Chapter 390: Those who sell bread are not as good as those who make bicycles (two in one! Please subscribe!)

More than a month has passed since Captain Hausen left the Principality of Idar to explore the unknown land on the other side of the ocean.

During this time, a lot happened in this land in the eastern part of the empire.

For example, the first department store in the Principality of Idar opened for business, the construction of a noble manor in the northwest of Idar city started, there was the anti-gangster campaign presided over by old Ford himself, and the first civil service exam in the Principality of Idar.

The interior of the empire is still in chaos, but the Principality of Idar is still thriving.

The sky is blue, the grass is green, and everything in the Principality of Idar looks like a prosperous scene of a heavenly kingdom.

Since moving to the Principality of Idar, Justin Lucio has become idle.

War and chaos greatly squeezed the living space of civilian merchants. In addition, the shop he ran in the Principality of Idar was booming, which made him give up the idea of ​​returning to his old business.

Since they can earn money safely, who would risk their lives to earn that hard-earned money? Justin Lucio quickly felt the noble character of the noble Idar people. Those risky trade routes should be left to the mud-legged people living in the inland of the empire and the Kingdom of Basel...

However, giving up the idea of ​​returning to the old job does not mean that you will just live a life of idleness and wait for death from now on.

Although he could repay his loan on time and enjoy life in peace and stability just by relying on the stable income from the shop, but... Justin Lucio has always been a guy who can't sit still.

When the noble manor was just opened for sale, he gritted his teeth and bought a property worth thousands of gold coins, but this also put him on a heavy debt.

but……

What made him extremely excited was that after just over a month, the house prices in the aristocratic manor had already started to rise.

With the release of the latest "Three-Year Development Plan Outline" by the Idar City Government Hall, Idar City's development plan for the next three years has also been officially announced.

Affected by this, the price per square meter of villas in the noble manor has increased from twenty gold coins to twenty-one gold coins.

In other words…

After buying a 300-square-meter villa, I made a net profit of 300 gold coins without doing anything in this month!

This is not a small amount no matter what industry you are in!

After all... on this continent, the exchange rate between gold coins and silver shillings, and between silver shillings and copper coins is as high as one to twenty.

This time, I really made the right bet! Whenever Justin Lucio thought about the decision he made that night, he would burst into tears.

You should know that according to the legal provisions of the Principality of Idar, the Idar Government Office and the Idar City Planning Office divide real estate into two different types: residential housing and luxury housing, and set maximum price fluctuation standards for ordinary residential housing to regulate prices, in order to prevent merchants from hoarding goods on a large scale.

Therefore, whether it is a businessman who wants to live in the house himself or to invest, almost all of them have set their sights on luxury residences.

But... currently there is only one luxury residential builder approved by the Idar public project, and there is only one project, which is the Noble Manor Project under Riverside Real Estate.

In a sense, as one of the first people to try it out, Justin Lucio really got a big bargain this time.

But he knew very well in his heart that such opportunities would not always come along, and the right way was to continuously expand his own industries and sources of income within the legal framework of the Principality of Idar.

So during the days in the Principality of Idar, except for the time spent at home reading newspapers, Justin Lucio walked almost every street and alley in the Principality of Idar.

Whether in the Merlin District, Idar City, Sorenburg or Cologne Industrial Zone, Justin Lucio has left his footprints and figure.

As a businessman, he did see countless business opportunities hidden in the booming Principality of Idar.

For example...bread.

Although potatoes and corn are becoming increasingly popular in the Principality of Idar, the most widely sold and highest-selling food is still people's beloved bread.

And with Bruno's support, Millie's bread factory is booming and expanding.

As people's demand for bread grew, Miriam's original cake shop was divided into two and reorganized into the New Idar Bakery and Eugenie Cake Shop with Bruno's financial support.

Among them, Eugenie Cake Shop was left to Miriam to tinker with, mainly producing cream cakes loved by businessmen and nobles.

The new Idar bread factory is much more formal than the previous ones. Not only does it employ professionals to manage it, but one-third of the bread supply of the Principality of Idar comes from it.

This is a large bread manufacturer endorsed by the Idar Chamber of Commerce, with Idar nobles as shareholders and professional management.

Driven by so many factors, Justin Lucio is optimistic about the future of the bread processing factory.

Therefore, he quickly submitted cooperation documents to the New Idar Bread Factory, hoping to become a partner of the New Idar Bread Factory and sell the produced bread to various parts of the Principality of Idar.

after all……

It is actually a very time-consuming task to contact the shops and merchants scattered throughout the Principality of Idar every day.

Justin Lucio believed that with his extensive business experience, he would be able to make the bread produced by this factory more smoothly available to every household. While making a profit for himself, he would also make more profits for the New Idar Bread Factory.

only……

Although he received a reply right after submitting the cooperation documents, the content of the reply was not what Justin Lucio wanted to see.

Because that was not the cooperation that Justin Lucio wanted, but a tender notice.

Justin Lucio saw the problems that arose during actual sales, so the new Idar bread factory, backed by the Duke of Idar Bruno Stuart, naturally saw the same flaws.

Therefore, in order to sell the bread produced by the New Idar Bread Factory further and reduce unnecessary trivialities, the bakery divided the Principality of Idar into several regions and launched a large-scale bidding for "recruiting regional partners."

This caught Justin, who was originally full of confidence, off guard for a moment.

He did participate, but was eliminated as expected.

This was not due to any insider manipulation, but because... compared to others, the quotation and sales strategy given by Justin did not actually have much advantage.

This also made Justin Lucio realize for the first time how terrifying the number of merchants gathered in the Principality of Idar was!

However, despite the fierce competition, the screening model of selecting partners through bidding opened Justin Lucio's eyes and amazed him.

Although the screening method is cruel, it makes Justin Lucio both painful and happy.

The mistake in the bidding made him feel a little depressed. For several days in a row, he leaned on the sofa in boredom, reading the Idar Daily word by word, trying to see if he could find other business opportunities.

"Come and see, dear father, the bicycle I mentioned to you a few days ago has been bought by me!"

At this moment, little Lucio's voice came from the yard.

Hearing this, Justin Lucio put down the newspaper in his hand and walked out of the room.

In today's Principality of Idar, learning to spell and read aloud is the dream of almost every child. The hardships of life have made them understand how difficult it is to climb up, and have also made them clearly realize how lucky they are to live in the Principality of Idar.

After immigrating to the Principality of Idar, little Lucio was sent by his father to Two Point Academy to learn spelling, hoping to get a good ranking in the Idar Public University entrance examination next year.

You know, although the civil service exam can allow little Lucio to make money faster and integrate into the society of the Principality of Idar, Justin Lucio is rich and the Lucio family is not short of money.

And...he could see the importance that Duke Bruno Stuart of Idar attached to Idar Public University.

Not only do students receive tuition waivers, accommodation subsidies, and food subsidies, but the social status of public university students has also been greatly improved. They are the talents that Bruno Stuart, Duke of Idar, values ​​the most.

As for the bicycle that Lucio mentioned...

Since Justin Lucio had been concentrating on preparing for the bidding, he didn't pay much attention to the means of transportation that was frequently mentioned by his son and the Idar Daily.

In his opinion, since he already had a carriage, as for the so-called bicycle, couldn't it run on its own? However... he couldn't resist his son's mention, and the price of the bicycle was not expensive for the Lucio family, so he nodded and reluctantly agreed.

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But when Justin Lucio walked out of the room and saw the thing that was being pushed into the yard by little Lucio, he was stunned for a moment.

Then...what the hell is that?

…

Ever since the Idar Basic Industrial Research Institute solved the problems of bearings, steering and tires, thus making the first bicycle of the Principality of Idar finally successfully launched, the remaining work has become much simpler, and most of it is just adding or subtracting details.

For example, in order to increase the practicality of the bicycle, craftsmen added a seat above the rear wheel and a hanging basket to the front of the bicycle.

After solving the problems of raw material supply and bicycle mass production, the bicycle factory of the Principality of Idar was officially built in the Golan Heights as early as half a month ago, and began to recruit workers for production, and named it "Holden" bicycles.

The origin of the name is also very simple. The person in charge of the research and development of bicycles is named Matteo Holden.

Bruno didn't care about the name, but it could greatly motivate the craftsmen and make them realize that as long as they achieved something, they would have the opportunity to make their descendants proud!

The first generation of "Holden" brand bicycles did not have good enough shock absorption means, and were far from comfortable to ride. However, this was enough for the Principality of Idar and the civilians living on this land!

Riding a brand new Holden bicycle on the cement road just paved by the workers in Idar, with your lover or children on the back seat, has become the dream of almost all young people in Idar.

And this dream is not expensive, costing less than five hundred copper coins.

In the past, this price would have been very high, but for the people of Idar today, it is roughly equivalent to three or four months' salary for a family.

Although it is still not cheap, it is not an unbearable burden.

In order to make bicycles more quickly enter people's lives, factories in which Bruno has a stake, such as the Idar Steel Factory and the Idar Textile Factory, will even provide employed workers with the option of advance payment of basic wages, thereby promoting Idar people's consumption of bicycles.

But these... Justin Lucio didn't know, because when the news of the bicycle went viral in the Principality of Idar, he was busy with his own bidding and planning his future business ambitions.

So, today was actually the first time he saw this much-talked-about means of transportation with his own eyes.

How to say it?

In his opinion, the appearance of the bicycle was actually a bit strange.

There are two huge wheels underneath, a basket in front, a small seat in the middle, and some messy things further down...

And most importantly, this thing can’t “stand” on its own. If there is nothing to support it, it will fall to the ground.

“Is this a bicycle?”

Seeing this, Justin Lucio couldn't help but ask.

How can a thing that can't even stand be used as a means of transportation? Or... is it just part of a bicycle?

Justin Lucio couldn't help but look around, but it was obvious that there were no other parts.

"If we're heading to the Baths of Caracalla, this bicycle is much more convenient than a horse-drawn carriage!"

Little Lucio said this as he showed it to his father with great interest.

"Be careful..."

Justin Lucio was quite worried, but before he could finish his words, he saw little Lucio quickly climb onto the car and start circling the yard.

“If the space here wasn’t so small, I could ride much faster than this!” Although he was a little unfamiliar with it, little Lucio still pedaled the bike and shouted to his father.

The scene before him stunned Justin Lucio.

This bicycle actually does not require livestock to pull it, and can actually move very fast relying solely on human power.

As a businessman with a keen business sense, he knew too well how huge the market would be for such a means of transportation! Suddenly, Justin Lucio rushed into the room like a madman, flipped through today's "Idar Daily" and read it carefully.

finally,

He found the inconspicuous advertisement in the center of the newspaper:

"Big news! Holden brand bicycles are urgently looking for agents, those with experience in business are preferred!"

Seeing this, Justin's eyes swept towards the bicycle that Lucio had just bought, and his blood boiled.

Why am I still struggling here to sell bread? Wouldn’t it be better to sell bicycles?!

No more today. Thanks to the book friend "游纹叹冥息" for the reward!

(End of this chapter)