"That's it, that's okay. Remember to tell me what you need next.
The friendship between magicians is precious. Although Qianyou came here under the orders of his master, feelings will develop over time. After all, magicians are also human beings.
Ding Kui curiously asked what it felt like to fly. Qian You briefly described it and said that he would take Ding Kui to fly once in the future when his skills were sufficient.
After coming here for a while, a middle-aged fat man walked in from the door. He saluted Ding Kui and said, "I am Lu She, the manager of Lu's Trading Company, and I would like to pay my respects to Ding Duhu."
"Shopkeeper Lu, you don't have to be polite. We're here to buy things, so please take good care of us." Ding Kui knew something about Lu Guo's situation.
The shopkeepers of Lu Guo's chambers of commerce in various parts of the continent are all descendants of the Lu family. They are separated from the king of Lu Guo by countless generations. In terms of status, they are considered civilians. However, there are some direct descendants of the royal family hidden among them, and there are even future Lu Guo. king.
"The housekeeper of your house purchases a batch of items from us every year and is our big customer. How can I neglect you if you come here in person? No matter what you choose, you will get a 20% discount." Lu She said generously.
"Then I'll thank shopkeeper Lu first." Seeing Lu She being so polite, Ding Kui was happy.
"Lu Jun, why don't you come in." Lu She shouted to the door with a stern expression.
With a frown on his face and his head hanging down, Ding Kui's first opponent in the group stage, Lu Jun, walked into the VIP room.
Lu She pointed at Lu Jun's nose and said: "You don't know the heights of heaven and earth, why don't you apologize to Ding Duhu quickly? If Lord Duhu doesn't forgive you today, get out of the house."
Lu Jun cried sadly and reluctantly knelt down in front of Ding Kui and said: "You are arrogant and arrogant. You don't know your dignity and inferiority. You speak arrogantly in front of the Lord Protector. It is really disrespectful. Please punish me."
This situation was a bit unexpected for Ding Kui. He hurriedly stepped forward to help Lu Jun up, and then said to Lu She: "Shopkeeper Lu, the conflict between Lu Jun and I was entirely due to a battle of spirits over the game. What's the matter?" It's a crime. Besides, during the game, I took action regardless of the severity, which can be regarded as teaching him a lesson. This matter should be brought to light and should not be mentioned again in the future."
"Your Majesty, the Protector has a lot. If I don't care about you, I still don't want to thank you." Lu She scolded Lu Jun.
"Lv Jun thanks you for your forgiveness." Lu Jun bowed to Ding Kui.
"Okay, get out of here, lest the distinguished guests will be disgusted by seeing you." After scolding Lu Jun, Lu She turned to Ding Kui with another smile, "I learned about the situation that day, and I scolded him severely when I got home. After beating him up, he learned a lot and liked to show off his skills.
Fortunately, he offended a kind-hearted person like you. If he had met some sinister people, they would have swallowed all his bones."
"Shopkeeper Lu is serious. Lu Jun is ranked thirty-one. He is at the forefront in Pingzhong County. His strength is pretty good." Ding Kui felt a little embarrassed.
"Master Protector, I have some things that I would like to discuss privately with you. I wonder if you can go to the next door to talk to me?" Lu She said mysteriously.
Ding Kui glanced at Lu She's longing eyes and felt that he really had something to talk about, so he said: "Brother Qian, when the magic core comes, you can pick it up first. Shopkeeper Lu and I will go next door to talk about something. Let's go, Lu. Shopkeeper."
"Mr. Magician, please sit here for a while. We will be back soon." Lu She greeted Qian You and led Ding Kui out of the VIP room.
The room next door was smaller, and there was only room for a round table that could seat six people. Lu She waited for Ding Kui to enter the room, and then closed the door. Obviously, he didn't want others to know what he wanted to talk to Ding Kui.
"Shopkeeper Lu, why is it so mysterious?" Ding Kui's curiosity was aroused.
"Haha, it's like this. I heard that you now have shares in the gambling house. Is that true?" Lu She personally made a pot of tea and poured it for Ding Kui.
"It seems that this matter has not been made public. Shopkeeper Lu is very well-informed. How did you know?" Ding Kui did not deny it.
"The Lu Chamber of Commerce has wanted to run a gambling house for a long time. I have been in contact with several small shareholders of gambling houses. At that time, they were all making money and no one was willing to transfer their shares.
This time you won the first place in the county competition, and the gambling house lost a lot of money. I went to the small shareholders several times and learned from them that you acquired 30% of the gambling house's shares.
I would like to talk to you next time about whether I can transfer the shares of the gambling house to the Lu Chamber of Commerce. The price is easy to talk about, so just go ahead." It turns out that the Lu Chamber of Commerce has been paying attention to the gambling house, and they will quickly respond to this change. I heard about it.
"You want to buy shares in the gambling house. Why didn't they sell it to you before? They wanted to transfer the shares to my grandpa. Is your offer not attractive enough?" Ding Kui thought. He had long wanted to sell the shares. , but he can't let go easily until he understands the situation.
"It's a long story. The Lu Chamber of Commerce was founded by our royal family. Every year, it transports a large number of special products to be sold throughout the continent. It sells hundreds of millions of gold coins. It is a big task to transport such a large amount of money back to the country. Very troublesome thing.
We, the Lu State, will not participate in the battles between any countries in the continent and will always maintain a neutral position. Even internal changes in a certain country will have no impact on us, so we are willing to spend money to buy houses and land everywhere.
However, the Senate in various countries did not agree with our purchase of real estate. The reason is that when nobles have disputes with the Lu Chamber of Commerce, it is difficult for the Senate to handle these real estate properties. They said that since we are both a Chamber of Commerce and a descendant of King Lu's royal family, we will be involved in the affairs of the kingdom. disputes between.
Later, the Lu Chamber of Commerce began to operate banks covering the entire continent. In order not to disrupt the economies of various countries, it was stipulated that when all funds flowed across borders, the exchange of gold coins between any countries was 1:1.
This is where the problem arises. The minting of gold coins in various countries is not uniform, so every time there is a cross-border exchange, our Chamber of Commerce will always have a loss. In order to reduce losses and our internal conflicts, the Lu Chamber of Commerce has implemented an anonymous fixed-amount gold coin card. , instead of the flow of money.
In addition, various chambers of commerce are required to keep funds locally for use as much as possible, and exchange a specified amount of gold coins from various countries into gold coins of Lu State every year, so that the chamber of commerce headquarters can balance the losses caused by the currency value difference.
I remember that about a thousand years ago, the seniors of the Chamber of Commerce wanted to get involved in the operation of gambling houses, because we had a lot of money, and our experience in running gambling houses was far greater than anywhere else.
The key is that the gold coin card of our bank conflicts with the gold coin card of the national bank of various countries. Of course we hope to use the gold coin card of Lu's Commercial Bank for settlement and transactions, while the nobles who own gambling houses in various places hope to use the gold coin card of the bank of that country. "Having said this, Lu She picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea to moisten her throat.