"My friend, friendship is friendship, business is business, please don't forget, you still owe me five thousand gold rubles. Alrozo raised the wine glass in his hand, and after taking a small sip, his expression was painful as if he had swallowed a mouthful of poison, but it was true that a fire rose from the inside out, making people feel much more comfortable.

Andre, the most famous and powerful Russian businessman in Nebuchu, laughed loudly, and the fat body shook out layers of waves with his laughter, and Arrozo was terrified.

"Don't worry, dear Arrozo, what kind of person am I, Andrei, the whole Nebuchu knows that my reputation is the best, and my business is also the largest, I am only temporarily having some difficulties in turnover, don't worry, when my butler rushes back to Nebuchu with the wagons full of gold rubles that are sold out of goods, I will give you enough money."

"I can trust you completely, but I have a small question, I have a bigger business, I wonder if you are interested?" Aroso smiled and loosened the blanket and changed positions comfortably.

André touched the beard on his chin and played with the beautiful crystal wine glass, his eyes sparkling with greed. "Without the business that I Andre doesn't want to do, my friend, who would be a businessman who can't get along with Huang Xun's gold? You say yes. ”

"Of course, in the eyes of our businessmen, interests are above all else!" Arozo raised his glass with some excitement and saluted the largest and fattest Russian from Nebuchu.

"That's right, dear friend, your words are so philosophical, they just go to my heart, for the sake of profit, cheers!" Andrei drank all the liquor in the glass in one gulp, then picked up a small fork and forked a piece of fat cold intestine into his mouth, and chewed it, while chewing, and said vaguely: "My dear friend, what kind of business is it?" ”

Seeing that Andre actually stuffed a large piece of fat intestine that was so cold that it was scaled into his mouth, Arrozo felt that he was so tired that he was so tired. "Damn it, no wonder you're so fat, it looks like he's really as greedy and delicious as that fat pig."

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The displeasure in his heart was well concealed by him, and Aroso just picked up a small fork, picked a little caviar and put it in his mouth to feel the mesmerizing salty taste, and then said lightly: "Bigger business means greater profits, but it is also accompanied by greater risks." ”

"Haha, dear Arrozo, my Spanish friend, are you Spaniards so careful when doing business?" Andrei couldn't help but laugh out loud, and those little eyes fell on Arrozo's face again. "As long as there is enough wealth, I believe that there is no danger and risk in the world that can stop the brave Russians."

Andrei's words made the Spanish businessman fall into deep thought, and his fingers lightly tapped the beautiful crystal cup with a crisp and pleasant crashing sound, and André gulped into his bottomless mouth with all kinds of delicacies, a pair of thin slit eyes that kept watching the change in Arrozo's expression.

When Arrozo appeared in Nebuchu with a shipment of fine oriental goods more than half a year earlier, Andrei, the richest and most powerful merchant in the city, bought all the goods at a great price.

Those fine porcelain, gorgeous silks, and those fine tea bricks wrapped in gold leaf, and even cigarettes that have long been heard of, but have never been bought in large quantities by merchants, oh, praise God, at the thought of cigarettes, Andrei couldn't help but put down his knife and fork, picked up the cigarette on the table with the beautiful packaging, smoked one, and swallowed the clouds beautifully.

These goods are all good goods that are difficult for Russian merchants to obtain in northern China, and in the past, almost all the best goods would only be trafficked south. As for the goods sold by Aroso, after André bought them, he directly walked around several surrounding cities, and sold them out at a price nearly twice the purchase price.

It didn't take long for Aroso to bring a huge amount of goods, and the greed and possessiveness of the Russians, as well as the sweetness before, made Andrei and Aroso make this deal again.

It's just that the amount of goods this time is really large, in order to swallow this goods alone, Andrei tried his best, plus Andrei's own brother Valengin is the supreme commander of the city of Nebuchu, with his guarantee, Arozo reluctantly allowed Andrei to temporarily owe himself five thousand gold rubles, but the stipulation is that it must be paid off after the beginning of spring next year, otherwise, the interest will be calculated according to the day.

Having received this large quantity of goods, Andrei felt that he would not be able to sell them at a good price if they continued to be sold in sparsely populated Siberia, so Andrei simply shipped the goods to Moscow and St. Petersburg, where he would definitely be able to make a higher profit.

And he was immensely impressed by the Spanish merchant who was able to get such abundant and high-quality goods from the hands of the Orientals, at least, the Russians had dealt with the Orientals for hundreds of years, but no one could be like this Spanish merchant with a strange peak.

"I still have a shipment of goods, which is worth ...... In short, very high, I know you, respected Andrey, that you have good relations and access in the Far East, in Siberia. I hope to cooperate. Aroso still seemed hesitant.

"How much is it worth? I can buy it, and I can give you a fair price. André took two puffs of his cigarette fiercely, his eyes flashing with endless greed and possession, like a hungry jackal.

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"Mr. Andrei, I believe in your character, but I also know that you have no money now." Arroso smiled and spread his hands.

"There is no money, this is only temporary, and by the spring of next year, I will be able to buy it from you with more gold rubles. Unless the value of your goods is enough to buy Nebuchu, I believe that I have the ability. The corners of Andre's mouth curled, and his hairy, fat face was marked by the cunning of the merchant.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand gold rubles." Arrozo picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, leaned comfortably on the back of the sofa, looked at Andre, and said lightly, as if he was saying an insignificant number.

With a bang, the crystal cup in Andrei's hand fell to the ground cup, and the freshly filled liquor poured on the ground, and his eyes that had made the fat squeeze into thin slits suddenly widened, and the mouth hidden under the beard was wide enough to stuff a huge ostrich egg.

"You, you mean, two hundred and fifty thousand gold rubles?" Andrei didn't even care about the expensive mink skin that the liquor had spilled on him, and asked cautiously with an ugly, even dirty, smile on his face.

"Yes, my friend, goods worth two hundred and fifty thousand gold rubles." Arozo looked at Andrei's expression at the moment with the eyes of a city gold collar looking at a rich man in the countryside.

"Oh my God, oh ......" Andre felt his heart almost jump out of his fat chest, and he felt like he was about to be stunned by the news of his blissful death. Two hundred and fifty thousand gold rubles for goods, then at least four or five hundred thousand gold rubles in profit, God, you are so merciful.

Just thinking about the number, André had the urge to pick up a short fire and shoot the Spanish merchant in front of him, and then take possession of the goods. However, just think about it, although this is a vast and sparsely populated Siberia, this Spanish merchant is not small, at least, every time he has a large number of bodyguards around him, but also has terrible firepower.

All his property combined, it does not reach half of the value of these goods, no, even a third, damn it, damn it, Andrei felt like a Cossack thug who rushed into the bank with a firearm in his hand and robbed it, killed a group of guards, opened the stone door of the vault, only to find that the gold ruble inside the vault had been melted into a mountain of gold that could not be moved, it was really close at hand, but far away.

"I want it all!" Andre roared, his eyes red, as if Arroso would not agree, and he was about to pounce on the Spanish merchant and squash it with his own weight.

"Dear Andrey, do you have cash for two hundred and fifty thousand gold rubles?" Aroso spread out his hands, blinking his shrewd gray pupils with an innocent expression.

Andrei's breathing seemed so rapid, and he opened his mouth wide, but he couldn't say a word for a long time, so he could only sit down on the sofa in a dejected manner, but his eyes were still staring at Arrozo, as if he wanted to burn two deep holes in his face.

"Dear Andrei, I know you don't, but it's not like we can't cooperate." Arroso gracefully lit himself a cigarette.

Hearing this, Andre jumped up again, and with his weight of at least two hundred and fifty pounds, he suddenly appeared with such agile movements, which really startled Arrozo.

"How to cooperate, tell me, my dear Spanish brother, as long as you can let me get a foot in this business, I, Andre, will never forget your kindness."

"Actually, it's also very simple, I want to sell this batch of goods directly to Moscow......" Aroso easily spat out a smoke ring, and the corners of his mouth curled up in a strange arc. But from here to Moscow is too far away, moreover, the damned Cossack robbers are always everywhere. I don't have a means of delivery, but you do, and your brother, Brigadier General Valentin, has a good idea of what to do on this line of the station, if we cooperate......"

(To be continued)