RBCT Chapter 767 - 79: The Gray Market Trading Company’s Investment and Su Li’s Advancement
Chapter 767 - 79: The Gray Market Trading Company’s Investment and Su Li’s Advancement
Faced with Su Li’s promise, Hela’s vertical pupils lit up at first, but then her lips curled into a mocking smile: "What does freedom mean? I’m a hundred and eighty thousand miles away from my homeland and can never return. Going back to the Endless Sea would mean being sold again by the fleet to another place."
Su Li glanced at Melly Ramsey, making Melly a bit embarrassed as she couldn’t guarantee anything. After all, she wouldn’t venture out to sea that far.
Everyone understood that in this desperate and dark world, what Hela said was true. Outside the civilized order zone, chaos and despair are the norms engulfing the entire world. Once she became a slave, it was almost impossible to regain her original status. Leaving the shelter of the territory and the continent of the Empire, she would certainly be sold back into slavery by other cruel, cold-hearted sailors.
A person’s destiny has a high degree of connection to whether a powerful force is backing them.
Su Li felt that saying more at this time would be of no help and there was no need for his own mood to be low. After all, Hela’s tragic past was not his doing, and besides, when it comes to tragedy, there are too many tragic things in this world. Isn’t Hilude pitiful? Isn’t Philis pitiful?
Thinking more about how to solve the problem is the key. Su Li felt that addressing Hela’s current situation and giving her a home and sense of belonging in the Hesse Territory was a more effective solution.
If she had people who cared for her in the Hesse Territory and a warm home, her longing for the distant Tiger Man ruling area could be alleviated somewhat.
Thus, Su Li was not in a hurry, especially with the harvest season approaching, making it impossible to widely plant spice now.
The Ramsey family arrived in the Hesse Territory primarily for these two missions, and after completing all this, Melly Ramsey went touring around.
The scenery in the Hesse Territory is quite beautiful, especially with spring in full bloom, trees along the road covered with blossoms, and with the territory’s pastoral style, it made the Hesse Territory look like a perfect picture of the Empire’s peaceful times. There was no Chaos Corruption, no monsters lurking, and the residents were enjoying rare good days.
This is also an important reason why everyone in the Hesse Territory, from top to bottom, supported Su Li. Victory always gathers people’s hearts the best; after expelling a large amount of evil, who wouldn’t love these peaceful farming days?
Another reason why the Ramsey family had not left was that they were waiting for the people from the Gray Market Chamber of Commerce. Their journey to the Hesse Territory was not that simple.
They came with a wealth of riches and were also ready to fully engage in the business trade in the Hesse Territory. First and foremost was Senator Smith’s Star Iron Armor deal, a hugely profitable venture. By mixing a bit of Star Silver Iron into Fine Level armor, they could sell it to the Gray Market Chamber of Commerce at nearly the price of Refined Level equipment.
The deal was originally set at 100 Golden Crowns per set of armor, with Su Li taking 80 Golden Crowns and the rest being the profit of the Gray Market Trading Company.
President Roger was delighted about this deal, as it was like getting a set of Fine Level armor without doing anything!
During this time, he had seen in the Hesse Territory that ordinary Fine Level armor only cost 20~23 Golden Crowns.
Of course, these armors were not forged by the Hesse Armory but produced by the Imperial Dwarves residing in Hesse Town. There were over 1,100 dwarves residing in Hesse Town. These did not include the Redbeard Clan and Gray Rock Clan garrisons! They were all prisoners, slaves, and dwarves migrated from Gray Mountain Province under Su Li’s rule. Including the garrisons from the other two Dwarf Clans, the dwarf population in the Hesse Territory would exceed 3,000!
The dwarves are rightfully called the Empire’s second citizens; the Hesse Territory’s population is over 10,000, and dwarves make up 1/3! So, they were given significant power in the Provincial Assembly and the Provincial Affairs Council.
With so many dwarves, Su Li’s Hesse Armory delivered 300 sets of Fake Star Iron Armor to President Roger, earning 24,000 Golden Crowns.
The profit margin made Su Li, Oliver, and Hilude all somewhat anxious. There’s no help for it, as the cost of these 300 Fine Level equipment wouldn’t exceed 2,000 Golden Crowns, yet the sale reached 24,000 Golden Crowns. The profit margin exceeded 1,000%!
Even if it was an arms trade, it’s profits among profits.
One could only say that Senator Smith took too much, without losing anything, manipulating to earn over 50,000 Golden Crowns. The Empire’s corruption was simply shocking! Truly a huge shock for bumpkins like Su Li.
It’s as if anyone could delve into the Empire’s corruption could feast full of fat, becoming plump rats.
But in this matter, Su Li held a good point; the Gray Market Trading Company’s caravan came to the Hesse Territory willing to purchase the equipment at 80 Golden Crowns, and Su Li had no reason not to sell. As for what they did with the equipment, they couldn’t blame Su Li.
Even so, all these forced Su Li to fully strengthen military preparedness. If Marle Castle’s City Lord discovered this corruption scandal and came without reason, Su Li must have a way to withstand his wrath.