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"Mister, Mr. Maddock, are these all the ratings for the merchants?"
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"Yeah, that should be all of them. It's finally done.
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"That was really hard work. I don't know how you could have pulled me into such a messy situation.
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"I'm glad Mr. Maddock was along for the ride. Thanks to you, we were able to weed out the strange merchants.
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"Well, in that case, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me try some good food."
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The re-selection of the furnishings for Barca Castle started as an argument between Clarice and Gran, but I turned it into an event.
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In order to have the merchants gather furniture suitable for the castle, I rated them on their aesthetics and abilities based on the goods they brought.
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This was met with an unexpected response.
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The cause was my miniature model of the Barka Castle.
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To me, a miniature model is something that I would categorize as a toy, but it seems that this was not the case in reality.
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To Kyle and Clarice's amazement, an elaborate model that was a scaled-down version of a real castle was quite rare.
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Moreover, it had stained glass windows in a style that had never been seen before.
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The person who saw the miniature model must have thought
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The knight who built such a castle must be very well paid.
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And so the goods came one after another, even from outside the Fontana territory.
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Merchants with their own prized goods.
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Thanks to these merchants, Clarice was satisfied that the furnishings for Barca Castle were of the highest quality, but the hard part actually came afterwards.
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The merchants who had brought goods that met Clarice and Gran's expectations had to be recognized and rated accordingly.
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I decided to do this with the old man and Mr. Maddock, a lumberjack, who knew a lot about merchants from all over the country as a peddler.
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The reason why Mr. Maddock was there was because I added another check item to the rating.
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It was to check the merchants through Mr. Madoc's current main job, that of a judge.
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Outside of Barca, each land and each commodity is controlled by various guilds of merchants.
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I have decided to open a free market here in Barca, in order to eliminate the influence of the guilds, which I consider to be a bunch of vested interests, and to allow free trade and commerce to take place.
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This was done in the hope that the people of Barca would break away from the barter trade and develop a sense of economy with money.
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But in reality, the guilds are not evil.
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They had their disadvantages for me, but they also had their advantages.
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It set a certain standard for merchants.
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Buying and selling things is simple, but it is easy to cheat.
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If you only think about making money, it is quicker to cheat people out of their money.
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They sell cheap goods for a high price as if they are luxury goods.
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Or, they buy valuable goods at a low price, saying that they are worthless.
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Or, they sell defective products that do not meet the performance requirements, knowing that they are defective.
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There are many other kinds of fraud.
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In a free market, there will be a certain number of people who commit such fraudulent acts.
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Furthermore, there are some things that should not be sold even in a free market.
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They decide not to sell things that are harmful to people and the land.
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If a complete free market was held without any such restrictions, the territory of the knights of Barca would have turned into an underworld in no time.
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In short, the merchant's rating was checked based on his aesthetics, the quality of his goods, and whether or not he had ever committed any wrongdoing.
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Mr. Maddock, who is working as a judge, was asked to gather information on this fraud and assist in this rating check.
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"Well then, let's put up the merchants who fulfill all three criteria as 3-star, 2-star, and 1-star. Also, all those who cheated in this purchasing event should be sent to jail.
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"I see. You're going to rate them by the number of stars. That way it's easy to see at a glance. How about if the monk gives you something that you can see the number of stars in the store?
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"Yes, let's do that. We could also change the location of stalls at the free market according to the ranking of the rating. It would be better to have the best stores in one place.
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"That would give the 3-star merchants too much influence. Don't you think you would like that?
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"Ah, yes. If there is no guild and a 3-star merchant has a big face, it might not make sense. Then maybe we should check the ratings on a regular basis.
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Thus, the free market in the territory of the knights of Barca, which until then had appeared to be a mixture of stones and stones, was transformed into a place where goods of a certain level of quality could be gathered.
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