The war preparations for the Kingdom of Basel are in full swing.

The price of tulips soared, and as time went by, it officially entered the last national carnival.

Early July,

The price of tulips officially exceeded ten gold coins, reaching double-digit levels, and the room for upward was suddenly opened.

Looking at the reports presented to his desk one by one, Bruno was naturally happy.

In fact,

Not only Bruno,

At all that meeting,

I heard with my own ear that the Duke decided to order people to go to the Kingdom of Basel to sell flowers and were extremely fascinated by the surge in tulip prices.

turn out to be……

Selling flowers can really make the Kingdom of Basel crazy, and it can really make the Principal of Idar.

And this also made them think of their own Duke,

Once again, I felt extremely respect for this young duke who ruled the vast territory in the eastern part of the empire.

What is killing someone invisibly?

What is planning and winning thousands of miles away?

That's it!

A little tulip,

It was actually possible to set off such a national carnival in the Kingdom of Basel, which was not far apart!

To this day,

Almost every senior Idar official planted a lot of tulip flowers in the homes.

Of course, this is not because they also believe in the value of tulips, but because they want to see with their own eyes... what kind of magic does this tulip have!

However……

This is really just an extremely ordinary flower.

It seems that there is no difference from flowers such as Strelitz and carnations.

And this...

Doesn’t it even more reflect the unpredictable methods and forward-looking vision of his own duke?

Not even just the senior officials of the Principal of Idar,

The Duke of Stein, who personally planned the tulip bubble under the guidance of the CIA of Idar, was even more impressed by Bruno's methods.

What should I say?

Although at the beginning, he was also particularly obsessed with the surge in tulips.

But……

Gradually,

His barely intelligent brain and his sensitive sense of smell about the Principal of Idar made him realize the danger hidden under the surge of tulips.

Once this bubble is pierced,

So……

As the first nobleman who began to sell tulips on a large scale in the entire Kingdom of Basel,

As a pioneer who has always advocated the value of tulips, I undoubtedly cut myself off from the Kingdom of Basel!

When Duke Stein just realized this, he naturally felt cold sweat and his spine was cold.

He finally understood,

Why did the Principal of Idar suddenly become so generous and promise so easily that he would return his own handle to himself.

because……

By then,

The only thing I can rely on is the Principal of Idar!

Only by being a lackey of the Principal of Idar can he gain a foothold in this land day and night.

Otherwise...

The anger of the Basel nobles was enough to overwhelm themselves!

At that moment,

Duke Stein regretted it and was very scared, and even couldn't sleep at night and was frightened.

But as time goes by... Duke Stein's mentality has changed.

In the process of handling these things by himself, he saw the greed and stupidity of the nobles with his own eyes.

In the face of several times or even dozens of times profit, all rationality is shattered, and all the truth is spontaneously covered up by people.

Moreover, he had seen the wrist of the young Duke of Idal!

Compared to guarding one acre of three-point land, perhaps only by following Bruno's footsteps can the Stein family have a further opportunity!

Otherwise,

He would only be buried with this decadent and old kingdom like other Basel nobles when he showed his military strength in the Principal of Idar!

There is a saying that is not good, but it is very real.

That's...

The betrayer is often more hateful than the invaders.

because……

In order to gain the other party's trust, they often use the most fierce means to prove their loyalty.

Just like Ukraine decided to be a dog for NATO, Lithuania decided to be loyal to her father.

Because they were originally from enemy camps, they could win the favor of their old father only by doing more ruthlessly than others.

And this is exactly the case at this time.

As a Basel nobleman, he knew very clearly what the Principal of Idar meant to him.

so……

In order to make the Principal of Idal smile at him and to allow Bruno to laugh happily to accept his bow, Duke Stein really did his best.

Without even leaving a way out for himself, he took the initiative to accept the errand of selling food to the Basel nobles!

...

Selling grain is actually not as simple as it sounds, and the process of selling grain surprised Duke Stein.

Although the Idals knew that tulips had no value at all,

But……

When selling grain, the Idars put forward the banner that they hoped that the nobles would give priority to tulips for payment.

At the beginning, Duke Stein did have many doubts about this.

Because he and the Idar people knew very well that the price of tulips was completely fried!

so,

If the nobles really choose to pay with tulips, it will almost be equivalent to giving away the food in their hands for nothing!

But Duke Stein couldn't figure it out,

Especially when he saw those Basel nobles who would rather spend tulips into coins than use tulips directly to pay!

As for his question,

Krell, the director of the CIA of Idar, gave an enthusiastic explanation:

"If the money spent on buying food is one thousand gold coins, then more than one hundred tulip bulbs will be enough."

"But the problem is... the value of tulips is now in a process of continuous appreciation!"

"In the eyes of the nobles, after a period of time, the price of these tulip bulbs may even reach 1,200 gold coins, or exceed 1,500 gold coins!"

"So... what you make less is what you lose. Faced with such huge profit losses, the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel are naturally unwilling to deliver these tulip bulbs to our hands just like this."

"But even if we don't give tulips to us, the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel can only exchange gold coins by selling tulips." Duke Stein said.

"When your own interests are lost, the nobles often burst out with intelligence that they have never had before."

"Do you know what a mortgage guarantee is?"

Duke Stein nodded and shook his head again.

"They will exchange these tulips for gold coins at a discount, and then at some point in the future, exchange the gold coins in their hands for the tulip bulbs that have been mortgaged."

"Anyway, the nobles were unwilling to just watch this kind of good thing that made money, and just slipped away from their own hands easily."

In fact,

It's not just a mortgage guarantee.

Some time ago, the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel even discovered profit methods similar to futures contracts.
To be continued...