Merchant From Earth in the Magical World

Count Theodore asked Yan Xing, "How many of these woven bags do you have?"

Yan Xing answered, "As many as you need."

Count Theodore was invigorated and said, "Really? I’m not joking with you. My needs are very great... it could be in the millions, or even more."

Yan Xing said with a smile, "As long as Lord Earl doesn’t buy on credit, there are as many woven bags as you need."

Count Theodore stood up and said to the dignitaries in the stands, "I believe there is no need to continue this competition any further. The road repair project from Nuta City to Storm City will be constructed by the road crew from Eternal Domain."

Gale finally realized he had caused a big problem. He thought it was because he had raised the price for road repairs, angering Count Theodore and allowing Yan Xing’s Eternal Domain road crew to take advantage of the situation. Now, it wasn’t just about losing the Nuta City to Storm City road repair project. The Golden Oak Chamber of Commerce would likely lose all road construction and repair projects in the Wildwind Highlands because of him.

Gale’s face turned pale. He grabbed Count Theodore’s clothes and pleaded desperately, "Lord of the City, he must be deceiving you! There can’t be alchemical items so cheaply made in this world. He must have an ulterior motive; the barbarians from Thunderous Swamp are not to be trusted. He... he must be serving the Orcs and Elves, and he wants to destroy all our roads."

Count Theodore shook off Gale’s hand and said to him, "I don’t know whether Knight Yan Xing is lying, but I do know that roads don’t lie. If the Orcs and Elves had woven bag technology, they would never sell it to us for as little as one Gold Coin for 250 bags. President Gale, instead of slandering Knight Yan Xing without any evidence, you should do something that befits your status."

In Count Theodore’s eyes, such inexpensive woven bags had risen to a strategic level. These supplies needed to be provided to the front lines first and foremost; road repair had become secondary. The relationship with Yan Xing’s Eternal Domain had to be maintained well, and the supply channel for the woven bags could not afford any mishaps. Moreover, since the woven bags indeed offered great advantages in road construction, this project had to be given to the Eternal Domain road crew, no matter what.

President Gale, for the moment, couldn’t conceive of the woven bags’ military applications. All he knew was that he had messed things up. If Eternal Domain’s road crew truly began to threaten the Golden Oak Chamber of Commerce’s interests in the Wildwind Highlands road projects... his position as President of the Nuta City branch might very well be over.