Year 7445, Month 9, Day 7
Morning, when I left Boil Manor in order to go running, not just Zulu and Angela were waiting in front but Giberuti brought along John and Terry as well. It seems everyone else is still getting ready.
"Morning."
""Good morning, master!""
When I greeted them the five slaves all returned my greeting at the same time.
"John, Terry. Do a proper job starting today. You might not be used to things at first but listen closely to the things Catherine and Giberuti say and it's fine if you take your time so carefully think about things."
""Yes!""
They sure are obedient. I really like obedient fellows.
"Giberuti, I made some ice and left it in front of my room. In order to make it easy to use I split it up into three different sized buckets so use it as you please. Since the temperature has decreased a bit I don't think it will melt for a short while. If there's any left over then throw it away in the back."
I made a total of around 100 kg of ice. It's a considerable amount but even if I leave that much around since right now is the start of September it won't last until evening.
"I understand."
I finish up talking over some finer details with Giberuti and soon after Basutoral came out accompanied by Catherine. I left Giberuti and the two slave boys in Catherine's care and ordered the two children to properly listen to things the adults say and do their jobs. In addition I handed Giberuti a bit of extra money for stocking up they should be doing today just in case.
During that time everyone else was gathering outside.
"Alright. Then shall we go?"
While being seen off by Catherine, Giberuti, John, and Terrry the 9 of us excluding Zenom started our running.
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We returned from running and after having breakfast we joined up with the {Butchers} and {Sooner} as everyone from the {Slaughterers} did some training until lunch. After lunch when everyone returned to the inn the sausages Catherine and the others were making were of everyone's interest. In just half a day of work what amount were they able to produce and exactly what level of completion were they at?
Today, since morning they've been stocking up on the flavoring and meat other than the casings. Of course, soon after we went our for our running this morning they had breakfast and then went to the butcher I'm sure. In regards to the stocking and money I felt like Catherine was still a bit unreliable so I left it to Giberuti.
"I wonder how much they were able to make? Around 100 of them?"
"100..No matter how you think about it isn't that too few..."
"Hn, I see. Then around 1,000 of them?"
"..Ral sure is extreme. Since it's the first day, wouldn't 200-300 be plenty?"
Ralpha is completely out of the question but Gwine's estimates weren't half bad I guess? Since this time is the first day we had planned for them to be producing around 300 of them to sell. Even if they don't all sell today we'll be smoking them as well, since we're boiling them and then cooling them down right away, as long as they properly have ice on their side to leave them in then the quality should be no problem until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
The size of the sausages being produced are using the bowel's of a pig as casings so a thickness of about 3-4 cm, frankfurt size and the length should be around 15 cm so I guess they should be around 100 grams each? Since there's also other things mixed into them as well in order to make around 100 of them they should have stocked up on about 9 kg of pork. 27 kg for 300 of them. We were questioning putting in close to 10% in other mixed ingredients but while the flavor gets a bit lighter mixing in shaved ice gives it a smother taste and reduces the number of failures. It also reduces the number of rupturing accidents when boiling them. It's to the point where it would even be fine to add a bit more.
When we arrived at the Boil Manor the brat ran up and gave us some complaints.
"Basutoral-sama, please do things like smoking outside of your room...If you're going to do it then please use the roof."
Oh~ I guess that's only obvious. It's not like there's ventilation so if you were to do something like smoking inside of your room it would overflow with smoke. If it's just a bit then there's no major problem with the window being open but when it comes to smoking sausages in the 100s the amount of smoke would be on a different level. It seems we've done something bad.
Everyone politely apologized to the brat and then proceeded towards Basutoral's room. I wonder if John and Terry are properly working below Giberuti and Catherine?
No one was in the room. There was just the meat grinder and the table it was fixed to and everything else was cleanly put into order. On the side of the table there's a bucket and what appears to be the leftover pig's bowels using for casings was inside of it. It seems everyone is already on the rooftop. The rooftop is usually pretty empty with just the water tank for the shower and a pole for drying clothes. Certainly it might be just right for boiling, smoking, and airing out sausages.
Just as expected everyone was gathered on the rooftop in the middle of their work under Giberuti's lead. They washed the completed sausages to get rid of any scraps and then starting from the ones that were wiped dry of moisture they're smoking them. On the side of that they have a pot with boiling water and Catherine is maintaining the temperature of the fire so it doesn't boil over while they boil the sausages that have finished smoking.
The smoker that Giberuti and Basutoral made wasn't all that big at all. In terms of volume it's about 4, 1 To(18 liters) cans worth. Even if you make good use of how you're hanging them I think around 100 at a time is the limit. The pot they're boiling the water in is the portable type size that adventurers use so it's at best useful for making enough soup for 10 people. Since it's around 3 liters it can probably only boil around 10 of them at a time.
On the side of that is a large pail with the remaining half-melted ice I made this morning, it seems around 20 frankfurts are floating in it after being smoked and boiled.
Wumu, no matter how I look it's inefficient. Or, rather, putting aside the smoker, the stove and pot are small. With this it's vague whether they might even be able to make them all by the evening. There's no helping it if they spend this much time just making a mere 300 of them. After taking the change from Giberuti for stocking up, I added 1 gold Shu(250,000 Z) to the amount and handed it back while ordering "Go and buy a larger stove and pot".
The expenses for this time was around 8,000 Z for a total of rougly 27 kg of pork and various parts. In terms of casings Basutoral had already prepared around 15 of them at 4 meters or so each pickled in salt and those cost 1,000 Z each for a total of 15,000 Z. The spices and seasonings and such was at most around several hundred Z in total. If you include the wood chips for smoking and the magic stones for the stove then it probably won't even reach 24,000 Z.
The cost of ingredients for one of them is around 80 Z huh? Expensive, that's expensive.
Particularly the casings are expensive. Since there's a demand for condoms in Baldukk, even if it's before they've been processed the fact that they have a high price is the largest problem. Since it seems that if we could stock up in Rombertia let alone half price it seems they're even 1/3rd the price so it might be best to think about stocking up in bulk there. With just that we should be able to drop the cost of ingredients by around 30 Z. If we can make one of them 50 Z then..if we sell them for around 200 Z then that will be decent I guess. No, if I think about the preservatives that we weren't using this time then the cost of ingredients should go up even higher. It's like water on a hot stone but it might be best to think about increasing the amount of shaved ice and lowering the cost price.
Suddenly I realized. I picked up one that was completed and whispered {Status Open} in a small voice.
The blue window that I haven't seen very often recently opens up.
【Pork(Food Preparation Complete)】
Well I thought that would be the case. Next. This time the green window I'm used to seeing opened up. Shit, why didn't I realize this until now. Though it's been quite a while since I stopped myself from using 【Identify】 to check the status of food though...
【Frankfurt Sausage】
【Pork】
【State: Good】
【Manufacture Date: 7/9/7445】
【Value: 20】
"Fuhi"
I made a strange noise.
A short while after Giberuti returned with the stove and pot he bought and using that they were able to finish up the boiling of 30 at once. It's gotten a bit better but it seems it's going to require even more funds invested in the facilities and equipment. That one large-scale stove magic tool we ended up selling once upon a time, I wish we had kept it...If it was that then as long as we could prepare a large container-like pot then we could have boiled 300 all at once.
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Even though we're entering the dungeon tomorrow, Giberuti, Catherine, and Basutoral were all opening a stall in the entrance plaza. They paid 5,000 Z for the stall, which was around five times the normal (normally it's around 1,000 Z for a single stall of about 2 meters) to the knight group that manages the plaza to force their way in. It's a shady method we can do only because we're acquaintances with Church-san from the Baldukk knight group. A frying pan was placed on top of the stove that was used to boil the sausages and this time they're frying the frankfurts while stabbing them with skewers.
They've already prepared a bottle of mustard as well. And then, they're selling them for the atrocious price of 300 Z each. Isn't that the price of a night stall in a festival in Japan? If you don't go luxurious it's enough to buy a single meal. Moreover they aren't just mobilizing the {Slaughterers} but also the {Butchers} and {Sooner} to act as sakura*. Excluding Rodrick the others, John, and Terry almost all of them are well-known adventurers in Baldukk.
Those sorts of fellows are all surrounding the stall biting into frankfurts on skewers.
"Isn't 300 Z a bit expensive?"
Ralpha said a bit sharply while waiting in line. That opinion is only nature but...
"It's a test sale after all. It's difficult to raise the price later but it might be just right for the starting cost. If they sell at this price then there's no need to sell them for cheaper after all and if they aren't selling at all then can't they just keep an eye on the sales and slowly lower the price?"
Bel replied. That's right.
"Ma..Master, they smell good right. I want to quickly eat some."
Angela's nose is moving as she smells the scent. It seems her tail is shaking a bit as well. That's right isn't it, I want to eat some soon as well.
"Yeah, I'm hungry..this is quite difficult."
Zulu puts his hand to his stomach while looking at the mountain of frankfurts. It's almost dinner time after all~ That's not unreasonable. However~ that's quite the amazing sound coming from your stomach.
"I prefer the sausages when they've only just been boiled though..they seem delicious~"
"Yeah, that one time we ate them, the ones that were just boiled. Those were delicious as well but I liked the ones we ate the other day more."
"Akdam-sama, we were able to try out a bit of the ones today after we had just boiled them but they were extremely delicious!"
"I've never eaten something that delicious before!"
"Fufu..From here on out you'll be able to eat a lot. There's still lots of delicious things left in the world after all."
"Yeah, eat lots from here on out. It's a child's job to eat."
Gwine and Zenom were pleasantly talking to John and Terry.
It seems the first few of them are almost done frying.
Miduchi took two of those and after putting plenty of mustard on one she handed it to me.
I took it and bit in.
Along with the snapping consistency of biting into it the sourness of the mustard on the surface and the fat from the pork mixes together in a nostalgic flavor.
The fragrance passes through my nose and stimulates my appetite even further.
After chewing even further the crunch in the consistency still feels good as the juices from the meat spread out in my mouth.
Yeah, it's good!
They're pretty big so 300 Z isn't half bad.
When I suddenly looked to the side Miduchi was using her forked tongue to lick the fat that was dripping down the surface of the frankfurt.
After she met eyes with me she made a teasing smile and started wrapping her long tongue around the frankfurt.
Stop playing with your food.
Please play with my frankfrut later.
"Oh, I was late. I went to buy these so the three of you should wear them. They match."
Toris bought three shirts that were dyed black. A uniform huh?
"Also, since Saji and Larry are in charge of the cooking. Make sure you properly put this around your head so no hairs fall out."
Additionally he handed a thin towel like white cloth to the two guys.
I guess he's saying to wrap it around their heads like pirates.
The frankfurts gradually keep frying up.
"Wamu..N! This, it's even more delicious then that {obento} the other day!!"
Misu raises her voice in admiration. That's only obvious since the ones we gave to them the other day weren't even properly smoked after all. Of course these ones are more delicious.
"Oh! This flavor, I can't stand it! It goes well with mustard."
Binsu was biting into it like a delicacy as well. The mustard is good too right. If it comes to this then I want to do something about ketchup as well. Though there's nothing that can be done.
"They have a good consistency too right!"
Hisu has already eaten close to half of hers. It seems she intends to use mustard on the remaining part. It seems like Binsu can't wait for her to finish putting it on.
"Master! If you put mustard on them they're even more delicious right!"
One of Rodrick's slaves, Denda, called out to Rodrick in admiration.
"Right!? I like {sausage} as well.."
"You've eaten them before?"
"Yeah, in the past..However..this sure is good."
Rdorick replied while looking off a bit into the distance.
"Ah, I've already finished it..Give me one more!"
"You're the same as usual, Rokko. Exactly how much of a glutton are you?"
"Kevin you're already on your second one too right? I saw it."
"Hee~ I've started to feel like drinking some beer."
"Right..It has this fragrance after all so it seems like it would go well with beer. Hey~ how about trying to prepare some beer?"
"If they do that then the customers will settle down and won't pass through right?"
"I guess that's true..Give me one more!"
Everyone is already enjoying themselves as they please around this point.
"Delici~ous! Are they called Sausages~Hn? Baldoggie?"
"They cal these sausages but this is a food that was newly made in this town of Baldukk after all! That's why they're Baldoggie!"
Basutoral was giving a lecture while making a cut into the frankfurt as he moved it to pass over the flame well. Before I realized it there was a price tag on the table saying "1 Baldoggie 300 Z". The Baldoggie is fried with a sizzling sound on the frying pan with lard spread out in it.
On the side of that Giberuti was looking at the cooking while quietly putting skewers on them.
Now then...I guess I'll have one more huh?
【Wood Skewer】
That's only obvious. It's hot but it can't be helped.
【Baldoggie】
Hmn...
【Baldoggie】
【Pork】
【State: Good】
【Manufacture Date: 7/9/7445】
【Value: 30】
I see now. Though there's a lot more that I don't get but..really thank you for your work, indeed.
"Oh~ that sister, give me one as well~"
Our first customer has come and called out to Catherine who was acting as the salesperson. It's a drunk old man. Judging from the blisters on his rough hands he's probably an artisan who finished up work early to have a drink.
"Yes, here you go. That'll be 300 Z. Please use as much mustard on it as you please."
"Here you go, 1, 2, 3, and 300. Is it fine if I put it on with this spoon?"
"Yeah, but for the first bite you should try it just like that. If you want to change the flavor then please try putting some mustard on it."
Catherine courteously deals with the sweaty and drunk old man. Umu. It seems she has talent for the night entertainment business. Ah, No, she was still a slave until just the other day wasn't it. The one who said that she should deal with any customer as if they were her master was me.
"He~ Now then~oo!! This is delicious!"
Catherine smiled seeing the old man eating the Baldoggie deliciously.
"Then next is the mustard oo...ofu!! This is good too!"
The old man who was saying it's good, it's good while biting into it, disappeared in the twilight of the town of Baldukk.
Everyone was watching over the reaction of the old man. Before we noticed everyone was moving their heads to see off the old man.
It seems that all of us standing around the stall biting into Baldoggie acted as a good advertisement. Countless people were passing by before we noticed a number of customers came along.
"Ah, that, give me one."
"Welcome, that's 300 Z."
"300!? That's a bit expensive..Well I guess it's fine."
"Oh! Delicious!! Is this mustard huh? Oh! This is good too!!"
"Thank you very much~!"
"What's this? He~ Baldoggie? From Baldukk, a play on words. Give me one as well."
"Welcome~!..Yes, here."
"What's this? What's this!! It's delicious~!!"
"What the, what is it!? A new stall is it? Hmph, for all of the {Slaughterers} to be gathered and eating. Oh~ sister, give me one as well!"
"Yes, that'll be 300 Z, here you go."
That is, if it isn't the Tiger-people woman that's like a gorilla who's in one of the second-rate parties? It's a bit rude but jsut as she looks she's like a gorilla and it seems she can't even read characters after all.
"Oh! Here..And it's a shape I've seen somewhere before right~ sis! Uhihi~"
The gorilla woman made a vulgar smile while paying the money and taking the Baldoggie as she licked the end and bit into it.
"Right? But my husband has an even better one."
Catherine said that while turning around to Basutoral. Basutoral courteously lowered his head. That guy, he's a member of the first part of the {Slaughterers} you know. It seems since Basutoral, Catherine, and Giberuti were wearing matching black shirts and have the white clothes tied around their heads the gorilla woman didn't notice they were the {Slaughterers}. Though it was Toris's idea..that's just like a noodle joint from some place.
"He..Is that so. Ngu. Delicious! This is!"
"Please make sure you eat all of it!"
"O..Oh! Like I would leave any remaining! Give me one more!"
"Thank you for your business."
It seems she can handle stupid customers as well. If it's this then she should be fine. Including myself the sakura* all split up into small groups as we went to get a proper meal.
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Around two hours after we were eating at Murowa and the three of them grouped up with us. It's still only around 8 pm.
"That was fast."
After I said that and the three of them were a bit excited as they happily reported things to me. It seems they managed to sell one every 20-30 seconds or so. However...even though we didn't even do any kind of advertisement momentum is quite amazing.
Including the sakura* there were sales of 90,000 Z huh? Fumu. If it's this then it seems it will make it as a business. If we just keep it at selling around 300 of them from a stall and sell another 1,000 or so for a slightly cheaper price to a restaurant in wholesale then it could make it to around 150,000 Z a day. We'll need to make sure they don't setup stalls for them when we wholesale..I guess it doesn't particularly matter though.
There's no need to always continue to do the sales through a stall ourselves. Even at longest around six months to a year should be plenty. Ah, it might be good to do when mixing in beef, cheese, or other parks of pork as well when announcing them as new products. No, maybe I should have them start making those sorts of new products right away? I guess it doesn't matter either way.
In any case, even if I estimate it on the low end the overall profit should be around 100,000 a day. Assuming 20 days in a month that's 2,000,000. The labor costs including the fixed expenses are the wages for the two slave boys inn and food costs is around 200,000, the magic stones for the stove are..around 200,000 I guess? 1,000 for Catherine and 600,000 for me. Well, that should be plenty for the time being. After several months I'll check up on the state of things and consider increasing the number of people, the amount produced, and it's reputation in the town while deciding which direction to stretch out the business.
After I had thought that far while poking at some Ibodi and Keiswago fried fish together with Toris, I pushed things about the sausages back to a corner of my mind.
Year 7445, Month 9, Day 7
Morning, when I left Boil Manor in order to go running, not just Zulu and Angela were waiting in front but Giberuti brought along John and Terry as well. It seems everyone else is still getting ready.
"Morning."
""Good morning, master!""
When I greeted them the five slaves all returned my greeting at the same time.
"John, Terry. Do a proper job starting today. You might not be used to things at first but listen closely to the things Catherine and Giberuti say and it's fine if you take your time so carefully think about things."
""Yes!""
They sure are obedient. I really like obedient fellows.
"Giberuti, I made some ice and left it in front of my room. In order to make it easy to use I split it up into three different sized buckets so use it as you please. Since the temperature has decreased a bit I don't think it will melt for a short while. If there's any left over then throw it away in the back."
I made a total of around 100 kg of ice. It's a considerable amount but even if I leave that much around since right now is the start of September it won't last until evening.
"I understand."
I finish up talking over some finer details with Giberuti and soon after Basutoral came out accompanied by Catherine. I left Giberuti and the two slave boys in Catherine's care and ordered the two children to properly listen to things the adults say and do their jobs. In addition I handed Giberuti a bit of extra money for stocking up they should be doing today just in case.
During that time everyone else was gathering outside.
"Alright. Then shall we go?"
While being seen off by Catherine, Giberuti, John, and Terrry the 9 of us excluding Zenom started our running.
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We returned from running and after having breakfast we joined up with the {Butchers} and {Sooner} as everyone from the {Slaughterers} did some training until lunch. After lunch when everyone returned to the inn the sausages Catherine and the others were making were of everyone's interest. In just half a day of work what amount were they able to produce and exactly what level of completion were they at?
Today, since morning they've been stocking up on the flavoring and meat other than the casings. Of course, soon after we went our for our running this morning they had breakfast and then went to the butcher I'm sure. In regards to the stocking and money I felt like Catherine was still a bit unreliable so I left it to Giberuti.
"I wonder how much they were able to make? Around 100 of them?"
"100..No matter how you think about it isn't that too few..."
"Hn, I see. Then around 1,000 of them?"
"..Ral sure is extreme. Since it's the first day, wouldn't 200-300 be plenty?"
Ralpha is completely out of the question but Gwine's estimates weren't half bad I guess? Since this time is the first day we had planned for them to be producing around 300 of them to sell. Even if they don't all sell today we'll be smoking them as well, since we're boiling them and then cooling them down right away, as long as they properly have ice on their side to leave them in then the quality should be no problem until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
The size of the sausages being produced are using the bowel's of a pig as casings so a thickness of about 3-4 cm, frankfurt size and the length should be around 15 cm so I guess they should be around 100 grams each? Since there's also other things mixed into them as well in order to make around 100 of them they should have stocked up on about 9 kg of pork. 27 kg for 300 of them. We were questioning putting in close to 10% in other mixed ingredients but while the flavor gets a bit lighter mixing in shaved ice gives it a smother taste and reduces the number of failures. It also reduces the number of rupturing accidents when boiling them. It's to the point where it would even be fine to add a bit more.
When we arrived at the Boil Manor the brat ran up and gave us some complaints.
"Basutoral-sama, please do things like smoking outside of your room...If you're going to do it then please use the roof."
Oh~ I guess that's only obvious. It's not like there's ventilation so if you were to do something like smoking inside of your room it would overflow with smoke. If it's just a bit then there's no major problem with the window being open but when it comes to smoking sausages in the 100s the amount of smoke would be on a different level. It seems we've done something bad.
Everyone politely apologized to the brat and then proceeded towards Basutoral's room. I wonder if John and Terry are properly working below Giberuti and Catherine?
No one was in the room. There was just the meat grinder and the table it was fixed to and everything else was cleanly put into order. On the side of the table there's a bucket and what appears to be the leftover pig's bowels using for casings was inside of it. It seems everyone is already on the rooftop. The rooftop is usually pretty empty with just the water tank for the shower and a pole for drying clothes. Certainly it might be just right for boiling, smoking, and airing out sausages.
Just as expected everyone was gathered on the rooftop in the middle of their work under Giberuti's lead. They washed the completed sausages to get rid of any scraps and then starting from the ones that were wiped dry of moisture they're smoking them. On the side of that they have a pot with boiling water and Catherine is maintaining the temperature of the fire so it doesn't boil over while they boil the sausages that have finished smoking.
The smoker that Giberuti and Basutoral made wasn't all that big at all. In terms of volume it's about 4, 1 To(18 liters) cans worth. Even if you make good use of how you're hanging them I think around 100 at a time is the limit. The pot they're boiling the water in is the portable type size that adventurers use so it's at best useful for making enough soup for 10 people. Since it's around 3 liters it can probably only boil around 10 of them at a time.
On the side of that is a large pail with the remaining half-melted ice I made this morning, it seems around 20 frankfurts are floating in it after being smoked and boiled.
Wumu, no matter how I look it's inefficient. Or, rather, putting aside the smoker, the stove and pot are small. With this it's vague whether they might even be able to make them all by the evening. There's no helping it if they spend this much time just making a mere 300 of them. After taking the change from Giberuti for stocking up, I added 1 gold Shu(250,000 Z) to the amount and handed it back while ordering "Go and buy a larger stove and pot".
The expenses for this time was around 8,000 Z for a total of rougly 27 kg of pork and various parts. In terms of casings Basutoral had already prepared around 15 of them at 4 meters or so each pickled in salt and those cost 1,000 Z each for a total of 15,000 Z. The spices and seasonings and such was at most around several hundred Z in total. If you include the wood chips for smoking and the magic stones for the stove then it probably won't even reach 24,000 Z.
The cost of ingredients for one of them is around 80 Z huh? Expensive, that's expensive.
Particularly the casings are expensive. Since there's a demand for condoms in Baldukk, even if it's before they've been processed the fact that they have a high price is the largest problem. Since it seems that if we could stock up in Rombertia let alone half price it seems they're even 1/3rd the price so it might be best to think about stocking up in bulk there. With just that we should be able to drop the cost of ingredients by around 30 Z. If we can make one of them 50 Z then..if we sell them for around 200 Z then that will be decent I guess. No, if I think about the preservatives that we weren't using this time then the cost of ingredients should go up even higher. It's like water on a hot stone but it might be best to think about increasing the amount of shaved ice and lowering the cost price.
Suddenly I realized. I picked up one that was completed and whispered {Status Open} in a small voice.
The blue window that I haven't seen very often recently opens up.
【Pork(Food Preparation Complete)】
Well I thought that would be the case. Next. This time the green window I'm used to seeing opened up. Shit, why didn't I realize this until now. Though it's been quite a while since I stopped myself from using 【Identify】 to check the status of food though...
【Frankfurt Sausage】
【Pork】
【State: Good】
【Manufacture Date: 7/9/7445】
【Value: 20】
"Fuhi"
I made a strange noise.
A short while after Giberuti returned with the stove and pot he bought and using that they were able to finish up the boiling of 30 at once. It's gotten a bit better but it seems it's going to require even more funds invested in the facilities and equipment. That one large-scale stove magic tool we ended up selling once upon a time, I wish we had kept it...If it was that then as long as we could prepare a large container-like pot then we could have boiled 300 all at once.
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Even though we're entering the dungeon tomorrow, Giberuti, Catherine, and Basutoral were all opening a stall in the entrance plaza. They paid 5,000 Z for the stall, which was around five times the normal (normally it's around 1,000 Z for a single stall of about 2 meters) to the knight group that manages the plaza to force their way in. It's a shady method we can do only because we're acquaintances with Church-san from the Baldukk knight group. A frying pan was placed on top of the stove that was used to boil the sausages and this time they're frying the frankfurts while stabbing them with skewers.
They've already prepared a bottle of mustard as well. And then, they're selling them for the atrocious price of 300 Z each. Isn't that the price of a night stall in a festival in Japan? If you don't go luxurious it's enough to buy a single meal. Moreover they aren't just mobilizing the {Slaughterers} but also the {Butchers} and {Sooner} to act as sakura*. Excluding Rodrick the others, John, and Terry almost all of them are well-known adventurers in Baldukk.
Those sorts of fellows are all surrounding the stall biting into frankfurts on skewers.
"Isn't 300 Z a bit expensive?"
Ralpha said a bit sharply while waiting in line. That opinion is only nature but...
"It's a test sale after all. It's difficult to raise the price later but it might be just right for the starting cost. If they sell at this price then there's no need to sell them for cheaper after all and if they aren't selling at all then can't they just keep an eye on the sales and slowly lower the price?"
Bel replied. That's right.
"Ma..Master, they smell good right. I want to quickly eat some."
Angela's nose is moving as she smells the scent. It seems her tail is shaking a bit as well. That's right isn't it, I want to eat some soon as well.
"Yeah, I'm hungry..this is quite difficult."
Zulu puts his hand to his stomach while looking at the mountain of frankfurts. It's almost dinner time after all~ That's not unreasonable. However~ that's quite the amazing sound coming from your stomach.
"I prefer the sausages when they've only just been boiled though..they seem delicious~"
"Yeah, that one time we ate them, the ones that were just boiled. Those were delicious as well but I liked the ones we ate the other day more."
"Akdam-sama, we were able to try out a bit of the ones today after we had just boiled them but they were extremely delicious!"
"I've never eaten something that delicious before!"
"Fufu..From here on out you'll be able to eat a lot. There's still lots of delicious things left in the world after all."
"Yeah, eat lots from here on out. It's a child's job to eat."
Gwine and Zenom were pleasantly talking to John and Terry.
It seems the first few of them are almost done frying.
Miduchi took two of those and after putting plenty of mustard on one she handed it to me.
I took it and bit in.
Along with the snapping consistency of biting into it the sourness of the mustard on the surface and the fat from the pork mixes together in a nostalgic flavor.
The fragrance passes through my nose and stimulates my appetite even further.
After chewing even further the crunch in the consistency still feels good as the juices from the meat spread out in my mouth.
Yeah, it's good!
They're pretty big so 300 Z isn't half bad.
When I suddenly looked to the side Miduchi was using her forked tongue to lick the fat that was dripping down the surface of the frankfurt.
After she met eyes with me she made a teasing smile and started wrapping her long tongue around the frankfurt.
Stop playing with your food.
Please play with my frankfrut later.
"Oh, I was late. I went to buy these so the three of you should wear them. They match."
Toris bought three shirts that were dyed black. A uniform huh?
"Also, since Saji and Larry are in charge of the cooking. Make sure you properly put this around your head so no hairs fall out."
Additionally he handed a thin towel like white cloth to the two guys.
I guess he's saying to wrap it around their heads like pirates.
The frankfurts gradually keep frying up.
"Wamu..N! This, it's even more delicious then that {obento} the other day!!"
Misu raises her voice in admiration. That's only obvious since the ones we gave to them the other day weren't even properly smoked after all. Of course these ones are more delicious.
"Oh! This flavor, I can't stand it! It goes well with mustard."
Binsu was biting into it like a delicacy as well. The mustard is good too right. If it comes to this then I want to do something about ketchup as well. Though there's nothing that can be done.
"They have a good consistency too right!"
Hisu has already eaten close to half of hers. It seems she intends to use mustard on the remaining part. It seems like Binsu can't wait for her to finish putting it on.
"Master! If you put mustard on them they're even more delicious right!"
One of Rodrick's slaves, Denda, called out to Rodrick in admiration.
"Right!? I like {sausage} as well.."
"You've eaten them before?"
"Yeah, in the past..However..this sure is good."
Rdorick replied while looking off a bit into the distance.
"Ah, I've already finished it..Give me one more!"
"You're the same as usual, Rokko. Exactly how much of a glutton are you?"
"Kevin you're already on your second one too right? I saw it."
"Hee~ I've started to feel like drinking some beer."
"Right..It has this fragrance after all so it seems like it would go well with beer. Hey~ how about trying to prepare some beer?"
"If they do that then the customers will settle down and won't pass through right?"
"I guess that's true..Give me one more!"
Everyone is already enjoying themselves as they please around this point.
"Delici~ous! Are they called Sausages~Hn? Baldoggie?"
"They cal these sausages but this is a food that was newly made in this town of Baldukk after all! That's why they're Baldoggie!"
Basutoral was giving a lecture while making a cut into the frankfurt as he moved it to pass over the flame well. Before I realized it there was a price tag on the table saying "1 Baldoggie 300 Z". The Baldoggie is fried with a sizzling sound on the frying pan with lard spread out in it.
On the side of that Giberuti was looking at the cooking while quietly putting skewers on them.
Now then...I guess I'll have one more huh?
【Wood Skewer】
That's only obvious. It's hot but it can't be helped.
【Baldoggie】
Hmn...
【Baldoggie】
【Pork】
【State: Good】
【Manufacture Date: 7/9/7445】
【Value: 30】
I see now. Though there's a lot more that I don't get but..really thank you for your work, indeed.
"Oh~ that sister, give me one as well~"
Our first customer has come and called out to Catherine who was acting as the salesperson. It's a drunk old man. Judging from the blisters on his rough hands he's probably an artisan who finished up work early to have a drink.
"Yes, here you go. That'll be 300 Z. Please use as much mustard on it as you please."
"Here you go, 1, 2, 3, and 300. Is it fine if I put it on with this spoon?"
"Yeah, but for the first bite you should try it just like that. If you want to change the flavor then please try putting some mustard on it."
Catherine courteously deals with the sweaty and drunk old man. Umu. It seems she has talent for the night entertainment business. Ah, No, she was still a slave until just the other day wasn't it. The one who said that she should deal with any customer as if they were her master was me.
"He~ Now then~oo!! This is delicious!"
Catherine smiled seeing the old man eating the Baldoggie deliciously.
"Then next is the mustard oo...ofu!! This is good too!"
The old man who was saying it's good, it's good while biting into it, disappeared in the twilight of the town of Baldukk.
Everyone was watching over the reaction of the old man. Before we noticed everyone was moving their heads to see off the old man.
It seems that all of us standing around the stall biting into Baldoggie acted as a good advertisement. Countless people were passing by before we noticed a number of customers came along.
"Ah, that, give me one."
"Welcome, that's 300 Z."
"300!? That's a bit expensive..Well I guess it's fine."
"Oh! Delicious!! Is this mustard huh? Oh! This is good too!!"
"Thank you very much~!"
"What's this? He~ Baldoggie? From Baldukk, a play on words. Give me one as well."
"Welcome~!..Yes, here."
"What's this? What's this!! It's delicious~!!"
"What the, what is it!? A new stall is it? Hmph, for all of the {Slaughterers} to be gathered and eating. Oh~ sister, give me one as well!"
"Yes, that'll be 300 Z, here you go."
That is, if it isn't the Tiger-people woman that's like a gorilla who's in one of the second-rate parties? It's a bit rude but jsut as she looks she's like a gorilla and it seems she can't even read characters after all.
"Oh! Here..And it's a shape I've seen somewhere before right~ sis! Uhihi~"
The gorilla woman made a vulgar smile while paying the money and taking the Baldoggie as she licked the end and bit into it.
"Right? But my husband has an even better one."
Catherine said that while turning around to Basutoral. Basutoral courteously lowered his head. That guy, he's a member of the first part of the {Slaughterers} you know. It seems since Basutoral, Catherine, and Giberuti were wearing matching black shirts and have the white clothes tied around their heads the gorilla woman didn't notice they were the {Slaughterers}. Though it was Toris's idea..that's just like a noodle joint from some place.
"He..Is that so. Ngu. Delicious! This is!"
"Please make sure you eat all of it!"
"O..Oh! Like I would leave any remaining! Give me one more!"
"Thank you for your business."
It seems she can handle stupid customers as well. If it's this then she should be fine. Including myself the sakura* all split up into small groups as we went to get a proper meal.
.................
Around two hours after we were eating at Murowa and the three of them grouped up with us. It's still only around 8 pm.
"That was fast."
After I said that and the three of them were a bit excited as they happily reported things to me. It seems they managed to sell one every 20-30 seconds or so. However...even though we didn't even do any kind of advertisement momentum is quite amazing.
Including the sakura* there were sales of 90,000 Z huh? Fumu. If it's this then it seems it will make it as a business. If we just keep it at selling around 300 of them from a stall and sell another 1,000 or so for a slightly cheaper price to a restaurant in wholesale then it could make it to around 150,000 Z a day. We'll need to make sure they don't setup stalls for them when we wholesale..I guess it doesn't particularly matter though.
There's no need to always continue to do the sales through a stall ourselves. Even at longest around six months to a year should be plenty. Ah, it might be good to do when mixing in beef, cheese, or other parks of pork as well when announcing them as new products. No, maybe I should have them start making those sorts of new products right away? I guess it doesn't matter either way.
In any case, even if I estimate it on the low end the overall profit should be around 100,000 a day. Assuming 20 days in a month that's 2,000,000. The labor costs including the fixed expenses are the wages for the two slave boys inn and food costs is around 200,000, the magic stones for the stove are..around 200,000 I guess? 1,000 for Catherine and 600,000 for me. Well, that should be plenty for the time being. After several months I'll check up on the state of things and consider increasing the number of people, the amount produced, and it's reputation in the town while deciding which direction to stretch out the business.
After I had thought that far while poking at some Ibodi and Keiswago fried fish together with Toris, I pushed things about the sausages back to a corner of my mind.
