Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game

As the Wenke Royal Manor's fine salt workshop rapidly increased production, the news spread like wildfire throughout the Imperial City.

People marveled at the workshop's production capacity, said to be producing a staggering thousand pounds of fine salt daily.

This number was nothing short of a bombshell for the major families of the Imperial City, its significance self-evident.

In the Imperial City, a vortex of power and money, every family closely monitored the market's every move.

Fine salt, an indispensable seasoning in daily life, would undoubtedly have a profound impact on the market with such a surge in production. The families all understood that this was a game concerning their interests and the future of their families.

In this game, the Cloto family held an ace—they had secretly hoarded over 1.7 million pounds of fine salt!

This news circulated secretly within the Imperial City, causing a great uproar.

People speculated how the Cloto family would use this trump card to manipulate the market and further consolidate their position.

However, the situation unfolded in a way that no one had anticipated. As news of Prince Sauron's fine salt workshop's increased production spread, those families who had been observing and hesitating suddenly realized the danger. They began to dump their fine salt holdings, fearing a price collapse that would leave them with nothing.

Suddenly, a large supply of fine salt flooded the market, but the demand did not increase accordingly. As a result, the price of fine salt began to decline rapidly, like an unstoppable avalanche.

The price plummeted from the original 3.8 silver coins all the way down to 3 silver coins, 2.5 silver coins, even 2 silver coins… This price war caught everyone off guard.

The Cloto family was the first to bear the brunt of the impact. They had originally planned to manipulate the market with their fine salt reserves, but they didn't expect the market to change so quickly, leaving them no time to react. The 1.7 million pounds of fine salt reserves had now become their biggest burden; once sold off, it could trigger a further collapse in market prices.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, the Cloto family's executives were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. They began to search for buyers everywhere, hoping to sell off the fine salt reserves as soon as possible to recoup their funds. However, there were few buyers in the market; everyone was watching and waiting for lower prices to appear.

To salvage the situation, the Cloto family even began to consider promoting their fine salt to the noble lords around the empire. However, this was not easy, as these noble lords also had their own interests to consider.

In this war without gunpowder, the Cloto family faced unprecedented challenges and pressures.

Inside the Cloto family's mansion, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

The family's strongest member, Renault, was a seasoned old man who had weathered many storms.

At this moment, however, his face was pale and ashen. He was deeply shocked to learn of the collapse of the entire fine salt market and the huge losses faced by the Cloto family.

He asked in a trembling voice, "Jackson, how much money did our family spend this time?" His voice was filled with helplessness and pain.

Tirell, who was fully responsible for this matter, reported the situation in detail to the family head Jackson and the elders, his face pale and holding the account book tightly in his hand: "Our family's original fine salt inventory was 350,000 pounds, and we later acquired 250,000 pounds from the Pruitt family. In this acquisition battle, we successively acquired 1.12 million pounds, spending a total of 190 million gold coins."

The most terrifying thing was that the price of fine salt had now plummeted to nearly 1.8 silver coins. Even if they sold all their inventory, they could only recover a maximum of 150 million gold coins. And this included their own 50 million gold coin principal and the 35,000 pounds of fine salt accumulated over the years.

With this wave of operations, the Cloto family undoubtedly suffered a heavy loss.

What was even more despairing was that if such a large inventory flooded the market at once, the price of fine salt would inevitably plummet again.

Everyone realized this, so their faces became extremely ugly.

At this critical moment, Jackson no longer had the heart to blame Tirell. He said anxiously to the elders, "Our Cloto family has obviously fallen into a trap this time. We must not sell this 1.71 million pounds of inventory. We must keep it in our hands and gradually sell it to the provinces of the fiefdom after this storm has passed. We may need to spend more than a decade or even several decades to gradually digest this batch of fine salt."

Renault also nodded in agreement, "Fine salt is, after all, a daily consumable. As long as our Cloto family and other fine salt families jointly suspend the sale of fine salt to the provinces of the fiefdom, then the price will eventually gradually recover. At worst, we will completely abandon the Imperial City's market."

Although that's what they said, everyone in the Cloto family knew that the era of exorbitant profits from fine salt was over.

Now, this plan was only to change the Cloto family from a heavy loss to a normal loss, but it was also the only feasible solution at present.

After all, the Cloto family was a large family with a large business. Although this loss was severe, they believed that they could withstand this blow and gradually recover.

After all, even if the fine salt dropped to 1.5 silver coins, it would still be worth 130 million gold coins, which was still a long way from bankruptcy.

"If that's the case," Renault said in a deep voice, "then let's handle the aftermath according to this plan. Jackson and I will go and discuss with the various chambers of commerce and great nobles to delay the repayment period. For the next decade or so, our Cloto family will have to enter a phase of 'belt-tightening'."

The Cloto family had only truly risen for more than twenty years. Before their rise, life was not as good as they imagined. They had experienced difficult years of belt-tightening. However, after spending more than twenty years in luxury, returning to a life of belt-tightening would undoubtedly be a difficult challenge.

Unfortunately, the Cloto family had underestimated the difficulties ahead.

Just as their strategy was about to be implemented, a new change quietly descended.

Outside the Cloto family's mansion, more than a dozen luxuriously decorated carriages suddenly drove up. The carriages were inlaid with various noble or chamber of commerce emblems, shining dazzlingly in the sunlight, appearing menacing.

The arrival of the carriages broke the tranquility of the Cloto family's mansion, and an oppressive atmosphere of an impending storm permeated the air.