Transcendent Noble

Blinol City is divided into two urban areas, an inner and an outer area.

The residences of Yuanbao and the great nobles are concentrated in the inner city of extremely expensive land, while the residents of the outer city are mainly the inferior aristocrats of the capital and the families of the Guard army. The outer city area is more than ten times larger than the inner city area, with noble areas, vassal areas, shops, warehouses, workshops, and farmland in the city.

The Blue Amber Hotel was built in an orchard on the farmland in the city.

It is composed of seven stone buildings and some wood houses. There are fruitful alligator and jujube trees on the front and back. It looks more like a farm, but the environment here is quiet and the air is fresh. It does not have a forest garden view. .

"Very good." Victor stepped down the carriage, took a deep breath, and turned to say with a smile: "didn't expect you to have such a big orchard in the capital."

Tennes and Victor stood side by side, looked all around, and said proudly: "This is Jon Baron, who originally belonged to the Leopold family. He lost the lease of the orchard to me in a card game... Of course, I can join Jon's circle, thanks to the coffee and snow candy from Rand."

"There are also preserves and other goods..." Victor laughed, adding: "The most important thing." Yes, you have a shrewd and capable caravan manager."

"Marcel is indeed very capable, he helped me make a lot of money... The Blue Amber Hotel also came from his suggestion."

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"Oh, is there anything special about this?" Victor asked with interest.

"Blinol city is very big, but it is also very crowded. When the nobles come to the capital, they often need to live in the houses of relatives and friends, and the entourages live in hotels in the outer city. The lack of servants makes the nobles feel Very unaccustomed, but if the hotel room is full and the servants can only live in the stables or warehouses, it would be too shameful.” Tennes Shrugged said: “This situation often happens, especially in March every year. The lord of the benevolence must go to the royal capital to retire...and this is the situation now."

Tennes put his left hand behind him, and the right hand pointed to the hotel building introduced: "I put the orchard The farm was transformed into a hotel, each layer has 12 rooms for a nobleman and his servants alone. There are 7 4-story stone buildings, which can accommodate 28 distinguished guests at the same time. Although the location of Blue Amber is more remote, But it is quiet enough, comfortable and spacious, and the guests are all decent people with identities. The lords of the feudal lords are very satisfied with it."

"You only receive the lords of the feudal?" Victor asked.

Tennes nodded said: "Normal situation is like this."

Victor stopped, looked at the layout of all around, frowned and said: "The price of goods in the capital is expensive. I’m afraid you spent a lot of money to build Blue Amber. If you only entertain the lord of the benefice, you will definitely lose money every year. After all, the lord of the benefice only has one month to resign."

"I at first I’m not going to make money from blue amber.” Tennes laughed mysteriously, and said in a low voice: “Now everyone knows that the entire king is only Viscount Tennes selling coffee and snow sugar, but they don’t know that my annual share of coffee is not 200 pounds but 500. Pounds. I can’t sell the extra coffee to the nobles in the royal capital, and the lord of the feudal city will not worry about how much coffee I sell in the royal capital. They can buy coffee and snow sugar when they live in Blue Amber. Although they only live in In one month, my annual profit from selling coffee exceeded 6000 jinsore."

"Later, some lord of the benefice offered to rent a house for a long time. They paid for the house for 2 years at a time, and they sent people often. Resident management, as their temporary residence in the capital." Tennes spread his hands and said, "Instead of losing money, Blue Amber has made a profit. This is what I didn't expect. However, those kings who have the right to rent farms in the city. The metropolitan nobles also started to follow the example of Blue Amber and built the noble manor hotel. But they did not have coffee, and in order to sell the coffee to more beneficiaries, I built two more stone buildings to satisfy those guests who did not have long-term rentals. Now Blue Amber’s reputation is very strong, and Baron Shatan and his wife live in the building in front. I still see your love and reserve the best floor for them."

Victor Jaw The first said with a smile: "My friend, I feel your heart... Anyway, I have to thank you."

"This is what a friend should do." Tennes politely Said.

In the beginning, Tennes ran Randal to collect coffee. After layers of exploitation by the lord, plus the friendship between the nobles of the royal capital, it can be said that it only loses money. The royal tax official's annual salary is only trifling 1000 Kinsoul. In order to master the resource of coffee, Tennes can only grit his teeth.

Victor wanted to break into the black market of Blinol, so he tricked the tax official into smuggling coffee for profit, and suggested that he choose manpower from freedmen merchants to form his own caravan to carry coffee and snow sugar.

The Marcel selected by Tennes is indeed a talent. He believes that coffee such a noble drink cannot be sold in Liberty's shops, and the Blue Amber Hotel cleverly hides the volume of coffee shipments.

Viscount Tennes made a lot of money and trusted Marcel. But he didn't know that Victor also passed Marcel's caravan and reached into the black market of Blinol.

The so-called relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to draft water. The guy in the caravan naturally has a way to make extra money. The cargo transportation is depleted, and the caravan takes care of it along the way, and they only need to do a little bit of tricks, and they can secretly bury a lot of supplies. Although the number is not large, every caravan has a little bit out, and the total amount of materials flowing into the freedmen’s black market is considerable.

With so many commodities mixed together, even the spies of the kingdom can hardly clarify the relationship among them.

Marcel hugged the thighs of the nobleman in the royal capital, and got mixed up in Blinol's free market. And Tennes only asks for results, not process. In order to satisfy the owner, Marcel not only had to feed a group of guys, but also had the opportunity to get in and out of his hands. When Marcel ran to Wild Willow City to pick up the goods, he naturally wanted to get acquainted with some illegal traders. Therefore, the local thieves' union cleverly recommended to him a black merchant who specializes in shipping in Blinol.

The black merchant deals in raw sugar preserves, wild products, bristles brushes, bacon sausages, oil-woven fabrics... all Marcel can purchase in Wild Willow City. The two sides connected their heads, and they fought fiercely. According to the rules of the freedmen’s black market, the black merchants were responsible for receiving and supplying goods, and Marcel was responsible for covering the shipments. Their business grew and they soon gained a place in the Freedom Zone outside Blinol.

Actually, that black businessman is the downline of Golden Group Witch. The illicit goods he manages are not the materials intercepted by the caravan, but from the industrial chain that Victor has painstakingly managed.

Golden Group’s smuggling caravan transports light materials to mountain people’s strongholds, processes them into commodities, and then flows into the black market of cities and towns through the channels of free private traders. The Golden Group currently controls more than one hundred black merchants, and has built a sales network covering the eastern, central, south central region, southern and western main cities of Gambis, and even spread to the kingdoms of Naville and Dodo.

Among them, Blinol City has the largest shipment volume, which can be described as the best among cities.

On the one hand, there are more than 150,000 free citizens attached to Blinol City, and the market potential is huge. The dark business of the Golden Group has figured out the way and has established a firm foothold in Blinol City.

On the other hand, thanks to the population optimization of Gambis Kingdom.

Centaur Hills is constantly recruiting workers, and the lords in the western part of the kingdom, the southern central region and the southern part are using blue bricks for infrastructure construction. They have provided many jobs. The city of Blinol introduced the surplus population to the western part of the kingdom and the southern central region. The decline in the total number of refugees in the capital has led to stable jobs in refugee families, increased income, increased savings, and a greater increase in spending power.

Last year, the total sales of Golden Group in Blinol City was 3,000 jinsols, and in the first half of this year, it exceeded 4,000 jinsols. It is expected that the total sales for the whole year will not be less than 7,000. There will only be more in the future.

If you look at the whole area of ​​Gambis, the wealth in the pockets of the refugees will definitely cause the lord's chin to fall on the table.

Victor vaguely remembers the story of buying bananas first and then selling shoes. He is doing the same thing.

Tennes is complacent about the annual profit of several thousand Kinsols, but Victor wants to set up the game in advance before everyone can react.

"Renault, you guys stay outside with Aka to take care of the Swiftbird. Nelson, Gru, and Shak accompany me in." Victor turned his head and ordered, and stepped into Blue Amber hostel.

Nelson took a quick step and asked in a low voice: "My lord, what kind of courtesy should we show to your parents?"

Tennes lightly said with a smile "Lord, you are the vassals of Viscount Randal, not the subordinates of the Baron Shatan couple... The salute from the jaws is very much in line with your identity."

Nelson said suddenly, "I understand." He Stop talking, and follow Victor and Tennes to the second floor of the hotel.

Baron Shatan's family had already prepared for Victor's visit. A steward with neat clothes and gray hair stood upright at the entrance of the aisle. Seeing Viscount Tennes walking up with a nobleman whose face was covered by a hood, he looked excited and behaved at a loss. He trembled and asked, "Victor Young Master, is that you?"

Victor explained He lowered his hood and showed a handsome face. He smiled and said, "Joris Steward, it's me." He held on to Steward's shoulder and sighed, "I haven't seen you in more than ten years. You are old too."

After Lelia Beren married Baron Shatan, she arranged her steward Joris to take care of Victor's daily life. Little Baron woke up from a nightmare at night, and Joris always appeared immediately in front of him. The relationship between the two is very close. When the young Baron left home, he held Steward and refused to let go, and Joris was also in tears.

"Victor Young Master, I thought I would never see you in my life...Thank the Supreme Lord for his pity, allowing me to see Victor Young Master again." Joris resisted his choked and wiped it. Wiping the tears from the corner of his eyes, he bowed and said, "Master Ludwig, I'm very sorry. I'm so excited, please forgive my rudeness."

"I was only moved and not offended." Tennes The jaw head said with a smile.

"Where are my parents?" Victor took off the cloak and handed it to the attendant next to Steward.

"Lord Baron and Madam are waiting for you in the living room." Joris snatched Young Lord's cloak from the attendant and walked ahead to lead the way.

The blue amber living room is gorgeously decorated and elegant, in line with the identity of the nobility. Victor walked in and saw Baron Shatan and Mrs. Lelia, as well as a slim girl and a little boy with black hair and black eyes. The girl should be the younger sister Percy Wimbledon, whom he has never met, and the little boy may be his younger half-brother.

Baron Shatan is well-dressed, his half-gray black hair is meticulously combed, and he sits on the main seat of the living room with a serious expression. Both of his hands clenched into fists, seeing Victor's eyes were complicated, a little nervous, a little agitated, and unnoticeable panic. Obviously his heart is not as calm as he appears.

"Dear Victor, my child, I am so happy to meet you."

Mrs. Lelia has red hair, even though she is over four years old. Ten days, but as a female trainee Knight, she is tall and well-proportioned, with fair complexion and beautiful appearance, just like a mature young woman in her early thirties. She greeted her with tears in her eyes, her full lips trembling slightly, and she stretched out her delicate hands to rub Victor's face.

Little Baron lost his mother since childhood, and his father and brother deliberately alienated him, but Lelia took on the responsibility of mother. She was gentle and strict with him. He gave it to the Augustus family.

According to the moral standards on Earth, parents must be punished by law and public opinion for betraying their children. But in this world, bloodline is higher than family affection, and nourishment is greater than family affection. The social value system constructed by Knight helps the great aristocrats continue to gather strong bloodlines, while it is difficult for the small aristocrats to retain good heirs. Otherwise, the human kingdom will fall into endless internal disputes.

It is a fact that Baron Shatan and his wife betrayed the little Baron, but the feelings they showed are also true, and they will not feel a little guilty for their original behavior. Their approach is fully in line with the traditions of the nobility.

Victor will not hold grudges against the Shatans for his past. He let Laliya caress her face and bowed her head to say with a slight smile: "Mother, I am also glad to meet you." He raised his head to Baron and greeted: "Father, how are you?"

Baron Shatan secretly relaxed, he was just worried that Victor would embarrass him, "Victor...you're grown up." Baron's lightly coughed, cleared his muddy and hoarse throat, and massaged his face again, quietly Rubbed his sore eyes, then stood up, and said: "Your Excellency Ludwig, excuse me for not going out to meet you, please sit down."

"It was my presumption. "Tennes returned the courtesy gracefully, saying: "I specially brought a bottle of 30-year-old dum to this temporary gathering."

He did not use the term "family gathering", but Everyone thinks as it should be by rights.

Mrs. Lelia took Victor's hand and said with a smile: "Viscount Ludwig, you are so kind. I will arrange some snacks and wine utensils... Victor, You sit too." Then she left the living room.

It didn't take long for Laliya to lead several maids and put pastries, preserves, fruits and venison on the table one after another. steward Joris opened the cork and poured a glass of dum for everyone.

"Let's drink this glass for today's reunion." Baron Shatan raised the glass and said.

"For today's reunion." Everyone toasted and drank.