On the Seven Towers

When Ji Yijun returned to the store from outside, he found that Li Jia and Zhang Hong were arguing as usual, while Hong Lifeng looked as if it had nothing to do with him and watched the fun from the side.

These two people have been at odds since the first day.

"Isn't it good now? We just need to make a good wholesale station here." Zhang Hong pointed to the outside of the door, "How much can these bumpkins and poor guys buy? We need to make money and exchange food here, relying on large transactions with nearby merchants. What small business is involved?"

"That's not the case. Don't just think of this place as a warehouse. We need to understand the situation of the locals and get along with them, so we naturally have to get into their lives. Now you look like a government office facing south, and you have written the words "Magician's Shop" on the door. Who dares to come in? Who wants to come in?" Li Jia is a good-tempered person, but when it comes to work, he never shows weakness, not to mention that the person in front of him, relying on coming earlier and not being in the same department, trips him up everywhere.

"Actually, this is good. We are safe and save trouble." Hong Lifeng interrupted. For him, the person in charge of security, he only cares about not causing trouble.

"The committee sent me here because they hope that this station can play a greater role and become a link to build good relations with the locals. Although this town is not big, there are more than a thousand people in the surrounding villages. We will need the help of these locals in doing various things in the future." Li Jia restrained his anger and said in a good tone.

"Don't use the committee to pressure me. It was them who sent me here. I spent half a month to build this shop, risked living among the natives, and used all my strength to deal with those businessmen. Why didn't they give me any support? Now that everything is on the right track, they are picking peaches for me. I, Zhang Hong, am not so easy to bully!" Zhang Hong slapped the table and walked to the backyard. Hong Lifeng glanced at Li Jia, shrugged, and followed him out.

Li Jia was so angry that her face turned red. Seeing Ji Yijun come in leisurely, she let out a sigh and cursed: "Your heart is as small as a pinhole. It's time to count on your fingers!"

"Hey, there are so many bad people like this. Don't worry about it. At worst, we can just do our own things."

"Alas!" Li Jia sighed again.

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The streets in Suero are very quiet and spacious. They are paved with blue stones. Some roads even have sidewalks and sewers. Most of the houses on the roadside are solemn and beautifully decorated. The pillars and eaves are covered with carvings. Since there is no glass, most of these houses are made of exquisite wood with shutters. Maybe the stones produced nearby are mostly reddish, and the houses here are all red, ranging from light red, rose red to dark red. The shutters and balcony doors are mostly painted white, so the whole city has distinct colors, blue, red and white complement each other.

Coming from a small country town to this big city, the difference is so big that Xiao Chen and others feel like they have traveled from the 12th century to the 18th century.

There are not many pedestrians on the road, let alone small vendors, but most of the few people are well dressed. Most of the men wear local-style double-breasted tops and slim trousers. The rich ones have exquisite patterns embroidered on their clothes and trousers, and some of them shine with a faint magic light; the ordinary ones are much more exquisite than the clothes Xiao Chen saw outside the city. Some people are dressed like warriors, wearing leather armor or chain mail, with long and short weapons on their waists or backs.

Most of the ladies wear short-sleeved or medium-sleeved tops with lace and lace, and long skirts below the knees, which are layered and wrinkled. Some young girls even wear short skirts that only cover their thighs. If the patterns on the skirts were not a little complicated, they would have the demeanor of urban fashion beauties.

Xi Luo took Chen Hansheng, Xiao Chen, and Luo Ling on the road. They all changed into similar clothes and went to visit a local big businessman Xi Luo knew.

"Xiao Chen, look, the girls here are much more open than those in Floro Town, and they are white and tender, pleasing to the eyes."

Xiao Chen saw Luo Ling glanced here intentionally or unintentionally, and joked: "Old Chen, be serious, we can't make mistakes."

"If you have to make a mistake, it should be you who makes it. What mistake can I make?" Chen Hansheng said this while his head turned to follow the two girls who passed by.

But he immediately heard Luo Ling's snort: "Pretentious and old pervert, what a perfect match."

Xi Luo didn't understand their mumbling, but saw Chen Hansheng's expression. He said to Xiao Chen with a smile: "Speaking of beauties, even the king can't compare to Suero. This is where the two major rivers of the north and south and the east and west meet. Big merchants from all over the continent will come here by water. From south to north, all kinds of beauties will appear here, some are daughters of noble families, some are concubines of merchants, and there are more, they are slaves."

"Oh? Slaves are sold here?" Xiao Chen and others were curious.

"Suero has the largest slave market in the kingdom. If Lord Chen likes it, when you go back, just buy two female slaves that you like and take them away."

"And female slaves? How many beauties?"

"Of course, some may have noble and foreign blood, but the price is also very expensive."

Luo Ling saw that Chen Hansheng was asking enthusiastically, so she interrupted: "I can make the decision on this matter. Silla, go and buy it. I will buy four in total and charge them to my account. Chen Hansheng and Xiao Chen will share two each, but You have to choose the most beautiful one. If you want, I can buy one for you and let her give birth to your daughter.”

Silla was not stupid. She didn't feel right when she heard it. She even said she didn't dare, and then looked askance at Xiao and Chen.

Chen Hansheng looked embarrassed and hurriedly said righteously: "It's too corrupt and degenerate. We are all civilized people and we don't want to engage in such things."

Xiao Chen thought faster, clapped his hands and said, "Actually, you can go and see the slave market. After all, we don't have enough manpower. If we use it well, the construction of the school can be accelerated."

"Pretend!" Luo Ling rolled her eyes at him and asked about Silla: "Where do these slaves come from?"

"Most of them are poor people brought about by the war, as well as family members of fallen nobles." Siro looked around, lowered his voice and said: "Some of the big business here are in this business, bribing border troops, or organizing employment The army went to the surrounding countries to kidnap people.”

"Kingdom law allows this?"

"The kingdom only wants to collect taxes, and the businessmen only want to make money. The unlucky ones are the people from other countries, who are engaged in legal matters."

A few people walked around and talked, and soon came to the door of a large house. Most of the houses in the city were made of red granite. However, the entire wall of this house along the street is made of white marble, which looks very dazzling on the entire street.

"The owner of this house is extraordinary." Luo Ling observed the sculptures on the outer wall and said, "These patterns and characters are much more exquisite than the surrounding houses. They can be said to be high-level works of art."

"This is normal. Baron Goya Diaz is one of the richest businessmen in Suero and a legend in Frollo." Ciro said.

"Oh? This person is still from your hometown." Xiao Chen said curiously.

"Yes, his father was originally a small businessman selling wood in Floro Town, but after he took over his father's business when he was less than twenty years old, he quickly became prosperous and turned his father's stall into a huge business. Later, he became a huge business. , he married the only daughter of a shabby baron as his wife. After the old baron died, he found a way to inherit the title. Now he is a real nobleman, if it weren't for my father who was an accountant helped him when he was not yet prosperous. I'm afraid it won't be easy to see him." As he said that, Silla knocked on the door, and soon a middle-aged housekeeper came to open the door and ushered them in.

Led by the butler, they walked through the hall and a cloister to a reception room. The furnishings in the house are naturally very luxurious, but after all, Xiao Chen and others come from a materially rich modern era, so they don't find it surprising. This made the somewhat frightened Silla even more impressed.

"Ah, this is Silla's magician friend." After a while, a very dignified middle-aged man walked in. This man had brown hair, thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a tall figure and was completely invisible. Out of the shadow of the nouveau riche. He shook hands with Xiao Chen and others vigorously: "I, Goya Diaz, I am so lucky to know my magician friends from far away."

Xiao Chen and others exchanged pleasantries with him and presented him with a pair of wide-mouthed glass wine glasses. The wine glasses were bulk goods from the supermarket and were packed in a specially customized box. These wine glasses must be so ordinary now that no one would give them a second glance. However, it is indeed a unique thing in this era. Compared with the glass products currently produced by the school, it is still much more pure and beautiful.

"Is this the 'glass' you want to sell?" Baron Goya picked up the wine glass, looked at it in the sun, and said to the butler: "Bring a pot of rainbow fruit wine."

Hongguo wine is naturally a kind of wine made from "Hongguo". Hongguo has seven colors, and so does the wine. When the butler poured the wine into the glass, the liquid in the glass showed a beautiful colorful luster under the sun.

"Very good, very good! This kind of cup is used to hold rainbow fruit wine. It can be compared with a crystal cup. But crystal does not have such a smooth curve. This thing is a treasure, how are you going to sell it?"

"We still have many such products, most of which are not as pure as this set of cups and come in various shapes. I want to find a suitable store to sell them." Chen Hansheng took out a few more glass products, including vases, and Plates, small decorative sculptures, etc. It has to be said that although the art students assigned to blow glass are not very good at craftsmanship, the beauty of the things they make is still very good. They also have the works of world-class masters over thousands of years to copy, so the few things in front of them are quite interesting.

Baron Goya remained silent, looking at these things carefully one by one, and then asked: "Is the output high?"

"The output is not a problem. This is a skilled job. We have just developed the method and the craftsmen are not skilled. It is estimated that the output will be considerable in a month or two." Chen Hansheng replied with some regret, "But like this pair of cups , I’m afraid it won’t be possible for a long time, and we don’t have much inventory.”

"In other words, there are a small number of top-quality goods that cannot be copied, and a large number of ordinary goods that can be supplied?" The baron thought for a while and said, "I do have a store that can sell these things, but I won't do that."

"Why?" Xiao Chen asked in surprise. He could see that Baron Goya was obviously very interested in these things.

"Because, your selling method is wrong." The baron smiled, and only then did he reveal his true nature as a profiteer.