Although setting the rhythm and guiding public opinion fermentation are traditional arts of the Idar CIA, flies cannot bite seamless eggs, and the current chaos is not all dirty water thrown by the Idar people.
In fact, the wine produced locally in the Kingdom of Basel does have quite a few quality problems.
Prior to this, in order to expel the Moorish wine industry from the city of Basel, the wine merchants of the Kingdom of Basel united together. They designed and produced unified wooden box packaging and negotiated a consistent sales price.
but……
This loose alliance composed of many wine merchants has a problem that cannot be ignored - there is no effective binding code among the wine merchants.
As long as you are a member of this business alliance, you can get exquisite wooden box packaging at a preferential price from the hands of the two dominant players, Harley Santa Cruz and Ernie Mfila, and pass the exquisite
packaging, raising the price of wine.
However...there are no effective restrictions on the sales behavior of merchants after receiving the packaging.
The selling price is indeed negotiated by everyone, but the cost of each merchant can be manipulated!
Of course, the merchants will claim that they put the best quality wine in the wooden box according to the previous agreement, but... even if someone replaces the wine in the wooden box with the most common wine for higher profits... that doesn't matter.
People know.
Moreover, these Basel merchants are not able to rationally regulate the circulation quantity of wine wooden boxes with different patterns like Moore Wine Company, which has resulted in many extremely irregular behaviors in the actual sales process.
for example……
Although everyone's price is the same, it is difficult to buy wines with rare patterns in the shops of small and medium-sized wine merchants, which makes customers prefer to patronize Harley Santa Cruz, Ernie Mfira, etc.
Storefronts run by people.
Therefore, in order to maintain their profits, more and more wine merchants are beginning to try to pass off inferior quality wines.
Everyone’s packaging is the same anyway, so who can figure out what the wine inside is like just by looking at the outside of the packaging.
Moreover, in order to prevent enemies from plotting against them, nobles do not like to always buy goods from the same store. The stewards sent out usually scan the goods everywhere. Therefore, in most cases, the nobles' warehouses will accumulate many goods from different sources.
Wine in the shop.
As a result, it is even more difficult to tell which family's wine is better and whose wine is worse.
Wines from different origins have different tastes and styles. In addition, there will definitely be unscrupulous businessmen selling inferior wines at the same price as good wines, so...
One stone stirs up a thousand waves,
Although the rioting crowd hurriedly fled after seeing the patrol, rumors about southern wine also began to spread in the city of Basel.
oh!
Not only the city of Basel, but also the Kingdom of Basel, as a close neighbor of the Idar Territory, is naturally a key surveillance target of the Idar CIA and an important training ground for cultivating new recruits.
With Bruno's acquiescence and the request of Moore Wine Industry, a large number of atmosphere groups directed by the Idar CIA were active in various parts of the Kingdom of Basel, trying their best to spread rumors about Basel Southern Wine.
The quality is questionable and the price is reduced.
When the two things were connected, the respectable Basel nobleman was naturally unwilling to get involved in this muddy water.
And the most important thing is...
Moore Winery is awesome!
Not only is the quality excellent, the products are guaranteed, and customers give themselves a few toothpicks from time to time...
Listen to people say,
The toothpicks are thin, long, and very delicate. They were ordered from the Norman family for a large sum of money!
In today’s Kingdom of Basel,
Norman Family is synonymous with luxury, brand name, and great reputation!
In the past, I had no choice but to buy local wine from Basel.
And now...
Since there is a better choice in front of you, it is natural to choose the one and buy it!
Warcraft Wooden Box!
When they think of the Warcraft wooden box produced by Moore Winery, the nobles of Basel are eager to try it.
Basel businessmen don't understand things like probability, and they don't understand that Moore's Winery always limits the number of rare wooden boxes.
Therefore, as more and more people collect complete sets of Basel wooden boxes, the value of those wooden boxes depicting Basel's scenic spots can be said to have plummeted.
In contrast, things are more valuable when they are rare.
Since Moore Wines withdrew from Basel City in a short period of time, the value of Moore Wines' Warcraft Wooden Boxes has skyrocketed.
Indeed, today's Moorish wine industry has not returned to Basel City, but this does not prevent the Basel nobles from sending domestic slaves to the surrounding areas of Basel City to purchase wine. After all... In this era, manpower is
The least valuable thing.
…
"Damn! Why is this happening!"
Ernie Mfela kicked the attendants around him away.
The price reduction measures not only failed to achieve the expected results, but also caused the sales of Basel wine to languish.
And the rumors from the outside world have caused the sales of Basel-Sud wine to suffer a setback.
"Moore Wine Industry must be behind this matter, but... I have also investigated and found that some businessmen are indeed selling inferior wine at extremely high prices." Harley Santa Cruz's face was ashen.
It would be fine if Moore Winery was just spreading rumors, but the problem is that there is indeed a problem on their side.
The quality of the wines of Moore Winery has always been praised by the nobles.
After all, this is not the south of the Kingdom of Basel. Even though the southern aristocracy has a deep foundation, it cannot turn black into white, and cannot directly use non-commercial means to suppress and expel the Moore wine industry.
Moore Winery is obviously very aware of this. Although it has reached cooperation with the powerful McCallion family, it has never sold this beautifully packaged wine to the south of the kingdom.
A three-thirds of an acre of land was left for Basel businessmen, and this was also to leave room for relaxation.
after all……
Bruno does not want to have a direct conflict with the Kingdom of Basel. The Odin Empire to the north of Idar Territory and the Norman Empire to the west are the objects that Idar Territory needs to focus on.
As for the Kingdom of Basel... it's equivalent to a dungeon used to earn gold coins. As long as you don't hinder Idar's ability to make money, it's not impossible to make some concessions.
The most important thing is to quickly save money to build wonders!
"Otherwise... find a way to reconcile with them?" Harley Santa Cruz said through gritted teeth.
"reconciliation……"
At this moment, someone kicked the door open.
Ernie Mfila looked up and his face suddenly turned pale: "Sir Ralph, why are you here?"
"The Marquis is very dissatisfied with your performance!" The man named Ralph came in with a gloomy face.
"But...that Moore Wine Company..."
"Go back and explain to the Marquis yourself!"
Having said that,
Before Ernie Mfela could make the slightest excuse, he waved his hand, and several young and strong men sprang out from behind him.
Cover your mouth skillfully,
tied with rope,
Then he dragged it out without hesitation.
He glanced at Harley who was stunned, then snorted coldly and said:
"Your Earl is also very angry, so be happy for yourself!"
It wasn't until Ernie Mfela was kidnapped that Harley Santa Cruz came back to his senses.
Cold sweat dripped down my back.
He knew that Ralph was the steward of a southern Marquis, and that Ernie Mfira worked for that Marquis.
Obviously,
The huge losses in the wine market made the nobles in the south extremely angry.
And myself...
When he thought of what had happened just now, his hands and feet couldn't help but tremble.
what to do?
He clearly knows the methods of the noble gentlemen, and he knows even more clearly how huge losses the southern nobles will bear once the wine market is occupied by Moore Wine Industry, so...
Things like reconciliation have long been forgotten by him.
Nowadays,
How to keep yourself alive is the most important thing!