• 8714
• Commerce Course Instructor
  See, the lecture's almost about to start.
  There's the Intermediate Business teacher, Instructor Gregory.
  He's always very punctual, so please make sure you aren't late--

• 8715
• Instructor Gregory
  Yes, hello.
  Player, I shall be your teacher starting today.
  My name is Gregory Holzinger Del Hansbach.
  It's rather long, so I'll be testing you with surprise questions rather frequently.

• 8716
• Instructor Gregory
  --That was a joke.
  Let's begin the lecture.

• 8717
• Instructor Gregory
  The first lecture for the Intermediate Commerce Course major is this: Trading Skills.

• 8718
• Instructor Gregory
  Trading skills are used to purchase greater amounts of certain types of trade items.
  For example, if you have the Livestock Trading skill, you will be able to purchase greater numbers of cattle and sheep.

• 8719
• Instructor Gregory
  Trading skills correspond to every kind of trade item.
  In addition to the Livestock skill I just mentioned, there's the Food Trading Skill, Jewellery Trading Skill, Mineral Trading Skill, and so on...
  Player, the kind of merchant life you will lead depends on which of these skills you will choose to learn.

• 8720
• Instructor Gregory
  Like other skills, trading skills can be learned from guild masters and other great people in the city.
  To train a skill, just purchase the trade item in the market that corresponds to the skill you wish to improve.
  Selling will not help to improve your skills.
  If you really want to focus on improving a trade skill, try changing to a job that uses it a lot.
  I know that was a lot to take in. Did you understand it all?

• 8721
• How will you respond?

• 8722
• I understand.

• 8723
• Could you say that again, please?

• 8724
• Instructor Gregory
  Incidentally, my favourite trading skill is livestock.
  Livestock can be used for clothing, fibre, and cooking, and be made into all kinds of food.
  And they're not just practical... Being surrounded by animals is just...so fulfilling...
  I'd even go so far as to say that the livestock trading skill is the ideal skill!

• 8725
• Instructor Gregory
  *gasp* *pant*...
  I beg your pardon. I must have gotten a bit overexcited.
  Now then, let's try heading outside and reviewing everything we've gone over so far.
  I'm going to make some preparations, so you go on ahead, Player.
  Have a chat with the Faro market keeper or whatnot.

• 8726
• Instructor Gregory
  *gasp* *pant*...
  I beg your pardon. I must have gotten a bit overexcited.
  Now then, let's try heading outside and reviewing everything we've gone over so far.
  I'm going to make some preparations, so you go on ahead, Player.
  Have a chat with the Calvi market keeper or whatnot.

• 8727
• Instructor Gregory
  *gasp* *pant*...
  I beg your pardon. I must have gotten a bit overexcited.
  Now then, let's try heading outside and reviewing everything we've gone over so far.
  I'm going to make some preparations, so you go on ahead, Player.
  Have a chat with the Helder market keeper or whatnot.

• 8728
• Market Keeper
  Hey, welcome!
  You look like one of the students.
  I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of each other after you graduate, so it's good to meet you.

• 8729
• Market Keeper
  I'm not too busy right now, so if there's anything I can teach you I'll be happy to do so.

• 8730
• How will you respond?

• 8731
• How do I buy lots of trade items?

• 8732
• Tell me about Trading Skills...

• 8733
• Market Keeper
  If you want to buy lots of trade items, you're going to need trading skills.
  But, each trading skill only works with one type of trade item.
  If your base city mainly deals in food,
  then you should learn the Food Trading skill. That way, you'll be sure to make a good profit.
  

• 8734
• Market Keeper
  However! You need to be careful here. I'm sure you've already learned this, but your ship has a limited amount of loadage for cargo, right?
  It's no good building up your trading skills and buying lots of items if you can't carry them all on your ship.

• 8735
• Market Keeper
  Whoops, looks like teacher showed up while I was blabbering.

• 8736
• Instructor Gregory
  Sorry to keep you.
  Now, let's go and see how goods are actually being sold.
  Talk to the Market Keeper and have him show you his stock.
  If you can afford it, you are free to buy anything you like.
  But pay particular attention to the amount you can buy. Once you've seen enough, come talk to me again.

• 8737
• Click the Market Keeper,
  then click the Purchase button on the bottom right.

• 8738
• The left side shows the different trade items
  you can buy in this city.

• 8739
• Place the cursor on each trade item to see a pop-up
  with detailed information about that item.

• 8740
• Click on a trade item to see the amount of it
  you can purchase displayed in the centre of the screen.

• 8741
• Once you've checked that, talk to Instructor Gregory again.

• 8742
• Instructor Gregory
  Have you finished checking the amounts you can purchase?

• 8743
• Instructor Gregory
  Now then, this city sells chicken and eggs.
  For example, if you wanted to make a large amount of omelettes and chicken rice,
  you would need to buy a lot of chicken and eggs in this market.
  Times like that are when trading skills will be most useful for you.
  Incidentally, I have mastered the Food Trading skill.
  Alright Player, I shall now show you how much food that lets me buy at this store.

• 8744
• Instructor Gregory's Food Trading skill is very
  high. High ranked skills let you buy a large
  amount of an item at once.

• 8745
• In addition to trading skills,
  purchasable amounts are also affected by the Player,
  the City's country of origin, the Influence of countries,
  the city's Development Level, and so on.

• 8746
• Market Keeper
  Instructor Gregory used to be a famous food merchant around here. I guess he's still got what it takes.

• 8747
• Instructor Gregory
  I became disgusted at myself for only being able to use those adorable animals as a tool for making money.

• 8748
• Instructor Gregory
  Now, Player, let's go back to school.
  Have a chat with the teachers there and wait for me.

• 8749
• Instructor Gregory
  Abandoning the quest? Was this class that boring...?
  All right, Player, we'll brush up another time.

• 8750
• Commerce Course Instructor
  Welcome back. How was the market?
  --I see. Well, he is an instructor. It only makes sense that he'd be great at that.
  To be an instructor at Voyager School requires skill, smarts, stamina, and above all a love for the students. Player, once you've graduated from this school one day and set out for the seas,
  I hope you'll consider coming back here after your journey is finished and helping to educate the next generation--

• 8751
• Instructor Gregory
  What are you saying!? This student still has many things to learn.
  Please try not to get too far ahead of yourself.
  Now then, Player, let's have a little test to see how much you've learned.
  There's nothing to it, it's just a refresher of today's lecture.
  So as long as Player was paying attention...

• 8752
• Instructor Gregory
  Here we go. Are you ready?
  First question. You have been asked to purchase large quantities of wine.
  What skill will assist you with this?

• 8753
• How will you respond?

• 8754
• Alcohol Trading Skill

• 8755
• Livestock Trading Skill

• 8756
• Instructor Gregory
  Were you really listening to me?!

• 8757
• Instructor Gregory
  Wine is alcohol! Have you ever heard of wine that comes from milking cows!?

• 8758
• Instructor Gregory
  Today's lecture is over!
  Player, before you come to my next lecture, go back to the market and take a good look at the different types of trade items again! Good bye!

• 8759
• Instructor Gregory
  Correct. Wine is an alcohol, after all, so naturally it would be the alcohol trading skill.
  Good to see you were paying attention. Lately I've had students who have fallen asleep without even closing their eyes, so I had to test you with an easy question.
  All right, while we're at it, here's another question: what's the best part of the livestock trading skill?

• 8760
• How will you respond?

• 8761
• Making them into ingredients

• 8762
• Using them to make wine

• 8763
• Instructor Gregory
  Correct. Glad to see you've been paying attention.
  Now that I can see how closely you've been listening, I can rest assured.
  All right, that's enough lecturing for today.
  Don't forget to visit the market and check the different kinds of trade items so you don't forget today's lecture.
  Farewell.