Pirate: The Strongest Pirate Merchant

Whether it's flattery, intrigues, or forming cliques for personal gain.

Garp really hates officialdom.

However, Garp does not hate Lin En.

Although Garp doesn't like to deal with businessmen, he has a similar resonance with Lin En.

Lin En is a determined and pure man.

If it were someone else who had been invited by Garp, they would have been extremely excited, burst into tears of gratitude, and would have joined Marine without hesitation.

But Lin En didn't do that.

Although a little regretful, Garp respects Lin En's decision.

Moreover, Garp thought he could help Lin En.

Not only does Garp admire Lin En, he can also see that Luffy admires Lin En and Makino also likes Lin En.

In fact, what Garp is best at is protecting his shortcomings.

As long as it is one of his own or someone he recognizes, he will take care of it.

Such as adopting and taking care of Ace, letting Dadan go, etc.

Garp is completely different from Akainu. He is not short-sighted for justice.

Therefore, in Garp's eyes, Lin En is recognized by him as a type of person who can be taken care of.

Garp said: "When you return this time, I will accompany you to Logue town."

Lin En stood up, smiled and said gratefully: "Thank you, Uncle Garp."

With Garp accompanying him on the trip, his relationships and background will be solidified, which will make Lin En's access to East Blue more smooth.

…

Lin En came to Windmill Village. In addition to staying here, he also planned to make some investments.

For example, use Windmill Village as a base to build a granary and collect grain from the Kingdom of Gaya.

In addition, you can also set up some small workshops to produce fabrics.

Therefore, Lin En found the village chief Slap.

Mayor Slap and Garp grew up together and have a close relationship with Garp.

After Lin En arrived at Fengche Village, he purchased the agricultural products from Fengche Village at "reasonable" prices.

It also brought a lot of fresh goods to Windmill Village.

At the same time, in Slap's view, Lin En will become the son-in-law of Windmill Village sooner or later.

Lin En can leave a high score in Garp's heart, and Slapp's evaluation is also extremely important.

At this time, Mayor Slap was smoking a cigar and reading the newspaper.

The cigars Lin En gave him were good stuff, much better than the tobacco he rolled himself.

"Village Chief." Lin En walked into Slap's yard.

Slap stood up and asked, "It's Lin En, is something wrong?"

Lin En said: "I plan to set up a gauze workshop in the village, specializing in making bandages. In this way, the women in the village can earn some extra money in their free time, and the hourly salary will be 800 beli. What do you think?"

"Gauze workshop? That's a good idea."

Spura also thought it was a good idea.

Lin En said: "In addition, I plan to build a grain depot in the village to purchase grain from the Kingdom of Gaya, and I need people in the village to help me manage it."

After the grain is transported in, it must be maintained regularly to prevent it from getting damp and moldy.

Therefore, this also requires hiring workers.

Spra asked: "Approximately how many people will be hired?"

“The gauze workshop currently requires ten people, but of course, more people will be hired in the future.

As for the warehouse, let’s hire five people for the time being, with a monthly salary of 300,000 beli. "

The salary offered by Lin En is neither high nor low.

However, the job of looking after the warehouse is relatively easy.

An old man who has some free time in the village can do the job.

Of course, hiring permanent employees means increased costs.

5 people, that’s 1.5 million Baileys a month, and 18 million Baileys a year.

There is also money to build warehouses.

As for the female spinning workers, it is also a fixed cost.

The hourly wage is 800 beli, and if a female worker works 10 hours a day, that is 8,000 beli, which is 240,000 beli a month.

For 10 female workers, the monthly income is 2.4 million beli, and the annual expenditure is 28.8 million beli.

Of course, you can’t trap a wolf if you don’t leave your children behind.

Although the profits of being a travel agent are not low, they are not stable enough.

Only by owning an industry and actually starting to produce goods is the basis for making money stably.

Of course, although copycats and high imitations are also industries, such businesses are not worthy of glory.

…

With Spula's help, recruitment for the workshop and granary went smoothly.

All that remains is to choose an address.

The workshops are simpler, and there are some empty houses in the village that are unoccupied.

Spra gave Lin En direct ‘free’ use.

At the same time, there was originally a barn not far from the village, and the surrounding open space could also be used by Lin En.

Spra and others really did not treat Lin En as an outsider.

For the rest, Lin En only needs to transport the machines and raw materials into Windmill Village to start production.

At the same time, the purchase of grain also required Lin En to make a trip to the Kingdom of Gaya to contact the local nobles.

Lin En was very efficient in his work. He went to the capital of the Kingdom of Gaya the next day to find nobles to purchase grain.

The nobles owned a lot of land and had a lot of food reserves.

Although there are businessmen who come to buy regularly, this is not the first time that Lin En has contacted nobles. He believes that he can make a deal.

At the same time, Lin En also plans to discuss the plum wine business with the nobles.

And the person he chose this time was Altluk III.

Ultraluk III is Sabo's father and a standard nobleman of the Kingdom of Gaia.

Although he is a noble, Altluk III is relatively indifferent to family ties.

He was more concerned about the status and wealth that nobles should have.

It is precisely because of this that Sabo chose to run away from home.

This is not the first time Lin En has visited Altluk III.

Alteruk III's impression of Lin En, a businessman, was not bad.

The Kingdom of Gaya is somewhat 'remote', and in the eyes of the world's major powers, it is just a small country in the countryside.

Perhaps, the humbler you are, the more you want to highlight your dignity.

The nobles almost all need the luxuries Lin En brought to the capital of Gaya.

Even if they have bought too much and used it for decades, they may not be able to use it all.

For nobles, how can they show their status and wealth if they don't buy luxury goods?

When King Altluk III saw Lin En, he asked: "Mr. Lin En, what good things have you brought this time?"

If you can buy the luxury goods brought by Lin En immediately, you will definitely be able to steal the show in front of the nobles.

Lin En took out the plum wine.

The moment you open the bottle cap.

The fragrance completely attracted Altluk III.

He has definitely never drank this kind of wine.

He ensured that no one in the Gaya Kingdom had drank either.

Lin En said: "This kind of wine is made with hundreds of precious spices. It is brewed by the world-famous brewing master Tony Maple. Only less than 10,000 bottles are produced a year. Have you heard of it? Tony Maple?”

Who is Tony Maple?

Naturally, Altruk III had never heard of it.

You must have never heard of Altruc III, because Tony Maple is the owner of a winery in Shieldstown, and he is just an ordinary person.

However, Altluk III is a nobleman, and Master Tony is a world-famous brewmaster. How could he not have heard of it?

"Of course, of course I've heard of it. I still can't forget the wonderful wine he brewed."

Alteruk III answered seriously, as if he had really drank.

Lin En looked at Altluk III's reaction and smiled.

This fat sheep is destined to be slaughtered.