"Chapter 139: Port Oolong"
At any given moment, one must be in contact with all things with his five senses, fully and fully engaged in them, and this is true love. Love is not a kind attitude, but an investment without bigotry.
- Sadhguru (Enlightened Being, Enlightened Yogi, Mystic, Visionary Humanitarian, Outstanding Spiritual Teacher)
The price of a boatload of fruits from the Yamato Empire is definitely not expensive, but Darnell, who received the order, did not feel that there was anything abnormal, in his opinion, a mere boatload of fruits was worth hundreds of gold coins at most, after all, he was a person who had gone to the Celestial Dragon Empire to see the 'world'.
Adhering to Bai Feng's principle of keeping a low profile, Darnell deliberately changed the armor he wore into a typical Roman robe, and only then did he find the head of the charter caravan of the merchant ship under the leadership of a port middleman, during which Darnell did not ask the middleman for the price.
Bai Feng, who has never been short of gold coins, has extremely high military salaries for the soldiers under his command, how can he be indebted to the entourage who follows him all day long? Take Darnell as an example, his spatial ring has always contained the five thousand gold coins that Bai Feng gave him.
The cash of these five thousand gold coins is a lot of wealth even in the Celestial Dragon Empire, where wealthy merchants and nobles are everywhere, and you must know that the vast majority of ordinary aristocratic families such as barons and viscounts in the Celestial Dragon Empire can't even take out the cash of five thousand gold coins.
Darnell, who thought that he could easily buy this shipload of fruits, saw the other party's caravan leader, and directly said that he wanted to buy all the other party's fruits;
"Friend, I don't think you look like an ordinary person, so don't make fun of us small businessmen who make some hard-earned money. The caravan leader said in a stiff tone: "Although the scale of our Green Chamber of Commerce is not large, we will not let anyone bully!"
"I don't care if the scale of your Green Chamber of Commerce is large?" Darnell, who was a little puzzled by the other party's cold attitude, said impatiently: "You are selling fruits, I buy your fruits, don't you sell them yet?"
Darnell, who had followed Bai Feng in the Tianlong Empire's southern and northern wars for more than two years, didn't know what the other party called the Green Chamber of Commerce, which was normal, even if Darnell hadn't left Rome City for more than two years and had never dealt with merchants, it was impossible for him to know what the Green Chamber of Commerce was.
But in the ears of the person in charge of the Green Chamber of Commerce, the meaning was completely different, so he held back his anger and warned Darnell in a cold voice: "Friend, our Green Chamber of Commerce really hasn't been afraid of anyone, if you don't believe it, you can give it a try!"
In the eyes of the person in charge of the Green Chamber of Commerce, since this person who speaks wildly insists on making trouble with his own Chamber of Commerce, then he will teach the other party a good lesson, so that the mastermind behind this person can see the power of the Green Chamber of Commerce!
"Smack...... Syllable...... ......With three unhurried high-fives, a group of barbarian warriors in leather armor rushed out of the merchant ship carrying fruit, and surrounded Darnell, who was standing in front of the head of the Green Chamber of Commerce.
Darnell, who was accustomed to fighting on the battlefield with thousands of troops and horses, would not have the slightest stage fright in the face of the dozen or so barbarian warriors surrounding him; he did not take out the short sword in the space ring, but shouted and asked the other party: "Do you want to rebel?"
"Rebellion, what kind of rebellion? You are deceiving people too much!" To Darnell's angry rebuke, the person in charge of the Green Chamber of Commerce sneered and retorted: "Our Green Chamber of Commerce only wants to do our own business in An An, it is you who are aggressive and deliberately provoking!"
"Aggressive? deliberately provocative?" Darnell, who didn't want to make a big deal out of it, could only suppress his anger and explain again: "I have already said that I just want to buy the fruit on this ship, and I don't mean anything else." ”
"Isn't this a deliberate provocation?" said the head of the Green Chamber of Commerce, with a 'I knew it was like this' expression on his face.
This time, without waiting for Darnell to say anything more, the barbarian warriors who led the team glared at Darnell viciously, and then asked the person in charge of the Green Chamber of Commerce: "Mr. Powell, do you want me to let the brothers throw this impatient boy out?"
"Don't rush yet. Looking at Darnell, who still did not flinch timidly, Powell, who frowned, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked Darnell: "This friend, you said that you want to buy all the fruits on our ship, do you know the price of Yamato fruits?"
"Although I don't know the price of Yamato's fruits, I have five thousand gold coins on me, is it enough to buy you a boatload of fruits?"
"Five thousand gold coins?" As soon as he heard Darnell's answer, Powell knew that he was stunned, and he smiled wryly and waved his hand, signaling the guard to retreat before saying to Darnell: "This friend, it seems that there may be a little misunderstanding between us." ”
"Five thousand gold coins is indeed a lot, even in the most prosperous city of Rome, this is a lot of money, but if you want to buy all the fruits on our ship, five thousand gold coins are probably not enough, and the difference is more than a star and a half!"
"How is that possible?" said Darnell in disbelief, "how much fruit can you ship on this merchant ship, and how many gold coins can you sell?"
"Little brother, there are 1,500 boxes of all kinds of fruits on our merchant ship, the most expensive box is sold for 50 gold coins, and the cheapest box is sold for 50 gold coins; if you buy them all, I will give you a 20% discount, and you will get 24,000 gold coins!"
"Fifteen hundred boxes of fruit, twenty-four thousand gold coins at a twenty percent discount?!" Darnell, who felt that his heart was a little unbearable, really did not expect that the price of fruits in Rome would be so expensive;
"Mr. Powell, the gold coins on me are indeed not enough to buy all the fruits on your ship, but please wait for me for a while, and I will go back to get the money immediately; ”
After listening to Darnell's report, Bai Feng directly transferred 30,000 gold coins from Bai Ling's ring to Darnell, and asked him to bring the person in charge of the other party's chamber of commerce.
When the 24,000 gold coins filled with four large boxes were piled up at Powell's feet, Powell, who was overjoyed, complimented Darnell's wealth and asked the porters at the port to directly carry the fruits on the ship to the place designated by Darnell.
As for Darnell's invitation to meet, Powell, who had finally met a God of Wealth, naturally did not refuse; after handing over the unloading of the cargo to his deputy, he went straight to the military zone outside the port under the leadership of Darnell.
The officers and men of the governor's guard at three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry on the periphery of the military district, and the Lucy prisoners of war that could be seen everywhere inside, made Powell, who was a businessman, inevitably a little frightened; but he also knew in his heart that this was his own opportunity, and whether he could seize it or not depended on luck!