Chapter 156: Williams (Part 2)
"Which family are you from?" Salin changed his mind, and he didn't intimidate anything. He really didn't need to be captured. The woman suddenly appeared at the harbor with more than a hundred people. Even if she didn't target her, she would have her secret. This is the benefit of keeping it at hand.
Salin never thought of helping the woman for free. In the eyes of the magician, everything had to be paid.
The woman hesitated for a moment, without answering, and looked at Salin stubbornly. Salin smiled, took a cup of tea from Neris, and drank slowly. After being with Rex for a long time, some habits gradually developed. His behavior was not imitated, but naturally formed.
Those who are in the upper hand will not consider what the people below think. They naturally do what they like, but they have nothing to do with others.
The woman's aura was taken away by Salin. Knowing that the mage would not give her any favors, she had to put down her figure and said, "My name...Elaine Williams."
"Oh?" Salin suddenly became a little interested in this woman. She turned out to be a member of the Williams family. However, her name was obviously Yunliu's style. Qin Yinren would not let a woman call this name, which sounds a bit unsovereign, especially for the nobles. Salin herself is not a noble and has not specially studied the family genealogy, but also knows that this woman must be a descendant of the marriage between the Williams family and a certain family of Yunliu.
Although the Williams family has a huge power, the highest title is just the earl. I am afraid that Elaine will have a considerable force in the family if she can get the title.
Salin knew that Qin Yin's title was difficult to obtain. Even if it was an unsuccessful title, His Majesty the Emperor rarely gave anyone. The House of Commons restrained each other and always tried its best to reduce the number of titles controlled by the other party, which made the title very popular in Qin Yin.
"The Williams family is also powerful. How could it make you, a delicate person, come to the north to suffer?" Salin said slowly, directly asking the core of the question. What was she here to do?
"This is a family matter, I can't answer it." Elaine is now willing to give up. She doesn't believe that this young mage will really kill her. After all, she is also a member of the big family, and the benefits she will get will be more.
"If the Williams family wants to travel north often, I advise you to tell me, so as not to cut off the financial path in this area in the future. I am a magician and a merchant. Now I only know that you must have gained some benefits in the north. If I don't know what benefits this is, cut off the route in the north, and no one can make a profit. Do you understand?"
Salin is now in a strong position and does not want to talk to this female noble, so he is too lazy to use any conversation skills. After the city is established, he must learn the Alchemy City method to control the northern route. The northern route is very deserted, and it will take less than half a year for Skochenya's merchants to and from Yulianyun City.
The current season is obviously not a good time to sail. This Elaine appears at this time and is definitely not a tourist. Salin really wants to know what other benefits are there at sea in this season in the north that can allow important figures in the Williams family to take risks in person.
"You have to reason!" Elaine said with a pale face and a little angry. She didn't expect such a noble-looking mage to speak so philanthropically.
"I'm already very reasonable. Now I'm building a city here, with the authorization of the royal family, and I can control the waters of hundreds of miles nearby. I don't care why you ran here before. If you want to pass here in the future, I have to ask if I agree. Now your ship is gone and your subordinates are almost frozen to death. If you want to get my help, do you still want to give nothing?"
Elaine was angry. What the young mage said was very confusing, but his attitude was a bit arrogant, which made her, who had not been angry since childhood, a little difficult to accept.
"Don't you want to get the friendship of the Williams family?"
"Where do people who do business have friendship? Maybe we can be friends, but it has nothing to do with your family. I have always been like this." Salin replied with a smile, and what he said was the truth. For example, in the business with the Clyde family, he can give benefits to Aini, but not to Aini's family. There is a difference.
"Who is friends with you!" Elaine became more and more angry when she thought Salin was teasing her.
"Look, you are rejecting the friendship of a great magician, but you blame me for not wanting to gain the favor of the Williams family. Aren't we doing the same thing?" Surrey said patiently. He built a city here. If he only relied on farming, he would definitely have no income and could support the immigrants around him. If he wanted to develop, he had to do business like Alchemy City, and do a unique business.
At the beginning, he could rely on the magicians on Srieg Island, but doing business is not something that magicians can solve. He also needs the help of a family in the empire that is good at managing.
This Elaine is weak, and it seems that she is only at the level of a high-level swordsman. Her status in the family should be not low. Salin is willing to cooperate with her and he cannot share the benefits of this city with the Clyde family.
The Clyde family and the Williams family are commercial competitors, and both families are here to settle in, which is what Salin wants to see.
"Master, can you let my people get ashore first? They..."
Although Elaine is well educated and is not inferior to Salin in business, now her people are wandering on the verge of life and death. The family's merchant ship has sunk and many people have died. If the rest dies, it will affect her parents. In this case, no matter how wise she is, she will not be able to defeat Salin.
"My name is Salin, Salin Metatriline."
"It's you?" Elaine widened her eyes in surprise, as if she had heard of Salin's name for a long time.
Salin touched his face, looked at Elaine in surprise, and asked, "What? Am I very famous?"
"I heard about you more than two years ago when I was in the imperial capital. Of course I know that you are in charge of Princess Rex and the Clyde family's business."
Salin smiled and did not respond. Elaine said helplessly: "Since it is Salin, Xiang will not lie to me. You can let my people ashore first, I am here, and I can't escape. We can't talk about whatever you want."
"So, did the Williams family have long-term business in the north?"
"yes."
"Okay, Neris, you go and ask them to arrange Elaine's people to get ashore, give some tents and prepare some food."
When Elaine saw the beautiful and inconsistent woman standing up beside Salin and walking by her, she was shaken for some reason. Nelise looked extremely charming. Her head was also a little green, and her green eyes were like the lake water in early spring, as if there were waves rippling.
Elaine tried hard to calm her heart, thinking to herself that there was such a beautiful woman around Salin, probably she wouldn't have any thoughts on her, right? I heard that Princess Rex was a beauty, no wonder when he looked at him, he was like a merchant looking at goods, without the kind of hot gaze he used to in his daily life.
Salin was also looking at Elaine. Elaine was wearing men's clothes, with a little more heroic and not a trace of charm. She had a pair of blue eyes, not the dark blue that Qin Yinren is common, but as shallow as a few Yun Liuren. Her eyebrows were resting and were somewhat similar to Shika's, as clear as a knife. Elaine's nose was also taller than most Qin Yin women, and she looked a little bit when dressed as a man.
He is considered a beauty, Salin thought.
Feeling the change in Salin's gaze, Elaine felt much more comfortable. Salin's original eyes were not emotional, which made her feel very uncomfortable. It seemed like she was going deep into the wilderness and encountered a powerful demon wolf, staring at by the demon wolf. The demon wolf was not hungry, so she did not take the initiative to attack herself. But those eyes were obviously analyzing where to put her mouth.
Humans look at humans and monsters look at humans, which is completely different. This mage named Salin is very dangerous. From Salin, Elaine felt an uncontrollable power.
Salin himself did not feel that after he became a level 5 magician, he had more control over elements. He didn't know that for a long time, survival in danger had caused complex changes in his temperament. Elaine was pretty good. After all, she was also a person with a strong mental quality. If an ordinary person was looked at by him, he would probably not dare to raise his head.
So when he said he didn't need a prisoner, Elaine didn't think he was joking, but regarded this sentence as a serious matter. In Elaine's heart, she had positioned Salin as a relatively perverted magician.
Now there was a little more appreciation in Salin's eyes, and Elaine noticed it keenly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Salin was also very satisfied with his approach. He broke Elaine's hard shell in just a few simple words. Now we can talk about the Williams family's business. He has three warships on hand and enough sailors, and is already qualified to join the business.
He was not afraid that the Williams family would not agree. After all, the Williams family could not own a warship. If you want to continue doing business in the north, you had to cooperate with him. Merchants are relatively easy to date in Salin's heart. As long as you leave enough profits for the Williams family, you can get a share of the pie in the middle.
"Now you can say, what business does the Williams family do in the north?"
Elaine did not hesitate too much this time. She saw that the power that Salin had here was equivalent to the sum of more than two cities in the family. She didn't know that Salin already had three warships, two of which would come back next spring at most. There was also a hidden nearby island.
"In the north of the Meers continent, there is an ice sea, where huge icebergs drift all year round, and ordinary ships cannot sail at all. The sea area is extremely huge, and there are many islands. It is said that there is a continent covered with ice and snow further north. The ice sea is the most ideal place for hunting monsters in the sea. There are often large monsters on floating icebergs. They move slowly on land. As long as there are whale hunting crossbows, they can harvest huge amounts."
Chapter completed!