Act Ninety-Three: Sold Out
There is a large open space in front of the granary, and the open space is surrounded by houses. The sun climbed up the ridge of the roof, and the light slowly shone over the clearing.
Hill picked up a straw hat hanging on the edge of the high platform and put it on his head, giving people the sense of a princess going to the field. Harrester helped pack bags of wheat flour and carry them to the villagers' ox carts.
Ox carts on the streets are like ant caravans, constantly transporting wheat flour out of the town. Everything is going on in an orderly manner, and the steaming atmosphere of the town gives people a dreamlike feeling.
Other merchants who were staying in the hotel also bought wheat flour in large quantities. They knew that as long as Hill bought and shipped all the remaining wheat, the price of their supplies would continue to rise.
"Abby, tell the butler to buy 20,000 bags, all of our inns will have to eat for the next ten months! And our own food for a few hundred people, and five thousand more bags for spare! The lord of the Vane family at the inn admonished one of the maids in the room.
The young man looked at the crazy robbery below, and the straw in his mouth was bitten off. And the maid in the room, named Abby, was the same girl who had received the Harrest a few days earlier.
"But...... What if they don't want to buy so much? Abby asked, a little worried.
The head of the Vane family frowned, propping his chin on the window, looking thoughtful.
"I shouldn't refuse, it's only 20,000 bags, and they won't take 200 gold coins in their eyes. But if we don't have these 25,000 bags of wheat, we won't be able to do this business! ”
The girl named Abby answered and walked out.
Harrester was busy for a while and returned to the high platform, and asked Ciel, "So far, it's only been a small fight, and only sold more than 10,000 bags......
Hill didn't look anxious when he listened, "Don't worry, the big family will be here soon." True travel merchants are slippery people, and they look at trend action. Now buy fast, they will soon be impatient! ”
Harlets nodded and continued to help with the sale.
Dover Jayger looked at the wheat flour that was constantly being eaten below, and suddenly felt a little worried. He thought that if there wasn't much wheat flour left in the end, Hill would be annoyed.
However, Hilba wished that all the wheat flour had been sold out. In the end, she will only show a look of regret and make everyone think that she is great.
Fast forward and another hour passed, and the flow of people buying wheat gradually subsided, but it was still crowded. This kind of refined wheat flour can be eaten by a young man in about one bag and a half a month, but most farmers have a lot of wheat flour in their homes, and most of them only buy a dozen bags symbolically in order to appreciate the value and then resell it.
Hallrest came up to report to Hill in real time, "Fifty thousand bags have been sold, just now the Wayne family bought twenty-five thousand bags at once, and the Oliver family bought five thousand bags. Then the old man just now suddenly bought another hundred bags, and it is said that because the market said that the price of wheat would rise, so he borrowed money to buy it......"
"It's best if you buy it for your own consumption and don't disrupt the market. If you want to stock up and resell, you can do that, but you should only make a small profit......," Hill said.
"Won't the price rise very fiercely after we leave, why is it just a small profit?" Hallester asked.
"Most of the people have already bought their food rations, and there is no need for the extra wheat. Those who hoard wheat in their hands can only earn the money of the next group of traveling merchants. Hill analyzed.
"Traveling merchants are slippery, and they don't make good money." Hallester said.
"So I can only make a small profit, and if the traveling merchants resist, the residents can only increase the price slightly, or even sell it at the original price." Hill took off his straw hat and handed it to Harlett, motioning for him to fan himself.
The boy took the straw hat and put it on his head with a thank you expression, and then ran down to help. Hill thought that he could understand what he meant without talking, but now it seemed that he was overestimating Harast's emotional intelligence.
A traveling merchant who can afford to stay in a hotel for ten silver a night is impossible without a few hundred gold coins on him. When the residents and villagers have rested, it is time for them to play. A group of people wearing plain black high hats and blue gentleman's uniforms suddenly appeared under the high platform, and then simply said hello to Harrest and left.
They're like a bunch of bigwigs.
Harletter, who was greeted by him, happily ran up to the high platform again as if he had picked up money, "It's over, that group of people seems to be from the Reyktor Chamber of Commerce, they asked for 40,000 bags in one go!" ”
Hill was shocked when he heard Ryctor's three words, but thinking that no one had ever seen his appearance, even in front of Cheel, he might not recognize himself, and the girl nodded calmly.
Harrester brought up a brass bell from underneath and struck it with a tinkling tink. Hill then stepped forward, ready to say something. The girl really put on a look of pity.
"Villagers, stop for a moment, I have something to say! Just a few hours ago, I promised everyone to buy their own rations first, but the demand was completely unexpected! Of the 110,000 bags of wheat flour, only 20,000 bags remain...... Less than one-fifth of the original! For the rest of the wheat, even if we buy it completely, it won't do anything! Hill furrowed his eyebrows as he spoke, looking slightly distressed.
Dolph Jiejie below trembled in his heart when he heard this, he knew that perhaps he was the one who made the biggest profit this time, 110,000 bags of wheat flour, and 90,000 bags were sold in one morning......
"Lord Hill! I'm sorry, Lord Ciel! I didn't expect your kindness to end up with such a result. Jiejie bent over and ran to the high platform, his face full of apologies.
"I didn't expect that this purchase of wheat would actually do a good thing for you, the head of the Jiejie family." Hill looked back with a grim expression.
Seeing Hill point the finger at Jayjack, Offrey Andin snickered below, and the head of the Vane family in the tavern raised the corners of his mouth......
Jay Jie looked ashamed. "Aha...... Lord Hill! How about this, a tenth of the net profit amount sold today will be given to you! to compensate for your fatigue for these two days. Knowing that he was the only one who benefited at the moment, Jay was a little reluctant to go, thinking that he would make up for Hill, who had helped him a lot.
"It doesn't matter if you want this little money or not, but since I'm a super businessman passing through here, I'm naturally going to take something with me." Hill said, clasping his hands over his chest.
"What do you want to take with you? Even if I can, I can do it for you! Jie Jie immediately agreed, he presumably such a rich super businessman would not let him pay for it himself.
"What I'm going to take with me, you'll know in the end. But before I take this thing, there are some good things to pass on to you. Ciel's cold expression suddenly disappeared and turned into a cute one.
Because this town without the laws of the dragon abyss gave Hill a "good" feeling, she felt the need to plant a seed here. When the roots of the seed extend throughout the town and take root in all places, the town will eventually be claimed by Hill.
What the girl wants is never gold.
The inhabitants below had almost bought their rations, but now they were not in a hurry to leave, and they all gathered below with the attitude of watching the excitement. Now listening to Hill say what to give and what to take, everyone can't help but be curious again.
The sweltering heat is not as warm as the people, and even if it is very flowing, everyone is huddled together.