Otherworld Management Manual

As the largest lumber merchant in Hongye City, Valen's daily life is no different than that of nobles.

In fact, strictly speaking, he does not only do business in Hongye City, he does business in many cities in the Luoshan Mountains, but he has spent more time in Hongye City in the past year.

The situation in Hongye City is not very good recently. Originally, Valen planned to evacuate within two days, but after discovering a new food "instant noodles" in Hongye City, he sensed a business opportunity and decided to stay here temporarily.

Early in the morning, Warren put on his clothes under the service of his servants, and Shi Shiran came to the hall.

Someone had already prepared a parchment scroll, which recorded the financial situation during this period.

After watching for a while, Varun frowned slightly.

His current business in Hongye City has begun to lose money, which is faster than he expected.

Judging from the current situation, every time he stays for an extra day, he will lose 10 silver coins. Although 10 silver coins are nothing to him, it is the beginning, and it feels bad to lose money for nothing.

"Knight Marlowe said that the new city lord is going to hold an event. I don't know when it will be. It would be great if it could be as soon as possible..."

Valen is very interested in that instant noodle, but he is not sure that he will be able to buy it. If he still can't buy it after staying in Hongye City for ten and a half months, the money he loses every day will be a bit painful for him.

"It's hard!"

Varen sighed, and then said to the servant:

"Go and ask the kitchen to prepare some meat, I'm a little hungry."

"Yes, my lord."

Most people in this world don't have the habit of eating breakfast, and Varen naturally doesn't, but he is a big businessman with certain assets and has his own exclusive chef. When he is hungry, he can provide him with food at any time. .

Not long after, a small pot of boiled meat in salt water was served respectfully by the servant.

Salt is very precious to people, but it cannot be lacking. The average person may calculate very accurately when eating salt. A grain of salt the size of a thumb can last two days, but Varun is different. He is extravagant with a few grains of salt to cook A small pot of pork.

A pot of pork, except for some salt, without any side dishes or seasonings, the white and greasy meat greatly increased Valen's appetite.

In the absence of outsiders, Varen didn't have to deliberately maintain his demeanor. He hugged the meat with both hands and started to eat it.

The servant standing beside him raised his throat and made a very small swallowing sound from time to time.

Meat is not cheap, and with the recent situation in Hongye City, the price of meat has been rising. This servant has not tasted meat for a long time.

"Ah, comfortable! Hiccup~"

Varun, whose mouth was full of greasy food, burped. He felt his head cleared up a lot after eating this pot of meat.

After Varun finished eating, the servant wiped Varun's hands first, and then brought down the basin with only salt water left. Naturally, the salt water could not be thrown away, and it could be used when cooking at noon.

After eating and drinking, Varun opened the parchment again, but before he could read it, the servant's announcement came from outside the door.

"Master, the people of the City Lord's Mansion ask to see you."

Hearing the words City Lord's Mansion, Varen's eyes lit up and he got up quickly.

"Please."

Led by a servant, a young man in coarse linen came in.

"Hi, Your Majesty, Warren, I am ordering you to participate in the Red Leaf City Auction tomorrow afternoon by the order of the city lord. Please be sure to come. This is the invitation letter."

The young man seemed a little nervous, as if it was the first time he had done this kind of thing, he took out a delicate wooden card carved with complicated patterns and handed it to Varun.

The wooden sign was about the size of a palm, and one side of it was engraved with the words Red Leaf City Auction Invitation Letter. The other is a stick figure of a castle.

Hearing that there will be an auction tomorrow, Valen was a little surprised, especially the invitation letter is quite interesting.

Warren picked up the small wooden card and played with it in his hands, feeling quite fond of it.

Then he thought that yesterday, Knight Marlowe told him that the city lord will hold an event, and now it should be this auction.

After seeing instant noodles, he had no doubts about the ability of the city owner to hold an auction.

Varen rolled his eyes, and then asked:

"Hello, sir, may I ask what items are in the auction you mentioned, can you disclose it?"

If it is really instant noodles tomorrow, he is sure to get it. After all, among the merchants in Hongye City, he seems to be the only one who has had close contact with instant noodles and knows the magic power of instant noodles. Even though he is not hungry now, when he thinks of the taste of instant noodles, Still drooling.

"Sorry sir, I have no right to know."

The young man shook his head.

"That's a shame..."

It's a pity for Valen, but it doesn't affect much. After all, he is one of the biggest merchants in Hongye City. Even merchants of the same level have to give him a little face in front of Varen. When they bid themselves, they can still compete with him. I can't do it myself.

"Your Excellency Valen, the news has been brought, so I will leave first—ah yes, I almost forgot!"

The young man slapped his head. He was just a slave before. Although he had been trained for a day, for him who could only do some coolies, he almost had problems with such a difficult task as sending a message.

"Oh?"

Under Varen's surprised eyes, the young man reached into his arms and took out a small cloth bag.

"This is a small gift from the city lord to you. I hope you will open it yourself. He also suggested that you prepare more gold coins, otherwise you may not be able to compete with others in the auction house."

The young man put the cloth bag in Varun's hand and left.

However, Valen's curiosity was aroused. What is so mysterious that he has to open it himself and ask himself to prepare more gold coins? Afraid of not being able to compete with others?

Valen is the largest timber merchant in Hongye City!

What is he unable to compete with?

If you can bid a gold coin for a bowl of instant noodles, you know that Valen is a good money master!

Varen had never underestimated the Lord Santo, but he felt that he had been underestimated by the Santo.

With this strange mood, Varun opened the cloth bag.

"Huh? What is this?"

Inside the cloth bag was a pinch of white crystals, about a teaspoonful.

Varun picked up a few crystals and looked at them in front of his eyes. He found that although the crystals were small, they were crystal clear and very pure white without any variegation. It looked like some kind of ore? gem? But it's too small.

Warren subconsciously put it on the tip of his tongue and licked it. This was his way of distinguishing something, and he believed that the Lord City Lord didn't need to harm him on this.

A faint salty taste filled his mouth, causing Varen's eyes to widen suddenly.

"Salt? This turned out to be salt!"

This kind of salt is completely different from the salt he has ever tasted. Not to mention the appearance, but the taste is not comparable. This snow-like white salt has no strange smell, only a simple salty taste, unlike what Valen has tasted before. Salt tastes both salty, astringent, and even bitter.

Swallowing the salt in his mouth with some reluctance, Valen knew that he had really prepared some more gold coins. If this kind of "snow salt" was sold, he would not be the only one willing to buy it.

As long as you resell this snow salt to other nobles, I believe that no noble will refuse, and you will definitely make a profit without losing money!