The morning after an unexpected encounter with the councillor, Lou took Duchamp to meet his business partner. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The guide car stopped at the door of a tavern in the harbor area. This is a common sailor's tavern, and the waiter in it seems to know the way, so he takes care of himself and collects the tables and chairs, and makes way to lead people straight upstairs.

When Duchamp saw the main master, they couldn't help but laugh at each other. Lu's partner turned out to be the fat man at the dinner table last night.

"See you again, brother, how about it, I'll just say, we'll meet again!" The fat man Alfonso laughed, warmly welcomed them to the inner room, and pointed to the people present to introduce them one by one: "This is the Canon brothers, the two brothers do sea and land transportation, and there are cars and people under their hands." This is Scorpion-Eyed Dick, his house is near Eagle Pass, this kid and I have a package ticket, saying that he will definitely find a way to bypass Eagle Pass! ”

Duchamp glanced at these people and asked in a low voice, "Do all these people know what we are going to do?"

"What to do? Hahaha! Alfonso burst out laughing, pounding the table and bursting into tears. It is no wonder that this brother is not a native and naturally does not know the traditions of Julai. ”

When he had laughed enough, he patted his big thick legs and proudly uncovered the mystery: "This place of Zhulai started with sea trade, do you know what sea trade is?" It's smuggling! Since I was fourteen years old, I have been doing this work with my son. Although the maritime trade was left to the Duchy of Remephilia after the disaster of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea more than a decade ago, the smuggling tradition of the Julay people can be preserved forever. Now it's just a matter of smuggling by sea to smuggling on land, so what's the matter? There are people who have to do this. Isn't Eagle Pass just a wall dozens of meters wide? Can it still stop the footsteps of the Julais? Well! ”

The men in the room laughed in unison, slamming their thick beer glasses.

Dushanco was not so optimistic, and asked worriedly: "But there is no road in other connected places between Julai and Gatapunia, not to mention that the Eagle Pass is also the closest to Flo Ridge, how can it be bypassed?" ”

The fat man retracted his smile and said solemnly: "Brother, you still don't know how bad Julai is now, since Julai was sold to the empire by that group of parliamentarians, the price of agricultural products has plummeted, and the grain harvested by many farmers in the summer has not been sold until now, and there is no road, even if we use horses, we have to transport it." As long as you get rid of the confidencular forces in Gatapunia and ignore the smuggling, we will have a way to get things to Gatapunia. ”

Duchamp solemnly raised his left hand and showed the ring on his hand to everyone: "You don't have to doubt my identity, this ring on my finger is my mark, if you are sure to open up the transportation line, I can write you a letter of introduction now, and let you go directly to Floling to deal with this matter." I need to correct your statement, now Julay and Gatapunia are autonomous regions within the empire, and our trade is legal. ”

"That's right, we're trading legally!" Heroic laughter rang out again in the room.

The fat man Alfonso pointed to Duchamp and solemnly introduced to a few people behind him: "This lord's envoy was introduced by Andrew, a native of our Julai, and he is very reliable, and he also brought cash!" ”

"It's easy to do it if you have money!" One of the Canon brothers stood up, "We're going to show you what we're capable of. He spread out a marked map on the table, describing his strategy. This is all the big roads and small roads in Julai. On Zhulai's side, the one suitable for transit is the Red Rock Town of Scorpion Eye's house. It is 460 sails away from Eagle Pass, and there is a river where supplies can be concentrated. It can be transported up through this river, and two more mountains can be climbed to the ground of Gatapunia, from where it will find a fork to the main road, and the whole land route is only 700 sel, and even if you use a horse, you can run once a day. Recently, we've tried to ship some loose goods to sell, but that's not our hole card, Scorpion, to show your unique secrets. ”

A thin man stood up, pointed to a place on the map and added: "Actually, there is a side road, there is a canyon, when the water is small, you can go over the shallows, you don't have to climb the mountain, the distance is shortened by half, to the end of the shoal, there is a cliff with a broken head, and when you get there, you can install a pulley, directly lift the goods, and insert the road from above, it is very convenient, and it has reached the boundary of Gatapunia." ”

Duchamp looked at the map, and the place where the scorpion had drawn out was already some distance away from Eagle Pass. He pointed to the distance and asked, "How far is it from this merge to the main road, and how far is it from the Eagle Pass?" Is it difficult to install the pulleys for transporting goods? ”

Scorpion Eyes said proudly: "From the highway of Eagle Pass, you have to take the winding mountain road, you have to climb two mountains, there is a distance of 800 cels. And going up the mountain is the junction of the two places, and if they dare to climb over from the road to copy us, it will be a violation of the boundary, and we know that they are coming from a long distance, and when the time comes, we can drill wherever we want. Well, this road is perfect enough. ”

Duchamp looked at it, thought it was good, and cast an inquiring look at the road. Lu looked at the map and thought it was good, and muttered: "In this way, we actually don't need this section of the road." Tell the lord that we should simply set up a checkpoint here, which can be vigilant and conducive to receiving goods, so that Julai's big soldiers will not be able to block us at all. ”

When everyone heard this, they were immediately amazed.

Duchamp disagreed: "This matter, after all, the Lord's Mansion can't directly come forward and set up a pick-up point at the end of Gatapunia, so we will temporarily entrust the Green Forest Mercenary Group to cooperate with you." As for the road, there is no need to be so troublesome, we will report to the lord immediately, we can't use the road anyway, if we don't feel the need to exist in the near future, just dig a pit and waste this road. ”

When everyone heard Duchamp say that he wanted to abolish the highway, they couldn't help but sigh, and Duchamp sneered: "This is all forced!" There will definitely be monsters in the canyon area and on the way up the mountain, and in order to ensure the smooth flow of trade, I will immediately report to the lord and hire people to clear the road. At the same time, I will also greet all the mercenaries in the Northland, and it is strictly forbidden to attack this trade route, in short, within the scope of my ability, I will definitely ensure your interests to the greatest extent. ”

In Zhulai, where the economy is extremely depressed, there is such a way to make money, and of course these underground heroes will not let go. At present, everyone has made detailed plans on how to guard against the 19th Army Corps, how to ventilate to each other, what goods to ship in the first batch, how to calculate the price, etc., and what mode of transportation to use in different road sections.

In order to show the legitimacy of its business, everyone decided to start the name of a new organization, and after a long discussion, Duchamp believed that since this is a people's livelihood project to stabilize prices, it is better to call it 'people's livelihood business cooperative', and the office is located on the upper floor of this bar, so that everyone can go in and out on weekdays.

As he spoke, Duchamp suddenly remembered something and said, "Now there are magistrates in every town in Julai, and you have to beware of these officials going to inform." ”

Scorpion Eye patted his chest and packed the ticket: "In Redstone Town, my Scorpion Eye is a person with face, the mayor and the sheriff are acquaintances, and when the time comes, pull them into the gang, and everyone will get rich together." ”

After the discussion, Duchamp wrote a letter to Baron Theresa in front of everyone, explaining in detail the cooperation of the people, and gave Scorpion Eye a letter of introduction to facilitate his entry to survey the route, and finally, took off the ring on his left hand, and put his mark on it in front of everyone.

"We'll send this letter back at once, and you can start surveying the route now, and preparing the boats and horses. Also, be careful not to leak the news, who to guard against, everyone understands this. Duchamp advised.

"Yes, of course I do! Who made the price of food in Julay so cheap, everyone knows it. The fat man said indignantly.

It's not that Julai's grain can't be sold, and some people are buying it openly. A new trading company was established under the Governor's Palace, and wheat was purchased at a price of two milas, which is said to be the unified purchase price.

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