Chapter 36: The idea of making money
Mo Yan's persuasion made Camos feel a little relieved, and he really needed money now. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe discord with his father is not new news in aristocratic circles. The family's business has long been handed over to Leon to be in charge, and he, the eldest son who was once coveted by nobles and nobles, can only stay at home in the cold, and it looks miserable to be popular.
Although Camos has no complaints about this unfair treatment, it is not a problem to always be idle at home like this. The appearance of doing nothing all the time has no benefit except for making his father look down on him even more.
At first, the reason why he chose to go to Karan, so far away to go to business, was to leave the family, away from his father's reprimand, who was increasingly disdainful of him. It's just that the bad luck he encountered on the road made his business end in failure. Some of the money accumulated in his hands was also lost because of that trip.
Although Mossa, who had been in the barracks all day, did not know that the gold had been recovered, no one could get rid of him, and Camos called him to the reception room. The four men divided the 1,300 gold coins, and each took about 320 coins, and the nightingale took fifteen more coins because he had the most credit for recovering the gold.
More than 300 gold coins, even in Giza, are still not a small amount. At the beginning, the old mage hired nine mercenaries to escort him and his goods all the way from Kari to Giza, and it only cost a total of ten Sovalon, which was paid for by the four mercenaries with their lives.
Nightingale took her fair share, left a contact address, and left. Most of the nobles do unsavory work, and most of these are the Nightingale's kind of people, and perhaps she expects Camos to visit them in the future.
After the nightingale left, Camos set his eyes on the girl next to Mo Yan, and Mosa also shouted loudly, looking like a passerby.
He really didn't know that just a trip to the Mage Guild could bring back such a beautiful girl.
"I picked it up on the way back, and she cried and shouted for me to take care of her. Looking at Camos's inquiring eyes, Mo Yan could only shrug his shoulders helplessly and said: "But you also know that I am a poor person, just invited her to a meal, I felt that I must not be able to raise this person, so I brought it back to you." ”
After Mo Yan finished speaking, he glanced at Camos, who already had a tacit understanding on the road, and no longer asked about the origin of the silver-haired girl, and even Mosa was sent away by him. After arranging for the maid to prepare a place for her, after confirming that the silver-haired girl was gone, Camos asked Mo Yan, "What's wrong with her? ”
"I think I'm going to forge my knife first. Mo Yan touched the knife on his waist and said, "Among the gold that the nightingale brought back, are there those Mithril arrows from Kari City?"
"If those Mithril arrows are there, it won't be just 1,300 gold coins" Camos looked at Mo Yan's solemn expression, instantly understood the identity of the girl, nodded secretly, and said: "Those Mithril should have been discovered, if so, I will keep them close to me." ”
"I knew I would be robbed, and I should have left it close to me. Mo Yan sighed and said: "Now you can only use the Krugang you mentioned before, by the way, have you ever thought about how to use your money? ”
Following the maid, Leah came to the guest room. Hearing that the two began to chat, I really relaxed and listened attentively to the maid's explanation. Since the night of the undead's appearance, she has been in the card for more than half a month, but the evil in the dragon god's prophecy has never appeared, just when she thinks that the evil in the dragon god's prophecy refers to the crisis of the undead.
Just ten days ago, the dragon god issued an oracle again. Inform her that the evil hidden in the shadows is growing, and that she has already left Kari to come to Giza.
After learning that evil had left Kari, Leah, annoyed by her negligence, came to Giza day and night. But this time she was smart, and she thought that the reason why the evil didn't show up in Kari was because she was too high-profile and made the evil hidden in the shadows vigilant.
So she put away the dragon's deterrence and transformed into a human to enter the city, only waiting for the evil to leak out, so her identity was kept secret. On the way to the Thornland Mansion, Leah had already explained to Mo Yan that her identity was not to be mentioned to anyone, and now it seemed that he had complied with it well.
Mo Yan and Camos talked about the direction of investment, not only because he also didn't know where to invest his money, but also to investigate which industries have emerged in the world and which things are still in the embryonic state.
In the era of underdeveloped productivity, the real money is only salt and iron tea. Needless to say, salt is a necessity that everyone needs, and at the same time it is a product of profiteering. But this is in the hands of the royal family of Maris, and any salt transported inland is subject to a tax and must be sold to official agencies, who then sell it to the stores below.
In order to compete for the voucher to sell salt, each store also needs to bid at the auction house every year, and the triple stripping of salt has always been very expensive, and the quality has always been poor. Mo Yan has seen it in the back kitchen, those salts mixed with various impurities, not so much salt as salty stones, every time Mo Yan boils the salt first, and seasons it with the salty water that comes out.
Therefore, among the common people and the black market, there has always been a circulation of privately made private salt, but the quality is much worse. Every year, more than 1,000 people die from eating illicit salt.
For Yan Moyan, there is a mass production of salt drying method, and at the same time, there is also a technology to remove impurities, for a person with a developed memory, it is not difficult for him to remember some knowledge in high school textbooks. There is nothing to sell in small quantities of illicit salt, but once the amount is large enough to affect the income of the royal family, it will become the enemy of the whole country.
What's more, Giza is not on the seaside, and if you want to make salt, you have to go to the nearest beach, which is obviously not a feasible solution. However, the production of iron in Maris is quite large, and these metals, which can be used as weapons and daily necessities, are controlled by the three great nobles of the empire, from the mine to the smelting, and then to the later sales.
Thornland was the last link in the chain, responsible for keeping the ironwork running and selling throughout the empire, and many of the large blacksmith shops were actually Thornland's property. However, the entry threshold for iron is quite high, not only do you need to prepare valuable equipment, but how to start iron ore is also a big problem.
As a place where all natural resources belong to lieges, it is difficult to buy ore from which lieges. After all, Mo Yan is a person without any identity and background, and he can't get any additional benefits from selling it to you except to make some iron ore money. Sell to those big nobles, and you can also get political support.
And a few hundred gold coins want to enter the metal industry, Mo Yan didn't feel that he was dreaming.
"Not to mention tea. "If you want to make money from tea, you need to organize a caravan to trade horses and cattle with Nolan and the nomadic barbarians of the north, but they often have large herds of horse thieves there," Camos said. While the profits are huge, the risks are just as great, and the main thing is ......"
"I still need to get out of Giza. Mo Yan lay on his back on the sofa, rubbed his eyebrows a little sadly and said: "Even if you are not afraid of hardship and danger, what is the difference between that and a businessman? ”
"We don't have anyone around us who can be trusted, and anything can happen when we're on the road for such a long time. Camos nodded and said: "If you don't follow it yourself, it is easy to lose all your money, and some people who are not familiar with running this road are bankrupt because of accidents on the road." ”
"Let's let this matter go for now. Mo Yan closed his eyes and thought for a while and said, "We have enough things on hand now, and I'm thinking about whether there is any other industry that can be done." I already have a vague draft, and I'll look into it during this time. If it works, it should be a very profitable way. ”
"That's right. Camos took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Mo Yan and said: "I went to the academy today, met with the tutor who taught me before, and I and Leon as your guarantors, recommended you to go there for official enrollment, and he has agreed and approved." You will report to the academy tomorrow with this letter, and you will be able to enter and exit freely after receiving your uniform and badge. ”
"Didn't I say I only learn horsemanship?" Mo Yan took the letter handed over by Camos, on which was a large statement in the form of an official document, and at the bottom of the letter were the signatures of Camos and Leon, as well as two similar-looking lacquer wax ring seals, followed by the confirmation and signature handwriting of unknown people, confirming the authenticity and validity of this letter of recommendation, and thinking that it was Camos's mentor.
"The management of the academy is very loose, after all, they are all children of the nobles of Giza. Camos smiled and said, "Except for some normal holidays, you can not go to it if you have something." Of course, the final final assessment of the academy is the most stringent in the empire, and if it does not meet the standards, it will not be allowed to graduate.
Leon and I think that you have to study anyway, if you are interested in other subjects, you can also take a look, all the subjects of becoming a nobleman are taught there, whether it is military strategy, etiquette, artistic taste, or swordsmanship, learning some will always be good for you in the future. ”
"I still understand this because I don't have a lot of skills. Mo Yan nodded and put away the letter of recommendation, but the gold coins allocated to him were still on the table.
"You forgot to take your money. Camos shouted at Mo Yan's back.
"You keep it for me first, and then I'll talk about it when I think of what to do. Mo Yan pointed to his brain and waved his hand at Camos.