After waking up, Reggie wanted to take a walk in the broken snow city. Originally, he wanted to go to the factory to see the new steam engine of Norlos. Some changes had taken place in Norlos. He tried to improve the machinery for the first time and achieved success.
succeeded.
Don't underestimate this change, it is an important step between a craftsman and a scholar. Reggie should have sent congratulations and rewards to Noros, but when he was about to go out, Reggie changed his mind.
In the past six months, Reggie has been involved in the war. Apart from the army, the place he visited most was the factory.
Now he wanted to find a more relaxed place to go, and finally he chose a department store.
He didn't bring any guards, only Shirley and Modesa. Think about it, the lord who is respected by thousands of people would definitely cause chaos if he appeared in such a busy place like a store. In order not to affect the lives of his people, Reggie
Decided to travel quietly.
But when he arrived at the store, Reggie found that he had been overly worried. The store was not as busy as he had imagined. There were only a dozen or so shops left among more than a hundred shops. Although afternoon was not a good time to go shopping, the entire store was not as busy as he thought.
There was not a single customer in the store, which reminded Reggie of the depression era of later generations. The first shopping mall in Broken Snow City seemed to be on the verge of bankruptcy.
He walked into a shop selling cotton cloth. There was a girl sitting in the shop, concentrating on repairing her nails. It was not difficult to judge from her appearance that this girl was not an old resident of Suixue City, but a newcomer from outside the city.
Residents encourage salespeople to be hired.
The wealth of the old residents is too high, and they generally do not work as day laborers. There are many job opportunities in the city. In large factories such as the First Smelting Plant and the Gunpowder Processing Plant, the monthly salary has risen to thirty silver coins.
, a cotton shop owner obviously couldn't afford such a high price, so he hired a girl from outside the city to take care of his business, and it was enough to give her five silver coins every month.
Five silver coins per month is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for a girl who was born as a slave. When she first came to the store, the girl was very enthusiastic and worked hard every day. But people will eventually change. When you see
The girl's enthusiasm was gradually worn away by the luxurious life of the old residents. Instead of sticking to this mediocre job, she wanted to find a good young man in the factory and marry her off quickly.
The young man in front of her is pretty good. The girl looked at Reggie and said with a smile: "Welcome, we have the best clothing materials in the city. Please choose as you like."
She didn't know Reggie, but Reggie's clothes were made of very exquisite materials, and she knew he was a rich man. She then looked at Shirley next to Reggie. She was ashamed of such a beautiful girl, but this
It doesn't matter, there are always countless girls around rich people. Even if there is little hope, you should at least give it a try.
Reggie valued a purple cotton fabric. The material of the fabric was average, but the coloring was even.
"How much does this piece of fabric cost?"
"You have such good taste. This piece of clothing only costs forty silver coins."
"Forty silver coins?" Reggie looked at the girl in shock. In his impression, the price of an eight-foot-long piece of fine material should not exceed three silver coins.
This shop is so brave that it dares to blatantly engage in this kind of fraud in a shop in the city.
"Where is your boss? I want to see him."
Reggie's attitude made the girl lose interest instantly. A man who cares about every piece of clothing does not look like a wealthy character at first glance.
"The boss is not here. If you think the price is too expensive, the variegated cotton next to it only costs twenty silver coins."
Mottled cotton? This kind of thing could not be sold for even one silver coin before, but now it costs twenty silver coins! Reggie was furious and shouted: "Let your boss come and see me immediately!"
The girl sneered and said: "Poor, you have such a strong tone! Do you know who the boss of this place is? He is a friend of Mr. Vares. Mr. Vares has shed blood for Broken Snow City. How dare you come here to act wild?
Do you think you have a long life?"
Reggie was startled, then smiled and said, "I want to see who is so capable that he can take my life in Shattering Snow City!"
The quarrel alarmed several nearby shops, and the owner of the shop, Carlton, also rushed over. As a friend of Vares, he had a different status in the mall. Not to mention ordinary customers, even the manager of the mall.
Don't dare to offend him easily.
Business was not good during this period, and Carton was in a bad mood. He was still thinking about who would dare to bring bad luck to him, but when he saw Reggie, Carton almost collapsed on the ground.
He took off the riding crop on the wall, held down the girl and beat her hard several times, twisted her ears and asked: "Are you crazy? Do you know who he is?"
The girl rubbed her butt and looked at Reggie with fear. She really didn't know what kind of person she had offended to make her boss so scared.
"Lord, this is just an uneducated girl. You must not be as knowledgeable as her."
Upon hearing the title "Lord," the girl fainted immediately. All the onlookers did not dare to speak. The originally deserted shopping mall became quieter than a cemetery.
"Of course I'm not as knowledgeable as her," Reggie said with a smile, "but you really made me knowledgeable today. Tell me why a piece of cotton cloth can be sold for forty silver coins!"
"The market is like this now. My lord, the purchase price of variegated cotton cloth has reached fifteen silver coins, and the purchase price of solid-color cotton cloth is more than thirty silver coins. I have very little profit left."
"How dare you lie to me!" Reggie gritted his teeth, "It seems I should call the legal officer now!"
"Sir, I didn't deceive you!" Carton knelt on the ground, "You can ask other shops, the price is the same now."
Reggie was startled when he suddenly heard Shirley saying in his ear: "Sir, he didn't lie. The price of the clothing materials is almost the same."
Reggie's heart tightened. It seemed that the problem did not lie with the businessman.
"Call Dexter and ask him to bring the price list of all the goods and come here to see me immediately!"
Decto hurried over. When he saw Carton, Decto wanted to beat him up. This damn fool must have caused trouble for him.
But after understanding what happened, the anxious Decto gradually calmed down, and it seemed that this incident was not his fault.
Reggie looked at the price list and found that not every product is very expensive. A pound of good bread only costs eight copper coins, and a clay pot that can hold forty pounds of water only costs fifteen copper coins. A good quality bread only costs eight copper coins.
The iron bucket only costs thirty copper coins, and the prices of these products are very reasonable.
But the prices of some commodities are very outrageous. A pound of vegetables costs 20 copper coins, a pound of grapes costs 40 copper coins, a candle costs 90 copper coins, and a pair of decent boots costs 15 coins.
silver.
Reggie stared at the price list for a long time, and he finally found the crux of the problem. As long as it was something that Broken Snow City could not produce, the price of the product was astonishingly high.
Reggie left the store with Dexter. He could vaguely sense one thing. All of this might not be entirely Dexter's responsibility. He at least wanted to leave some face to the business officer.
When he returned to the castle, Reggie tried his best to restrain his anger. He took the price list and said to Decto: "Give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will dismiss you immediately and hold you accountable!"