Chapter 39 (2)

Chapter 39 (2)

In this world, powerful magic, gunpowder, and monstrous weapons played a significant role. Hiring wizards capable of wielding powerful magic required money, as did operating and maintaining heavily armed troops and gigantic monstrous weapons. In the end, money was everything in war.

"What do you think? Can you win a war without money?"

"No!"

"Absolutely not!"

"Right, but right now, our lord has a lot of money. Your hyung and Carter helped lend a lot to our lord."

"Really?"

"Wow, amazing. So our lord is rich?"

At that, Rockefeller couldn't help but smile faintly.

Rich?

He only appeared to be rich.

In reality, he was a hollow shell with nothing.

"For now, there shouldn't be much difficulty in defending the territory. They're building a large fortress near the border, and the lack of troops will be somewhat resolved by hiring additional mercenary forces."

"So we don't have to worry too much?"

"I'm relieved. I was a bit worried."

"But we can't be completely at ease. Nobody knows what will happen in the world. However, the probability of this place being in danger is slim. For now, the battles outside the territory will have nothing to do with this place."

Hearing Rockefeller's words, the two younger siblings quickly felt relieved.

Then Joshua began to raise a question again.

"I get the general situation. But what does Rockefeller want to buy at a time like this?"

At that, Rockefeller showed a faint smile.

"Usually, in situations like this, people around us would stock up on weapons and food supplies to prepare for any possible situations."

"That's right. This time, the prices of potatoes and carrots went up a lot. It seems like there are fewer supplies for the mercenaries, too. I was suspected of stealing supplies because of that."

Andrew asked,

"So, do we also buy a lot of food supplies like the people around us?"

At that, Rockefeller slowly shook his head.

It was a sign of denial.

"No, we can't make a lot of money with that. If we had to, we should have acted in advance."

At that, Rockefeller confirmed their guess with a wide grin.

"You're right. The war is not just ours, and dwarves are a race that can't do anything without beer. They even cause riots because of beer. That's the kind of race they are."

Dwarves were different from humans.

They were underground dwarves who had to drink beer and die even if they were about to die.

They loved beer so much that they were obsessed with it.

"And this is a foreign land. In such a place, beer can only be bought from nearby areas, other than importing it from their home country."

Dwarves were a very wealthy race, holding as much gold as goblins.

Being such a wealthy race, they preferred to buy scarce supplies from foreign lands rather than supplementing them from their home country.

"Dwarves definitely need beer. However, due to their affluent nature, they won't import beer from their home country but will buy it from nearby areas. And since beer is as essential as air to them, they will try to buy it no matter what, right?"

Here's a question.

"In that case, will they buy beer here, where it's very expensive, or not?"

The answer to that question was already determined.

"They will definitely buy it!"

"Dwarves are rich! Of course, they will buy it!"

Bingo.

Rockefeller snapped his fingers, creating a loud sound.

"That's right. They will definitely buy it. So, what will happen to us, who have monopolized that beer?"

This answer was also predetermined.

"We will become filthy rich!"

"We will make a tremendous amount of money!"

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