After Werther and Lina looked at the house under construction, they continued to drive forward. When they passed the corner of this street, they noticed a new store.
Werther clearly remembered that he had seen this store before, but when he saw it today, it was more luxurious than before. Not only was the door inlaid with crystals, but there were also various beautiful decorations hanging on the glass windows.
The door of the shop was half open, and a sweet smell wafted from inside. Occasionally, customers walked in, but soon left shaking their heads. Werther could tell that those customers felt that the price of the desserts was too expensive, so they had to
Intimidated.
"I seem to smell cake." Linna opened the curtains curiously and opened her eyes in surprise when she saw the beautiful shop in front of her. "This looks like a high-end dessert shop. When did it appear?"
"This store existed a long time ago, but it just started operating today." Werther slowly stopped the carriage and looked inside the house, "I don't know what it looks like inside. There should be a lot of delicious snacks."
Speaking of this, Witte suddenly remembered that there used to be a shop in Daybreak Town. Even though the desserts in it were very cheap, no one would buy them. Therefore, the shop owner and his wife chose to go to their own workshop to help process cotton and make woolen cloth.
"It's hard to sell desserts in Daybreak Town, because people can already buy new varieties of bread with very little money." He couldn't help but say, "If this store sells high-end snacks, then it won't even be possible."
Someone bought it."
"Why don't we go take a look and make sure the shop owner doesn't poison the desserts. Don't get me wrong, I'm not greedy for those desserts. I have no interest in cakes, biscuits and the like. I like the ones without sugar.
Bread and unspiced side dishes." Linna's expression was tense and she looked very calm, but her eagerness to get out of the car betrayed her heart.
She suddenly pushed open the car door and got out of the car so fast that her long brown hair seemed to float up. She walked straight to the dessert shop, leaving Werther behind. Her eyes seemed to be filled with stars, and she unconsciously
He bared his fangs and took a sip of saliva.
"Uh, you obviously want to eat dessert, why are you pretending~" Werther narrowed his eyes to a slit and said feebly from the driver's seat, but soon he smiled again, even his eyes were bent,
"But it's really rare to see her like this. She's so cute."
However, as soon as she entered the store, she quickly stepped back and walked back to Werther's side. Her expression was still very calm and she just said softly: "Well... let's go. Don't buy the desserts here. We'll go back."
Just let Potter do it for you."
"Huh?" Werther asked in confusion, "Why did you come out so strangely? Is there something wrong with this store?"
"The shopkeeper is someone you don't want to see. He might actually poison you." Lina closed her eyes gently, spread her hands, and sighed.
"Could it be..." Werther drove the carriage forward another half meter and looked suspiciously into the store. However, from his sight, he could only see the desserts placed in the cabinet. He asked Lina warily.
, “Who is the owner?”
"It's Aiglis." Lina leaned her elbows on the carriage and said helplessly, "I was just attracted to those cakes, but before I could see all the cakes in a cabinet, I suddenly found Aiglis sitting there.
On the side, she was looking at me doubtfully. The moment her eyes turned from doubtful to vicious, I came out immediately."
"I didn't expect that she would also run a shop. It's really strange. No.
It might be because Duke Darke doesn't give her money." Werther sneered, "But you don't need to be afraid of her, she is just a paper tiger."
"I'm not afraid of anyone, I just don't want you to get into any more trouble."
"I'm not afraid of trouble, and we don't need to avoid it at all. Why don't we go in and meet her, just in case we can find out about Duke Dark."
With that said, he jumped off the carriage and walked in confidently. Lina raised her eyebrows slightly in confusion, but soon regained her composure and followed in.
After he entered, he found that Mrs. Agnes was sitting on a chair near the edge, holding a gold fan in her hand, shivering while fanning herself. There was no heater next to her, which made her look funny.
When she saw Werther come in, she stared at him fiercely and said through gritted teeth: "I knew that sooner or later you would discover the store I opened. But I didn't expect that you would come here just after it opened today.
It’s really uncomfortable.”
Next to her, stood a maid with her hair tied with a gold ribbon. The maid also echoed: "Yes, it's really disappointing. You have completely ruined Madam's good mood today."
Werther didn't care what they said, he just looked at the shop and found that the snacks inside were very exquisite. They were probably made by Mrs. Agnes herself or together with her servants.
From this point of view, she is indeed very capable. It's just that the prices written on those labels are really ridiculously expensive, far exceeding the price that Witte originally guessed. In Daybreak Town, probably all the people are not willing to spend so much money to buy them.
These snacks.
And Mrs. Agnes seemed to be very irritable inside. She fanned the golden fan in her hand harder and stared hard at Werther.
"Madam, I want to know why you abuse yourself like this?"
"Abuse?" Mrs. Agnes shook her head and said, "No, no, I will not abuse myself. I don't know where you start talking about this."
"Today's weather is so cold, and there is no heater here. Are you not abusing yourself by fanning yourself so hard?" Werther was indeed doubtful in his heart.
When Mrs. Agnes heard this, she raised her head arrogantly and said with a smile: "Can't you all see this? The reason why I do this is just to let people who come here see that I have a golden fan.
That’s all.”
"So that's it..."
Werther and Lina were sweating coldly. They couldn't help but feel cold and shiver when they saw the fan that Alice kept fanning in her hand.
Mrs. Agnes suddenly realized something, her eyes suddenly became fierce again, and she said loudly: "Wait, I obviously have sworn hatred with you, why do I tell you this? What are you doing here?
Are you kidding me?"
She was obviously anxious because she couldn't sell the desserts. Now that Duke Duke no longer gave him money, he had to rely on this shop to make money.
"Well, it's just the first day of opening, what's the need to be anxious?"
"But when some customers came in, they said they would never buy snacks from me under any circumstances!"
"That's not because the price you bought is too expensive." Witte pointed to one of the labels and said, "Look, a chocolate cake no bigger than a fist costs ten silver coins, so who will buy it? Even at dawn
The few people in the town who have some money will never buy it, they would rather eat the bread in my shop, or go to other towns to buy cakes that are much cheaper than yours."
"Then what do you think
How much should I sell it for?" Alice asked, staring at him suspiciously.
Witte remembered that in the world he lived in before, the price of a similar style of chocolate cake in a cake shop was equivalent to two to three copper coins. However, in this world, chocolate should be a relatively rare food, and such a few copper coins may not even be enough to pay for the raw materials.
.
"You should tell me quickly, how much is appropriate?" Mrs. Agnes asked eagerly. It seemed that she also wanted to know Werther's thoughts from his mouth.
"I would like to know how much the chocolate and other ingredients used to make this kind of cake cost approximately?"
"The chocolate required for a cake costs one silver coin and some copper coins. Plus other ingredients, it should cost two silver coins."
After hearing this, Werther thought that it was a bit expensive, equivalent to twenty copper coins, but it did not exceed his expectations.
"Chocolate is a hard-to-get food in Notland. Cake made with this kind of ingredient can be reasonably expensive, but it can't be ridiculously expensive." Witte thought for a while and said, "I think, three to four
One silver coin is more appropriate, but if you want to sell more, the price of two silver coins and a few copper coins may be better."
"So cheap!" Mrs. Agnes said in surprise, "I and my servants made these together. I am from a noble family. How can I sell them at such a low price? I think ten silver coins
That’s very generous.”
Witte shook his head: "That's not the case. You haven't considered the situation of the people in Daybreak Town. They will never spend ten silver coins to buy a small cake. You must know that ten silver coins are not enough for many people in a month or even
Two months’ worth of food. Lowering the price will attract customers to buy it.”
"Is that so?" Aglis thought carefully and felt that what Werther said seemed to make sense, so she said, "Then I will give it a try."
She said to the maid next to her: "Change the price to two silver coins and ten iron coins, so maybe someone will buy it."
The maid with the gold ribbon bowed and said, "Yes, madam, I will change it right now."
Mrs. Agnes stared at Werther again and said: "Is this okay?"
"It's still not enough. Even if the price is lowered, most people in Daybreak Town still can't afford it. Your desserts are considered very high-end in Notland. I'm afraid each item will cost more than two silver coins. You know,
Two silver coins are enough for the people to buy meat for several days. Between desserts and meat, they will definitely choose meat."
"That seems to be the case, so what should I do?"
"You can tell people in neighboring towns about this dessert shop. If your craftsmanship is so good, it will definitely attract many people from neighboring towns to come and buy your desserts. People in these neighboring towns who can afford the desserts you make
It will be many times more than Dawn Town.”
"You are so right!" Mrs. Agnes suddenly showed a look of surprise, put the golden fan on the table, and said excitedly, "Now I will ask the servants to inform the people in the neighboring town that I have opened a shop.
.His Royal Highness, you are so kind-hearted. Seeing how depressed I am now, you want to help me..."
At this time, the conversation between them was very relaxed, and they put down their tense posture, as if they had forgotten all the unpleasantness before. But suddenly Mrs. Agnes realized that something was wrong, and when she quickly came to her senses, she suddenly changed her face and became angry.
He said: "If you don't want to buy dessert, you two can get out of here. I don't welcome you here!"
Werther and Lina looked at each other and walked out of the store.