A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 251 New situation

This time when he came to Rhodes Town, Arthur was accompanied by Al Le, the son of the owner of the Chinese restaurant Zhang. Now he has "sold himself" to Arthur.

It just so happened that when he returned to Rhodes, Arthur not only had to sort out the assets taken over from the Gray family, but also planned the use of the land of the Bravest family. Although he had originally told Ale that he would be responsible for cleaning Money', but anyone who knows Arthur knows that he has always crushed one person under his hand and used it for several people.

"Arthur, here are the most recent financial statements for the Blackwater River Pub."

Taking the report handed over by Strauss, Arthur could clearly see that his income had increased, but Arthur still asked with some worry:
"Ms. Grimshaw seems to be doing a good job? Although the income from Gray's Bar was good before, it was not so impressive. How did she do it? Could it be that she introduced girls there? ?"

Ale, who was checking another form, heard Arthur's words and secretly raised his head to glance at Arthur, but said nothing.

Arthur noticed the way A Le looked at him and asked:

"Why, do you want to make an opinion?"

"Hmm... It's not really an opinion. It's just that from your tone, boss, you don't seem to like the business of introducing girls?"

Arthur doesn't like it?Hard to say.

As a guest Arthur doesn't dislike it, but as a boss, yes, he doesn't.

Arthur himself also understood that his dislike was driven by moral needs based on the economic basis of having enough to eat and drink, and that he had enough food and clothing. To a certain extent, this business , the guests like it, the girls themselves are also willing, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, as long as there is no coercion, it seems to be a happy thing...

After all, there are too many girls who cannot find jobs and whose livelihood is in jeopardy and can only survive in this way. This is a fact.

In the end, Arthur didn't know how to explain what he was thinking to Ale, so he said:
"Did you just see the speeches and procession in front of the bank?"

Al nodded and said:
"You see, they are fighting for women's rights."

"Then you can also understand that I just don't want to cause trouble. They are now shouting to support the amendment that gives women's rights. Who knows, they will gather in my pub tomorrow and attack me for using women to make profits. What about behavior?”

Arthur finally chose this as a reason to explain his dislike of this industry. After finishing speaking, he ignored Ale and continued to talk to Strauss:
"You didn't deny it, so I guess that's it. Okay, I'll talk to Ms. Grimshaw about this later. Regarding the change of ownership of the land of the Bravest family, there are all these things The procedures should have been completed, right?"

Strauss pushed up his glasses, nodded and said:

"Yes, I originally thought I would encounter some trouble, but in the end, it went very smoothly unexpectedly?"

Arthur put down the report in his hand and leaned back in his chair.

It seemed that the governor was very satisfied with the gift he asked Baird to bring back to the governor.

"As long as it goes well, I'm going to uproot all the tobacco grown on the plantation land and replace it with cotton. What do you think?" Arthur said.

Strauss frowned and said:

"I think this may not be a very good idea. Although the original relevant documents and records of the Bravest family have not been left, I have referred to the records and statements of the Gray family's tobacco sales. Today, the price of tobacco is comparable to The cotton price is much higher, do you have any other plans for doing this?"

Arthur did not deny Strauss's view, but that was in the past. Arthur had also read the records and reports of the Gray family that Strauss mentioned, but the conclusion he came to was different from Strauss's. Traus is different.The overall price of tobacco is indeed still higher than that of cotton, but the price of tobacco is gradually falling. There are many reasons for this, but the most important one is the end of the European War. Now that the entire European market has reopened, tobacco prices have been declining since the beginning. After a brief rise, as the market was gradually flooded with tobacco from all over the world, Arthur's judgment on the future price of tobacco in the international market was bearish.

On the other hand, cotton is different today from when slavery was first abolished. The development difficulties encountered by the cotton industry at that time have been solved through industrial development. In the demand market, cotton is no longer a general consumer product. Or it may be a luxury product, but an important industrial raw material put into the market...

In short, Arthur still had many considerations here. Although he thought a lot, when it came to Strauss, he summarized it very simply. He said:
"To expand the scale of operations and produce on a large scale, I am also planning to expand the textile factory in the town and introduce a large number of machines. We will not only grow our own cotton, but also produce our own goods, and at the same time encourage and purchase other cotton produced in this area. ."

To be honest, some of Strauss did not understand, what is the scale, what is the expansion of operations, why should other people be encouraged to grow cotton?Isn't this creating an opponent for yourself?

On the contrary, Ah Le said with bright eyes:
"I think this is a very good business plan. Expanding the scale of operations and introducing machines can improve production efficiency and reduce costs, while expanding textile factories can increase the added value of products and occupy market share. As for the practice of encouraging and acquiring other local cotton We can increase supply to further meet market demand, and at the same time increase our influence and voice. However, I think market demand and competition also need to be taken into consideration..."

Looking at Ah Le who was talking endlessly, Arthur smiled and nodded, and finally waved his hand and asked him to get a plan for himself.

Isn’t that what being a boss is like?Just be responsible for patting your own head and leave the implementation work to others.

……

As Arthur promoted his plan for a cotton empire in Rhodes.

The end of 1899 is getting closer and closer.

Saint-Denis has not been peaceful at all these days. After the "Journal Saint-Denis" newspaper office was burned down, the city's fire brigade fought hard all day and night before finally extinguishing the fire that spread to nearby buildings.

A huge explosion occurred in a warehouse located in the dock area again overnight, and another fire broke out.

After the investigation, it is said that someone blew up a warehouse belonging to Angelo Bronte with nitroglycerin.

Whether it is true or not, in short, these two accidents succeeded in making the atmosphere in the entire city somewhat tense, and then more than a dozen tragic assassinations and exchanges of fire broke out on the streets, which directly detonated the public's anger. panic.

Mayor Lemieux is in a state of distress, and Chief Lambert of the city police department has spoken publicly for three consecutive days. He stated that he will resolutely maintain the security and stability of Saint-Denis and deploy additional police forces on streets and key areas.

As for Karl, Bronte's little boss, he was having an even harder time these days. He was caught off guard and fell into a war, and his opponent was someone he never expected, those damn Mexican immigrants.

Now, Carl has not left his safe house for several days, and his men have gathered in several temporary safe houses to sleep on mattresses with guns in their hands.

Inside the safe house.

Karl looked at his second-in-command who came back from outside, and he asked loudly:
"Have you found the place where the trash gang is hiding?"

The second in command shook his head and said:

"The situation is not the same now, since Mike was slit in the neck, put on a goddamn 'tie' and hung on the street lamp, we have lost a lot of people who are willing to tip us off."

Karl punched the table hard and cursed:
"Damn it Ryan, why didn't I see that he had this ability before?!"

(End of this chapter)