As the nobles arrived one after another, the banquet officially began.
Although the number of nobles who arrived was still a dozen less than the number of invitations sent out, Nalant didn't care anymore.
As the host of the banquet, Narant naturally had to go on stage to deliver a speech before the banquet started.
And he also took this opportunity to take the stage to tell everyone the main purpose of holding the banquet.
"Everyone, I am very honored to invite you all. Although I, Narant, do not belong to the nobility of the Nok Empire, I have longed for the Nok Empire for a long time!"
“This trip to the capital of Knock allowed me to see the prosperity of the capital. What’s more, I didn’t expect that my wine would be recognized by everyone.”
"Here, I would like to thank the nobles of the Nok Empire for their recognition."
"Of course, in addition, I also need to apologize for this. That is because the production of wine is not high at present, so the supply of wine in Knock King City exceeds the demand."
"However, after several months of development, wine production has gradually increased, so things like this will definitely improve greatly in the future."
"And the Nok Empire is too far away from the Storm Territory. In order to make it easier for everyone to purchase wine, I decided to hand over the supply of wine to the Frank family!"
"In this way, whether you nobles want to purchase wine in large quantities or in small quantities, you can come to the Frank family!"
Nalant stood on the high platform and spoke to the nobles with a smile on his face. Although his words were high-sounding, they were just right.
Not only did he praise the nobles of the Nok Empire, but he also expressed what he needed to explain.
"Leave it to the Frank family?"
After listening to Nalant's words, all the nobles expressed their surprise.
It’s not that I think there’s anything wrong with what Nalant did.
Rather, I feel that the Frank family is really lucky and believe that its rise is just around the corner.
Because wine is now popular throughout the Knock Empire, as long as the Frank family is not stupid and knows how to cooperate, they can definitely thrive with wine.
"Baron Nalant, what about the price of this wine? Will it be more expensive than purchasing it from your Storm Territory?" At this time, a noble asked immediately.
"Well, I have already thought about this issue. The price will definitely be more expensive than purchasing from the Storm Territory, but it also depends on the quantity you purchase!"
"If the quantity is small and is just for drinking by yourself, the price will be the same as the normal selling price."
"But if it is purchased in large quantities, then I hereby assure you that the price will never be more than two gold coins more expensive than purchasing from the Storm Territory!"
"You can also negotiate with the Frank family yourself in this regard, and it is not impossible to even lower the price!"
"As for the increase in the price of these two gold coins, everyone can understand that even if you send your own caravan, it will still cost a lot of money!" Nalant answered with a smile.
"Is it just two more gold coins? That's okay!" The nobles immediately breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. It's just one or two more gold coins, which they can completely accept.
With the current popularity of wine, the price can actually be increased slightly.
Moreover, in fact, even if the Lion Nalant opens his mouth, as long as they want wine, there is nothing they can do.
But now that Nalant did not do this, all the nobles couldn't be happier.
"Okay, I won't waste your time anymore. Please have fun. If you have any ideas about wine, you can go to Mr. Bauer!" After saying that, Nalant didn't delay any more and got off directly.
On the high platform.
He was completely escorting the Frank family at this banquet.
Narant is not stupid either. Even if the Frank family's business can continue due to the protection of the Miller family, Kendi will still be stymied secretly by the Dolly family.
In order to avoid being secretly targeted by the Dolly family and the second prince Nadel, handing the wine to the Frank family is the best solution.
As a wine general distributor, I am afraid that few nobles can refuse to cooperate with the Frank family. This can represent golden gold coins, and which nobleman can resist the temptation of gold coins.
Even if some people do not choose to cooperate with the Frank family because they are worried about the Dolly family and the second prince Dale.
But if he doesn't do it, there must be other nobles who do it.
It is conceivable that with the help of wine, it will not be long before the Frank family can re-weave a network of relationships.
Sure enough, not long after Nalant stepped down, Ball, a country noble who had been regarded as a country bumpkin in the past, immediately became popular, and many nobles gathered around him.
"Narant, thank you!" At this time, Natasha came over, her beautiful eyes full of tenderness.
"Don't thank me. I can make money by selling it to these nobles or to your Frank family!" Nalant didn't take it seriously. It must be natural to stand up for his woman.
If you can't even protect your own woman, everything else will be in vain.
"Narant, you will always be like this. I'm afraid I will never be able to escape your grasp in this life!" Natasha naturally understood that it was not as simple as Narant said.
Although the price of wine supplied to him by the Frank family has not been reduced, if such distribution rights can be given to other nobles, they will definitely gain a lot of benefits and favors.
In fact, even if scattered noble caravans are sent to the Storm Territory to purchase goods, it can bring additional consumption income to the Storm Territory.
"Come on Natasha, let's go dancing. I promised you last night that I would continue to dance with you, but then I was delayed because of Prince Dale!"
"Um!"
Immediately, Narant hugged Natasha and started dancing.
The banquet ended immediately in a happy atmosphere with all the nobles.
…
Not long after Nalant hosted a banquet for a group of nobles, the incident quickly spread.
It's not because Nalant has such a good reputation that he invited so many nobles, but because of the wine distribution rights.
Wine trading is now considered the most important matter for all nobles. When it was learned that Nalant had handed over the wine from the Knock Empire to the Frank family, there was an uproar in the Knock King's capital.
The reason is very simple, that is because Marquis Bick of the Dolly family and his eldest son Cady are not idle today, visiting many nobles, and then discussing the matter of isolating the Frank family.
Originally, many nobles had agreed not to do any transactions with the Frank family for the sake of the Dolly family and the second prince Dale.
This is even the reason why the dozen nobles who received the invitation did not attend the banquet held by Nalant.
However, these nobles are now filled with regret, because they have definitely been blacklisted by Nalant.
As for the other nobles who had not received the invitation, they were thankful that they had not received the invitation. Otherwise, if they had been invited but did not attend, they would have really missed the wine business in the future.
The Knock Empire is so big, as long as the supply of wine is sufficient, no matter where they sell it, they can get a share of the pie.
In this way, these nobles who had promised the Dolly family not to do business with the Frank family sent their subordinates to the Dolly family one after another, and then told them in a very subtle way that they were really not prepared to do business with the Frank family.
But the wine was so delicious that they couldn't help but want to buy it.
Of course, they also promised the Dolly family that they would only trade wine with the Dolly family and not conduct other transactions.
As for whether the Dolly family believes it or not, they definitely don’t!
"Asshole! These unscrupulous guys, didn't they promise not to do business with those country bumpkins in the morning? Now they sent someone to tell them that they would only do wine business with the Frank family!"
"Father, what should we do now? When I visited other noble manors just now, those noble servants said that their master was out today and was not in the manor!"
Kadi's face was also livid. They had originally visited a group of nobles in the Royal Capital of Nok in the morning, and they all greeted them warmly and extremely politely.
But after the news about the wine came out, no nobles were willing to see them anymore.
Either these nobles have gone out, or they are sick and unable to see guests.
As a result, the plan they had discussed yesterday with Prince Dale to suppress the Frank family had naturally come to nothing.
"What else can we do? Don't provoke that Frank family again!" Marquis Bick gritted his teeth, but finally gave in.
It was already impossible to do anything openly, and now they were even more unable to do it secretly.
Many nobles have already sided with the Frank family over wine.
Although the Dolly family can occupy a place in the Nok Empire with the help of Prince Dale, they do not dare to cause public anger.
Especially when it comes to blocking other people's financial opportunities.
He was sure that if he and others dared to continue attacking the Frank family.
A group of nobles who cooperate with the Frank family will definitely unite to cause trouble for them.
Cady's expression immediately became distorted when he heard this. Their dignified Marquis Dolly family was completely defeated by such a country bumpkin noble.
…
Time turned and it was two days later.
"Set off!"
At the gate of King Nok's capital, a convoy of dozens of carriages slowly began to set off.
This convoy was Narant and others who were starting their return journey.
From the moment the banquet ended the day before yesterday, the matter of the Frank family has actually been perfectly resolved this time.
After that, we stayed for two more days. It was a rare visit for Nalant to such a prosperous imperial capital, so he and Natasha took a good stroll around the city.
Today, they finally started to set off, and the carriages in the convoy were all loaded with cargo.
Most of them are materials that Nalant purchased to bring back to the Storm Territory, such as plant and vegetable seeds that are only available in the Holy Continent, various books unique to the Holy Continent, and a small number of exquisite and gorgeous silk fabrics or materials used to decorate the castle.
Gold and silver utensils.
In addition, there was also a small part of the carriage containing the wine given to him by Duke Miller from Narant, which was considered to be the wine provided by Narant.
Duke Miller is worthy of being an imperial prince, so he is naturally very generous in his actions.
Ten carts of various gold and silver utensils, silk carpets, and gourmet dried meats were loaded with a total value of at least more than 20,000 gold coins.
In addition, what is more important is that Duke Miller gave Nalant twenty elves, big and small.
While most of these elves are green elves, only three are iron ore and salt elves.
But among these elves, there are five big elves.
You must know that Nalant himself only owned one big elf, but now he had five at once, and the number of these big elves increased sharply.
After the convoy traveled steadily in the Nok Empire for a week, Nalant and others set foot on the Black Rock Plains again.
"Narant, are you really not going to be a guest in our Frank family territory?" Natasha had already changed the carriage at a fork in the main road on the Black Rock Plain, and asked Narant with a look of reluctance.
"No Natasha, I've been away for a long time this time, so I'd better return to the territory first. When I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely come to your Frank family territory as a guest!" Nalant shook his head.
He really didn't want to go to the Frank family's territory, where Natasha's grandfather was.
Because he could not give Natasha a status for the time being, Narant felt even more pressure when facing Natasha's father, Bauer.
If you go to the Frank family again and meet a lot of Frank family members, you are not asking for trouble.
"Okay! Then Narante, please be careful on the road. I will come to you soon after I go back to see my grandfather!" Natasha nodded helplessly and did not force it.
"Well, go ahead, I'll be waiting for you in the Storm Territory, and be careful on the road!"
Only Nalant and Natasha returned to the Black Rock Plain this time. As for Bauer, he was unable to escape due to the issue of wine sales rights, so he could only stay in the Knock King's Capital and continue to entertain the nobles.
I'm afraid that in the past few months, Bauer will not be able to return until the wine sales are completely settled.
At this moment, Natasha returned to the territory of the Frank family. In addition to informing the clan members about what happened in the capital of Nok, Natasha also wanted to go back to accompany her grandfather.
After a few days, Natasha will go to New Storm Territory to ask Nalant about purchasing wine.
From now on, Natasha can use this excuse to live in Stormland for a long time.
As for whether the Frank family will be suspicious of this.
In fact, after this trip to the capital of Knock, Bauer has already noticed the clues between the two, especially in the following days because Nalant helped the Frank family, which made Natasha no longer able to control her well.
own emotions.
Fortunately, Nalant not only solved the crisis for the Frank family this time, but also used wine to help the Frank family gain a foothold in the Nok Empire, or even rise directly.
Therefore, Bauer was also very sensible, so he pretended not to see it and turned a blind eye.
After all, even if Natasha marries another noble, it will still be a marriage for the benefit of the family.
Now, since Nalant can also bring benefits to the Frank family, and Natasha also likes Nalant, this may not be too bad a result.
This is not because Bauer is a superficial philistine, but because such things are basic operations in the aristocratic circle. Otherwise, there would be so many stories of aristocratic ladies eloping with poor boys in this novel.