Extraordinary Earl

Chapter 258 Start

It is summer now, and there is still some time before the autumn harvest.

During this period of time, food will become scarce, because the food harvested last autumn has almost been consumed.

But under normal circumstances, there will be no problems, because the nobles are not so stupid, they will reserve part of the grain and wait for it to be released at this time.

In addition, there are private grain stores in the city.

It must be able to survive this summer and reach the autumn harvest safely.

Then there is the cycle of reincarnation year after year.

But today something went wrong in the Viscount Silver Wing.

The entire Silver Wing Viscounty consists of a main city and several towns.Silver Wing City has a population of 5 to [-], which is about the same size as Kaiyue City.

In this city, the Silver Wing family has directly operated food and salt stores, and there are four in total, located in the southeast, northwest, and north directions of the city.
In addition, there are many private shops that only sell grain or salt.

First, there were problems in private stores.

Badeng.

An ordinary resident of Silver Wing City, his family has been in the salt and oil business for generations. On a street in Silver Wing City, he owns two shops and two assistants.

At this moment, there is nothing wrong with the oil, but there is something wrong with the salt.

The business model of this world is a bit magical, because small shops do not have the ability to purchase goods independently, and bulk commodities such as grain and salt will be transported by big merchants.

For example, there is a grain merchant nearby who will regularly deliver a batch of grain to the Silver Wing Territory and distribute it to small merchants in the territory.

Earn a certain price difference.

The only nearby territory that can produce salt is the Earl of Windsor.

At this moment, the salt in Baden's store is almost sold out, and under normal circumstances, the Earl of Windsor's caravan would arrive three days ago, but this time it has not arrived yet.

"Old Kuka, there is really no salt to sell." Ba Deng shook his head and dismissed a regular customer who came to buy salt with a little apology.

Then Ba Deng looked back at the empty wooden barrel.

There are only a few grains of salt left in the mountains of coarse salt that used to pile up.

Ba Deng didn't plan to sell this bit of salt anymore. Even a small businessman would be a little shrewd. He felt that something was wrong, so it's better to keep this bit of salt for his own family to eat.

Because he felt something was wrong, Ba Deng also felt that something should be done, otherwise, if there was no salt to sell, the turnover of their shop would directly drop by half.

He has a wife and three children, one of whom was sent to the home of an old knight, intending to make the child a commoner knight.

If the store's business drops by half, life at home will be very tight.

Ba Deng was very anxious, he managed to stay until the evening, quickly closed the shop, sent the two men away, and hurriedly trotted to a house at the corner of the street.

The door was open, and Ba Deng walked in.

The room on the right side of the house is the living room, which is full of people at the moment.They are all food in the city, salt merchants.

Small cities also have circles in small cities. There are only a few merchants who make food and salt. We usually get along well, get together from time to time, and sometimes help each other.

The owner of this family is called Kabuno.

Kabuno is a descendant of aristocrats, because of this status, he can get acquainted with the dignitaries in the city.

He vaguely became the leader of the grain and salt merchants.

"Mr. Kabuno, is there something wrong with the salt well at the Earl of Windsor's side? Why hasn't the salt been delivered yet?" Ba Deng asked Kabuno after entering the door.

"I have sent people to investigate. There is a problem with the production of the salt well. When the production will resume, the officials of Your Excellency the Earl have not given a clear statement."

Mr. Kabuno worried.

"What should we do? The salt in our Silver Wing Viscounty has always been provided by the salt well of the Earl of Windsor. If there is no salt, where can we find a supplier now?"

Barden said anxiously.

"Not only the Viscount Silver Wings, but the Earl of Windsor's salt well has a problem, and several surrounding territories are running out of salt," said a businessman.

"Let's not talk about salt, there's even no food. The food in the Viscount Land has always been supplied by the caravan of "Mr. Kino", but the caravan didn't come today. Although we have stockpiled some food, it won't last for a few days. "

A grain merchant sighed.

"What? There's no more food?" Ba Deng was taken aback. This was the first time he heard the news.

And Mr. Kabuno is in the grain and salt business at the same time. He frowned, got up from his seat, and paced: "I always feel that something is wrong with this matter. It seems that someone is targeting our Silver Wing Viscount."

Mr. Kabuno has already sent people to investigate. Although Yanba is a problem with several surrounding nobles' territories, the food problem is only happening in the Silver Wing Viscount.

It seems that a pair of invisible hands cut off the salt and food supply of the Silver Wing Viscounty.

"No, I have to go to the mansion of the city lord to inquire about the situation." Kabuno couldn't sit still after thinking about it, and let the merchants stay here, and he took a servant to the mansion of the city lord.

And it wasn't just them who had problems, the viscount's business also had a big problem.

The viscount's various businesses in the territory, including food, salt, clothing, cloth and other family businesses, were entrusted to a man named Thor for the management.

Thor comes from the Golden City and is a greedy man.

But the Viscount Silver Wing trusted Thor very much, and handed over the family business to Thor.

Thor's office is in a house in the city. Besides Thor, there are several assistants.But Thor didn't come to work today, and one of Thor's assistants came to Thor's home.

Thor is not alone, he has a wife and children, and lives in a villa area in the city.

"Mr. Thor, Mr. Thor." Thor's assistant knocked on the door of the villa and called softly.Shouted for a while, but there was no voice in the villa.

In addition, it was only evening, and the villa was completely dark.

Thor's assistant felt something was wrong.

At this time Thor's assistant discovered that a window of the villa was not closed tightly.

Thor is a trusted businessman of the Viscount Silver Wing, if he breaks into his villa without authorization, he will definitely have a hard time walking around.

But Thor's assistant hesitated, and went to the window. After opening the window, Thor's assistant climbed over the window and stepped into the villa.

Then Thor's assistant, immediately collapsed.

He had been to Thor's villa before, and the decoration in the villa was very luxurious.But now the villa is empty, and the expensive furniture seems to be licked by a dog.

"Something must have happened." Thor's assistant turned pale, and then scrambled out of the villa and ran towards the castle of the Viscount Silver Wing.

(End of this chapter)