Maned Wolf City and Dragon Tooth City can only be regarded as small businesses. Real big business depends on the concentrated orders from the big nobles.
"Sir, I suggest that the territory should focus on selling magic pattern armor. Now that we have Tutor Tenia, drawing runes is more secure. We don't need to sell full body armor every time. We can also sell it in pieces. Our There are many scattered armor parts in the warehouse, and the count's restriction on you is only a complete set of armor, not counting these parts."
"What you said makes sense," Rant thought for a moment, and it was indeed true. During the previous raids on various tribes, a large number of scattered armors and weapons were seized. Many of the weapons were made from the iron mines on the Galloping Horse Plains, and were made of magic black iron. The content is high. If Wendy and others are allowed to draw 1 or 2 magic patterns, the goods can guarantee high profits and relatively low prices at the same time.
"But we still have to keep doing business. This is just like the Gray Goose's annual alliance. The real purpose is to integrate other regional specialties. You divide the caravan into two groups. One team is the internal caravan of the territory, and the other is the northwest count. "Leading Merchant, you should be responsible for the caravan going to the Royal Capital. I will talk to the girls later and work hard to make some magic pattern weapons in the past few days. You can take them to the Royal Capital to sell them." Lant thought again, I think it would be better for internal caravans not to use metal currency, but to use banknotes or tokens.
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"Teacher Ben? Why are you here?" When the girls came out of the tent, they saw Master Ben Kaur waiting outside.
Seeing his serious look, the girls thought that Ben was going to persuade them to go to the Imperial Capital again: "Teacher, we have already decided. Thank you for your invitation." Wendy went over to deal with it first.
"Everyone has his own ambitions. I thought about it last night. Since you really don't want to go, there is no need for me to be so persistent." Ben Kaur said as he took out a booklet.
"This book "The Origin of Magic and Elementary Magic Theory" is a relatively new textbook from the Tower of Purity. It is the basis of magic theory. I had the honor to participate in the compilation, and I give it to you today."
"Thank you, teacher." The girls saluted the Master together and took the book.
"Wendy, you have the best foundation and the greatest potential among all the children. At your age, you are also the smartest. However, there is a saying in the Tower of Purity, the one who walks the fastest is not necessarily the one who walks the fastest. The one who goes the farthest. The path to exploring magic requires not only wisdom, but also persistence." Ben Call gave his comments to Wendy seriously.
"Ah, thank you, teacher." Wendy thanked him without knowing why.
"Lili, I remember you once asked me what kind of magic is the most powerful. At that time, I answered you, which one is most suitable for you." Ben looked at Lili,
"Today I want to tell you that sometimes magic is not just about releasing magic power. Being able to understand people's hearts and destiny is also magic." Lili looked at Ben and repeated that sentence silently.
"Understand people's hearts and understand destiny." In her eyes, Ben Kaur is like a deep star, and the girls around him all have their own colors.
"Yinghuo," Ben turned his head again and looked at this apprentice who came from a butcher family.
"I have never seen an apprentice who is more familiar with the body structure than you. Even the apprentices of the human body induction school and the classical life school may not have basic skills like you. I know you don't like others to mention your family background, but I I still have to say that it is not your burden, but your wealth."
"Thank you, teacher." For Yinghuo, the butcher's daughter was the biggest reason why she was laughed at by her noble classmates, and it was also the past that she least wanted to mention. However, since she came to the territory and came into contact with the life priest of the Centaur tribe After Kaiyin, and Liel, the great tree fairy in the royal capital, she became obsessed with life.
"There's another thing. Your lord has a few scrolls about orcs. They all talk about the body structure of black-scaled horses and long-haired sheep. You will definitely be interested." Ben came to Yinghuo and whispered. Said a few words.
Ben Call's
The "whispers" were neither too quiet nor too loud, and the girls' tent was right next to Lant's main tent, so it was natural that they couldn't escape Lant's ears.
Hearing Ben Call commenting on his female mages one by one, Lant also became interested. He simply signaled Mace Frostwolf beside him to stop the report and listened intently to Ben Call's comments.
"Jionni, you are the first girl in the entire territory to take the initiative to take classes in that learning circle. I must tell you that the knowledge in that learning circle is the most basic, and the explanations there are also very outdated. I strongly I suggest you come to the Tower of Purity to study." Looking at Jonny who shook his head vigorously, Ben also smiled,
"The magic cauldron is the most interesting alchemical item I have seen in these years. If it can be applied on a large scale, I think it can even be compared to the magic furnace. Don't give up on your ideas. Many great magisters and even legends have created the greatest invention. , all of which were conceived when they were apprentices.”
