"What else is going on?" Claire asked doubtfully.
"Countess Lady Sophia of the August Family plans to cooperate with us and sell the products in our store together."
"Oh?" Claire said in surprise, "What's the origin of this?"
"Like mine, our family is mainly engaged in business. Logically speaking, she is on the same level as my father, so she shouldn't be interested in our petty quarrels. However, she also asked someone to find me and said she wanted to cooperate."
"What advantages does she have?"
"Her stores are all over the kingdom. It is said that Temi Bank is also a part of her. If we connect with her, we will reduce a lot of costs and make more without losing money." Shane was afraid that Claire was unclear and continued to explain, "If we want to open a store in every city in the kingdom, it will cost a lot of money."
"In that case, why not cooperate." Claire shrugged, as long as you can make money, why not do it.
Shane also smiled and said, "I think so too, but you are the major shareholder of the store, so I'm here to ask for your opinion."
"I will go to the capital in person in a few days and bring the new products with me."
"I can just send someone to transport things like shredded squid, so there's no need to trouble Mr. Viscount."
Claire smiled mysteriously, "It's not just shredded squid."
Shane was surprised, could it be that there are new products?
"Pa!" Claire snapped his fingers, and Yuna brought two bowls of soup and placed them in front of Shane.
"This is it?"
"Try it first and see if there is any difference in taste?" Claire smiled slightly.
Looking at Claire who was pretending to be mysterious, Shane took a spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth. After tasting it carefully, he felt that there was nothing surprising, so he put the spoon into the second bowl of soup. As soon as the soup entered his mouth, Shane's eyes seemed to light up. After tasting it, he eagerly picked up another spoonful and put it in his mouth.
"It tastes so fresh!" Shane exclaimed.
Claire also took out a brand new wooden box from Spatial Ring, opened it and pushed it in front of Shane, and introduced, "This is MSG."
Iodized Salt has been manufactured, how could Claire forget about the condiment MSG? Anyway, it is extracted from kelp, so it doesn't take much effort.
"Is this what makes this bowl of soup so delicious?"
"Yes, how do you decide the price?" Claire said easily.
Shane chuckled, "The same price as Iodized Salt!"
After being baptized by Claire's thoughts, he has become a qualified profiteer who specializes in cheating nobles. There is nothing easy about making money from the poor, but there is no way to harvest the money from the nobles!
"Yes, but it hasn't been put into mass production yet. I'll bring it to you when I arrive in the capital."
"No problem!"
The two chatted for a while, and after Claire invited Shane to have a meal, Shane returned to the royal capital and did not stay in Nafu City for long.
Two days later, the market in the East District was finally built, and many people gathered here to watch.
Claire had already asked Regan to publicize this matter, but the people who came were all onlookers, standing outside and no one dared to go in and set up a stall.
"Is this a market? It's different from those shops."
"The shops have all moved here. From now on, if we want to buy anything, we have to go here."
"Your Majesty the Viscount has made an announcement. You can buy and sell things at will here. You don't have to sell your own things in the shops. Not only is the money too small, but sometimes the money is too much and you won't take it. You can sell as much as you want here."
"Really? Then why is no one selling anything?"
"You're stupid, take a look first, wait for others to get on before you get on, what if there is any problem? This thing in the market Nafu City didn't exist before."
"This is an announcement issued by the Viscount. You don't even believe the Viscount?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Of course I trust the Viscount, but the Viscount is not here, so I'm a little flustered. Let's wait for others to get in before we go. It's more prudent!"
Regan Looking at the people standing outside the market who dare not step in, they are a little distressed. The young master has clearly given up so much of his profits to you, but you are still timid.
"You only need three Copper Coins to come in and set up a stall!" Regan shouted at the top of his lungs.
When they heard that they had to spend three Copper Coins in advance, those people's resistance became even stronger, and they took a few steps back. They had to spend three Copper Coins before they made any money, and they couldn't bear it.
The main reason is that Claire did not come to the scene, and Reagan did not have the appeal here at all. If Claire had been present, these people would definitely spend the three copper coins without hesitation.
Regan had a sad face. He originally thought that he would be enough to do this, but he didn't expect that it would be so troublesome without the young master.
He quickly ordered his men, "Hurry up to the Baronial Manor and invite the young master over."
"Understood!"
The man quickly got on the carriage and drove in the direction of the Baronial Manor.
At this time, there was a woman in the crowd carrying two baskets of agricultural products who was very hesitant. She was a single mother who specialized in picking some agricultural products in the wild to sell in Nafu City. However, the purchase price in the store was never high. Sometimes she could not even get enough for the price.
So after I first heard about the market, I have been looking forward to the day when the market will be built.
It's just that after finally waiting, no one dared to go in and set up a stall. Even though she believed in the Viscount's policy, she didn't dare to stand out and be the first to enter the market to set up a stall in front of everyone.
I looked around for a long time, but still no one wanted to go in.
She also went to those stores to inquire about the two baskets of agricultural products. Even if she collected them all, they would only cost ten pieces of Copper Coins. She would not even be able to recover the cost, and there were still children at home waiting for her to buy food. If these two baskets of goods were not sold at corresponding prices, the family would have to eat the things they picked themselves in the next few days, and they might even go hungry.
But what she didn't know was that the purchase price was deliberately lowered by Claire in order to attract more people to the market.
The crowd was still chattering non-stop, so the woman's hand holding the basket turned white due to the increasing strength. As if to make up her mind, she closed her eyes and turned away from the crowd and walked towards Regan.
"These are three Copper Coins..." Her voice was as weak as a mosquito.
After handing three Copper Coins to Regan, he got into the market without even daring to listen to the sounds outside.
People outside were talking a lot, "Someone spent money to get in."
"It's gone in, but no one may buy it."
"That's right, I thought about it just now, but what you said makes sense."
"It's too early now, I'd rather go to the store and buy it."
"Me too."
Listening to the discussion outside, the woman lowered her head and began to wonder whether the three Copper Coins she had spent were worth it.
"..."
Gradually, the sounds outside suddenly became silent, but she still did not dare to raise her head to look, for fear that what she would see were the faces mocking her ignorance.
Until a gentle voice came from in front of me, "How much does this corn cost?"
Because she kept her head down, she didn't see any guests coming, and she became panicked because of her inexperience.
He quickly raised his head and said, "Ah! There are three corns each Copper Coins. If you buy more, I can give you a few more... Viscount... Lord Viscount?!"
Only then did she understand why the sounds outside had dropped. It turned out to be the Viscount!
"Okay." Claire picked up three corns at random, then took out three golden Gold Coins from his arms and put them into the opponent's hands.
"Lord Viscount, this is too much!" The woman quickly stood up and wanted to give Gold Coins back.
"Is it a lot? I think it's just right. If you believe that I am willing to spend three Copper Coins to come in, then I will give you the three Gold Coins, and the extra one will be your reward." Claire turned around and said.
The onlookers outside looked at the three Gold Coins with their eyes stunned. Most of them had never seen so much money in their lives.
Before they could react, Claire rode away from the place on Wolf King, leaving only the shocked woman and the stunned onlookers outside the market.
It was only half a minute after Claire left that the crowd of people watching outside reacted and rushed towards Regan.
"Sir Regan, these are my three Copper Coins! I'm going in to set up a stall!"
"These are my three Copper Coins, no one can stop me!"
"Do you have anything to sell? Just go in and set up a stall!"
"I don't care, I'm going to occupy a stall."
"Who is that person who just said that it would be a while longer? I was planning to go up there. If you hadn't stopped me, I would have been the first one to enter the market and get the reward from Lord Viscount!"
The market became lively after Claire left.
Chapter 3