Lake St. Loon is a large lake in the northeastern part of the Gallic Empire and on the northwest border of Caesar's Empire. The two countries just face each other across the lake.
This large lake with a radius of several hundred miles connects the two major water systems of the Saine River in the Gallic Empire and the Lessing River in the Caesar Empire. After flowing through the entire Caesar Empire, the Lessing River flows into Lake St. Loon. And Lake St. Loon
There is a wide waterway leading to the Seine River, which is also the main waterway flowing through the entire Gallic Empire.
Therefore, Lake St. Loon is extremely important to both empires.
From a commercial point of view, this is a natural transportation artery between the two countries. Goods from the north of the two countries basically use Lake St. Loon for turnover.
From a military point of view, as long as any empire controls Lake St. Loon, its naval ships can follow the two major water systems directly into the heart of the other empire. Therefore, both empires have stationed heavy troops by the lake.
A royal dock was set up and a heavy fleet was stationed to prepare for war.
Along the east coast of Lake St. Loon, the Caesar Empire owned more than a dozen large and small towns by the lake. Malen Town was the most inconspicuous town in the south. With a permanent population of more than 10,000 people, it relied on fishing
The town of Malen, whose main source of income is fishing and logging, is so poor that the Caesar Empire did not even bother to set up a serious administrative agency in this remote place. Instead, the town mayor and village elders were elected by the village elders.
The group manages this place by itself.
The official officials of the Caesar Empire only come to Malen Town every spring and autumn when taxes are collected. At other times, Malen Town follows the same lifestyle that has been passed down from generation to generation for countless years, living a rigid but regular life.
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Lin Qi marched into Malen Town with a huge group of people, which immediately disturbed the peace of the entire Malen Town.
The whole town only had a population of more than 10,000, but Lin Qi brought a thousand guards. This was a force powerful enough to destroy the entire town of Malen. The mayor and village elders of Malen Town put down their work one after another.
, greeted him cautiously.
Hansen, the elder of Malen Town who was over seventy years old, walked tremblingly to Lin Qi's carriage and bowed deeply to Lin Qi with great awe: "Dear Sir, I would like to ask you, who have come from afar, to come to Malen."
What’s the point of the town?”
Lin Qi strode out of the carriage and helped Old Hansen up hard: "Mayor, I am a businessman. My family is planning to establish a chamber of commerce in your town. In other words, we will bring new opportunities to Malen Town.
With the opportunity for development, we have delivered large sums of money and life-changing opportunities to all the residents of your town.”
Old Hansen looked at Lin Qi blankly. Establishing a Chamber of Commerce in Malen Town? Of course, he understood what the Chamber of Commerce meant, which meant rolling money. But Malen Town, a small and remote place in the countryside, has more than 10,000 people.
permanent residents, but all residents rely on the most traditional farming to make a living. There are fishermen and lumberjacks in the town, but there are no rare fisheries in Lake St. Loon, and there is no precious wood in the cut wood.
, is Lin Qi crazy or stupid to come here to open a chamber of commerce?
Smiling softly, Lin Qi patted Old Hansen on the shoulder: "Yes, I will build the Chamber of Commerce. I firmly believe that Malen Town has good development prospects. With only a little capital investment, Malen Town can
The future is extremely bright!”
When Lin Qi said these words, he felt that he was too hypocritical.
In fact, Malen Town really does not have good natural conditions for developing business. The products are poor and the residents are simple, but the folk customs are conservative and closed. Anyone who spends gold coins here to develop business is either a madman or a fool.
But Lin Qi never thought about getting rich by doing business here. All he needed was a stronghold, a stronghold that he could firmly control. Next to Malen Town is Lake St. Loon, and a port should be built here.
You can easily communicate with the Gallic Empire.
If Lin Qi can cultivate an elite force in Malen Town that is absolutely loyal to him, then as long as Lin Qi is willing, this force can sneak into the Gallic Empire in the shortest possible time.
The poverty of Malen Town, the remoteness of Malen Town, the closedness and conservatism of Malen Town, all these made Lin Qi very satisfied.
Old Hansen and many village elders were still looking at Lin Qi blankly. They racked their brains and still couldn't figure out what Lin Qi was interested in in Malen Town. However, since he was going to open a chamber of commerce,
Then let him open a chamber of commerce.
To build a chamber of commerce, you need land, right? You want to build a house, right? You have to excavate the earth, right? You want to make bricks and tiles, right? You need to cut down beams and columns, right? Even for your members of the chamber of commerce, you need to provide for their own food, clothing, housing, and transportation, right?
?All of this is an opportunity for Mullen Town to make money. Only a fool would push such a good thing out.
As for what Lin Qi wants to do after establishing the Chamber of Commerce, or whether he can maintain capital, what does this have to do with Malen Town?
Old Hansen smiled, and he held Lin Qi's hand diligently: "Well, you are really welcome to come. Your chamber of commerce should be quite large, right?" When Old Hansen said this,
His eyes subconsciously looked at the guard group led by Lu En. With a thousand guards, how big must this chamber of commerce be?
Lin Qi laughed. He pulled Old Hansen onto the carriage, stood on the shaft, stretched out his hand and drew a circle towards the hilly area on the south side of Malen Town: "Look, just outside Malen Town, I think
I want to get a piece of land that is more than five miles long and wide. I am willing to spend money to buy this hill. If there is an owner of the mountain forest behind the hill, I am also willing to spend money to buy it."
"What I want to build is not just the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce. I also want to build some processing plants. I also want to build a port. I will spend money to buy all this land. You see, how much do you think these lands are worth?
Where’s the money?”
Old Hansen was stunned. Is such a large land? He quickly exchanged glances with the old people in the villagers' group. All the villagers looked at Old Hansen eagerly. They agreed to such a good thing quickly!
There is nothing valuable in those hills and forests. It is just a piece of wasteland. Someone is willing to spend money to buy it. No matter how much he spends, just sell it to him.
Even if you only sell a thousand gold coins, a thousand gold coins, when has the town of Malen ever been so wealthy?
Old Hansen raised two trembling fingers. He felt that two thousand gold coins for such a wasteland was a bit sinister. The people of the Caesar Empire were still very simple. Old Hansen felt that offering Lin Qi two thousand gold coins would be a shame.
This is totally a shameful thing for our ancestors.
But considering that Malen Town has not paid enough taxes for seven consecutive years, the value of two thousand gold coins to Malen Town is too great.
Lin Qi raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Oh? Are you willing to sell me this piece of land for two hundred thousand gold coins? That's really great!"
After licking her fingers at Alda, Alda took out two gold tickets worth one hundred thousand gold coins and stuffed them into old Hansen's hands nonchalantly.
Two thousand gold coins!
Two hundred thousand gold coins!
Old Hansen tremblingly unfolded the golden ticket and looked at it carefully for a while. Then his body trembled, rolled his eyes and fainted. But as soon as he fainted, he came back to life like a miracle.
He gritted his teeth and howled at the top of his lungs: "Children, bring out the best things in the house. Welcome... welcome... uh, what's your name?"
Lin Qi narrowed his eyes and smiled, and he puffed out his chest: "Pink Lily family, I am the second commercial officer of the Pink Lily family, Yalin? Tags, you can call me Yalin. The family has a sufficient budget recently.
, so we are ready to open up the commercial market in the northern part of the mainland."
After taking a look at the golden ticket held tightly by Old Hansen, Lin Qi said calmly: "Our family is an emerging family with great ambitions, so we don't care about the cost. Only the poor country bumpkins do.
Things. We only seek the best results, no matter how much it costs."
Old Hansen took a deep breath, held on to the golden ticket tightly, and resisted the strong dizziness, and finally managed not to faint.
He shouted loudly: "Folks and children, welcome His Excellency Yalin Taiges of the Pink Lily family. This is the biggest festival in the history of our Malen Town. Everyone, prepare well. Let us welcome them, welcome
Their arrival. God, Gods above, can this golden ticket be cashed in immediately?"
Old Hansen looked at Lin Qi pitifully. Lin Qi was stunned, and then grabbed the two golden tickets back.
Seeing Lin Qi catch the golden ticket, Old Hansen's eyes turned red, and the village elders also hurriedly took a few steps forward, explaining to Lin Qi that Old Hansen did not mean to offend.
Lin Qi’s dignity.
Lin Qi shrugged his shoulders and glanced at Alda.
Arda waved her hand, and large swaths of golden light sprinkled down one after another. Two hundred thousand gold coins fell to the ground with a clanging sound, forming a dizzying hill on the clean dirt.
"The golden tickets are indeed too inconvenient!" Lin Qi handed the two golden tickets to Lu En casually: "Lu En, take them to help the brothers settle down, so that everyone can relax these days...
…Mr. Mayor, I think heavy gold coins can better represent our sincerity and the strength of our Pink Lily family, what do you think?"
This time, Old Hansen and the villagers finally couldn't bear the powerful impact of two hundred thousand gold coins piled in front of them. They passed out happily with nosebleeds flowing. Meanwhile, the surrounding townspeople of Malen had already burst into cheers like a landslide and tsunami.
Sound, at this moment, Lin Qi’s status in their minds is equal to that of a god!
He has brought hope of prosperity and wealth to Malen Town, so he is a god-like existence!
The miserable howls of livestock being slaughtered rang out everywhere in the small town of Malen, and the rich aroma of meat and wine wafted over the entire town. Lin Qi ordered good wine, good fish, good food, and good food from the townspeople at large prices.
Drinking wine, the whole town fell into a festive and joyful atmosphere.
On the hilly land designated by Lin Qi outside the town, the whole town was singing and dancing, and they were in a happy group with people from the Bluefin Salmon Chamber of Commerce.
Mayor Hansen, who drank too much, excitedly increased the five-mile-long and wide land requested by Lin Qi to twenty-mile-long and wide. It was all useless wasteland anyway, and there was no need for Lin Qi to shell out an extra copper. He simply took the land.
The land was assigned to Lin Qi's name free of charge.