Transcendent Noble

"Teacher Abel, I’m sorry, I’ve only seen you indirectly until now."

The smell of logs filled the study room of Silvermoon Manor, and Lord Abel felt like he was standing there In the fresh and natural morning forest. Years of business experience told him that the desks, chairs, cabinets, and floor window ridges in the study were made of redwood from the dark forest, and they were all brand-new furniture in no more than two months.

In fact, Abel has already discovered that everything here is new, new furniture, new manor, new village, new town, new territory, and brand new Victor Wimbledon.

Once the vase little Baron became a prince. He sat behind the desk with a calm temperament and a calm look. His eyes as deep as the night sky did not have the green and tenderness of the past. Instead, he was wise and confident. The rays of light. The majesty of the young lord made Abel's heart mixed feelings. Even though he had been aired for more than a month, at this moment he could not feel any resentment.

Abel doesn't know why Victor has become so unfamiliar in just a few years, maybe because of the environment, maybe because of the bloodline, in any case, he must admit that the students of the year now need to look up to themselves.

Victor didn’t care about Lord Abel’s complicated mood at all. He turned his head and instructed: "Dear Lilia, please prepare a cup of coffee for Teacher Abel."

Lilia has a shallow view of his man With a smile, she reached out her snow-white hands and started to make coffee. Her movements are dexterous and her posture is graceful, which is pleasing to the eye. After a short while, a cup of aromatic coffee was placed on the table.

"Your Excellency, are you used to adding milk or goat's milk?" Lilia asked crisply, holding the silver jug ​​in her hand.

"Uh...no need to add...thank you madam." Abel stood up, saluted Lilia slightly, and then took the silver cup in her hand. Lilia lifted the skirt, curtseyed, and returned to Victor's side.

Abel took a sip of coffee, and the mellow taste refreshed him. Victor asked: "Teacher Abel, how long have we not seen each other."

"More than four years." Abel put down the coffee cup and replied respectfully.

"4 years, 11 months, and 27 days." Victor laughed, and continued: "We have known each other for 10 years, 3 months, and 11 days. You waited for me in Flatlake Town for 28 days."

Abel opened his mouth and froze for a long time before he praised: "My lord, your memory is really good."

"People with good memory are not easy to fool." Victor lightly looked at Abel. At a glance, each minding their own business said: "I know you are here to negotiate the purchase of raw sugar, but I did not expect you to come in person."

"Sophia now has three major business groups, They are Bucks Business Group, Clover Business Group and Saber-Toothed Tiger Business Group, among which Bucks Business Group is the strongest. Bucks have footprints all over Gambis Kingdom, Dodo Kingdom, Naville Kingdom, Prairie and Sasan Empire. As the head of the Bucks Business Group, you have 8 caravans, more than 4,000 guys, and more than 2,000 carriages. Those outsiders who rely on the caravan’s life are at least 10,000."

"This 10 million The pound of raw sugar business is not a big deal for the Bucks Business Group, but it is very important to my Randal Family. So, you only need to line up a caravan to reach the agreed price... Then why do you Want to see me in person, even staying in Flatlake Town for 28 days?"

"My lord, although you created the Randal Family, you are still half the owner of the Marquis Mansion after all. Reasonable in every circumstance, I I should see you in person." Abel said respectfully, but thought in his heart, "You don't want to ship, can I not wait for you?"

Victor gave a "Oh", as if enlightened. "So, you work for me?"

Abel quickly explained: "My lord, I work for Marquis Sophia."

"Sophia..." Victor nodded, voice Turns around and asked: "So... is she there now?"

"This..." Abel showed an awkward look, but Victor said with a faint smile: "Can't tell me? Hehe...I guess You simply don't know she is there! Sophia's whereabouts are uncertain, she is cooperating with the church to do an important thing. As for what it is...I am 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 shocked and suspicious, but his face is calm, he does not know the rhythm of his breathing, the frequency of his heartbeat, or even the subtle changes in his pupils. I can't hide Victor's perception.

Victor confirmed his guess from these details. He confidently said: "Sophia has no time or energy to pay attention to the raw sugar trade. This is completely your own behavior! "

"At the beginning, you left me in the Black Fort and left me alone with the York family, but I hurried back to the capital with the caravan guard..." Victor stood up and paced twice. Step, shook his head and said: "Afterwards, I always thought you were the queen's person, because while you were defending the interests of the post-party, you were also afraid that you would be killed by the York family like the steward arranged by Catherine Your Majesty. So, you are anxious to lead the team to leave Black Castle Town. "

"To my surprise, Sophia successfully got rid of the Queen's control, but you were not kicked out of the Chamber of Commerce by her? I lived in the Marquis for a while, 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 biggest Bucks Chamber of Commerce! Victor sat down again. He stared at Abel's eyes and asked slowly: "Teacher Abel, I'm curious about whom you work for?" "

"My lord, your bright vision like a torch. "Abel was silent for a long time, said with a bitter smile: "After the dispute between Lord Marquis and Queen Your Majesty ended, Catherine Your Majesty withdrew the staff placed in the Chamber of Commerce, and the Maple Leaf Chamber of Commerce, who was loyal to Your Majesty, was also taken by Sophia. Disbanded. But I do play for Sophia Lord. "

"That's right. I am not the Queen of Your Majesty, nor the confidant of Lord Marquis. The reason why I am still in charge of the Bucks Business Group is because Lord Sophia can't live without my help. Lord Abel stood up and bowed solemnly: "Master Randal, you don't know. The history of the Bucks Business Group can be traced back to more than five hundred years ago, when Rand Empire had not split into three kingdoms. "

"At the earliest, the Bucks Business Group was called the Black Sheep Business Group and was formed by Steward of Desmond Wimbledon count. 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. They have accumulated a wealth of business experience, won the title of Lord, and have also witnessed the changes and changes in the Business Group. change. "

"Desmond. Wimbledon count 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 trade of the three kingdoms and the prairie, the tentacles of the Business Group Once extended to Sasan Empire. Later, the Sasan Empire occupied the prairie, and sword edge pointed directly to the northern part of the Dodo kingdom. The war between the two sides caused Sasan Empire and the steppe people to refuse to trade with Dodian, which directly led to the collapse of the Black Sheep Business Group. Those of us have also lost our source of livelihood. Fortunately, the Wimbledon family of Naville Kingdom recruited people to form the White Rhinoceros Business Group, and we became Naville people again. But the good times didn't last long. The Dodo Kingdom began to suppress the Naville people and the Sasan Empire's trading caravan. The White Rhinoceros Business Group has struggled for more than 70 years and is also going to die..."

"However, you are still there. "Victor looked thoughtful and said. Lord Abel also smiled and responded: "We are still there. "

"The Three Kingdoms and Sasan Empire reached a compromise. The Wimbledon family of Gambis Kingdom formed a caravan to meet each other's trade needs. The Bucks Business Group changed its name every time it changed its owner. It changed a total of five times, but one thing remained the same. We always worked for the Wimbledon family. "

"This makes sense. "Victor nodded.

Sophia was born in a small family in Suse Kingdom. Although she started from the bottom of the Chamber of Commerce, she was young after all and climbed too fast. In just a few years Go to the Marquise. Based on Sophia’s experience and personality, she is not enough to manage such a large Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce has not been defeated by her. It only shows that there is a management team to maintain the operation of Chamber of Commerce. The Lord Abel group of managers are the soul and brain of Chamber of Commerce.

For hundreds of years, no matter how the name and owner of Chamber of Commerce change, its inheritance has never been cut off. Chamber of Commerce The scale of the company is growing and it has developed a mature talent training and absorption mechanism, logistics transportation system, goods procurement and sales network, financial settlement and profit distribution methods. It can even be regarded as an independent organization.

But , Any wealth must have an attribution, and wealth without an attribution is illegal, and any force can take it. According to the provisions of the Glory Code, wealth and land can only be attributed to the name of the Knights nobles, so Abel must be attached to a certain family Now, the Three Kingdoms and Sasan Empire have jointly designated the Wimbledon family as business nobles, in charge of mutual trade, so Abel and them have become the nominal vassals of the Wimbledon family. But the real major shareholders of Chamber of Commerce are actually the Three Kingdoms and Sasan Empire.

Sasan Empire and Dodo Kingdom are competing against each other, and no one can rest assured that the other Sovereign trades. Naville Kingdom has rich mineral resources, Sasan Empire has abundant food resources, Dodo Kingdom controls trade channels, it is impossible to sit and watch two Neighbors flicker and communicate with each other, so the Dodo Kingdom cut off the Naville people's trade route. As the rear of the Three Kingdoms, Gambis does not directly fight with the Sasan Empire. It is also an ally of Dodo and Naville. It is natural to dominate the Chamber of Commerce. .

However, Chamber of Commerce has earned immense wealth, which is owned by the Wimbledon family and the Chamber of Commerce How did the backstage Boss divide up these wealth?

Victor closed his eyes and meditated, using X-3 to deduce the profound mystery. First of all, the management team of Chamber of Commerce only owns a small part of the wealth, which is why they can continue to inherit. Secondly, the Wimbledon family is fragmented, with family heirs all over the kingdoms of the human world, and a scattered family obviously does not have the strength to retain wealth. The Gambis royal family secretly instigated the Wimbledon family's children to fight inwardly, and those who succeeded in the position had to pay political contributions to the kingdom, and the Royal Family thus achieved the purpose of harvesting wealth. On the other hand, the Kingdom of Dodo receives massive war aid from Gambis every year, and this money should be regarded as a Chamber of Commerce dividend.

Naville's situation is a bit special. If you look at it in isolation, she does not get the wealth of the Chamber of Commerce, but from the overall consideration, she gets the most benefits. The Kingdom of Dodo has resisted the Sasan Empire and has been suffering losses. Gambis is also losing. However, the Kingdom of Naville can avoid the main force of the Sasan Empire and sweep her logistics supply line as much as possible. The lord of Naville has been enjoying the dividends of the war. On the other hand, Naville is not only the most important mineral producing area in the human kingdom, but also a strategic place to guard the northern wilderness. Once Naville Kingdom collapses, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, the church supports her, Suse Kingdom supports her, Gambis supports her, Dodo relies on her, and the Borui Kingdom needs it. Sasan Empire doesn't have anything to do with her. As long as Naville tightly holds the minerals in his hand, Sasanian can't stand it. The Naville people hold the minerals in their left hand, squeeze the door with their right hand, and eat their homes and eat their homes. As long as the pattern of the human kingdom maintains the status quo, she will be a big winner.

It is no wonder that Naville Kingdom has five Golden Knights, who are strong, but have no intention of expansion. Victor muttered to himself, the only thing he didn't understand was what benefits did Sasan Empire get? Is it just material complementarity?

With this question, Victor decided to dig a little bit from Abel's body.

"Teacher Abel, I can understand your neutral position, but why do you personally negotiate with me about jaggery?" Victor asked with a smile.

Somehow, when Abel saw Victor’s friendly smile, his heart was abrupt, but he still said in a sincere tone as possible: “Chamber of Commerce is currently short of funds, and we really need to develop new ones. Caiyuan, I hope you will give us more raw sugar quotas based on your past feelings."

"Chamber of Commerce is also short of money?" Victor looked at Abel with a surprised look.

"Yes." Abel explained: "My lord, when you became the lord, Sophia made a tribute of 500,000 goldsore to Queen Your Majesty. Later, Sophia made a tribute to Queen Your Majesty. Forgive me, she drew a donation of 700,000 jinsol... Chamber of Commerce is really out of money."

Victor said with a smile disapprovingly: "It's only 700,000...I sold it to you. Raw sugar is 6 copper sols per pound, and the total value is 50,000 kinsols. If you resell it to Sasan Empire, it can be doubled by 24 times. That is the net profit of 1.14 million kinsols."

"My lord, this is really true. A misunderstanding." Lord Abel said with a bitter smile: "The Bucks Chamber of Commerce's fleet is unimpeded, but it is unavoidable to get up and down, eat and pick up cards for a long journey. On the way, people eat horses, chews, and transport losses. It’s not a small amount. When you get to a remote place, you always have to hire a few mercenary groups to guard against robbery... These tentatively don’t count. We have to sell a batch of goods every time we go to a kingdom. For example, this batch of raw sugar, we have to sell it to the royal family of Gambis. 20%, 20 copper sol per pound, 20% to the Dodo royal family, 40 copper sol per pound, 20% to Naville Kingdom, 60 copper sol per pound, 10% to the prairie people, 50 copper sol per pound Well, the raw sugar that was shipped to Sasan Empire in the end still has 2 left. It’s a good achievement. Only then can it be sold at a price of 4 silver soles per pound."

"It's really not easy." Victor said with his jaw first. "Then how much do you want?"

"My lord, I hope you can increase your annual raw sugar share from 3 million pounds to 5 million pounds... If you can give us the coffee for sale , I promise to give you a satisfactory price, how about 7 jinsol per pound?" Abel cautiously said: "I think Mrs. Sophia will be very happy too."

"hehe, I want What's the use of Sophia being happy? The key is to make me happy." Victor laughed and laughed, he asked with interest: "What is the price of coffee in Sasan Empire?"

"There is very little coffee flowing into Sasan Empire , It is said that a lord buys coffee at a price of 100 gold sols per pound.” Abel said and added: “Of course, things are rare and expensive. We can sell up to 50 gold sols per pound."

Victor and Lilia looked at each other, and found that each other’s eyes were full of golden light stars, and Victor concealed a grip. Under the slender hand of a small financial fan, he said to Abel: "The output of coffee is very low, only 2,000 pounds a year, you don't have to think about it. "

"Yes. "Abel bows his head to greet him. He is not a person who does not know how to advance or retreat.

"Teacher Abel, you are in trouble. "Victor stared at Abel for a while, and said differently: "Chamber of Commerce has no money, indicating that your ability is not good. Sophia has long wanted to find someone to replace you, and there must be someone within the Bucks Chamber of Commerce coveting your position. That's why you came to talk to me in person. The raw sugar business is very important to you. "

Lord Abel finally moved. He took a deep breath and said, "My lord, your sharpness is staggering... you are right. As long as you reject me, I will start from the beginning. My destiny is in your hands, but I will never increase the purchase price of raw sugar! "

"Teacher Abel, you are very dedicated. "Victor praised nodded," said: "Tell me something, and I will agree to your request. "

"There is no secret in Chamber of Commerce where people come in and people come out...sir, what do you want to know? What is the relationship between the internal staff of Chamber of Commerce? Or Sophia-sama’s secret business? Abel asked suspiciously.

Victor knocked on the table and said, "If you have time, you can talk about it all." However, I would like to know the situation of the prairie and Sasan Empire, where the local customs, materials and specialties, everything is fine. Chat just like before, but don't give me chicken soup anymore! "

"Chicken...Chicken soup?" ! "

"I don't know the actual story and the big reason, it's a trick to coax people. "Victor said coldly: "Please remember that I am a lord now and only care about useful things!" "