âWe canât sell them at ridiculously high prices. If we do that, we will end up becoming everyoneâs enemy.â
âI feel the same way. But even if we raise it several times higher than the current price, it wonât affect much since these herbs are not something that is nothing short of a bargain.â
Nadia wanted to set a price much higher than the current price. Since in her past life, the selling price set was nothing compared to anything she proposed just now.
âAnd it wasnât even distributed fairly to the people.â
Shortly after it became known that the cure for the Black Death was thorny herbs, rich people hoarded thorny herbs released on the market with a high price.
They bought more than they needed in the face of the fear of death.
The problem was that thorny herbs were not the crops that people would usually grow.
Since they were not worth the time and money to grow for.
After the herbsâ natural vegetation that grew in the mountains and fields ran out, the price of thorny herbs shot up and the poor couldnât get a cure.
If only they could share the thorny herbs fairly, so many people wouldnât have died.
Nadia did not have the ability to prevent infectious diseases that she did not even know where they came from in the first place.
But distributing the cure fairly to as many people as possible was what the least she could do.
âFirst of all, we need to supply the South, where the situation is the most serious. Oh, howâs the herb harvesting going?â
âYes, itâs a weed that originally grows anywhere, so it can be grown in the northern part of the country. However, there is one thing that I am concerned about.â
âTell me.â
âThe epidemic is relatively damaging in the south. But we have a monopoly on the cure. Iâm afraid the lords of the South are accusing us for spreading the epidemic on purpose.â
âThatâs unlikely.â
Wayne added with a frustrated look to Nadiaâs determined answer.
This was no time for complacency.
This was the situation in which public sentiment has been agitated by the epidemic
The other lords might accuse the Marquis of Winterfell for being the cause behind the incident to divert the anger of the people.
âLogically speaking, of course, it doesnât make sense for the North to create and spread an epidemic that Winterfell didnât even know existed. But when someone raises incitement, that logic doesnât even matter to the people, does it?â
âNo, thatâs not what I meant.â
Nadia continued, waving her hands.
âSince the very beginning, I didnât purchase those thorny herbs to start the Winterfell family, a herbal tea business.â
âThen whyâŠâ
âBut you do know who I am, donât you?â
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âOh!â
Wayne exclaimed as if he finally put everything together.
The southern part of the kingdom was home to the Duke of Balazit.
Most of the southern lords belonged to the Dukeâs faction.
If people accused Nadia of deliberately spreading the epidemic after monopolizing the cure, it literally meant they were accusing the Duke.
âI donât think thereâs anything they can do this time. Moreover, if we distribute the cure fairly to everyone, we will have a strong justification to deny any rumor or accusation.â
For example, they could say that Winterfell was just fulfilling the duty as the royal familyâs vassal.
The important thing now was to provide the necessary amount of cure as fairly as possible.
âI will deal directly with the lords of each fief. The transaction volume shall be determined according to the level of damage sufferedâ reselling by increasing the price or hoarding the thorny herbs will be highly prohibited. As long as the distributor doesnât get greedy, such damage can be prevented. It is important to inform everyone in the kingdom about this, but is it possible?â
âThe people in the association are scattered all over the kingdom. You could spread my message through them.â
âAll right.â
If anyone broke their promise and tried to hog the herbs, they would have to deal with the wrath of the people.
There was a difference between not being treated due to a lack of cure supply and not being supplied by someone who decided to play dirty with the distribution of the cure.
If the former case happened, those people would have to accept their doomed fate as they would become everyoneâs object of resentment.
Nadia left the rest of the details to Wayne and other merchants.
âDoes anyone have any connection in the southwest?â
âI believe that the Valdemir branch of one of the Creta Chamberâs is there. Isnât that right, Katarina?â
âYes, thatâs right. Iâll try to get in touch with them.â
âThen letâs leave the southwestern part to the Creta Chamber.â
As the three were too eager to get the work done, it was then that Nadia, Wayne, and Katarina heard a loud cough.
The person who made the noise was no other than Glenn, who was listening quietly.
Turning his attention, Glenn was looking at Nadia with a complicated face.
He looked like he had a lot to say.
âI did try to wait until they were doneâŠâ
From that ardent attitude, it seemed that they wouldnât stop discussing even if he waited the whole day.
The âIt was my dream to do my own businessâ was⊠what he thought as Nadiaâs mere empty words.
After waiting for his timing for nearly an hour, he finally started talking.