Throne of the North

Every winter, the major chambers of commerce in the North Wind Province only purchase goods but do not sell them.

The things received in the winter will be taken to the south and sold when their own chambers of commerce come from the south in the spring of the following year, earning a huge price difference.

Although the chamber of commerce does its own thing, no one dares to provoke it in the North Wind Province. Even the nobles do not want to be envied by a noble because of such things.

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The chamber of commerce was considered a minority before the Pan-Plane War of the Gods.

They were able to rise to the level that the nobles have to pay attention to now because of the war.

After the Pan-Plane War of the Gods, the northern border of the continent was covered with wind and snow, and countless nobles moved south and fled.

Too many nobles piled up on the warm land of one-third of the south, and it was inevitable that war would break out.

In addition, because the quality of the war was improving, the emergence of the extraordinary legion led to the scale and heroism of the war far exceeding the previous ones.

One by one, the chambers of commerce rose up during that period. They followed their respective masters and followed the war legions on expeditions. If they won, most of the spoils would be handed over to these chambers of commerce for sale.

When the chambers of commerce were linked to war, it was impossible for the chambers of commerce to be unimportant.

Of course, as I said before, there is no chamber of commerce without nobles behind it.

The more powerful the chamber of commerce, the more powerful the nobles behind it. Only the nobles can allow the chamber of commerce to keep such huge interests.

Otherwise, just the tariffs in each territory can force the chamber of commerce to go bankrupt.

The most powerful chamber of commerce in the Flor Empire is naturally the chamber of commerce directly under the royal family, but it is not called the Royal Chamber of Commerce, but the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

Because the largest profit of this chamber of commerce comes from transactions with kingdoms and noble territories outside the Southern Empire.

It is not just the royal family that has invested, they just occupy the absolute majority.

The branch of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce in Lingdu City is naturally magnificent, more luxurious than the property of some pioneering knights in the city.

They naturally dared not be better than the baron, and the baron did not want to be embarrassed to be compared with the Chamber of Commerce.

"Welcome to the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, is there anything I can help you with?"

As Ryan walked into the wide hall, a maid came up with bright eyes.

"I am Baron Ryan, let your steward come out and speak."

No matter who it is, facing the nobles, they are all humble. Naturally, if the nobles who are on the opposite side are too polite to the commoners, it will be counterproductive.

The maid's eyes dimmed, but she hurried to call the steward.

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"I am Chandler, meet Baron Ryan."

A middle-aged man with a big belly came to Ryan, his face full of flattery.

"I have some goods, you see how much they are worth."

As he said, Ryan asked the soldiers behind him to take out the bearskin rug that Baron Hatton loved so much. In just a moment, Chandler's eyes were shining.

He was a businessman, so he saw the value of this thing in an instant. The noble ladies in the south would definitely get it at any price and show it off in that circle.

But the price he offered made Ryan frown.

"Three hundred gold, Baron Ryan, I am willing to pay three hundred gold to buy this bear skin."

Ryan didn't say anything, just stared at Chandler until the businessman in front of him shrank his neck and dared not look at him.

"Baron, are you dissatisfied?"

Chandler still had some confidence. After all, if any baron of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce had to bow his head, how could they do business?

"Let me guess, Viscount Miles, you have to get a lot of money from you every year, right?"

Ryan looked at Chandler and said calmly.

This price is not to mention overpriced, even if it is a normal purchase price, it is low.

Chandler smiled and said, "The Viscount exempted the Imperial Chamber of Commerce from taxes in Lingdu County. In return, the Lingdu County branch of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce will give the Viscount 10,000 gold every year."

So this is why the Imperial Chamber of Commerce knew about the orcs' southward march as soon as he left, and then began to suppress the prices of various items?

Ryan turned and left, but Chandler behind him was anxious.

This bearskin rug, even if it is purchased at a premium, can be sold for three to five times the difference in the south.

"Lord Ryan, we are willing to buy this bearskin rug for six hundred gold, no, seven hundred gold."

"No."

Ryan didn't even turn his head, and Chandler naturally didn't dare to blatantly stop a noble.

Turning around, Ryan walked into the Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce opposite the Imperial Chamber of Commerce.

"Welcome to the Blade Rose." A smiling woman greeted Ryan. On her chest, a thorny rose was embroidered on a sharp blade.

That was the emblem of the Blade Rose family, an emblem designed by the most dazzling female countess in the empire.

"How much do you want for these things?"

Ryan asked the soldiers behind him to take out all the things. He believed that the Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce, which saw him walking out of the opposite Imperial Chamber of Commerce, would not do anything weird.

The female steward named Irina called several merchants to come forward, and it took only two or three minutes to give Ryan a number.

"Lord Ryan, our Chamber of Commerce is willing to purchase these goods in your hands at the price of 6,000 gold coins."

In two or three minutes, the Chamber of Commerce already knew Ryan's name.

Irina's smile was intoxicating. When it was stained with the light of gold coins, even Ryan was fascinated.

But he still kept a calm.

These inheritances belonging to Viscount Wittman should be between 4,500 and 5,000 gold coins in his estimation. The price given by the Blade Rose Chamber of Commerce was much higher.

He looked at the woman in front of him with some curiosity.

"Have you always done business like this?"

"Of course not. If the Baron came at other times, we could only offer 4,200 gold coins."

"The extra gold coins are for a request, or a deal with the Baron."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"Not long ago, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce made a deal with Baron Kendra, purchasing 100 sets of armor and 300 long swords for 1,800 gold coins, and signed a contract to purchase 30,000 kilograms of grain within half a month."

"I guess Lord Ryan should know the reason."

After speaking, Irina moved closer to Ryan, and the faint incense made people feel comfortable.

"One thousand eight hundred gold coins for a piece of information, you are really generous."

Lian was not afraid of the woman's courage and looked into her eyes.

"But I promised Viscount Miles that I would not tell the news to anyone else."

Irina laughed.

"Baron Ryan is worthy of being the lord who made the frozen land territory flourish. He is really different."

"Then, six thousand gold coins, deal."

Although Ryan didn't say anything, Irina actually heard everything.

Blade Rose didn't need to know the whole truth, and Ryan's words had already told them that they would do whatever the Imperial Chamber of Commerce did, and they would definitely not lose money.