The Founder of the Great Financial Family

In a pub located in the Montefeltro territory.

Bel and Bob, who had hidden beer, barley, and hops in a gloomy cave in the suburbs, came here to unwind after a long time.

"Look over there. It's Sam. He must have come here to sell beer like us."

They could recall the day they ran into Sam by chance.

No matter how rich Sam was, he couldn't be faster than them.

Sam, who had joined the beer-buying frenzy belatedly, had no choice but to turn back empty-handed after finding the place they had already occupied.

Sam had seen the two of them and came over to them with a glass of rum, perhaps to pretend to know them. If it had been before, he might not have even acknowledged them, but he came over to talk about beer-related matters.

"I didn't expect to see both of you in such a far-off place. How have you been?"

"Sam, huh?"

"Oh, you came? I saw you going around trying to buy beer last time. What happened?"

At that question, Sam began to sound regretful.

"I thought I was moving quickly, but it seems there were some people who moved faster than us. How about you two? Weren't you there to buy beer that time?"

Bel and Bob replied to his question.

"We did move quite quickly."

"We were faster than others, but the unfortunate thing was the money. So I mortgaged my house and shop and borrowed more money."

Despite having all his property mortgaged and taking out loans.

There was no worry on Bob's face.

That's how well things had worked out.

"Beer prices have almost jumped tenfold now, right?"

"Insane prices."

"So, we took out loans, but it hasn't been that difficult."

Hearing that, Sam felt sick to his stomach.

He had inadvertently created an unexpected competitor by mentioning it back then.

'I shouldn't have said that then...'

"Anyway, I'm really glad things worked out for you. Nowadays, it's hard to get hops, so the price of the seeds has skyrocketed."

The scarcity of hop seeds was a recent story.

Nevertheless, he told them because there was no way to obtain them, and they were in a semi-giving up state.

"Was it that hard to get hops too?"

At Bel's question, Bob laughed and replied.

"It could be. We swept up all the hops."

"Haha, that's true."

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