Magi Craft Meister - Chapter 319

Chapter 319

Magi Craft Meister

Chapter 319 (Extra) Salt’s Market Price!

May 11th, at Sharuru city .

“I want to buy some salt . ”

There was group going around saying that .

“We are in a bit of a shortage of goods at the moment so…”

“I don’t care, I will pay double . ”

“I-if so, then…”

And like this, the shops had ran out of salt really quick .

On the same day, the same scene was witnessed at Doppa, Rakuno and Toka village .

Kurain kingdom doesn’t have an ocean . And at the moment, they didn’t know about rock salt in the country .

As such, salt was an imported good and Serroa kingdom provided more than 80% of it .

They knew about the usefulness of salt so naturally, Kurain kingdom also came up with a somewhat plan .

One of which was to stock up salt and other was to import from different countries .

At the capital city Alban, there was a salt reserve which held more than hundreds of tons of salt stocked up . However, the king managed it and nobody could take salt from there without permission .

Moreover, they were also importing salt from the neighboring country, Leonard kingdom, but as it was a closed off country to begin with, the foreign trades from there was insignificant .

Rather, Egelia kingdom’s delivery through Serroa kingdom was more than that .

However, as salt is heavy and they would have to carry it through a long distance, the price being double wasn’t abnormal .

“I don’t care if it’s the normal salt, could you sell me some?”

Such an exchange also took place .

In the Kurain kingdom, all the salt is gathered in the capital and only the merchants, who are given permission by the king, were able to do business with them .

Although, this permission is given to anyone as long as they provide 20% of the selling price as tax .

“I will pay three times the market price!”

“I guess I could sell you some then . ”

It hasn’t turned into a monopoly so the marketplace changes with demand and supply . At present, the price of salt was gradually increasing at one part of the Earth .

“We have bought quite a bit, huh?”

“We also used quite a lot of money too, though . ”

“That doesn’t matter . We can just sell them back at the right opportunity . If we are able to sell properly, we would also be able to profit . ”

There was a group having such a conversation . They were Earl Walter’s subordinates .

Salt intake differs from person to person but it is approximately 8 grams per day . Considering the waste as well, it would reach around 10 grams per day so that would be 300 grams per month .

If there are 5 members in a family, that would be 1 . 5 kg . Salt is also used in pickling so an average of 2 kgs of salt will be used .

At present, the amount of salt they bought was about to cross 4 tons .

“Seriously, even though it’s only 30 toll per kg in Elias kingdom, it’s 150 toll here . ”

“We don’t have seas so it can’t be helped . It’s 50 toll per kg in Serroa kingdom, you know? And since our country is buying from them, of course it would cost more . ”

“Buying that costly salt at an even higher price of 450 toll, seriously what is Earl Walter thinking?”

“As if I know . We just have to do what we were told . ”

At the end, they had bought a total of 5 tons of salt that day .

The following day, 12th of May . Rumors brought salt merchants to Sharuru city .

Among them, an interesting merchant was present . It was a merchant with a golem .

They had let the golem pull the wagon while the merchant was peddling . That caught quite a lot of eyes and gathered many customers .

 

“Ohh, this is some good salt . Pure white, smooth and dry . ”

“Right? It’s the salt from far away, Elias kingdom! It’s a bit pricey but the taste is guaranteed! Now, come buy some quick!”

“Give me 1 kg . ”

“Yes, that would be 200 toll . ”

“1 kg for me too!”

“Yes, thank you very much . ”

Seeing the situation fold out like that, Earl Walter’s underlings signaled at each other with their eyes and approached the merchant .

“Oi, I will buy some . ”

“Yes, how much would you like?”

“All of it . ”

“Wha?”

“I am saying I will buy all the salt you brought . ”

“Thank you very much . However, but the amount other customers will buy…”

“Stop nitpicking and just sell them to me! I will give 600 toll per kg . ”

“O-oh…”

“I am telling you to sell them!!”

Said the man, striking the stand . Seeing that menacing look, the customers who had gathered also dispersed and the merchant gave up .

“I-I understand . But, it is quite a lot, isn’t it?”

“How much do you have?”

“Umm… . ”

The merchant looked at his account book .

“I have about 5 tons . ”

“5 ton, you say?!”

“Yes . And so, I don’t know what you will be using them on but how about taking 2 tons for now?”

Said the merchant, but,

“N-no, I said all of it so gimme all . ”

The man didn’t yield . Being told that many times, even the merchant had no choice but to comply .

“T-then, please inspect the salt in this wagon yourself . I have sold about 60 kilos already so there’s 4940 kilos left . ”

“Alright, lemme see . ”

Saying that, the men got in and brought out the salt . 10 kgs at a time and confirmed the weight .

“… . There’s no mistake . ”

After about half a day, the men had finished weighing all 4940 kilos of salt and looked exhausted .

“Here, the money . ”

Saying that, he handed over a bag of silver and gold coins .

“Thank you very much . ”

The merchant quickly counted the money, which was a total of 2,964,000 toll, and then disappeared into a city corner with his golem and wagon .

“Fu, idiot . It doesn’t hurt us no matter how much we pay . ”

The man said . And then made eye signals to a man standing far away .

“… Be as happy as you want with the money you just got . We will be taking it back this night, though . ”

Such a scene could also be seen at Rakuham, Saww and Zuk .

That night .

“… . What happened to the peddlers?”

“Th-that is…”

“I am asking you something!”

“… . They disappeared . ”

“What?!”

“After the encounter, we were following the merchant stealthily but after going around a certain corner, the golem and the merchant disappeared, leaving the empty wagon . ”

“There’s no way such a thing can happen! It’s one thing if it was just the human but for a huge ass metal golem to just disappear into thin air?!”

Even if he says that now, it isn’t like they would come back .

They had paid the 2,964,000 toll planning to take it back but had failed miserably .

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[Good job, Regulus 35, Land 54]

At Hourai Island, Laojun was praising the Quinta Regulus 35 and Army Golem Land 54 for their work as the merchant .

Pairing these two up, he sent them to Sharuru town to sell salt .

“As expected, there were people who came to take back the money . ”

[Just as My Lord’s knowledge suggested . ]

“Yes, although we had to leave the wagon . ”

[That’s not a problem . It’s just a mediocre wagon . More importantly, making that Earl suffer a loss was good . ]

They did the same at other places . With Regulus 36 and Land 55 at Rakuham and Regulus 37 and Land 56 ta Saww . At Zuk, Regulus 38 and Land 57 went and they all sold salt at a high price .

[A total of 20 ton was sold, eh? That makes 12,000,000 toll . This will hit him hard financially . ]

It is quite a big sum of money for an individual .

And then, Laojun played one more move .

[After a few days, let’s start selling salt in a small scale . At the previous price of 200 toll . We must not sell these to those guys . ]

With this, he plans to maintain the normal market price of salt .

[It’s only costly because there’s a shortage of it . However, if there’s too much salt in the market, the price will have to go down . ]

Jin was not that familiar with economics so Laojun couldn’t also scheme better than that . But it was more than effective to make Earl Walter suffer .