Chapter 39: Bidding
Lelouch was indeed a young lord, but the merchants didn't care too much, in feudal society, it was common for children who were still nursing to become emperors, let alone a 19-year-old border nobleman.
The only thing the merchants cared about Lelouch was probably the magic beer and the surprising affinity, and although they were a little confused, the merchants sat down quietly, ready to see what Lelouch was going to do.
I saw Lelouch smile and say:
"I understand your intentions, and I am very grateful for your attention to Limburg, and I am willing to come to Limburg without fear of tirelessness, and bring valuable wealth and firepower to Limburg, Limburg is a commercial city, and I think he will definitely be a commercial city in the future. A city of merchants' homes. ”
Lelouch's words were as polite and unnutritious as ever, but they released an important message, that is, Lelouch was not a person who hated businessmen, at least, not on the surface, generally speaking, businessmen understood this situation, and they were already very satisfied, at least this laid the foundation for reasoning.
"Today, the purpose of our coming here is very simple, Lelouch is not going to go around the bend with you, let's talk straight to the point, have something to say, the theme of today's meeting, is to discuss the allocation of beer quota in Limburg, before that, please taste the magic wine of Limburg, beer. ”
As he spoke, several attendants began to dispense beer with large plates, the beer glasses were large, the golden wine was bubbling, the temperature of the ice in the well was just right, and as the merchants drank it, the cool and refreshing feeling permeated the whole body.
Just after the first sip, the merchants understood the value of this drink, not that the beer was too good, but because in Lelouch's propaganda, it was available in almost unlimited quantities in Limburg, a delicious drink in unlimited quantities, which meant an innumerable amount of great wealth.
Although the lion's share would certainly be taken by Lelouch, the merchants would certainly get a share of the profits, even one hundredth, which would be a staggering amount.
At this moment, the merchants suddenly began to make eye contact with each other, but there were some people they didn't know, and they knew each other too far apart to be clear, and suddenly, the merchants seemed to understand the reason why Lelouch was going to adjust so far.
Looking at the businessmen who looked around, Lelouch smiled, these merchants were really pursuing profits, and only then did they know the value of beer, so they were ready to exchange prices and lower prices, but how could Lelouxiu, who came to the next generation, give them such an opportunity?
"Okay, compared to the beer everyone has also drunk, let's talk about the beer quota. ”
As he spoke, Lelouch motioned to Kenon, and between that time Kenon took a scroll, walked to the front desk, and read to the scroll:
"The total amount of beer this time is 2,000 barrels of low-grade beer, and the average low price per barrel is 50 silver coins"
When the price was read, all the merchants opened their eyes wide, a hundred silver coins is a rather large number, equivalent to the concept of a barrel of beer selling for 10,000 yuan, although the merchants do not know how much the cost of beer is, but it is definitely less than a silver coin, this profit Lelouch is almost directly doubled by 100 times, just low-grade beer, Lelouch will earn 100,000 silver coins, this is an astronomical wealth.
But it seemed that Lelouch was not enough, and Kenon went on to read:
"Five hundred barrels of high-grade beer, fifty gold coins per barrel!"
Another uproar, an average gold coin is worth ten silver coins, and a hundred barrels of high-grade beer will be sold for 250,000 silver coins, which is much more expensive than low-grade beer, it can be said that this cost is for the merchants, so that they simply do not have much room to increase profits, and the nobles will not reason with you too much, that is to say, the big head is really occupied by Lelouch, although there is some hesitation, but when they think of the remaining profits, the merchants are still quite tempted to look at Lelouch, this price, it seems that it is not unacceptable。
Lu Lu Xiu looked at the reaction of the merchants, smiled slightly, it seems that the merchants did not flinch, in this way, even according to the lowest price, Lu Lu Xiu can earn 350,000 silver coins, this wealth is thousands of times or even tens of thousands of times more than those geographical crops to defend the city.
But is this all Lelouch could have eaten? Thinking of the next event, Lelouch was already a little eager to count the money.
"The above is the price and total amount of Limburg beer, everyone rest assured, I have never been a child in Limburg, saying that it is fifty silver coins, it will never be lower than this price, we Limburg has always said that it will do. ”
After being shocked by Lelouch's shamelessness, the merchants all raised their butts slightly, ready to be the first to stand up and grab the quota of beer when Lelouch announced the quota, this thing is so much, grab a little more, but it means more profits, it seems that a barrel of fifty silver coins is a lot, but in fact, for the nobles, it is absolutely possible to take out one or two hundred silver coins to buy a few barrels of wine, especially this kind of cold and delicious beer.
After Kenon slightly slandered his lord's shamelessness in his heart, he still prepared something according to the established process, in fact, the thing was very simple, it was just a bunch of pen and paper, seeing the pen and paper, the merchants looked at Lelouch suspiciously, and didn't know what plaster he was going to sell:
"As we all know, the beer is the output, and if you want everyone to have a share, you have to think of some special methods, so I decided on this invisible auction form to determine the distribution of beer, the rules are very simple, every ten barrels for a batch, each time, everyone can write their own price here, as long as it is not lower than the default minimum price, you can, and finally, the highest price wins. ”
Lelouch's method was very simple, and the merchants understood it at once, but then the merchants were dumbfounded, this time although they all hated Lelouch in their hearts, but they had to give Lelouch a thumbs up, this trick was true****** Ruthless, the profit originally left to the businessmen was already very small, and now this trick is out, and the businessmen can't talk to each other, and they can't negotiate the price at all, which causes everyone to only estimate the offer, but when I think of so many competitors around me, if the price is low, it will definitely not be grabbed.
Although very helpless, but the businessmen found that they seem to have no way except to report the price as high as possible, if you don't grab a few barrels of shares in the front, then the more expensive the more you go to the back, you know, many businessmen have waited for no less than ten days, more than half a month, for businessmen, time is money, if the time is delayed, but even the goods have not been grabbed, then for businessmen, it is really a loss of blood.
Thinking of this, all the merchants looked at their companions differently.
"Okay, now it's the auction for the first barrel of low-grade beer, please come up one by one and write your own offers..."