Chapter 126 - The Gr.a.p.e Ale Project(1)

Apart from taking in Concerns for his Kingdom, planning and thinking of one idea after the other, trying to figure out ways to bring the Kingdom more profit, he spends a good part of his day training Swordsmanship.

Sure the Kingdom is making around 62 Thousand Gold Coins a month with 17 Thousand Gold Coins being pure profit, increasing the budget, but what would that budget bring if it just keeps piling up? It needs to be spend further more towards making more profit.

It's the best way to spend a budget.

So after he finished his daily training routine, taking off his heavy Silver Armour to relax with some refreshing Gr.a.p.e Ale in his Royal Bedroom, he got an idea from that clay bottle of Gr.a.p.e Ale itself.

"What if Pameres Kingdom produced her own ale?" He thought.

With Gr.a.p.e Ale being cheap to make as it contains mostly water, selling it at the Market price of 8 Gold Coins would be very profitable if sold in large quantities, which were easy to produce with enough man power. But that was the problem. Man power.

Pameres Kingdom is full of experienceless people, but yet again even a 14 year old with enough training can make a bottle of Gr.a.p.e Ale. Meaning Zar didn't have to be picky.

But there are expenses he had to cover. For a start, he can't constantly have yeast being transported from Lav Kingdom(from the Continent of the Zamerians), since the product itself is very cheap, the transport expenses would be more than the yeast itself.

For the Gr.a.p.es, he planned to use Pameres Kingdom's Clear Lands to form a Gr.a.p.e farm. But there was one problem, Man Power. He needs enough Farmers. The farmers he has, are not under his employment, they just sell half of their crops to Zar and choose where to sell the other half. So that is another problem. He needs more Farmers.

Cultivating the clear lands is an easy task. The land is so appropriate for farming, one would say that there would be a God of farming who blessed this piece of land, but Gr.a.p.es don't require highly cultivated land. Any dirt that roots can easily spread at is good enough.

Planting Gr.a.p.es is no difficult task either, Zar would need to make a one time Purchase including Gr.a.p.e Branches. Once soaked in water for a few hours, those Branches are eligible to be planted, and considering the Clear Lands being so appropriate for farming, the gr.a.p.e plants will produce fruits in late September if he plants them now in January.

Picking up the fruits is something anyone can do, so Zar can recruit Farmers from his own Kingdom easy no doubt and wooden Support for the growing gr.a.p.es is something the Construction Workers can make even when considering their busy schedule. They have time and it really doesn't require much work.

One of the problems is wheat grain. Making Gr.a.p.e Ale requires Gr.a.p.es no doubt, but it also requires Wheat Grains, Yeast and of course Water.

Since it is mostly water, Pameres Kingdom can produce a ridiculous amount even with a small Gr.a.p.e farmland.

But Grain. Grain is the cheapest crop in the market, used to make the most affordable food, Bread.

Zar would need to use his already very limited Wheat Grain supply In the Castle Storage. That is no option, it is the most bought crop and it could lead to starvation even though considering the 2,500 kg of Fish meat every month coming from Gaster Kingdom.

Meaning he had to buy the Wheat grain from Lav Kingdom as well.

Waking up the next morning, he called for his assistant, Seer who arrived in mere minutes as soon as he received the message.

"How can I serve you, your Highness."

Said Seer with an honorary bow.

"We need more ways of profit instead of letting the budget pile up."

He said casually without showing intensity to his tone.

"Certainly Sire. We can arrange something as long as you have an idea in mind."

Said Seer respectfully.

"Do you think that we can make a profit through Gr.a.p.e Ale?"

Asked Zar in a Calm tone to ease tension. It works wonders in a conversation and clears the mind for the other person.

"The first expenses will no doubt be costly, but Gr.a.p.e Ale is easily produced in large quantities. So it can prove profitable.

But you need to consider one time expenses yearly. Such as Clay bottles, Grain and Yeast."

"Crap. How did I forget about the Clay bottles?" He thought without changing the expression on his face.

"Can't the StoneMasons make the Clay bottles?"

"Your Highness, you know the StoneMasons are understaffed. If it wasn't for the help of the Construction workers, we would be still at house 8 by now. While a Clay bottle costs 2 Gold Coins. Even if you buy too much, you can save them for next year."

Said Seer showing pure reason, with aims to no doubt help form this project for the better.

"You are my assistant for a reason. My plans need your filtering. Well done. It shall be how you recommend."

"Thank you for your consideration your highness!"

"No need to be formal Seer. You worked for me for years.

However I do have a question.

If we have a 1 mile long and half a mile wide Gr.a.p.e Farm, how many bottles can we produce?"

"I can't give an accurate number but I would say at least 10,000. There isn't much Gr.a.p.e required for a bottle. Even less yeast. But Grain is required just a bit more.

I suspect that with 1 kg of Wheat Grains, we can make 40 bottles."

"So how much Wheat Grain do we need for at least 10,000 Bottles?"

"I say at least 300 kg. But I recommend to purchase 500 kg of wheat, since the total amount of bottles isn't certain."

"Considering yeast being required less for a bottle, we should buy 300kg?"

Asked Zar highly interested while tapping the arm support on his throne, creating a rhythm showing he is holding in his patience.

"That would be the wisest idea. If we need more, we can purchase more."

The ship which delivers the Iron Sword comes every month on the first. Passing a message to Law Kingdom is easy no doubt.

"How much do you think the whole expenses would be from this first purchase?"

"With Yeast being 10 Gold Coins per Kilogram, only the yeast will cost 3,000 Gold Coins.

Plus Wheat Grain costing 2 Gold Coins per Kilogram, that's another 1,000 Gold Coins. But the bottles are the main concern. As 10,000 Bottles cost 20,000 Gold Coins."

24 Thousand Gold Coins is no doubt a lot of Gold. And it can cut big time in the profit.

"Paying enough Farmers to run everything will take a good expense as well. I'm beginning to think this won't be as profitable as i thought."

Zar said with a sigh.

"Well if you plan to hire Farmers, I suggest starting a second, different farm. Because after planted, all we can do is wait for the Gr.a.p.es.

You can keep the Farmers busy with some other activity, leading to more profit."

"How about training them to make Clay Bottles?'