Reggie asked someone to send the letter to the Star Kingdom. Ten days later, he received a reply. Emperor Alfred asked the commercial officer Hosea to lead the team to Sangro Port. Reggie moved out of the herdsman band as usual and greeted him enthusiastically at the port.
Welcome the caravan from Tianxing Kingdom.
In winter, the climate in Sangro Port becomes extremely harsh, and the biting north wind becomes more fierce. There are only less than two hours a day for ships to dock.
Reggie and the merchants waited on the shore for a full two hours, watching the cold wind gradually subside and then becoming fiercer, but the Tianxing Kingdom's fleet kept drifting on the sea and refused to dock.
Reggie didn't understand the other party's intentions until the message came from the messenger: Commercial Officer Hosea thought he had been neglected, and he wanted Reggie to go to sea to pilot the ship for him in person.
The furious Iron Skull almost hit the Tianxing Kingdom's envoy: "Who does he think he is? He is just a business officer. What qualifications does he have to let a king pilot the ship for him?"
The envoy showed no fear: "Alfred the Great is the master of the continent, and his business officers should be treated like kings!"
"Go away! When the artillery from Shattering Snow Country turns your territory into scorched earth, I want to see who is your master!"
"Do you want to start a war? The soldiers of Tianxing Kingdom are waiting for you at any time!"
Before things got out of hand, Reggie persuaded Iron Skull and he agreed to pilot Hosea, but he had to wait until tomorrow because the opportunity to dock had been missed.
At noon the next day, Reggie set off on a warship. The Benlang Kingdom did not have the ability to manufacture warships. This ship was the Shanzhu stolen from the Bayer Kingdom, and two iron plates were added to the hull.
, and a row of iron spikes were added to the bow, and it became an embarrassing warship.
"I really admire your courage," Hurley said sarcastically. "It's embarrassing enough to be piloted by a commercial officer, but you are still sitting on such a broken ship."
Reggie sighed softly and said: "I also have some regrets. I hope this business is worth it."
When they came close to the fleet, the opponent's flagship blew the horn, alternating long and short horns with a clear rhythm.
This is a common code word on the mainland. Su Lit is very familiar with it. After listening to a paragraph, he excitedly said to Reggie: "The other party expresses their gratitude to you. They are willing to follow you to the shore immediately. Please give me a horn."
, I will convey your meaning to them accurately."
"No need," Reggie waved his hand, called Tortosa, and used her loud voice to shout to him: "Friends from Tianxing Kingdom, follow me ashore, time is running out."
Hosea, who was standing on the deck, was offended again. Based on his bad temper, he would never let the fleet dock if the other party did not strictly abide by etiquette.
But this time he chose to compromise. He had never been to Sandray Port in winter. After a night of tossing in the wind and waves, he vomited all his bile.
When they arrived at the shore, two groups of soldiers from the Star Kingdom formed a guard of honor at the port. The unruly Hosea and Reggie walked side by side. He always had a contemptuous smile on his face, and he didn't even look at Lei Ji much along the way.
Good luck.
To be honest, Reggie didn't bother to look at him, and he didn't have much hope for this business. He originally wanted to take him into the castle, treat him to a meal politely, and then send him away, but Hosea first
Check the condition of the sheep.
This impressed Reggie. This is the attitude a businessman should have. Reggie took Hosea to the pasture. After so many days of accumulation, the number of sheep had exceeded 20,000. He originally thought that Hosea
Yahui felt very shocked, but his extremely indifferent attitude gave Reggie the urge to beat him.
"I thought there was really going to be a big business," Hosea sneered. "Are a few sheep worth the king's personal words?"
Reggie said with a cold expression: "I am not the king, I am the lord of Broken Snow Country. If you don't want to talk business, why don't we go to the castle to talk about something else."
"What an impatient person." Hosea knelt down and touched a sheep's head, then scratched its belly, and nodded. "It's quite fat. Let me take a look at its teeth."
"
The commercial officer skillfully opened the sheep's mouth, looked at it for a while, and was about to make a comment when the docile sheep suddenly bit his finger hard.
Hosea's face turned red, but he restrained himself from screaming. With the help of two soldiers, he finally pulled out his finger. Although a layer of skin was chewed off, his expression remained calm.
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"Very good, in good condition." Hosea's voice was trembling, and it could be heard that he was really in pain, but he always maintained a calm tone.
"Thank you for your compliment," Reggie said, trying not to laugh, and the tone of his voice changed. "Since you think the quality is good, why don't we talk about the price first."
"Such a good sheep should be worth a good price. I'll pay... one silver coin." Hosea held out a finger, which was still bleeding.
Reggie couldn't laugh this time: "A silver coin? You want to buy a sheep with a silver coin?"
"Of course not," Hosea said with a smile, "One silver coin per pound, do you think this price is fair?"
One silver coin per pound, an eighty-pound sheep is worth eighty silver coins. On the West Coast, this price is enough to move Reggie to tears.
"As the commercial officer of Tianxing Kingdom, I believe you are not a joker," Reggie said. "And you have brought a lot of merchant ships. I guess you won't just buy a few sheep."
"How many?" Hosea frowned and asked, "Are you deliberately humiliating me?"
Reggie shook his head and said, "I just want you to speak more clearly. How much do you want to buy?"
"That depends on how much you have."
"You mean..." Reggie wanted to confirm again.
"I will take all your sheep, but there is a basic premise," Hosea said, "You must keep your promise, a hundred sheep and a hundred pounds of magic medicine."
It turned out that his purpose was pesticides, so no wonder he offered such an outrageous price.
Reggie could smile with confidence this time: "One hundred sheep, one hundred and fifty pounds of magic medicine, this is my sincerity to you."
Hosea's hands were shaking, but not from pain.
"I don't think the master of a country would make a joke easily."
"I'm not kidding, if you really buy all the sheep, I can give you two thousand pounds more."
Hosea showed excitement for the first time. It took him a long time to calm down. Then he showed the demeanor of a commercial officer and said with a smile: "I carry fine wine in my boat, which is not as good as ours."
Let’s find a place to have a drink first.”
"How can you have wine without food," Reggie said, "On this cold day, let's light up the hot pot and chat while eating."
"Hot pot?" Hosea was startled.
"Commercial officer of Tianxing Kingdom," Reggie said with a smile, "is there any delicacy in this world that you haven't tasted?"
"Of course I have eaten it," Hosea showed a disdainful smile again, "Actually, I... don't really like the taste."
Reggie smiled and said, "I just like the way you pretend to be competitive. You can pretend to be a little more serious."