Merlin didn't know that Sigma, the rat man he had always ignored, was staring at him with his gloomy little eyes every day, but even if he knew, he wouldn't take it seriously.
Sigma has been working in the back hill of Merlin for more than a week. Logically, Sigma should not be short of money. After all, he is a descendant of a noble family. Count Pluck Sigma, Count Pluck of the Turing Empire, is different from Count Leo in that his family is very wealthy.
But this family has a common problem, which is that they are extremely stingy. They are not only stingy with themselves, but also with others, and they like to take advantage of others.
Sigma had long wanted to come to the back mountain to earn gold coins, but the problem was that the one who paid his salary was Merlin, which made him hesitate several times. Fortunately, the person behind him asked him to keep a close eye on Merlin and report to him at all times, so he could come here to work and earn money with peace of mind and legitimacy.
I have to say that the wages offered by this guy Merlin are really high. Their family cannot even offer such high wages to the people in their own territory. The money he earns in a day may be more than what his people earn in a month.
Sooner or later you will lose everything! Sigma was thinking about working like crazy here to earn all of Merlin's money. He didn't know how much money Merlin could earn in the academy in a day, otherwise he might go crazy with jealousy.
"Boss Meilin, will you accept the tea?"
Senior Gene looked a little nervous, his hands were brought together unnaturally, and he looked at Merlin somewhat stiffly.
Merlin was a little surprised to hear what Gene said. "Yes, of course. This is the first time you have asked me if I would accept something. Was this batch of black tea grown by the Beastmaster Academy?"
"It's not planted by the Beast Taming Academy, but by the students themselves. To be honest, before the boss came, the students of the Beast Taming Academy had a hard time, so someone suggested planting some vegetables and fruits and selling them in the Arcane City. The Beast Taming Academy doesn't have much else, but it has a lot of land."
"Black tea too?"
"Yes, now there are gardens dedicated to the cultivation of black tea. They are all left by several former seniors and are used to support students from ordinary families. As long as these students take good care of the gardens, the tea leaves they harvest belong to them."
Merlin didn't expect that there was a tea garden in the Beast Taming Academy, and this tea garden was built by the students themselves.
"Since this tea garden was established by seniors several years ago, there should be a special supplier. Why did they suddenly want to sell it to me?" Merlin was a little confused.
Gene sighed and said, "We do have a supplier. Initially, because this batch of black tea came from the Beast Taming School of the Arcane Academy, the purchase price was naturally quite good."
"But ever since the tea merchants found out that this black tea was not made by the professor at the Beast Taming Academy, they have been constantly lowering the price."
"After learning that the money from selling the black tea was used to subsidize these ordinary students with no background or family background, they began to find ways to lower the price."
"They have lowered the price of black tea again and again, and now it has reached a very low point. The profit from growing black tea is already very small."
Merlin was a little surprised. These tea merchants were really daring. Aren’t they afraid that one of these students would turn out to be super powerful and catch them all in one fell swoop?
“Didn’t you change the supplier?”
"No, the tea merchants who collect tea are all in collusion with each other. They just want to package the tea we grow at a cheap price."
Gene hesitated for a moment and said, "This actually involves a huge monster, the Shadow Alliance."
Shadow Alliance? Merlin narrowed his eyes at the name.
The Shadow Alliance is the largest chamber of commerce in the continent of Azer. It is composed of a group of business tycoons, each of whom occupies a leading position in a different industry.
Not only do they control huge wealth, they also have extensive personal connections and information networks. Through careful planning and strategy, members of the Shadow Alliance are able to manipulate the market and even influence the economic policies and political decisions of the six empires, orcs, elves and other races.
The reason why the Chamber of Commerce is called the Shadow Alliance is mainly because the members of the Chamber of Commerce must hide in the "shadow" and cannot reveal their identity as members of the Shadow Alliance.
Therefore, even though we know that there is such a terrifying Chamber of Commerce organization in Aize Continent, we don’t know who the members of this organization are or who the leader is.
Members of the Shadow Alliance always appear around you inadvertently, and perhaps the shadow of the Shadow Alliance is behind every major transaction.
"I see. If it's the Shadow Alliance, they really aren't afraid of the Arcane Academy's background." Merlin nodded. The Shadow Alliance Chamber of Commerce is an extreme interest organization, so it's not surprising that they squeeze out more profits.
Gene looked around and approached Merlin and spoke cautiously, "Boss Merlin, I suspect there must be many members of the Shadow Alliance in the Arcane Academy. The black tea business of the Beastmaster Academy may be a means of [promotion] for one of the members."
The hierarchy in the Shadow Alliance is very strict. The higher the level, the more say one has. If you want to be promoted in the Shadow Alliance, you must show results in the business field. This result refers to how much profit you make from business activities. The higher the profit multiple, the better the result. As for what method you use, the Shadow Alliance does not care.
Merlin knew very well that if he purchased the black tea produced by the Beast Taming Academy on behalf of those tea merchants, he would definitely offend the guy who was planning to get promoted.
"The water here is very deep."
Gene was a little disappointed to hear Merlin say that. After all, how could a normal person think of offending someone from the Shadow Alliance?
"I want all the black tea produced by Gene Beast Taming Academy. Purchasing black tea is also included in my follow-up plan." Merlin said seriously.
What? Gene suspected that he had misheard, "Boss, it doesn't matter if we don't acquire the company. There's no need to fight to the death with the Shadow Alliance."
"No, I want to buy it. If the one who buys your Beastmaster Academy's black tea is the Shadow Alliance, I will definitely give up. The Shadow Alliance is indeed a behemoth, but it is the Shadow Alliance itself. Even if I buy the tea, I am not fighting against the Shadow Alliance, but the guy who intends to [promote] it. In this case, there is nothing to be afraid of."
At the same time, Merlin was thinking that the people in the Shadow Alliance were a little ignorant. He had made so much money in the academy, so why hadn't any core members come to invite him?
"As for the purchase price of black tea, I will purchase it based on the quality of the black tea grown in the academy. The price will definitely be higher than those offered by tea merchants."
Merlin thought it was time to launch some delicious drinks, and delicious food should be paired with delicious drinks.
He seems to have a lot of gold coins on him, but as his strength increases, alchemical equipment will become more and more expensive, and he must work harder to reap more leeks.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
