On the second day of the auction, the expected number of people coming to sell crystals to Charles did not materialize. Except for Charles's side, the situation is the same for the other To's places.

At noon, Lorenzo, who received the news, reported the situation to Ruth. As a supplier of crystals, she has a strong say in this operation.

As soon as Lorenzo finished his report, someone came to report that a large number of foreign merchants were buying various grades of crystals at high prices.

"Let our people give them some of the inventory. Ruth thought for a moment and said, "At the same time, we started selling ten-day futures contracts. ”

Lorenzo hesitated for a moment, and he asked cautiously, "...... the goods in ten days?"

Ruth raised her slender hand to stop his question, and said, "In seven to eight days, our large fleet will arrive here, and then we will have countless crystals." ”

Lorenzo sighed, he had always felt terrified lately, and at the moment this form was already a blazing cooking oil, and the slightest mistake would burn himself.

At this time, another person came to arraignment.

"The adults think it's time to start the next phase. ”

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Not many people started drinking around noon, and there was only one table of guests drinking in the hotel on the first floor of the inn.

Wayne noticed that a businessman friend he had known a while ago was a little unhappy, and he asked, "Lex, what's upset?"

Lex took a sip of ale, sighed and said, "Just now I heard the news from people passing by my hometown that my wife gave birth to a baby at the beginning of the month. ”

Wayne counted the days in his heart, which was conceived by Lex when he came home for the New Year, and it should not be a green cup.

"Then you should go back sooner. He said to Lex.

Lex looked at the glass with a little reluctance, and Wayne quickly understood what he meant, he couldn't afford the money.

Wayne said to him, "You give me your goods, for the sake of everyone in the past few days, I will give you a little higher price than today." ”

Now that the New Year is getting closer, in a world without bullet trains and planes, getting home is a very time-consuming thing.

In the past few days, there are many people like Lex who are struggling with whether to take it away and go home when they see a good situation, or whether to stay and make a little more money.

Lex poured himself a sip of wine, thought for a moment, nodded, and agreed to Wayne's deal.

And Wayne and the others have bought a lot of crystals from businessmen like Lex who are about to go home in the past two days.

After completing the delivery of the crystals, Lex whispered to Wayne, "Man, you guys have to be careful with the dealer. Several nobles in the southeastern part of the kingdom had been at odds with the king, and this time their butler was seen in the city. You know ......."

Wayne nodded solemnly, thanking Lex for the news he had given him.

After a few sips of the wine, Lex went home to get ready to buy ceramics, and Wayne sat at the table and thought about things while drinking.

The kingdom of Reyrick, where he is located, does not have a good relationship with its western neighbor, the kingdom of Bibrach, so he is very concerned about the situation on Bibrach's side. The nobles of the southeastern kingdom of Biberach were more grouped and often fought against the king en masse. And now that this kind of thing is happening in the largest commercial city in the southeast, it is difficult to say that there is no such thing as the back of these nobles.

After lunch, Wayne took the crystals he had received in the past two days to Charles to exchange for cash.

When he arrived at Charles's mansion, he promised that Tonyo and Keith had arrived, and at this time they were drinking tea and chatting in the gazebo in the garden.

Now the characters of several of their "foreign merchants" are "the Earl of Maccaden, the first rich man in the Northland", so they often take the opportunity to meet here and exchange information through chatting.

Wayne took the honey tea from Mordred, and he felt a deep peace of mind. I don't know why, but he always feels this way every time he comes to Charles. For people who have to open one eye every night when they go to bed, he doesn't reject this feeling, and even likes it a little.

Seeing another guy coming to ask for money, Charles, who found that the money was not enough, sent Aunt Alto to the house to get the money out.

Wayne suddenly felt a shock in his heart, as if something had been taken away. He looked at the back of the departing Aunt Aalto in surprise, surprised.

Charles, Mordred, Tonyo, and Keith drink tea to hide the odd expressions on their faces.

Charles found that he couldn't hold it back, he put down the teacup and whispered to Wayne: "Actually, she's very good, and she will go to see if Mordred kicks the quilt at night." ”

Whether Mordred kicked the quilt while she slept was unknown to others, but the three of them who came to ask for money knew that Mordred had kicked Charles under the table now.

Aunt Aalto returned a short time later, and when she returned, she whispered a few words in Charles's ear.

Charles nodded, then picked out all the parchment rolls from Wayne's cargo and threw them back to them. "From now on, I will only recognize futures contracts that have been notarized by the Mason City Hall," he said. ”

The faces of the three of them changed suddenly, and then the three of them immediately took their leave, hoping to clear the futures contracts in their hands before the news spread.

The next few days saw a tumultuous look at Mason City's crystal investment market.

The town hall stipulates that only futures contracts issued by persons of the count/marquis level can be notarized, citing reasons such as guarantee of eligibility.

The futures contracts issued by local trading houses and workshops have been forced to be cashed out by the merchants.

In the past few days, several surrounding nobles, including the lord of Mason City, have received a large amount of cash by relying on futures contracts made of parchment.

Charles, who had been driven back to his room, leaned against the back of the door, and with enhanced hearing, he heard the sound of people in the room outside the door carrying heavy objects into the house.

In the past few days, people have come to this mansion every day with boxes of gold coins to store them. Each time Charles they were herded into the room.

Neither Kassandra nor Donio had been there for a few days, and Charles, who had no reliable sources, could only learn about the situation in the city through the descriptions of the other merchants.

After the market has been cultivated for so many days, and the price of crystals has been cultivated to sky-high prices, the nobles behind them have begun to make a move, and they rely on futures contracts notarized by the Mason City Hall to harvest the gold coins in the hands of the merchants who participated in the crystal investment in the city.

The merchants spread the news to each other that "the elves on the river have recently blocked the waters, and no ship will be able to come to Mason City in the short term", and they believed that the price of crystal would continue to rise, and then bought the parchment of the noble lords.