103 – That girl’s sweet trading method 2
“Please put it here. I have to leave soon, so please check the amount one more time.”
Bern is one of the central cities of Schwyz.
Here, Yuria was conducting a final check on the funding situation for this journey while commanding the workers.
Workers carrying countless silver coins in wagons and boxes.
The amount is 800 talents when converted. In other words, it could be said that it was an enormous amount of money, equivalent to 8 million silver coins.
‘How can I say it… I feel it every time, but I think I’ve really succeeded. Just two years ago, my hands were shaking at 100 silver coins… but now I can’t believe I’m managing that amount of money.’
Of course, those were the funds to be used by the Beden Merchant in this trade, that is, public money, but the fact that she was involved in managing an unimaginable amount of funds with her own hands made Yuria feel quite excited. was doing
And, from behind YuRia, the voice of the person who was supposed to supervise the trade schedule this time could be heard.
“Are you ready?”
“Ah, yes Ms. Isolda. 800 talents in cash, all prepared in silver.”
“Okay, then we have to start soon… but before that. Yuria, I have a favor to ask of you.”
“Yes? Are you asking?”
Isolda’s unexpected words, YuRia felt suspicious and asked, and Isolda secretly pointed to the people standing behind her.
Standing there are a group of strangers and Bahamut’s direct escort, Ophelia.
And…
“yes? You must.. then that..”
“Nice to meet you. Yuria. Do you remember me?”
A familiar boy saying hello with a smile on his face.
Looking at him, Yuria nodded and said,
“Yeah, I remember. The name I saw in the Hungarian royal castle was definitely Robben..Roben Schurt, right?
“Yes, that’s right. You have not forgotten!”
A boy who expresses unfiltered joy at Yuria’s words.
YuRia also smiled and asked him.
“Nice to see you again, but what are you doing here? It’s not a place that a Hungarian aristocratic boy would come to play…”
“That’s…”
With those words, the boy sneakily looked at Isolda. In response, Isolda said to Yuria with a calm expression as usual.
“It is a kind of field trip. Roben-nim’s father is one of the main investors in our upper ranks, so this time I was told to take a look at our fund management situation and come and participate in this journey.”
“Ah.. I see..”
As the Beden Merchant Merchant, a huge merchant corporation, it was natural to receive investment from high-ranking people from various countries, and for this reason, it was not very rare for investors to visit from time to time.
To that extent, Yuria accepted the current situation without much doubt, and seeing her like that, Isolda, Ophelia, and Robben…
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No, the knights in charge of escorting the Hungarian prince Robert let out a sigh of relief.
‘Fortunately, it seems like they just trust me.’
‘Honestly, I was a little worried… but I don’t think there will be any problems.’
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Naturally, Isolda and Ophelia were well aware of the inside story.
As part of the Crown Prince’s education, the Hungarian King’s request to look after his son for a while so that he can tour various countries and broaden his knowledge.
Upon receiving this, Bahamut ordered Prince Robert to accompany the Merchant on the tour this time, and in preparation for an emergency, he attached Ophelia, the strongest force of the Merchant, along with it.
However, there is one personal request from Prince Robert here.
He asked Yuria, who would accompany him on this journey, to hide his identity.
And, the moment you receive such a request. Not only Isolda, but Ophelia, who is on the slightly insensitive side, and the prince’s escort knights were able to roughly recognize what kind of heart this boy prince had.
‘He’s a prince, but he has a secretly cute side…’
‘It’s nice to see. A boy’s fresh love…’
‘He’s still a bit young, but the prince was also a man.’
‘Honestly, if your appearance is a bit average… well, that’s not the only reason you fall for someone else.’
Of course, if you are a normal royal family member, you would have to check or oppose Yuria, who is just a commoner girl, getting involved with the prince.
The present Hungarian dynasty, which was originally not a royal family but was established by the nobles, was a little different from the general royal family.
The current King, Mohichi, also met and fell in love with a commoner woman when he had nothing to do with the succession to the throne, and got married, and the children born that way were Princess Leila and Prince Robert.
Although King Mohichi was widowed shortly after he became king, she has always been a good wife to her husband as a commoner queen.
And, as a king with such a background, he always had a story to tell his children.
When you meet a marriage partner, the status of the other person is not important.
You can be happy only when you meet the person you truly want, and furthermore, your family and country can also be stable.
From the point of view of the escort knights, who were well aware of the atmosphere within the royal family, there was no reason to dislike Prince Robert, who showed interest in Yuria.
Because of this, I was able to support the boy prince’s first love with a pure heart.
Like that, adults who look warmly at the parties and kiss them.
Without even dreaming of such a situation, Yuria was just delighted with the fact that someone she was close to was accompanying her this time around, and Prince Robert, for some reason, seeing the girl in front of him who hadn’t left his mind ever since they first met, made himself happy. Involuntarily, he blushed slightly and was in the process of teething.
*
The upper row departed from Beden with cash.
The procession, which was more vigilant than usual, did not contain any items that could be called trade goods.
All that was loaded was an enormous amount of silver glittering cash.
It could be said that it was the beginning of this trade and the first trade item for the future journey.
And, in the corner of the wagon full of cash, Yuria explained her future schedule to Robben.
“First of all, the first place we will go is the Lugano area in the south.”
“Luganora… I’ve heard of it. I heard that the weapons used by the Hungarian Black Legion are from that place.”
“That’s right, Lugano produces a lot of high-quality iron ore. But this is only for iron ore, and you have to go to another area to smelt it. It usually goes through processing in Selberg or Milan, but this trip will go to Milan.”
“I see… that means all that much money…”
“Yes, about half of the funds will be used in Lugano and the rest will be used in Milan. The journey will continue for a long time after that, but…”
“Lugano… and Milan… I’ve never been there before.”
Robben’s eyes are sparkling with anticipation.
Seeing this, Yuria said with a light smile.
“Lugano has a bit of a rural feel to be honest, but Milan definitely has a little bit to see and do. Let’s go around together for a while after the schedule. Even if it looks like this, I can definitely serve as a guide.”
“Yes, I look forward to it.”
Robben smiled brightly at YuRia’s words.
Seeing him like this, Yuria began to feel a bit of joy in her heart.
It was quite fun in and of itself to tell this and that to a young boy who doesn’t know much about the world.
In addition, it was even more so if the opponent was a person of the same age as himself.
‘Honestly, I haven’t met many friends my age in the meantime, but I think this is better than I imagined.’
Ever since she entered the upper ranks of Beden, Yuria had only been hanging out with adults, including Isolda.
Although everyone was nice to her. It was unfortunate that I didn’t have many opportunities to meet my peers.
In that sense, the meeting with this boy named Robben is like a gift that can soothe her regrets as well.
While thinking about that, Yuria got a little excited and started telling Roben what she knew.
“Lugano is very rural, but one mine is really great. It’s impossible to go directly into the tunnel, but the scale alone is jaw-dropping.”
“How can you be so great?”
“Umm… even if I can’t do it, it will be as good as the Hungarian Royal Palace I saw before?”
“That… is that big?”
“In fact, it is one of the largest iron mines on the continent, and Lugano is where there are several such places. It was originally owned by some evil nun, but about a year ago, our Beden Merchant Company took over completely. The process of Bahamut-sama and Lee Solda-san obtaining this was also really amazing?”
“Uh… how did you do it?”
“That’s right… Knowing that the nun was scamming the workers and preying on innocent people, Bahamut-sama prepared a fake gold mine… ”
Yuria tells the story of the process of the Beden Merchant Group taking over the Lugano area.
As he listened to her words, Prince Robert’s eyes began to shine more and more with growing curiosity.
*
Whenever the flow of the world changes, there are bound to be two types of people.
One is those who understand the trend of the times well and adapt smoothly by riding the current.
And the other one is, those who do not see the flow of the times and are weeded out..
In that respect, the people here could be said to be the latter.
In the hearts of those left behind, a deep resentment was sure to arise.
Unique to those who think they have nothing to lose…
A resentment that is so devastating.