The water supply system had built a large reservoir outside the city. The water from the Red Sand River was not drinkable. Although the water was clear in this era, many people drank it directly.
If there were dead animals upstream, the drinking water of the entire city would be threatened. One of the reasons Suhlen built the reservoir was to disinfect the water.
The reservoir would be lined with pebbles, fine sand, and charcoal to filter the water. Of course, these could only filter out the impurities in the water. Suhlen also prepared a fine net made of pure silver. After a few steps of filtering and disinfecting, the water source would be safe.
It would take a long time to complete the water supply system. While the water supply system was being built, the caravan from Calent City arrived.
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After Gene left, Calent City.
Fernand was the manager of the caravan sent by the Fiery Bird Chamber of Commerce to the Northern Fortress. At the same time, he was also the biggest merchant among the eight. The Skylark Chamber of Commerce, which had already cooperated with the Northern Fortress, was also among them. However, the Skylark Chamber of Commerce was only ranked fourth among the eight.
Other than Robert from the Skylark Chamber of Commerce, there was another person Suhlen knew. He was the manager of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce, Owen. Yes, he was the fatty that Suhlen set up last time.
When he came here to steal from Northtown Castle, he didn't want to pay any price. In the end, he was set up by Suhlen and the Barbarian Warriors. He didn't expect that he would dare to come here to make a deal. Of course, Suhlen wouldn't set him up on purpose. He needed Northtown Castle to prosper. It was better not to set people up. Of course, if someone thought Suhlen was easy to bully, he wouldn't mind playing with them.
"Mr. Fernand, I think we should form an alliance and monopolize the sugar trade here."
"Yes, I think so too. As long as we can monopolize the sugar trade here, we can easily double our annual profit."
"I agree." The other managers all agreed. They already considered the sugar trade in Northtown Castle to be theirs.
"Since everyone agrees to monopolize the sugar trade, we need to divide some shares." Fernand nodded.
Closely after that, Fernand glanced at the managers of the other 7 chambers of commerce before saying bluntly, "I want 20% of the white sugar. You can negotiate the remaining 80% among yourselves!"
The other seven Chambers of Commerce did not have any objections to this. Clearly, this was already the norm. Following this, the seven Chambers of Commerce began to continuously negotiate and quarrel for a larger share, causing the entire scene to become extremely heated. Fernand didn't intend to interrupt. Instead, he took out a pair of delicate scissors and carefully trimmed his nails.
It wasn't until the managers of these chambers of commerce decided on the shares that they began to speak, "Since we have already agreed on the shares, then let's confirm the purchase price."
"Robert, how much did you pay for Kinnar last time?"
"Fifty Kinnar a catty."
"That's too expensive. We should ask him to lower the price!" Owen said impatiently as soon as Robert finished his sentence.
"Yes, lower the price. I think we should lower it to at least 35 Kinnar before we can accept it." Another manager of the caravan agreed.
"You're oversimplifying the problem. In order to get a high price, he might be preparing to auction it off." Robert knew how difficult it was to deal with Kris, so he directly poured cold water on her.
"So what? We've already agreed on the price. If it's higher than that, we won't bid."
"Yes, let's do that."
The group of people agreed.
"What if he's not willing to sell?" one of them suddenly asked.
"Simple. If he dares to reject the deal, then we'll show him the power of our eight Chambers of Commerce. I think he'll agree." The others laughed. As the eight biggest Chambers of Commerce in Calt City, they controlled more than 60% of the city's trade. They had the right to say that.
After the discussion, they held a small banquet before they went to prepare the caravan for the Northguard Fortress.
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Suhlen didn't know that the eight Chambers of Commerce had already agreed to monopolize the sugar trade. Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. In his opinion, the alliance of these people was not reliable at all. A small external force was all it would take for the alliance to fall apart.
The eight caravans arrived at Northguard Castle. Other than Robert, the other caravans were shocked by the sight of Northguard Castle. In their minds, this small territory in the Northern Wasteland should be even better than the countryside in the North.
However, when they arrived, they realized that although the town was small, it was unusually clean and tidy. The roads were all paved with stones. There were drainage ditches on both sides of the roads. There was no stench of feces in the air. All the houses were neatly arranged. It had a different kind of beauty to it.
Everyone was informed of the rules before entering the town. It was the first time they heard of such complicated rules. Many of the guards and mercenaries found it hard to accept. Which city had a rule that one must walk on the right when walking? What was a small, broken town like this?
In the end, after the two Barbarian axe warriors taught the restless mercenaries a lesson, all the caravans agreed. They couldn't do anything about it. Who would've thought that the two Barbarian warriors could take out more than half of the guards and mercenaries of a caravan?
After knowing the strength of Northguard Castle, even the managers of the caravans became obedient. After a show of strength, the caravans were arranged to stay at the trading market.
Su Lun did not have much interest in the arrival of the caravan. He was now busy building the water supply canal. The water supply canal from the river was gradually lowered. The starting point of the canal by the river was about half a meter lower than the end point of the reservoir. The closer it was to the town, the higher the ground was. The less work there was to do, and the faster the construction was.
After casting Mud to Rock on this section of the water supply canal, Su Lun rode his black-maned horse to the tavern. During this time, he would sit in the tavern for a while every day. After all, the tavern's attributes said that there was a chance to attract some heroes here. He was going to try his luck at the tavern. If he met a hero, he would make a profit.
After arriving at the tavern, Suhlen realized that the tavern was very lively today. The tavern that could hold eighty to ninety people was full. Luckily, the tavern was a three-story building. There were still many empty seats on the second floor.
Su Lun asked for a glass of rum, and then found a corner and began to observe the guests in the tavern. But to his disappointment, although there were many people in the tavern today, these people were either guards or mercenaries. He didn't find any special people at all.
These mercenaries liked rum very much. Although it was twice as expensive as ale, it was still very popular. It seemed that rum could be sold for a good price.
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