The Economics of Prophecy

I asked Lilka the name of a chamber of commerce that seemed to be in trouble at Shaoxian Festival.

"It must be true."

"It's okay. Ricardo, I hear you're a fighter."

The princess is purchasing weird words from Meer again. I don't care if they hurdle me up so much.

"The way you say the schemer and Her Royal Highness's trusted eyes are so uncomfortable.... Ok. Uh, Tritt says it's under Kenwell's umbrella that's blurry. I mean, we, Belmini, Roston. Dalgan, Mertile, Prla if you are independent......"

Lilka grabs a name with Slasla. Looks like Lilka's name was Lilka Tritt. Chambers of commerce dealing with meat, dairy products, vegetables, etc., and chambers of commerce specializing in sweets. You got it all right. Something to do with clothing. Can it be used interiorly?

"You're just a name I've never heard of."

"All of them are Silver" Silver "members of the Alliance. He's more famous than Vinder. I don't know how many people I don't know."

"We're copper cuppers."

And I'm a mess.

Commercial guild members have a class. Before it crumbled, Drefano, the guild leader of the honorary aristocracy is sometimes referred to as the Platinum, a specially treated silver. Disgusting. Normally it belongs to either Gold, Silver, or Copper. In Japan, some of the gold is listed. A large merchant with numerous chambers of commerce under his umbrella. Silver is a major chamber of commerce, independent or under the gold umbrella. Copper is under silver. so-called SMEs. It's all the size of a city.

We're zero-sized though.

The pedestrian, apart from being a universal merchant guild, is, of course, below copper. Until a few years ago, we were this way, in terms of the feeling of the big merchants, until yesterday.

"I wonder how copper could send both of us to the college. Think about it. It's just weird."

"I just hit it with honey."

"If you hit one shot, you'll be friends with Her Royal Highness, or you'll be able to use the Sage's room on your own?

"This is out of line."

By the way, in Her Royal Highness, you're probably about as good a friend as you are. Watch out for Claudia.

And finally, we have all the information.

"Anyway. I'm going to tell you the whole story."

I pointed to a schematic diagram of the college I borrowed from Lilka. Gather everyone's gaze.

"As a tenant, these six rooms on the ground floor are what we're after."

"Wait, it's not all a small room. It's only about a third of the classroom. Besides, it's mostly a warehouse or something. Guests, you can't let them sit down. Upstairs is better yet."

Right, there's a lot of cloaks and holding rooms on the ground floor. But even less decent places. But given the interaction with the courtyard, there's no alternative here.

"Guests are not allowed in the room. These six are all facing the courtyard. Only cooking is in the room, and all guests of the six shops are seated here."

I painted an oval in the courtyard. Yes, what I'm trying to build is a food court that was at a large commercial establishment in the original world.

"It's a common space!?

"Name it the food coat. Customers order from various stores and come to the courtyard. The store carries what is ordered. For example, even if friends want to eat something different, they can order it from a store they like and eat it in the same place. Besides, it's common in six stores, so there's less waste of seats."

Even Samurai and the Knight's party don't have to contest each other over meals. I'm not a samurai.

Before Lilka rebels, tap into advantages. The entrance is important when describing something completely new.

"Well, that sounds very busy and fun"

That's what Alfina tells me. Yes, this won't make us potty in the courtyard. I'm out of here. But I don't rely on the feeling of a princess who has recently been polished by commonality. It's just that there was something suspicious from the beginning.

What I rely on is the daughter of a merchant who normally deals with nobility, unlike Countess or us.

"I'd like to hear Lord Claudia's opinion."

"What if it rains?"

Whoa, suddenly there's a tight spot. I put something like a parasol on a tablet.

"Consider contacting me from the crossing and put on a minimum roof. If it's too intense, then it's retreat. Use this place as a room even if you complain."

Sage's room will work it out. Can they push the courtyard to take care of the rain? I'll go to the student council to protect my guests. I would be disqualified from using the courtyard.

"What about the seats?"

"There should be room for extra out of the classroom. Lilka, your boss is securing a room, right? Can't you accommodate it?"

"I think you can handle that if you ask"

"After that, the desk and chair that was originally here are thrown into the storage, so I'll use that, too."

"Senior. I don't think you could have said it was very pretty."

"It's a legendary desk where the wise man planned to save the country."

If it's a six-store seat, it's not enough, but if it's a food court system, it's half as much as you need.

"Something else."

"... where is the princess going to let you sit"

"Locally, I would create something like a management office. The person who came to say hello to Master Alfina is well positioned to look out at the windows of the participating stores"

"Are you going to use the princess as a souvenir?"

"... sorry. You don't have to recommend the store."

I apologized to Claudia. I wanted Alfina to enjoy the festival as naturally as possible, but I had no choice.

"I'd be happy to help, too. I'm going to have a hard time with Crowe, too."

"No, if the princess says so.... Vinder, that's about it from me"

"That was helpful. And Lilka?"

Unlike the point I was hoping for, Claudia thought it over properly. Next up is the girl staring at the plan with an anxious face.

"It's a way I've never heard of it, but it does solve a space that's the biggest problem. Format I think there's something unusual about it. But you can't. There's too many problems."

Lilka pointed to the courtyard as she stood up.

"Bringing a chair and a desk, there's nothing. There's a lot of investment in making a seat for nobles in this space. Even though it's not for how many six stores, at least half of those seats. You have twenty. It's pretty much just an umbrella to stand on. There's no way on the ground, so there's a rug."

"You should have to pay less for the place. Claim the narrowness of the tenants and go around. You need interiors, tablecloths and napkins originally. So, it's the cost of a food court. We will share it among six companies, including seven."

"It might be enough in cost. But there's no way that seven separate chambers of commerce can run a common space. In the first place, you..."

Oh, I see. It's like the West Army that fought at the top of Sansei Ishida in Sekigahara. Vinder won't even reach Sansei Ishida. Long bunch Masaya, no. About the worst house martial law.

Lilka looked at Alfina for a moment. Toyotomi Hideyoshi will rely a lot more on you. Of course, as I said earlier, I have to let that influence be used indirectly.

But I don't know what kind of difficulty the supervisor will get later if he runs it directly.

And this is totally convenient for us, but the system I'm trying to take this opportunity to evaluate is going down. I can't convince her aunt.

"I have an idea how to put it together"

"Whatever."

"We're going to co-finance an extraordinary Parent Chamber of Commerce with these seven companies under its umbrella. Named it Mock Store Holdings. Let this Holdings do the management of the joint space"

"Holdings? I don't want to hear about it in such a fucked up way that the Parent Chamber of Commerce doesn't make kids, but kids get together to make parents."

Lilka will be the face taken away from her. Of course, it's not normally possible without the back shield of power or the collateral of the law. But this time, you can have twenty days at most, for a limited time. Besides, there is a common crisis. Even a sandy cabinet can handle that.

If only we had assumed that there would always be a traitor, though.

"Take the method of equity into the form of contributions. distribute shares according to the amount of the contribution; To put it plainly, if I invested ten gold coins per chamber of commerce, Holdings' capital would be seventy gold coins. Instead, they hold ten shares at a time. And make a seat in the courtyard with this capital. In other words, disperse the enormous risk of creating co-seats in the Seven Chambers of Commerce."

"I see...... But it's not advantageous to have more customers."

"Take a royalty per seat used by the store, the royalty will be collected in Holdings and finally distributed according to the number of shares. It would be in everyone's interest if the food coat flourished"

Lilka shut up. Actually, I'm thinking of another trick, but that can't be said without looking at the members.

"The risks are dispersed, the benefits are distributed in a clear way.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... It's a mechanism that binds the chambers of commerce that are supposed to fall apart with profit and risk. Why, it sounds like it makes sense, even though it's such an unexplained way."

That's right, it's a polished way to run an organization in the original world.

"What should I do?"

"Candidates for participation. I mean, I'm in a predicament with this rule, and I have no choice but to follow this jurisprudence of the Chamber of Commerce solicitation"

I said. Lilka squeezed her hands together. Soon my classmates will be the face of a merchant.

"............... I don't have a choice. Fine, let's talk about this. But all I can do is bring potential members to you."

"Oh, that's enough. If I speak up, there won't be a single company."

"That's not to brag about."

Lilka laughed bitterly. I want you to forgive me, that's why I'm making the idea of relying on the system.

"............... talk about chair and desk accommodation as soon as possible. Just in time for you to explain the mock store Holdings."

"Thank you."

Just because Kenwell is cooperative in this story can reassure potential members. I bowed my head to Lilka.

"It's just that it's still not easy. The independents are priceless, so don't even think about jumping on bait because they're in trouble."

"I know, I know."

I saw Meer. The relying secretary nodded. Ask her to gather information on prospective participants.

"It was a very interesting story. This is what merchants always talk about."

I said it like Alfina was impressed.

"No, Your Highness. This guy's definitely not normal."

Lilka said with a blown out look. No, it was a normal way in the original world.

"Vinder.................."

"Oops. Thanks for your help today."

Lilka came to me when the meeting was over and everyone was about to pull up.

"I have something to say to you, that... I don't think I would have even been able to participate if I had stayed that way. So,"

"There's no guarantee it'll work."

"You don't have to do well. Thank you. Thank you."

Lilka bowed her head to me.

"No, we're not gonna be stylish in the courtyard alone."

There are other purposes behind convincing the Grand Duke of the advantages of the stock method using this as an experimental platform. I also want information on the Empire. I make sure my interests are properly secured.

Just ask me one thing.

"Oh."

"Holdings? That's not the way I just figured it out, is it? How did you know that?

"That's a commercial secret. Well, I've been thinking about it for at least the last five years."

I used a special trade secret. Lilka looked at him like he was going to explore, but he caught a fling.

"Seniors are no better than wise men, are they? I see."

"What are you talking about?

"We're talking over here. It sounds rough, but when other members dictate, they feel comfortable. You're not like today's members."

"Yes, sir. I'm not choking like the people who are here."

"I'm not choro! Not, good Meer. I can't rely on Vinder, so I'm going to make sure Meer keeps the participants in mind."

That's what they said and started exchanging information. Cholo? No, I think it's a lot of trouble that we got together here, too.