The next day, the halfling Goodale sat in the meeting room of the General Affairs Office in Shawan Harbor, anxiously waiting for Dane's arrival. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Speaking of this general affairs office, it also has a glorious history.

In the past, Shawan Port was not founded by any one warlord, but by a group of thirteen discerning merchants who united and built such a port with a very adventurous spirit in order to open up trade routes. These thirteen great merchants, who established the so-called Sand Sea Chamber of Commerce at the time, became the de facto masters of the city and maintained their independence in the warlord warlordship.

But this situation did not last long, and the merchants had money, but they lacked strength in the construction of the army. Even if, the Shahai Chamber of Commerce spent a lot of money, recruited its own army, and then hired a large number of mercenaries as the protection of the city, but such a big piece of fat, where can a group of their merchants protect it forever?

Not to mention...... There are other merchants who are also looking at the interests here.

There is the peep of the wolf-like warlord forces outside, and the malice of other chambers of commerce and big businessmen, so that's it, and the Shahai Chamber of Commerce itself is also divided because of the interests of the city. In the end, this independent free city was taken by the warlords. After countless years, after circulating in the hands of I don't know how many warlords, it was in the hands of Marlon and in the hands of Dane.

But, then again, no matter which warlord controls Shawan Harbor, the owners of the city will always be the merchants. The role of the warlords is more that of the protectors of the city. They provided military protection to the port of Shawan Bay, and the merchants paid taxes for protection.

The warlords want to meddle in the industrial layout of the bay port? It's too hard.

And this general affairs office is the office address of the current merchants' association. Businessmen from various industries have offices here based on their respective industries.

In other words, this General Affairs Office, in essence, is the core building of Shawan Port, and the various departments opened here are the central nervous system of Shawan Port's commerce and the real control of the upper echelons of the city.

These big merchants with a keen sense of smell knew that after Dane defeated Marlon and Gusha's army, the port of Shawan had changed the sky. After Malone was sentenced to death at the trial meeting, this is already beyond doubt.

For the new protectors, of course, the merchants of Shawan Harbor should meet them.

It's just that how to see the law, that's also very particular. As a result, Goodall, who had been in contact with Dane, was pushed to the forefront.

In other words, Goodale still has the title of 'Deacon of the Alchemy Guild' in the General Affairs Office. This is also due to Dane, if it weren't for the fact that they worked together to make a lot of money on Sombra, and later established a long-term and stable cooperation after the Black Crystal vein in Komyra was developed, it is estimated that it would not be worthy of this name.

Before, he was complacent about it - it was a status symbol in Shawan Harbor.

Until yesterday, he had always felt that way.

Yesterday, the General Affairs Office asked him to meet Dane, the purpose of course was to say hello to the new general, to give him some gifts, and to improve the relationship so that he could move in the future.

He took over the task at that time, and was happy that he was 'visionary' at the beginning, and the status he would improve in the future. But now he thinks it's a big chore.

All this was due to the news that came from the General's Mansion of Dane yesterday - a tax was to be raised on the caravans to the north.

This news caused an uproar.

The merchants were not particularly interested in the warlords' conquests. Anyway, no matter which warlord is in power, he always needs money, so he needs their support.

Which warlord is not support?

In other words, it didn't matter to the merchants as long as the war did not involve their own interests.

Now, between Ozer and Conri, there are some businessmen who have chosen to take sides. But this is to press all his net worth, and even his life must be pressed. Businessmen don't do such risky things, so not many people actually do it. Everyone is doing business normally, and they are on both sides, but they are standing in neutrality, waiting for the real winner to be decided, and then see what to do next.

But Dane's approach annoyed them. Because, the outcome of this war has already affected them.

Think about it, after the tax increase, Sinderella and Chaos City will certainly be affected, and the merchants will lose even more. They will bear heavier costs, it will be harder to sell their goods, and the price of their purchases from Chaos and Cinderella will inevitably rise. And in the end, the result of all this will be a great loss for the merchants.

They didn't care about the fight between Dane and Conry, and some of them were even happy to see it happen, and were gearing up to make a war profit. But when all the merchants who were going to do business in the north were affected, the merchants were boiling.

So, last night, as soon as the news broke, Goodale received an urgent request to express the indignation of the business guild at the tax hike in his meeting with Dane today, and strongly demanded that Dane stop this policy that would hurt the development of Shawan Harbor.

But this kind of thing can be said to make sense? It's not like Goodale doesn't know what Dane's personality is like!

And the merchant guilds have also made changes in the way they meet arrogantly. Originally, Goodale was going to come to visit, but now, he was asked to wait here, and someone from the merchant guild sent a letter to Dane, asking him to come to the General Affairs Office to meet someone,

Such arrogant behavior made Goodale tremble. He was almost 100 percent sure that the merchants would anger Dane by doing so.

He wanted to get rid of it, but he didn't.

This kind of beauty difference turning into a miserable thing really makes him want to cry without tears.

But he had no choice, he could only come to the meeting room of the General Affairs Office early, sit on the seat and honestly wait for Dane's arrival.

Ten o'clock was the time agreed in the letter sent by the Chamber of Commerce, but Dane did not arrive.

The tardiness of the big man is always forgiven, and Goodale waits in place.

Then I waited until lunchtime.

The person I was waiting for didn't wait, which should have been a depressing thing. But for Goodall, it was a relief.

"It's better not to come...... It's better not to come...... I was embarrassed when I came, and I didn't know what to say......"

With this in mind, Goodale waited another afternoon, but Dane did not come. (To be continued.) )