Chapter 283 - 29: New Plan (2)_2
Alright, the top three most profitable businesses have nothing to do with Jones.
After thinking for a moment, Jones asked, "What about smelting?"
"Smelting?" Adelle was momentarily taken aback.
"Yes, like a blacksmith shop. I want to get into this type of business. After all, there are lots of dwarves in Giant Snake City... well, not that many, but maybe there could be more in the future."
"Hmm... it depends on what kind of smelting you’re thinking of. If it’s smelting within Hilde’s range..." Adelle turned their face, pointing out of the carriage window at a fairly large blacksmith shop in the distance. "That kind of business is already being done, and the market is saturated. The profit margins are pretty average. The Sambo family also runs blacksmith shops, but we only require them to not go bankrupt."
"Does it lose money?"
"No, since we use slaves, but it’ll never turn a real profit. The margins are extremely thin."
"You just mentioned ’what kind,’ are there other smelting businesses?"
"Trade." Adelle smiled subtly at Jones and said with a meaningful look, "We don’t need a large amount of ironware, but there are those on the continent who do—like the humans. When they go to war, they need an enormous amount of weapons and armor, and the profits can be astonishing. In fact, when we first established the blacksmith shops, this was the primary reason. However, getting this kind of business is extremely difficult. They don’t go to war every day, and when there’s no war, one set of armor or a single sword can last them several generations. Moreover, not every human wants to do business with the Blood Clan, making those contracts hard to secure."
Are those contracts really so hard to get?