Knights, Let’s Smash Them

68 – All in the North (4)

Woong, woong, woong.

The reception room of the Knights was filled with people from the thirty ranks.

Since the room was used as both a reception room and a sub-banquet hall, it felt a little cramped, but all the people could be accommodated.

From a small merchant group to a colossus that is asked to be released from the continent beyond the empire.

The cooking contest held in the Rupel Manor succeeded in clearly attracting the attention of the upper class.

Of course, this was also because the county was an uncommon territory, except for the mining town of Jarhead.

Until now, there was no reason to attract additional trade, but there were only a bunch of merchants who thought it would be beneficial to line up in advance for a territory that would develop infinitely in the future.

“The magistrate of the Snow Leopard Knights, Baron Aylroy of Luvern, enters.”

When the slender young knight who was waiting in the waiting room spoke, everyone’s eyes turned to the entrance of the room.

Black eyes, black hair.

An example sword with a fox pattern on the waist.

There is probably no man who suits the nickname black fox so well.

“Is everyone gathered?”

Lubern stood on the platform in front of the reception room and looked at the merchants all the way.

“Jacob Polo from the Mistletoe Merchants is also here. There is also Hameln Company, which I took care of at Jarhead last time. And if you’re second in the empire than anyone else, you’ve got Marco Firenze, the saddest colossus.”

At his words, an elderly man smiled and raised his hand.

Marco Firenze.

Among the merchants active in the Volibert Empire, there is not a single person who does not know his name.

From the moment he jumped into this deal, this business is a business that will be unconditional.

So, the merchants gathered in the reception room were already checking each other’s eyes and checking each other’s eyes.

Of course, since there is a colossus, Marco Firenze, he won’t have all the business rights, but…….

Even if you pick up and eat only the beans that will fall out of this business, a tolerable small and medium-sized merchant company will be able to make use of the entire merchant business as a major trade to eat.

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“Anyway, as the organizer of the Rupell Cooking Contest, I am very happy that so many merchants are interested.”

“It was such a fun and refreshing event.”

Marco nodded his head in a grave voice.

“As I said before, even Marco Firenze will not hand over the right to open a food business. Because this is the unique business of our Rupel estate.”

Lubern clapped his hands as he said that. Then, a red-haired woman dressed as a knight brought a large plank.

“But food doesn’t just fall from the sky… …. Good food ingredients don’t just spring up from the ground.”

On the planks were written the names of staple foods in big letters.

Raw chicken, oil, onion, green onion, garlic, and many other ingredients. All of them are suitable ingredients for the fried chicken dish, which was the main keyword of this cooking competition.

The moment the merchants in the reception room saw the planks, they immediately knew what Lubern was up to.

Open Bidding.

I’m going to open an auction.

The merchants’ lips dried up. In particular, those who were in tears were small merchants who could not match the auction price.

On the contrary, the upper middle class and above, who prepared a generous budget, let out a sigh of relief as if they had survived.

It can’t be helped.

Merchants of this size gathered to open the grocery trade. If so, it was only natural that it would be much more beneficial for the Knights to hold a public auction.

Because it was the best way to ‘legally’ inflate the value.

It was also true that open bidding was much fairer than, at least, conducting a private bidding and receiving money in return.

Looking at the merchants who were reacting in various ways, Lubern let out a strange smile.

“hahahaha, there are quite a few people who are already predicting the results. But what kind of territory is our Rupell Knights? It is a knighthood whose greatest value is the spirit of challenge to boldly take on challenges that others do not.”

It’s a start again.

Shake the yaburi.

The vice-captain Emain Lua and the knight Heinz, who were waiting by the side, exchanged glances and shook their heads.

No matter what the knights under his command are thinking. Even though Luvern Alroy didn’t care about eye mucus.

“So, I would like to make this auction a bit fresher. This auction method is Bidding!”

If it’s an auction, what does an auction paper mean?

Even the big and bold merchants expressed their doubts without getting a sense of it.

“Bidding?”

“What is that? Are you hearing this for the first time?”

In modern times, this method was mainly used in Internet auctions. Unlike general auctions, which slowly raise prices, it meant a method in which all the top tiers collectively wrote down their prices privately and competed.

“To put it simply…… Each of the merchants here writes down the selling price for the item on a designated piece of paper and submits it at the same time.”

In short, it is a game of notice.

In open competitive bidding, basically, the more bullets you have, the earlier the baseline can be suppressed.

For example, what if a merchant like Marco a while ago offered a sale price of around 20 doubloons per 100 kg?

Over there, Chun-shik’s friends who work in Tiffen Village earn 1 silver per hour.

This is also on the condition that ‘accommodation’ is provided, and I earn considerably less than the standard for ordinary workers.

As I usually work 8 hours a day, my average daily income is 8 silver coins.

If you do that for about a month, you will earn about 240 silver coins on average.

It varies depending on the time, but as much as the general market rate of the Imperial Bank is treated as 100 silver coins = 1 gold coin.

If you set the price of 100 kg of raw chicken at 10 doubloons, it is almost free.

A dog usually weighs about 1kg, right? 100 Kg is 100 chickens.

This is slightly more than the average monthly salary of Chun-shik’s 40 friends.

Are goblins able to buy a hundred raw chickens a month just by working?

It was a crazy price.

In reality, the margin rate is close to 0%.

No, if you include the transportation cost, it is a negative for the upper end.

The moment that really happened, this meant that we would focus on the ‘other side’ rather than simply securing trading rights.

Anyway, if you enter into a bloody competition from the beginning in this way, the diversity of the upper ranks disappears and the meaning of ‘competition’ is bound to fade considerably.

However, with this method, you cannot know how much money the other party has paid.

It was the same as having a certain degree of competition even in the case of a small upper class.

Of course, as I said earlier, if you go into a price slap at a large guild, there is no change in the position you have to know and suffer.

If that was the case in the first place, the result is the same regardless of whether it is a bidding method or a general competitive bidding, so there is no problem with fairness.

And to put it the other way around, starting from the mid-tier and above, we have no choice but to set the selling price at a relatively low price so that the small upper ranks won’t even dare to set foot in it.

An auction method that takes the profits of the knights according to their profits and gives ample opportunities to the small guild.

Soon, the small merchants who understood the system, or the merchants in a slightly ambiguous position to be middle-ranking, widened their expressions.

“Heinz, vice-captain Emain, hand out papers to the participants.”

“Yes.”

According to Lubern’s words, Heinz handed out the small note he was holding to thirty people in turn.

“Then let’s get started right away. The first item is raw chicken. The unit is 100 kg! Please suggest the selling price you think!”

That’s how the first bidding started.

***

“39 Gold coins per 100kg of raw chicken. 17 Doubloons a barrel of oil.”

“This is crazy. I wonder if I have to operate the upper management on my own to make this much margin…….”

Emain said, shocked by the auction results. That’s a huge gain in my opinion.

“Aside from that, everything is generally reasonably priced.”

“It’s not reasonable, it’s great!”

“Even the successful bidders do not seem to be dissatisfied, rather than focusing on the large-scale troupe that wins the competition every time.”

The bidding auction was more effective than expected, so among the merchants who won the right to trade items, there were more small and medium-sized merchants than large merchants.

A case that went away after checking the liver for no reason to save more money.

Originally, if you’re scared of an auction like this, you’re going after it.

Rather, as a result of that, the small-scale top-tier side, which didn’t care about the front and rear, just took it and put it in, had a little more advantage psychologically.

“Can we just go on like this? Regarding product quality…….”

“Now we have to check with the six selected companies. However, I think it would be better to leave it to the association from now on.”

After all, we are not the ones doing the cooking.

Even if a company is selected at a low price, isn’t it a transaction that can be overturned at any time if the practitioners decide that it is not good right now?

I told the merchants present today that it is not confirmed, so a decision will be made with certainty in a few days.

“Because it was roughly decided up to 3rd place. We just make a list and hand it over to the association.”

“Okay.”

Emain nodded her head as the vitality returned to her face before she knew it.

Since the most complicated thing has been solved in one shot, it must feel like a heavy burden has been thrown away at once.

“By the way…… Certainly, Marco Firenze took over the beer business.”

“Because I noticed from the beginning that I had no interest in other sports.”

As one of the 10 largest merchant companies of the Empire, such as the Blue Dragon Transcontinental Convoy, which currently has a strong trading relationship with Count Rupel.

It is a group in which the upper class owner himself has a terrifying influence.

Marco Firenze.

Because he is the one who raised the golden town of ‘San Mariano’, the richest city in the empire.

As far as I know, I’ve heard that he’s the only merchant under the emperor’s direct command to receive the title of count.

“I never thought we would see such a big thing in our territory.”

“I didn’t know either. When I announced my intention to attend the cooking contest, I was suspicious that it was an impersonation.”

“Honestly, it deserves it.”

Emain giggled.

Still, if a tycoon like Marco pays attention, it can be said that the green light has been turned on for the Lupel economy.

Currently, the access of mid-level and higher-ranking members to the territory was gradually increasing.

If you jump on the bandwagon and move forward, the economy of Yeongji will be able to grow at a rapid pace.

“Ah, by the way, vice-captain Emain. Count Rupell ordered our knights to take a vacation.”

“Are you on vacation?”

“It’s a story that came out privately after the awarding ceremony, but I think it’s almost a fait accompli.”

I told her the whole story of her life.

Since the Duke of Hebron has officially invited you, it is polite to respond as quickly as possible.

“If that’s the case, I’ll tell Captain Xian right away and he’ll prepare it!”

Perhaps she has been quite tired lately, Emain Rua smiles brightly at the word vacation.

She quickly finished her sloppy delays, and hummed her way out of the office.

I wonder if the word “Vacation” Has this much power.

“How tired you were… ….”

I looked at Emain’s disappearing back with pity.

Really.

When I come back, I’ll have to hire new administrative personnel.

And before that, let’s meet our colossus, Marco.

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