Chapter 75 Tidal Disaster and the Spice Shop
"Your Excellency is wise. Ankang Town is completely finished now. Let's see what else it can use to compete with you." The servant followed Louis obediently with a flattering look on his face.
Louis hummed in satisfaction.
As the tidal disaster approaches, crabs and seafood are everywhere outside the town. Merchants will definitely not be able to set foot in Ankang Town. When the tide rises and falls, Ankang Town will be in big trouble.
Coupled with the chaos in salt prices, Ankang Town must be unable to take care of itself.
"Logically speaking, the market share that was taken away by Ankang Town should be returned immediately." Louis muttered to himself.
After all, summer is coming to an end, the weather is gradually becoming less hot, ice jelly is not selling well, and people's enthusiasm for Ankang Town should be reduced.
But in the past few days, the number of people traveling in Huangdu Town has increased instead of decreased.
It's so weird.
A strange feeling grew within him, and he silently instructed his servants, "Find a space mage. Let's teleport to Ankang Town immediately."
The servant soothed him, "My lord, why should you worry? Even if Lin Muqiu had foresight, he couldn't possibly have stockpiled the entire town's needs. Besides, we have spies watching, so don't worry."
Louis hummed.
For some reason, he could never feel at ease unless he went to see it in person.
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"Sir, are you finally relieved?" The servant winked.
Before my eyes, there is a team so long that I cannot see the source. I can only see its tail but not its head. The length of the team is longer than climbing to the sky.
These people all came to queue up to buy salt early in the morning. They were all yawning and walking in line as slowly as a snail.
Elizabeth's family saw that the man they had argued with yesterday had asked for more than thirty bags of salt. They couldn't help but frown, "You bought more than thirty bags yesterday. Can you finish them?!"
The man retorted, "What do you care about me? Of course, whoever buys it gets it!"
"You're clearly planning to resell it and make a killing!" Elizabeth was furious. "That's fine for normal times, but the townspeople need it to save their lives, and you're even giving it out as a disaster relief?"
The man sneered, "Oh, other people's life or death is none of my business!"
"You—" Elizabeth choked.
Seeing this scene, Louis couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
Fight! Fight!
It’s best to start fighting from within!
It seems that he really scared himself!
A small town is just a small town after all, not something that can be put on the table. Even the most basic things are in the hands of others. No matter how rich it is, it cannot keep it.
When Ankang Town is completely out of salt, won’t we still have to beg him to collect it?
He snorted arrogantly and started to leave.
What a waste of time. I shouldn't have come here earlier. Lin Muqiu is really a fool. He didn't even try to restrict purchases.
But I heard some townspeople reporting:
"Oh my god, stop arguing! Lord Lin has opened a spice shop! They sell salt there, and it's half the price of what you'd pay in the Imperial Capital, and it's even better!"
"So cheap? Is the quality okay?"
"If you're worried, don't buy it! Let me try it for you first!"
"Come on, I can hear your calculations in the street!"
"Come on, at such a low price, anyone who sees it would be tempted to stock up on two bags, right? Lady Lin also said this is a pre-opening promotion for her spice shop, and there won't be such a discount in the future. Act fast and get it, or you'll miss out. You decide for yourself."
“…”
Each sentence was louder than the last, and Louis's face became more and more sullen with each one.
He reasonably suspected that this group of people were Lin Muqiu's agents.
However, the effect was really good. When everyone heard that Lin Muqiu had a new product, they stopped arguing and went straight to Lin Muqiu's store to queue up.
The attendant was stunned by this scene. "But... but where did Lin Muqiu get the salt? She runs a spice shop, where do she get the raw materials? Isn't the sea water controlled by His Majesty? Even we can't touch it."
What the guard was puzzled about was exactly what Louis was puzzled about.
The former might be able to say that this was achieved through Lin Muqiu’s business negotiations, but it is impossible for Lin Muqiu to open a seasoning store on such a scale!
Louis had a splitting headache and ran towards the front of the team, just wanting to find out what was going on.
Damn, what happened?
Salt has always been supplied exclusively to the imperial capital, how could she possibly have so much salt?!
When he reached the end of the team, he stopped and remained stunned for a long time.
In the shop, bags of salt were piled up like small mountains, layer upon layer, so neatly and tightly that one wondered if the person who arranged them had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
If there are still a few pieces missing from this "hill", a clerk will immediately fill them in, usually in no more than three seconds.
Louis's face became more and more sour.
He totally didn't understand how Lin Muqiu did it!
Is it true that some people stock up on sauces and salt?!
If someone did this, he would really suspect that the person was suffering from some serious illness.
Also, where did the refugee spies he bribed go? Where were they?
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"A bunch of idiots."
Thorne took the gold coins and ran out of the city with a sneer on his face.
I’m rich, I’m rich! Just by spreading the rumor about salt shortage yesterday, I can get several gold coins. It’s really worth it!
Those people in the imperial capital were so stupid! His former refugee companions were also idiots!
These people work diligently as temporary workers repairing buildings to support themselves every day, and then go to the Civilian College to study at night. They decide to learn a skill and settle down. How stupid!
Selling Ankang Town would make money so quickly! If you are unwilling to do something that can make you money without any effort, then what else can you be but a fool?
You can take this money and fly away, so why live in a small town and earn so little money through your own efforts?
When you are surrounded by beautiful women and carriages, will you still be afraid of others coming to you?
Thinking of this, his eyes were filled with excitement, as if everything was within reach and within easy reach.
However, just as he stepped out of the town gate, he suddenly heard a system reminder:
The system has detected that you have violated the town contract and has automatically seized all your items. If the system has miscalculated, please click the appeal button.
As soon as the system prompt sounded, he looked at his arms in a daze, only to see that the golden coins had disappeared, and his arms were empty in an instant.
He panicked and desperately wanted to step into Ankang Town again.
In order not to alert the enemy, he deliberately did not register and leave!
However, all he got in response was the constant sound of "You have violated the town contract."
Even though the system didn't remind him that he had violated any rules, he knew it well.
So of course he didn't dare to appeal.
For the first time, he felt genuine fear.
Without money, he couldn't go anywhere, but a tidal disaster was about to come.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that it was Ankang Town that had taken him in. In this area of 50 miles, there was nothing except a space station. There were only roaring wild beasts and countless natural disasters.
It was like a bolt from the blue and he fainted on the ground.
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