Chapter 42: A Brief Stay in the Age of Empires III

(Well, the second chapter is in the collection and ticketing!) )

After Liu Qi listened to Goodel's words at that time, he was also sweating in his heart, and he didn't expect that the little things he sold would still be targeted by these nobles. Thinking about it, if he hadn't quit the Imperial Age early and Shijie ran to solve his own related problems, it is estimated that he would have been found by Gutel's family a long time ago.

Fortunately, I left for a month, but fortunately the other party didn't find me...

Of course, Liu Qi didn't know that the Gutel family had secretly searched for almost half a month before giving up, of course Gutel knew this but didn't say it. However, Liu Qi is not stupid, of course he understands that it will definitely not be a matter for a family to check his whereabouts will not end in a day or two, how can it be over without ten days and half a month (guess is really accurate). Of course, Liu Qi in the rejoicing would not believe that the Romans would trade fairly with a lonely person after finding him, maybe the other party just wanted to know the trade routes and the source of those goods from himself, which was not good news for Liu Qi at that time.

But now... Now Liu Qi doesn't care!!

Liu Qi, who has a gun and strong personal strength, is not too afraid of the enemy in the era of cold weapons now, eh, provided that the other party does not have that kind of long-range fire support such as crossbow carts and bed crossbows.

But Liu Qi was not complacent, when Liu Qi heard that Gutel was looking for him in the hope of being able to buy some more white salt, he did not directly disclose that he would not sell it, but vaguely revealed that the production process of this white salt was extremely complicated, and it was produced in a far away place outside the Roman city-state, and the output was very small. Then Liu Qi looked like you had taken a big advantage, and asked Goodel to explain how high the price he could get?

Goodel was dumbfounded, where did he bring the money on him? Zuihou could only beg Liu Qi to go with him to his family at night to discuss.

Liu Qi thought for a moment before nodding in agreement with Goodle's expectant eyes.

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"Hmph, if you don't need to find an agent, where is there such trouble..."

Recalling every word and face of Goodel just now, as well as his dress, Liu Qi affirmed his speculation, Goodel is estimated to be unlucky in his own family, so he urgently needs the influence of an outsider to restore his status in the family, otherwise would he beg like that? You know, the last time we met, Goodel was approachable but still full of pride.

However, Gutel's visit also matched Liu Qi's heart.

After Liu Qi came back from the dark shijie this time, he realized that he played the role of a peddler in the era of empires and the dark shijie, although the profits were high, but not to mention the hard work, the danger was also a little greater.

According to the experience of those predecessors (the protagonists of various time-travel trading novels), Liu Qi should have chosen to play the role of a wholesaler, choosing a spokesperson or cooperating with Shili in each shijie, and handing over the goods to them for processing, so that he does not need to blindly look for sales like a small vendor setting up a stall. In this way, Liu Qi not only does not have to worry about how to sell goods, but also has a much easier life. Well, of course, the profit may be smaller, after all, as a spokesperson and a partner with shili, the family also has to make money.

Well, but there's one more prerequisite for doing that.

That is, Liu Qi has enough force in his hands or the strength to protect his interests from infringement, otherwise it is not impossible to be eaten as a fat sheep. You must know that there is never a shortage of people on shijie (reality and game shijie) who are not very long-term or greedy, Liu Qi does not have enough force and has enough wealth to attract people... The consequence is that the child is holding gold in the middle of the city, not to mention the robbery, and even his life may not be guaranteed, which Liu Qi said with deep understanding - otherwise, why do you specialize in firearms.

If it is a modern level of firearms shooting shijie or dark shijie in which Liu Qi does not dare to mess around, then Liu Qi does not care about the level of force in the era of empires shijie, even if the attempt fails, it doesn't matter - it's a big deal Lao Tzu can find other movies, anime and TV series, anyway, after discovering the function of his laptop, Liu Qi has more choices, and this attempt will not necessarily fail, right?

"Liu, how's it going?"

Just as Liu Qi was thinking about how to show his strength when he went to the meeting called the Tumen family called Gutel at night, he suddenly felt a bumpy female body hugging his waist from behind, and Nina's inquiring voice came, obviously Nina had just come out of the house after seeing Gutel leave.

"Hehe, Nina, it doesn't matter, it's just that someone is planning to talk to me about business."

Liu Qi felt the soft touch on his back even through his clothes and leather armor, and Liu Qi, who had not looked for a woman for more than ten days because of his busyness and vigilance in the dark shijie, immediately reacted, and hugged Nina, who was also emotional, watery eyes, into the room with a lewd/smile.

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That night, Liu Qi, who was refreshed, went to the Tumen family alone to make an appointment, and was respectfully sent back by a carriage at midnight. Well, let's not talk about the story and topic, anyway, it is said that half of the guards in the Tumen family have been lying in bed for ten days to three months of recuperation, and most of the remaining half of the guards have been slightly injured or something, and there are ordinary Bella city residents who live next to the Tumen family who feel that they were woken up by the thunder last night, but the strange thing is that the thunder only sounded a few times and it was gone, and not even a drop of rain fell, which is really a strange thing.

And the Tumen family is said to be unknown on weekdays in the next few days, and it is said that a person named Gutel became the first heir of the Tumen family, which made the high-ranking of Beira City very surprised.

However, after the Tumen family established Gutel's position as the heir, they began to recommend a high-grade salt called snow salt to the nobles and temple priests in Beira. The appearance of this salt, called snow salt, caused a sensation among the aristocracy - the Roman city-states, although they were on the shores of the Mediterranean, had seen snow, and they had never seen this kind of salt as white as snowflakes. After tasting the authentic taste of this snow salt once and without any other taste, all kinds of nobles of all sizes paid for it and snatched up the 1,000 catties of snow salt sold by the Tumen family for 5 gold coins per catty.

However, in the face of the aristocratic high-rollers waving gold coins, the Tumen family said that this snow salt was not the product of the Roman city-state or other city-states, but was transported from a country outside the Roman city-state, and the quantity was extremely rare, and the first time it was only 1,000 catties of snow salt, and the next time the second batch of snow salt arrived, it could continue to be sold.

If a small merchant had such a fortune, the rest of the nobles would have arrested him long ago and tried everything to get him to speak. However, although the Tumen family is not the top wealthy family in the Roman city-state, it also belongs to the middle and upper reaches, at least in the city of Bella, it is one of the best families, and it is not easy to shake, and the Tumen family does not eat alone, and convenes and the Tumen family to hand over the haode nobles to distribute the benefits, form a united front, form a price alliance, and stipulate the shili range of their respective families to carry out the sales share of this snow salt.

In this way, the rest of the minor nobles and the big nobles could only watch the alliance formed by the Tumen family and some other nobles and only drool.

The Tumen family is also interested, and only sells the high-end but scarce snow salt, and does not do anything in the coarse salt market for ordinary citizens. You know, the salt market for the citizens of these Roman city-states is a big piece of fat, and I don't know how many Roman nobles, big merchants and even temples have interests in it. If the Tumen family stepped into it, it is estimated that they would not even know how they died.

Well, of course, Liu Qitong shoes didn't know this, but Liu Qitong shoes didn't want to become a transportation coolie at that time, so they boasted of these modern iodized salt with a wholesale price of several hundred yuan a ton. How many processes do you need for this kind of snow salt (this is true), how much does it cost (this... It's difficult to transport (speechless).

Anyway, after Liu Qi, who was full of mouths about running the train, had a cordial friendship with the principals of the Tumen family before the two sides, the principals of the Tumen family, who were hindered by Liu Qi's force, also felt quite reasonable after listening to Liu Qi's words about running the train, and said that if there were many of them, it would be wrong if there were many of them.

How do these Bronze Age turtles know that after three industrial revolutions, the modern production capacity, if Liu Qi's brain is convulsive, he can even use modern low-cost iodized salt to salt everyone in the entire Bella City.

But obviously Liu Qi didn't have that kind of plan, and even in Liu Qi's mind, iodized salt could become a high-end daily necessities for those rich nobles, merchants, and temple sacrifices, but those ordinary people who don't have a little money in their pockets should eat those black coarse salt, it's more beneficial to health, isn't it?

Liu Qi, who had become a little undisciplined, thought in his mind, so the next day he exchanged a full ton of iodized salt and a dozen watches from Tumen's house for a large amount of gold, gems and other valuables.

Of course, the Tumen family did not suffer a loss, and purchased a personal timer from Liu Qi for three gold coins and a pound of snow salt (real black) and a thousand gold coins (Liu Qi's name for the watch, this price... They're making a lot of money, too. As soon as the snow salt arrived, the Tumen family sold 1,000 catties at the price of five gold coins a catty, and then the remaining half of the snow salt was divided among the allies of the Tumen family, and the dozen or so personal timers were regarded as treasures by the Tumen family.

Well, of course, this has nothing to do with Liu Qi, after all, Liu Qi is not responsible for after-sales after the sale, even if these things are offered as gods, he will not do Liu Qi's business.