Chapter Twenty-Five: The Unusual Merchant
Mr. Ross's caravan was already a household name on the trade route from the wasteland to the imperial capital, the fine salt and soap of the Ross caravan had gradually become popular in civilian life, and various high-end goods had always been favored by high society.
Along the way, some of the minor nobles and officials have begun to take pride in inviting Mr. Ross to their salons. And our businessman, it seems, because he has been wandering among various friends with various identities recently, he is temporarily a little fluttery.
"Lord, the horse boss of Nanshan Trading House has come to visit and is waiting for you in the reception room." The young man, Wooger, was one of the first employees Rose had recruited in the wasteland, and because of his quick work, he was quickly assigned to work by Rose's side.
"Why did he come again?" Mr. Ross was now plagued by a headache after a hangover, and he complained without anger: "These greedy guys always want to share an extra piece of meat on my plate, and this time they definitely want the share of soap, you go and tell him, just say that this batch of goods has been ordered, and the next batch of goods will have to wait."
Before Rose could finish his explanation, the door to his office was rudely pushed open, "I came to save your life, but I still have to be treated like this by you, Rose, are you such an old friend of yours?" ”
Glaring at the intruder, Mr. Ross waved back the courtesy man and said, "Boss Ma, I have already given you back the kindness you helped, and we were fair traded." You helped me, I gave you benefits, and now no one owes anyone anything, are you always talking about it? I admit that you helped me at the beginning, but I gave you the largest share of the soap, and I did not offend anyone less for this. ”
"Oh, Rose. Today I am not here to talk nonsense with you, I am giving you a chance to live at the will of your nobles. ”
Hearing Boss Ma say this, Ross endured the discomfort of the hangover, tried to suppress his dissatisfaction and said: "You don't have to be alarmist, now I have some friends in the imperial capital." Your love for helping me has always been there, but this batch of goods has been released, and you have to wait for the next batch. ”
Boss Ma just sneered and stared at Rose with the eyes of a dead man. "I'll say it one last time, it doesn't matter if you believe it or not, after saying this I turn around and leave." Rose, you are being watched by a big man you absolutely cannot afford to provoke, and if you want to survive, you must hurry up. After saying this, the horse boss turned his head and was about to leave.
Mr. Ross already sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly took the first two steps to grab Boss Ma, "Brother Ma, you see how this is going to happen, I was pulled by the steward of the Chancellor of the Seal last night to drink a few more drinks, and I haven't sobered up yet, and I don't have a brain to talk, so you have to bear more responsibilities." The soap has indeed been released, but I still have the last batch of perfume in my hand, and I will let you send it to you now, and you see how. ”
After saying this, he shouted loudly outside the door: "Send the rest of our warehouse goods to Boss Ma."
Ross's perfume is a by-product of refining fragrance, and the only use found so far is that the fragrance is more durable. In line with the principle of not abandoning and not giving up, the lord lord handed it over to the Ross caravan for sale at a high price. Once on the market, the product was widely praised by female gold owners, and now it has become another fist product of the Ross caravan, and its gold absorption ability is even greater than that of soap.
Although Boss Ma had come on orders this time, it was of course better to be able to get more benefits for himself, and now that he saw Rose doing this, the color on his face was slightly better. "Give me a batch of goods you won't suffer a loss, I really came to save your life this time." You are being watched by The Six Highnesses! If you want to survive, quickly pack up and leave the imperial capital. ”
"Brother Ma, tell me carefully, I have never dared to be disrespectful to Your Highness, how could Your Highness the Sixth Highness have targeted such a small person as me?" Rose's legs went soft when he heard the news, how dare a small businessman provoke a prince, no one had to extend his fingers, just blowing his breath could kill him.
Boss Ma sneered twice, "You Boss Rose is not a small person, now the big businesses that the emperor can count have one, which does not want to buy from your Rose." I'll tell you the truth, it's because your goods are too profitable, and your limelight is too big. Think for yourself, I said it to you believe it or not. ”
Boss Ma finished speaking, and despite Rose's reaction, he got up and left.
The merchant did not react from the shock for a moment, "That is a prince." The prince who can not be liquidated during the reign of the regent, think about it, he must be in the same camp as the regent, what does he look up to himself? What could he see? No way! You have to leave immediately, you have to go back to the territory as soon as possible to tell Li about this, let him have an idea, at this time, a careless person can die without a place to die. ”
The merchant, who was slowly waking up, immediately called Wooger, "Pack it up now, bring only gold coins." Half an hour later, we will depart for the territory. Have all the supplies sent to the territory been sent? ”
"Back to the old man, all sent out, but the iron is a little late, but yesterday it was also sent out."
"Why is iron late?"
"Lord, I don't know why when we were buying iron, several commercial firms that had been cooperating with each other said that there was no stock until yesterday, so it was only a few days late."
Hearing this explanation, Rose was instantly enraged. "Stupid! After following me for so long, how come I am still so stupid! Iron usually buys not many people, which time is not in a family can be purchased completely, this time several said that there is no stock, the problem is so obvious how not to move your brain! Hurry up and tell you to go down and pack up quickly, take only gold coins and nothing else, and leave the city immediately before the city gate is closed. ”
Half an hour later, looking at the slowly closing gate behind him, Rose let out a long breath, "Return to the territory as fast as you can, nothing can be delayed, disobediently thrown down and left to fend for itself." ”
The night gradually engulfed the earth, and also swallowed Mr. Ross, who was fleeing in a panic.
Early the next morning, the men who remained behind saw a group of guards surrounding the firm, a group of wolves rushing into the firm that had long been empty, and a moment later the group of soldiers who had found nothing retreated like a tide. Seeing this, the stalker pressed the brim of his hat, which had been pressed to the bridge of his nose, down again, and rushed towards the wasteland leader as soon as the city gate was opened.
A few days later, the exhausted merchants along the way finally returned to the Wasteland. The guy he had left behind had caught up with the convoy that afternoon, and when he had told the businessman what he had seen, the convoy never stopped along the way. The merchant had been frightened and ordered everyone not to stop for a moment, but fortunately years of constipation had fulfilled him.
When the Ross caravan returned to the territory, the merchants could not take a break and went straight to the lord's mansion with the stalker.
"Rose, what's wrong with you, how did you get here?" Lord Lord was startled by Rose's pin-like appearance.
"Lee, we're in big trouble!" His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince is going to take a shot at us. A distraught Rose told Li Bing's original story again, from Boss Ma coming to warn him, to the people he left behind who saw the business being invaded by a group of soldiers, even Boss Ma's words were repeated to Li Bing word for word, and after saying that, he asked the stalker to tell him what he saw.
"From this point of view, the sixth prince is really eyeing us." Suddenly hearing this news, Li Bing did not have a good way for a while. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Jason, please come to Papa Quark and Grandpa Geralt." Let someone get Mr. Ross some simple food. ”
Then he said to Rose, "It's been a hard road for you, and it's very important for us that you can bring this news back so quickly, but you can't rest yet, and then you can eat something briefly, and then we'll discuss the countermeasures together."
With a glass of milk, the two old men hurried to the scene, and when they saw the merchant's appearance, they immediately realized that something big might have happened. When Rose told the two of them the details of what had happened, the two old men who had been through the world had no good idea for a while.
"The thing is, when the iron procurement is difficult, I should react in time, it is my carelessness." Rose felt a little guilty, this time was the most beautiful time he had ever been in business, and now it seemed that it was really a charming sight and ear, and the life of the scenery made him lose his vigilance.
"Okay, you don't have to blame yourself, a prince wants to get you into trouble, even if it is a reaction in advance, what is the use." Lord Lord said softly in relief.
"Your Honor, judging from the current situation, the sixth prince is definitely a member of the side of His Highness the Prince Regent. But at the moment, His Highness the Prince Regent had just stabilized the situation, and it was reasonable to say that those on his side should not provoke trouble at this time. ”
"Lord, will it be the Prince Regent who wants to move us?"
"Probably not, if the regent wants to move us, he will just shoot directly, we have no room to resist at all, why fake the hands of others." Li Bing thoughtfully responded to the housekeeper's speculation.
"Rose, who is this horse boss and how did you meet?" After thinking about it, Lord Lord looked at Rose.
"When our second shipment arrived in the imperial capital, the people of the Marquis of Canaan wanted to swallow this shipment alone, and of course I refused to agree. In the next few days, the business name was harassed by various things, some from the official and some black forces. I found a lot of connections to no avail, and then it was the horse boss who helped me solve the problem, on the condition that he would take 50% of the soap share of each batch. The day after the deal was reached, the troublemakers were silenced. ”
"So, this horse boss, or the man behind him, is quite energetic, and can make a marquis compromise in a day." Li Bing was a little surprised that it would never be something an ordinary businessman could do to make a marquis back down.