Magicraft Meister Part 1

May 11, in the town of Charles.

"I want you to sell me salt.

A group of people were making the rounds asking for salt.

"We're a little low on salt right now," they said.

"No problem, I'll double your price.

"Okay, I'll pay double." "Well, in that case, please send me an email at ......."

In this way, the salt stock in the store was quickly depleted.

On the same day, similar scenes were seen in the villages of Doppa, Raknow, and Toka.

The Kingdom of Klein has no sea. The existence of rock salt was unknown in the kingdom at the moment.

Therefore, all salt was imported, with the Kingdom of Cerroa accounting for more than 80% of imports.

Since the usefulness of salt was known, the Kingdom of Klein naturally took certain measures.

One of them was to stockpile salt, and the other was to diversify import destinations.

In the capital city of Alban, there is a salt warehouse with a stockpile of several hundred tons at any given time. However, it was controlled by the king, and no one was allowed to take it out of the city without permission.

A small amount of salt is also imported from the Kingdom of Leonard, which borders the kingdom to the east, but the trade volume with the originally closed Kingdom of Leonard is minimal.

The amount of trade with the closed Kingdom of Leonard was small. In fact, salt from the Kingdom of Egelea, which was brought in through the Kingdom of Cerroa, was more abundant than salt from the Kingdom of Leonard.

In any case, it was natural that the price of salt would be more than double the original price since it was heavy and had to be transported over a long distance.

The salt was so heavy that it had to be transported a long distance, so it was only natural that the price would be more than double the original price.

Such an exchange could take place.

In the Kingdom of Klein, all salt is gathered in Alban, the capital city, and only merchants authorized by the government are allowed to sell it.

However, this authorization was granted to anyone who paid a tax of 20% of the salt sales.

I'll give you three times the market price!

I'll sell it to you if you'll pay me three times the market price.

Since the market was not monopolized, the market price fluctuated according to the relationship between supply and demand. Now, the price of salt was slowly rising in some areas.

"You've bought up a lot," he said.

"I spent a lot of money, too."

"It doesn't matter. You can sell it when the time comes. If you sell it well, you can make a profit."

There was a group of people having such a conversation. They were Count Walter's men.

A person should consume about 8 grams of salt a day, depending on the individual. Since there is also waste, let's say 10 grams, that's 300 grams a month.

A family of 5 people would consume 1.5 kg. A family of five people consumes an average of 1.5 kg of salt, which is also used for pickling.

The amount of salt they had bought up now exceeded 4 tons.

"For God's sake, in the Kingdom of Elias, it costs 30 Tl a kilo, while here it costs 150 Tl.

"It's no wonder we don't have an ocean. In the Kingdom of Cerroa, it costs 50 Tall per kilo.　We buy from Cerroa, so it's no wonder it's so expensive.

What is the Count thinking, buying that expensive salt for 450 Tall per kilo?

I don't know. I don't know. We do what we're told.

In the end, they bought a total of 5 tons of salt that day.

The next day, the 12th. Salt merchants who had heard the rumors came to Charles.

Among them was an interesting merchant. He was a salt peddler with a golem.

He had a golem towing a cart and was selling salt. This unusual practice was well received and attracted many customers.

Oh, this is good salt. "Oh, this is good salt.

"Isn't it?　It's salt from far away in the Kingdom of Elias!　It's a bit expensive, but it's just as good!　I bought it, I bought it, I bought it!

Give me a kilo.

Yes, that'll be 200 dollars.

I'll have a kilo too!

Yes, thank you very much.

Count Walter's men saw this and, signaling each other with their eyes, approached the merchant.

"Hey, I'll buy it."

"Yes, how much do you want?"

"All of it."

"What?"

I said I'll buy all the salt you brought.

Thank you very much. But there are other customers who want to buy more: ......

Sell it to me and I'll give you 600 dollars a kilo.　I'll give you 600 dollars a kilo.

Yes, yes, ......

Sell it!

A man bangs loudly on the display stand. The crowd disperses and the merchant gives up.

"Wow, I understand. But the quantity is too much.

"How long do you have?"

"Uh, ......."

The merchant checks the ledger in his hand.

"There are about five tons."

Five tons?

Yes, sir. I don't know what you are going to use it for, but I hope you can spare about 2 tons.

The merchant said,

"No, no, I say all of it."

He would not budge. The merchant had no choice but to do as he was told.

I've sold about 60 kilos of salt, so there are 4,940 kilos here.

"Okay, I will check."

With that, the men took out 10 kg balances and divided them up to weigh the salt.

"...... I was right."

After nearly half a day of weighing 4,940 kilograms of salt, the men looked tired.

"Here, here is the gold.

They hand me a bag of gold and silver coins.

"Thank you very much."

The merchant quickly counts them out, confirming that there are 2,964,000 dollars. The empty cart was towed by a golem and disappeared into the street.

"d*mn it, you fool! I can pay you as much money as you want, but it won't hurt my pocketbook.

He said. Then he looked at the man who was looking at him from a distance.

"...... you should be happy with your money. I'll have it for you tonight."

This was the scene in Lakham, Thor and Zug as well.

That night.

"...... What happened to the peddler?"

"Yes, that's..."

I said, "What happened to the peddler?

...... has disappeared.

What?

I followed them secretly after that, but when I turned a corner, I found only empty carts, and the golem and the merchant were gone.

"That's absurd!　How could such a large and heavy golem, let alone a human being, hide from view?

Even so, what is gone does not come back out.

The 2,964,000 Tolls that I had paid with the intention of them later anyway, never came back after all. I paid it with the intention of < it later anyway, but in the end it never came back.

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On the island of Horai, the old man took care of Regulus 35 of the fifth column (Quinta) and Lando 54, an army golem, who had disguised themselves as peddlers.

Together they had been selling salt in the town of Charles.

"As expected, it seems that some of them have come to get back the money they sold.

In the classic historical drama, a farmer, unable to pay his annual tribute, sells his daughter to a local actor to make money. On the way back from receiving the money, a henchman disguised as a bandit takes it back.

"Yes, sir. I left the cart behind..."

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In Laxham, Regulus 36 and Rand 55. And Regulus 37 and Rand 56 in Thor. In Zug, Regulus 38 and Rand 5.7 sold salt to the highest bidder.

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About 120 million yen. That is a little bit big for a private individual.

And then the old man makes another move.

This will keep the price of salt at a reasonable level.

Since Jin was not familiar with economics, the old man's plan was only at this level, but it seems to have been quite effective in straining Count Walter's finances.

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Why?　Why is there no shortage of salt when we have bought up all the salt?

Such a cry was said to have been heard from some mansion, but its authenticity is not known.