After a long while, Emma came to have a business meeting with me. Our business transactions has resumed and is going well, with all of the apple compote in stock being purchased.
“I’d be grateful if you could increase the supply a little more. The preserved foods from Gandalcia is very popular among naval officers you see.”
“I’m grateful for that, but I don’t think it’s possible at the moment.”
The number of apple trees is fixed after all. Besides, only Dawsill and Cawsill process the apples. Sometimes me and Char can help, but currently, I don’t have enough people to carry out her suggestion.
“By the way……”
Saying this, Emma stared intently at the aquarium in the corner of the room. In the aquarium tank, a school of Gandalcian guppies swim among the lush aquatic plants.
“Is it possible for you to sell that fish?”
“Do you like guppies?”
“Yes, I like it very much. I would like to keep some in my study, but I also want to sell them.”
Tropical fish for sale?
There was such a business in my previous life. I think it was sold not only in specialty stores but also in the corner of home improvement stores. I guess ornamental fish can be sold in this world as well.
But there are two problems here.
“Hmm, I don’t mind selling them, but they are hard to keep. You have to keep the water temperature constant and pump air into the container continuously.”
Guppies are relatively strong fish, but it’s necessary to have a heater to keep the water temperature warm and a pump to release air to it. I use points to get these items so I can’t ship them out of the island.
“I see…. About that, I’m going to ask an alchemist I’m familiar with. Anyways, I’ll make sure it will work out.”
“That’s okay I guess. I’ll sell them to you when your aquarium tank is ready.”
Guppies are highly fertile fish, and they also give birth to fry here. If I limit the purchase quantity, there shouldn’t be any problem. I don’t mind if Emma becomes a breeder and does this business. I think it’s much better than overfishing in the river.
Emma saw a new business opportunity in guppies and immediately ordered an aquarium.
In this world, there is a water heater which works by applying flame magic on it. Apparently, such technology was also applied to the water heater for the aquarium. It seems that the pump applied some kind of technology in the same way. I haven’t heard the details, but both are quite expensive, starting at 600,000 crown coins for one set.
I was worried that such a thing would not sell, but it seems that it is selling surprisingly well. Reservations are fully booked up to six months in advance. It is said that it was a rarity and captivated the wealthy people in the Capital.
The guppies are also priced at 15,000 crown coins for a male and female set. However, this is only for now. If breeding proceeds well at the place where it was sold, the number of fish will increase, and if that happens, the price will fall.
I have no intention of aggressively selling them, so this is fine.
However, there are some fish for which this is not the case. Yeah, I’m talking about the Gandalcian guppies. This one came with a premiere of 100,000 crown coins each.
“Father, why are they so expensive?”
Char asked as she fed the Gandalcian guppies.
“That’s because the Gandalcian guppies only grow here.”
While ordinary guppies give birth to fry under the right conditions, the Gandalcian guppies only gave birth to fry on this island. The Gandalcian guppies are taken care of by me, Char and Mary. It doesn’t take much time to take care of them because we only need to feed them every day, clean the aquarium tank once in a while, and change the water.
However, since I have no intention of breeding on a large scale, it was inevitable that the price would rise. Emma also said that she would only sell it to special customers, so the status quo should be maintained.
I decided to leave the sales to the professionals and I focus more on leisurely developing the island.
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“Father, what are you going to do today?”
“Let’s clean up the roadside flower beds. I think it’s about time to renew the painting on the walls of the hot springs too.”
While I am relaxing like this, a messenger from the palace arrived.
Apparently, His Majesty wants to keep a Gandalcian guppy, so he asked me directly for it. I am indebted to His Majesty, so I have no hesitation in selling guppies to him.
And with that, I decided to deliver them right away.
For transporting guppies, Nowald-sensei made a container to reduce vibrations. It looks exactly like the food delivery box used for soba delivery. That’s right, just like the one hanging on the back of a motorcycle.
Thanks to that, the water in the aquarium does not spill out on any rickety path. A total of four of these devices were attached to the wagon.
But we got a problem. It’s too heavy for Lucio to pull.
“Char will pull it!”
I know people along the road will be surprised if they see her pulling the wagon, but there is no other way to do it.
However, just as Char was about to do it, “someone” appeared to stop her.
“Brrrrrrrrr”
It was Silver.
“Char, what is Silver saying?”
“He’s saying that we should take him with us.”
It seems that he wants to see what the Capital look like so he volunteered to pull the wagon.
As expected, Silver is a curious horse. But Silver’s power far exceeds that of the average horse. I think that he’ll be able to carry the fish tanks with ease.
“Okay then. I’ll leave the pulling to you.”
“Heeen! (Leave it to me.)”
Silver is quite temperamental, so that’s the only thing that worries me. When everything was ready, Paul-oniisan came to visit me.
“I’ve heard that Cedie is going to the Capital. Let me accompany you.”
“It’s unusual for you to leave the ranch.”
“This is to make this guy debut in the race in the Capital.”
Paul-oniisan rode a stallion named Justor, who was the most promising stock on his farm.
“You raised it there so that Alexei-oniisan wouldn’t find it huh.”
“Yeah. I purposely quarantined it on a farm in a different village.”
In addition to the ranch, Paul-oniisan has two villages. I’m sure Justor was raised there in utmost secrecy and care.
Silver, who is extremely shy around horses, seems to get along well with Justor, and the two of them run on the beach and nibble at apples together.
There would be no fights with this I guess.
So after the two horses had enough fun, we set off for the capital with Paul-oniisan.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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for guppys they do not need a air/oxygen pump they are part of a type of fishes that can live in very low oxygen water that is so for most/all shrimp to
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