Chapter 80: The Influence of the Traverser (II)
The finale of 12,000 gold coins was an extraordinary result for the second round of the big auction.
"It's been many years since I've seen a second round of auctions that broke 10,000. A fat businessman sitting next to the pandas (although this trait is very inconspicuous in Molaigang, the pandas can't see any other physical features) sighed, "This is only the second round!"
"yes, I don't know what the third round will be auctioned. The kind old merchant said.
"Actually, I would like to participate in the last round of auctions, but unfortunately I can't go up to the third floor because I don't have enough status. A businessman sitting in front of him looked back and sighed.
Panda asked curiously, "What's going on with the last round of auctions?"
"The last round of auctions is actually just the national government of our Molai Commercial Federation. The old merchant shook his head and said, "It's just the name of the auction." Sitting on the third floor are the decision-makers of our Federation. After the three rounds of auctions, they will summarize the national policies of the past month and discuss the national policies for the coming month. I don't know exactly how they discuss it, anyway, and those hearsay stories are not worth believing at all. ”
The panda suddenly realized that he couldn't help but be a little funny.
The Molai Commercial Federation is worthy of being a country founded on commerce, and even major national political events will be discussed at the auction venue, which is simply wonderful!
However, compared to the national politics of the Molai Commercial Federation, Panda is more interested in the third round of auctions.
In his opinion, things like fine armor, high-quality enchanted weapons, and even biological armor have almost reached the peak of ordinary auctions, and beyond that are some rare treasures, not to mention the price, and it is easy to rot in the hands after buying - such as the famous gem "Star Core Fragment" , It's definitely not an exaggeration to describe it as priceless, but unless this thing is a super-large magic array or a super-giant puppet or a magic warship that only exists in legends, even the top enchantment is not needed, if anyone buys it, it will rot 100% in his hands, and I don't know if he can wait for a buyer when he waits for his son or even grandson's generation.
After a while, the third round of auctions began.
The auctioneer, still expressionless, looked around the room and said the first lot.
"The Barbarossa Peace Flag, which was just registered yesterday and is valid for one year. He said, "The reserve price is 10,000 gold coins." ”
The panda immediately understood.
Unlike the first and second rounds, the third round of auctions is all about "business operations".
For example, the "Barbarossa Peace Flag", which is a token issued by the pirate king Barbarossa, as long as you hang this on the mast of the flagship of the fleet and travel all over the Western Continent, not a single pirate dares to come to you.
For maritime merchants, this flag is a symbol of peace, which can be described as a thousand gold!
In the end, this flag was bought by a merchant on the second floor for 20,000 gold coins, and the old merchant next to the panda also muttered: "This time the peace flag feels a little cheap, it seems that the battle situation of Mo Lai is not good, after all, it still affects everyone's enthusiasm for doing business." ”
"Yes, the last time the peace flag was sold so cheaply, it was after Thrace attacked various ports. ”
Soon afterward, however, news came that the ship flying the flag of peace was anchored in the port where it had been attacked, but the Thracians did not dare to attack it...... As a result, the Ping An Banner was sold more expensively. ”
"Expensive or cheap, it has nothing to do with us anyway. Even if we become maritime merchants in the future, we will not be qualified to hang the flag of peace in this life. ”
The merchants laughed and laughed, not taking the high-priced auctions seriously.
The auction entered the third round, and it had nothing to do with them, the merchants in the ground floor hall. They're almost purely eye-opening now, trying to buy something...... Hehe, is there so much money to burn?
Next, several more items were auctioned, and as Panda had guessed, they were all about business - such as the transfer of several merchant ships, a part of the shares of a certain chamber of commerce, or a shop or property in a good location.
Compared to these, weapons and armor, no matter how precious they are, are limited after all.
Or, in other words, those weapons and armor that are precious enough to rival these things, will be auctioned here by the neuropaths!
After a while, the auctioneer said: "The next item, the new specialty of the Earldom of Tara Khan in the northern border of the Terrela Kingdom, 'Green Grass Candy', will be supplied in Molai for one year, with a reserve price of 50,000 gold coins. ”
The panda grew its mouth and was dumbfounded.
There were also many merchants in the ground floor hall who were also dumbfounded, and many of them couldn't help but ask, "What is grass candy?"
The auctioneer clapped his hands, and the waiters walked up to the merchants with teacups, each of which contained a small cup of emerald green tea, which was sweet and fragrant.
Panda and Jack naturally also got a cup, he picked it up and took a sip, the sweetness was very strong, fragrant and slightly bitter, it was indeed very grassy.
After everyone had tasted it, the auctioneer said, "Grass candy is a new product of Tara Khanling, and its origin is unknown." Verified and determined to be non-toxic. It is sweet and fragrant, slightly bitter, and has a distinctly grassy taste. In terms of taste, it is not as good as honey and sweet tree sugar, but it is also a sugar after all. The Tara Khan Chamber of Commerce promised that the annual supply would not be less than 5,000 catties, and if it was less than this amount, they were willing to make up for it with other commodities of equivalent value according to the market price at that time. ”
"Five...... Five thousand pounds?!"
"Oh my God!
"That Tara Khan...... How many bees do they have?"
"They don't have a few druids in every village, do they?"
The businessmen were all talking, and their faces were full of surprise.
In the Western Continent, sugar is a very expensive thing. There is no sugar cane or sugar beet, and sugar production relies on two sources – honey and a sugar maple-like tree. Not long ago, Panda ate a few special dishes that can reflect the style of Molaigang in the restaurant, all of which cost a total of almost 200 gold coins - the main cost is the sugar.
Although the taste of Tara Khan grass candy is not good, the amount of 5,000 catties is staggering enough - this is almost close to the annual consumption of the entire Port of Molai. In other words, as long as he wins this business, he will become an important sugar supplier in the Molai Kingdom in the next year.
That's a lot of business!
After the panda was shocked, he hurriedly contacted Liu Daoqing - as far as he knew, among the traversers, a group of people led by Liu Daoqing had been tossing the local method to make cola, and one of the important links was sugar production.
"I didn't have the drugs we needed to make Coke, and it didn't taste right. Liu Daoqing replied, "Later, we pondered that before we found the right medicine, it was better to sell the jaggery we made first, which could be regarded as recovering some costs." ”
"5,000 catties a year, is your output so high?" asked the panda in wonder.
"Maltose is only, about a pound and a half of rice can make a pound of sugar, the yield is not a problem at all, the problem is just secrecy. In order to prevent trouble, we also asked the local druid representative, Jeannay, who tosses herbs every day and said that he wants to be a doctor, and added several kinds of herb juice that is a specialty of the Miscellelle Forest to the sugar, and specially mixed the sweet maltose to give it a bitter taste. ”
The panda grinned, shook his head, and said nothing, but couldn't help but laugh.
Unconsciously, even those who don't participate in the battle much have had an increasing impact on the world.