System vs Rebirth

"Welcome to my Laivaen City. Please take a seat."

'So, this is the rumored Marquis.' The merchants thought. They all had different opinions in their heads.

First of all, it was clear that the marquis was the youngest person in this meeting. Yet, there were a lot of rumors about his brilliance and slyness.

Still, it didn't change the fact that the four nobles had cornered him to the point where he had to beg for their help.

Some people thought that they could devour him. Some people carefully observed the situation and let the others make their move first. However, there were two people who feared him.

"I'm pretty sure that you have heard about the situation, so I won't beat around the bush. I gather you here to solve that problem." Noel opened it with a calm and collected tone.

"Goods," one of them answered.

"That's correct." Noel raised a finger. "In that case, I will say this once so as to not make you waste your precious time. Those who are unwilling to help me can leave right now."

"!!!" The merchants widened their eyes. In the first place, it was quite astonishing for the ten merchants to come here. Yet he didn't hesitate to expel them either when he was supposed to ask for their help.

"I apologize, Marquis. Aren't you asking for help?" One of them asked.

"Haven't I stated it in my letter? I invited you here to talk about the relationship between you, merchants, and my Ardagan family. I didn't force you to come." Noel shook his head calmly. It might be because he looked like he was cornered by those nobles that they forgot that even if they were merchants, the opposite party was still a marquis.

If it were only a Count, all these great merchants might be able to look down on him in this situation. But he was a high-ranking noble, not even an Earl.

He had to establish that fact first before they began talking.

The other merchants were quite shocked as well, but the two who feared Noel actually had a different opinion.

'Even if he is in such a situation, there is no way for a marquis to lower his head for us. However, it seems that he has riled up at least three people in this room…'

'No. This is actually an appropriate thing to do. At the end of the day, he is planning to expel those who are arrogant enough to ignore the difference in status. If they are too arrogant to acknowledge that, there will be no negotiation. After all, negotiation is only for those who are willing to talk.'

"If you are going to do this, aren't you afraid that you will anger the merchants in the kingdom?" One of the riled up merchants stood up while clenching his fists.

correct question. It's whether they dare to anger a Marquis." Noel looked down on him, reminding him that he was just a

his teeth and said, "It seems that the Marquis doesn't

The other two were confused for a moment,

that there are only eight people left here. In that case, I will be

shall provide me with goods. The price will be limited to one and a half times of the market price, but I'll accept your sincerity if you have

know that if we ever sell our goods to you, there is a chance that the other nobles won't trade with us

first demand." Noel waved his hand as if treating it as not a big deal. "My second demand is to

planned to make them short term as well. In other words, if they cooperated with him, they would only be able to do it for a few months or a year at the longest. But because of this agreement, they would definitely

General

Company is also unable to. I

simply too high and that no matter the

to sell the items at a

of them suddenly laughed. "You

dared to laugh. It was the president of the

the

all, you shouldn't have gathered all the ten merchants in this room since your action might be taken as

be common people, but we possess wealth that can change the fate of a

"Are you saying that you have more money

talking about the fact that nobles might not be the only ones that could stop their trade with

cold. What Matthew said was indeed reasonable. If the ten great merchants didn't want to trade with him anymore, he would definitely be in a bind. There was nothing he could

rely on themselves to sustain themselves, they would still be a very poor territory since they couldn't sell their products or even procure other goods.

Noel

shouldn't have gathered them in a single town since they

Noel. Noel simply asked, "Can I assume

don't say a word that can be easily misunderstood. I don't have the heart to offend a high-ranking noble. It's just… I'm thinking that if my companies don't provide you with

that's the third demand. I'm going to have you invest in my

bold, Marquis." Matthew's body shook. It was unthinkable that he would dare to force them to 'invest' or, more like, extort them for

you're going to do this, Marquis Ardagan?" Matthew clenched

enticing to you. And that is actually the fourth demand. If you decide to cooperate with me, you are

Marquis is serious about this. I hope

leave." Noel shrugged as if he didn't care about his

but to think that the opposite party would look down on him this