Seeker of Teyvat

Xi De smiled at the person who raised his hand and said, "This friend asked a good question. What is secret bidding? We will send you a special paper with a list of goods we are purchasing. You can fill in the most suitable price in your mind. At that time, we will purchase from the one with the cheapest price and qualified quality."

"Let's make it clear in advance that after we decide on a supplier, we will not change suppliers in the next six months unless the supplier raises the price."

After Sid finished speaking, he stopped talking and looked at everyone with a smile.

The faces of the merchants nearby kept changing, and they kept cursing West Germany in their hearts, saying that he didn't want everyone to bid and hurt the harmony, and it turned out that he had prepared such a sinister method.

Those present were all experienced businessmen, so they could naturally see the malicious intent in West Germany's proposal.

However, this is an open conspiracy. Unless the merchants present can unite, there is no solution.

But can these people unite?

Most of them are competitors, and whoever dares to believe the other party deserves to go bankrupt.

After looking at each other, every businessman saw three big words in the eyes of the people next to him, that is - distrust.

Sid looked at these merchants silently, with an undisguised smile in his eyes, and then waved to the guards not far away: "Come, distribute the cargo lists to the guests."

"Everyone, please pay attention. Each caravan has only one cargo list. After filling it out, please stamp it with the corresponding caravan seal so that we can find someone to check it. If you don't stamp it, it will be regarded as giving up the bid."

"Don't worry about your rivals deliberately forging your Chamber of Commerce's cargo list. If the seals on two cargo lists are the same, we will send someone to verify it with you."

"In addition, the minimum decimal place for pricing is two. That is to say, for a piece of goods, you can set the price at 1.11 Mora or 1.12 Mora, but you are not allowed to set the price at 1.115 Mora. I think everyone can understand this."

"Finally, we will collect the cargo list in an hour. By the way, if there is anything you need to discuss, we have prepared more than 20 small tents outside with soundproof alchemy equipment inside. You can use them for free."

Seeing Sid's look of "I've prepared everything for you",

These merchants clutched the list of goods in their hands and walked out without saying a word. Judging from their attitude, it seemed that they were not going to negotiate, but were leaving in anger.

Sid didn't care about the businessmen's emotions at all. He sat directly on the big chair in the tent, waiting for them to come back and submit reports.

Although West Germany gave a full hour,

But in fact, only ten minutes later, someone came to hand in the bill of goods, and while doing so, he stuffed the "local specialties" into Sid's hands.

"These are local specialties from my hometown. Please accept them, Elder Xide."

It just so happens that Sid is not a polite person. No matter what you give him, as long as you give it to him, he will accept it.

These businessmen did not know Sid or Chisha.

They regarded this place as a religious temple, and thought that since West Germany accepted the gifts, she would at least help a little. Unfortunately, in West Germany's view, since I accepted them all, doesn't that mean I didn't accept any of them?

As for these businessmen reporting him for accepting gifts?

Ha, never mind. As for the issue of tribesmen accepting bribes from outsiders, there is a manager in Chisha regarding this matter. Um, his name is Sid.

As the chief steward of Chisha, such major incidents of tribesmen being bribed by outsiders would of course be judged by Sid himself.

Elder Sid, who is both the defendant and the judge, is so unscrupulous.

Soon, most of the merchants did not wait for an hour, but sent back the bill of lading within half an hour, and filled in the minimum profit price they had calculated.

Ten minutes later, the last cargo list was returned to Sid's hands.

Waving his hand, a guard ran over and took the cargo list from Sid's hand.

"Dear guests, our people will compare each cargo list and select the cheapest products. These selected ones will be Chisha's next cooperation partners."

"Of course, if your Chamber of Commerce is not selected by us, it doesn't matter. Next, Chisha will gradually increase trade. If you are not selected this time, maybe you can be selected next time."

Many businessmen looked at West Germany with smiles on their faces, but they were already gnashing with hatred in their hearts.

As I said before, most of them are competitors.

Once the opponent obtains Chisha's huge and stable orders and has a stable source of funds, a run on other markets is bound to come.

A stable trade that lasts for half a year is enough for the opponent to squeeze him out in some areas for half a year. Those who fail to get orders can either compete with the opponent in capital at a loss, or stop loss and leave the market, leaving the market to the opponent.

No matter which outcome it is, these businessmen cannot accept it.

This is exactly what West Germany wants to see. In order to keep business in other areas, these people will definitely lower the prices here to the limit they can afford.

"The comparison may take a long time. Chisha has prepared some cakes for everyone. Please feel free to enjoy them."

As she spoke, a maid brought plates of cakes to the tent.

However, how can the businessmen, whose minds are full of orders, have the mood to eat?

As time goes by, merchants have experienced all kinds of life.

Some were still anxious, while others gradually relaxed.

Some people also tampered with the pastries that were originally left there for display.

Well, although it looks average, smells average, and tastes average, but after being hungry for a long time, this pastry seems to be quite delicious.

After a while, a guard came in from outside and handed a list to Sid.

Sid took the list and stood up, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

In other words, the list in West Germany's hand attracted everyone's attention.

"Ahem." Clearing his throat, Sid looked around and confirmed that everyone was looking at him before he began to announce his name, "Edia Chamber of Commerce, cloth, lowest price, 346.45 Mora per piece, are you sure?"

As soon as Cid's voice fell, someone immediately raised his hand: "Aidiah Chamber of Commerce confirmed."

"Okay, sir, please stay and sign the contract after the auction is over." Sid nodded to the person who raised his hand, and then continued to look at the price list in his hand, "Brook Chamber of Commerce, ordinary adventurer medical aid package, one, 854.37 Mora, are you sure?"

A young man in the audience showed joy and immediately raised his hand: "Brook Chamber of Commerce, confirmed."

Sid nodded at him, but didn't say much this time, and continued to read out the names of the chambers of commerce on the list.

……

As the partners for each product were confirmed, some in the audience were happy while others were worried, reflecting the various aspects of life.

"The last item, food, minimum price, Elchingen Chamber of Commerce, staple food, 4 Mora per kilogram; vegetables, comprehensive calculation, 8 Mora per kilogram; meat, comprehensive calculation, 14.35 Mora per kilogram. Confirm?"

Amid the uproar, the debtors of the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce raised their hands.

The other businessmen looked at him as if he was an idiot.

This price is exactly the bottom price in the Xumi market. In other words, every time the people from the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce sell grain to the Chisha tribe, they will lose the labor cost, transportation cost and time cost of the previous time.

This is a complete loss-making business.

Looking at the mocking eyes of other businessmen, the head of the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce was equally sarcastic. His purpose of coming here was never to make money.

Just a little loss in labor, transportation, and time costs, is that a big deal for the fools?

Before he could feel happy for a while, he heard Sid announce over there: "This auction has ended. Friends who have won the order, please stay and sign the contract."

As a result, more than half of the merchants who were originally in the tent left in anger.

The head of the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce, like other people who had obtained orders, watched these people leave with a smile. The reason he smiled was because he discovered that among these people, there were chambers of commerce that could provide large amounts of food.

After watching the potential plan saboteurs leave, the head of the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce grinned and walked to Sid's side, waiting to sign the contract.

the other side,

After some merchants left the tent and prepared to pack up and leave, they were told that Elder Sid had asked them to meet in the evening.

Although they didn't know what had happened, when they thought of Elder Sid's behavior of accepting gifts from everyone, these businessmen suddenly felt a little hope.

This time, it seems that there is still a chance to get Chisha's order again.

So, those who were originally planning to leave immediately made an excuse about being tired from the long journey and prepared to rest for a night in Chisha.

That night,

Some people were quietly welcomed into a secret tent.

In the tent, the West German elder who had fooled the businessmen with his secret photography during the day was waiting for them.

The group entered the tent and looked at Sid without saying a word. They had to find out what Sid was doing.

"Ahem, I'm sure you've all discovered that you're all famous grain merchants in Xumi."

"Although the price offered by the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce during the secret auction was the lowest, I am a little worried. I am afraid that they will not be able to supply for long and will break the contract. At that time, the breach of contract fee is a small amount, but the tribe's blood relatives will starve. So, I kept you here to see if you are still willing to sell food to Chisha?"

After hearing what West Germany said, the businessmen looked at each other. They had always thought that the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce was losing money. Now West Germany suspected that they would not last long, which was normal.

As for whether they are still willing to sell grain to Chisha, just kidding, as long as they can make money, they will definitely be willing to do so.

"Elder Cid, we can certainly sell the grain, but if it's the price that the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce is offering, we can't do it."

"Ha, don't worry, I won't let you suffer any loss. I averaged the prices you quoted, and almost every item is 1-2 Mora more expensive than the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce, right?"

Don't underestimate this 1-2 Mora amount. When converted to the size of Chisha, it is a very terrifying number.

On average, there are currently 3.5 people living in the Chisha headquarters of the fertile oasis. If each person consumes one kilogram of food per day, that is 3.5 kilograms, or a profit of 3.5 to 7 Mora.

At the end of the year, that's a profit of 1260 million to 2520 million Mora. Moreover, this is just the Chisha headquarters. In the entire Chisha Sea, Chisha has countless branches, most of which need to be supported by the headquarters.

At the end of the year, this profit is an extremely huge figure.

So, the legal leaders of the major caravans nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, Elder West, this is the lowest profit margin. Excluding manpower, transportation, time, and loss reporting, we have only earned hard-earned money."

"Haha." Xide had a smile on his face, but he was thinking, this is hard-earned money. Before the establishment of Chisha, which desert tribe could come up with such a sum of money?

"Of course, of course. It's hard-earned money. How about this? Let's average it out and add 1.3 Mora to the price of the Elchingen Chamber of Commerce. How do you think?"

The heads of the Chamber of Commerce looked at each other in confusion. How did you arrive at this average of 1.3?

However, looking at Sid's smiling face, they felt that the remaining 0.2 was probably swallowed by this person.

They cursed Sid's greed in their hearts, but they did not bargain any more. They all nodded to Sid, "Yes, yes, Elder Sid's calculation is good. Elder Sid's calculation is brilliant."

The next step was to sign the contract, and then everyone went back to their tents with smiles on their faces.

When everyone left,

Sid then tiredly supported his head with his hands.

"It's another huge sum of money. Oh, increase revenue and cut expenditure, increase revenue and cut expenditure."

Chapter 367: Visiting Zhongli with Nashida

Wang Daoyi knew about the tribe's procurement plan.

However, he only knows that he will not go out of his way to understand more specific things.

To put it bluntly, if he has to understand everything, then why should other people do it?

Of course, part of the reason is also to hope that West Germany can grow up faster.

As for what to do if West Germany was cheated, Wang Daoyi didn't care. As long as he was there, West Germany's one or two mistakes, or even more mistakes, would be fine.

This is the benefit of the theocratic system. As long as there is no problem with the God at the core of the system, if there is a problem elsewhere in the system, God can correct it at any time.

Of course, if something goes wrong with the gods, the theocratic system will collapse no matter how well things are done elsewhere.

Not to mention the trading activities among the tribes,

Early the next morning, Wang Daoyi left the tribe and came to Xumi City.

The lively Grand Bazaar,

Even with the art ban imposed by the Imperial Academy, this place is extremely lively.

Wang Daoyi held the little Loli's hand and walked among them,

"Compared with the commercial atmosphere of Baoshang Street, the Grand Bazaar is indeed more humane." Wang Daoyi looked at the noisy environment around him and showed a smile.

Nasida shook her head slightly: "As long as it is established by the people of Xumi, I like it."

"Haha, as long as you like it. What do you want to do today? Do you want to watch Nilu dance?"

Wang Daoyi asked.

"Let's take a walk first and take a look at the people here." Nasida said, then she took Wang Daoyi's hand and pulled him towards the crowd.

Like a curious elf, Nasida looked here and there, the happy smile never disappearing from her face.

It’s not that he has never seen these scenes before. Whether it was through Catherine’s sight before or Wang Daoyi behind him, he had seen it here more than once.

But He was just happy, watching his people survive and not suffer from hunger and cold. This was Nasida's favorite scene.

While walking, the two of them were attracted by a small stall.

Not only Wang Daoyi and Nasida, there were already many people surrounding the stall.