Chapter 195: Alice's Purpose
Hiss!
Gervais gasped, he really didn't see it, Alice, the cold goddess Fan, killed the pig without mercy, this is the price of ten catties of monster meat!
Of course, Gervais was originally only worried that those small nobles could not afford it, but now after listening to Alice's words, most of the small nobles still have a lot of spending power, and Gervais is now so in need of money, it is of course imperative to raise the price.
"Why are you helping me?"
Gervais asked the doubts in his heart, Alice was eager to eat herself in the morning, but she didn't expect to help herself in the afternoon, if she said that because she was his husband, Gervais was not a three-year-old child, and knew that she didn't have that charm.
"I want to make a request for your golden wine, I want your wine to only be traded in Jones Territory, whether it's in Winterfell or Stormwind, as long as it's in Jones Territory."
Alice did not hide her intentions, and directly said what she wanted, watching Gervais fall into deep thought, Alice continued: "But don't worry, I only have this one request, I will not interfere with who your golden wine is sold to, and I will not ask for your share of golden wine." ”
"The Jones family already has rose powder, and the rose powder has made the Jones family the richest family in the Duchy of Jean, but it is precisely because the rose powder has attracted the prying eyes of the surrounding lords that they began to suppress the Jones family's caravan, although the rose powder is still popular, but other goods are restricted."
At this point, Gervais finally understood why Alice is so concerned about her golden wine, wine is an indispensable item for aristocratic communication, and golden wine is many times better than beer, and it is bound to be popular in the entire aristocratic circle, which is why Alice talks to him about wine.
As long as the wine was promoted, there was definitely an endless stream of people buying it, but if Gervais only traded in the county of Jones, and the other nobles wanted to buy it, they had to send caravans.
And how to handle these caravans at that time, everything depends on Alice's wishes, and there is even an advantage, that is, these caravans come to Rose Castle, which can greatly stimulate the consumption of the Earl of Jones, after all, there is always food and drink all the way.
In this world, transportation is inconvenient, except for caravans, the range of activities of civilians is not far, and many people don't even know what their homes look like 10 miles away.
The Jones family is rich, but the petty nobles and commoners below do not get the dividends brought by the rose powder, and even because of the suppression of the Jones family by other families, their situation is even more difficult.
Gervais did not answer Alice immediately, but continued to ponder, because wine is the biggest help for the rise of the Storm Lord, and it is also the guarantee for him to quickly improve his strength, and he can survive in this crisis-ridden world, although Gervais is also happy to help Alice, after all, he has a lot of favors in front of Alice, but the premise of all this is without crisis himself.
Gervais is currently worried that the wine has not been promoted, according to Alice's requirements to do it will not cause the wine to be out of Jones Collar, and the wine brewing method is not difficult, as long as you know what is made, try a few more times will always figure it out, Gervais is worried that his wine will not be copied by others, and then seize the market.
While Gervais was pondering, Alice was also thinking, what to use to convince Gervais, Gervais is her nominal husband, yes, but even if it is a vassal, Alice, as an earl, cannot dictate to the vassals in this production, so he can't force Gervais now, but is negotiating with Gervais, Alice is not angry at Gervais's silence, so she can only continue to speak:
"I have also learned about the kind of vines in your territory, only the Dark Forest and the Stormlord grow in small quantities, so the wine will be your exclusive business in the future, and you don't have to worry about the future sales of the wine or other people competing with you, as long as the deliciousness of the wine is known to everyone, it will be as popular as beer on the whole continent, this is a destined thing."
Alice's words fell, Gervais's brows finally dispersed, raised his head to look at Alice's fair cheeks, met her royal blue eyes, and then said, "Okay, I promise you!" ”
Alice's words are all said about this, Gervais has no reason to refuse this cheap wife, and although Alice is still the same as when Gervais saw her, but from the depths of her royal blue pupils, Gervais can see a trace of exhaustion.
Alice is only twenty years old, in her previous life, such a young girl is the best time in her life, especially Alice's outstanding and dazzling appearance, but now for the sake of the family, she can only plan and fight for the future of the family in this castle.
Hearing Gervais say yes so simply, Alice's eyes fluctuated for a moment, then she staggered her gaze from Gervais, picked up the wine in her hand and took a sip
"If you don't have the money to buy a shop in Winterfell right now, I can temporarily rent you one as compensation."
"No, I already have a store!"
The corners of Gervais's mouth curled slightly, and he directly refused the compensation that Alice said, now we are also people with shops, and there is no need to take advantage of Alice anymore, Gervais only feels that his waist is very hard now, this countess is very good to people, but she looks a little cold, if you can laugh, I don't know what it will look like.
"Got it? Are you sure? ”
Alice was stunned, a few days ago she was still selling in the square, how could there be a store in a blink of an eye, could it be that Gervais went to buy a shop this morning, which surprised Alice, after all, the shops in Winterfell are not cheap, especially the shops in the South and East Districts.
"Yes, the store already has it, it's in the East End, but I haven't seen it yet."
Gervais saw Alice's slightly surprised look, quite useful, and suddenly remembered the hat issue that had not been talked about in the morning, thinking that Alice should be in a good mood now, his eyes rolled, so he said: "There is no need for compensation!" After all, my title and domain are all given by you, but the question about the hat ......"
Without suspense, under Alice's cold eyes, Gervais withdrew from the study again.
……
Extremely depressed when he came to the corridor on the second floor, Gervais couldn't understand why Alice couldn't agree to his request, the hat issue had become an obsession in Gervais's heart.
"Lord Gervais! You're back! ”
When Gervais wandered through the sky and unconsciously came to the door of his guest room, he heard Tren's scream.
"Oh, Tren, what about Pat, have you come back?"
Just now, Pat just wanted to find himself out for dinner, but because Anna was missing, he ran to the third floor in a hurry, and now he is probably still eating out.
"Baron Gervais, my master didn't go to dinner, he is sleeping in the guest room, you wait, I'll call him now."
"Oh, go tell Pat to get up, I'll get out of the room as soon as I get dressed!"
Gervais nodded to Tren and opened his door.
I just got up and was anxious to find Anna, my clothes were all put on haphazardly, and I didn't have time to wash up, and now I can go out for dinner when I come back to take care of it, but now that it's getting dark, I can only have a meal in the restaurant in Rose Castle.