What most people dont get is that if lets say he bought 1M jugs for 1 gp ea, then his clan manipulated the price to 15ea
he theoretically made 14M; yes you may say OH THEY WONT SELL, but in order for him to lend his ags or p hats he could ACTUALLY make some money off of this.
Also, people with p hats sell them for PURE JUNK, and that is his aim