Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

　　 Chapter 26 Salt Merchant

　　 While the serfs of the Idar leader were building the sky garden in full swing, a windy convoy was slowly moving along the path towards the city of Idar.

　　 "Oh my God! Such a bad road... Couldn't these nobles in the eastern part of the empire spend a little time and money to fix it?" Cario, a businessman from the western part of the empire, couldn't help complaining.

As a powerless salt merchant, the salt business in the western part of the empire was monopolized by the local nobles, and he was not able to get his hands on it. Therefore, every year, Cario could only come to the remote eastern border of the empire to purchase salt. Then they were sold to the northern part of the empire.

　　 But... the remoteness of the eastern part of the empire and the rough roads really made him overwhelmed.

　　 First, you have to cross the Almis Mountains, then pass through Stranglethorn Vale into the Idar, and then go north, pass Sauron and dozens of large and small aristocratic territories, and finally reach the slightly richer Vals Plain.

"This must be my last trip to do such a bad business..." Cario said to his entourage: "The profit of this business plus the money accumulated over the years should also allow me to stay in the Regent Council. A group of greedy vampires have bought the lowest rank... when the time comes to replace some land and buy some serfs, you are my chief steward..."

　　 The entourage nodded excitedly: "The villain must do his best for the master..."

　　 "It should be almost...Idal City in the distance, right?" Cario said.

　　 The entourage took the map in his hand, glanced at it, and said, "It should be."

　　 "After entering the city, we will go directly to visit the lord of Idar. After all... the barrenness of the eastern part of the empire is well known. If you go to the Vals Plain one day earlier, you can drink a glass of freshly brewed ale one day earlier..."

　　 "As you wish, sir." The entourage responded quickly.

　　 The motorcade stopped on the side of the road outside the city, Cario drove a carriage into the city with his entourage, but...

　　 The cleanliness of Idar City is beyond their imagination.

　　 This is not the first time Cario has come to the city of Idar, but this time, the city of Idar he saw was very different from the past, it seemed to be completely different.

　　 "It's weird...Why doesn't this city smell like feces..." Cario tried to smell it, and then muttered to himself.

　　 "Lord, look..." The entourage pointed towards the corner of the road, which is where Shabi collects his feces.

　　 "Five baskets of excrement... can be exchanged for a copper plate? Isn't the lord of Idar a fool? Although the clean streets are indeed much pleasing to the eye... but you can't spend it like this if you have money..."

　　 Seeing the neat streets in front of me, and thinking about the dirty stinky gutters and weird smells in the inland cities of the empire, Cario, who has always been proud of the west, felt his cheeks feel a little hot.

　　 The affluence of the western part of the empire is irrefutable, but the so-called affluence only refers to the wealth of the noble class. As for the common people and serfs, they still live on the brink of starvation and live in the overcrowded cities.

　　……

　　 Bruno met the salt dealer Cario in the study.

"Dear Count Idal, Sir Bruno of the Stuart family..." Even though there were many prejudices against the eastern part of the empire before, the opponent is a nobleman after all, so the courtesy must be indispensable. .

　　 What's more, what he saw in the city of Idar made him a little curious about the young earl in front of him, and he didn't dare to look at him with a leisurely eye.

　　 "You are the businessman from the western part of the empire. Old Ford mentioned you to me. He had always been in business with you before." Bruno said.

　　 "Yes, I did always deal with old Ford before."

　　 Cario felt a sudden nervousness in his heart. Before that, he had heard of Bruno, Earl of Idal.

　　 The Lord Earl, who has collected almost all the shortcomings of the nobles, has always been indifferent to matters in the domain. This time he suddenly condescended to talk to himself for business, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

　　 "Could it be that you want to raise the price?" Cario thought secretly in his heart.

　　 However, Bruno said at this time: "Business is still at the originally negotiated price, but this time, the salt to be sold to you is slightly more."

　　 Bruno's words let Cario breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it doesn't raise the price suddenly, everything is easy to say.

"how many?"

　　 "About 20% more than before."

　　 After all, the method of drying salt in seawater has only just been used, so due to time, the output has not increased too much all at once.

　　 "Yes." Cario said: "In the past, the price for each purchase was 800 gold coins. Since this time it is 20% more, it is calculated as 960 gold coins."

　　 Bruno nodded and agreed.

　　 "In this case, can the villain take the team to weigh and load the car?" Cario said, standing up.

　　 "No hurry..." Bruno smiled and said, "Mr. Cario sits for a while before leaving. We have other things to talk about..."

　　 As expected!

　　 Cario was shocked, what the young nobleman was thinking of!

　　 But since Bruno said so, Cario couldn't just leave like this. After all, nobles are nobles, not something he can resist.

　　 Even if Bruno wanted to buy and sell, Cario could only temporarily yield.

　　 At this moment, Cario is ready to hemorrhage again~www.novelmt.com~ After all, Bruno’s reputation has not been very good before, I hope it’s not an excessive thing...

　　 "Apart from salt...Are you interested in sugar?"

　　 "What?" Cario didn't react for a while.

　　 "Sugar." Bruno emphasized.

　　 "Sugar? You mean...you can sell me sugar?" Cario asked in disbelief.

　　 "Yes. I can sell you sugar." Bruno added: "As long as the price is right, I can provide you with sugar for a long time."

　　 Hearing Bruno say this, Cario's thoughts suddenly became alive.

　　 It is almost a well-known thing that the Norman Empire does not produce sugar, but the young earl claims that he can provide a stable supply of sugar...

　　 Cario's brain is running fast at this time, and Idar is not far from the Kingdom of Basel that produces sugar. Could it be...

　　 smuggling!

　　 Suddenly, these two words suddenly broke into Cario's mind.

He plucked up the courage again, raised his head and reconsidered the young nobleman in front of him. He was mature and stable, with a degree of advancement and retreat, and had no connection with the image of a prodigal rumored by the outside world. Perhaps... it was just his own deliberate transmission. Out?

　　 After all, smuggling is not something ordinary people can afford. It requires not only a huge network of relationships, but also a large amount of money and manpower and...force deterrence...

　　 For a while, Cario felt more and more that the young nobleman in front of him was actually a hidden guy, a big man hidden behind the scenes.

　　 So... In the eastern part of the empire, has there always been such a powerful family?

　　 The Stuart family of Idar is terrifying!