Lanilus looked at the shore for half a minute, and he realized that the soldiers had no intention of attacking, so he ordered the ships to slowly approach the shore, and when the ships could not move forward, he was less than ten meters away from the shore, and he could clearly see the faces and clothes of the soldiers on the shore.

"I'm Lanilus of the Peruvian family, which family do you belong to, and why are you blocking our merchant ships?" asked Lannirus very cultivatedly, first reporting his surname, if he could deter the other party, even if the other party ate this, he could continue to talk in a different way.

The soldiers on the shore did not speak, but in silence fastened the iron rope to a boulder, and the young man dressed as an officer stepped forward and said with a smile: "We are soldiers of the Kongdu Domain, under the direct command of Lord Rand Cape, and the shallow water beach is the land of our lordship. ”

When Lanilus heard the other party report his home, his heart sank, especially when he heard the surname Capet, he already understood in his heart that a Peruvian family alone could not control the scene at all, in the south, the Peruvian family was only a medium family, starting by doing business, the family had a military force of only more than 10,000 cavalry, and the Capet family was the top family in the north, and the head of the family was Winton, who was known as the iron-blooded duke, and the Capet family was a complete warlord, and the ironclad heavy cavalry alone had eight legions, totaling more than 200,000。

Compared with such a family, the surname that I have always been proud of seems to have become gloomy.

"It turns out that under the command of the honorable Lord of Rand, Ranillus salutes you on behalf of the Peruvian family, may I ask if we have any offense?" Ranillus had heard that the Duke of Winton had a son who had been sent to this remote area, and that the insignia on the soldiers would not be fake, and that no one on this continent dared to pretend to be a member of the Capetian family.

"No, sir, you have done nothing wrong, we are here to collect taxes!" the officer waved his hand, and a soldier walked up behind him, handing him a roll of parchment.

"This is the regulation that our lord has just made, please take a look. "The officer was very polite, he always remembered Rand's instructions: we are not robbers, we must be polite, smile service understandable, we all did it in those days!

Although I don't understand what the lord means when he says that we are in that era, he really understands the first half of the sentence, salute first and then soldier, let's talk to you first, if you know each other, you will pay the money obediently, everyone is relaxed.

If you run into someone you don't know, hmph, these trebuchets aren't decorations......

Lanilus hesitated, although he believed that the other party was a soldier of the Capet family, but he didn't believe what the other party said, the people of the whole continent knew the domineering of the Capet family, and the ghost knew if they were eyeing their own shipload of goods.

To go down, or not to go down?

A cold sweat broke out on Ranilus' forehead.

"What taxes do you charge?" said Ranilus, holding the weft of the ship.

"Loss, the water level of the Serra River is rising year by year, eroding the territory of Lord Rand, and for this, Lord Rand has to collect taxes from passing merchant ships!" the officer said Rand to Laneruth.

I have been walking this waterway for ten years, and I have never heard of such a novel means of tolling, it is simply a clever name, and the Serra River is not your territory, why do you charge us tolls?

Lanilus was a little angry, and secretly cursed Rand for his greed, but he didn't dare to say these words.

Suddenly, a thought crossed Lanilus's mind.

"What happens if I don't pay?" asked Lanilus cautiously.

The officer put away the smile on his face, spread his hands expressionlessly, and said: "Then it is a great pity, we will prohibit the passage of your merchant ships, and if you want to break through, we will sink your ships." ”

"Very good!" Rannylus's eyes lit up, looking extremely excited, and the helmsman who was guarding the side looked at him in surprise, Lord Xindao couldn't be confused, but the other party claimed to sink us if he didn't pay.

"Please take me to your lord, I have a business to talk to!" said Lanilus, eagerly, and instructed the helmsman to steer the boat and prepare to carry him ashore.

"What did you say?" asked the officer, as if he hadn't heard clearly.

"Mr. Officer, I said, I have a business and need to meet Lord Rand!" said Rannyrus, word for word.

Ranirus was not mad, he knew very well what the Serra River meant to the merchants, if the Serra line was blocked, it would be extremely difficult to transport, and the cost would be several times greater, and the reason why he was in a hurry to meet the Rand was because of the thought that had just crossed his mind.

If Rand's ability can really block and control the shallow waters of the Serra River, and let my family pass through the merchant ships transporting pearls and spices, then I will be in a monopoly position for the northern treasure market, and those competitors in the past will not have to worry!

This is the mind of a businessman, when he is hit by an emergency, he thinks not of anger, but immediately realizes that this is a great opportunity to rise.

......

"That's how it happened, my lord. The officer respectfully informed Rand of the events as they were.

"Okay, I see. Rand looked at the well-dressed young man in front of him and said with great interest, "Mr. Lanilus, please be seated." ”

After Lanilus came to Rand's palace, he found that Rand was completely different from what he imagined, he originally thought that a young lord who was sent to a remote area would be extremely domineering and rude, you can hardly expect such an unambitious young man to have a good cultivation, Lannyrus once thought that he would be humiliated on the way, but after arriving, he realized that he was wrong.

Rand did not show any arrogance or disdain for himself, but politely invited him to a seat, and thoughtfully prepared hot tea and snacks, much to the flattery of Laneruth.

"Mr. Lord, what do you think of my proposal?" asked Ranilus, with some haste.

The Peruvian family's main business is luxury goods such as jewelry, spices and gemstones, which they buy at low prices in the south and sell them to the north, these luxury goods are extremely popular with the aristocracy, but as more and more families look at this piece of fat, the competition is becoming more and more fierce, and the jewelry business alone has no less than three family forces competing with the Peruvian family in the market.