Seiun wo Kakeru

The clown let the slightly cracked grin return to its original mild grin in an instant.

But I guess I couldn't hide what's just baffling me.

When the words were unleashed, slight upset appeared in his voice.

That's all Age has to say. No, I guess it was a big shock.

"What the hell would make you unhappy? I thought it wasn't a bad condition..."

"Right. Sure, I'm not dissatisfied with the conditions presented."

"Then what?"

Age was calm.

I understood the clown's mind well.

You were supposed to be doing well, why?

Was the clown sure of the victory?

It shouldn't be.

Age slowly and carefully wears his hands every single move, taking this negotiation slightly in his favor.

Nodding deliberately and small, I say clearly.

"Conditions not presented, is it"

"Conditions not presented?

"When and how much I need to deliver, for example. How much will the sales value be set to? Where to wholesale. How long are we going to keep this contract...... we haven't talked at all about what we're going to do with those various terms, have we?

"I thought I'd pack it after the contract."

"After the contract?

When Agie stared jizzily, the clown nodded.

He regained his feelings in an instant.

I saw no more swings in my mind.

Exactly, different people are eating rice in a single negotiation called a street vendor.

Even if something unexpected happened, it seemed to restore calm in just a few moments.

If they show a gap, they should push harder and harder.

But if you stick in more than your opponent has rebuilt, this one will get a painful counterattack.

I couldn't throw up unscrupulous demands or sweet words.

"After the contract, you can't say no. Such an important thing should be packed before the contract."

"I mean, that I don't deserve to be trusted?

Clown pressure increases grossly.

Unexpectedly, that's different, I'd say.

I spit in my mouth, but when I make a noise and swallow it, the upset is enlightened.

Ha, let him sigh, slightly sweeping his neck aside.

"Trust is a stack"

"Mm."

"If this was a suggestion from Mr Fernando, who is now coming with me, maybe he would have accepted. But didn't I and Mr. Clown just meet yesterday? No matter how much Mr. Clown himself has tried to respond honestly, it is not something he can do overnight. Now peddling the conditions from Mr. Clown is something we should call frivolous."

"Hmm...... I see"

The clown is deep and snorts many times.

While Age was also relieved that an understanding had been reached, the clown turned a mild look to date and caught a sharp eye.

"So what if they told me to sign anything?

"Yes?"

I don't know what that means.

Why the hell should I drink such unfavourable contracts?

"Yes, for example - if we refuse this contract, why don't we stick to the condition that in the future the village of Mostoli will cut off the deal to the village of Siena?

"... are you serious?

"I'm the one asking. What will you do?

"It's a mess!

"Fine. So what do you do?

The clown laughed.

Without the trading of the village of Mostri, the replacement ratio of the village of Siena would go up at once.

It is believed that few goods, especially from the eastern part of the island, will come in.

What am I supposed to do?

I'm a bad hand at succumbing to demands here, but I don't see the reverse handles.

But why would a clown who should have valued trust so much make such a demand...

Right!

With that in mind, Age finally discovered a way to break this situation.

"Let me answer you again, Mr. Clown"

"What is it?

"I won't talk to you."

"I see. So the village of Siena means to stop trading, right?

"If you do that, the village of Siena will do everything in its power to oppose it. Report the forceful contract of the village of Mostri to the other villages. You won't get the kind of trust you care about. Is that what you know?

"Is that really possible? Without our village deal, we think how many villages can't be formed"

"Even if that's the case, then it's just a story where we work together and create new sales channels

Even though I could easily imagine how difficult that would be, Age did not retreat.

If I retreated even a step here, I felt driven away like a good one after that.

The clown remained silent for a while.

Silence would also be a card for one negotiation.

As I waited for the next word, Age's stomach shrunk and complained of pain.

"Phew..."

"Huh?"

"Ha ha!

The clown laughed funny.

The previous intimidation scratches off all the time and instead the air feels relaxed.

I felt my vision suddenly widened.

Oh, you were nervous...

Gently loosen the hand, which was gripped hard, as it opened or closed.

Perhaps the negotiations will work.

I don't think I need to step on the "Tetsu" like last time. Horrible.

"Was something wrong?

"No, I'm convinced. Let's pack more conditions, as the first Age said."

"You tried, didn't you?

"Right. I'm sorry."

"Try this one out."

Saying in a sigh mix, the clown shrugged his shoulder.

I didn't seem to think it was really bad.

"Do you know what the most important criterion of judgment for a merchant is?

"No."

"It's a person. I don't care how much they flourish, no matter how powerful they are. We don't always take care of what we see in front of us, but what we don't see. Really good people are bound to rise again, even in distress. No matter how prosperous you are, if the person who deals with it is rotten in itself, it's bound to fall to the ground again.

"So."

"Yes. So someday we have to try it again. Whether the other person is really enough to keep their trust."

"If you've been tried, it's not a hoard."

"You're right about that. You're right, I apologize."

The clown bowed his head.

There were no gaps, it was a beautiful apology.

I said I tried, but if I swallowed the terms as they were, what would have happened to fulfilling them?

I didn't even think the clown was going to make an obviously unfavourable push, considering what he had said and done so far.

He seemed to be a merchant who valued trust and felt he had a minimum degree of moderation.

But conditions would have been somewhat tougher than they are now.

"Mr. Age, you are someone we would love to work with."

"Nice to meet you"

Disappointed to join hands, I realized once again that the breath-taking negotiations were finally over.

"As a matter of fact, how are the conditions?

"Right. We still want to trade freely ourselves, so we can only promise to wholesale it as a matter of priority for the eastern side of the island."

"Well, is that a reasonable place? Okay."

In the end, across the river, on the west, the village of Siena was to have the right to negotiate, and on the east, the village of Mostri was to have the right.

It also found that the Mostri village seriously contemplated the development of the island itself, with the same condition that only the fees mentioned at the outset would remain.

"Business can't be sold without a lot of buyers."

That's what the clown said and laughed.

It was a clear grin.

Then I packed in more detailed terms, checked with Fernando, and signed a contract.

The contract was written down by Age in ink on the wooden version.

Clowns who don't understand Japanese were intrigued by the letters, but answering them on this occasion is put on hold.

Because I didn't know how it would affect me.

"Well, shall we start negotiating outside the deal?"

"Other than the deal?

"Yeah. How about, for example, Mr. Fernando cares, how to do brick architecture?

As promised, Fernando, who had not previously participated in any negotiations, reacted at all this time.

"Are you going to tell me!?

"I don't mind. Let's send one from my village. Instead, we would like you to find a place to stay and a place to eat and, if possible, a woman who can marry and migrate. The person I'm sending you is single."

"I see. Okay. I'm responsible for finding you."

I thought it was a good exchange condition.

Finding a partner is quite a difficult issue.

It is quite difficult to welcome people, especially from outside the village, and it is difficult to obtain a companion who was in conditions.

Because often people have already decided to deal with them all over the village.

Fernando nodded fine too, as it may be somewhat lacking in consideration for the technology, but it's what they want.

While staying in the village of Siena, you will also know who you are and you will decide who you can introduce.

In this way, one deal after the other, when I took a breather, I ask him as if he remembered that when the clown spoke of it.

"What can I get you in the next village?

"Horse, right"

"If you're a horse, go down like this, there's a village called Auman. But that village..."

"Is there a problem?

"No. It's not a problem"

"So, what?"

"Mr. Age, you will probably encounter the greatest surprise of this journey in the village of Auman"

"It's kind of a good prophecy to know if it's a bad thing,"

"Hehe. That's a pleasure to follow. I was surprised there, too. It's not fun for me to tell you."

It's okay, because it never means anything bad.

To the smile of a clown, he was kind of an age with a bad feeling.