Chapter 103 Trade

Richard had a smooth journey to the Duke of Jonathan.

The straight-line distance from Harland to Jonathan is about 200 kilometers.

However, there is no direct road between the two territories, and many areas in between are barren mountains and wilderness.

Fortunately, we can take the waterway, go south through the Powell River to the Black River, go downstream along the Black River, sail 220 kilometers, and disembark at the border ferry of Lach Province.

Although it takes a long detour, it can be transported by river, saving 70% of the distance.

Richard and others took a four-day boat ride and traveled more than 300 kilometers. After disembarking from the border ferry of Lach Province, they arrived at the border of the Duke of Jonathan.

After entering the border of the Duke of Jonathan, Richard took his noble seal and passed the inspection of the border post. After paying taxes to the Duke of Jonathan, he could pass freely in the Jonathan territory with customs documents.

After entering the Duke of Jonathan, there is still a distance of 100 kilometers from the capital, East Castle.

After more than a hundred years of operation, the Jonathan family has fought bravely for generations, and the territory has become very prosperous.

The entire Jonathan Dukedom covers an area of ​​120,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a province with a smaller geographical area in Richard's previous life.

The population of the territory is also relatively large, roughly more than two million people.

The Jonathan family has three legions under its command, with more than 80,000 soldiers, very sophisticated equipment, and a magic corps to help.

In the entire Grant Kingdom, except for the royal family, the Jonathan family is the strongest.

Eastburg is the capital of Jonathan's territory. There are 100,000 people living in the city, and the population within dozens of kilometers nearby is very prosperous, adding up to more than 600,000.

It looks more prosperous than densely populated cities such as Black River Fort and Light Fort.

Richard's caravan carried more than 20 tons of goods, especially 300 jars of white wine, each jar weighing 60 kilograms, adding up to 18 tons.

In addition, there are two tons of iron arrows, hundreds of kilograms of brown sugar, thousands of kilograms of honey, and more than ten kilograms of royal jelly.

More than 150 soldiers, more than 100 civilians, plus heavy packages, each person's average load is close to 150 kilograms.

Fortunately, there are many strongmen in the Dawn Continent, such as Richard and his uncle Soros, who can carry a ton of items.

Even if it is a long march, it is very easy to carry a thousand kilograms of goods.

Two tons of iron arrows can be carried by five or six professionals.

Moreover, for this transportation, Richard also used iron-horned horses to carry them.

Iron-horned horses, such magical beasts, can easily carry a thousand kilograms of supplies.

Although carrying heavy goods, the caravan only walked for two and a half days for a hundred kilometers, and arrived near the East Castle in the afternoon.

Richard handed the customs documents to the city defense army. After checking the goods, everyone found a large hotel outside the castle and squeezed in to live in the hotel.

Through the innkeeper, Richard found out that the largest chamber of commerce in East Castle is called Sera Chamber of Commerce.

This chamber of commerce has a very strong background and can communicate with the upper echelons of Duke Jonathan.

Richard brought a caravan to Jonathan for trade, not for retail, so he decided to wholesale the goods to the Sera Chamber of Commerce, and buy salt from the Sera Chamber of Commerce and bring it back to the family territory.

Because the goods they carried were large in quantity and high in value, they came to the Sera Chamber of Commerce not long ago and alarmed the owner of the Chamber of Commerce, Selina Sera.

Selina Sera is the sister of Lady Sera and the wife of Baron De Rossi. But according to public rumors in East Castle, he is also the lover of Duke Jonathan and even gave birth to an illegitimate child for the Duke.

Duke Jonathan already has two wives, the first of which is a close relative marriage. The Duke married his aunt and gave birth to four children in a row, but unfortunately they are all fools and disabled.

The continuous blows made the Duchess crazy.

In the end, the first Duchess was sent to the Monastery of the Royal Church.

Lady Sera is the second wife of Duke Jonathan. The Sera family is also a hereditary vassal of the Jonathan family, and there are also some Dragon Knight bloodlines in the family.

After Lady Sera married, she gave birth to six children. The eldest son is 32 years old and has been designated as the heir by the Duke.

The Sera Chamber of Commerce has been established for more than ten years. It not only has business in Duke Jonathan's territory, but has also extended its tentacles to other places in the Kingdom of Grant. Even the capital of Nolan, there is also the presence of the Sera Chamber of Commerce.

The mall is like a battlefield. To do big business for a long time, you must be honest.

Unless the benefits are very large, a behemoth like the Sera Chamber of Commerce can abandon integrity.

Although the goods brought by Richard are very valuable, it is impossible for the Sera Chamber of Commerce to kill and rob.

The people of the Sera Chamber of Commerce are very smart and capable, and they quickly counted the goods.

Although they had never seen some of the goods brought by Richard, such as white wine and brown sugar, they immediately notified Selina after tasting them and decided to take this batch of goods.

Because the freight is not small, the price of white wine reaches five copper coins per kilogram.

Jonathan's territory also brews red wine, and the price of local red wine is one silver coin per kilogram.

Such a price is not very affordable. Only senior military officers, nobles, and wealthy businessmen would drink it regularly.

Even if the Sera Chamber of Commerce raised the retail price to seven copper coins per kilogram, it would still be several times cheaper than red wine.

In the Dawn Plane, red wine is a luxury, and strong white wine is a necessity to a certain extent.

White wine has the largest volume and the heaviest weight, and the total selling price is about 250 gold coins.

A two-ton iron arrowhead can be transported by a carriage, but it can be sold at a high price of 300 gold coins.

The price of brown sugar is also good, just like honey, one silver coin per kilogram.

Two hundred kilograms of brown sugar sold for eight gold coins and four silver coins.

The amount of honey is much more than brown sugar, a total of 1,600 kilograms, and sold for a total of 66 gold coins and 8 silver coins.

These two items together sold for a total of 75 gold coins.

The last royal jelly has the highest price, which is already considered a magical item. Ten gold coins per kilogram, less than 20 kilograms in total, exchanged for 92 gold coins.

In the end, this batch of goods sold at a high price of 717 gold coins. Richard plans to use part of this money to buy salt. The remaining gold coins are prepared to buy some of the scarce goods in the Principality of Jonathan.

The Duke of Jonathan has a salt mine with a very large output.

The price of local salt is also cheap, one copper coin can buy half a kilogram. Converted into gold coins, it can buy 180 kilograms.

In the province of Geda, in recent years, 12 copper coins were needed to buy one kilogram of salt.

The price of salt is six times higher than that of Duke Jonathan.

This year, the price will increase by 60%, and one kilogram of salt will cost 19 copper coins, which is nine times higher than that of Duke Jonathan.

From this, we can see how ruthlessly the Holland family exploited salt?