Chapter 2863: Lanchen Chamber of Commerce

Considering the uncertainty of the time difference between the Pafen seen in the Prophecy Ritual and the present world, Xia Duo did not want to delay even a moment; after obtaining some details about the Lanchen Chamber of Commerce from Lajieer, he immediately left Evereska.

The official explanation for the outside world was that he was heading to the Grey Peak Mountains to investigate the Mithril Mine incident, a matter he had already communicated with Badijiaer in advance to obtain formal authorization.

At present, various countries in the Northland have dispatched people to the Grey Peak Mountains; after an ad-hoc council meeting, Netheril also sent a team there, not only to investigate suspicious traces but also to attempt to determine the reserves of the Mithril Mine.

After leaving Evereska, Xia Duo only made an appearance at the Grey Peak Mountains camp before leaving under the pretext of conducting an independent investigation; in reality, he had quietly returned to Evereska.

It was a coincidence that today happened to be the day the merchant caravan of the Lanchen Chamber of Commerce was coming to Yunfeng Manor to receive goods, which was why Xia Duo had the sudden idea to travel to Lajieer via the Lanchen Chamber of Commerce.

Although Lajieer kept saying that the Lanchen Chamber of Commerce was a small chamber of commerce, it was, after all, a branch of an Upper Family, and one that was faring better than the main family, so it still retained some foundation.

For instance, a Magic Ship that was weathered but still in use!

Trading in the Northland is not a simple job; various risks are often hidden in the wild. It is slightly better within Elf territory, but there is still a Netheril between Evereska and Lajieer.

There are still a large number of undeveloped areas within this, and even if one detours to other places, one might still encounter more and more terrifying dangers.

Therefore, many merchants from Evereska to Lajieer would take the land route; even if they did, they would spend a small amount of time taking a small detour rather than going directly.

The reason, besides the wine channels accumulated in the past, was that Xia Shao did not expect that he would also become a factor in others' considerations.

Upon reaching Lajieer, there were two paths to choose from: one was to take the land route through Akaola in the north; it did not necessarily have to pass through Akaola, but it would pass by there.

In addition, there were some miscellaneous items, such as local books, newspapers, clothing, etc., filling two full carts.

There were no pieces of furniture, which Xia Shao guessed might be due to the low cost-effectiveness.

As for ordinary Storage Props, they were used more for items of large volume and low value, such as maple sugar, furniture, or decorations; for things closer to bulk commodities, using Storage Props for transport might not even cover the maintenance of the Magic Item in terms of final profit!

When Xia Shao returned to Lanchen Manor from the Grey Peak Mountains, he happened to see Keman directing the manor workshop workers to move the finished maple sugar onto the transit carriage of the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce.

External Magic Ships cannot enter the city of Evereska, not even those from Seventon; of course, that is theoretically speaking—if it were the Magic Ship of a big shot from Seventon, perhaps it could dock directly at the Cloudtop Tower!

The Rui'er Chamber of Commerce adopted the most common practice; it is likely they do not have a Void Warehouse, and given their scale of operation, there is no need to use a Void Warehouse unless the price is extremely low.

Xia Shao did not care too much about those; "recommending the talented without avoiding one's own kin" was even a saying by the sages of his hometown, and he himself approved of it—as long as they worked well, it would be best to bring the whole family along!

To put it darkly, the livelihoods of the whole family were entrusted to Xia Shao; what reason did he have not to trust or promote them?

After all, not everything can be sold in Lajieer; one also needs to consider actual sales volume and profit.

This was consistent with the information he had previously obtained from the subconscious of Lajieer.

The scale of a merchant caravan can be developed to be very large, or it can be a branch of a sedentary merchant.

They use the advantage of Magic Ships to absorb goods from various places and then sell them centrally in Seventon, but in the process of collecting goods, if they encounter a suitable opportunity, they will also act as traveling merchants and dispose of the goods on the spot.

Besides the goods from Lanchen Manor, the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce also purchased some local specialty blueberry wine in Evereska, totaling 12 carts, and some ale, filling 10 carts.

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Xia Shao boarded the Magic Ship early with the goods from the manor and then witnessed the loading of other goods; judging from the types of goods purchased this time, the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce should be in the wine business.

This is the most common practice; if it were a large chamber of commerce, they might use a Void Warehouse, thereby saving all the intermediate links.

Especially starting from Evereska, heading north to Asikeer in Danzo, then taking a boat from Asikeer to Lajieer in Nether Yunfeng, or one could take the Underground Passage of the Underdark, head to Zhenisi, and then take the land route to reach Lajieer.

Those with a Semi-plane are another matter; if the storage space is large enough, the profit from volume can completely cover the maintenance costs, which is actually a disguised Void Warehouse.

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Perhaps only the surname Kalaimuladas—Blue Star—is the link recognized by both sides; of course, if the interest-based dealings are long enough, family affection might also be redeveloped.

Usually, these are all called trade routes; one can go from Evereska to Seventon, or reach Ilfaren in detail; basically, for the countries of the Northland Alliance, the trade routes are unobstructed.

But this is not a general cargo transport road; a trade route, as the name implies, is the traveling path of a merchant caravan. The focus is on the process; the caravan will continuously buy and sell along the way, cycling back and forth like this.

The model of transporting goods directly to a certain place and selling them in a shop is generally called distribution, which is completed by sedentary merchants, but there is no insurmountable chasm between traveling merchants and sedentary merchants.

Small chambers of commerce usually start as traveling merchants and then gradually grow, constantly establishing sales points; for example, the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce is a combination of traveling and sedentary merchants, but it leans more towards sedentary merchants.

Xia Shao hid his figure and watched the entire handover process between Keman and the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce; there was not much private affection in it, and one could hardly even see any family affection in the meaningful sense.

From Lanchen Manor to the Airport outside the eastern mountain wall of the city, the transit carriage transported a total of five carts of maple sugar, one cart of maple leaf wine (made by first turning it into maple sugar and then brewing it), and two carts of wooden decorations.

They are usually made only from the pruned branches of maple trees, and the varieties are quite limited; in the past, most were sold locally, and few were sold to human merchants.

Of course, there might be other reasons; he had previously heard Keman mention that the level of the manor's craftsmen was not particularly excellent, and things like furniture consumed too much wood, so the actual output was limited.

And a sedentary merchant business might also have only one or two shops, serving as a centralized sales point for a traveling merchant.

But the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce was clearly not qualified; their Magic Ship could only dock at the Airport outside the eastern mountain wall of Evereska, and goods in the city could only be transported to the Airport via transit carriages before being sent to the Magic Ship.

The other path is to take a boat from Lajieer to the Nan Jing, switch to the land route in the Savile Territory, head east to reach Konnifila City, and then across from Konnifila City, crossing the Taisha River, one is within the territory of Seventon.

However, the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce was planning to try a new field; Xia Shao heard the managers on the ship chatting while he was hiding on the Magic Ship, mentioning that the Rui'er Chamber of Commerce was preparing to enter the catering industry.