Chapter 173 \n173. Import\n
âMitsuha-san, I received a request to contact Mitsuha-san from the Royal Palace via my fatherâ (Rephilia)
When I went to the warehouse to replenish the stocks, there was a note for me from Rephilia, and when I came to the office, I was told such a thing.
Well, itâs not like Iâm nervous or afraid to meet the royal family. âŚIâm already used to it.
Worse, I picked a quarrel with a king of other country face to face.
I can just escape using transfer if I feel threatened outside my home country after all.
As might be expected, Itâs unlikely that I would be silently assassinated, since thereâs nothing to gain from killing me. They know that they can make money precisely because Iâm alive, on that point, Iâm safe.
So, they probably reached out to Rephilia, who is my sole trade partner and responsible for Rephilia trade, because sheâs the only one whoâs most likely to be able to contact me. And they asked the one who canât refuse the request from the royal palace, and whom Rephilia canât oppose, in other words, via Rephiliaâs Father.
âI havenât replied anything yet. So itâs fine if you donât want to go, I can say that [I canât contact her either]⌠â (Rephilia)
âYeah, pass! Because I supposed to leave this country in anger and travel the surrounding countries for a while, so Rephilia shouldnât be able to contact me, right? Letâs go with that!â (Mitsuha)
âAhaha, as expected⌠and would you really go to other countries?â (Rephilia)
Of course sheâs worried about that, as a [Merchant]âŚ.
âYeah, if I only have sales base in this country, I wouldnât be able to leave when something happens such as coup or war that would cause difficulties. Ah, you can rest assured because I wonât put Rephilia Trade in a disadvantaged positionâ (Mitsuha)
âIâm counting on you, reallyâŚâ (Rephilia)\n
If I were to abandon them at this point, the new Rephilia Trade would be destroyed. Now that she has risen in the world by using the products I provided as a weapon, next she has to work hard so that she can stand on her own without the products I provided as soon as possible. Do your best!
At any rate, it doesnât make any sense for the royal palace, that is, the king to try to summon a nobleman from another country, and a little girl at that.
âBut for what purpose they called meâŚâ (Mitsuha)
As Iâm pondering a little, Rephilia let out an exasperated voice.
âWhat are you saying! I heard too, the rumors! Pearl necklace, Ruby, Emerald⌠And now, as a supplier of alcohol, spices, and high-grade ingredients, taking over the rumors between nobles and merchants throughout the royal capital, no, nationwide! Iâm amazed you still saying something like thatâŚ.â (Rephilia)
No, you donât have to be madâŚ
âBut there are only a few people know that my name is related to trade matters, right? Most of the rumors are about the beautiful merchant who appeared like a comet in the commercial industry who exclusively sells those products, arenât they?â (Mitsuha)
Well, I chose Rephilia because I wanted someone to take the role of a smoke screen so that I can avoid the bullets that storming towards me, of course. Now, itâs Rephilia who will be the target of those bullets. Fuhahaha!!
âWell Iâm fine with that thoughâŚâ (Mitsuha)
âYouâre fine with that!?â (Rephilia)
I ignored Rephilia who seems to have said something, and proceed to the next businessâŚ
âCan you export something?â (Mitsuha)\nâHuh?â (Rephilia)
I properly explained to Rephilia who leaked a strange voice.
As a trading company, they have no choice but to exchange goods. If one side is just buying with gold coins, it might not be a good relationshipâŚ
âThatâs why, I think my side should buy something this time. Besides, If the return ship is empty, itâs a disgrace of a merchant!!â (Mitsuha)
âOooh!! Excatly, as expected of Mitsuha!!â (Rephilia)
Alright, she hooked on it!!
âSo, there are something that would likely to sell at a good price at my homelandâŚâ (Mitsuha)
Thus, I asked Rephilia to obtain the export goods, which are import goods for us.
To see if this is the case, I went to various stores and checked the level of industrial products, items that could be purchased at general stores, items that could be purchased at special stores such as wholesalers and workshops, and items that were not available to amateurs.
âŚOf course, Iâm going to buy general goods cheaply by buying large quantities at wholesalers rather than at retail stores. For that reasonâ, I permitted to use whiskey and brandy as gifts. This should make the talk easier to proceed.
With this, all I have to do is build a warehouse at Yamano Port (Named by the villagers, copying the [Bozes Port] in count-sama territoryâŚ), and then pretend to have the goods carried by boat at night and transfer the goods there.
Then, I transferred to my home in Japan, changed into Japanese clothes, and went out.\n\nRight, you have to show the carrots to make human work seriously.
First, import silk and make products.
Then, import raw silk and make the fabric.
And after that, if the sericulture that we plan to do in parallel starting to take a shape somehowâŚ
Is the order completely reversed, you say? Itâs fine, donât worry about such a small detail.
If we successfully raised sericulture in the village, we would stop importing silk and raw sik from other countries and switch to completely territorial production. Then, no matter when Iâm gone, this territory is going to be okay. Unless an evil lord comes to exploit the people.
However, when that time comes, there will be no problem because the folks wouldâve been properly trained on how to crush the unreasonable lord. I wouldâve been properly trained the folks on how to crush an unreasonable lord, by me.
No, I wonât teach them to do something like a revolt. But rather, how to spread the lordâs wrongdoing to His Majesty the King and other territories, peacefully crush the lordâs family, and welcome the new lordâŚ
âŚeh? Crushing a family isnât a [Peaceful way], you say? Is that soâŚ
âItâs a country where thereâs no electricity, and in the countryside at that, weâre going to make dresses for noble ladies, by hand sewing, and open a shop to make various silk products. Also, nurturing human resources, making it the main industry of the territory and become the source of national income⌠For that, I would like to ask for advice, technical guidance, and arrangements for the purchase of silk and raw silk⌠If the name of the shop spreads, youâll be invited to noble parties as a brilliant foreign designer who supported the shopâŚ. And if you earn a lot of money for the country and get credited for it, there is a possibility that you could receive the first rank or honorary rankâŚâ (Mitsuha)
âGiâŚâ (Tenchou-san)
âGyaaaaaaa~~~!!â (Tenchou-san)