Chapter 187 - Gold-Wise

When King Zar received the message around 8 days later, he was amazed by this amazing opportunity. But it was also made clear that there is so much to do, he didn't know where to get started first! What Guard Commander Delrus Aze is describing is a stupidly rich opportunity and a big future impact against the ill.u.s.tratian Alliance. You don't see small Domains donating 1,000 Gold Coins worth of Coal very often here in Ignis.

The first issue that was made clear to him about this Project, was transportation! Damn that has become a headache for so many. Without the Wagons all that Coal can sit there uselessly, all of that Gold that can come from it becomes impossible to get. So King Zar addressed this issue first towards his personal assistant, Seer. Giving this problem huge importance even though it wouldn't take too much effort to figure this problem out. "Wagon requests have become too intense for us to Ignore their Value! Bale Town discovered a Coal Mine and is requesting 15 Wagons and 5 Horses too! Not to mention, King Michael lended the exact same amount as well. They had that huge Beautiful Black Horse to their aid, though I don't know why they requested 5 more instead of 4."

"You mean Blackwind? Quite a rare breed I became aware. But coming back to more important matters! Bale Town brought us amazing news! Is the Mine that big for 15 Wagons to be requested?" To clarify, Seer has nothing against BlackWind and he doesn't mean any form of offension towards him either. He just didn't want to give King Zar more reasons to complain, especially about Horses he will eventually get back.

Luckily, King Zar was excited enough about this amazing discovery that he cut the Horse talk out of the Conversation completely. "Oh yes. They already mined out 2 tons of it, they've even sent a Crate as a small donation! Delrus wrote that the teams will sink in deeper into the Cave where it shows a lot more promise!" There is just a lot to take in, King Zar is looking at several tasks right now that he has to tackle under a short period of days. Most of which include Import, Export and deal strikes.

"Amazing just amazing! But how do you plan to tackle this request Sire? Even after we get the Wagons back from King Michael, we can't spare to give all 15 of them!" The question, that brings out a different plan into action. Well technically it already is in action, but now it will become permanent or will at least last a lot longer.

He thought about this opportunity more deeply, he feels like the Seven Sources want Pameres Kingdom to progress. It was hard to express this feeling by word, it felt heavenly. But he roughly found a way. "Thankfully when we decided to help King Michael, fate brought us to Helping Pameres Kingdom as well!" But he didn't yet reveal his plan properly, his mind was still on the extra Horse the Unit lended even though he expressed it differently now. "We will need those Wagons after they return them. Glad that his Unit is on the road to Silver Kingdom already, we need those Wagons back as soon as possible!"

With an eyebrow raised in a bit of irritation, trying to figure this man out. Seer asked for an elaboration. "I don't understand how this will help us now Sire, we need Wagons now." 

"Exactly, so we need to establish an official team of Wagon Constructors." Finally, the point he tried to make from the very beginning of this Chapter. It isn't easy to focus with a Horse on his head (Not literally.). "Those 15 men you set to make the Wagons, acknowledge them about the recent changes. Their daily job now is to make Wagons, I'm sure we will be able to tackle this order before the next delivery time." But where one question is roughly properly answered, another Question rises. King Zar mostly has amazing business ideas and overall managing skills thanks to Seer's advice throughout the decade. But now he sure has passed Seer, King Zar thinks a lot but roughly explains the plan which tends to make everything a lot more confusing if a series of questions isn't asked.

"What does the delivery time have to do with this?" Seer had a couple of theories, but neither were firm enough to be spoken off!

"Oh, we will send a few offers to the Zamerians and too King Michael as well. For the Coal primarily and for the Crates too!" Thank the Source above Sources, he cut to the point right away this time and added a big piece to the puzzle.

"May I aid you to remember Sire, King Michael also requested 435 Leather Jerkings. Do you intend to fulfill their order." King Zar didn't say anything about this order yet, the Kingdom doesn't have enough Leather in Storage for such a task, they need a couple more weeks.

But since Seer asked, now is the time to address this order. "Yes I do. But we need proper measurements, so draw some dimensions in a parchment." This is a good way to buy the Tailoring and Hunting team some time. It would take quite a few days to make proper measurements for 435 people. For the Unit of 24 who are on an active task, they literally have to assume their fitting size. "For example a 40cm long leather Jerkin is considered small sized, a 60 cm leather jerkin is considered medium sized and a 80 cm leather Jerkin is considered large."

Quite capable to catch up, Seer swiftly added. "So using those sizes we can make a more firm result? As in, they don't need to order everything medium sized for example?"

Pleased how Seer managed to Catch on, King Zar answered with a smile. "Precisely, they will have freedom of choice. Measurement might prove time consuming considering he wants to buy 435 leather jerkins, but this will show a bit of professionalism and will allow for Leather to pile up for us to tackle such a large order. Not to forget, the Zamerians might have sent a letter back about our two proposals." At least, he revealed to Seer why he has been shifting this order for other days. At the end, King Zar appreciates King Michael's attempt for double sided good but the Kingdom needs more time to tackle such an order.

"Right. That will prove troublesome if we don't manage to get a lot of Leather soon!" This struck a nerve due to some obvious reasons. King Zar hired 18 new apprentice Hunters but they are still low on Leather. Either the Orders are too big or the team of Hunters is too slow, Seer stuck with the Order being too big. The Kingdom can't hire more Hunters, half of the Hunters would need to walk for over ten Kilometers a day to bring game home if more were hired. The team has occupied a huge portion of Hunting ground already.

"Not necessarily, Delrus states that they also established a new Tailoring business. We can take on both requests with Bale Town's aid. Of course we will pay their part of the work, this is just to build a good name in front of the Zamerians in order to secure future bigger offers." Seer is impressed by King Zar's business points of view. They seem to be thought quite ahead of time, each step he makes secures future business.

"But do you think you can strike a Deal about Coal with the Zamerians? They surely have more Coal mines!" This can be tricky though, which is why Seer wanted to be sure if King Zar can actually handle making a deal for such a case. If he can't, it would be really bad!

"Indeed they doo. But I'm sure they would reconsider after we Guarantee them at least 5 tons a month!" Smart, offering to provide large amounts. Seer thought about that too but didn't see it good enough. He trusts King Zar's word on this and he can't say much against it anyway.

"I see what you mean. Should I write a letter for you Sire?" Seer understands that King Zar can't write properly for two reasons. He usually writes when he is proposing some sort of deal, and when he thinks of deals his mind works too fast for his hands to catch up. Furthermore, his hands are too big for a quill!

"Indeed you shall. You need to include that we can provide up to 20 Wagons a month, medium sized. Their price will fairly be 400 Gold Coins." This offer can be an eye opener for the Zamerians once they get their hands on it. Take it into consideration, the average salary here in Occidentis Ignis in general is 200 Gold Coins. But the Wagons cost 400 Gold Coins. While in Zameria, the average salary is 1,000 Gold Coins. Imagine how much they can sell these Wagons there for. The worst deal would be selling it double the price. The worst deal!

"Oh that's good profit. So you want to Include the Wagons, Crates and Coal as a letter towards the Zamerians." He had to be sure about this, King Zar has many ideas but doesn't reveal them properly without further questions. "Crates and Coal as a message to Gaster Kingdom. Correct me if i'm wrong." This entire conversation tended to become very confusing, but thankfully Seer stopped daydreaming about Maleesa for a moment and was able to catch up in most aspects. For what he wasn't completely sure about, he asked questions of course!

"You aren't at all but I forgot to mention something else. Include King Michael's egg offer to the letter we will deliver to BaleTown. Along with the total price of the Wagons plus the 400 Kilograms of Iron Ingots we will provide. The Iron might take a while to prepare but I think we can manage." These requests get even more confusing when they are revealed at the last moment, but at least he is making them clear before any messenger departs. "As for the Horses, we will order 15 fine Horses from the Zamerians and negotiate a good price. We need 10 here as well, so 10 of them will be for Pameres Kingdom. You never know the situation and they aren't too expensive to keep in a stable either."

This situation can get indeed tangled. There is just so much going on between these three domains! And King Zar is stuck right in the middle of them. Import, export, deals. All in his hand! But there is no time to break down in stress, there is Gold that needs making and an entire Alliance that needs opposing, this is the best time to do so! Only if they knew about the 800 Soldiers approaching Pameres Kingdom.