March 1624 - Day 15

This winter has not been as bad for vegetables, they are still in the market available at 1,450. Because Martti ate 100 already and it is only March, it is reasonable to check other options for the monthly consumption first:
- Martti only has 2 kilos of foie gras in his possession, and that is merchandise, of course.
- Meat costs 6,900, mead 1,600, beer 3,590, and herbs 1,650.
- From these options, Martti buys a salvo of 40*BEER and consumes it immediately, with no change in health challenge remaining report.

Martti notices that despite it being March already, the salaries have not arrived. Town is in full boom though. Perhaps it is the Royal Palace fire that has delayed things. Also the death report, mead production, etc are not yet there.

Let's check the happenings since last:
- WOS-E1 (green suit) bid filled at 1.36
- 5*IC bought at 0.93 <- this was probably a bad deal, IC is plummeting
- DIS gained at 0.63
- WOS-G (brown suit) sold at 1.10
- WOS-E1 sold at 3.25 (!! - a similar one was just bought 1.89 lower - !!)

Excellent, excellent! This was truly a lucky round with L4 promotion requirements still fulfilled! It reminds Martti of the Jubilee Raffle when he also held tickets last year when they were priced in the sub-1 mil range. That one has reached the final rounds, with the Baronet letters awarded today. One commoner was promoted in the instant, all the four others had been nobles already and even held several baronetcies.

First thing to check is whether the IC could be put to use! IC can be spelled out "international currency" (although originally it was "items credits"). It allows many things to be created anew and brought to the game, from fungible wines and silver coins, to unique items. The still current IC conversion table is here, but it will update every 1-2 years.

Typically characters in this level do not get IC, because it starts really when purchasing a home, so not many of the items are of interest. Even wine prices have been pressured but hey, let's give is a try and CONSUME IC 2 [W1614] . The effect should be that 6 bottles of the wine in question arrives to Martti's location soon. The rest of the IC is put for sale and lowballs added to the market as well.

The lowballs have worked so well that despite DIS etc. production round coming soon, no equipment is bought at the asking price, instead waiting for someone to dump. In the suits, the green one will now be Martti's everyday suit, and only the others are for speculation.