Chi Sui was very happy about Ole's arrival.
After not seeing each other for a month, Ole actually looks much older.
While Chi Sui asked the staff at Shujiang Tea Shop to start preparing, she took Ou Lai to the yard where she was resting.
"Ole, what happened recently?"
Chi Sui didn’t think that Ole’s hair would turn white from working all by himself while he was away.
Ole was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "Lady...our business has been suppressed."
Chi Sui frowned. According to the recent accounts reported by Outlet, her industries not only did not lose money, but made a lot of money.
"Is it Charles?"
The first person Chi Sui could think of was Charles.
"No……"
Ole sighed, "It's the Adventurer's Guild."
"Viscount Charles has recently fallen seriously ill and has no energy to deal with us."
"It's the Adventurer's Guild. Not only have they cut off our supply channels to merchants, they've also taken our cloudberries."
As Ole narrated, Chi Sui's brows slowly furrowed.
Recently, the Adventurer's Guild has been sending people to do second-hand trading.
Because Ole deliberately did not negotiate business with the Adventurer's Guild, and the Adventurer's Guild no longer came directly to Ole to negotiate business, but instead found the merchants who purchased goods from Chi Sui, and coerced and bribed these merchants to give them the goods at a fair price.
Then they sold these goods at a high price, still claiming that they purchased them directly from Chi Sui.
This led consumers to believe that the prices sold by the Adventurer's Guild were agreed upon by Chi Sui, which made most people dissatisfied with Chi Sui's "price increase" behavior.
But because the Adventurer's Guild controls the only sales channel for the Soul Perfume, the perfume is not only popular in Cassio, but also in the other two human countries.
The use of soul perfume is addictive, so the Adventurer's Guild's soul perfume is in short supply, which has caused many nobles to "kneel down and lick" the Adventurer's Guild in order to get a little bit of perfume.
Therefore, no matter how expensive the goods resold by the Adventurer's Guild are, there are still nobles scrambling to take them over.
The merchants who originally had a purchasing relationship with Chi Sui also cut off their ties with Chi Sui due to the Adventurer's Guild's monopoly behavior of coercion and inducement.
"No merchants dared to import our goods. The Adventurer's Guild later approached me, hoping I would give them the goods. Otherwise, we would be stuck with the overstocked goods..."
Ole rubbed his forehead. "But fortunately, our Tailwind Squad is large and well-organized. Many nobles, seeking a cheaper price, will order directly from us and have the Tailwind Squad deliver their goods."
"We can still make money, but because of the Adventurer's Guild's monopoly... we can't make more."
"Because cloudberries are about to go out of season, I planned to raise the price as expected. However, as soon as the price increase plan was announced, it caused dissatisfaction among the lower-ranking nobles."
"They think we're greedy and that our price increase is just a test, and the final price will be closer to that of the Adventurer's Guild."
Chi Sui understood: "So even if we didn't cooperate with the Adventurer's Guild, to outsiders, all of this is our cooperation."
Ole nodded and sighed.
Chi Sui bared his teeth, so awesome, he can cut people with a soft knife, right?
Ole hesitated for a moment and asked, "My Lady, what should we do next?"
"If we continue to rely on direct sales, our income will probably be just like this, neither too hot nor too cold..."
"We can't rely on exporting now... The merchants, frightened by the Adventurer's Guild, are no longer buying from us."
"Merchants controlled by the Adventurer's Guild bought our goods... and in the end, the goods ended up in the hands of the Adventurer's Guild..."
"Even though I knew those merchants were working for the Adventurer's Guild, to avoid a backlog of goods, I could only... pretend not to know and give them the goods..."
Ole was obviously in pain, and Chi Sui lowered his eyes.
It seems that Ole has had a hard time since I was away from the territory during this period.
Ole had not told her about these things. Perhaps it was not because he was derelict in his duty, but because they all knew that even if they told Chi Sui about this, Chi Sui would not be able to compete with the Adventurer's Guild.
Chi Sui pursed his lips and said, "Ole, hold on for a while."
Once she truly becomes the king of the lawless forest, she might be able to solve this problem.
In a word, she is now just a baroness and her status is not high enough.
Ole thought Chi Sui had no choice but to comfort her, so he nodded and changed the subject by talking about other things worth being happy about.
Maotai Tavern and Xiaolongshuji Tea Shop opened on the same day.
Chi Sui asked both stores to have a promotion where the second cup was half price.
Moutai has a strong aroma. In the Dwarf Country, a country that likes to drink strong liquor, Moutai was sold out as soon as it was released.
Xiaolongshujiu Tea Shop is not as lively as Maotai Tavern, but it also makes good money. Many adults buy some for their children and wives to try.
After one month of opening, the income gradually stabilized.
Chi Sui immediately paid off the interest to the Dwarf King and received a lot of money, but there was always a thorn in his heart, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
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Inside the Dwarf King's forge.
The Dwarf King was stuck in a bottleneck.
He found that if one came into contact with the fossil for a long time, his emotions would be affected and he would become impatient.
"No, Atheran, if I build it alone, I will be affected by it and go crazy in the end."
The Dwarf King sighed.
Atheran was also somewhat helpless: "What should I do?"
The dwarf was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes and said, "There is a way... that is for at least two people to take turns building it."
"When one of them is emotionally affected, he or she will take a rest immediately, and the other person will continue to work."
"This rotation...maybe it will work."
After the Dwarf King finished speaking, he looked at Arthuran.
They all knew that the fewer people who knew about this, the better.
Atheran sighed, "You already have a choice... don't you?"
The Dwarf King nodded: "What do you think...?"
Atherland nodded seriously: "Zhu Xu is destined to be the next king, and he has been hardworking since childhood. Although his skills are immature, he can make the general direction..."
"As the Crown Prince, he has to know these things. Now I am just telling him in advance."
Atheran dropped his eyes.
The dwarf king nodded: "I'm glad you understand."
Atheran chuckled: "Don't think of me as so petty. Although Lante is good, I know that he can't succeed to the throne."
"For important matters, Zhuxu has to be the one to handle it."
The Dwarf King looked at Arthuran's serious gaze, and hugged Arthuran gently with emotion. He sighed and said, "Let's just settle this matter...Rant..."
"I'll go and explain it to him."
Atheran knew very well that his son was very obsessed with forging technology. Although he always knew that he could not become king and had always been well-behaved and not fought for it, he would definitely feel a little disappointed.
It doesn’t matter… just guide him well… Arthuran thought.
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