Episode 250 Last Day (2)
Gaia Holy Kingdom, a holy nation that worships Goddess Gaia.
The evil deeds that have been suppressed and questioned because they are members of that place.
The heretic judges were enjoying themselves in favor here and there in the village, as if proving that human nature was ugly.
However, that also came to an end when Pope Eclay’s order to withdraw fell.
They ate well enough to get greasy on their faces, and when they returned, all that was left was the people who had lost everything.
The ingredients prepared with the intention of cooking and selling had already been used to feed them, and the inns that had been vacated with the intention of receiving guests had also been occupied by them, so only resentment remained in their hearts.
If left as it is, there will surely be a rebellion.
Ray muttered as he looked around town.
“This country is very shit. There is no village, but Orcs will live better than this.”
He clicks his tongue and jingles the leather pouch he brought before moving on to Sanginhoe.
If you want to smash the ascending road, the work related to him is perfect.
Of course, you can use the power of the saint that still remains to find a solution, but if you do that, when you disappear, things like this will happen again.
In that case, it would be better to scald the lords and treat them with shock therapy to prevent this from happening again.
Besides, wouldn’t it be easier if you go through the store when you need money later?
In this case, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make one at the top.
Upon entering the Merchants Association, the interior was so quiet that no bastard could pee there.
Most of them just go away huffing and puffing, as if they have no intention of accepting the new company.
Ray spoke to him.
“hey. Is it correct to register a business association here?”
“Right… are you trying to register at this time?”
The receptionist looks down at him blankly.
Wearing plain leather clothes, a sword at the waist, and a single dagger dangling around.
As he advised, he shook his head.
“Now is not the time, kid. It won’t be easy to beg even if you become a merchant after a typhoon swept away.”
He smiles as if he’s okay with his worried voice.
“I’m fine, so please give me the certificate of superiority.”
As he spoke, he handed out five gold coins, and the receptionist’s eyes widened.
Five gold coins?
How did you get it at the same time as now?
The clothes he wears are too ordinary to be called a rich boy.
I was curious about the handsome kid in front of me, but I cleared my throat and pretended nothing was wrong.
“What do you plan to name your business?”
After thinking about the receptionist’s words for a while, he answered.
“Above Salvation.”
* * *
The ascending routes of each territory have already been closed.
Local nobles gather their strength and exchange with each other, and the central nobles also keep them in check, so there is no way that a proper upward movement will continue.
That’s why it was only merchants who died.
“If everything is closed like this, where the hell am I going to go around?”
“…If you go north, you’ll come across a nearby kingdom. I think it would be better to leave the Holy Land and do business there.”
As the situation became so, most of the merchants left for the surrounding kingdoms.
Since there were no merchants left, let alone merchants, the people had great difficulties when buying and selling something.
If it has reached this level, it is time for the holy kingdom to show mercy, but there is no news, so it is just frustrating.
The same was true of Hafman, who moved the upper house nearby.
It is rather disheartening to see the top tier, which has been raised by running around on its feet, is about to collapse so easily.
It’s been a long time since even the security has disappeared because there is no money to hire the men.
As I was sitting at my desk thinking about the future of Sanghoe, a child came in.
“Is this place over half a million? It’s very shabby.”
“This is not a place for children to come. Get out when you say nice things.”
“Have I been for a while? Actually, I’m over forty.”
“gibberish!”
I frowned and tried to raise my body, but a child approached me before I knew it and was holding onto the desk.
He puts down seven gold coins with his white jade-like hands and speaks.
“You will miss the lively Sanghoe of the past, don’t you want to bring it back?”
I gulped at the gold coin in front of my eyes.
He shook his head within one minute.
“Merchants live on credit. It’s just that I can’t work because I’m blinded by money. As soon as you enter Sanghoe, even if you offer money right away, you don’t have credit.”
As he speaks, his eyes are still fixed on the gold coin.
He is an expected person.
My head was soaring, and I was able to figure out the flow of money.
Even among the upper ranks, the trust was strong, and although he greedy for money, he did not abandon his righteousness, so it could be said that he was the perfect person to work with.
Ray smiled and opened his mouth.
“The merchants remaining in the Holy Land are leaving for neighboring countries one by one. Because of that, the feudal lords will open up the ascending route again.”
“Nonsense. The nobles are busy keeping each other in check. If the ascending road is opened, confrontation will no longer be possible, but there is no way they will give up their pride.
“It will be revealed later who is right. First I will buy grain with all the money I have.”
As he puts the leather pouch down on the table, gold coins peek out from inside the heavy pocket.
Even at a glance, it is a quantity that seems to be twenty.
Hafman opened his mouth in surprise at the amount, but soon managed to control himself and spoke.
“Hmm. Grains don’t matter when. It’s not something you can buy anytime.”
“Perhaps the lords are clamoring to rob their barns and sell them to merchants?”
“joy! Why are nobles in a hurry to sell grain?”
“Oh well, let’s see.”
Harpman sighed at the inability to communicate.
The kid with a lot of money in front of him must be crazy.
* * *
An announcement came down from the lord.
If you read it, it says, ‘Since the ascending route between the territories is open again, merchants can pay the toll and use it.’
Halfman muttered, his lips trembling.
“Uh how…”
“Money is what nobles prioritize over their pride. The money is leaking out to neighboring countries, and of course we have to open the upstream route and catch it again.”
They beat each other as if they had seen the future, but they have no ingenuity to overcome.
He didn’t end there.
After being away for a few days, he bought grain under the name of ‘Guwon Sanghoe’.
The lords who ran out of money accompanied them and sold the good grain at a cheap price, so all they had to do was buy it blindly.
After using up all the gold coins he had, the grain became more than enough to fill the storehouse.
The past few days, as he said, the world has turned.
Hafman’s tone had changed considerably.
“What are you going to do with it all?”
“This place is overflowing with grain. Conversely, if you go to a territory where grain is scarce and sell it, you will be able to get twice the price.”
He speaks briefly and quickly gets out of the half-man range.
Now is the time to move fast.
The next day, they hired coachmen to load their wagons full of grain and leave for a nearby estate.
Seeing the sight full of grain even from a distance, the people of Yeongji rushed at it like crazy dogs.
“Two sacks, please!”
“The restaurant doesn’t work because there is no grain!”
screaming and clamoring
It was like begging a mother bird for food.
Ray shouted with mana in his voice.
“Get in line! We have a lot of grain, so it’s okay not to fight!”
What would you do if you said something?
Rather than standing in line, they are busy handing out to the barrels rushing to and fro.
The grain was sold with enthusiastic response, and all grains up to 75 seats disappeared.
Even so, it was more than three times more than the first gold coin, so it can be said that it was good for a first-time business.
There are still 25 stones of grain left, but they were not left for sale.
Ray gestured to the kid snooping in the corner.
“Chu chu chu.”
The child runs to the side as if calling a puppy.
There are quite a lot of orphans here.
Judging by the clothes and the skinny body condition, this child is probably one of them.
The hungry, skinny child stared blankly at him.
“Are you hungry?” He
nodded,
smiling, and stroked the girl’s head.
“Call all your hungry friends. Give me something to eat.”
* * *
There are quite a few people who can’t buy grain because they don’t have money and orphans are called together.
The grain that reached 25 seok gradually began to show the bottom.
“thank you……!”
“Thank you very much…. What would have happened if I hadn’t eaten today or tomorrow…” He
must have ended up robbing.
As he waved his hand, he said to the child clinging to his side.
“Good job. Thanks to your help, things went smoothly.”
As I stroked her hair and tousled it, she stuck out her head and closed her eyes, as if she was still in a good mood.
I shook my head because I had a strange feeling about him.
I was going to repair the wagon and return to the original territory, but the child did not think of leaving the side.
“Do you want to go with me?”
Nodding—
“…it doesn’t matter. I prefer the receptionist to be a woman.”
Nodding—
I want it, but I don’t have the heart to refuse it.
It would be better to live in the back alley than to live in the back alley.
He counted one or two more gold coins and started the carriage.
I touched a lot of money, but I haven’t built credit yet.
Now was the time to build credit.
* * *
When he returned with more than sixty gold coins and a girl as a bonus, Halfman asked curiously.
“Who else is that child?”
“This is my daughter, whom I have hidden.”
No matter where you look, you can only see them as the same age.
Halfman sighed, sick of his jokes.
“Enough of the joke. Rather… at that amount, I must have earned more than you said.”
“It went well. There were many territories who had money but no crops.”
“…”
Halfman stared blankly at Ray in silence.
A brilliant brain that foresee the future and the guts to rob all one’s money go hand in hand.
‘It has everything a merchant needs. This guy is a merchant by nature.’
He said it to raise awareness because he made too much money from the beginning.
“You were lucky. I must have been able to make money because I knew it before anyone else.”
Then Ray shakes his head.
“It’s not money or circumstances that matter. From now on, I will take control of the people.”
“…You have a strange delusion about capturing public opinion. Sanghoe, simply put, is a group that pursues profit. No matter how much you gain credit and recognition from people, if there is no gain, you are no longer at the top.”
“Money can be withdrawn at any time. But not public opinion. It is the public sentiment that even if you aim for the enemy plane and explode it at once, you will get it or not.”
“What are you going to do with words? Do as you please. But I will not invest a penny.”
He just smiled once at his stubborn words.
One action is better than ten thousand words.
To win Hafman’s heart, he had to pay a price.
It was the evening of two days before he was discovered that he was a saint.
