Chapter 40: Monopoly
"Then I wish us a happy cooperation!" Jason said with a smile, and ordered the maid to bring the wine, and he was now almost writing the words "I am happy" on his face.
From now on, all of Ironfang's finest bows and arrows will be sold to the Kyle family for ten gold coins each, while those that are relatively ordinary will be sold for two gold coins.
In addition to this, Villelet was very interested in the whole piece of white bear skin used to decorate this living room!
"How about this bearskin?" asked Verlia, pointing to a snow-white bearskin hanging on the wall.
"......" Jason didn't answer, and silently turned his gaze to Mayor Dia, most of these things belonged to the old man.
"I can pay for it!" Villetel gritted her teeth and said, this damn guy is too picky, he is simply a dime a dime iron rooster, he has given so many benefits for nothing, he even gave me a bear skin!
"This bearskin ......" Mayor Dia hesitated, it was a gift from his son Dorne before he left.
He was a little reluctant, after all, the meaning is greater than the value.
"The market price of this white bearskin should be around eighty silver coins, and I will give you a gold coin!" Wellright really liked this skin, the completeness and clean hair were full of beauty.
The fur of these beasts in the north, especially the fur of the ice snow wolf, is rare among the face-loving nobles in the south, but it is a pity that the ice snow wolf is a social animal, and it is basically a dead end for a hunter team of less than twenty people to encounter them.
As a result, this snow wolf fur is not only a luxury item in the south, but also a scarce item in the northlands.
But with the exception of the snow wolf, most of the animals in the north have snow-white hair, which is very popular with noble ladies, and they are still very valuable.
But......
"A gold coin?" Mayor Dia's eyes widened.
"Is there a problem?" Villette was taken aback by his reaction.
"......" Mayor Dia shook his head with a wry smile and didn't speak.
"Mayor Dia, what's wrong?" Jason couldn't help but ask.
"Alas, for decades, all the merchants who bought furs in the town did so for five or six silver coins. "Mayor Dia regrets not being able to inquire about the prices of these items.
"Even hunters who go to the big cities to sell them sell for only a dozen silver coins. ”
These treacherous merchants in the big northern cities are bullying these local hunters and not knowing the market, so they are specifically blackmailing these people one by one, and some of them will even wait for the hunters to sell things in the market, and then cooperate to deceive.
In order to reduce the cost and time of transportation, hunters usually sell to nearby big cities or merchants who come to Iron Tooth to buy them.
"Ten times the profits, how much hard-earned money these vampires make from the civilians. Jason was dumbfounded by the greed of this group of merchants, knowing that these people would take risks for profit, but he didn't expect it to be so crazy.
For the sake of some fur profits, they even joined forces to deceive these simple hunters.
Aren't you afraid that the matter will be exposed and killed by these hunters?
"You're all blinded, and the market price is in the hands of these merchants, so you can't do anything if you know they're lying. Villerite knew the doorway very well.
"If you go to the cities further south, the price will even double again, which means that the furs they buy from you may even be twenty or thirty times more profitable, so there is no reason why they should not take risks!"
"Does the business alliance care?" Jason now felt that this business alliance was not very good, and even this kind of thing would happen.
"Not all chambers of commerce are under the jurisdiction of the Business Alliance. Vill Little gave him a disdainful look, if the business alliance really unified all the chambers of commerce in the mainland, then this organization would not be far from extinction.
"Terrible buyer monopoly. Jason understood that these merchants had taken advantage of the inconvenient transportation here, completely monopolized the prices here, and even formed such a terrifying chain of interests, resulting in the hunters not being able to sell their goods at a good price.
It seems that most of the people of the Iron Fang Collar are so poor, and there are also factors of these black-hearted merchants.
"Won't your Kyle family's meddling in the north this time cause a backlash from these merchants?" Jason asked, after all, the strong dragon couldn't overpower the ground snake.
The foundation of the business alliance in the north is relatively weak, and their foundation is in the central and southern parts of the continent.
Jason was secretly ruthless in his heart, if these damn businessmen dared to hinder their own development, then they would have to find an excuse to serve them in a pot, and confiscate their "ill-gotten gains" by the way!
There is nothing wrong with businessmen seeking profit, capital is built on a lot of bones, but if they hinder Jason's development plan, it is not right for Jason to do so.
But Jason didn't dare to do it until the last minute, what if no businessmen came in the future?
"We can forcibly take a piece of the pie with a huge amount of money. "If a huge trading market can be opened up in the north, it will also be very helpful for the Kyle family to improve their voice in the business alliance.
The terrifying capital monopoly, Jason can see that Welllight just wants to use huge funds to suppress the system established by the original merchants in the north and forcibly open up a market here!
This behavior is a threat in the eyes of the state power, and a policy of repression is generally adopted, and the merchants of the north will also attack it in droves, sniping at the Kyle's business.
But at this time, if Jason helped, all this would not be impossible.
"I will issue a decree in the Iron Tooth Territory that will be beneficial to your development, and you can use this place as a springboard to open up the northern market. Jason said with a smile.
"After that, the purchase and export of the Iron Tooth Collar will be handed over to my Kyle family's Chamber of Commerce, and I will give you a satisfactory price. Verlia is happy with the result.
It's not that they can't find other nobles to cooperate, but these nobles are inextricably linked to local merchants, and cooperating with them is in danger of being bitten back.
But Jason is different, he needs help now, he needs a solid ally, so he is the first target of the Kyle family.
Jason looked at her bright smiling face, but secretly thought in his heart, this would be equivalent to the economic lifeline of Iron Tooth Town being held in the hands of the Kyle family, but Jason had no other way for the time being, but he could only seek skin with the tiger first.
When there are conditions in the future, they will find a reason to kick them out or find a way to reduce their influence in the territory, after all, it is better to hold their territory in their own hands.
"Cheers to our collaboration. Jason picked up the wine that the maid had just brought and raised his glass.
"It was a pleasure to work with. ”
"It's a wine unique to Irontooth, try it. "It's that special kind of sap that Jason now uses to entertain his guests.
"It tastes good!" said Villette's eyes, for it was indeed delicious, better than the fruit wine beloved by the noble ladies.
"It's a pity that the production of this wine is too low. Jason regretted that the production of the sap necessary for this wine was too low to be produced on a large scale, so it did not have the conditions to sell it in large quantities, otherwise it would be another purchase.
Now Jason's first reaction when he sees something new is whether it can be used commercially.
"I still have quite a few stocks in my castle, and if you like I can give you some, I wonder if I have the pleasure of inviting the beautiful Miss Villelet to my castle. ”
"It's my pleasure. ”