A man that called himself “Mr. M” came to my stall today
My name is Joe and my character is called vagabond
For the last half a day I have been trading in Udan and I am far from making a single gold coin to get the merchant class
The man who called himself “Mr. M” made me a very tempting offer
He said that he already acquired the merchant class and that he is going to start a trading company he offered to help me get the quest done and offered to give me information’s on valuable trade routes he said that as he pulled to gold coins and started rubbing them together
And all I had to do is go and buy with his money on the rates that he say and I can keep all the profits that I make with my own money
The offer was too good so I was suspicious
He looked at me as if he knew what I was thinking and then he told me if I was interested I can find him in front of the merchant guild
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Another one has came
-oh welcome I see that you decided to join
-yeah I am ready where do I sigh up
-oh the company is not official yet but I can make a contract through the merchant guild
- I see a contract
-here it is you can see it
He studied the contract for several minutes then he looked at me and agreed
-good here is what you’re going to do I am going to give you 50 silver coins and trade goods you will take the north gate and head to a town called Zama ill locate it on your map
Sell the goods I give to you and then you will buy wool or lard I will tell you which one add me to my friend list and you will contact me before selling or buying anything
Here is your goods and good luck
The boy ran north smiling with him I now have 15 employees
Ding
*Tori is sending you a whisper
-boss here are the market rates in Helde
-good job tori get me barley this time
-ok boss and here is the screen shots
The screen shot were a safety precaution to make sure no one try and cheats me
I have 5 trading from Udan to Zama 5 others from helde and Udan
And I have sent three to tomoe but they haven’t reported back yet
One is sitting near the southern gate and helping me keep an eye on the market rates while the last one was killed and forced to log out
Still In two hours we have made the equivalent of twenty journeys from Zama to Helde
My minions would run back to me with goods and treasure while I sat and worked on my cooking skill
My lamb stake is doing very good if I may say so
Harald came back from Zama he gave me the goods and money I gave him fifty silvers and the goods that Eva just brought from Helde
I was making much more than I ever could by my self
And I was spreading the love around by giving 5% of the profits to my minions
-um hello
I looked up at the awkward looking creature in front of me and noticed his name “nail”
-I heard that you help people who want to be merchants
-you are mistaken this is not a charity I am simply running a business here and they are working to earn their pay
-um in that case can you offer me a job please
One look at him and I could already see him trip and fall on his face at the site of the first highway thief he face
But yet again I could use more manpower for the company to grow and for some reason I felt like helping this guy
-how long have you been in the game
-this is my first day
-did you get the merchant class change quest
-I did
-and how is your progress
-ah I have 58 coppers now
He actually lost money now that I think about it he did buy some of my stake
He would definitely be useless as a trader
-very well I will hire you wait here
I went to the merchant guild to draft a new contract
Then I went to and got a knitting set and a recipe book called sewing basics
I showed him the contract and he signed it without looking at it
-so where do I begin will you send me off like those guys or do you want me to trade in the city
-neither. You will work as a cloth maker I bought you a knitting kit and here take this recipe book as well
I will give you wool for now and you will make woolen fabric for now
-ah I was hoping to do some trade
-I am giving you a silver coin an hour
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-what
-read your contract
I wasn’t sure how much profit woolen fabric will make but I knew but I knew it had a higher base price and later on he would be able to make better stuff
He was still shocked as he started sewing next to me. It seemed that a silver coin was much more than he could ever wish for
In the next hour I had hired four more minions 3 I added to my growing sewing business and one to my humble restaurant
Woolen fabric was doing quite good that’s why I added 3 more into it
The base price for woolen fabric in town was 2 silvers compared to 1.5 for raw wool and it went for (97%) here in Udan
But it went for (123%) in Helde I wonder if the prices will go up in winter
But of course it will until now I haven’t seen a difference from trade in this world and a primitive version of that in ours
When the sun was closed to setting I asked everyone to rush back to the city or stay in there villages
Except for the team I sent to Tomoe every one of my minions has reported back
-it’s time for the first company meeting
I rented a private dining room in a restaurant for privacy
-I hope everyone has gotten to know each other
Everyone stopped talking and gathered around me
-I have already registered our official trading company an hour ago
I sent them the invitation request and spoke
-welcome to the golden chain trading company
I got a few smiles at that
-Eve will be appointed as treasurer and Maxwell as vice president. I stopped for a second then continued
Sadly we cannot have a company house at the moment since the cheapest plot is more than a thousand gold coins
That should be our company goal for the near future and we should establish our self in this region after that I am open for suggestions but I have some plans of my on
I stopped for a second to see of anyone wanted to say anything
-I have a suggestion
The one who spoke was the awkward kid nail
-we should have a uniform it will make us stand out and bring a sense of unity and belonging
That was actually a good idea
-sure as long as it’s practical if everyone agrees nail here will be in charge o it
I gave him a thumbs up as he turned red from the attention he got
-can you make a big hat
-how about a skirt for the girls
-what color do you have in mind
He actually spoke at that and said golden because our company name
I actually liked that and found it very appropriate
-I have a suggestion as well
This time it was Eve that spoke
-we should recruit more people and make permanent posts in the nearby villages
Well that goes without saying
I nodded at that
-how about getting carriages or some sort of animal to transport more goods
The one who spoke was Maxwell
-Wouldn’t that make us a target for bandits?
-true
He answered without adding anything else
-How about we hire guards then
Said Vaco this time
-that will be expensive
Answered Eve
-by the way how much do we have to spend
She took the opportunity to ask me
-I spent 50 gold coins already to register the company
Some almost fell when I said that while others just stir in their seats
-that leaves us with 87 coins. Gold that is we had a great hall today
I said that as I smiled
“But the problem with hiring guards is that they might get tempted and rob us them selves
When I registered our company I was told that once we establish a company house we can hire locals as employees I assume that means we can hire npc’s if that include npc guards then our problem will be solved”
Everyone nodded at that
-Any other suggestions
-No one. Then we should get back to business the expedition to Tomoe have reported earlier today prices of grain and food stuff is as low as 70% while fish is the highest at 113%
We need to change our trade routes accordingly
Grain will be bought in Tomoe taken to Helde were we will have a trading post from Helde other merchants will take the grain to Udan while taking woolen fabrics and fish to Helde
-Grain will be taken by the Zama to sell and they will bring back wool
-Everyone agrees
-good then this meeting is over