Being a Life Player in the Middle Ages

Thanks to Bayard's connections, Mia was able to temporarily leave her things in the warehouse of the city hall while they followed Bayard to find someone.

Bayard knew several merchants who could sell this batch of goods. In fact, knights like them would more or less make friends with some merchants. Not only did it make it easier to sell the spoils, but knowing more people also gave them more options and prevented them from being forced to lower the price too much.

Bayard, who had suffered losses before because he didn't know the value of the spoils and didn't know Mia's abilities, warned Mia on the way that he would be the one to talk about everything later.

"The guy we're going to find now is very good at bargaining. If his store wasn't closest to the city hall, it would be enough to buy your goods. I don't want to take you to him."

Bayard felt a bit of a headache when he thought about the guy he was going to meet next.

He himself is not a good speaker, while the other party's ability to speak in a smooth and unspoken way is even better than that of an ordinary businessman.

Mia smiled and said, "My bargaining skills are pretty good. Bayard, if you think he's difficult to deal with, then let me try."

Bayard looked at her suspiciously, then turned to look at Martha, who gave him a positive answer and said proudly, "Our Mia is a great bargainer. Even old Auf is no match for her."

Old Auf was the most stubborn man on their street and never accepted bargaining when selling things, but Mia was able to use her own ability to find the right direction to get the other party to give her a discount, and she did so with a smile on her face. Martha and her husband who witnessed it at the time were shocked.

As they were both neighbors, Bayard certainly knew Old Auf. He compared the difficulty of the two men in his mind. Although he did not come to a conclusion, he no longer said that he would lead the negotiations himself.

On the way, they discussed which goods could be sold and which could be kept. Many things in the caravan were of use to them themselves, such as spices, some of which could also be used as medicinal materials. Instead of selling them to others at a low price, it would be better to keep them in the herbal shop and sell them slowly. However, the expensive and rare types could be sold. John's herbal shop mainly did business with the middle and lower levels, and high-end spices were difficult to sell even if they were kept in the store. Another major category of the caravan's goods - high-quality fabrics - could also be kept for their own use. If Mia had known earlier that the caravan had this, she would not have needed to buy it.

In addition, there were many expensive specialties purchased from other cities. Mia looked at the list given to her by the city hall. Many of them were luxury goods. There was little use for her to keep them, so she simply sold them all.

As for Mia and the merchant’s personal belongings, they naturally had to be left behind.

In addition, there are some items that are recorded vaguely because the staff in charge of the inventory cannot recognize them. Mia also plans to wait until the transaction with the buyer goes smoothly, and then go back to the city hall to confirm in person before deciding whether to sell them.

"And the horse and carriage need to be sold, but we can do that later. Plus, I want to keep one as a means of transportation in the future."

The merchant's horses were all young, tall, gentle, and good at pulling carts. They were in very good condition, and the carriages were large carriages for long-distance transportation. The wood used to make the carriages was also good wood, and could be sold for a lot of money if sold. Mia really wanted to buy one, but she thought the carriage could be sold to the merchant, and as for the horses, besides keeping one for herself, she could also take them back and ask other neighbors if they needed any. They could sell them at a slightly lower price. Anyway, they had to be sold at a low price. It would be better to sell them to neighbors in need than to sell them to second-hand buyers who were said to be very cunning, and it could also improve her favorability.

Mia had this idea because she had heard people who came to the store say that they wanted to buy horses but had not found a good horse at a suitable price. Although Mia did not know how to judge horses, she had heard the merchant father praise the four horses in his caravan. It seemed that they were all good horses that he had specially collected. It was said that some of them had the bloodline of a breed from a certain area in the west, and they were the best horses for pulling goods.

These goods all belonged to Mia. No one had any objection if she wanted to sell them or keep them. However, when they heard that she wanted to raise a horse, Martha and John were a little embarrassed: "Honey, our yard may not be able to accommodate it."

The backyard of their home was filled with vegetables and flowers, and they also raised a few chickens, so there was no spare space. Moreover, they had all seen the horses temporarily stored in the stables of the city hall - officials and clerks who could afford it usually needed to ride horses or carriages to go to work, so Mia had to pay for the boarding fees for the four horses for a few days - those horses were really big ones. In terms of size, they were not much worse than Bayard's war horses. It would probably take a lot of space to raise such a horse.

But they couldn't fill in the vegetable garden and turn it into a stable, as it was the main source of vegetables for their daily consumption. Without the vegetable garden, they would have to buy vegetables every day, and the family expenses would increase suddenly.

Mia hadn't had time to think about this problem yet. After Martha and the others brought it up, she knew that raising horses at home wasn't appropriate. She was about to give up with regret when Bayard said, "If you need it, you can use my yard."

The three of them looked over when they heard this.

Bayard smiled gently and said sincerely, "My yard is useless if it's always empty. You can just leave the horses there and help me clean the grass in the yard."

The backyard of the Bayard family was nothing but grass, but there was something special among those grasses. Mia had touched the grass of the Bayard family when she was testing her ability before, and found that although the grass in his yard looked like weeds, there was a lot of ryegrass and alfalfa mixed in it.

Both of these plants are extremely high-quality forage grasses, and the latter is alfalfa, which was later hailed as the king of forage grasses. However, these two types of forage grasses are not only found in Bayard's yard. Although Martha's family did not grow them, Mia had specially observed that those who raised cattle and sheep included ryegrass and alfalfa in the hay feed prepared for livestock. It can be seen that these two types of forage grasses are already popular here.

Bayard's idea of ​​lending the backyard to Mia to raise horses was indeed a good choice. Their two families were neighbors, and their backyards were connected, separated only by a wooden fence. As long as a door was opened on the fence, they could move directly in the backyard without entering the house.

Mia was very tempted: "Will this be too much trouble for you?"

Bayard smiled and said, "It's empty anyway, so it would be much easier for me to have someone to help me take care of it."

That was where Bayard grew up. Bayard naturally didn't want his home to be abandoned, but he had no choice but to ask Martha and others to help take care of it.

"But I can't use your place for free, Bayard. Can I pay to rent your yard?"

Bayard wanted to lend her the backyard out of kindness and had no intention of renting it out, but Mia insisted that she had already received a lot of care from him, and it would be too shameless to use his yard for free.

One of them wanted to give money and the other didn't want to accept it, and neither of them could convince the other. In the end, it was Martha who spoke up and persuaded them.

"How about this, from now on, Mia will be responsible for cleaning the house. In exchange, Bayard will let Mia use your yard for free. Is that okay?"

Daily cleaning at Bayard's house was not difficult, and it was basically done once a week, but the compensation he gave was not cheap. Martha and her husband always felt that it was a bit too much and wanted him to pay less, but they could not resist Bayard's insistence. Now there was an opportunity to postpone the compensation, and Martha naturally seized the opportunity.

And it was just cleaning work, she believed Mia could do it.

Her proposal was agreed upon by both parties and the matter was quickly settled.

Before long, they arrived at their destination, a shop not far from the city hall. There was a tall and spacious street-side colonnade at the door. The buildings here were all built in a uniform manner and looked like a castle. The doors of the shops under the colonnade were also tall and spacious. Bayard took them to one of them.

The store has a wide variety of goods. It looks like a grocery store, but it is a grocery store selling high-end goods. Mia's eyes swept over those goods that were made of real gold and silver and looked like works of art.

A figure stood behind the counter. Seeing Bayard, the leader, he smiled warmly, "Long time no see, Bayard. What goodies have you brought this time?"

Bayard first raised his hand and greeted: "Babak."

Then she turned around and introduced Martha's family to him, and finally took out the list: "We want to sell some of the things on this."

Babak, who looked like a Persian businessman with a big beard and a turban, took the list and looked at it. He raised his eyebrows and showed interest: "Just some, not all of them?"

“Sell most of it and keep some.”

"Have you brought anything?"

"There are too many. They are placed in the city hall. You have to go and see it yourself."

Babak didn't mind. Since he was in this business, he naturally had to visit the store often to check on the goods.

He readily agreed: "Okay, wait for me."

After that, Babak left the store to the clerk, called two more clerks, and left with them to go to the city hall to check out the goods.

Back to the warehouse of the city hall, after Babak looked at the things and confirmed what he wanted to sell, the bargaining began.

Originally, Babak thought that Bayad would be the one to make the decision, and he would not be surprised even if it was Mia and John, a couple. However, in the end, it was Mia, the youngest child, who showed up to discuss the deal with him. Babak was really surprised.

But soon he had no time to think about this, and before he even had time to feel contempt, he was slapped in the face by reality.