Chapter 44: Business plans' result
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Tywin had figured what Edward tried to sell and part of Edward's plan. Edward had to admit that Tywin was the most intelligent in all of Westeros, and if Edward was not focused for a moment, he was sure that he would fall into Tywin's trap.
Edward also admitted he would lose without even a chance to fight back without the knowledge and problem solving thinking from his previous life. Edward's administration and management plans were even from it. Edward wondered if Tyrion did not kill Tywin, Would Tywin be the winner of the war?
After Tywin knew that Edward started to make alcohol and wine and planned to sell them to the rest of the seven kingdoms and the rest of the free cities, Tywin at once made a counter plan. He also started making alcohol and signed a deal with the free cities to sell his alcohol at low prices. He also added a condition to make it hard on Edward. The masters of the free cities, who would always seek profit, thought that they would stand to gain large profits and at once agreed.
When Edward shipped his first alcoholic drinks to Pentos, they didn't allow him to sell them in the cities, saying that they restricted the trade with Westeros, obviously a lie. Bravos and Myr did the same.
But one thing that Tywin did not take into account when he tried to counter Edward's plans. The alcohol and wine that Edward made were on a different level compared to any alcohol in this world. So, Edward did not care and let the drinks sell themselves. He first let his men sell it in the other kingdoms, especially the Vale and the north. When the other merchants from the other kingdoms heard about it and tasted it when they were in the Vale or the north, they started buying it in large volumes. Edward's goods soon entered the other kingdoms' markets. And whatever Tywin did, he was not able to even prevent it from entering King's Landing.
Edward also started trading with the far free cities like Lys, Qohor, Volantis, and Tyrosh. He refused to make any deals with any of the three cities, except Pentos. The reason was that Edward did not want to stop his profit from these cities for such a small matter. It was all business, and since Pentos apologized and offered compensation, why would not Edward ignore something like that? It was all for profit. That was what a good merchant would always think, The profit above anything else.
For Myr, Edward told them that his goods would only enter their market from the next year. He could not keep up with the demands. He had to start building another alcohol factory so that the production could cover half the market's orders, at least.
As for Bravos, they refused to apologize. So Edward announced that he would make a trade with them. They had done what Edward had expected from them. Although Bravos sought profit as well, they were always haughty and refused to bow down.
Edward wanted to undermine Bravos and Iron Bank's influence, and he would start from there. When the other projects started their production and Edward controlled a large segment of the market, he would announce that any city doing business with Bravos would not receive any of his goods.
After his alcohol started making him many gold dragons, Edward at once established his other projects. Edward built The glass and paper processing factories, the cement factory, perfume business, and other small projects like cotton clothes and some simple makeup products all at once. The alcohol business was able to generate a million gold dragons in a month. So why would not he be daring and build all of them?
All these projects had already started their production, and the profits they generated for Edward were huge. They were like a gold machine. Edward's profit for the previous month was five million gold dragons. And this profit was after deducting all the expenses of the different projects, like the worker's salaries, the ships, the armors, and the material for building two castles.
Cassana, who helped Edward with the expanses, was shocked, not to mention the innocent Stannis, who did not participate in the business plans. Everyone in Storm's End could sense the welfare after that huge some of the gold dragons entered the vaults.
Tywin, who was keeping track of all Edward's movements, knew about the new wealth of the Stormsland. The problem was that he could not imitate any of the products. He even gathered many maesters from the Citadel and gave them only one task. He wanted them to figure how Edward made these products. After months of research, those people could only sigh in defeat.
Tywin was Tywin. How could he let such a small obstacle stop him? He sent spies to try and get the recipes and manuals, and they managed to get some parts of them, which had surprised Edward. Edward was the one who implemented the system himself, so how could it fail? It turned out that Tywin could even sway some of the crafters and forgers that Edward even trusted. Fortunately, Edward had implemented a security system for all the buildings and could catch the spies. Edward did not forget to kill those who betrayed him and hang their heads in front of the buildings. He also sent the spies' heads to Tywin through the Shadow Legion.
After that accident, Edward started to really get afraid of Tywin. Edward wanted to tell him. What's the fuck, man? Would not you leave me alone? After all that I had done and you still were able to do this? What's the fuck?
Rhaegar also heard about the news. He was paying much attention to Edward, especially after he became the lord of Storm's End. He wanted to judge Edward's ability to develop his lands, and Edward proved his value and more. Edward would be able to make the Baratheon the wealthiest House in Westeros in two years at most.