Chapter 216: The Great Merchant From Winter City 3/4
Chapter 216 The big businessman from Winter City (34)
The afternoon of the appointment.
Rosen, Chaballet, and Harrick gathered at the Hound House.
Oh, no, it's not called Hound House anymore.
This place was officially renamed as ‘Crescent Town Temporary Town Office Building’.
There is no way, the three of them are not rich, and they don't have a large manor, so they can only live with this simple sloping roof for the time being.
‘Gudu~’
After taking a sip of the fine wine collected by Harrick, Chabolai began to carefully introduce the details of Crescent Town that he had learned from the refugees.
"Iron-armed Luofanle created an Iron-armed Brotherhood."
"Not only did he kill Samler, he also set a fire and burned all the wooden houses in Crescent Town. Then he took away at least 2,000 strong men and countless women, and robbed everything in Crescent Town.
The valuable materials fled into the Luoxue Mountains."
Rosen asked: "I heard that Luofanle is a mercenary. How capable is he?"
This Iron Arm Brotherhood must be eliminated.
The main members of the Brotherhood must also be sent to the gallows. As for Lovanle, he is afraid of being sentenced to death.
As for ordinary members, they can be treated with tolerance. As long as they are willing to put down their weapons and live an honest life, a little punishment will be enough.
Chabollet began to introduce Lovanle in detail.
"He is a mid-level warrior. He once served as an officer in the Second Silver Moon Garrison Corps, the regiment commanded by my eldest brother. He later retired from the army and lived a good life for several years until he became obsessed with gambling."
"Gambling is a bottomless thing. Within half a year, all the money I saved as an officer was lost. In order to make a living, I had to become a mercenary."
Harrick shrugged: "Xia Bolay, I think I'll give you a run for my money."
Chabolai slapped the table and stared with big eyes.
"Fart, I never gamble."
"You don't want to gamble, you just give the girl money. People can still win when gambling, but you will lose completely."
Xia Bolai blushed: "I, you, talk about business, talk about business, what are you doing to me?"
Harrick curled his lips and said, "If you could be more self-disciplined and have a better reputation, maybe more people would support us."
Chapollet was immediately speechless.
Rosen waved his hand: "Okay, okay, don't mention the past anymore. The uncle has changed his mind. He swore in front of the count that if he misses a girl again, he will chop off the elephant's trunk."
He would listen to this, because old bad habits are hard to change, but since Xia Bolai had sworn such a vicious oath, he would definitely restrain himself.
Harrick's eyes widened: "Xia Bolai, tsk tsk~ You are cruel enough~ Okay, I won't mention it again!"
Xia Bolai then breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I have a very good relationship with the refugees these days. Everyone trusts me very much. When they heard that I had become the acting lord of Crescent Town, they all expressed their willingness to return to Crescent with me.
Go to the town and rebuild the town."
Speaking of this, there was a trace of pride on his face.
Rosen also did not hesitate to praise: "Uncle, you are reliable this time. There is no noble young master in Silver Moon Castle who can endure hardships like you!"
Harrick also nodded: "This is a great job, I admire you!"
"Hahaha~~"
Charbolet laughed happily, but a sad look soon appeared on his face.
"The current situation is that there is nothing left in Crescent Town. All the metal, even an iron spoon or even the iron ring that holds the toilet, has been taken away by the Brotherhood."
"In addition, my eldest brother has just gone through a large purchase in order to build the town, so there are not many idle materials in the market of Silver Moon Castle. Ironware, in particular, has become a scarce material."
"So, it will take at least a month for the 150,000 crowns of land reclamation materials that you have supported to be fully received."
This is not a matter of money, but there are only so many things in the highland market.
No matter how much money you have, you can't change it. You can only make each workshop work overtime to produce.
Coupled with the recruitment of officials, craftsmen, mercenaries and other trivial matters, it will take a month before they can set off for Crescent Town.
Otherwise, we don’t even have hoes and sickles, so we can’t let a group of people go over and dig the ground with their hands, right?
Naturally, Rosen had done some research and nodded to express his understanding.
"A month later, new grain will be on the market, and we will buy another batch of grain. The more we buy, the better."
Everything else can be slowed down a little, but food cannot be slowed down, and the more the better.
Because once the food reserves are insufficient, the townspeople will be panicked. Once panicked, it will be difficult to lead the team.
In addition, although others have supported 150,000 kronor in supplies, they have to be repaid, and this batch of supplies is not enough for subsequent construction.
They must seize the time and find ways to get more money to sustain subsequent construction.
And this is also the biggest reason why the three of them gathered at the Hound House today.
Chabolai looked embarrassed: "I have no money anyway."
He quickly added: "My salary as a general was spent on drinking wine with my brothers, and I only have 10 crowns left on hand."
Harrick covered his head and sighed: "Everyone knows that you are a pauper, and they don't expect you."
Rosen is naturally the same.
Chabolai chuckled and made a suggestion: "How about we go to the Full Moon Bank to borrow a sum? That bank is the property of the Omicia family. I will borrow 100,000 crowns to buy grain."
Rosen shook his head: "If you can't borrow it, your elder brother will never agree."
Vobos has not been completely deprived of his inheritance qualifications, and the two are still in a competitive relationship.
He will definitely do everything possible to prevent Chapollet from succeeding above the bottom line set by the Count.
Xia Bolay added: "How about borrowing it from a rich man in the city?"
Harrick immediately shrank his neck: "Those rich men are all smarter than monkeys. If you borrow money from them, it must be loan sharking."
That's right, if you go out nine times and come back thirteen times, then from now on you will just work for others.
Furthermore, most of the wealthy people in Silver Moon Castle who were willing to lend money did so, and the 120,000 crowns were collected by these people.
Chabolai looked at Rosen: "Rosen, stop beating around the bush, just tell me what to do?"
Rosen laughed, he did have a detailed plan.
"You can't live well by borrowing money, you have to find a way to make money."
Xia Bolay looked like a bachelor: "I only know how to spend money, not make money."
Harrick said nothing, waiting for Rosen to come up with a solution.
Rosen smiled and said, "Two uncles, do you remember the big businessman Candela?"
Harrick nodded immediately, of course he remembered, but Chabolai had no impression.
Rosen began to introduce it in detail.
"Candra Lawrence, a businessman who once bought more than a dozen of my paintings in one go, owns more than a dozen large ships, and is a rich man with an annual income of 50,000 crowns."
"By the way, my stunning gallery is located in his property."
"I have inquired carefully. This guy is a neutral. He has money and ships, and he has control of many trade routes to other places."
"As long as he is willing to cooperate with us, not only can we make a lot of money through him, but we also don't have to stick to the Huangshui Highlands to purchase supplies."
The Huangshui Highlands are too small and have few resources. If we can open up trade routes with the Golden Land, the world will be vast. We can make more money and buy more things.
Harrick slammed the table hard: "It's worth a try!"
Rosen stood up immediately: "Uncle, let's go, let's go meet this Candela for a while."
"Ah? Will he agree to cooperate?" Chabolai was clueless.
"You don't have to worry about this. You can just take care of things nearby, and leave the rest to Harrick and me."
Patsy and Lilith collected a lot of information about Candela, but it was all peripheral information based on hearsay. To determine the real situation, they had to see it in person to find out the truth.
"Let's go."
After that, the three of them took a carriage and rushed to the dock area in the west of the city.
On the way, Rosen continued to introduce the rich man to the remaining two people.
"I checked and it turns out that Candela is a member of the Lawrence family, and the Lawrence family is one of the three famous business families in Winter City. The big backer behind it is the great weapon refiner O'Brien."
Chabollet looked astonished.
"No wonder the business is so big~ O'Brien is one of the top three or no, two top weapon refiners in the North!"
Rosen nodded and pointed to the flower staff hanging on his waist: "This staff is the work of Master O'Brien. It is very powerful."
He continued: "Candra is just a member of the Lawrence family. The business managed by him only accounts for less than one-tenth of the family's total assets."
"And the entire Lawrence family has at least hundreds of ships!"
"These ships run back and forth between the major waterways in the Golden Land, reselling goods between cities. It is said that even the imperial capital, Fort Romil, has a cargo warehouse for the Lawrence family."
Harrick immediately said: "If we can get help from the Lawrence family, we won't have to worry about the materials to build the town."
Xia Bolai spread his hands: "These businessmen are the most shrewd, how can they help you for no reason?"
Rosen nodded: "Uncle is right. Businessmen are profit-oriented and ruthless. If you want to get their help, you must use enough chips."
"Fortunately, I still have some chips in my hand."
Harrick's eyes lit up: "Rosen, do you plan to sell pornographic paintings throughout the Golden Land?"
Rosen laughed: "I have this idea, but let me introduce Candela first."
After the two of them concentrated, he continued to tell the target information.
"Candra loves beauties the most. He keeps hundreds of beauties in his mansion. Every day when he wakes up, he is surrounded by beauties."
Harrick on the side felt a little envious, but then he shook his head vigorously.
"It's not good to have too many beauties. I'm afraid only he himself knows whether living such a life is painful or not."
But Xia Bolay was almost drooling with envy: "Do you need to say this? This is simply more enjoyable than living in the kingdom of heaven!"
If he is wrong, he has sworn not to think wildly.
Raising his hand and slapping his forehead, Chapollet forcibly interrupted his reverie.
Rosen waved his hand: "Okay, don't interrupt, just listen to me."
"This guy is still a formal mage. Although his magic power is not strong, he knows a few good spells and has a strong interest in learning new spells."
Harrick shrugged: "Hmm~ Then this guy must have spent a lot of money on spells."
Rosen laughed: "Indeed."
"I heard that he once spent 50,000 crowns to buy himself an official mage certificate, and also spent 10,000 crowns to buy other wizards' famous stunts."
Harrick immediately understood and laughed: "Rosen, how about you sell him some powerful tricks?"
Rosen simply shook his head: "I won't sell it. Each of my spells can kill people, and they're not easy to learn. It would be a pity if he can't learn by forcing himself to learn them."
The intelligence said that Candela was not taken seriously in the family at first. He did not become successful until he was thirty years old, and then he began to really learn magic. He was an amateur player for self-entertainment.
Spells are his hobby, but his spellcasting ability is terrible.
This kind of person would be harmed by giving him real things, but because he is a half-baked mage, he can easily be deceived about magic.
The three of them walked and chatted, and soon arrived at the mansion of the wealthy Candela.
This house is really big. It took three or four minutes to walk half a circle around the stone courtyard wall in a carriage.
When we walked to the main entrance, we saw a huge and charming mermaid sculpture fountain standing at the door. Behind the fountain was an impregnable steel gate.
Chabolai clicked his tongue and exclaimed: "Once this door is closed and the tall courtyard wall is added, it becomes a fortress in the city."
Why hadn't he discovered such a good place hidden in the dock area before? But after thinking about it carefully, he felt relieved.
When he was a boy, he lived in Wangyue Garden and spent most of his time practicing martial arts. Later, he became obsessed with women. How could he take a serious look at a businessman?
There were two guards at the gate of the mansion. Harrick walked up and explained the situation, and one of the guards turned around and entered the house.
About five minutes later, the guard came out, followed by a young beauty with scantily clad clothing, voluptuous figure, delicate face, and snow-white skin. Chabolai's eyes widened when he saw her.
The beauty curtsied and said softly: "Three distinguished guests, my master is kind, please come with me."
