novelraw Chapter 610 414: 3 Traveling Merchants, 2 Barrels of Dinar
Chapter 610 414: 3 Traveling Merchants, 2 Barrels of Dinar
Even in Bang City, such a mansion would be considered a high-class luxury home.
Pushing open the main door of the small building, Luna had already returned with Marie.
The two were sitting in the living room chairs, whispering to each other.
Occasionally, they let out silver bell-like laughter.
When Zong Shen brought Mars and the others into the first-floor hall.
Marie and Luna, like startled deer, stopped their conversation.
When she saw Master Mars following beside Zong Shen.
She immediately stood up excitedly to greet him.
Giving Master Mars a big hug.
In this kind of setting, the father-daughter relationship was still very good.
As long as you don't talk about corrupted filial piety, and I don't mention the sexy stepmother, then it's truly a loving father-daughter relationship.
After some pleasantries, everyone came to the long table by the territory's sandbox.
After taking their respective seats.
Luna and Marie began taking out those exquisite crystal wine glasses Zong Shen found in the mine from the kitchen.
Bottles of fine wine from Master Mars's father's old wine cellar were filled to the brim.
To show his generosity, Zong Shen specifically instructed Luna to serve them excellent-level aged wine.
The quality of these aged wines was extremely high, and just the rich aroma was quite extraordinary.
"Lord Zong, let's toast to our cooperation."
Master Mars was quite adept at socializing in such situations.
He took the initiative to raise his glass, livening up the atmosphere.
Everyone raised their glasses and gently clinked them together.
"To cooperation."
...
The dark red wine swirled in the crystal cup.
Zong Shen took a slight sip, letting the wine wet his lips and teeth.
Mars and the others did the same.
But after tasting it, they were surprised by the quality of the wine.
They looked at the glasses in their hands with eyes full of wonder and greed.
"The quality of this wine is really high."
"Even among the masters of Bang City, it can be considered upper grade."
The three traveling merchants, being guests, did not rashly inquire about the wine.
But Master Mars, being familiar with Zong Shen, exclaimed in wonder with his glass raised.
"This is the aged wine from your family's old wine cellar..."
"Stored for so many years, how could the quality be bad?"
Zong Shen slightly curled the corners of his mouth into a faint smile.
These thoughts were best kept to himself.
Regardless of whether Master Mars figured it out, he couldn't be the one to say it out loud.
"The quality of these wines is indeed good."
"I bought them all from Bang City."
Zong Shen said nonchalantly.
After arriving, having developed from scratch.
The first principle all lords learned was probably self-interest.
Master Mars savored the taste, nodding at the wine glass.
His mind wasn't really on the wine.
Now he was only concerned with two matters.
The first being the wealth left by his father.
The second being the construction of the large pasture.
With Marie not around, he didn't have to go to great lengths to have affairs with young maids.
He could openly flirt and philander.
Actually, Mars was already a pretty good father.
At least he still considered Marie's feelings.
Among the indigenous people, those minor nobles and merchants with some savings had much wilder playtime than he did.
Master Mars put down the wine glass and stood up.
"Lord Zong, let me introduce you."
"This is Sherwood, his traveling merchant team has six transportation carriages."
"Mr. Sherwood's merchant team frequently travels between Boss Bang and Sitanos Village."
"They primarily trade in grains and meats."
He gestured to a man with a mustache beside him for the formal introduction.
The traveling merchant named Sherwood promptly stood up.
Smilingly extended his right hand towards Zong Shen.
Out of courtesy, Zong Shen also stood.
"Hello, Mr. Sherwood."
"Hello, Lord Zong."
After the handshake, Sherwood nodded slightly and sat back down.
At this point, Mars began introducing the other two traveling merchants.
These merchants had similar strength.
The most had eight transportation carriages, the least had five.
Their business projects and types were also similar, mostly basic foods.
They bought relatively cheap food and meat from villages along the way.
Transported them to Boss Bang for sale.
The various taverns, restaurants, and city market vendors were their clients.
They then purchased exquisite textiles, iron tools, and handicrafts from Bang City, selling them along the way.
There were many merchant teams of this scale within the range of Boss Bang.
They were like the lifeblood of Bang City, gathering basic resources from various village points into the city.
They also solved the sales problem of some handmade products.
Creating a flow between Bang City and the villages.
Zong Shen briefly greeted the three men.
The distance from here to Sitanos Village was several dozen kilometers.
The three guaranteed that in the future, they would make this place a stop for their merchant teams.
To them, it was an easy task.
On the way here, they had already assessed the approximate population level of Zong Shen's territory.
From the number of houses and stone houses, they could infer that the population here was at least several hundred people.
Stopping here was considered betting on a potential stock.
They might even dispose of some unsellable surplus stock.
Adding a few dozen kilometers was worth it.
After Zong Shen got acquainted with these merchants.
It was time to have a private conversation with Master Mars.
Occasions involving the distribution of interests weren't suitable for outsiders.
Because Zong Shen kept all the magic items.
So within the wealth left by Mars's predecessors.
Mars alone could take away over six hundred thousand dinars.
This amount of money wasn't a small sum.
It was uncertain whether they would be envious.
If the news got out, some powerful bandits might even take the risk to enter the village and kidnap Master Mars.
Therefore, Zong Shen gave Mars a meaningful look.
The latter realized and took the initiative to excuse himself to tour the territory as a reason.
Leading the three merchants out of the lord's small tower.
A dozen minutes later, Mars returned by himself.
His forehead was covered in sweat from the strain.
"Lord Zong, I've sent them off."
"Now we can discuss serious matters."
Master Mars wiped his sweat with a handkerchief from his pocket.
Took a drink from his glass before sitting down.
His face carried an exaggeratedly humble smile.
"Should we divide the money first or talk about the pasture?"
Zong Shen maintained a faint smile, speaking briefly and clearly.
Upon hearing this, Master Mars's eyes rolled around.
"First..."
"Lord Zong, let's distribute the money first."
"I've been a bit short of cash recently..."
Master Mars rubbed his three fingers a bit sheepishly.
Zong Shen looked at him with a half-smile.
He reached out and fetched several large wooden barrels.
With a wave of his hand, pouring dinars into the barrels.
Countless dinars fell into the barrel like flowing water.
Making a crisp "ding ding dong dong" sound.
The dinars extracted from the storage grid were all in 100 denomination bills.
Over six hundred thousand dinars filled about two barrels.
Master Mars was neither surprised nor puzzled by Zong Shen's way of fetching money.
He was well aware that Zong Shen owned a spatial magic artifact for storage.
At this moment, Master Mars was staring at those two barrels of dinars.
Drool was about to drip out.
He wasn't an overly stingy person, but being a businessman.
His love for money seemed to be engraved in his bones.
"Master Mars, how do you plan to take these two barrels of dinars back?"
Zong Shen suddenly asked, pulling his thoughts back from the shiny dinars.
That was indeed a problem.
Not to mention the weight of two barrels of dinars, just having them exposed like this wasn't appropriate.
Even though this time he brought along quite a few confidants and subordinates.
But with such wealth in front, he couldn't trust even his own subordinates completely.