"Build a market here!" Claire pressed his index finger on a corner of the east area of Nafu City's map.
The architect scratched his head, "That's no problem, but what is the market? Lord Viscount."
Claire is not surprised. Nafu City is not private because of the monopoly of the previous aristocrats. But this does not happen in other developed cities, where the market systems are very complete.
For example, if Yuna's father went fishing and harvested a lot of fish, he could only sell it to a store specializing in aquatic products in Nafu City, which is the store where Claire went to get some squid back yesterday. Of course, these stores used to belong to the nobles, but now they are all owned by Claire.
If those fish are not sold to aquatic products stores, they will not be sold at all. If you dare to set up a stall, you will be taken away in less than ten minutes. This was the current situation of Nafu City before Claire came. When selling to aquatic products shops, the bargaining power is not in the hands of the fishermen, but the boss of the shop has the final say.
Hey, if you think the price is low, then don't sell it. Go out and take a look at the entire Nafu City. Where else can I collect your stuff?
Not only fish, but other agricultural products such as wheat and other agricultural products are sold to the shops under the nobles in Nafu City. This is why they can earn so much money.
Don't think that this system is unreasonable. You must know that in the previous life, during the reform and opening up in the 1990s, the country opened up the private sector. Before that, anyone who set up a stall would be arrested.
Previously, Claire had too many things to do after taking back those noble shops, so it was shelved for a while. Now that it is free, of course it must be resolved, otherwise it will be impossible for Nafu City to develop.
"A place for buying and selling goods, a place where buyers and sellers of goods are formally organized together for transactions, and a place where all the people in the territory can trade freely. Anyway, you can just build it according to the drawings I have above." Claire handed over the planned drawings.
The architect picked it up and looked at it. It was not very difficult. It was simply too simple compared to the sewer pipe system.
"How many days can it be finished?"
"It's been like this for two days."
"Okay, go get busy."
After Claire sent away the architect, he called Regan over and asked him to move all the shops he owned to the east district of Nafu City. The north district was an industrial district, so he wanted to turn the east district into a trade district, and those shops were just right in the east district.
Although the profits of the shops under his control will be greatly reduced after the market is established, Claire has never scraped money from the poor. His target is the extremely rich nobles. The money that the big nobles in the royal capital have casually leaked out is more than the total money of the subjects in their own territory. If he doesn't scrape these people, who will scrape them?
Just after noon, Regan came to report, "Master, Mr. Shane is here."
"Huh?" Claire was a little surprised when he heard this and stood up quickly, "His caravan has just left not even a week ago, why is he here?"
"Where is he now?"
"Already waiting in the living room." Regan replied.
"I'll be there right away!" Claire put down Magic Book in his hand and walked from the sixth floor to the living room.
Shane stood up as soon as he entered the door, "Lord Viscount, long time no see!"
Claire leaned over, stretched out his hand and said, "Please sit down." Then his body sank into the sofa.
Shane sat down again, with the same smile on his face as before, and then took out seven pieces of paper from his arms and spread them out in front of Claire.
"This is?" Claire asked doubtfully.
"These are the land deeds for the shops in the royal capital and the other six big cities. As agreed before, you will occupy 70% and I will occupy 30%."
Claire raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shane in surprise. This man was very good at things. He had only said that the profits of the Iodized Salt sold would account for 70%, and he never said that the shops would also share 70% of the profits. However, he took the initiative to divide the shops into profit.
However, Claire did not refuse. He picked it up and looked at it for a few times before putting it into Spatial Ring. In the future, he would also be a noble with property in the royal capital.
Then Shane pushed out another purple card, "This is Purple Crystal Card in Temi Bank. There are 320,000 Gold Coins in it, which is the profit this time. You can use this Purple Crystal Card in any big city in the kingdom. If the money is not too much, I will ship it back to you."
Claire took Purple Crystal Card and played it and it felt good. He was no stranger to Temi Bank. Most of the Griffin Family's money was deposited in this bank before. On the surface, Purple Crystal Card can only own it if he has a deposit of more than one million Gold Coins. He should be able to own the 320,000 by Shane with the help of his family.
Now he doesn't need a lot of cash, so it's good to put it in his bank card. If he needs it in the future, he can ask someone from Temi Bank to send it directly to him without having to pick it up himself.
"Is everything going well in the capital these days?" Claire asked.
"Of course, everything is as you expected. After the news spread, the big nobles in the royal capital went crazy to buy our Iodized Salt. In the end, the price of a box of Iodized Salt was even copied to 500 Gold Coins. A box of is indeed a bit beyond my expectation. After Iodized Salt became famous in the capital, its stores in other places also opened smoothly. The ten tons of Iodized Salt that were imported from here were quickly sold."
"So are you planning to buy more goods this time?" Claire asked, holding his chin, but he felt that things were not that simple, otherwise Shane wouldn't be able to make the trip.
Sure enough, Shane shook his head, "Something went wrong."
"Elaborate."
"The same product as ours has appeared in the royal capital. It is also selling Iodized Salt. The price is dozens of times less than mine. It has already posed a threat to our products."
Claire's pupils shrank and he murmured, "So fast?"
Claire had expected that his Iodized Salt would be cracked by the nobles selling salt, but he did not expect that they would be so fast. The source of iodine was cracked in less than a month after the sale. However, it is not surprising that the profit of tens of thousands times is enough to make them jealous enough to kill themselves. In addition, here is In the world of magic, they can spend tens of thousands of Gold Coins to hire a Archmage, or even spend hundreds of thousands to hire a Archmage to study exactly what the Iodized Salt they sell has more than their salt, and then work out what the raw materials are.
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, you didn't lower the price, right?"
"That's not true." Shane The merchant knows that what he is selling is luxury goods. Once the price of his goods is reduced and he wants to start a price war with the other party, it will be very difficult to bring the original price back again.
"It's just that after the arrival of the later Iodized Salt, the price of one hundred Gold Coins was reduced to about eighty Gold Coins, and then it has been stable in this price range."
"How much do they sell for?"
"Three or four Gold Coins."
"They really dare to sell it. The cost of one kilogram is less than ten Copper Coins." Claire chuckled, "They will definitely lower the price in the future."
Claire It is estimated that the real price of Iodized Salt should be around thirteen or four Copper Coins. If it is any higher, ordinary civilians cannot afford it.
"Then what should we do?" Shane saw that Claire was not anxious at all, and the anxiety in his heart gradually eased.
"Simple, do you know anyone in the palace?"