Bishop Orlof has promised that I will personally intervene if I have any problems, but it is best not to move the Bishop out unless absolutely necessary. Eighty-eight reading, .2↘" Out of the cathedral, Art said to Ron Felix as he walked.

"Brother-in-law, do you really want to forcibly open the Eastern Front? The power of the guild is really not something that ordinary people dare to provoke, and my father has not touched the idea of the Eastern Route and the Southern Goods Trade for decades. "Felix still knows some business under the influence of Baron Galvin, and he has heard of the guild power in the major cities.

Art didn't answer Felix, but asked, "Felix, do you know why my soldiers are stronger than ordinary armies?" ”

Felix replied, "Of course you are well trained, and what lord can train his soldiers every day like you." ”

"What else?"

"And your soldiers are well paid, well-paid, and well-armed with weapons and equipment."

"Then why can't the other lord armies train their armies like I do?"

"That lord can be as generous as you. Besides, the cost of raising troops like yours is too great for anyone to afford. ”

Aton nodded and replied, "The fundamental reason why my soldiers are strong is that I am willing to spend money on them. Money is the greatest force, and force is the greatest source of wealth. ”

Felix pondered for a moment.

"Alright, don't delay, you should know where your shop in Lucesin is, right? Take me to see it. ”

The three of them jumped on horseback and ran towards the city......

Walking through the wide cobblestone streets and bustling alleys, the trio led their horses to the most prosperous part of the heart of Lucesinn. There are many shops, taverns and workshops, and there are many shouts and hawkers.

Felix led Art and Ron through the bustling crowd to the middle of the street, where a two-story wooden building lined with a tailor's shop and a tavern came into view.

Felix led the two into the shop, where rows of wooden shelves were nailed to three walls, and the wooden shelves were full of all kinds of shops, neatly stacked with linen, cotton, silk and other fabrics, bags of salt, nutmeg, fennel, pepper and other spices, barrels of olive oil, wine and other wine to accompany food.

Three shopkeepers were introducing goods to customers, an old man who looked like a bookkeeper was leaning against a high table opposite the main entrance to record the books, and next to the bookkeeper stood a strong man with a short sword at his waist, apparently the store's guard. ↙ Eighty-eight ↙ ↙ reading ↙, .※.o◇

On the right hand side of the door is a heavy wooden door, and on the other side of the wooden door should be the warehouse where valuable goods are stored.

On the left-hand side of the door, a wooden ladder reached the second floor, and a middle-aged man in a cotton shirt with slightly limp legs was talking and laughing with a businessman-like guy and walking downstairs.

The middle-aged man in the short shirt had just walked down the stairs when he saw Felix who was watching in the bunk, so he hurriedly walked to Felix's side as soon as he sent the guests away, and asked happily and unexpectedly: "Young Master Felix, when did you come to Lucesen, why didn't you send someone in advance to tell me, I should go and pick you up in person."

After speaking, he hurriedly brushed the dust off Felix's body.

Felix rejected the middle-aged man's enthusiasm and pointed to Art, "Kenem, this is my sister's husband, Sir Art, the knight of the palace guard, and the new owner of this southern goods shop."

Then Felix introduced himself to Art, "Brother-in-law, this is Kenneim, the steward of this southern goods store. A native of Sapu, he used to be the deputy steward of his father's caravan, but he was sent by his father to Lucesin to manage the shop because he was unable to walk due to a leg injury. ”

As soon as Felix finished his introduction, Kennem took off his hat and bowed to Art, "I've heard your name for a long time, and it's my lifelong honor to meet you today." ”

Art nodded slightly, but his eyes were always fixed on the smiling middle-aged steward named Kenem.

"This is a shrewd businessman who has worked his way up the trade route." This was the first time Art saw Kenem.

Kennem looked at the young man behind Art, was surprised for a moment, and said, "I have received a letter from my lord half a month ago, in which he told me that he would give this shop to Miss Lottie's husband, Sir Art. I have been waiting for you to send someone to take over the shop, and I will clear the account books and the coins that have been profitable for nearly half a month as soon as possible and hand them over to the new steward. Kennem looked at Ron behind Art and said, he knew that this day was coming sooner or later.

Art smiled lightly and said, "I don't plan to change the manager of this shop, besides, this young guy behind me can't even write his own name well, obviously not the material for doing shop stewardship, since you are a person trusted by my father-in-law, I have no reason to replace an excellent shop manager."

"Then you are ~"

"This time, I took the caravan north to open up the southern goods trade road on the eastern route, just to take a look at this shop by the way."

"You're the one they say came from the south~~" Kennem almost uttered the word "wild dog".

"You heard before that I was coming to the North?" Art didn't expect that the matter had already passed on before the people arrived.

"I heard from the gang of guilds, they said that there is a southern, a merchant from the south who is coming to disturb the market of the southern goods in the north~"

"Looks like someone has already set off before us." Art smiled.

Kenneim felt that the first floor was not a place to speak, so he led a few people to the second floor, came to a room to meet distinguished guests, closed the door, invited Art and Felix to sit down, and said, "Young Master Felix, Sir Art, are you really from the south in the mouth of those people in the guild?"

Arch nodded and asked, "yes, what's the matter, do they want to drive me back south?"

Kennem sighed, "No wonder the people of the guild didn't call me over, it turned out to be suffocating against our people!"

"Tell me more details." Art asked.

"Two days ago, the head of the guild in the city summoned the large and small southern goods shops in the city to discuss the matter, and I wondered why they did not call me, but then I found a familiar fellow and inquired, he said that the guild was going to unite everyone to deal with a southern goods caravan from the south, and when I asked for details, another fellow called my acquaintance away. I don't understand why everyone has been around me lately, it's because of you~" Kennem didn't continue.

Art pondered for a while with his hands on his face, then lowered his hand and said to a few people: "Since the guild in Lucesen City has decided to strangle us, it will be difficult for Salt and them to find a shop to sell southern goods today."

Felix and Ron nodded.

"Lord Art, how many southern goods did you bring this time, if you really can't do it, send them all to this shop for sale." Kenneim, the shop steward, said.

Art thought about the scale of this shop, shook his head and replied: "No, this shop can't eat fifteen truckloads of southern goods, and since people want to deal with me, the life of this shop will not be so easy in the future."

Kennem was also in distress, trade had rules of commerce, and in this place and even in the whole country, the rules of commerce had always been controlled by guilds of great merchants. From purchasing and transporting to assembling and selling, they have carved up all aspects of the entire southern goods trade market, and any forces that want to intervene will become their mortal enemies.

Hearing what Art said about having a bad time in the future, Kenneim thought it was true, nodded and said, "My lord, I guess it won't be long before the city hooligans raised by the guild will start to harass the shop."

"Kenneim, how much surplus does this shop have each month?"

Kennem heard this and was about to get up to get the account book for Art to check, but Art waved his hand and motioned for Kennem to say it verbally.

"My lord, although the price of southern goods has skyrocketed, the supply of southern goods is insufficient, and there are many southern goods shops in Lusesun City, and the strength of our shops in the city is very weak, so the supply of goods is even more scarce. You see a lot of goods in the shop now, because more than a month ago, Master Galvin bypassed the guild and quietly smuggled a few truckloads of southern goods from the western front and hoarded them in the shop. Thus this month there was a surplus of 4,283 pfennigs in addition to salaries and taxes, but the previous monthly surplus was less than 2,500 pfennigs. If the guild is determined to strangle us, I am afraid that the surplus will be even less, and if the guild sends some city hooligans to make trouble every day, I am afraid that it will be a question of whether it can continue to operate......"

"Kenneim, there are two things you need to do in order to deal with a possible crisis. First, in order to prevent guys with ulterior motives from making trouble in the shop, you recruit two more reliable guards to guard the shop, and you also tell the guys in the shop that if anyone dares to make trouble, they will directly bombard me. Secondly, Archbishop Orlof is an old friend of my father, and he is willing to help us. In the past two days, you have personally gone to the Cathedral of Khwóv to find the deacon of the Holy Donation, and in the name of this shop, you will take the initiative to donate two hundred pfennig to the church every month, and this money will be spent from the surplus of the shop, and you can hint to the deacon that the owner of this shop is me. In addition, tonight I will have a banquet in the city named William, who is the personal guard of the Bishop of Orlov, and has some friendship with me, and you will also go to the banquet today to get to know Sir William, and if you encounter an unsolvable crisis in the future, you can ask Sir William for help. ”

Kennem didn't expect Art to have a friendship with the bishop of Lucesen, and he was surprised and relieved at the same time, as long as there was a strong force behind him, the opponent would at least have some scruples and would not kill them.

"There's one more thing you can do right away."

Kennem leaned forward to listen to Art's commands.

"You must know the head of the Luces South Goods Guild, and if you go and contact the head, you will say that the guests from the south want to visit him in person."

"Yes! My lord, I'll go to the guild at once......"11

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Chapter 150: The Southern Goods Shop