Chapter 331: Starry Sky and Blue Sky Joint Auction.

Chapter 331 Starry-Cangqing Joint Auction.

Starry and Cangqing Chambers of Commerce are very powerful. Although they are not as powerful as the Harland family in the Grant Kingdom, they are strong enough to negotiate with Richard.

If they do not accept the goodwill of the transnational chambers of commerce and refuse to negotiate with the two chambers of commerce, conflicts will inevitably break out between the two sides. After weighing the internal and external environment, Richard felt that the time was not ripe for a fallout and decided to negotiate with the two chambers of commerce.

If Richard agrees to the first condition, the two chambers of commerce will pay a dividend of 30,000 to Harland Territory every year.

Because of the low-price sales strategy, the profit of Harland Territory's porcelain firing is less than 30,000 a year, and it is difficult to expand the profit of the porcelain business. It is very cost-effective to take this dividend.

But Richard fired porcelain not only for money, but also for the development of the ceramic industry and the expansion of employment.

So Richard could only agree to the second condition.

However, at Richard's strong request, Harland Territory did not sign a strictly binding contract.

If Richard prohibits the sale of porcelain to neighboring countries, the two chambers of commerce will still maintain the strategy of selling porcelain at high prices. The price difference between the Grant Kingdom and the neighboring countries is too large, and there will inevitably be room for smuggling activities. If a strictly binding contract is signed, it will become very dangerous for Richard.

Although Harland Territory is unwilling to have a conflict with the two multinational chambers of commerce, it is not afraid of the multinational chambers of commerce. Even if things are extremely bad and the legendary magician behind the Star Chamber of Commerce comes, Harland Territory also has the means to deal with it.

If the two sides have a conflict, Harland Territory will have a better chance of winning.

Harland Territory has made great military achievements in the northern border, has tens of thousands of troops, and has killed orc legends. The senior executives of the two chambers of commerce, as long as they are not fools, know this, so they decided to negotiate a part of the interests.

In the end, the two sides agreed that the porcelain fired in Harland Territory can only be sold in the Grant Kingdom 8,000 pieces per year.

These 8,000 pieces of porcelain can only be sold in retail, not wholesale, and cannot be sold to foreign nobles. They will not be exhibited at commodity fairs. We will do our best to help multinational chambers of commerce combat smuggling and prevent porcelain fired in Harland from flowing into nearby countries.

The remaining porcelain production capacity in Harland will be underwritten by the Starry and Blue Chambers of Commerce, with an annual contract of 20,000 pieces.

In fact, Harland replaced the Holy Glorious Empire and became the porcelain supplier of the two major multinational chambers of commerce.

As for the sales strategies of the two major chambers of commerce, Richard will not care.

If the style of porcelain is to be maintained and the sky-high sales strategy is to be maintained, at least 90% of the porcelain underwritten by the two multinational chambers of commerce must be destroyed. Scarcity makes things expensive and can only be sold at high prices. However, this will inevitably lead to competition from smuggled porcelain, and the sales of sky-high porcelain will become particularly troublesome, and it is likely that the style will not be maintained.

If the price is reduced, the market will be expanded to the middle and upper levels, and the price will be reduced tenfold to a few gold coins per piece, so that smuggling will not be profitable, and 20,000 pieces of porcelain may also make a lot of money.

One piece of porcelain earns two or three gold coins, which adds up to more than tens of thousands.

However, selling 20,000 pieces of porcelain requires expanding business channels and adding sales staff. If there is a situation of unsalable products, it will also become very troublesome.

After negotiating the conditions with the two major chambers of commerce, the auction was held as scheduled six days later.

For this auction, the two multinational chambers of commerce prepared for more than half a year in advance and sent invitations to the nobles of many nearby countries, including nobles from the Kingdom of Delong and the East Coast United Kingdom, as well as nobles from the Kingdom of Ryan, the Kingdom of Heath, the Kingdom of Saxony, the Kingdom of Stark, and the Kingdom of Maya.

In the eastern part of the Central Continent of the Dawn Plane, except for the southernmost Kingdom of Parame, all the nobles of the remaining eight kingdoms were present, and three of the five duchies also came. The three major duchies of Stannic, Chromia, and Larson all had nobles to support them.

In fact, there are more than ten multinational chambers of commerce active in the eastern countries of the Central Continent, and this large-scale auction is held every one or two years.

If they are too far away and do not need to buy scarce resources, the nobles generally will not send representatives and spend time to participate in the large auctions held by the Transnational Chamber of Commerce.

In more than ten countries, except for the Kingdom of Grant, a total of 37 nobles above the earl level came, about one-fifth of the nobles.

In addition to the royal family of the Kingdom of Grant, eight dukes, four marquises, and five earls, a total of 55 nobles settled in the luxurious private rooms.

In addition to the nobles who sent invitations, small and medium nobles and wealthy merchants who want to participate in the auction need to verify their capital in advance and must be able to take out 10,000 Grant Kingdom gold coins.

The quality of gold coins in various countries is different, and the Transnational Chamber of Commerce has an accurate exchange rate.

In the Saint Theater of Nolan Castle, the highly anticipated Star-Cangqing Joint Auction kicked off in everyone's expectations.

The first group of goods in the auction was quite extraordinary, and it turned out to be the famous Warcraft Flame Horse of the Holy Glorious Empire.

Rumor has it that the Holy Glorious Empire has three Flame Horse Warcraft Legions, and the number of Warcraft Cavalry riding Flame Horses exceeds 30,000.

Of course, the Holy Glorious Empire Legion has more than one type of Warcraft Cavalry. In addition to the Flame Horse Cavalry Legion, there are also Lion Duck Knights, Wyvern Knights, Magic Crocodile Knights, Frostwolf Knights, etc. In addition, there is also a Golem Legion, and the total number of various high-level troops exceeds 100,000.

The training requirements of the Holy Glorious Empire Warcraft Cavalry are much stronger than those of the Eastern Countries. The number of professionals among the soldiers exceeds 50%, and the legion leader is even a legendary level.

Among the 900 Warcraft Cavalry led by Harland, there are only 156 professionals, accounting for no more than 18%. The Warcraft Cavalry under the Grant Royal Family and Grand Duke Jonathan are of better quality, and the proportion of professionals is no more than 30%.

With the same number and similar training, the combat effectiveness of the Holy Glorious Empire's Warcraft Cavalry is of course stronger.

The strong combat effectiveness of the Warcraft Cavalry is an important benchmark for measuring the strength of the nobles.

Warcraft horses are very tempting to the nobles. There are six groups of flaming horses auctioned this time, each with 25 horses, and the auction price of one group is 5,000 gold coins.

The flaming horse has a violent temper and cannot be mixed with other Warcraft horses, but its life level is higher than that of the iron-horned horse and its strength is also stronger.

Generally speaking, the price of an adult flaming horse is more than 200 gold coins, and the price of a successfully trained stallion will be higher, often reaching 300 to 400 gold coins. A third-level stallion can be sold for more than 1,000 gold coins. The price of a group of flaming horses will be higher.

For the nobles with deep background, the price is not a big problem. Only large-scale Warcraft horses can play a role in war. Buying a group of flame horses can only be used in small-scale wars.

Under the strong request of the nobles, the two chambers of commerce decided to sell six groups of flame horses together, and the starting price was raised to 40,000 gold coins.

Although the starting price was set very high, the situation of too many monks and too little porridge has not changed.

Most of the more than a dozen countries in the east have trained flame horse cavalry. There are a total of 23 nobles who are interested.

One hundred and fifty flame horses can already train a squadron and a half, forming a very impressive combat power. At that time, Baron Harden had only one hundred Warcraft cavalry under his command, and he was already an important commander in the Geda Province.

One hundred and fifty flame horses, even Richard was very jealous, and began to raise the bid repeatedly, competing with everyone, and the auction price quickly rose to 60,000.

After the auction price was raised to 60,000, many nobles felt that it was not cost-effective. After all, the Fiery Horse has been successfully domesticated for many years and is distributed in many countries. It is not actually scarce.

Although the scale of 150 horses is not small, it will cost a lot of money to rush back from the Kingdom of Grant. The price is too high and it is not cost-effective.

In the end, Richard was rich and powerful and bought 150 Fiery Horses at a price of 62,000 gold coins.

The average price of a Fiery Horse is four times that of an Iron Horned Horse, which is not cost-effective in terms of resource utilization efficiency.

The combat effectiveness of four Iron Horned Horse Warcraft Cavalry is also far superior to that of a Fiery Horse Warcraft Cavalry.

This price is already 25% higher than the normal price. If it were not for Richard to expand the second Warcraft Cavalry Brigade and expand the Fiery Horse population as soon as possible, he would not be such a sucker.

In fact, one of the main reasons why Richard was willing to pay the premium was to save time.

The nobles of the Kingdom of Grant together have more than 10,000 Warcraft Cavalry, but the total number of Warcraft Warcraft Horses sold each year does not exceed 600.

The stallions have to be castrated, and the mares are also the leftovers.

If Harland Territory had not guarded the Eagle Mountains, it would have been very difficult to continuously capture wild ironhorn horse resources and expand the ironhorn horse population.

Now that the premium has been paid, although it costs more money, it has expanded the population of warcraft horses, avoided restrictions from other nobles, and saved a lot of time in cultivating warcraft cavalry.

Other nobles were willing to bid for this reason.

The opening warcraft horses caused a sensation at the auction, and the following auction items were all various precious resources. Tenghui potions were sold in groups of 100, and 18 groups were sold in a row. Bloodline enlightenment potions were sold in groups of 12, and six groups were sold at once.

Richard had extra money in his hand, so he bid for four groups of Tenghui potions several times, spending 13,000 gold coins, which was slightly higher than the normal selling price.

According to the market price of Grant Kingdom, Tenghui potions cost 30 gold coins each. However, there are very few supplies on the market. In addition to the Duke of Grant, only a five-ring magician in Nolan refines it, and there are only two or three hundred in a year.

Although the royal family's production is high, it needs to supply eight main legions and four second-line legions, and a part of it must be left for small and medium-sized nobles to exchange for merits.

Because of Sophia, Harland Territory has mastered this basic potion very early. In addition, it is located in the northern border and has no shortage of Warcraft material resources, so the supply of this potion is not in short supply.

Last year, the pharmacists in the Harland Mage Association refined more than a thousand Tenghui potions, helping the territory to train more than a hundred warrior professionals.

This year, Richard is still expanding the army on a large scale, and the army lacks professional backbones, so this basic potion is also in short supply in Harland Territory.

After bidding on four sets of potions, there are various high-level magic props and enchanted armor auctions. Richard even saw four magic storage props, one of which has a storage space bag with 40 cubic meters of space. The volume of 40 cubic meters of space is no less than that of a small warehouse. Even if it is used in war, an extra batch of supplies is very important and can be regarded as a strategic resource.

The nobles have accumulated for many years. Some nobles who are good at business and have peace in their country are very rich. This space bag has attracted more than 30 nobles to compete for it, and it was auctioned at a sky-high price of 148,000 gold coins.

After saving 600,000 gold coins, Richard thought he was already very rich, but at such a large auction, he found that his worth was very average.

The auction had just been held for one day, and only one-third of the progress had passed, but Richard found that the price of the auction was more than 1.6 million.

After the auction, Richard completed the handover with the two major chambers of commerce. He paid 75,000 gold coins and took away 150 flaming horses and 400 Tenghui potions.

Shortly after the auction, Richard found Horn, an important member of the Grant royal family.

Horn is a distant branch of the Grant royal family. Although he is only a court baron, he is responsible for managing many of the royal family's industries.

The Warcraft Warhorse Breeding Farm is also under his management.

The reason why Richard found Horn was that he hoped to buy 100 iron-horned horses and form the third cavalry reconnaissance brigade.

To purchase iron-horned horses on a large scale, the only way in the Grant Kingdom is to find the royal family and Duke Edward.

After finding Horn, Richard mentioned his intention, but found that Horn was actually very embarrassed.

"Your Excellency, after expanding its territory in the south last year, the Kingdom of Roger is preparing to expand its ninth legion. It needs to form a 300-man Warcraft Cavalry Brigade. Each legion needs to replenish its Warcraft Cavalry. There will be no obsolete Warcraft horses for sale in the next one or two years. If the Duke wants to buy Warcraft horses, he may have to wait for three years."

Richard knew that Horn was telling the truth, so he didn't make it difficult.

The news of the royal expansion of the army has been spreading recently. After all, the Grant Kingdom is now fighting on two fronts, not only to resist the invasion of orcs, but also to fight against the army of the Delong Kingdom.

Once the royal family expands its army, it will drain the production capacity of the Warcraft breeding base. This is the case with Harland. Although the scale of the Warcraft breeding base is not small, there is no plan to sell Warcraft horses to the outside world.

Although the Duke of Edward does not plan to expand its army, it is still selling Warcraft horses to the outside world. However, the two dukes are in the north, and the competition is actually quite fierce. There were some conflicts in the past few years.

Richard sent someone to the Duke of Edward to buy iron-horned horses last winter, but was rejected.

It is for this reason that Richard has to spend a high price to buy the Flame Horses at a premium, just to buy time for the expansion of the army.

Since Richard could not buy the Iron Horned Horses from the royal family, he could only put fifty Flame Horses into the Third Cavalry Reconnaissance Battalion, and the remaining one hundred Flame Horses formed a squadron and were incorporated into the Second Magic Beast Cavalry Battalion.

After replenishing the losses, the two Magic Beast Cavalry Battalions had a total of nine squadrons of Magic Beast Cavalry, and the three reconnaissance cavalry battalions had 250 Magic Beast Cavalry, and the number of Magic Beast Cavalry in Harland would exceed one thousand.