“Are you in the king’s main nitret?”Roland got into the subject.≧

"No, my lord," said Marguerite, no longer a formulaic smile, with a little more cordiality in her words, "I run a lot of things, from gemstones to cloth, from inn to tavern.In fact, I didn’t trade nitrite a month ago.It was just that the original owner of the nitrate field lost his trousers in my casino, and had to mortgage the whole field to me."

Not only selling all kinds of goods, but also doing service industries... What is the beginning of this businessman?You know that opening a casino in the royal capital is not only possible with money.He knocked on the table, but the nightingale was in the middle—which meant that the other party carried a stone of divine punishment and could not tell whether he was lying or not.

Wait... since it is unobservable, why did she choke herself to the right before?

Roland coughed twice and resisted the urge to turn back to inquire.

He had heard that some merchants from the fjord settled in the four kingdoms, and the business was bigger and bigger, and the wealth accumulated in the end was unimaginable.After all, Haimin are born businessmen, very adventurous at the same time with a keen sense of smell, good at capturing business opportunities.Many people were later cut as wool, and some of them successfully gained a firm foothold, bought local relationships, and formed a more stable alliance of interests.Is Mofi Margley one of the big dogs?

That being the case, Roland decided to make a straight-up request, "I need a lot of nitrite, the more the better."

"But the western part of the kingdom is not a hot place, especially the small towns close to the desperate mountains.“Do you really need that much nitrite?”She said, "On the outskirts of the royal capital, I have three nitrate fields, enough to supply the nobles of a medium-sized city with ice."

Three nitches!Rolandon was overjoyed, and the expression on his face did not change, "I intend to build a cold storage in the basement of the castle to store some perishable food."If you give it the right price, I'll get all these nitrites."

"Since you have said so," she nodded, "I can ship all the nitrites to the border town, and only charge 90% of your market value."But . . .

“But what?”

“I don’t want the golden dragons, they’re all about to fill up my warehouse.”I heard that you have some very strange products here, if you can use these instead of golden dragons?I would be happy to make a deal with you."

“A strange product?”Roland faltered, and for the first time he heard that someone didn’t want the Golden Dragon.

"Yes, for example, black iron creatures that can work on their own," said Marguerite, "your servant said that this thing only needs to be ignited to boil water, and it has amazing power."In fact, it was only after hearing this that I decided to come to the border town in person, otherwise it would be in my interest to sell the nitrite directly to the nobles of the royal family - the farther away the transport, the greater the loss I would bear."

It was a surprise, Roland thought.Although it was not known how Barov's apprentices got on the line and talked about the steam engine, it was clear that the king's merchant was interested in it.

The profit of industrial products is amazing, especially this kind of mechanical product that only he can make.He was still worried that after the border town would no longer sell ore, the coins moved from the duke's house were always useful one day, and he did not expect that an excellent opportunity would be placed in front of him.

"So it is," said the prince with a slight smile, "what you say is called a steam engine, which can convert the steam produced after the boiling of water into power, and the principle is simple, but only the border town can produce it."

“Does this really exist?”

"Certainly," Roland said, "but it's very complicated to make, and it's expensive."If you are interested, you can go and look at the physical objects."

“I’m happy,” she said excitedly.

...

In the North Slope Mine, Margley saw a harsh roaring steel monster pulling a stone-filled mine cart out of the mine, and her eyes were almost falling off.

"Your Highness, this, this... is simply incredible."She trembled, "I thought your messenger was exaggerating, but he didn't think he was far from saying it... I was afraid that dozens of people together would not be like this ... steam engine."

The businesswoman wanted to look a step further, but was stopped by Roland, "The steam engine at work is very dangerous, don't get too close to it."Do you see the white ones?Just touch it, it will burn your skin."

“Do you only use it for mines?”Because of the noise, she had to raise her head and ask loudly.

"There are a total of two mines, the first machine is responsible for traction mining vehicles, the second machine is responsible for pumping water in the mine."Roland replied, "In fact, from the successful development to today, the border town has only produced three steam engines, and I must use them where they are most needed."But its use is actually very broad, in addition to what you see, it can also replace windmills and waterwheels grinding wheat, and is not affected by rivers and wind.Any place that requires a lot of manpower or animal power can come in handy, and it can even be loaded with sailing boats, driving paddles, and can only sail fast without wind sailing!”

He knew how much ships that ignored the wind and wind direction meant to the people of the fjord.Sure enough, Margley looked at Roland, and her eyes quickly let out the light, "You have a price, I want to buy it!"

"This can't be done, and the mine also depends on it to maintain production."You can order a few new steam engines first, wait until the nitrite arrives, and then settle.”

“The price is...?”

Roland took her to a far point from the mouth of the mine, and the noise of the machine's work was not so harsh.“Five hundred golden dragons,” he said.This price is a bit exaggerated, almost equivalent to the income of a knight's territory for the whole year.The ore cost of the steam engine is about 20 golden dragons, plus smelting fees, labor costs, installation fees, but only 50 golden dragons.Selling, however, requires bargaining.

“Then make it clear!I want to buy 10 steam engines!”

“Roland is tuckled, ten are five thousand gold coins!”That was almost the equivalent of five or six years of Duke Lane's savings.There is no bargaining, is this how the big dog does business?He cleared his throat, “Are you sure?”This is not a small cost.Moreover, the machine can be used all the time without being bought, and you have to keep putting in coins to maintain it."

"I know that every year, like a sea ship, it goes to the dock to clean up keel parasites and algae, and replaces sails and cables," Marguerite said without any care.If not, you can make another price and sell me the craftsmen who maintain and operate the machines."

Roland closed his mouth, he had only one thought in his heart, it was good to have money.(Unfinished.8