Chapter 26: Meeting Charlotte (1) (1/2)
Chapter 26: Meeting Charlotte (1)
“170 gold?”
“This has to be a joke, right? Even if grains are worth their weight in gold these days, still…”
This auction was not for the purpose of selling luxury ite foodstuffs with the aiher price Therefore, if one was not confident that they could sell the goods at a higher price than they were bought here, they would only incur a loss by purchasing theold
No athered here racked their brains, they could only conclude that purchasing these goods at that price would only result in a loss
old is too much Never mind any profit, it’s uncertain whether you can even recover the principal at that price’
The person from Bemerick Merchant Company who had bid the previous price of 155 Gold turned towards the individual that called 170 -- that person was sonized
It was one of the branch ers of the Charlotte Merchant Co the h this individual was not particularly innovative in his commercial projects, he was fa deals that were sound and prudent
So it was all the more incomprehensible that a person like that wouldof which, who’s this lady next to him?’
It was only now that this woht the eye of the Beuild’s representative He could not see her face as she wore a wide-brimmed lady’s hat that covered it
At first, he ht that she was his partner or wife However, the respectful deentle lady next to him was more akin to one’s attitude towards a superior
The ansas clear after a little thought
‘That woman there must be the owner of Charlotte Merchant Co her in person’</euild to coards
The Bemerick representative felt that this auction would not be an easy one
“We have a bid of 170 gold Any other bidders? Three, two, one… The 600 sacks of oat have been sold to Charlotte Merchant Co!
And so the oats auction ended, and the barley auction began right away
“We have 1,100 sacks of barley The starting price is 370 gold”
This was also a costly price, equating to 1 gold for just shy of only 3 sacks of barley The market price had nearly doubled since last year, but this was actually cheap considering the current times
Of course, the old”
“420 gold”
“450 gold”
Barley as a food was valued much more than oats This was because the staple food of the co it with a touch of wheat In the case of oats, they were a grain that could be used for horse feed rather than huh; but barley was a different story
The bids shot past the 500 gold old!”
The price called by Cornell Merchant Cos down
“580 they say… that’s as far as it goes for us”
“I’ve got no confidence that we can see to a profit if we buy at that price”
“We can’t outcall the bid anymore”
The merchants did their respective calculations and realized that a price of 580 was not so they could contest
The representative of Cornell Merchant Company watched as the corinned
uys After all, this is a price that can barely be bid even by us who boast the widest trade network in the Lester Kingdom’
The Cornell company’s representative was sure of his win
Cornell Merchant Couild in this country, would themselves be unable to leave room for profit if they bid beyond this price This meant that it was a price which could not be outbid at all by the other old Do we have any higher bidders?”
Max asked in confirmation while the representative of the Cornell coht smile as his victory becaold”
Charlotte Merchant Co price The Cornell representative choked on himself and spluttered
‘The Charlotte Merchant Coht o But now they were trying to snatch away the barley as well
The pride of Cornell Merchant Coreatest merchant company until now could not allow this
The Cornell representative raised his hand and shouted, “680 gold!”
“Ooooooooh…”
“Did he say 680 gold?”
“Inthe price of barley go up this much”
As he heard the awestruck comments of the merchants around them, the Cornell representative confidently smiled in the direction of the Charlotte representatives
‘Can you outbid me even when I do this?”</eains and losses
The Cornell representative was now set on protecting their pride as the best do some losses here and there Besides, this was a suh This was because the representative for Cornell currently participating in these auctions was the younger brother of the ht that this suh for Charlotte Merchant Coold, ”Charlotte Merchant Company coolly raised their bid
“What?”
“700? Did I hear that right?”
“That’s nuts… no old for 1,100 sacks of barley?”
No ht about it, this was beyond the price of even the consideration of profits and losses
“What on earth are they up to?”
At this point, the other coan to suspect that Charlotte Merchant Company had some sort of other scheold Do we have any higher bidders?” Max checked the auction stands
Of course, there was no way there would be more bids As far as the merchants were concerned, Charlotte Merchant Company would retake the lead even if they were to raise the price from here
In the end…
“These have been auctioned to Charlotte Merchant Coold”
With that, the barley was auctioned off to the Charlotte merchants
“Lastly, we have 800 sacks of wheat We’ll begin with a fixed starting price of 400 gold”
This time, the merchants did not scra wary of Charlotte Merchant Company
‘Surely not this one as well?’</e me insane How am I meant to kno to act if I can’t catch wind of their aim?’
They hesitated as they tried to read the air, but thecoan participating in the auction, the price started cliold”
“500 gold”