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Episode 27: The Most Powerful Merchant and the Ambitious Merchant

My name is Shylock. There is no last name.

He was born as a third son in a small grocery store in rural Atlandia.

Of course, my brother inherited the store.

My father and brother sent me a carriage as a celebration of independence.

I have a lot to think about, but I would like to accept it.

Using this carriage, I decided to become a pedestrian.

Originally merchants inherit their own routes from their masters and parents, but I will build them from scratch.

But I still want to have my own store someday. In the capital of Atlandia if you can!

To make that thought a reality, he has lived a long and painful business life, frightened by wolves and beasts, in order to raise a flag in the Atlantic capital.

Having accumulated some assets, it is decided to expand the route to and from the vicinity of the village.

Yes, I was determined to incorporate the coveted capital of Atlanta into my route.

Other merchants managed to gather information on safe routes and arrive safely in the capital.

Atlant, the capital, was the city that deserved the largest nation in the world, enormous, majestic, and obscene, a city that simmered all the joy and sorrow of the world.

A number of walls and city walls come together to divide the area, and each area feels as if it were another country.

I've been walking around for three days since I arrived in Atlanta, but I wouldn't even be able to feel the surface layer, as opposed to the full city.

Finally, we find an area where many merchants live and gather information in a liquor store.

So I heard unusual rumors.

Says, I don't belong to a commercial guild, a big chamber of commerce has been created.

Says, do business with anyone, whether you're a member or a non-member of the Alliance.

Says the product is too attractive.

Says the clerk's an elf.

I think that's stupid, but they're merchants active in Atlandia under the sky. It's supposed to be overtaken, dawning in absurd rumors, maybe it's real.

If you are going to do business in Atlanta, it is your duty (...) to join this city's commercial guild.

However, if I were to have a store,

Wooden traffickers like us have no obligation to do so.

However, if I wanted to do business properly, it was normal to trade with a chamber of commerce that belonged to a commercial guild.

Having purchased rough information, I finally walked the carriage to the area lined up by the Chamber of Commerce today to sell the fur I had been purchasing in the country.

"Sounds good over there"

The liquor store I laid eyes on, no doubt, will be filled with merchants. This kind of feeling of air was acquired thanks to repeated business trips.

I'll put my foot in the liquor store today in an effort to get some information on the Chamber of Commerce that might even do business with the pedestrians.

It was a mess inside.

As always, Atlandia has a good economy. The question is whether a new stranger can be trusted right away.

First, sit at the counter, order weak liquor.

We'll see how it goes, and then we'll find a merchant who might be able to talk to us.

But as soon as I take my seat, a well-known merchant sits next to me and speaks up.

"Excuse me. Is that your fur-laden carriage outside?

"Oh, it's mine."

"Right. You must be here to sell your fur, right? Is there a destination chamber?

"No, I've just come to this city and I've been sightseeing for a while. Now that geography is finally on my mind, I was just about to look for some good chamber of commerce from now on."

"Well... why don't we do business with our chamber of commerce?

"We?"

Honestly, when you bring a story from the other side, there are many things you don't really trust.

As planned, I tried to complain no that I should gather information at the liquor store and confirm it with a commercial guild, but I stopped at the man's word.

"I'm from the Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce, have you heard of me?

Absolute sentence.

There's no such thing as a person who's in business in this Atlandia and doesn't know the Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce.

For deceiving (...), the name is too big.

It's the Big Chamber of Commerce fighting for one or two in the world!?

"Well, of course..."

"Actually, we're expanding our business right now. We're dealing more with pedestrians we've never dealt with before."

If you just listen to that word, it's very fascinating.

But......

"Uh, I'm glad to hear that, but I'm so glad a wood end merchant like me can do business with that Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce..."

"Oh, you're on guard that it's fake"

"It's..."

"As a merchant, I can rather like that mindset. Apparently, I spoke to a good person."

"... thank you"

I wonder why.

I want to trust you more than any other person you've ever cheated on me.

"... brother. He's really a Bedeldale buyer."

"Huh?"

It was my father in the tavern who told me softly.

The owner of the liquor store in this hand does not lie first. Especially if it's a liquor store where merchants come and go.

Especially if you're from a tavern with a store in this Atlandia.

"Of course, at the time of the contract, I'll have the commercial guild produce an official proof of trade."

"Huh!? Shh, sorry. I can only afford to pay a very large fee…"

"Ha. I brought the story from here. Here's the fee. I got it."

I don't believe it.

If you want to get proof of transaction in a commercial guild, you will be charged a considerable fee. Whatever you think, it's not like using it for fur trading.

"Of course, because I'm a merchant, too. It's a good idea. There's another story to be told."

"... may I ask what that is?

The part of my reason is, "This story is suspicious! You should say no! He was screaming, but his emotions couldn't contain his curiosity.

What if, really, you're from the Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce?

If you're going to prove a deal in a commercial guild, it's impossible to lie. As a con, you'll take the money from me before you make the paperwork, so if you pay attention to it, it shouldn't be a problem.

Ignore the scream of reason, I turn to the man.

"Fine. What, it's not a big deal. I'm talking about buying something a little popular."

"Popular? Regional fur...... isn't it?

"Oh. It's an unusual parchment called Washi, recently sold by a chamber of commerce"

"That's probably rumored, isn't it about the chamber of commerce where the elves say clerks or something?

"If you know, you talk fast. It's a popular product there."

"Wouldn't that be better if the Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce bought it normally?

"I don't want to do that. But I don't belong to that chamber of commerce, the commercial guild."

"... is!?

True, I heard rumors. But I heard it was impossible.

"The Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce buys directly... you don't have to tell me the rest, do you?

"Oh, that's"

I understand too much.

Conversely, I guess it's a product you want to get even using such critical means.

"It's so popular, sometimes we have to line up all night for three days, and it's an out-of-the-box hassle to find a pedestrian we can ask for. Can you ask for a little tough?

"Depending on the fee, it's possible if you stay up all night about that"

"That was good. Then why don't we pack up the details?"

"... ok. Just let me finally check with the commercial guild?

"Of course."

That's how I ended up dealing with one of the highest chambers of commerce in the world.

"Now the fur trade is over."

"Thank you. But are you really glad you bought it off at such a high price?

"Ha ha, think of it as a commission inclusive and an investment you'll trust"

"If so, I will receive it with certainty"

I had my fur bought out that day for more than double what I had planned.

The suspicion has always held, but it's a gold coin in my hand, and the thought is soaking up.

I really made a deal with the Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce!

"Well, as I've already explained, I want Mr. Shylock to buy me a washi from the Veriero Chamber of Commerce. Right now, I'm too popular, and they give me a voucher, but I hope you give it to me."

"Yes, I'm fine"

"Then I'll have as many eagles as I can buy for 300 gold coins"

"Yes, sir"

I was loaded with 300 gold coins and I accidentally swallowed a tuba.

"Yes, you will travel again soon, won't you? Then you should buy a bottle of pet instead of washing it."

"I was shown the actual thing earlier. Sure it's good stuff, but is there a reason?

"Yeah, I'd make more money on the eagle, but if I was bad, I'd have to stay in this city for almost six months, right? A pet bottle will get you out of there right away."

"I see."

"I'm looking at whether it's time to sell out the pet bottles. It's not a bad investment."

"I heard rumors that they both sell amazing"

"Oh. And the pet bottle is light. It would be easy to load on a carriage, wouldn't it?

"Thank you for your advice."

"I want you to go home selling it and walking it and come back buying fur again"

"Must."

Thus I headed to the rumored Veriero Chamber of Commerce.

It was an unimaginable building.

The best location facing the wide central street, what a place across the street is the headquarters of the Allavant Chamber of Commerce, said to be the largest in the world.

There is something unimaginable about what the price of land will be.

"Nevertheless..."

What a huge glass the Veriero Chamber of Commerce was a building with plenty of even this.

The ground floor facing the street is made to show off the inside of the store and gives a good idea of how people move.

Normally, when it comes to chambers of commerce, there are plenty of business spaces that others can't see.

Building is not the only thing that surprised me.

"Yes! Buy it in this column! Product description is in this column! You will now be lined up for about three days! Don't go sideways.

He was making rows, as his employees drowned out their voices.

It's not a rare thing in itself, but the lines are more neat than you might have imagined.

I knew why right away.

"You, there, a little more, pull over to the wall, please."

"Oh, Mr. Yalarai, excuse me"

"Be careful, if you will, fine"

As soon as the line swells, the elves in matching unusual clothes carefully line up. If the elves who seem strong from my amateur self noticed, I guess there won't even be people out there who do stupid things.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yalarai, I'd like to go to the bathroom for a moment..."

"Okay, the place, you, the bathroom, over there."

"Thank you"

Oh, my God, even if the merchants in line left their seats in the bathroom, they're guaranteeing me a solid order.

Normally, they'll be packing rows in no time.

I finally figured out why a buyer at the Bedeldale Chamber of Commerce told me to just keep the preserved food.

Still, are you even renting out the bathroom?

When I was in line, too, an earlier employee came running by.

"Here you go!

The kid distributes the eagle to each and every one of them. Is that a sample?

Receiving the eagle casually, I shall be stunned again.

"Become...!? This is a purchase price list!?

I was surprised enough to speak out by accident.

Naturally, the purchase price is the greatest secret that merchants can share with each other.

"You, maybe this is your first time trading here?

As I was stalling my hands, a merchant lined up before turned around.

"Yes, I came to buy a popular product."

"Well, that's surprising."

"Are you a regular?

"Oh. Every time we line up, we get more money. There's no idiot in line, is there?

"That's for sure"

Apparently, it's a really, really great product.

In fact, the eagle in my hand makes me want a ton of it, too, that could have been a wooden board.

"This means the reference price, right? Of course, we're gonna end up in business, right?

The merchant laughs niggardly.

"The purchase price at this Chamber of Commerce is as shown in this table. No lies whatsoever. If you think it's a lie, you can start a" business deal "at the end of this" purchase line "to see it. I can line up at the end of the" business line "without asking questions. Even when it comes to the most business discussions, the product description and usage consultation are not discussed for the amount. It just tells me other examples of Japanese paper use."

I round my eyes.

In fact, at the end of a pedestrian's line of "purchase rows," employees' voices echo brightly from a number of lined counters.

The line had been in the building for two weeks and I was just lucky enough to be able to crawl through the store.

"Yes! I have accepted 10,000 pieces of Japanese paper and 300 pet bottles! That would be 1.82 million yen! Here's the redemption note! Pet bottles can be served now, but, as explained, Japanese paper has been waiting for four months. Please don't lose your voucher!

Incredibly, the clerk speaks for both the quantity and amount of the customer's purchase as a matter of course.

It's so prestigious, I'm going to mistake that for normal.

"But don't be too popular with Japanese paper. I appreciate the lack of restrictions on purchases, but it's tough for people who only have the money I need."

The merchant exchanges another merchant to continue the chat.

"Pet bottles are incredibly convenient, too. Just take it to the province and we'll sell it to fly."

"I'm also thankful I can't afford a carriage because it's light"

"The cost of repairing the wheels is foolish."

"If you think about it, Japanese paper is heavy."

"What, Japanese paper can do as much as it wants in this city"

"So is that."

"Speaking of which, do you know the end price of Japanese paper?

"How much is that?

"Looks like two thousand yen a piece."

I was stunned to hear it.

He hastily tried to calculate the unit price from the purchase table of his hand, but earlier than that the merchant in front of him gave the answer.

"Seriously... if you buy more than 10,000 pieces in bulk, the purchase price of one piece is 170 yen, right? How lame are you to make money?

"The boulder says the price is retail. Interaction between chambers of commerce seems to be about half of it."

"Still 1000 yen. There were no purchase restrictions, but the price went up tremendously."

Even if the purchase cost 500 yen, it's cheaper than a wooden plate. Then I can sell it.

"Anything, it seems that the Sun God Heorism is buying in bulk"

"Why?

"This is a rumor, but there was an announcement that this new God was born, wasn't there?

"Oh, you're a god of business, aren't you? Good luck with that. I'm going to give it a try once the church is ready, but when will it be?

"Is it the New God?

I ask questions unintentionally.

"Oh. Everything seems to be a god of business"

"Of business? That's amazing. I thought the church hated making money."

"I hate making money, but it's the church that likes money, right?... whoa, that wasn't what you said in this country."

A merchant who blocks his mouth in haste.

"It's heoristic. Apparently, they're making copies of the Bible in Japanese paper."

"What?

"I think I know, but I've been using parchment for copies of the Bible. Parchment paper made from animal skins of goats and sheep naturally crushes one creature. You should think about it in the same" er "size as Japanese paper and take as many as ten sheets from one. The labor of raising one animal and the labor of processing it as parchment. Even if the price of Japanese paper is 2000 yen at the end, it's cheaper than parchment."

"Oh, so you can't run out of buyers if the price goes up so much"

Of course, it's cheaper than parchment.

Everyone will want a eagle.

"That's right. And the Bible has many items to show in writing. Inevitably, copies of the Bible become so expensive that they come with super"

"That's obvious."

"So, apparently, the new god, a man of commerce, gave a great deal of Japanese paper to the Church of Heoris."

"It's no wonder you serve Heorism, the national religion of this country.

"Think about it, the god of business brought you a lot of japanese paper."

"Ah."

"That's the thing. There is some connection between the god of commerce and the Veriero Chamber of Commerce here. Definitely."

"I see."

"And what does Heorism do about copies of the Bible that have been difficult to diffuse in monetary terms until now, when it can be made in large quantities?

Massive dissemination of Heorism.

But in that case, the new god will also be recognized by Heorism.

"He's already officially admitted it."

"... could the three great gods be the four great gods?

If you are also a business god, a merchant could jump. It won't be much of a story.

"I don't know that far... don't you think that's an interesting story?

"It's totally too funny. What do you say we have a drink later?

"If it's extravagant."

"Ask for whatever you like"

"Then give me one piece of information about the moment."

"Hmm?"

"Apparently, we can have a church of business gods here in Atlandia soon."

"... are you serious?

All the merchants who were listening to this story were sincerely determined.

Trying to make sure you come.

I traveled safely to Heorism, the Sun God, on the day I purchased Japanese paper and a pet bottle, and I saw a hell of a poster there.

The merchants were familiar with the "er" sized Japanese paper, which was affixed to the walls of the church, but its contents are outrageous.

"They are planning a massive ceremony in the near future in the book temple of Heorism inviting the Pope of Aigas, Mother Earth, and the Pope of Thermias, Goddess of the Moon!? It's a big, historic case!

It is unprecedented that the popes of the three major religions of the world are aligned.

"This is tough! We need to let everyone know!

When I prayed, I set aside more donations than usual and rushed to the liquor store to tell this story to the merchant I had become friends with.