episode_0287

“But to you, it’s just an excuse. I apologize for seeing you just like those dirty people. My mistake.”

Princess Mona even bowed her head and apologized.

Was I a wealthy person, or was Princess Mona so surprised that the royal family bowed their heads in apology to me, who was just a commoner-turned-noble?

Rather than being offended by the strange suspicion I felt, I felt sympathy for Princess Mona.

“And what you did today will definitely be repaid. “What I couldn’t do, you did it in one fell swoop.”

Princess Mona has been spending time with Princess Haehwa and is said to have told her several times that she hoped she would come back to the empire as soon as possible.

“I said yes because of the purification fluid, but it may not be more than what comes from the heart. “I can clearly see how much you liked the gift you said you would give me.”

“I’m just grateful that you know.”

Princess Haehwa had to visit the empire again to decide on the specific trading method for the purified liquid.

But it didn’t make me anxious to come as quickly as I did.

So I thought I had the credit for doing it.

“Anyway, you seem to have a lot of interesting items.”

Princess Mona stares at me with the sharp eyes of an eagle.

“yes?”

“The artifact you gave me.”

“Ah, you mean that?”

“It has been confirmed that it is a relic created during the reign of the first emperor. “Now we are looking for more detailed records about who produced it.”

“If you are the princess, you will be able to find it.”

“Are you still not planning on teaching me the evidence?”

No problem.

I couldn’t give the answer so vainly.

The truth that one learns through someone else’s teaching is meaningless and will diminish one’s interest in and affection for relics.

“It is more certain that the princess is looking for it herself rather than me telling her. If I tell you for no reason, won’t it only complicate your thoughts?”

“good. I’ll accept that you still think that way. “But as interesting things keep coming out of you, I’m curious about what you have.”

Now that I’ve found out that I’m not just a merchant selling consumables, but also someone who knows how to come up with interesting items, it’s even more strange that the history buff stays still.

“Are you curious about what I have?”

“I see.”

“I am a businessman. And we don’t sell things for less than they’re worth.”

“Do you think I won’t be able to offer you a price that will please you? Just bring the stuff. “I can give you so many things that you will have no choice but to make a deal.”

Princess Mona stands proudly.

But I knew an easy way to bring her down.

“Since the princess said this, I look forward to it.”

“Know that not only you will be evaluated, but the value of the items you bring will also be evaluated.”

This meant that if you brought something you didn’t like, you wouldn’t have to pay for it.

Even so, there would be no way for Princess Mona to show off in front of unique equipment.

Since I knew that, I bowed my head slightly to indicate that I could do as much as I wanted.

※ ※ ※

An elephant leading a wagon loaded with goods was leaving.

Princess Mona and the nobles stared at the back of the procession and then slowly began to disperse.

“Is this the end for now?”

Our schedule at the imperial palace was over, and we promised to show Princess Mona some nice items.

This was the end of what I could do at the imperial palace, so I started preparing to return to the general store.

I had to discuss with Erintina how to use the pockets that had become fat due to this transaction with ethnic minorities.

Since a lot of money has come in, I have to share it with Princess Mona and invest the rest in other places to make money.

All of the money I have earned so far is being put to the forefront, but since I cannot keep it in one basket, I have had to find a second investment source.

‘I’ll have to talk to you in detail when the leader I followed this time comes back.’

If the North stabilizes with the help of the Empire, it will become a very good option for new investment.

If we hold the northern front line and the front line of the empire tightly in our hands, who will be able to touch our top line in the future?

‘I didn’t intend to eat both sides of the front line.’

Now that I have money, I need to put some money into it, and just in time, an investment site that seems promising comes rolling in on its own.

Although I was able to purchase goods at a reasonable price through the arrangement of the empire, as time goes by, the money spent on the empire will become a waste.

In the meantime, if we take the initiative and say that we will reinvest the money we earn in the North, they will inevitably feel favorable towards us.

Since I had developed a close relationship with Princess Haehwa, I had to elevate her to a similar position to Princess Mona in the North.

‘Actually, Princess Haehwa doesn’t seem to be particularly interested in high positions like Princess Mona.’

Even if you don’t care or want it, you won’t be able to live without her because of her power.

Aren’t you the kind of person who won’t use force to avoid trouble?

As she fights for the North, she will naturally have people who follow her.

All I had to do was sit there and suck the honey.

“What, Erintina, why are you here?”

When I came back to the academy with my boss who was at the imperial palace to conduct a transaction, I saw a familiar face.

Erintina, who didn’t know when she arrived, was giving instructions to the people at the top.

“hi.”

“Why did you come?”

“It’s my first deal. I came to check what item I exchanged for. “I’m so curious that I have to be able to hold back.”

We were trying to move the goods and go to where Erintina was, but she couldn’t stand it for a moment and came all the way here to check the traded items.

Minorities did not use the imperial currency, so exchanges naturally had to be in kind.

Since there wasn’t much information about the North, it seemed like they were looking forward to how they would use and sell unique items they had never seen before.

“I know that? “They also wrote down how to use it when trading goods.”

“That’s kind.”

“Who knew minorities could be so nice?”

“After listening to the people at the top, I heard they weren’t all that nice.”

“The empire did something, and it must have been difficult to look at it with kind eyes.”

It may start out shaky, but it will get better over time.

I’m sure it will.

“Do you think there is something you can sell for a high price?”

“of course. I think we can benefit enormously from this. So much so that my conscience pricks me. “I think I paid a lot for things over there.”

“It must have been difficult to put a price on the items since it was our first time doing business with each other.”

“That’s right, now that we’ve done the deal, we’ll have to do more coordination in the next deal.”

Honey was dripping from Erintina’s eyes as she looked at the items from the North.

‘If this continues, won’t our top company become a large corporation?’

Looking at Erintina’s eyes, I thought that it might not be impossible at all.

The eyes that were burning brightly with will brought joy just by looking at them.

“I was planning on going straight back, but what are you going to do?”

Since everything is packed, if Erintina checks the items, the upper part has no choice but to leave a little late.

“I don’t think there’s any need to move this from the imperial palace to the academy.”

Since there was a branch office in the capital, it meant that they would store goods there and move on.

“Because there are people here who will buy these items at a high price.”

There should be no need to move things back and forth.

the problem is.

“The upper branch here was too small, so we decided to move it to the academy.”

Because it is the capital, land prices are high, and there are many merchants who have already moved in and are doing well, so there was no need to create a large branch in the capital.

So, I tried to move the items traded this time to Academy City.

“I want to grow here too. I made more money than I expected. We need a new investment source, but there is no suitable place. However, it would be a waste not to spend the money. So I’m going to do now what I would have done later anyway.”

Erintina was thinking the same thing as me.

She was doing the same thing that I thought needed a new investment source.

However, because I did not hear information about how close Princess Haehwa and I had become, and because I could not confirm the level of skill of the ethnic minority warriors, I had no ideas for new investment sources.

“It’s not that increasing influence in the capital is a bad thing, but I have a new investment destination in mind.”

“Where to invest?! “Where are you?”

“The North we traded with this time.”

“North… “There?!”

“There’s a front line there too.”

“Wait a minute, let’s go somewhere instead of doing this here.”

Erintina took me into the carriage.

I got on the carriage because I had to leave the imperial palace and go to the upper branch of the capital.

“Now tell me in detail. “What should we do?”

Erintina pressed her body close to me, as if she was excited just by walking to the carriage for a short time.

As Erintina approached, unintentionally, in the closed space of the carriage, a refreshing scent flowed in, as if she had entered a forest full of tall trees.

Would you say it feels like your insides are being opened without being blocked?

I took a deep breath and looked at her heartbroken expression.

“Simply, just as the imperial front line was in our hands, we will do the same with the northern front line. Since we have already done it once, I don’t think it will be difficult to do it again.”

“You want us to eat the northern front lines too?”

Erintina was lost in thought, rolling her eyes here and there as her mind seemed to be confused.

And then he goes on to say that he has reached a conclusion.

“There’s nothing you can’t do. What can’t you do if you have money? But the problem is that there are more things the North doesn’t know than it knows. The situation is different from the front lines of the empire. It’s hard to just go and open a store like you did on the front lines when you don’t have any connections there. “The issues on the front lines here were also created using a lot of personal connections.”

There was little information about the North and no connections, so I was worried that even if an imperialist went there, they would be able to make a proper transaction.

The hatred of ethnic minorities toward the empire was also something that could not be easily assessed.