System vs Rebirth

Chapter 1249: Lower Price

The train stopped in front of the city. The station hadnʼt been fully constructed, considering this place was none other than Earl Mayzionʼs city.

Still, the moment the train stopped, several people came out, whether they were passengers traveling to this city or the staff of the merchant group whose goods were being transported.

The passengers were inspected by the guards one by one, like the normal procedure. But because of the number of passengers that entered all of a sudden, they had to bring in more guards.

In addition, there were several wagons that had been prepared near the city gate. The workers from the merchant company started unloading their items. In fact, all ten wagons they had prepared outside werenʼt enough. They had to send them one by one and make them return.

Earl Mayzion was observing this from the side while saying, ”This is…”

The merchant smiled. ”All of them are items for the general store.”

”To think there would be so many of them. How much do you bring into this city?”

”To be honest, itʼs like a weekʼs worth of goods.”

”One week?”

”Yes. I usually transport this much in one week, but I have never thought we can do it in just a single trip.”

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Earl Mayzion couldnʼt help but furrow his eyebrows. ”But wonʼt this cause a lot of trouble for you? I mean, I donʼt know if the citizens can buy everything.”

”Please donʼt worry about it. Thanks to the Earl, Iʼm able to transport all this in just a single trip. Thatʼs why Iʼm thinking about lowering the price.”

”Lowering the price?”

”Yes.”

Earl Mayzion looked down, falling into deep thought.

”Please donʼt worry. This is not a loss for me. Because I can carry this much in a single trip, I donʼt need the wagons and even the guards that I usually need when transporting the goods. In addition, horse maintenance costs are extremely high.

”Without all those three, the costs to transport the goods have decreased significantly. Of course, I still need these horses for now, but Iʼve heard that the Runegard Company is planning to sell trucks soon. There are a lot of people pre-ordering them.

”Once the truck is available, thereʼs no need to maintain the horses anymore, which will reduce the cost even further.”

Mayzion couldnʼt help but nod in agreement. ”Thatʼs true. And the volume of goods you can transport has increased by multiple fold.”

”Indeed. Thatʼs why even if I lower my price, I will still profit much higher than my original profit. With the train, we can also bring in goods from much farther away, which will allow me to maintain a stable flow of goods. Itʼs thanks to you, Earl. As expected of the wise lord.”

”You flatter me.” Earl Mayzion turned outside of the city. ”What about other cities?”

”Right now, I can use the wagons to transport them as usual, but because it comes from this city, I can use it as a center and distribute them with lower costs. In addition, if the trucks come, it will become much easier.

”In the future, there might be no need for a merchant to have a horse. No. Maybe thereʼs no need for a horse anymore in the future. Because of this, the horseʼs supplies will decrease drastically.

”And there might be a time where the rune technology becomes so cheap that normal people can buy it while the horseʼs high maintenance cost ends up becoming a luxurious good that only rich people or nobles will buy.”

”Hmm…” Earl Mayzion squinted his eyes. It wasnʼt an empty prediction.

The reason why Noel did all this was because of the scarcity of the rune technology currently. At the same time, it was to build a brand. Everything that the Runegard Company sold was of high quality.

There might be future competitors that offered a lower price, but a lot of people would still be loyal to the Runegard Companyʼs brand. It was the stability that Noel wanted so that his descendants could still make it work even if their talent was mediocre.

And with such wealth, unless the descendant was a complete fool, the wealth wouldnʼt disappear even for a thousand years.

It was no wonder why Noel gave such a proposal.

After thinking about it, Earl Mayzion muttered, ”He will leave behind a legacy that history will not ever forget.”

The merchant didnʼt know who he was talking about, so he remained quiet, observing the goods being transported into the city.

In fact, he wasnʼt the only one lowering the price of the goods he brought. The other four merchants did the same thing. Whether their intention was to butter up the nobles to retain their privilege or due to their kindness and gratitude, they still lowered the price.

And these lower-priced goods would develop the northern territory much faster than the rest of the kingdom.

Obviously, the nobles in the central region were taking a glimpse of what they could achieve from the north, considering Noel had also extended his hand to them.

The nobles became even more eager, to the point they spent a lot of money to ensure the road quality as well as the train station.

Without Noel there, everything progressed smoothly for a while. It caused a lot of merchants desperate to get Noelʼs attention, but those near the capital city felt like the empire they had built was gradually burning.

The Greenwood Kingdom saw this as an opportunity and sped up their progress for the train. The Atracaeca Kingdom and the Zaecuria Kingdom were doing a similar thing after knowing Noelʼs intention.

As a result, the royal family, the merchants, the Supreme Devil Organization, and the Third Prince had one goal in common. It was to mess with Noel and his trains at all costs.

Just like how the storm was brewing in the Muivell Kingdom, the sea was not safe anymore.

Noel, Anna, Incetta, and the admiral raised their heads, looking at the horizon. They were approaching a black cloud that stretched from one side to another without the opportunity of looping around it.

The admiral turned solemn as he muttered, ”The storm, huh?”