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"Lascote Mine."

Appis said ill-intentionedly.

"You're going to buy that mine?"

Sekras asked in surprise.

"Yes, but not now, its price is still too high at this time, we need to use some means to reduce its value, and then buy it."

Apis, sitting on the balcony of his villa, squinted his eyes. From the ordinary legion infantry to the current senate veterans, he finally has a chance to use his means and do business with peace of mind. And these methods are certainly unruly.

"What are you going to do? Even though you're Seville's son-in-law now, I guess Caesar won't let you go too far. After all, Rome had just ended the civil war. ”

Sekras didn't finish his sentence, but Apis understood the meaning of the sentence. It means that the civil war has just ended, the society is not stable, and now, the entire people of Rome are watching Caesar's every move, including his comrades and relatives, and Apis is undoubtedly one of Caesar's henchmen, and also a part of the family power, if at this time, Apis is too flamboyant to do something harmful to social fairness, it is bound to be condemned and dissatisfied by the entire public opinion, which is the last thing Caesar wants to see at the moment. In short, the higher you are, the more careful you have to be when doing things, and every action you make, there are countless pairs of eyes staring underneath. Even if you have become a powerful class, you still have to be careful about what you do under the premise that the whole society is not stable.

"It is within the acceptable range of the people, and in addition, the things I want to do will definitely buy off those politicians and scholars in advance, and their speeches and exposés are very troublesome, and I will bribe these people in advance."

Apis said in a somewhat dull mood, and now, he gradually felt the situation that Caesar was in, indeed, just like the old saying of the Celestial Dynasty - the high place is not cold, even in the Roman period of the ancient Western world, this sentence is equally applicable.

"Tell me about your plans, boss."

Seklas made a gesture of deafness.

"The Lascott mine is located on the outskirts of Capua, although this pit is not large, but it is very producing, and the copper ore it produces occupies one-tenth of the entire Capua copper market, and around it are some relatively small mines, their market is occupied by this large mine, and what I have to do is to buy these small mines around it, and then combine them to reduce the price of ore together, so as to compete and squeeze the Lascote mine, which is called economies of scale. We only need to insist on making profits for three months, or even losing money for three months, and this large mine will inevitably have the dilemma of hoarding ore and not being able to sell it, and even if it sells the ore to other parts of Rome, the transportation costs on the road will make it unbearable, and in the case of no profit, Titus (the owner of the mine) will have to seek someone to take over, and then use the funds from the sale of the mine for lending or other purposes, at which point we will have to buy the mine at a low price. Of course, the premise is that this must be done openly, and do not be afraid of other people knowing, that is, let them know, so that others dare not take over this mine, and then, let the owner of this mine take the initiative to come to us. It is not too much, my brother, you know, we are targeting the mines, not the Roman citizens of the city, and we have kept the prices down, and the merchants who buy the wholesale minerals have profited, so it is feasible, at best, the owners of the Lascott mines will suffer. ”

Appis sat in the chaise longue and said with a heavy thought. In fact, Apis had no experience in any business practice, and some only learned the basic business knowledge in the 21st century before the time, but in practice, he had no experience, so even if the idea was feasible, it is still unknown what kind of process it would go through.

However, even this plan is already a high-level means in the eyes of the big soldiers like Sekras and Crane. These people basically don't know anything but fighting wars and building projects.

"It takes a lot of money to make up for those three months of loss, and I mean you're going to lose the interest you earned on those three months. If you do, Aphes. ”

Klein added.

The thoughts of the small people in the market. Appis wanted to do this, but when it came to his lips, he forgot it, after all, even if you teach him these people Klein for a lifetime, his concept is still stuck in this era, the mainstream trend of thought in this society. It's almost impossible to change it.

"In just three months, we will make a bigger profit by giving up the interest we earn. When doing any business, don't care about losses at the beginning, otherwise, why do you occupy this industry? Other Roman aristocrats ran the business for years or even a dozen years, and what do we rely on to squeeze out a place in it? There are always some extraordinary measures, and in all of Rome, there are not many people who can do this, firstly, this requires strong financial support, and secondly, the operators need to have the idea that anyone who does any business thinks that it is necessary to make a profit from the beginning, but we are not like that, we do the opposite, there are not many people who can do this, so we take the initiative again. Again, to do these things, you need the support of power, otherwise, those nobles who have been crowded out will go to the judicial office to sue you at any time, and we have this advantage, Titus is just a declining Roman nobleman, and his power in Rome is completely unable to compete with me, this is the third advantage and condition, and I, we, just have these advantages and conditions. This is the cruelty of business competition, which is no less than the fight and duel on the battlefield. My brothers. ”

Appis finished all these business truths in one breath, and then, Crane and Sekras's bewildered expressions.

"Do it boldly, my brethren, for on the battlefield we have escaped death, and we should be glad that we have not broken our arms and legs, and we should be glad that we live happily today, and now we only need to do it in this way, and we will have untold riches. Be bold, my brethren, I have not told you to kill people, to break any laws, but to take wealth out of other people's hands and into our pockets, and this is commerce, trade. Of course, I know that it may be more difficult for you to do this than for you to kill two people, but you must follow me and adapt to the various situations in the future, and the upper class of Roman society is not as simple as killing people on the battlefield. Learn to pretend and play tricks in secret. Learn to act, like a clown in a theater. ”

Seeing that Sekras and Crane didn't speak, Apis continued to brainwash them. And the reason why I want to entrust the heavy responsibility to these two people is because they are legionnaires, they have a cool personality, and they are also comrades-in-arms who are born and die, so they basically don't need to prevent them from biting back with poisonous snakes.