Trading With Another World

Sub-Materials

"It's a great tool! With this tool, we no longer need to bother making sparks from the flint." Benzir was fascinated by the tools Alex showed.

However, the look on Benzir's face suddenly changed. "But if you want to change people's lifestyles in order to use this tool, you can't set a high price. Otherwise, this tool would only be purchased by the rich as well as the nobility."

"Mr Benzir take it easy. That's why I'm talking about this with Mr. Benzir. I want to hear your opinion, what is the maximum price so that this tool called match can be accepted even from poor citizens?"

"Oh, so this tool is called a match, huh? Hm... If what you're saying is true that this match can be used for about a month, I think for the price of two silver coins people will always buy!"

Alex thought deeply to hear the selling price mentioned Benzir. Of course what Benzir says is the price that is bought directly by the community.

If Alex sells a gas match to another trader before it is distributed to the public, he must lower the price for the trader buying from him to make a profit.

"I'll sell it to you for one silver coin, but there's a condition."

"What's that?" Benzir held back showing a feeling of pleasure when he heard the price Alex mentioned.

"I don't want the price of this match to reach the consumer to exceed one fifty copper silver coin. My target is to get long-term benefits by making this match a necessity in people's lives."

"Of course, even I will only take advantage of twenty copper coins from you. I promise you that." Benzir was convinced that if he sold it for one twenty-copper silver coin, this gas match would spread throughout the city of Xyras within a week.

"Alright, I'll supply twenty-two thousand gas matches for now." In the past two days, Alex's main body in the city of Sevenright had sold six hundred sacks of rice to Bilson and earned about twenty-four thousand dollars.

Since Bilson was working as a supply of goods, Alex bought twenty thousand gas matches. Of course Bilson gave a slightly cheaper price than when Alex bought a gas match in the city of Lynden.

Unlike gas matches, Alex is still unsure whether books and pens can be a new need for society. He would let Benzir handle that by selling a stock of books and pens that he had only bought in the city of Lynden before.

When Alex shows the book and pen and explains its function, Benzir says that it is actually a luxury item.

Benzir explained that the book and pen would be sold in the city government. During this time, they used leather rolls for admistration things which certainly cost a lot.

In addition to the city government, the merchants including himself would of course buy these books and pens.

"I'll buy this book and pen for five silver coins each." Benzir is a little excited. Of course, both of these tools also change lifestyles, even if only for rich people.

"All right." Alex agreed to the price.

After the deal was agreed, Alex gave twenty-two thousand gas matches, two thousand notebooks, as well as two thousand pens.

Receiving four hundred and twenty gold coins from Benzir, Alex asked, "When else do I have to stock this item?"

"I'm going to buy that gas car whenever you sell it, whatever it is! For books and pens, I have to see them first in one week. After that, I'll tell you the exact amount and timing of the provider."

With the population of the city of Xyras reaching hundreds of thousands, Benzir will not have trouble selling matches as much as anything.

After completing the transaction and discussing the entire plan in the future, the two shook hands and Alex agreed to leave the room.

Two days later on the Blue Planet.

"Can we really start selling this afternoon?" Tomi asked Alex excitedly.

"of course. I made sure last night, all the furniture is complete. The necessary materials are also available. We'll start selling this afternoon!" Alex smiled answering Tomi's question.

Alex did not have to worry about the ingredients needed to make satay.

He bought a lot of chicken and beef in the city of Xyras, the magic planet.

Thanks to the miraculous power of the inventory, the meat inside would never rot. This is what makes Alex convinced that he has nothing to lose even though the buyer will be a little.

Alex also did not sell all the rice in the inventory to Bilson.

Since he had used a hundred sacks of rice in battle in Rod's village, he currently had fifty sacks left in his inventory.

After planning an afternoon trading schedule, the two entered the classroom a few minutes before the first bell rang.

The first class was filled by a male teacher named Albert who taught physics subjects.

"I just read an interesting book. Do you remember the formula E \= m.C² proposed by Einstein?" Albert's glasses were seen slightly up and down, signaling he was excitedly explaining to the students in the class.

"There was a professor who went into more detail about the theory. If energy is proportional to mass times the square of the speed of light, then can we create a material with sufficient energy?" Albert asked the students.

"Isn't that theoretically possible, Albert? We just have to reverse the formula. So, the mass of a created matter is proportional to the energy lost divided by the square of the speed of light." A clever student named David raises a little glasses with his right forefinger.

Albert nodded his head, "That's right, but this professor said something different. Although he said that the theory was not wrong, he stated that there is a process that can produce something at the expense of less energy."

Next to Alex, Dino awakens from his sleep position listening to Albert's explanation with a serious look.

He looked at Helen. No different from her, Helen also turned around and looked at him by showing the same look of face.

The two turned their attention forward and continued to listen to Albert's explanation with focus.

"His formula, this professor conducted experiments to create a material based on that formula. After repeated failures, he managed to make a discovery that was slightly deviated from his original intentions."

"What is it, Albert?" Some students are starting to get curious.

Albert was a little annoyed at the enthusiasm of his students, very different when he was in normal teaching mode.

Whenever he taught students about mysterious things, such as space and other things, the students would be as excited as they are today.

Albert held back his smile, 'Hahaha... This is how children are. In the past, I also became interested in physics when my teacher told me mysterious things from a physics point of view.'

"The professor happened to create something that only lasted a few seconds before disappearing. In his book, he named the thing created as sub-matter."

"Magic building!"

Alex feels like he heard Owen muttering something similar to Benzir's words on the magic planet.

"His cousin, the professor was inspired to do his experiments because of his past story. As a child, she and her parents were trapped in a burning house. In the midst of his despair, he saw someone create a large amount of water from his hands, then extinguish the flames that spread throughout the house." Continue Albert.

"Isn't that like a fairy tale?" Ask a student.

"Maybe! Everything is written in the book, there is no evidence whatsoever like video footage. But after finding the sub-matter by chance, the professor recalled the water his savior created. Shortly after the blaze was extinguished, the professor did not see the slightest puddle of water. Even her wet clothes submerged in large amounts of water suddenly became dry. This is of course similar to the sub-matter found in his experiments. In his book the professor said, 'Maybe the one who saved my family used to be a witch. Now, even science can explain magic based on logic!'" Albert is at length.

"Isn't the professor concerned about linking the sub-matter he found with the mystical to increase his prestige?" One student said with another laugh.

In contrast to the rest of the class laughing, Dino and Helen look brooding after Albert's explanation ends.

In the corner of the class, Alex also has a myriad of thoughts on his mind. 'Wasn't Tio ever saved with a shield that only appeared for a moment? Could this sub-matter be related to magic? I have to borrow the professor's book from Mr. Albert! '