Chapter 258 Beginning

It is summer now, and there is still some time before the autumn harvest.

During this period, food will become scarce, because the food harvested last autumn has almost been consumed.

But generally there will be no problem, because the nobles are not so stupid, they will store some food and wait for this time to release it.

In addition, there are private food stores in the city.

It will definitely survive this summer and arrive at the autumn harvest safely.

Then it will be reincarnation year after year.

But today, there was a problem in the Silver Wing Viscount Territory.

The entire Silver Wing Viscount Territory consists of a main city and several towns. Silver Wing City has a population of 40,000 to 50,000, and its size is similar to that of Kaiyue City.

In this city, the Silver Wing family has a direct-operated grain and salt store, a total of four, located in the southeast, northwest and northeast of the city.

In addition, there are many private stores that sell only food or salt.

First, there was a problem with the private stores.

Badeng.

An ordinary resident of Silver Wing City, his family has been engaged in salt and oil business for generations. On a street in Silver Wing City, he owns two shops and two assistants.

At this moment, there is no problem with the oil, but there is a problem with the salt.

The business model of this world is a bit magical, because small shops do not have the ability to purchase goods independently, and bulk commodities such as grain and salt will be transported by large merchants.

For example, there is a grain merchant nearby who will regularly transport a batch of grain to Silver Wing Territory and deliver it to small merchants in the territory.

Earn a certain price difference.

The only territory nearby that can produce salt is the Earl of Windsor Territory.

At this moment, the salt in Badeng's shop has been sold out, and under normal circumstances, the Earl of Windsor's caravan will arrive three days ago, but this time it has not arrived yet.

"Old Kuka, there is really no salt to sell." Badeng shook his head and sent away a regular customer who came to buy salt with a little apology.

Then Badeng looked back at the empty wooden barrel.

The coarse salt that used to pile up like a mountain has only a few grains of salt left.

Badeng has no intention of selling this little salt. Even a small businessman would be a little shrewd. He feels that something is wrong and it is better to keep this little salt for his family.

Because he feels that something is wrong, Badeng also thinks that he should do something, otherwise if there is no salt to sell, the turnover of their shop will drop by half.

He has a wife and three children, one of whom was sent to the home of an old knight, intending to let the child become a civilian knight.

If the business of the shop drops by half, life at home will be very tight.

Badeng was very anxious. He finally made it to the evening, closed the shop neatly, sent away the two clerks, and hurriedly trotted to a house at the corner of the street.

The door was open, and Badeng walked in.

The room on the right side of the house is the living room, which is now full of people. They are all food and salt merchants in the city.

Small cities also have their own circles. There are only a few grain and salt merchants. They usually get along well, get together from time to time, and sometimes help each other.

The owner of this family is called Cabno.

Cabno is a descendant of the nobility. Because of this identity, he can get acquainted with the dignitaries in the city.

He has become the leader of grain and salt merchants.

"Mr. Cabno, is there a problem with the salt well of His Excellency Earl of Windsor? Why hasn't the salt been delivered yet?" After entering the door, Barden asked Cabno.

"I sent someone to inquire. There is a problem with the production of the salt well. When will the production be resumed? The officials of His Excellency Earl have not given a clear statement."

Mr. Cabno said worriedly.

"What can we do? The salt of our Silver Wing Viscount has always been provided by the salt well of His Excellency Earl of Windsor. If there is no salt, where can we find a supplier?"

Barden said anxiously.

"Not only the Viscount Silver Wing Territory, but also the Earl of Windsor's salt well has a problem. Several surrounding territories have no salt." A merchant said.

"Don't mention salt, even food is gone. The Viscount's food has always been supplied by Mr. Chino's caravan, but the caravan didn't come today. Although we have some food in reserve, it won't last for a few days."

A grain merchant sighed.

"What? There is no food?" Badeng was shocked. It was the first time he heard this news.

Mr. Cabno was engaged in both grain and salt business. He frowned, stood up from his seat, and paced: "I always feel that something is wrong with this matter. It seems that someone is targeting our Viscount Silver Wing Territory."

Mr. Cabno has sent people to inquire. Although the salt is a problem in the territories of several surrounding nobles, the food problem only occurred in the Viscount Silver Wing Territory.

It seems that an invisible hand has cut off the salt and food supply of the Viscount Silver Wing Territory.

"No, I have to go to the city lord's mansion to find out the situation." Cabno couldn't sit still after thinking about it, so he asked the merchants to stay here and went to the city lord's mansion with a servant.

And it was not only them who had problems, but also the viscount's business.

All the viscount's businesses in the territory, including food, salt, clothing, cloth and other family businesses, were entrusted to a man named Thor for management.

Thor came from the Golden City and was a greedy man.

But Viscount Silver Wing trusted Thor very much and handed over the family business to Thor.

Thor's office was in a house in the city. In addition to Thor, there were several assistants. But Thor didn't come to work today, so one of Thor's assistants came to Thor's home.

Thor was not alone, he had a wife and children, and lived in the villa area in the city.

"Mr. Thor, Mr. Thor." Thor's assistant came to the villa and knocked on the door, and shouted softly. After shouting for a while, there was no sound in the villa.

In addition, it was only evening, but the villa was completely dark.

Thor's assistant felt something was wrong.

At this time, Thor's assistant found that a window in the villa was not closed tightly.

Thor was a businessman trusted by Viscount Silver Wing. If he broke into his villa without permission, he would definitely be in trouble.

But Thor's assistant hesitated for a moment, and still went to the window. After opening the window, Thor's assistant climbed over the window and stepped into the villa.

Then Thor's assistant collapsed immediately.

He had been to Thor's villa before, and the layout of the villa was very luxurious. But now the villa was empty, and those precious furniture seemed to be licked by a dog.

"Something big must have happened." Thor's assistant was pale, and then he rolled out of the villa and ran towards Viscount Silver Wing's castle.