Before today, Padraic had never imagined that the packaging unit for something like an alchemical potion could be a "box".

How to package and sell alchemical elixir? Ordinary small merchants don't even think about this at all, because alchemy items are all products of extraordinary power, and the so-called magic items that the lowest-level traders put on their carriages are a few pieces of iron and dried sheepskin with runes carved into them—the main function of such things is psychological comfort, and the propaganda slogan is "My grandmother said this is useful"—the real alchemy potion is a business that only middle- and upper-class merchants can afford to do it.

Even the middle and upper class merchants could get their hands on a dozen bottles of alchemical potions at most—they would be packed in fine crystal bottles, filled with velvet and high-grade silk cotton, and then placed in a delicate wooden box, about the same price as the most expensive red wine.

It is said that there was once a well-known mercenary master, who was ordered to destroy a mutated demonic beast that endangered the border, this mercenary master relied on his extraordinary skills and more than a dozen bottles of alchemy potion to grind to death an enemy three times stronger than himself, but after the victory, he looked back at the potion bottle he threw on the ground, and he "quacked" and died on the spot......

Of course, there is an exaggeration in this story, the merchants used excessively ornate packaging to hold alchemical potions in order to raise the price of the potion in front of the unlearned nobles and rookie mercenaries, but the value of the alchemy potion itself is still visible, but now Gawain has made several large boxes - the boxes are opened, and they are full of alchemy potions, and the neat small crystal bottles are stuffed with wood chips for collision protection.

"Each box has three layers, each layer has 233 bottles, this box is a weak mana potion, this box is a disease dispel mixture, and the rest of these boxes are rejuvenation potions," Gawain pointed to the large boxes and introduced them to Padraic, and then took out a piece of paper, "The specific price and sharing method are here, you can take a look." The initial price I set for the Rejuvenation Potion was sixty Bronze Cecil Coins, or one Ansu Shield Silver Coin, and the Mana Potion was two Silver Shield Coins, the same price as the Healing Elixir and the Rejuvenation Elixir. ”

Padraic took the price list a little blindly, and blinked when he heard Gawain's quota, as if he didn't understand the connection between the price and the potion in front of him.

It wasn't until half a minute later that he hesitated to ask, "Lord Duke...... You...... Are these potions real? ”

"You think I'm going to be a counterfeit drug?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "Of course these are true!" It's just that I have a special way to produce potions at a very low cost. ”

"My lord, of course I don't doubt your character!" Padraic immediately said nervously, he had a huge doubt in his heart, in all fairness, no one could be calm in front of such a low price and the fact that Gawain could casually drum up a lot of alchemy potions, which meant an incredibly large amount of wealth, but Padraic was a smart man, and although he was bold when it came to money, he was cautious when it came to life, so he didn't inquire into any in-depth secrets, Instead, he analyzed the potions that Gawain took out as an established fact, "Since you can really supply such a large amount of potions...... Then I actually have some ideas. ”

Gao Wen nodded: "You said, you have experience in business. ”

Padraic said straight to the point, "My lord, I hope you can mix water in these rejuvenation potions. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Gao Wen was stunned, but even Amber, who was mixed in as a background board next to him, was stunned, and after a while, the half-elf lady looked Padraic up and down with an admiring expression: "This gentleman, you are a talent......"

"Don't make a fuss," Gawain glared at Amber, then into Padraic's eyes, "You should know that this advice wasn't made by an honest businessman, and you should have something else to say." ”

"Yes, my lord, if you mix water in a rejuvenation potion and change the name to 'secondary healing potion' or 'inferior healing potion', you can also deal with the disease mixture in the same way, change the name to 'secondary healing potion' or something, if you think this is not chivalrous, then it is a big deal to make the price cheaper, you lower the price, and state that those potions are not as effective as the real alchemy potion, this is not deception. For the vast majority of civilians to suffer daily injuries and illnesses, even such inferior healing drugs were enough to save their lives, and alchemical elixirs mixed with more water were stronger than the stinky ointment of mud and rotten grass roots they bought from rural herbalists. ”

Padraic watched cautiously as Gawain's expression changed, while the latter just nodded, "Go on, I'm listening." ”

"Rashly selling alchemy elixirs such as rejuvenation potions at extremely low prices will inevitably impact the existing market, and the groups that make a profit from it—of course, with the support of you, the Duke." The New Chamber of Commerce can despise those small merchants and small alchemists, but the gutter rats will be disgusting even if they can't bite people, and for civilians, it is not necessarily a good thing to be able to buy alchemical potions at a low price, at least not at the beginning, those who are affected by the New Chamber of Commerce may not be able to do anything to you, but they can turn to hate the poor people who 'pass', they can threaten those who want to buy medicine, attack those who have already bought medicine, or even simply mix poison into the market and spread rumors- For the majority of ignorant and foolish people, they simply cannot tell who they are being victimized against. ”

Speaking of this, Padraic lowered his head slightly and carefully added: "My lord, you are very strong, but the brave lion must also be careful of poisonous insects." ”

Gawain kept his expression unchanged, but the look in his eyes at Padraic was already slightly surprised, and after a few seconds, he nodded slightly: "You're right, in order to avoid this, we have to do some 'disguise'." ”

"Yes, it's not a clever disguise, as long as you state that they are all inferior or even failed alchemy potion by-products, you will have half the eyes staring at them, and you can also sell real rejuvenation potions and anti-sickness potions at the same time, but the price should be increased a little more - it can still be cheaper than the potions on the market, but not to the point of dozens of copper coins all at once. In this way, the traditional merchants will be temporarily paralyzed, and they will only think that you are trying to grab a little market by temporarily selling a low price, or that you have found a cheap source of herbs, and wait until they react...... There's nothing they can do about it.

"In this way, you have succeeded in establishing a trade route and avoided attracting the attention of the ill-intentioned people too early, and even the civilians who bought the water-mixing potion have bought the potion that works at a price they can afford, which is much better than the mud and rotten grass roots they usually use, and they will be grateful to you."

Gawain did not respond, but whispered to himself with feeling: "Poor people, is it a sin to even buy a bottle of good medicine......

He thought of the famine in the eastern realm that occurred in Ansu 476 that he had seen in the history books before, and thought of the disaster that was full of hunger, in that year, a severe insect plague that affected several counties caused a large area of food shortage, and several noble organizations with mercy distributed relief food, but more than half of this food went into the bells of the knights, treasurers, and village bullies and robbers who supervised the matter, and even the victims who received the food could barely keep the life-saving food they had on hand— In the end, the solution to this problem was a volunteer grain merchant, and his solution was beyond everyone's imagination:

Mixing sand, wood chips and even maggots into grain.

This kind of food can finally be safely distributed to the victims, and it is this kind of food that has saved tens of thousands of people.

The grain merchant, known as the "merciful miser", was hanged in 477 on the highest tower in the eastern county of Tamas for "poisoning the people by embezzling grain."

"I take your advice," Gawain said slowly after taking a deep breath as he looked into Padraic's eyes, "but I want you to understand that this is temporary, and if anyone uses this method as his way of making money, then Cecil's law will be on the killing spree." ”

Padraic stood up and bent down to Gawain with one hand on his chest: "Just as I will be faithful to every copper plate left by Viscount Kant, I will faithfully carry out every order you make." ”

Gawain smiled: "In addition, I want to remind you one thing in advance: this new business organization I have established is not just for selling medicines, although in the early stage, alchemy potions will be its main commodity, but in the future, there will be new output in the Cecil Territory, and I will have more things to sell." ”

Padraic nodded: "This is natural, a merchant group formed by a duke himself, it is impossible to have only one commodity. ”

"You should have seen the organizational structure of this new business organization, I hope you can first choose sincere and astute people from the businessmen you are familiar with as grassroots consignees, they can establish their own regional sales points, but the decoration, pricing, import and export processes of the sales points must be in accordance with my rules, and those who can't accept this should withdraw as soon as possible, and in terms of the higher level of regional agents and general managers...... You're in charge of everything, but I'm also sending my clerks and liaisons at every level of agency to supervise and help, and I hope you understand. ”

"It's nature – you provide all the money and the supply, and the organization has to be under your control."

Gawain stood up with a smile and picked up the teacup in his hand: "Then let's toast to the establishment of the 'Cecil Chamber of Commerce' - Mr. Padrak, do you mind replacing wine with tea?" ”

Padraic also stood up and picked up his teacup, he actually wanted to say that he didn't care about anything that was substituted for wine - now he didn't mind anything that needed to be drunk, but in the end he accepted the duke's invitation, and took the teacup and said, "I...... Hiccup......"

After the meeting, Padraic went straight to the bathroom, and Gawain returned to his room.

A drawing was lying quietly on his desk.

Above it was a symmetrical machine with a sense of advancement, with a rotating structure with a fan blade baffle, a ring of magic devices in a circle around the fan blade baffle, and next to the drawing, a diagram of an unfolded rune array.

"Honorable Lord, I have completed the design of the rune array of the rotor type magic engine, and found that it can adjust the speed by increasing or decreasing the number of rune groups activated at the same time, or by fine-tuning the contact area of the rune trigger, see below for relevant information.

– Jenny Perrault. ”