How to Live as a Half-Dragon - Chapter 111



111. middle trade

Xian received a positive response from the Alteon branch of Crete.

After contacting them for a while via magic communication, they promised to pay a large sum of money right away.

The manager of the Alteon branch said, holding out a heavy bag filled with gold coins.

“I tried to collect 5,000 gold in a hurry… I think the rest will take about four days. I’ll pay you by slip, so please change it later… .”

Of course, 20,000 gold is a huge sum of money.

Among the branches of the top of Crete, the Alteon branch was still quite large, but even so, the money that could suddenly come in and take it was the limit of 5,000 gold.

“Four days… Then come then.”

“Thank you for your understanding. But… .”

“Tell me.”

“Can you really get that much grain?”

Of course, most of the grains produced in the vast Alteon Territory are gathered in Alteon.

The Crete upper ranks also know this, so they have high expectations every year about securing grain from the Alteon branch.

But, of course, the local merchants of Alteon are not fools either.

It is common for grain prices to jump 5 to 10 times as much if it is only transferred to Crete, but there is no way it will be sold at a cheap price.

“Are you worried about the poor harvest due to the drought this year?”

“Yes… It is.”

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Moreover, this year, to make matters worse, a bad year struck.

It is much more difficult to obtain grain than in previous years.

The young man who came to us, holding out a golden slip stamped with the official seal of the merchant, said that he would provide a large amount of grain nonetheless.

“How is that possible?”

Already, there are merchants who are frantic to sell at a higher price than usual.

Xian smiled.

“It’s a trade secret. Come on Hughes.”

Hughes, who came with him, and Xian, who came out of the guild, said.

“But you can really do what I think, right?”

“Yes, because grain is always piled up at Alteon’s store.”

It was no different this year when the famine came. In a way, this was natural.

It would also be true that grain trade with the Roman Kingdom was a bonanza business that was responsible for the large profit of the company, so it was because the company deliberately controlled the amount of grain released on the market.

Just like this year, a bad harvest is coming to Peronto Kingdom, so you can’t stop trading grain.

It was at this time that they desperately needed to sell food, so they controlled the outside grain as needed and always piled it up.

“And there is no big problem if we hand over the grain in the warehouse to Crete. Not only are there a lot of them stored in the first place, but in future trade with Gideon, you can fill in as many as you want.”

The Kingdom of Peronto borders Roman to the south and Gideon to the north.

The lack of grain can be supplemented through Gideon.

Originally, Gideon also knew that, so he always sold grain to Alteon’s merchants for a higher price.

“From now on, Alteon will also handle a small amount of high-quality iron ore from the Roman Kingdom.”

It’s not just passing grain to Crete cheaply.

It was also written in the letter, but it was iron ore, not gold, that paid for the grain.

In a word, he intended to receive and sell iron ore from the Roman Kingdom through Crete from later years at a high profit.

It was said that if he obtained Roman’s iron ore, which was the best on the continent, he could lead him to an advantage in negotiations with Gideon.

Originally, they were merchants of Gideon who had to go all the way to Semain to get iron ore.

However, if the same quality iron ore could be obtained from Alteon without going far, Gideon had no reason not to readily trade it at a higher price.

“It was a good idea.”

“I just picked it up by accident. And it was something everyone knew… .”

“That’s right, it was information everyone knew. But Xian was the only one who could achieve it.”

The reason Crete indirectly handed over the monopoly of iron ore, their main business, was because of Xian, not anyone else.

In fact, it is difficult to obtain grain every year, but Crete has always maintained a monopoly on iron ore.

It was because the person who wanted the iron ore was also the same merchant.

However, Xian is not, strictly speaking, a merchant.

The merchant was able to easily break down the barrier because he was willing to give even the golden slip before the merchant.

It was said that the present situation was possible because it was a proposal that could come to the table without being merchant-to-merchant only taking care of each other’s interests.

“In fact, even though I was aware of that fact, I did not have the idea to expand into intermediate trade at the same time as raising political funds.”

Because it was impossible in the first place.

It could even be said that most of the sketches were drawn by Xian.

“Something is embarrassing… .”

“You don’t have to be shy. Thanks to you, Mirva Firm will make huge profits while doing intermediary trade in the future.”

Hughes arrived in front of the store and said.

“Are you going back to the mansion?”

“yes. It should be.”

It’s a pity, but I had a lot of work today and said goodbye.

* * *

Xian arrived at the mansion only late at night.

Even though it was late, Sarah was not asleep.

There were conversations coming from inside the room.

‘This voice… .’

It is the voice of Earl Creston.

Rather than ordering the lady-in-waiting, Xian knocked on the door himself and said.

“It’s me, mother.”

“Come in.”

After receiving her permission, Xian entered and, as expected, Count Craston appeared.

“What were you talking about?”

“First of all, we talked about the vassals to be recruited.”

“Are you making any progress?”

Sarah’s expression was not very pretty.

In fact, most of the people who supported Kirchion, Prince 1, would be the ones who took it seriously.

There may have been people who weren’t, but those people would have contacted my mother right away…

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Money was also an issue.

“Here you go.”

Xian put down the large bag containing the 5,000 gold he received from Crete on the table.

coo…

The enormous weight of 5,000 gold was enough to shake the table slightly.

Creston was taken aback when he checked the bag full of shiny gold coins.

Sarah, too, seemed quite bewildered.

He went out to get money, but he didn’t expect much.

“Young master… .”

“Sian, this is… .”

“As you can see, it will be around 5,000 gold.”

Crashton said.

“Where did you get this much money?”

The operation cost of the territory near the border that Count Craston was in charge of did not exceed 5,000 gold.

Even though it is a territory that spends a lot of money like an exhibition every year due to the invasion of monsters.

It was natural to be upset.

“I was just lucky.”

In the past, he would have trembled a lot, but Xian is now at an age where he knows how to act coolly in a situation like this.

He swallowed the dish that filled his throat and showed off his composure.

“Oh and this too.”

The faces of the two, who seemed to have already relieved themselves of only 5,000 gold, were shocked.

This was the reason Xian put the slips he had received from Alteon and Crete on one side of the table.

“This is another slip… ?”

“How much are all of them?”

“Let’s check.”

Whether it was Sarah or Creston, who had checked a bundle of 20,000 gold worth of slips, the panicked look did not go away.

5,000 gold is a well-rounded kid, so he figured out how to get it, but he couldn’t stand the huge amount of money that followed.

“new year… I need to hear your name if… .”

It was suspicious that he had done something unreasonable.

For example, he seemed to suspect that he had robbed Mirva’s safe or forged the slips of the Crete Merchant Merchant.

“It’s not like that, so you can use it comfortably.”

“I won’t use it unless you explain it clearly.”

Even though the money I was so desperate for fell off, I was so determined that I couldn’t help but say it.

This kind of thing should be secret by nature, so it’s a cool corporation.

Sian smiled and said.

“So, where should I begin… .”

Yeah, I thought it would be good to say it here.

* * *

First meeting with Yorba.

And reunion in Alteon.

Next, he had a relationship with Grid, the owner of the Crete Company, and the fact that the Mirva Company was practically his own.

Each time the story was told, the emotion of surprise grew on the faces of the two.

“that is… Really… ? No, really.”

For a story that was all made up on the spot, it was quite well-organized, and above all, if it wasn’t true, it would be difficult to explain the enormous amount in front of us.

Unless you really committed a crime.

Kraston’s reaction was the same.

“I knew he was a talented person, but how can I explain this… .”

Someone could say that he was just simply lucky, but if coincidence was repeated, it was safe to say that it was his ability.

Those who build a kingdom with their bare hands must have made an effort on their own, but they must have had the talent to attract people.

“Anyway, thanks to the young boy, things have become easier.”

“Should I say thank you for this… Or should I be proud and praised… .”

It seems that the current situation created by the son, who still thought he was just young, is just amazing.

said Count Creston.

“If possible, I would compliment you, I think you want that.”

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Mother got up from her seat and hugged Xian.

I didn’t pay for this, but I was happy.

It seems to have helped a lot.

Sarah gently stroked her hair and sat down.

It felt different from when Drake stroked it, but I liked it too.

As she sat down, Creston opened his mouth.

“Now this money is a bigger benefit than I thought.”

“Yes, it’s because the money line of Prince 1 was blocked.”

Even if the money was invested from this side, it was meaningless if the first connoisseur spent a larger amount of money.

However, the story is different if Mirva Corporation, which was the source of Kirchion’s funds, actually belongs to Xian.

Since there was no place to come out of the money, it was clear that the effect of the money spent from now on would appear as it is.

“In case you don’t know, we should put some troops on the side of Mirva, right?”

“Yes, it should. Because there is no law that says that the First Prince should not threaten a merchant named Yorba.”

After seeing the two people discussing the names of their vassals and guessing who to contact, Xian stood up as if he had nothing to worry about anymore.

I believed that if it was my mother, from now on, I would do well even without help.

“Are you going?”

“Yeah, I’m actually a bit sleepy.”

Actually, I was very talkative, but…

I thought it would be a hindrance if I stayed longer, so I thought it would be better to go to my room at this point.

“Okay, get some rest.”

“yes.”

* * *

Upon entering the dorm, Xian went straight to bed.

I wasn’t particularly sleepy, but I had nothing to do and it was late at night.

Xian was sleeping soundly when a small wind blew gently and tickled the tip of his nose.

‘Did I leave the balcony door open… ?’

It was when Xian had such thoughts in his sleep.

A familiar voice came.

“Wake up for a minute.”

“yes?”

Sian rubbed his eyes at Drake’s voice.

Sian said, suppressing a yawn that leaked out.

“transplant… What’s in the liver?”

Drake said.

“I have to go now.”