Chapter 1024: Chapter 62: Whirlpool (Four)_4
Winters picked up the dagger to examine it for a moment before putting it back into the wooden case: “Mr. Schmid, our business is not yet settled.”
“This has nothing to do with the business.” Schmid laughed heartily: “Should I die one day, this dagger will belong to my youngest son. He has insulted you just now, so it makes sense to use his future inheritance to offer an apology.”
Winters did not touch the dagger in the case, pondered for a moment, and said to the older Schmid: “Mr. Schmid, I will buy all the cavalry saber blades currently in your workshop.”
The older Schmid remained composed, leveraged his back to sit at the table, and waited for the “Baron” to continue.
Honestly, the old blacksmith originally thought the buyer introduced by Mayor Wooper was nothing but a kitten, but now the kitten is showing hints of being a whale.
The older one could keep his composure, but the younger one could not hold back anymore.
“Buy them all?” The young Schmid opened his eyes wide in surprise and asked: “What about the unit price?”
“The market price from last September.”
Young Schmid quickly calculated in his mind: last September’s prices were not the highest, but they were still much better than the current market price.
“How do you intend to pay?” The young Schmid asked nervously. He hoped it wouldn’t involve an IOU.
Winters took out a thin piece of paper from his chest and placed it on the table. The paper was not only adorned with exquisite patterns but also bore anti-counterfeiting watermarks, as well as the extravagant signature and seal of Borso da Este.
“This is a deed from the Flora financial firm.” Winters explained leisurely: “I have pledged gold worth thirty-five thousand Ducats at the Flora firm. Anyone holding this contract can exchange it for thirty thousand Ducats at any time at the Flora firm, or redeem the gold.”
The young Schmid, his mouth dry and tongue parched, asked: “May I… take a look at it?”
“Of course, please take it and look. You may also verify the authenticity of this pledge with the Flora firm,” Winters answered with a light smile. In fact, he had three more contracts of the same value in his pocket.
The young Schmid eagerly picked up the deed and scrutinized it front and back three times, then reluctantly placed it back on the table.
“That’s enough,” the young Schmid said with a mixture of satisfaction and fear. “Let’s not even talk about buying out the stock, this is more than enough to buy the forge as well.”
Winters looked at the older Schmid: “Do you need to check it, Mr. Schmid?”
“No need.”
“Then why are you so silent?”
“I am waiting for you to say ‘but’,” sighed the old Schmid. “My Lord.”
Winters revealed a slight smile: “But besides the saber blades, I also want to purchase a batch of gun barrels. I don’t intend to buy them separately; I want to purchase them altogether.”
“Gun barrels?” The young Schmid was taken aback and hurriedly asked: “Won’t finished firearms suffice? You’ve just seen that the firearms made in our workshop are of top quality.”
Since the manufacturing cycle for a gun barrel is much longer than that for a gun stock, there is always a gun made as soon as a gun barrel is available—the stock waits for the barrel, not the other way around. If it is not for a prior order, gunsmith workshops generally don’t stockpile gun barrels.
“Due to transportation, price, and legal reasons, purchasing gun barrels is the most cost-effective for me.”
The elder blacksmith, Mr. Schmid, frowned and remained silent.
Young Schmid gritted his teeth: “How about this? You pay a little more, and we sell the firearms to you as if they were gun barrels! Just a little more money!”
Winters glanced at the young Schmid and then at the older Schmid.
“Old man, I respect you very much and I like you,” Winters thought silently: “But I am sorry; I still have to bargain with you aggressively.”
Winters responded calmly: “Your calculation is off, young Mr. Schmid. If you intend to sell firearms to me as gun barrels, not only can you not raise the price, but you should actually reduce it.”
“Why… why?” Young Schmid’s eyes widened as he sprang to his feet. Even Kamman looked at Winters with eyes full of shock, disbelief, and utter bewilderment. Sёarᴄh the NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
“Because you didn’t include the cost of removing the gun barrels,” Winters said coldly, leaving no room for argument: “I—only want the gun barrels.”
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