Chapter 251: Chicked Chamber of Commerce dispute

"Okay, second brother, don't say that Murray Buck. The third brother did this for the future consideration of the chamber of commerce. Things have happened. We should find a way to solve it, instead of sitting here and complaining endlessly." The person who said this was the eldest young master Thriham who had been silent. He was appointed by President Chickard as the heir to the chamber of commerce. He was very satisfied with his words and actions. He usually was cautious in his words and actions, and maintained a modest and peaceful attitude. But at this time, he might as well show his brother's friendship and broad mind.

"Father, uncles, what my second brother said makes sense. If we really want to fight the Earl Norton to the end, the Chamber of Commerce will suffer a lot of losses. It will even affect our Chamber of Commerce's dominance in the southern waters. Although Hilovas Island is very good, it is in the northern waters. For the Chamber of Commerce, the southern waters cannot be lost, and we cannot ignore one thing."

The eldest young master obviously spoke from the second young master's standpoint, but it is beyond reproach that he did this. The second young master Seboyev has clearly explained the consequences of continuing to implement the northern strategy. Chasing interests is the nature of a businessman, but if the price paid exceeds the profit, then you have to consider it carefully.

President Chikde also hesitated: "We set our goal on Hilovas Island because the Chamber of Commerce is dominating the sea. It is best to use islands as a territory, but there is no suitable island in the southern waters, and we cannot obtain such a large territory in the coastal territory."

Yes, the next business alliance will implement the lord system, and the seven chairmen of the chamber of commerce who are in charge of the power of the business alliance will be named Dukes, so there must be a Grand Duke. The other six future dukes have goals, but the Hilovas Island that their own Chamber of Commerce has attracted twists and turns. Grand Dukes is important, but it is not cost-effective to pay the entire Chamber of commerce for this territory.

The eldest young master Seriham coughed and was about to speak. Like the second young master Seboyev, he was not optimistic about the northern strategy implemented by the Chamber of Commerce and used Shilovas Island as a family territory. For him, there were two things wrong with this strategy. First, Shilovas Island is too far from Moriente City. The fastest ship is about twenty days back and forth. The genius is willing to stay on the island where birds do not lay eggs and stay moldy. Away from the prosperity of Moriente City, people will feel that life is tasteless and has no meaning at all.

Second, this so-called northern strategy was implemented by my third brother Murray Barker, whom I hate the most. My father was too partial. Since I appointed me as the heir to the chamber of commerce, why did I still give my third brother an important task? Not only did he still be responsible for the business path in the north, but he even had to implement the northern strategy related to the chamber of commerce in the future. Now, there is a big problem. If you don’t take the opportunity to repair this ambitious brother who never takes himself seriously, how can you do it?

In terms of personal talent, the eldest young master Seriham does not have the amazing martial arts talent like the second young master Seboyev. He is already the golden fighting rank of the Fighting Qi level under 35 years old. Grandpa Wudi, the second-level great sword master of the Chamber of Commerce, praised him, believing that he is likely to break through to become a first-level great sword master before he is fifty, and will become the pillar of the Chamber of Commerce in the future.

Compared with the third young master Murray Buck, the eldest young master Seriham does not have the ability to do calculating and turn around. The third young master went to the Xia Islamic Kingdom to deal with the spice trade issue, which was really scary. He actually caused the young king who boycotted the Chamber of Commerce's monopoly on spice trade to die suddenly. This was the first time the Chamber of Commerce intervened in the royal family's internal affairs of a kingdom. It has to be said that although the third young master Murray Buck was bold, the result of the matter was extremely satisfactory.

Compared with his two younger brothers, the eldest young master Seriham is relatively mediocre. He has been influenced by the Chamber of Commerce since he was a child. He can only be called a standard businessman, buying low and selling high, and taking advantage of the situation. He is better than his two younger brothers in capturing business opportunities. This is what the senior executives of the Chamber of Commerce value the most. Nothing can be better than bringing benefits to the Chamber of Commerce. Being the heir of the Chamber of Commerce is enough.

However, after receiving the news that the business alliance would implement the lord system, his father would be named the Grand Duke, the eldest son Sereham also had his own plans. After all, the title of the Duke would fall on him a hundred years later, so he had to take good care of where the family territory was.

The territory that the eldest master Seriham is interested in is the Principality of Urubaha. The Principality of Urubaha is located in the south of the Ford Business Alliance, and can also be said to be the starting point of the Golden Coast in the southern waters. The Parrich Plain where the city of Morent is located is the Christo Hills to the south, and the Christo Hills to the south are the Titanini Mountains where the Dwarf Kingdom is located. The end of the Titanini Mountains to the south is the Principality of Urubaha.

To put it nicely, the terrain of the Principal of Urubaha is surrounded by mountains and seas. To put it bluntly, it is a remote village with strong people, rich in mercenaries and robbers. Half of the pirates who are invincible in the sunny waters are poor fishermen along the coast of the Principal of Urubaha. They are entangled in groups, but no matter whether you are a large chamber of commerce or not, you will run away as long as you have the opportunity to make a fortune. If you are not careful, you will cause significant losses to the chamber of commerce.

The eldest young master Seriham is purely from the perspective of a businessman. The Principality of Urubaha is half of barren hills, half of which is sea-painted beaches, and there is not much arable land. The most famous one is the Urubaha underground cave, which is recognized by the seven dangerous places on the mainland. According to legend, this cave leads to a mysterious underground world, and most people who go to explore cannot come back. However, this is not in the consideration of the eldest young master. He is a merchant, neither a mercenary nor an adventurer. Perhaps he can also use the dangerous place of the underground cave to attract those adventurers to go for adventure and make a small profit. As for the people who go to explore, it is nothing to do with him.

The Principality of Urubaha is a poor country, but for merchants, it is just that the operator is not good, so it is enough to change to a suitable person. The eldest son Seriham thinks he is the right person. Not to mention anything else, the densely packed primeval forests in the Principality are the best place for good timber. However, the grand priest of the Principality is reluctant to invest in road construction, and even missed this good source of wealth. Moreover, the principality is connected to the Titanini Mountains, and if it is connected to the Dwarf Kingdom, just reselling the dwarf's specialties, you can make a lot of money. By the way, you can also explore ore veins to invest in and develop. There are many ideas for making money like this.

The biggest advantage is that once the Principality of Urubaha becomes its own territory, the pirates belonging to the Principality can be converted into used. It can not only reduce the cost of suppressing the thieves but also increase the strength of the Chamber of Commerce fleet. At a very small cost, the poor fishermen who have only one life can become sailors and crew members of the fleet, reducing the expenditure and burden of the team personnel's salary.

It only takes three or four days to get from Morent City to the Principal of Urubaha. The transportation is convenient. After seizing the Principal of Urubaha, the Chamber of Commerce can build its base there as the starting point of the Gold Coastline, and it can more easily grasp the dominance of the southern maritime trade routes.

However, it is not without difficulties to occupy the Principality of Urubaha, but it is extremely difficult. First of all, the current Grand Duke Urubaha is a very famous old stubborn man and a third-level great sword master. Although he has no hope of being promoted to the Sword Saint, he is still in his seventies and eighties, but his muscles are still strong and not so easy to deal with. Secondly, Grand Duke has two elite legions under his command, with a population of about 24,000. This is the foundation of the principality and the main means for Grand Duke to make money.

Don’t doubt how the Principality of Urubaha can support these two legions, although small in scale, it costs a lot. But in fact, these two legions are used for renting out as a whole. Each time one legion is rented out, they come back to another legion for rent after the mission expires, and replace them alternately to earn a large amount of bloody wealth for the Grand Duke of Urubaha.

But the eldest young master Seriham believed that if the Chamber of Commerce could occupy the territory of the Principality of Urubaha, then the incorporation of these two legions could make up for the Chamber of Commerce's shortcomings on land, so that he would not use these two legions to rent and work hard. I believe that the soldiers of these two legions would be able to return to the Chamber of Commerce soon after they knew it.

Third, the Grand Duke of Urubaha is also a cousin of the president of the Double Head Dragon Chamber of Commerce, which is also the biggest difficulty facing the eldest young master Seriham. I wonder if the idea of ​​fighting the Duke of Urubaha will make the president of the Double Head Dragon Chamber of Commerce furious, causing the giants of the two commercial alliances to conflict and thus affect the pattern of the commercial alliance. This is also the main reason why the senior officials of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce never turn their attention to the Duke of Urubaha.

The eldest young master Seriham doesn't think so. The president of the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce is also a businessman. If everything has a price, it can be completed as long as it is negotiated well. If the price paid by the Chickard Chamber of Commerce makes the president of the Double-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce excited, the biggest problem will be solved.

For the eldest young master Seriham, the previous difficulties are not a problem. The biggest problem is how to convince the senior officials of the Chamber of Commerce, because even if the Principality of Urubaha successfully becomes the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce still needs to invest no less than ten million Jinfude to build public infrastructure, improve people's livelihood, and attract people's hearts. Although these will be very beneficial to stabilizing the Chamber of Commerce's rule and will slowly bring continuous benefits, for merchants, this is too slow to take too long, and it is really not a good deal.

The eldest young master, Thriham, who is well aware of the nature of a businessman, thinks that now is a good opportunity. He should be very confident in making his suggestions when the senior officials of the Chamber of Commerce are undecided. Instead of investing money in the death battle with the Earl of Norton, it is better to flow to the Principality of Urubaha, at least he can see hope of making a comeback.

Unfortunately, the eldest young master Seriham was one step slower, because the second young master Seboyev stood up and said, "I have a way."

The second young master Seboyev hung a large sea chart he brought on the wall. The senior executives of the Chamber of Commerce are not unfamiliar with this. This is a map of the sunny sea area, with nearly a thousand islands and reefs of all sizes distributed on it.

No, the area of ​​the largest island in the Sunshine Sea is only accommodated by the next small village. Many islands are even a steep stone mountain, and settlements cannot be built at all. How can this place be the territory of the Chamber of Commerce? However, the second young master Seboyev quickly let them know what a whimsical thing is.

"Look, there are nearly a thousand islands in the sunny sea in the south. Although the largest islands are not as big as a baron, most of this sea area is shallow sea, the deepest one is only 10 to 20 meters, and the shallow one is two to three meters. Sometimes you can walk between islands. When the tide is low, you will find that the water surface is exposed below these islands, most of which are connected together.

We connect the twenty-seven islands in the middle with red lines. If we fill in the shallow seas inside, we can get an island territory larger than Shilovas Island, and no one will have any disputes about this territory. Our Chamber of Commerce can gradually control the entire sunny sea with this land built by reclaiming the pirates in this sea area, and make this place the thousand-year basis for the Chamber of Commerce and family."

The second young master Seboyev talked endlessly, but the eldest young master Seriham covered his forehead with distress. This was simply a teammate of pigs! The second brother actually sold his high theory of land reclamation at this time, but he didn't think that the cost of land reclamation was high. It took a long time and it took slow results. He also had to invest most of the force of the Chamber of Commerce to wipe out those pirates who were in nearly a thousand islands in the sunny sea. Is this what my father and the others were willing to do? We are merchants, and what we want is a transaction that is quick to take effect and profits.

It's over, no one is willing to pay attention to the goal of making the Principality of Urubaha. With the second brother like him in front of him, it is difficult to convince his father and the senior officials of the chamber of commerce to adopt his suggestions. The eldest young master Seriham sighed secretly. It seems that he has to find another opportunity. I really don't understand what the second brother is thinking. I have said that his idea is impossible to achieve. I am still so stubborn, one is more worry-free than the other.

Sure enough, the sarcastic laughter of the third brother Murray Buck suddenly rang out, interrupting the second young master Seboyev's speech.

The second young master Seboyev said angrily: "Why are you laughing at?"

The third young master Murray Buck finally got this opportunity to take revenge. How could he be scared by him? He took a step forward and blurted out a series of questions: "My dear second brother, your idea is really wonderful. It is really exciting to have such a large territory in the sunny sea. But how much manpower and material resources are needed to fill this sea area? How much more money does it take? How long does it take to make the Chamber of Commerce own this territory?"

"Uh" The second young master Seboyev was stunned when asked: "I didn't think about this, but the Chamber of Commerce can find someone to calculate it."

"No need to find someone. I have calculated it for you. To fill this sea area, the Chamber of Commerce will have to invest at least two or three million Jinfude every year, and nearly a thousand large cargo ships transporting earth and stone. It takes ten years to fill out one-third of the area within the red line you draw."

The third young master Murray Buck looked at the second young master Seboyev and looked at a fool: "My dear second brother, do you know how much the annual income of our chamber of commerce is? The income of less than two million Jinfude, the dividends and various expenses can enter the chamber of the chamber of commerce after less than 400,000. Why does the chamber of commerce have been unwilling to agree to your application to build another armed fleet? Because we can't afford it, do you know how much the cost of destroying pirates in a year? Five hundred thousand Jinfude, almost the annual income of the northern fleet is filled in here.

I really don't understand why you took it for granted such a brainless suggestion to fill the sunny sea. You can think of it. Is this what a chamber of commerce to do? This must be a mission that an empire can accomplish, and it will take decades. As the president of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, our father is just a grand duke, even if he is awarded the title, he will just fill the islands in the sunny sea as a territory. Are you planning to make our father the biggest joke in Galintya in thousands of years?

Why can other grand lords seize other people's territory but we can't? In a few months, the commercial alliance will soon implement the lord system. By then, the six chambers of commerce will have territory, but we have not yet. So how can you let us Chickard Chamber of commerce be among the seven giants? Do you tell others that we are reclamation? Can you see the shadow after waiting for another ten years?

No matter how you object, second brother, you can't help but admit that there is no more suitable territory for our Chamber of Commerce territory except Shilovas Island? Is the inheritance of military merits and nobles very powerful? Is the third-level great sword master very amazing? Is he still a person? As long as he is not a sword saint, then we have a way to deal with him.

Although our chamber of commerce suffered a great loss due to carelessness and lack of intelligence, I believe that with the strength of our chamber of commerce, we can still deal with this enemy. Now that we have learned the details of this Earl of Norton, we will definitely win if we conduct detailed investigations and careful arrangements!"

"You, you don't understand the horror of a third-level sword master at all, especially since this Count Norton is so young, he may even become a sword saint in the future. If you do this, you will irresponsibly push the Chamber of Commerce into a land of no return!" The second young master Seboyev accused angrily.

"You are timid before the battle!" The third young master Murray Buck retorted: "Since that's the case, kill him before he is not a sword saint, so as not to threaten the chamber of commerce in the future. No matter what, he is still a third-level sword master. We can invite foreign players. The Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce have a third-level sword master. The Vicia Chamber will have two second-level sword masters. We will spend a lot of money to help them. As long as you can solve it with money, it is not a problem. If four great sword masters are not enough, we will invite eight. As long as you kill this count, his family may be separated and collapsed, and there will be no longer any concerns you will have."

"You" the second young master Seboyev was so defensive that he couldn't speak. In a hurry, he lifted his sleeves and wanted to go forward and take action.

"Stop! Seboyev, back!" President Chikde stared at his second son with a fierce look. The idea of ​​reclamation was really a big joke. The third son Murray Buck's words just now were simply to his heart. Indeed, Shilovas Island is indeed the easiest territory to obtain, as long as the Earl Norton, who is a great sword master, is eliminated.

"Uncle Second, what do you think?" President Chikde asked the Master Wudi next to him.

The Chicked Chamber of Commerce is not a family chamber of commerce. The name of the Chamber of Commerce was originally called the Sword and Brewer Chamber of Commerce. It was established by several friends. Later, Chicked’s ancestors became the president and developed the Chamber of Commerce into one of the seven giants in the commercial alliance, and obtained 70% of the equity. This changed the name of the Chamber of Commerce to the Chicked Chamber of Commerce. The position of president was passed down from the Chicked family for generations.

The families that originally had shares also depended on the Chamber of Commerce to survive. Those who were unable to share dividends and food every year were free of worries about food and clothing. Most of the capable ones served as senior management of the Chamber of Commerce. The family of the Wudi Grand Sword Master is one of them. When Wudi Grand Sword Master was discovered to have the talent for martial arts when he was a child, the Chamber of Commerce invested a lot of money to carefully train him, making him now the military guarantee of the Chamber of Commerce.

In terms of seniority, President Chikde should respectfully call Master Wudi the uncle.

The Master Wudi shook his head with a wry smile: "I have been on the ship where Cumorri died and watched the scene after the fierce battle. To be honest, the four Masters are not safe, please ask for eight, all of them must be level 2 Masters or above, so that you can ensure that the Earl Master is eliminated. If you make up your mind, don't worry about spending, as long as the Chamber of Commerce can earn anything back."

President Chickard slapped the table: "Okay, then I decided to put the family territory on Shilovas Island. Needless to say anything else. Murraybuck, you send someone to inquire about the whereabouts of the Earl Norton and the details of his family, and you must also send all the information on Shilovas Island. If you omit it, you won't forgive you.

Thriham, please contact the second-level sword masters of the other chambers of commerce to see how much it will cost to ask them to take action. All those who can agree will be agreed. We cannot ask people to work hard and make people say they are stingy."

"Yes, father." The eldest young master Thriham stood up and nodded respectfully.

To be continued.

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