That part wasn’t anything too complicated. I teleported to Taifau and filled my storage with what people in Alfiro needed, mainly raw minerals and raw materials. The main point was to sell cheaper than local prices. This would be possible for
because I didn’t have any transportation costs. Considering normal rchants would need days or weeks to get these goods, with all the associated expenses for the caravan, horses, escorts, and so on, it was obvious my prices would be very competitive. I wouldn’t get into similar trouble as in 82 either, since I was backed by the chief of internal affairs herself.
I also learned my lesson from Geola and refrained from selling selnic items here. I could resu that part of the business when Geola reopened.
What was more important was trying to open a store in Ekidos. I didn’t have any contact with the authorities there, making it trickier. Nevertheless, it didn’t cost
anything to try.
I went to Ekidos’ military headquarters, situated in the center of the city, the building that served as a city hall here. There weren’t many people going in and out, and my coming attracted a lot of gazes.
Inside, many soldiers in uniforms acted in their respective roles, so guarding the location, so handling folks' needs. They were all in pristine, clean uniforms, standing with their back straight, and watching people carefully as if they thought everyone was a potential criminal in disguise.
I barely took a few steps in when I was stopped by two soldiers.
“Halt! What is your business here, foreigner?”
“Hello, great soldiers. I’m here to discuss acquiring a store in your city.”
They took a step in my direction nacingly.
“Leave. This place isn’t for foreigners.”
“Can’t I just talk to one of the responsible people?”
They now put their hands on their weapon.
“Leave if you don’t want to get into trouble.”
I had no choice but to do so reluctantly. This was even worse than I thought. The kingdom’s citizens accepted foreigners without any issue, but the soldiers had a completely different attitude. Or maybe it was the location that was an issue. The military headquarters, even if acting as a city hall, might still be too much of a military place for outside people to visit.
This hindered my plans greatly. I had no choice but to ask around in the streets again. It soon beca clear that, except for the three great rchant companies, no one was allowed to possess real estate in the kingdom. Even the three great rchant companies had to negotiate for a long ti to acquire these rights.
These three were the equivalent of ga-corporations back in my world and dominated the continent’s trade. They had been established for a long ti, had branches and contacts everywhere, and their rchants traveled all the existing roads. They initially ca from Taende, at the ti when the empire was still the dominant power in the region, but eventually moved their main offices to Geola, even though it was much less central.
If I had less ambition, I could have tried to beco an employee of one of these three companies and live a different life with fewer responsibilities but more safety. However, that wasn’t for . It was fun to be soone else’s boss, but a lot less if the relationship was reversed. Even if the employer ended up a good person, not being able to make decisions on my own would have made
restless in no ti.
Back to the topic, I had a few choices in front of . I could either try to form a relationship with a high-ranked military commander or beco as big and influential as the three great companies. Considering I had no idea where to start for the forr, I could only go for the latter for now. At least, I was still allowed to buy any goods I wanted in the country, which was already sothing.
I teleported back to Alfiro and filled the tables and shelves with samples of what I just bought, leaving most of it in the storage room. Since I was selling raw materials, there was no need to display everything. They could check the quality inside the store and decide to buy more based on that.
Morph was working hard on cleaning the interior. With
having no business here anymore, I told him to pay himself from the gold coin I handed him a few hours ago, and left him to finish his first day at the job. He had a key to the store and could close it when he was done.
The following few days, I worked together with him to finish preparing the store. I initially planned to let him do most of the work, but since my plan to open a shop in Taifau failed, I had nothing better to do.
Finally, we were ready for the grand opening. Or so I called it in my head, but there was nothing grand about it. In the past few days, we had visitors, curiously asking about the store. We always had to send them back since we weren’t open yet. Now, we could accept custors inside, and they could check what we had to offer.
But of course, the number of actual clients was extrely low. It was but retired people or children who had too much ti on their hands, coming to see the new fad on the street. Most of them didn’t buy anything, but that didn’t worry . At least now the word would propagate about my goods and their price.
The rank 4 guard seed bored, yawning all day, and I couldn’t bla him. My employee, on the other hand, was quite nervous. He would often glance at
when nothing was happening, worried that I would take my lack of success badly. Even when I tried to reassure him, he continued to do so as if I could explode at any mont.
His worries were for nothing. A few days after the opening, so serious clients ca to check on the goods. From those, a couple of them even bought a large quantity of minerals, giving us our first real inco.
However, all this relative quietness was without taking my trump card into account.
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