Knights, Let’s Smash Them

47 – Chicken and Spices (5)

The eyes of the merchants began to turn quickly.

Grandmother brought rice soup just in time, but it seemed like they were still counting in their heads.

In the end, the worse grandmother.

“What an ovary!! What are you doing with food in front of you!! You have to eat it quickly!”

After shouting, the merchants hurriedly opened their spoons.

I felt sorry that I heard something because of me, but it doesn’t matter if we talk comfortably while eating.

They sipped the soup once and all of them spit out exclamations dedicated to soup.

“Keuuu…….”

“As expected, this is the taste.”

“If it’s a deal…… Exactly where are you talking about?”

“Have you heard of Rupel Mansion?”

The merchants nodded at my question.

It was fortunate that there were no people in the north who had no information at all.

“Isn’t it a small county next to the Duchy of Hebron?”

“I am currently working there.”

As soon as I said that, they started looking at me with some pity.

He said he was the former chief administrator of the Knights of the Black Lion, but since he was in the outskirts of the county, he seemed to have accepted it as a feeling of being demoted.

It’s not like that!

I came out on my own!

I came out after giving it a cool look, but I hope you don’t look at me with that kind of look.

Soon, the man who seemed to be the leader of the merchants added an additional word.

“Then I have more questions. Why is there so much demand for spices in such a small outskirts estate? It’s still north.”

There is little demand for spices in the North.

It was indeed a universal view.

“Oops…… Too bad. Rupel Manor is currently developing successfully. As a result, the demand for spices is gradually increasing.”

“Is that so?”

I spoke firmly, and he lightly stroked my chin. I still feel like I’m going to have a long time.

“By the way, do you know the Free City of Monderto?”

“I have heard of Monderto a lot. This friend has visited once.”

He tapped the shoulder of the peddler sitting next to him, and the merchant who was drinking the slurp soup nodded his head in reply.

“It wasn’t a bad town. It was lively, the climate was good, and the transportation was convenient.”

Yes, it is only when people recognize this level that it is worthy of being said that the Baron is feeding the Earl.

If merchants active in the south and the capital have visited at least once, it means that they also think that the free city of Monderto is a market worthwhile.

It’s not for nothing that there is a saying that peddlers find the market and money is earned by the merchants.

It is a phrase that contains a bitter social structure that it is small merchants such as peddlers who enter first, but in the end it is the large merchants who sweep the money.

As the saying goes, it was true that peddlers had to make the most money with a small amount, so they would rush into any trade that was worth investing even a little bit.

I decided to give these lucky merchants a little word about the Iron Road that will be promoted in the future.

“This time, Rupel Manor is promoting a new road leading to the free city of Monderto and Rupel’s capital, Petaronto.”

“New…… Road name?”

“Still, due to the northern nature, the roads are winding and the accessibility is not good. If a new road is laid this time, the amount of trade will surely increase tremendously.”

I’m just telling you the obvious.

The peddlers began to listen to my words little by little.

Because you have clearly identified your identity from the beginning, it is more effective to offer a proposal with a certain level of trust.

“Looking at your appearance, you seem to be the primary merchants who import spices directly from the southern region…….”

“Oh, how did you know!?”

“You can tell when you see it.”

At the reaction that I was completely seen through, I chuckled leisurely.

And surprisingly, the natives of Constantina don’t eat soup.

Southerners who have become accustomed to various cultures as active trade is carried out through sea routes do not hesitate to find them.

“Wouldn’t it be better to invest in a market with high potential for future development? Selling spices in the capital city of Constanta will be more unprofitable in the future.”

What kind of guys are the large merchants?

These are children who do all sorts of nonsense in an attempt to make money.

Of course, there are a few large companies that are not, but from a general point of view, the fact that there is a lot of capital means that there are a lot of people who have been robbed.

Will they give up on the spice trade that they have pierced now, just because they are rushing to buy spices to make up for the loss?

Absolutely not.

Anyway, as time goes by, the small merchants have no choice but to die.

“For the first transaction, I will add 15% to the purchase price of the spice.”

“15%… ….”

It will be much lower than the profit they were expecting.

Basically, the profit that can be left as spices is more than 40% on average. If you get the timing right, you can pull up to 70% and eat it.

However, in the current situation, even if you leave only 15%, let alone 40%, you will barely be able to break even.

“mmm…… !”

The merchants look like they are in deep trouble.

I thought I should raise one more time here.

Originally, the basic proposition of price bargaining is to propose a condition that is lower than the prepared amount and then raise it slowly.

“Okay, I see. Let’s do it at 20%. Instead, you will have to pay for the cost of the wagon that will take you to the territory yourself.”

“That’s not a bad condition.”

20%.

Originally, I was willing to offer up to 25%, but I surrendered earlier than expected.

Well, the five of us are sharing three bowls of soup right now, so if you’re in a hurry right now, you’re in a hurry.

“Then could you finish your meal, pick up your things and come to this address?”

I always took out the pen and notebook that I always carry with me on the front island and scrawled my home address.

“Okay. I’ll see you there.”

“hahahaha, it was a good meeting! I’m sorry for continuing to interrupt your meal.”

“Oh no! Didn’t the teacher give us two bowls instead?”

“Have a nice meal.”

Just in time, Xianne had even scraped up the soup underneath and ate it.

We decided to go home first and wait for the merchants.

About an hour or two must have passed.

As soon as I opened the door to the sound of knocking, two merchants bowed their heads in greeting, each holding a large bundle in one hand.

“I formally greet you again. My name is Roger the Peddler. He belongs to the Southern ‘Fisherpepper’ Merchant Guild.”

Unfortunately, it was a name I hadn’t heard of.

It was clear that if it was a group of peddlers who did not belong to a large party that could be called the ‘companion’, it would not be such a big combination.

About the top of the gypsophila I met in Melbourne.

However, given that Fisher and Pepper are in the name, it must be a combination of fishing and spices as the main items.

Still, you don’t have to worry too much about the quality of the product if it’s a spice-specialized combination.

“Where have the others gone?”

“Because I have to protect my goods. We have come as representatives.”

“Ah, I see. Eat inside.”

I led the two merchants into the house. Inside, Cianne, dressed in casual clothes, greets them lightly.

“Come to think of it, wasn’t that person with you at the restaurant earlier? If you are a hostess…….”

“No. Since you are the captain of the knights of our territory, please be polite.”

“Ah…… !! Sorry!!”

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Again, there was a misunderstanding, so Xianne preemptively blocked her before she nailed the pride that a man should have.

Roger realizes he’s done a huge disservice, and he puts his mouth shut and bows his head at me.

Yes.

I mean it’s clear.

“Then, I will show you the goods first.”

Two peddlers carefully unpack the bundle. Then, the unique fragrance of the spice warmed up and paralyzed the sense of smell.

Xian Ne seemed to be hot as well, and she shook her head like a puppy, pulling her face behind her in an instant.

“Pepper, parsley, edible herbs native to the South, and dried peppers in different flavors. I grind this pepper thinly and use it for cooking.”

Following the standard ingredients commonly called spices.

“What is this yellow thing?”

“That is curry powder. On the continent beyond the sea, it is diluted and served with rice.”

“Wow, were you planning to sell this too?”

There was also curry powder, a spice rarely seen before.

‘This is really the best for catching chickens.’

It has spices that are hard to find outside of the southern region. Are you a peddler of a cooperative specializing in spices?

“This is dried bay leaves. It’s called cinnamon. It is also called Cinnamon.”

“This is ginger. There is also garlic.”

“You have a deep knowledge of spices…… ?”

“I did some cooking once.”

When I first fell into this world, I lived a wandering life for a year.

My cooking skills, which I couldn’t get enough of in my current life, improved tremendously then.

Of course, with the food ingredients available at the time, it was absolutely impossible to satisfy the tastes of modern people, so I suffered quite a bit…….

Ah! Unforgettable street food memories!

I was very interested, and the peddler also gave a lot of excited explanations.

And the culmination of that explanation.

“Hey, I can’t do this. This item is a really expensive spice, so I don’t show it to you…….”

Roger takes something out of my back pocket.

“Spice diamonds. It is a magic powder known as a spice that you can never get out of once you fall in.”

“What is that?”

“Now, this is it.”

A stem plant that looks like a round wand with a blunt end. And next to it, dried red petals and black seeds caught my eye.

“What is this?”

It was a food ingredient I had never seen before.

“A legendary southern spice, famous for saying that even daughters-in-law who run away come back!”

Roger said, shrugging his shoulders.

“It is the poppy!”

This is a drug.

Hey, you crazy bastard.