The Erson family patriarch’s words left his heir stunned.
Right!
Where couldn’t you build a workshop?
Inside the castle, in the fields, on wasteland—there were too many places in this world where you could build workshops.
If it was just for building workshops, why would they purchase large areas of farmland?
That didn’t make sense!
"Then why would the Golden rchant Guild decide to purchase on a large scale at this ti? Could it be..."
The Erson family patriarch nodded. "The Golden rchant Guild believes that current land prices are too low and there’s profit to be made."
"But why would there be profit? According to our calculations, the cost of cultivating land is almost higher than grain prices. Building granaries and storage costs are also extrely high."
The young man really couldn’t figure it out. "Plus, Golden Spike Grain is only being planted by Southern Developnt Company this year. By next year, it’ll be everywhere."
Golden Spike Grain was only being planted by Southern Developnt Company, and it had already driven grain prices this low. Who knew how far grain prices would fall once it spread everywhere?
Either way, prices definitely couldn’t go up.
Who was grain sold to?
Grain was sold to poor people!
How many rich people were there?
Most wealthy people owned lots of land.
But now poor people only needed one acre to feed an entire family.
Under these circumstances, prices simply couldn’t rise!
So whether it was hiring people to plant new crops next year or storing this year’s grain, it could never sell for high prices.
No matter how you looked at it, it was a loss.
What was the Golden rchant Guild thinking?
Why would they purchase large amounts of land at this ti?
"Actually, you already stated the answer at the beginning."
The Erson family patriarch understood his son’s confusion, his aged voice erging. "There’s no one in this world who understands business better than that dwarf elf. Since he made this choice, there’s only one possibility."
"You an that planting other crops on this land has unlimited potential?" The young man was slightly stunned, feeling a bit enlightened.
"We can’t be sure whether it’s planting cotton or other crops. Like you ntioned—processed foods, brewing, or whatever else—which one is actually more profitable?"
The Erson family patriarch said, "But I can be certain of one thing—the future output of this land will definitely exceed the cost."
"If that’s the case, then our Erson family must continue holding land. We can make more attempts, we can approach Roster territory and Southern Developnt Company, or we can find magic-tech experts ourselves for the next stage of developnt."
"Bottom line, we can explore this year and next year, we can try things. This little loss, we can bear it."
"As long as we can find a way forward, the future of our Erson family will still be clear."
"Even if our attempts fail, we can still wait for the Golden rchant Guild’s moves and then take our next step."
"Either way, I firmly believe one thing—land will always have value, no matter what. Whether it was the agricultural era of the past or the magic-tech industrial era of the future, it’s all the sa."
"We can’t be affected by short-term land price fluctuations. That would be extrely unwise."
"Even if land prices really do beco worthless in the future, don’t forget our territory still has countless people. In the magic-tech industrial era, human value is actually also enormous."
"Taking it to the extre, we can temporarily use our vast land to support these people. There are actually still opportunities there."
The Erson family heir had originally thought his father might be getting old, that his thinking couldn’t keep up with the tis. He never imagined he’d already contemplated so many things.
"Understood, Father. In that case, I’ll go refuse the Golden rchant Guild."
"Just refusing isn’t enough. The Golden rchant Guild purchasing land is actually very troubleso. They might have it easier than us in other places, but around here, nobody has it easier than us."
Seeing his son about to leave, the Erson family patriarch quickly spoke to stop him.
"What do you an?"
"Continue expanding our Erson family’s territory. This huge crisis has caused most land-owning nobles to panic. They might not have enough trust in the Golden rchant Guild, but the surrounding lords definitely have complete trust in our Erson family. Plus we have a track record—others might think we’ve lost our minds."
"Then how much should we purchase?" The Erson family heir was stunned.
"As much as we can get. As long as it borders our lands, buy it all. Also sell off all our stock market holdings that don’t have particularly great potential. Use everything to buy land."
Good lord!
This extre?
Are you the young person or am I?
The Erson family heir was dumbfounded.
In this mont, he had a completely new understanding of his father.
He’d never imagined his father was such an aggressive person.
He’d never seen this in all those past years.
But what he didn’t realize was that it wasn’t actually that his father had beco aggressive—it was because their family had been pushed to this point.
For countless ages past, their family had operated in the sa mode, because everyone needed grain. As long as they followed the routine, the family would continuously expand.
But now, the era had changed.
Their family had no choice but to change too.
People who’d never changed their whole lives—when pushed to this point, they often beca even more aggressive.
After being refused, the Golden rchant Guild’s regional manager showed a helpless smile. "As expected, not all nobles are fools."
"Actually, where are there any fools in this world? They’re just panicking. When they co to their senses, they’ll realize what stupid things they did—just like their past actions against ordinary freen."
"Yeah. Just don’t know if they’ll hold a grudge against the Golden rchant Guild after they realize."
"So what if they hold a grudge? Don’t forget how many people are behind our Golden rchant Guild! As long as business is conducted within the rules, the Golden rchant Guild has never been afraid."
Almost identical situations happened in various corners of the continent. The only difference was that most places’ acquisitions went very smoothly.
Land that originally cost one gold coin, or even two gold coins, beca incredibly cheap at this mont—you could buy it with just a few silver coins.
Countless amounts of land were brought into the Golden rchant Guild’s possession.
The two major shareholders of the Golden rchant Guild—the dwarf elf and Viscount Roster—had beco the world’s largest landowners in a very short ti.
Even bigger than the Erson family by quite a bit.
However, this seed to be just the beginning. Viscount Roster was even already thinking about borrowing money from Dragon Bank to continue purchasing.
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