Chapter 102: Flash Gold Chamber of Commerce

"It's a pity you can't make it to the banquet," Aureliano said hypocritically, his eyes catching a glance at the cake that Becker had placed on the table, "Ah, you smell the birthday cake, right?" ”

Aureliano didn't ask Becker what he meant, so he picked up the plate with the cake in front of him, walked up to Natasha, and said exaggeratedly: "Come, do you smell the cream?" I know you love birthday cakes, don't you? ”

Natasha stood in a daze, first looking up at Aureliano who was close at hand, then at Becker, who was expressionless, and then shaking her head in a panic and lowering her head again.

"You're lying!" Aureliano suddenly became stern, and there was a hint of intimidation in his voice, "Do you want me to tell my father about you sneaking out to meet the guests?" ”

"Don't!" Natasha said in a childish voice, a little frightened.

Aureliano's voice regained its slowness: "Then you have to be honest, do you want to eat cake?" ”

"Hmm." Natasha lowered her head and responded like a mosquito.

"That's right," Aureliano said with a grin, and without a knife or fork, he pulled a small piece of the cake directly from the cake with his fingers and sent it to Natasha, "then brother feed you." ”

Becker took a sip of wine with a frown, and lowered his gaze to hide the disgust in his eyes.

Natasha's face turned red, and she glanced timidly at Becker, and seeing that his gaze was not looking this way, she carefully avoided Aureliano's fingers and ate the cake into her mouth.

Aureliano seemed a little unhappy when he saw this, and he put on a straight face again and said, "My brother's hands are stained with cakes, what do you think?" ”

"I'll wipe it for you." Natasha said, pulling out a handkerchief and trying to wipe Aureliano's hands, but was dodged by the other party.

"You're wasting food, what will my father say when he finds out?" Aureliano forced, "Lick it off!" ”

Becker couldn't take it anymore, and he cleared his throat loudly, interrupting the disgusting farce.

He said to Aureliano, who turned back to him with an unhappy face: "I'm going back to the base soon, you have something to do, so hurry up and make it clear to me!" ”

The little girl Natasha took advantage of Aureliano's turn to turn around, and quickly turned and ran away, Aureliano raised his hand, and Becker could see that he was trying to pull Natasha's hair, but the only remaining bit of brain seemed to tell him that he should not do it in front of Becker.

Aureliano's expression was natural, and he was not embarrassed to take out his handkerchief to wipe his hands, and at the same time smacked his mouth and said to Becker: "It's really rude that the older you get, the more rude you become." ”

Becker didn't answer the topic, but said, "What exactly are you talking about?" ”

"Where did I just go?"

"Smuggling, and you say you have a better way."

"Ah, yes, smuggling!" Aureliano patted his forehead and said with exaggerated emotion, "The tax revenue of the kingdom is simply a robbery allowed by law, and the king and those tax collectors who always have a face just can't understand the hardships of us businessmen, especially our family, it is not easy to maintain the dignity of the nobility and prevent those ninth-rate poor sour ghosts from talking about the down-and-out side of celebrities jealously after dinner, and at the same time maintain the expenses of such a large family." ”

Becker couldn't help but agree: "Yes." ”

"Fortunately, the authority of our beloved King is not uncontrollable, and there are people he cannot restrain himself," Aureliano pointed to Becker, or more precisely to his military uniform, "My friend, Mr. Young Ensign, you know that the King is not in charge of the Navy Branch under the World Government, and as long as we cooperate, then the tax money that was supposed to be sent to the palace for the King to squander can be used to support the construction of the navy!" ”

"Why don't you just talk to Major Rat about this? After all, his rank is higher than mine, and your father knows him well. Becker asked curiously.

When Aureliano heard this, he waved his hand a little impatiently and said: "Father, he ......, he is too steady, and he always pays attention to Navia City, and he doesn't seem to understand that even the royal family can't do it to envelop the entire city, not to mention that no matter how big this city is, the benefits that can be accommodated are limited. ”

Becker heard the complaint in Aureliano's words, and after thinking about it carefully, he already understood the other party's purpose, for Alcatio, who controlled the Buendia family, the most important thing was to increase his influence in the political arena and the royal city, and the entire family's property was what he wanted, and he did not blindly pursue the expansion of his own industry.

But Aureliano is different, as a son who spends all day drinking, of course, he hopes to have an industry to provide sufficient funds for his luxurious life, after all, the current owner of the Buendía family is Alcatio, and Aureliano has to worry about being reprimanded when he squanders his money.

"Actually, I also invited someone here today to talk about cooperation." Aureliano said.

"Who?"

"The president of a chamber of commerce," Aureliano said noncommittally, with an unstoppable contempt in his voice, "some nouveau riche in the countryside huddle together to keep warm, and a few little earth dogs get together in the hope that they can find some leftovers in the lion's territory, which is really ridiculous, and the dog in the lead is self-aware and knows how to say hello to the lion in the territory first." ”

"I think he's more likely to be torn apart directly by a lion." Becker said meaningfully.

Aureliano said as a matter of course: "Of course, he will be torn apart if he asks or not, and now he just sends himself directly to me." However, the trade network of their chamber of commerce in the countryside is still good, those nouveau riche still have some power in the countryside, distributed in various places, can hold this chamber of commerce in their hands, how many sources can be digested, like I said, my father just doesn't understand, the name of the Buendia family is outside of Navia City, the influence will be greater, and the market is not comparable to a city. ”

Becker glanced at Aureliano, although his eyes are low, but it seems that this boy also has some brains, Becker holds the navy and pirates in his hands, one bright and one dark, two armed forces, is the most feared force in the maritime trade business, just the identity of the navy patrolling the route is enough for this kind of chamber of commerce headache.

With the signboard of the Aureliano Buendía family, and exerting influence in the political center of the capital of the Kalmar Kingdom, and having Becker controlling the safety of the route, it is equivalent to grasping the key point of the Chamber of Commerce, saying that it is cooperation, but after getting acquainted with it for a while, Aureliano and Becker can easily take away the control of this Chamber of Commerce.

There was a soft knock on the door, and Aureliano paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "Knowing the knock, it seems that the guest we are talking about has arrived." ”

Aureliano got up and opened the door, letting the guests into the room, and then waved the servant who led the way away.

"Introduction," Aureliano pointed to Becker, "this is the youngest second lieutenant of the Sixteenth Division of the Navy. Becker. ”

With a false smile on his face, he pointed to the guest who had just entered the room and said, "This is the founder and president of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Thassarian. ”