Chapter 70: An Unexpected Gift
"The Uria Chamber of Commerce sent 10 cubic streamers of peridot."
With the voice of the maid next to him, several guards opened 10 tightly packed large wooden boxes, and ten neatly cut boulders appeared in front of everyone's eyes, translucent boulders, showing a clear light green in the sun, and there was a faint flow of brilliance on it, which was a natural transcendent thing, which could be used to make extraordinary props, or as a top decorative building material. And such a large and complete is also very rare on the mainland.
The staff of the Karitas Chamber of Commerce looked at the beautiful square boulder, showing an expression of joy and envy, and Lorain Hill looked at it with a faint headache, but it was not over, and the maid next to him continued to read the list in his hand.
"The Aioni Chamber of Commerce has sent a full set of the deluxe hardcover edition of "The Poem of the Kingfisher."
After speaking, another box was opened, inside were hardcover 7 thick books, the book case was wrapped in gray Mochizuki rhinoceros skin, the pages inside were light green, and there were faint vein lines of leaves, which were very beautiful, this is the unique leaf vein paper of the Aioni Chamber of Commerce. The black text in the book is elegant and clear, and each page is accompanied by beautiful illustrations. In this way, the books made with extraordinary craftsmanship are not afraid of oil stains, water immersion, and ordinary flames cannot be ignited, and they will not be deformed and faded if they are stored for decades at will, and are often used as heirlooms of great noble families.
Some maids began to talk in a whisper when they heard "The Poem of the Kingfisher", and some even wanted to open it to see, "The Poem of the Kingfisher" was a book written by 7 well-known poets nearly a hundred years ago, recording the folk customs stories and legends of various places in the mainland, which can be described as very famous.
Loren Hill also liked these books a lot, but it made her embarrassed.
"The Lamia Chamber of Commerce has sent an extraordinary winter dress with edelweiss."
The maids opened a hardcover wooden box containing an ice-blue winter dress, and Lorain Hill blinked, its information coming to mind.
[Edelweiss Winter Skirt] (Evaluation: Rare Gold Grade): Made of the fur of a gold-level winter white bear with moire cloth, there are 5 layers of enchantments inside, which are [Heat Insulation] [Deflection Position] [Wind Fixing] [Cold Current] [Tough Fiber], which can isolate cold and heat to maintain a constant temperature, deflect projectiles and not strong attacks, stabilize the surrounding airflow, weaken the wind speed, let the wearer have a certain cooling ability, can freeze items, and the tough fiber makes the defense of this clothing greatly enhanced.
Looking at the dazzling special effects, the girl thought to herself, this is probably the most precious gift she received today.
The appearance of the new owner of the Karetes Chamber of Commerce in front of the public caused a huge sensation at the banquet of the Nissos family, and the guests present spread about her beauty, coupled with the fact that the demand for sea ships has risen sharply in the current Zephyr Civil War, and the other chambers of commerce in Virga have begun to send people to befriend Kalites, hoping to gain the friendship of the new master.
Lorain Hill sat in his seat and asked his men to store the gifts in the mansion's warehouse and keep records.
It is not uncommon for the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce to give gifts to each other, but they are often not so valuable, and they are asking Karitas to get a larger share of the next batch of new ships, and even if they can't get it, they can entrust the fleet of the Kalites Chamber of Commerce to help deliver them.
The girl listened to the head maid, Chelsea, introduce her.
"The Uria Chamber of Commerce mainly deals in stone and architecture, and many castles, temples and famous buildings in the Seven Kingdoms of Snowward were built by them."
"In its early years, the Aionian Chamber of Commerce focused on books and paper, and now it is also involved in opera and concerts."
"The Lamia Chamber of Commerce is mainly engaged in animal husbandry, and it is famous for bacon, cashmere, leather and fur."
"Many of the raw materials of these companies are produced in the west wind, and now many roads in the west wind have begun to be blocked, and they are in a hurry to find ships to bring the freight back from the sea."
"But we have a limited number of ships." The girl was a little distressed, looking at the data compiled by shipyards around the country in the past two days, even if she started work at full strength, a maximum of 25-30 ships would be produced in these two months, and it could only meet the needs of 3-4 companies, after all, shipbuilding is not a dumpling, and it still takes a lot of time.
Representatives of the seven chambers of commerce have already come to visit before these three today, plus the representatives of the Metre Chamber of Commerce and the Rhea Chamber of Commerce, which will arrive tomorrow, a total of 12 large chambers of commerce have made requests. The strength of these big chambers of commerce is not weak, and it is not good to offend any of them.
Some time ago, Loren Hill also wanted to make great improvements in the cotton spinning industry, get new looms, and greatly increase production to make money. Who thinks that the heavens are not as good as the people, maybe the gods think this is too slow, and immediately a cake fell down, almost choking her, each big ship can sell thousands of extraordinary gold coins, and the premium given by these chambers of commerce is almost 2-3 times the previous price.
"Chelsea, does Welga have no other shipbuilding chamber besides us?"
The maid added some hot tea to the girl's cup, and the weather had been getting cooler lately, and she thought for a moment before answering.
"Yes, the Dayas family also has a lot of shipyards, they are the old chamber of commerce in Virga, the first to do tung oil business, and later used in shipbuilding, sealing and waterproofing is very good, so its shipbuilding industry was famous in the south of the mainland."
"Huh? So how did we get up. The girl held the teacup in the palm of her hand, felt its warmth, and asked with a little curiosity.
"Hehe, this has to be said to be Angus's good luck." The head maid smiled.
"Mr. Angus once rescued an Oriental man who had fallen into the water, he had fled from the Plantagenet Dynasty, and it was said that he was a local nobleman, and because he had lost a party battle in the court, he was afraid of being wiped out, so he took his family and went abroad."
"After saving him, I later helped him find his separated family, so I was grateful, and I passed on the shipbuilding technology passed down by my family to our Chamber of Commerce, so that the advanced shipbuilding technology of the Eastern Continent was integrated, and the level of our Kalites suddenly surpassed Dayas, and it was from then on that Kalites began to focus on shipbuilding."
"Is that Oriental still alive now?"
"It's still there, currently living in seclusion in Sea Cliff Harbor, and that oriental's nephew is currently the leader of the 'Trade Winds' fleet, and you'll see it later."
"Okay." Lorain Hill had seen the three captains of the fleet when she first arrived in Hopeland, but unfortunately there were too many people at the time, and she simply wrote down their appearances, and then the three leaders left with a mission, and she didn't know much about it.
After receiving some congratulatory representatives of the small chamber of commerce, after Lorain Hill had eaten lunch, the time came in the afternoon, and the various high-ranking members of the Karitas Chamber of Commerce were about to gather again, and the large conference hall had been prepared with three hundred seats, with a large round table in the middle, and rows of fan-shaped seats and tables below.
The dome of the hall is very high, about 5-6 stories high, the dome is hung with luxurious chandeliers, and the stone walls on the side are lined with sixteen tall weighing columns, between which are large standing windows more than 6 meters high, and the windows are transparent glass.
The sunlight from outside shines into the temporarily quiet hall, and on the huge curtain wall behind the round table in the center is a huge drawing of a lacquered night flower, with black petals in full bloom and a bewitching dark purple stamen in the center. Half in the shadows and half in the sun, this huge lacquered night flower shows a singular charm.