"Mr. Abel, I''m sorry. I haven''t had time to see you until now."
The smell of logs filled the study of silver moon manor, and Lord Abel seemed to be in the fresh and natural morning forest. Years of business experience told him that the tables, chairs, cabinets, floors and window edges in his study were made of mahogany in the dark forest, and they were all brand-new furniture in less than two months.
In fact, Abel had already realized that everything here was new, new furniture, new manors, new villages, new towns, New Territories, and a new victor Wimbledon.
Once the little Baron of the vase became a vassal. He sat behind his desk with a quiet temperament and calm look. His eyes as deep as the night sky were not green and tender in the past, but the light of wisdom and self-confidence. The majesty of the young Lord made Abel''s heart mixed. Although he had been hung up for more than a month, he could not bear any resentment at this moment.
Abel doesn''t know why Victor became so strange in just a few years. Maybe it''s because of the environment or blood. Anyway, he must admit that the students of that year now need to look up to themselves.
Victor didn''t care about Lord Abel''s complicated mood. He turned and said, "Dear Lilia, please prepare a cup of coffee for Mr. Abel."
Lilia smiled at her man, put out her snow-white hands and began to cook coffee. Her movements were dexterous, graceful and pleasing to the eye. In a moment, a cup of coffee with dense aroma was placed on the table.
"Lord, are you used to milk or goat''s milk?" Lilia asked in a crisp voice, holding a silver pot in her hand.
"Er... Nothing... Thank you, madam." Abel stood up, saluted Lilia with a little formality, and then took the silver cup in her hand. Lilia lifted her train, bowed her knees and returned to victor.
Abel took a sip of coffee, and the mellow taste refreshed him. Victor asked, "Mr. Abel, how long haven''t we met?"
"More than four years." Abel put down his coffee cup and replied respectfully.
"Four years, 11 months and 27 days." Victor smiled and continued, "we''ve known each other for 10 years, 3 months and 11 days. You''ve been waiting for me in Pinghu Town for 28 days."
Abel was stunned with his mouth open for a long time and said, "your memory is good, sir."
"People with a good memory are hard to fool." Victor glanced at Abel lightly and said to himself, "I know you''re here to negotiate the purchase of crude sugar, but I didn''t expect you to come in person."
"Sophia now has three major business groups under her command, namely, the stag business group, the clover business group and the saber toothed tiger business group. Among them, the stag business group is the most powerful. The stag''s footprints cover the kingdom of buganbis, Dodo, Neville, the prairie and the Sassanian empire. As the manager of the stag business group, you have 8 caravans, more than 4000 men and more than 2000 carriages Some peripheral personnel who rely on caravans for life have at least 10000. "
"The 10 million pound crude sugar business is not a big deal for the bucks business group, but it is very important for my Randall family. Therefore, as long as you line up a caravan, you can reach a deal at the agreed price... So why did you come to see me in person and even stay in Pinghu Town for 28 days?"
"Your Excellency, although you started the Randall family, after all, you are half the master of the Marquis''s house. I should visit you in person for love and reason." Abel said respectfully, but he thought, "can I wait for you if you don''t let me deliver?"
Victor said "Oh" and suddenly said, "so, you work for me?"
Abel quickly explained, "my Lord, I work for the Marquis Sophia."
"Sophia..." Victor nodded and asked again, "so... Where is she now?"
"This..." Abe looked embarrassed, but Victor said with a smile: "can''t you tell me? Hehe... I guess you don''t know where she is! Sophia''s whereabouts are uncertain. She''s cooperating with the church to do an important thing. As for what it is... I''m not convenient to disclose. But I''m sure she didn''t tell you."
Abel has been practicing for a long time, and the city is quite deep. Although he is surprised and suspicious in his heart, he is calm on his face, but he doesn''t know that the rhythm of his breathing, the beating frequency of his heart, and even the subtle changes in his pupils can''t hide Victor''s perception.
Victor confirmed his guess from these details. He said confidently: "Sophia has no time and energy to pay attention to the crude sugar trade. It''s entirely your own behavior!"
"At the beginning, you left me in the black castle and let me deal with the York family alone, but you hurried back to the king''s capital with the caravan escort..." Victor stood up, paced two steps, shook his head and said: "Afterwards, I always thought you were the Queen''s man, because while safeguarding the interests of the post party, you were afraid that you would be killed by the York family like the housekeeper arranged by her majesty Catherine. Therefore, you were in a hurry to lead the team to leave Heibao town."
"To my surprise, Sophia succeeded in getting rid of the Queen''s control, but you didn''t get kicked out of the chamber of Commerce by her? I lived in the Marquis house for some time, but I never saw you. This shows that you are neither Sophia''s confidant nor the Queen''s person! But you are still in charge of the largest bucks chamber of Commerce!" Victor sat down again. He stared into Abel''s eyes and asked slowly, "Mr. Abel, I''m curious about who you work for?"
"My Lord, your eyes are like a torch." Abel was silent for a long time and said with a wry smile, "after the dispute between the Marquis and Her Majesty the queen was over, her majesty Catherine withdrew the staff placed in the chamber of Commerce, and the maple leaf chamber of Commerce loyal to her Majesty was dissolved by Lord Sophia. But I do work for Lord Sophia."
"That''s right. I''m not from her majesty or the confidant of the marquis. The reason why I can still take charge of the bucks business group is because Lord Sophia can''t live without my help." Lord Abel stood up, bowed solemnly and said, "Lord Randall, you don''t know. The history of the bucks business group can be traced back to more than 500 years ago, when the RAND Empire had not been divided into three kingdoms."
"At first, the bucks business group was called the black sheep business group, which was established by Steve, the steward of count Desmond Wimbledon. Fifty years later, my ancestors joined the black sheep business group as a coachman. Since then, eight generations of my family have worked for the business group, accumulated rich business experience, won the title of Lord, and witnessed the change and change of the business group."
"Count Desmond Wimbledon is a vassal of the Friedrich family, so the black sheep business group belongs to the Dodo kingdom. It is mainly responsible for the internal affairs of the three kings and the trade of the prairie. The tentacles of the business group once extended to the Sassanian empire. Later, the Sassanian Empire occupied the prairie and the sword pointed directly to the north of the Dodo kingdom. The war between the two sides made the Sassanian Empire and the prairie people refuse to compete with the Dodo people Trade directly led to the disintegration of the black sheep business group. We also lost our source of livelihood. Fortunately, the Wimbledon family of Neville Kingdom recruited people to form the white rhinoceros business group, and we became neville people again. However, the good times did not last long. Dodo Kingdom began to suppress the trade teams of Neville and Sassanian Empire, and the white rhinoceros business group struggled for more than 70 years and died... "
"However, you are still there." Said Victor thoughtfully. Lord Abel smiled and replied, "we''re still here."
"The Three Kingdoms reached a compromise with the Sassanian Empire, and the Wimbledon family of the Gambis Kingdom formed a caravan to meet each other''s trade needs. Every time the Bucks changed their owners, they changed their names five times, but there was no change. We always worked for the Wimbledon family."
"That makes sense." Victor nodded.
Sophia was born in a small family in the kingdom of SUS. Although she started from the bottom of the chamber of Commerce, she was young and climbed too fast. She became a marquis in just a few years. In terms of Sophia''s experience and character, she is not enough to control such a large chamber of Commerce. The chamber of Commerce has not been defeated by her, which only shows that there is a management team to maintain the operation of the chamber of Commerce. Lord Abel''s managers are the soul and brain of the chamber of Commerce.
For hundreds of years, no matter how the name and owner of the chamber of Commerce have changed, its inheritance has never been cut off. The chamber of commerce is becoming larger and larger, and has developed mature talent training and absorption mechanism, logistics and transportation system, goods procurement and sales network, financial settlement and benefit distribution methods. It can even be regarded as an independent organization.
However, any wealth should have ownership. Wealth without ownership is illegal, and any force can rob it. According to the glorious code, wealth and land can only be attributed to Knights and nobles, so Abel they must be attached to a family. Now, the Three Kingdoms and the Sassanian Empire jointly designated the Wimbledon family as commercial aristocrats to take charge of each other''s trade, so Abel and they became the nominal vassals of the Wimbledon family. But the real major shareholders of the chamber of commerce are actually the Three Kingdoms and the Sassanian empire.
The kingdom of Satan competed with the kingdom of Dodo, and no one could rest assured that each other would dominate trade. The kingdom of Neville is rich in mineral resources, the kingdom of Sasan is rich in food resources, and the kingdom of Dodo controls the trade channel. It is impossible for the kingdom of Dodo to sit and watch the two neighbors flirt and exchange what they need. Therefore, the kingdom of Dodo cuts off the trade route of the neville people. As the rear of the Three Kingdoms, Gambis did not fight directly with the Sassanian empire. It was also an ally of Dodo and Neville. Naturally, it should dominate the chamber of Commerce.
However, the chamber of Commerce has made huge wealth, which belongs to the Wimbledon family. How do the backers of the chamber of Commerce divide up these wealth?
Victor closed his eyes and meditated, using x-3 to deduce the mystery. First of all, the management team of the chamber of commerce only occupies a small part of the wealth, which is why they can inherit. Secondly, the Wimbledon family is fragmented, and the family descendants are all over the kingdoms of the human world. It is obvious that the scattered family does not have the strength to maintain wealth. The Gambis royal family secretly instigated the children of the Wimbledon family to fight inside, and the successful superior should pay political contributions to the Kingdom, so as to achieve the purpose of harvesting wealth. On the other hand, the kingdom of Dodo can receive a large amount of war assistance from Gambis every year, which should be regarded as a dividend of the chamber of Commerce.
Neville''s situation is somewhat special. If viewed in isolation, she does not share the wealth of the chamber of Commerce, but considering the overall situation, she gets the most benefits. Dodo kingdom is facing the Sassanian Empire and has been suffering losses. Gambis is also suffering losses. Neville kingdom can avoid the main force of the Sassanian Empire and sweep her logistics supply lines. Neville''s Lords have been enjoying the war dividends. On the other hand, Neville is not only the most important mineral producing area of the human country, but also a strategic place to guard the northern wilderness. Once the kingdom of Neville collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable. Therefore, the church supports her, the kingdom of SUS supports her, Gambis supports her, Dodo depends on her, the kingdom of Borui needs it, and the Sassanian Empire has no way to take her. As long as Neville tightens the minerals in his hand, the Sassanians can''t stand it. The neville people hold minerals in their left hand and pinch the door in their right hand. They eat at home. As long as the pattern of the human country remains the status quo, she is a big winner.
No wonder there are five Golden Knights in Neville Kingdom, with strong strength but no intention of expansion. Victor muttered that the only thing he didn''t understand was what benefits the Sassanian Empire had received? Is it just material complementarity?
With this question, Victor decided to dig a little more material out of Abel.
"Mr. Abel, I can understand your neutral position, but why do you have to negotiate with me about crude sugar in person?" Victor asked with a smile.
Somehow, Abel was surprised when he saw Victor''s kind smile, but he said in a sincere tone as far as possible: "the chamber of commerce is short of funds now, and we really need to open up new sources of money. I hope you can give us more crude sugar quotas for the sake of the past."
"The chamber of commerce is also short of money?" Victor looked at Abel in surprise.
"Yes." Abel explained: "Sir, when you took office as Lord, Lord Sophia presented 500000 gold sols to her majesty. Later, Lord Sophia transferred 700000 gold sols to get her Majesty''s understanding... The chamber of Commerce really had no money."
Victor smiled disapprovingly and said, "it''s only 700000... The crude sugar I sold you is 6 copper sols per pound, with a total value of 50000 gold sols. You can sell it 24 times to the Sassanian Empire, that''s the net profit of 1.14 million gold sols."
"My Lord, this is really a misunderstanding." Lord Abel said with a wry smile: "The caravan of the Bucks chamber of commerce is unimpeded, but it''s necessary to pack up and down and eat Nakaya when the journey is far away. Along the way, people eat horses and chew and transport losses are not small. When we go to remote places, we always hire several mercenaries to prevent bandits from looting... These don''t count for the moment. We have to sell a batch of goods every time we arrive in a kingdom. For example, we want to sell this batch of crude sugar to Oka 20% of the bise royal family, 20 copper sols per pound, 20% of the Dodo royal family, 40 copper sols per pound, 20% of the Neville Kingdom, 60 copper sols per pound, 10% of the prairie people, 50 copper sols per pound. Finally, the crude sugar transported to the Sassanian Empire can be sold at a price of 4 Silver sols per pound. "
"It''s really not easy." Victor said, "how much do you want?"
"My Lord, I hope you can increase your annual share of crude sugar from 3 million pounds to 5 million pounds... If you can sell coffee to us, I promise to give you a satisfactory price. How about 7 kingsol per pound?" Abel said cautiously, "I think Mrs. Sophia will be happy, too."
"Hehe, what''s the use of making Sophia happy? The key is to make me happy." Victor was neither laughing nor laughing. He asked with great interest, "what is the price of coffee in the Sassanian Empire?"
"There is very little coffee flowing into the Sassanian empire. It is said that some lords bought coffee at the price of 100 gold sols per pound." Abel said and added, "of course, rare things are more expensive. We can sell up to 50 gold sols per pound."
Victor and Lilia looked at each other and found that their eyes were full of golden stars. Victor secretly shook the little financial fan''s slim hand and said to Abel, "the output of coffee is very low. It''s only 2000 pounds a year. You don''t have to think about it."
"Yes." Abel bowed his head. He was not a man who didn''t know where to go.
"Miss Abel, you''re in trouble." Victor stared at Abel for a while and said faintly, "the chamber of Commerce has no money, which means your ability is not good. Sophia has long wanted to find someone to replace you, and someone inside the Bucks chamber of commerce must covet your position. Therefore, you came to talk to me in person. The crude sugar business is very important to you."
Lord Abel was finally moved. He took a deep breath: "Sir, your sharpness is amazing... What you said is right. As long as you refuse me, I will start from scratch and my fate is in your hands, but I will never raise the purchase price of crude sugar!"
"Mr. Abel, you are very dedicated." Victor nodded admiringly and said, "tell me something and I''ll grant your request."
"There is no secret for people in and out of the chamber of Commerce... Sir, what do you want to know? The relationship between the internal personnel of the chamber of Commerce? Or the secret business path of Lord Sophia?" Abel asked suspiciously.
Victor knocked on the table and said, "if you have time, you can talk about all this. However, I''d like to know more about the prairie and the Sassanian Empire, where customs, materials and specialties can be anything. Just chat like before, but don''t give me chicken soup!"
"Chicken... Chicken soup?!"
"It''s a trick to deceive people without the actual story and truth." Victor said coldly, "please remember that I am a lord now and only care about useful things!"