City of Desire [Kingdom Building] Chapter 15: Merchant Guild

I woke up a little earlier than yesterday; I did not stay up until six and instead slept at 4 am before the establishnt closed the gate for the day.

By the ti I reached my office after showering and breakfast, it was around nine-thirty. Carla was there, as usual, looking fresh and beautiful like she had taken the beauty sleep of ten hours, not barely two hours.

“Good morning,” she said as I walked into the office, “Morning,” I replied and sat down before taking the file and place in front of .

I opened it without wasting any ti and began to read it, and the more I read, the bigger the smile on my face would beco.

There was even a small surprise, as the money we earned was more than I had imagined; it had happened a second ti in a day.

It is a hundred and seventy-nine thousand crowns, forty thousand more than yesterday. The girls have earned eighty-two thousand through their services, six thousand more than yesterday, while it is food and drinks that took an obvious jump.

It is food and drinks that made an obvious jump of over thirty-six thousand crowns, from sixty-one yesterday, earning ninety-seven thousand crowns today.

The money earned by girls has limitations; it depends upon the rates and hours they put it. The only way that could increase is increasing the hourly rate of the girls, which I will do soon, but not now.

The food and drinks, on the other hand, had no limitations. The patrons were rich; as long as I brought expensive liquor and food, they would buy it, and I would earn money.

“Didn’t I tell you,” I said to Carla while pointing at the numbers; she had said it would be girls who would always earn more money, and I disagreed with her.

Though I did not think I would be able to prove my point this early, I had thought it would take a few weeks, even a month or more, but I have done that on the second day.

“It is quite hard to believe it, especially when we are charging so much by hourly rate,” she said, with amazent dripping through her voice.

“I have told you before the sex will be just part of the establishnt; it is other accompanying services that will earn us more,” I said, and she could nod after seeing the proof.

I closed the file after reading it carefully and took the newspaper and report from the grey guild, which has things that newspapers don’t.

Yesterday hundreds of ships ca; not all were for Greltheaven, many would go to Greltheaven and other cities to unload and load the stuff, but still, Greltheaven is the first city of the Empire they would enter, which would make it the place, where the things will be cheapest.

As further they went, the greater the taxes they would have to pay; each city and each territory had their own taxes, small as they might.

With all the trade flowing through the Greltheaven, it will be the biggest beneficiary of all and will be developed rapidly. Just yesterday, over hundreds of ships have co, and more are coming today.

The papers are saying that the prince is going to ldhorn in a few days to sign the trade deals. If it worked as the paper had said, the trade would increase even further.

I read the papers before reading a report from the grey guild, which had information about all the important rchants that ca from ldhorn, including so sketches.

“These four had co to the establishnt yesterday,” Carla said, pointing at sketches of four people as she read the report.

“Take a note on rchants from ldhorn,” I said, to which she nodded. She did not stay for long; after reading the report and taking a few orders from , she had left.

I focused on three letters that ca for today, not a single one from my uncle.

All three are about the party; the most important is rchant guilt; Damon Hardt had formally begun as head of the rchant guild yesterday, and today, they are throwing the part in honor of the prince.

It will be a huge party that will not only have Prince Grelt in attendance but also important nobles, especially rchants from ldhorn, for which the guild and I are very excited about.

They are the people who will bring us the biggest profit.

It is today, and I am going to be attending it; I will also attend the other two parties, which are tomorrow and the day after that.

It is the best ti to make the connection, as after the prince and all the guests leave; the parties will slow down, and there will be less chance to make the connection.

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Click!

Hours passed, and soon it was afternoon; I was working when Carla ca inside the office, holding an envelope.

“This ca for you; the ssenger is waiting for your reply down below,” she said as she placed the blue envelope in front of .

It had a sigil of Nielson Guild, and beside it was a personal vigil of Mage Valentina; I opened the letter and looked inside.

A surprise couldn’t help but flash on my face as I read the small content before a smile appeared on my face. This is not the first thing it has happened to , I had done this before, but it is for a good friend.

Mage Valentina is not my friend, a friendly acquaintance at most, and I wouldn’t accept her offer. If I did not need this as much as she.

“I didn’t think she was interested in you,” said Carla as I wrote my reply; her voice was different than usual; I am sensing a hint of sothing I had not sensed before.

“She is not,” I replied; it surprised her before she arched her brow in question, but I did not answer her question and instead gave her the letter.

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Before I knew it, the evening had arrived, and the gates of the establishnt opened within an hour; the guest filled the hall, and by seven fifteen, we had to close the door of the establishnt temporarily.

Today, there was a change in clientele; for two days, most patrons were from the Empire, but now a third of them are from rchant cities.

They were quite surprised as they entered the establishnt but adjusted very quickly, which is not surprising.

There is a saying that even if you throw a rchant to hell, he will survive and thrive.

I wish I could stay more, but I have a party to attend, and before that, I have to go ho. So, I looked hall one last ti and walked toward the back entrance, where the carriage was waiting for .

It did not take long for to reach the place I had rented, and the first thing I did was shower and wear a suit.

Seeing there was still ti, I sat in the small library I had and began to read the book from the shelf; these books ca with the house.

So of them were on my list to read.

Knock Knock

I was engrossed in reading when the knock sounded on my door, “Co in,” I said, and George walked in. “Mister Silver, your guest, has arrived,” he inford.

“Thank you, George,” I said and got up before walking out of the library.

When I walked down into the living room, I saw a beautiful woman sitting on the sofa; she was wearing a green cocktail gown that showed off her radiant shoulders and gave hints of her tempting cleavage.

“Remus, thank you for being my date for today’s party,” she said as she saw .

“How can I reject the offer of a beautiful woman, Mage Valentina,” I said, “You can call Valentina, Remus,” she said to that; I nodded as we walked out of the house.

We are going to party in her carriage; it is much better than my own and enchanted. I opened the door for her, and she walked in before walking inside and sitting on a very comfortable leathery cushion opposite her.

“I heard your establishnt is doing good,” she said, “Yes, but it is not surprising seeing the number of guests that city is hosting,” I replied.

“True, but with the praises I have heard about your services, I don’t think you will face any problems, especially with rchants from Empire and rchant cities pouring in,” she said.

“I hope so,” I said to that, and she smiled.

“How is the business?” I asked, “Good, very good; we received a lot of projects yesterday, and today, that I am asking headquarters for more personal and resources,” she said and seed quite happy about it.

Nielson is a big guild, and its presence is counted in the top three in the city; if the city prospered, her guild would be one of the businesses that would prosper the most.

We conversed about general topics as the carriage moved toward the financial district, where the rchant guild is, and twenty minutes later, we reached it.

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