"Attract wandering heroes?" After seeing this information, Suhlen's breathing instantly became heavier.
He only had three heroes in his territory, Johnson, Boulder, and Chris. None of them were weak. If he could recruit heroes, the tavern's value would be even higher.
After arranging for people to open the tavern, Suhlen purposely went to the tavern to sit for a while. After experiencing the tavern for a while, he ordered the person in charge to collect information in the tavern and pay attention to some strange people.
After the tavern opened, Suhlen found that the barbarian warriors liked the tavern more than the drill ground, so Suhlen had no choice but to restrict them.
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In order to deal with the upcoming trade, Suhlen built a barracks near the trading market. It was a place for soldiers to rest. Next to the barracks was the trading market's tax office. The tax office was very simple now. The territory had not even appointed a tax officer, so Chris had to take up the post.
Fortunately, there were no other taxes in the territory except for trade with caravans. This was also why Suhlen had not appointed a tax officer. After all, there was no tax.
Merchant caravans would definitely be taxed if they came to do business. In the fief, any transaction worth more than a hundred gold coins would have to be filed with the tax office and paid a certain amount of tax. If anyone tried to take advantage of the loophole and purposely limit a transaction to less than a hundred gold coins, they would be punished ten times the amount.
All trades had to be done in the trading market. Trading outside the market was considered illegal. The goods would be confiscated by the soldiers in charge of the market's security.
Coming out of the tavern, Suhlen saw Zeon with a face full of dust.
"Monseigneur, it's great to see you. I was just about to report to you." Zeon was overjoyed when he saw Suhlen. He quickly walked to Suhlen and bowed. "Monseigneur, the caravan has returned safely to the territory. All the goods are undamaged. This time, we bought 300 slaves from Calt City. We also earned 1,500 Kinnar from this trade."
So much?
Suhlen paused for a moment, then took the bill and flipped through it.
The biggest item on the bill was the white sugar. Zeon had brought a total of fifty catties of white sugar to Calt City for trade. The rest were furs and other things. They were sold for less than five hundred Kinnar in total. Fifty catties of sugar sold for nearly three thousand Kinnar in Kalent.
After that, he spent more than a thousand Kinnar to purchase supplies in Calt City. He spent more than a thousand Kinnar to purchase three hundred slaves. After paying taxes, he still had fifteen hundred Kinnar left.
The average price of the white sugar that Gene sold was about 60 Kinnar per catty. Compared to the distribution of the white sugar, the price was double. In the end, the white sugar was sold out in less than half a day. Moreover, there were many nobles and merchants who did not manage to buy the white sugar and wanted to pre-order it. However, without Suhlen's order, Gene did not dare to accept.
It seems that the nobles have quite a high demand for white sugar, Suhlen thought to himself.
Although he was mentally prepared, he still underestimated the nobles' love for white sugar. These nobles who lived extravagant lives had reached a very high level in their pursuit of all kinds of material comforts. The long period of peace had caused them to become more and more extravagant.
"Well done," Suhlen praised as he patted Gene's shoulder.
Zeon was very satisfied with his current job. He had gone from a penniless mercenary who lived on the wind and dew, to a merchant who worked for a noble. This huge change made him extremely grateful to Su Lun, the man who had bestowed him with all this.
"This is all thanks to your guidance. I only did the most basic things," Gene said respectfully.
As one of the first mercenaries hired by Suhlen to expand his territory, Gene had personally witnessed how Suhlen cut through all obstacles and established a firm foothold in this dangerous wilderness. Then, Suhlen led the barbarian warriors to victory after victory.
In just two short months, he had built a town from nothing and excavated a gold mine in this barren land. Now, Gene believed that he was witnessing the rise of a legendary figure.
Being able to follow a legendary figure was also a great benefit to him. Perhaps he could use this opportunity to rise from a commoner to a new noble.
"Gene, no need to be humble. I know your hard work." Suhlen nodded at him.
After working as a merchant for a while, Gene's negotiation and trading skills had improved. This was the most obvious change.
"Monseigneur, only a few of the nobles we bought this time have skills. The rest of the slaves can only be serfs or handymen."
"I'm sorry, Monseigneur. Most of the artisan slaves with skills have been bought by the nobles."
Slaves with skills were in high demand in the slave market. They were basically monopolized by the merchants and nobles. Others could only pick up the leftovers from them. Suhlen was able to buy dozens of artisan slaves because of his noble status.
"There are more than three hundred slaves. Divide the artisan slaves according to their skills. As for the rest, let them build roads." Suhlen quickly arranged the slaves' jobs.
"Monseigneur, many people have been asking about our supply of sugar in Calt. I've followed your instructions and told a few merchants. They've decided to come to our territory to trade."
"Alright, I understand." Suhlen released the news to attract other merchants. He wanted more people to compete for the sugar.
Of course, other than the sugar, the arrival of many merchants would also lead to the discovery of the territory's commerce. This was very important to Suhlen's territory.
As for the sugar, he planned to take out five hundred pounds of sugar every month to trade.
The five hundred pounds of sugar would be divided into five portions and auctioned off one by one. The highest bidder would win. To prevent the merchants from secretly colluding with each other to suppress the price, Suhlen used a secret auction.
The price was kept secret. Each person only had one chance to bid. This way, even if they had discussed the price beforehand and divided the shares, it would be useless. In order to not be eliminated, they had to raise the price.
The merchants did not follow Gene to Northtown Castle. They were prepared to come together.
For the upcoming trade, Suhlen gave the slaves priority to build roads to the market. At the same time, the roads in the territory began to expand.
In this era, it cost a lot to build roads. Suhlen required the roads in the territory to be at least stone. Some places even needed to be paved with stone slabs. The roads would not be dusty on a sunny day or muddy on a rainy day.
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