God Emperor In The Body of a Rich Merchant

Chapter 27: Trade Transactions

Under the cold waterfall, Enzi sat cross-legged. Focusing your mind, learning the science of self-control.

"Tonight I will meet the merchant from the other side of the country at the inn.  I'll offer you some sea knickknacks left in the crate. There are so many marine knickknacks left, it is unfortunate if the sea knickknacks are not sold entirely. I hope that the merchant from the other country will be willing to trade with me before he returns to his country. Yeah, I was expecting that. Ah, how nervous I am." Enzi told Emperor Quelle.

Inside the soul room, Emperor Quelle listened to Enzi's outpouring of heart while enjoying the watermelon on the grass. During his time inside the dark soul room, Emperor Quelle felt saturated with the contents of the space that looked so dark. Unable to resist saturation, Emperor Quelle decided to create a small world that he could enjoy while inside the soul room.

"No need to be nervous, just think of it as a game" Emperor Quelle said casually as he spouted watermelon seeds from his mouth.

"the game? Your eyes are a game!" enzi was upset.

"Trust yourself. I'm sure you can do it."

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The cold air covered the city of Rajatapura that night. The stars in the sky shine brightly in the dark of the night. Light dark flashes of thousands of fireflies scattered on the surface of the earth, becoming the light of the city.

Inside the inn "Light of the Moon", Enzi sat glued to the face of the merchant from India.

Nervous, anxious hopes. That is the feeling that continues to haunt Enzi at the meeting. A feeling that is inversely proportional to the confidence he feels in the morning.

Traders from India, checked the quality of the bracelets and sea knickknacks that Enzi showed him. He checked the knickknacks for a very long time.

There are a few things to consider when it comes to trading. Some of them are the type, appearance, quality, target market, and level of profit that can be obtained from goods that want to be traded. If you do not pay attention to those points, then only big losses can be obtained.

"Master merchant, this souvenir is very popular among girls in the city. Especially among the princesses of the royal nobles. If the merchant master buys and sells it back to the master country, then the greater the profit you can get." said Enzi in promoting the products he traded."

The merchant asked, "How much is the purchase price of a souvenir?"

Enzi replied "For one bracelet it costs 25 copper, while the necklace costs only 50 copper sir."

The merchant asked again. "How much souvenir availability do you have?"

"There is one more chest, sir." replied Enzi.

Without a second thought, the merchant decided, "Alright, then I order everything!"

"Thank you, sir, the souvenirs that you ordered me to deliver to the merchant master tomorrow morning at this place" said Enzi.

"Good, good. Then I will prepare the money for you and will hand the money over to you tomorrow morning" said the merchant.

"Thank you, sir." said Enzi. Not long after Enzi stood up "I resigned and prepared the souvenirs that you ordered first. See you in the morning, sir."

Enzi walked slowly out of the inn door.

"Huffd... Leganya.." said Enzi was relieved.

"Are you sure, if the amount of jewelry made from sea knickknacks is as much as one chest?" asked Emperor Quelle while eating grilled fish inside the soul chamber.

"Regarding the jewelry, isn't it your father's merchandise?" the Emperor Quelle asked as he set aside and pulled out the fish spines from the teeth.

Enzi sighed and tried to smile shutting down the sadness. "Right, it was my father's merchandise. Dad bought the bracelets and necklaces from a jeweler in Mandala Agny Nusa kingdom."

"Buying marine jewelry in very large quantities. That means, your father bought those things for a long period of time. In other words, merchandise that doesn't run out immediately is sold."

"Yes, you are right. I shouldn't have sold those things in a hurry. But whatever the power, my family's situation says something else. That's what forced me to sell my father's merchandise as soon as possible" Enzi replied.

After all the goods in the box were sold, Enzi has established himself to make a living by trading from local resources such as agricultural products, plantations, farms, and livestock, the sea is located in the Kingdom of Salakanagara. He waited for the right moment, to resume his profession again as a merchant who traded between government territories as his father did during his life.

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The next day...

Cloudy clouds shrouded the sky of Rajatapura city that morning. It was late in the morning, not igniting Enzi's spirit to deliver the trading crates to the inn where merchants from India were staying.

Arriving at the inn, Enzi immediately handed over a crate containing sea knickknacks jewelry.

The trader checks the contents of the crate and asks for the total price of the whole.

Enzi mentioned the nominal price of one jewelry box made of sea knickknacks. The price given, of course, is more efficient in calculation compared to the unit price.

Sang handed over a sum of money to Enzi according to the total nominal price mentioned. Enzi received some money with great joy.

"I feel very happy to be working with you merchant master" Enzi said with a happy smile.

"Let me know if you have a gift that is no less interesting, young master. I'm also happy to be working with you" said the Indian trader.

"Of course you are a merchant, I will let you know if I have an interesting product for you" Enzi said.

The merchant from India laughed happily at the answer he got from Enzi.

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After the transaction, Enzi went to the rice field, helping the mother eradicate pests that always damage the field before the harvest time arrived.

"Take that little twig, and use that rating to exterminate all the pests in your mother's paddy field." orders Emperor Quelle.

Enzi replied "Hey my ghost! Have you forgotten? I am still in the process of learning martial arts. After all, how is it possible that all kinds of pests in this field can be eradicated by using this one small twig? A high-scientific swordsman just can't do it let alone me?"

Emperor Quelle sipped a glass of honey water saying "No one can or has never done it? Or the.... Is it just you who have never seen someone capable of doing it? If no one has done it or not, it does not mean that such a thing cannot be done. If so, then today I will show you how to eradicate the pests by using tree branches in no time?"

"How can you show it to me? If all I can see in there is a dark, empty space."

"Dark room? Did ya? Look closely....."