Germination (Battle Mage Farmer #2)

by Seth Ring

Looking across the table at the young woman, Cormick’s mind spun. On the way here, his friend had warned him over and over again that he couldn’t afford to miss out on this contract, and while Cormick was not particularly sure why a small farm out in the middle of nowhere was so important to him, Gofreid had been making big moves over the last year and Cormick wanted a piece of whatever it was his friend had found. For a second, his eyes shot over to the calm-faced farmer who was eating his breakfast and then darted back to the young lady. “Ah, unfortunately, despite the fact that it’s illegal to sell grain for more than one gold per bushel, many of the grain merchants find ways to do it. Some of them require that all their customers pay a certain amount of gold each month to be on the list of approved buyers, some accept expensive gifts. The Ecclesia does its best, but it’s a corrupt world we live in.” Looking up from his breakfast, John cocked his head to the side. “How much are you paying for wheat? We have seven hundred and fifty bushels.” “Well, that’s a good question. If I’m being honest, currently my biggest customers are other merchants who can buy my wheat at a gold per bushel and still sell it for a profit. I’ve typically been buying at four bushels of wheat for three gold coins.” “We’ll sell at one gold per bushel,” John said calmly, sticking his fork into a bit of egg on the edge of his plate. “One gold? Are you serious?” Cormick asked, turning to glance at Gof...