Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Salt and Sugar Trade Shocks the Caravan

As he spoke, Reynas had already taken out the items from his waist one by one. +

The first item to be removed was a wooden box containing a knighthood, which Renas opened and placed on the table facing Goodern.

He then proceeded to take out an unopened salute sword and a round piece of metal.

Looking at the slightly familiar round metal, Goodern remembered the 'evidence' he had found the night before.

In the dark compartment of the study, there is also something like this.

With a slight stroke of luck on Reynas, a special energy poured into the round metal.

Immediately after that, the round metal began to rattle, and Reynus placed it on the table, then said solemnly to Goodn.

"Baron Gooden, please swear to the Order of the Knighthood that you will always be loyal to the Empire, loyal to Your Majesty, and promise to stand up with Your Majesty when the Empire is in crisis."

Looking at such a solemn occasion, Goodern didn't think much about it, and got up to stroke his chest and repeated the oath of Renas.

"I will always be loyal to the Empire, loyal to Your Majesty, and promise to face it with Your Majesty when the Empire is in crisis."

Seeing Gooden's sincere face, Rainus showed a hint of satisfaction on his solemn face, and then stepped forward to salute with his sword.

"May your courage never fade, and may your path to battle be unbeatable!"

Renus said the salute solemnly, tapping his sword on either side of Goodern's shoulders.

As an Orrea who fought out of countless racial states, the whole country has the genes of being warlike up and down.

In this solemn knighthood, the congratulatory speech is carried with a fierce atmosphere.

The ceremony of the nobles is over here, after all, it is just a small baron, and it is not hereditary.

"Congratulations again, Baron Goodern."

After completing the ceremony, Reynas congratulated with a smile on his face, then picked up the medal on the table and handed it to Goodern.

"This will be your external certificate, if you lose it, please report it as soon as possible, and we can reissue it for you."

"Well, thank you."

Taking the baron's badge with both hands, Goodern took it in his hand and weighed it and observed.

The badge as a whole seems to be forged from copper, and the overall weight looks light, but it looks a little heavy in the hand.

The main structure is a circle depicting three symbols of the empire, two crossed swords, an angry griffin, and a crown that symbolizes royalty.

The overall portrayal is very detailed, and even when Goodern is shaking slightly, the griffon's eyes in the badge seem to be shaking with it, which is very magical.

Reynas retrieved the Honoured 'Witness' on his table and spoke.

"Baron Goodern, you and Jinyuan City should still have some business to discuss, and I won't participate as an outsider, so do you bother arranging a quiet room for me to chat with old friends?"

"Of course, old Joseph, you can arrange it, don't neglect your guests."

Goodborn glanced at the metal disc around Reynas's waist without leaving a trace, then turned to look at Joseph Sr. and asked him to arrange the other party's request.

"Okay, young master." Old Joseph replied with a slight bend of the bend, and then turned to Reynas, "Lord Steward, please come with me." โ€

Looking at the back of Renas leaving, Goodern originally wanted to ask how to use the 'recorder', but now it seems that he has to slow down his inquiry.

Old Joseph went to entertain him personally, and in the living room, Erin personally came to wait for the young master's orders.

Such a lovely face, coupled with the strange costumes, made Ferroz and Dedallo who were present couldn't help but take a few more looks.

Looking at the slightly distracted appearance of the two, Gooden sighed in his heart that it was still a modern clothing design cowhide.

In this world environment, it can still make people look sideways.

But staring at his maid like this, Gooden could also sense that Erin was a little unnatural, so he opened his mouth to divert his attention.

"Mr. Ferroz, I bother you to report and account for the transaction accounts this time."

"No problem."

Feroz, who had come back to his senses, nodded briskly in response, but secretly felt himself in his heart.

No wonder Goodwin refused to serve as a dancer when he came to the auction house before, because there was such a maid hidden in the house.

With such a lovely maid, who still puts their energy on these dancing girls?

Turning his mind, Feroz quickly took out the ledger and the list of transactions from the satchel on his waist.

And handed a list of one of the transactions to Goodern.

"The total amount of this transaction is a total of 800 gold coins, except for the 20,000 silver coins and 1 million copper coins you requested, the remaining 500 gold coins are all used to buy supplies."

Ferroz started with the total amount of the transaction at the beginning, and in the course of a month, Gooden has also revised the transaction requirements and some subsequent details several times.

The amount of manganese ingots sold was increased from the initial sale to one hundred pounds, and the required monetary payments were doubled.

And in order to let the other party know that he didn't mean to play with them, he asked someone to send a 30-pound 'deposit' in advance, indicating that he could have the ability to pay the remaining balance payment.

This also allowed the auction house to prepare millions of copper coins for him without complaint, which could directly loot the entire copper coin inventory in Jinyuan City.

"Due to the issuance of the Imperial Compulsory Order, the staple food you asked for did not buy much, but only summed up to 50,000 pounds of flour, worth ten gold coins."

"In addition, iron and iron ore were also affected to some extent, and a total of 200 pounds of iron and 3,000 pounds of ore were purchased, for a total of fifty gold coins."

"Other than that, the other requests have not been affected."

After a brief summary of the affected acquisitions, Feroz paused and continued to report.

"The poultry and horses have no effect, but according to the requirements of half male and half female, six oxen, ten pigs, twenty sheep, and forty horses, a total of four hundred and seventy-five gold."

"In addition, counting your conscription order, this time I will bring a total of three hundred and forty-six people who meet your requirements, a total of seventeen gold and thirty silver."

"When all is converted, you will have to pay fifty-two gold and thirty silver in cash in addition to the remaining seventy pounds of manganese steel."

After calculating together, Goodern had to put a lot of money into this transaction, but this was also expected by him.

This time, the bulk of the deal was focused on poultry and horses, and the price of these things was not cheap in itself, and buying them in bulk would naturally exceed the budget.

"It's okay with the bill, as for the extra part...... Does Mr. Feroz remember the new commodity deal I mentioned in my letter? โ€

"You say."

As for the excess amount, Ferroz had already known that Gooden was going to trade in the new merchandise.

But he didn't know exactly what it was, and he wasn't surprised by this way of paying the final payment.

And Goodborn did not directly say that he wanted to trade the goods that he would use as collateral, but instructed Erin.

"Erin, help me bring the two boxes that I have prepared."

"Okay young master."

Erin, who was nimble with her hands and feet, returned to the living room every few moments, holding two metal boxes in her hands.

The metal box contained salt and sugar, which Goodern opened and pushed in front of Ferroz.

"I think the auction house will be very interested in this."

Looking at the two boxes of snow-white 'crystal sugar' Ferroz was stunned for a moment, could it be that Gooden wanted to use crystal sugar as collateral?

But how much does Goodwin have to come up with to make up the difference, five pounds? Ten pounds?

However, just when Ferroz was a little confused, he noticed that the 'crystal candy' in the metal box seemed to be a little different from what he had seen before.

"Let's try the box on the left first, this is a crystal sugar made by Qingyuan Town, the purity and sweetness are much purer than the sugar merchants from the south."

"It's ...... Made in Qingyuan Town? Hearing Goodern's words, Feroz couldn't help but ask.

Crystal sugar is also produced and sold more or less in the Empire, and the purity that can be produced is far less than that produced by the Rydro Empire.

And the box of white and flawless crystal candy in front of you is a top-notch top grade no matter how you look at it.

"If you don't believe it, you can try it, and this box will be regarded as a giveaway."

Gooden was also very atmospheric, and directly sent out a box of sugar.

Seeing Gooden's generous direct gift, Ferroz was also a little surprised, this box should also look like a pound.

This has to be exchanged for the market price, which can start at least five gold coins, and the purity is very high at a glance, and the price is only high and not low, and now it is given to him like this?

"Here, taste it." Goodern made a gesture of please, and Erin brought a small bowl and spoon to the table.

Seeing that Goodern didn't look like a joke, Ferroz didn't hesitate, sat up slightly, and got some white sugar to taste.

The sweet taste that melts in the mouth makes Ferroz's eyes light up all of a sudden.

He has also tasted a lot of crystal sugars and desserts made of them, but none of them can compare the sweetness of the one in front of him.

"Young Master Gooden, you said that this thing was generated by Qingyuan Town, and the crystal sugar produced by the other ones is half as pure?"

This will be Feroz thinks that the crystal sugar in front of him is the best quality of the finished product.

"It's going to be a little hard to find out what half of that purity is......"

These words made Ferroz a little disappointed for a while, but then Goodern changed his tone.

"After all, you can't let me dilute half of the other sugars of the same purity, can you?"

The implication of this is that all the crystalline sugars produced are of the same purity, and there is no difference between them and the one in front of you.

Feroz, who was stunned for a long time before reacting, couldn't believe that such a high-purity crystal sugar didn't produce 'pond slag'?

"Young Master Gooden, what do you use to refine and produce?"

Such shocking news made Feroz couldn't help asking, but he immediately reacted that he was too abrupt, and hurriedly waved his hand to apologize.

"I'm sorry, Master Goodern, I didn't mean to spy on the information, I was just shocked......"

"Well...... If you want to trade and sell crystal sugar, as long as the price is reasonable, I will take as much as you can offer. โ€

As for today's surprise, Ferroz was no less than seeing Goodern take out manganese steel that day, so he quickly shifted the topic to the sale of crystal sugar.

"So confident?" Looking at the other party's confident look, Gooden touched his chin.

Last time, the beet field was strengthened by the entry 'Anointed Land', and at the time of harvest, the yield was doubled.

In the end, a total of 21 tons of sugar beets were harvested, and according to the extraction conversion of 1 to 0.3, 21 tons of sugar beets were enough to produce 6.3 tons of sugar.

What is this concept?

This little bit of white sugar is probably enough to be worth half a year's production of the Redarrow Empire.

However, Goodern did not refine all of it into sugar, only five tons of sugar were extracted from it, and the rest of the beets were sold in the market.

After all, directly monopolizing the beet market may make residents dissatisfied, so this time Gooden released a small amount, and in the future, some of the beet fractions will be put into the market for adjusting the taste.

And Feroz here, looking at Goodern's appearance, thought that the other party was despising him, so he raised his head slightly.

"Young Master Gooden, I am the first person in charge of this trade, and I have the ability to eat the crystal sugar in your hands."

Listening to the other party's confident appearance, Gooden sighed slightly in his heart and said slowly.

"The strength of the auction house is indeed beyond doubt, so let's go back this time, I will arrange a quantity of five hundred pounds for you, and if it can be sold all within a month, I will arrange a thousand pounds for you next month."

"And in terms of price...... Let's price it at three gold coins. โ€

"Poof...... cough cough cough ......"

After listening to Goodern's words, Ferroz directly sprayed the tea that had just been swallowed, but fortunately, the reaction side did not contaminate the table.

Dedallo, who was listening on the side, also looked at Goodern with a shocked expression.

"Young Master Gooden, you didn't joke with me anymore?"

It wasn't just the quantity offered that made Ferroz confused, but even the pricing puzzled him.

Goodenta...... Could it be that your brain is broken?

"No, this pricing is what I have thought about, I have a lot of crystal sugar in my hand, if the price is set high, although some people will buy it, but the quantity will definitely not be too much."

"What I lack now is money, and when the price is low, I will use the quantity to make up for it, and now it depends on whether you can make the decision to eat this batch."

Goodern took a sip of the fruit tea sent by Irene, this kind of thing is a specialty of Qingyuan Town, and the taste is sweet and sour, he likes it very much.

Hearing these words, Feroz's mind was mushy at the moment, and after a while, he came back to his senses and gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Okay, but before I can finalize this deal, I'll have to see for myself the purity of this batch of crystal sugar."

"No problem." Goodern nodded in agreement, then gestured to another box on the table.

"Jingtang is done, let's talk about this."

Following his gaze, Feroz looked at the table salt and said with some confusion.

"Isn't this also crystal sugar? But it feels a little different......"

Looking at the other party's puzzled appearance, Gooden suddenly had a bewitching thought in his heart, and nodded.

"It's a branch variety, you can try it."

As soon as he heard that it was a branch variety, he was not polite when he got permission, and he just took a spoonful and sent it to his mouth.

Looking at such a fierce appearance, when Gooden was about to open his mouth to remind, the other party had already put a spoonful of salt into his mouth.

"Poofโ€”ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The salty and astringent taste suddenly burst into his mouth at Ferroz, making him cough and spit out the salt in his mouth.

But halfway through the cough, Feroz, who reacted, quickly closed his mouth and swallowed all the salt in his mouth.

This move made Gooden on the side look dumbfounded, what kind of operation is this?

After a while, Ferroz slowly spoke.

"It's refined salt, isn't it?"

"Well, this is also the item I want to sell incidentally this time, just like sugar, the first batch will be allocated to you five hundred pounds, and the price will be one gold coin and one pound."

Gooden didn't care about the nouns the other party said, and nodded in direct confirmation.

And Feroz, who had been tricked, was not annoyed by Goodern's approach, and directly responded domineeringly.

"It's coming!"