The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 290 Business
The reason why Ryan returned to Meereen in such a hurry was that the investment promotion conference was about to begin. After all, after these four city-states no longer had slaves for sale, the existence of the city-states became a problem.The dragon mother in the TV series triggered a large-scale rebellion because she abolished the slave trade but failed to find a substitute.And Ryan is now eager to recommend new products as an alternative to slave exports.

Fortunately, with the support of industry and extraordinary power, new products were quickly produced.When Ryan returned to Meereen, he could see that in the former slave manor that had become a collective farm, countless freed slaves were working hard in it, growing all kinds of magical plants from the world of Plants vs. Zombies.

And in Meereen's city hall, the officials' reports also showed a thriving scene.The freed slaves found new jobs, and the magical plants brought enough food, vegetables and textile materials for everyone.In this case, the city-state presents a thriving scene.However, these officials also told Lane that most of the warehouses have been filled with newly produced goods, and there is an urgent need to sell them.

The most popular product now being produced in areas controlled by Lane is coinage, with the help of various metal-absorbing plants.Lion obtained enough gold and copper from the copper mines near Meereen, and at the same time found a lot of silver mines in the mountains in the east, and refined silver.

So Ryan built a mint in Meereen, using steam engines to drive mechanical stamping machines to produce coins.The precious metal content of this industrially produced currency is stable, and each currency is the same size, regular shape, and clear lines.It is much better than those coins struck by hand with molds, and it was loved by merchants once it was launched.

After the currency was created, he established a bank for currency exchange and financial services.Every day you can see countless people going to the bank to exchange their currency for the new machine-made currency.

In order to avoid causing hostility, Ryan also invited people from the Iron Bank to participate in the shares.As long as the Iron Bank has money to make, it doesn't mind Ryan setting up a bank. Taking advantage of this opportunity, local mechanical coinage has also become popular in the world.

Of course, this is only the reason why he is not strong enough now, and it will be hard to say what to say about the business when he becomes stronger in the future.

But apart from gold coins, which everyone loves, other product recommendations need some publicity.So on the second morning when I returned to Meereen, I woke up Rose Crystal and went to work in the temple.After Ryan finished washing, he rode a broom and flew to the highest pyramid to prepare for the noon trade fair and lunch banquet.

The reason why Ryan didn't like living in this pyramid was because he really couldn't like this house without elevators, water, and electricity.Besides, as someone from modern society.Living in high places does not give him any pleasant feeling.So after occupying the city, these great pyramids were used as exhibition halls and hotels for foreign investment.

After the exhibits were arranged, the merchants who were summoned climbed up the Great Pyramid one after another panting.Ryan expressed his sincere admiration for these businessmen who use their feet to climb the stairs to the height of more than 50 office buildings.But it seems that they are not dissatisfied with this, and even many businessmen are very grateful to Ryan for inviting them to this magnificent building for a meeting.

When they came up, they had already seen the products that Ryan was going to exhibit on the lower floors, and now they came up in the hope of obtaining the right to sell these products.

In order to avoid competition, Lane launched products that were simply not available in other regions.For example, soap, matches, copperware, mirrors, refined salt, various spices, canned seafood and various exquisite jewelry produced by the four city-states in the east of Slaver’s Bay.At the same time, there are candles, lamp oil, mechanical clocks, lighters, porcelain, various civil iron products, spirits and sugar from the Raza area transported along the Skazadhan River.

The only pity is that due to the high demand for livestock products in the two worlds, the livestock products originally produced in the Raza region are not enough for export.

These dazzling goods immediately conquered the merchants who came here to buy slaves. Under the temptation of money, they didn't mind what was in their ships.They also complained about stopping the slave trade before.But now, each of them is singing the praises of Lane's emancipation cause.

Soon these merchants began to subscribe for the share of commodities under the auspices of Ryan. Naturally, many merchants did not have enough money.At this time, people from the Bank of Meereen came forward to issue loans to them.

Although Ryan felt that 10% interest per month was too dark, which is equivalent to 120% annual interest rate.But all the merchants are happy to borrow money from Ryan.After listening to their discussions, I realized that these businessmen are not qualified to borrow from the Iron Bank at all, and the high-rate loans from other people are more expensive.

After discussing all the business, the luncheon began.On the premise that the cooking methods of several worlds are introduced and a large number of spices are available.The delicacy of the food on the table even made those merchants almost swallow their tongues.

There was an episode in the banquet. Before everyone had eaten for a few minutes, Rose Crystal skipped work from the temple and appeared at the banquet. After pulling Ryan's hair and complaining that she was not called during the big meal, the person sitting next to Ryan The table began to enjoy this lunch together.Soon, I saw the plates on the dining table flying towards the rose crystal, after a feast.She grabbed Ryan's napkin, wiped her hands and left happily humming.

After the Rose Crystal left for a long time, the businessmen who were suppressed by the power of the gods got up trembling and pale.Before, they only heard that the Lazarin people had a new god and launched a war of revenge and annexed four slave city-states, but they never expected that there would be a god.

Now most businessmen are full of confidence in their business. With the blessing of the gods, the Lazarin people will definitely be able to rule this land for a long time, and what businessmen like most is a stable society.And the few guys who held the debt and refused to pay back firmly gave up this idea.After all, they saw the close relationship between the new king of the Lazarin people and the gods. Under such circumstances, the gods' visit to collect debts is much more terrifying than the faceless man's visit to collect debts.

On the second day after the Merchants Conference ended, those officials reported good news to Ryan, that is, the circulation of goods that had been stagnated for several months due to the war has finally resumed, and it is expected that more merchant ships will come here in the next quarter.

At the same time, under the awe of the rose crystal, these merchants are willing to lead local caravans to other cities.On the one hand, setting up shophouses in other cities is beneficial to product sales, and on the other hand, it is also conducive to collecting more extraordinary information.At least after capturing these slave city-states, Ryan obtained a lot of information about blood magic and shadow magic.

After dealing with government affairs for a few days, the time came to September in the 297th year of Aegon's calendar.This is the time when autumn is high and horses are fat, and it is also the time when the Dothraki used to go south to rob every year.According to tradition, they will definitely have a large group of people come to the Raza wilderness to rob.And Ryan intends to go back and take advantage of the concentration of the Dothraki to kill several large troops.

After instructing the administrative officer and the commander of the garrison, Ryan carried the rose crystal on his shoulders and was sent off by a group of people on the steamboat back to the Laza area.

(End of this chapter)