Chapter 69 (1/2)
The most hateful thing is that if you don't go deep enough, they just stare at you in the dark from a distance. When you get deep enough, they will come out. The deepest one among the people who came back alive has only walked for a day and a half, but it's only seventy-eight kilometers. No one knows what's going on inside.
More deeply, no one has come back alive, including the carefully selected ghost slaves, who are also only seeing in but not coming out.
However, they were bold enough to enter the mountain under the banner of business. However, at most, they walked along the river course of Jacob for seven or eight kilometers. They were stopped by a village. They did not embarrass them. They just told them that they wanted to do business here. They could do it here, and they would die.
The village looks very strange. It can't be put on a good level. Like those castles of Lords and nobles, it was built on the hillside and had the prototype of the castle. The whole structure was made of brick and stone. It was layered and had a three-dimensional feeling.
It's incredibly neat. The goods here are quite complete. In addition to the regular leather goods and herbs of Andes mountain people, they also found a lot of honey. When asked, the price is unbelievably cheap. It's too cheap to replace 100 pounds of salt with a pound of honey.
Although Manyu's army leader is deep inland, there is the largest salt lake in the mainland. Although it is also a controlled commodity, it has a little power. It is not a problem to start with in large quantities.
Honey, on the other hand, is an absolute luxury. In Asia Minor, where the beekeeping industry is relatively developed, it belongs to the exclusive supply of noble lords, not to mention most of the territory belongs to the semi Gobi Manyu army leader.
It can only be transported from other places. It's not common even on the table of Lords and nobles, let alone ordinary families. Only those greedy children, at the risk of full head bags, can get a little help from the wild honeycomb.
With this new world, those profiteering businessmen have long forgotten other things and become diligent porters, exchanging carts of salt and grain for carts of honey.
The exorbitant profits sold out are enough to make these businessmen laugh and wake up in their dreams. Although the majority of them are not owned by them, even the remaining small part is enough for them to live a luxurious life.
As for prohibition, are you kidding? Without the support of those lords and nobles, how could the caravan organized by the common people in such a chaotic situation walk through the market safely with a large amount of goods?
How is it possible to transport salt and grain across the Bastille army to the Andes mountains?
There is no doubt that the Duke of Borg is not only informed, but also the biggest player.
Judging from the current situation of Manyu's army leader, it is impossible to restart the slave trade in a short period of time. However, due to the financial constraints of the Phelan family and the serious deficit, it is necessary to explore new financial sources. A large amount of honey suddenly emerged from the Andes Mountains, which made the finance ministers of the Duchess house shine in front of them.
In this world of scarcity of goods and materials, any dessert is a luxury and scarce resource. It is a hard currency comparable to gold and silver, and the supply is in short supply.
They can not only be used for their own use, but also can be used as foreign trade goods and transported to other territories for high price sale.
As any experienced businessman knows, the fastest way to get money is not to take the three melons and two dates from the pariah. After exploitation, they have little surplus value. Their wealth is moldy and rotten in the private treasure house of the Lords and nobles. Most of the time, they have no place to spend, and the fastest way to make money is to earn them.
In addition, honey with high purity is easy to store. As long as it is put into a sealed wooden barrel, it can be stored for several years. In addition, it has high value and small volume, so it is suitable for being a commodity.
Once this kind of thing is opened, it is like a flood dike, which can't be blocked if you want to.
In any era, the most daring group of people are not heroes and warriors, but businessmen, especially those facing the temptation of enough interests. They dare to walk hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles with their wealth alone to earn a small price difference. If the interests are big enough, they can ignore the crime of beheading.
Chebman is one of the best. Since he set foot on the road of business with eight pieces of Byron silver coins, he knows that this is a game for the brave. Only when he dares to do something that others dare not do, can he earn his share of wealth.
He has done everything from selling needles and thread to running business with a large business team, but he has always been a small business. He has earned and lost money. He has not given up hope. He firmly believes that it is not that he does not work hard, but that he has not encountered his own share of luck.
Then half a year ago, the opportunity came and he seized it.
Yes, he was the first spy to enter Andes mountain under the banner of business.
However, when he entered the mountain, it was not praised by people now. He had the vision of an outstanding businessman that ordinary people did not have. If he was as wonderful as they boasted, would he still be so down and out in the first half of his body?
At that time, his business was affected by the war, and he was in debt. Those creditors went to work on business for three days and couldn't get along with them. At this time, the news came that Bastille was captured by Andes mountain people, and Prince Phelan sent a large army to attack.He got involved in the army and tried to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. However, he was still in a bad luck. A big fire would burn all his hopes for the same people. Of course, he was more lucky than those who died in the fire.
Then there was the beginning of the turmoil in the whole Manyu army, when he wisely chose to stay in the rebuilt Bastille.