Volume 2: The Storm of Epalai Chapter 22: The Power of Epale
Facing Eldwezi's inquiry, Alberta smiled slightly, and he took out a document that read, "Carter Merchant, registered in the city of Oledka, issued by the Opperon Empire." Of course, Alberta has another form of identification, which is "H.E. Justice Acton." However, Alberta was now ready to trade, so he used the identity of the merchant in the city of Oledka.
"Oh, it's the famous Carter merchant...... Eldwezzi said, holding out his hand, shaking Alberta's hand and complimenting him. In fact, Eldvezzi secretly said in his heart: "I don't even know who you are......"
Alberta could see his cunning in Eldwezi's eyes. At this point, Alberta said to Eldwezi: "I need to make a trade. ”
Eldvedzi nodded: "Uh-huh...... Those who come to me are here to trade. ”
Alberta smiled: "But the amount of trade is a bit ...... It's amazing. ”
Eldvezzy smiled: "As you know, I am a famous guild master in the mainland, that is, a famous trader. I have experience in dealing with commodities, that is, trading in countries worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and I have also done it here. ”
Alberta smiled and nodded: "I'm going to pay ninety silver coins to buy grain, and then sell it to the city of New Leloria in the Principality of Castilipa." And it is necessary to purchase at a low price and buy more. ”
After Alberta finished speaking, Eldwezi smiled: "Okay...... Good. I'll record it first, you need to use ......"
As he spoke, Eldvedzi suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he looked at Alberta with wide eyes and confusion: "Respectful...... Mr? How many credits do you need to buy food? ”
Alberta nodded: "Ninety silver coins!" ”
Eldvezi was stunned: "This money can't even buy a ton of rice!" You...... Are you kidding? You know the current market price of grain, ten gold coins a ton! If you want to buy hundreds of tons more, I can keep the price down for you...... It's about nine gold coins and fifty silver coins...... Probably due to the size of our trade quota, it will fluctuate around twenty silver coins...... But...... Ninety silver coins? Do you need to buy a sack of rice? ”
Eldvezzy wasn't joking, he was telling the truth. Because his largest trade volume was the sale of 100,000 tons of military special steel with a resistance yield of 250 megapascals. Of course, the amount of that trade was about 2 million gold coins. According to the total amount of the share of the trade trade, Eldwezi received an intermediary fee of three percent, and Eldwezi collected an intermediary fee of 60,000 gold coins.
Of course, it was that deal that made Eldwezi one of the most well-known traders on the continent.
Now the price of grain has soared, before the battle of the port of Epalai it was 1 gold coin 1 ton, and now it is 10 gold coin 1 ton. Eldwezi once lamented: "The grain business is not good...... The price of ordinary steel is about 15 gold coins a ton, and the price of special steel is about 20 gold to 28 gold coins a ton. Grain is more expensive than steel......"
But now, in the face of Alberta's wild words, Eldwezi looked at Alberta like a strange man, and he said to the latter: "Please leave, dear sir!" ”
Alberta smiled and left a business card with the address: "47 Aokorat Street" Alberta smiled at Eldwezi: "Dear Mr. Howard, I'm not kidding, I'm sure you'll come and find me personally!" ”
When Alberta finished speaking, Eldwezzy showed a very angry expression, and he even kicked Alberta out. After Alberta left, Eldwezzy kept saying to himself: "Today was really unlucky...... Two unreliable people, both found me......"
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After Alberta left, he came to the street, but at this moment, Alberta thought of Lieutenant Colonel Elta, who had given him 100 silver coins, and secretly said helplessly: "Lieutenant Colonel Erta...... You are so rich that you have given me a hundred silver coins to build a company with both wealth and force...... One hundred credits! That's 10 gold coins...... You're really rich......" Alberta thought for a moment, and he thought it amused, no matter who he said, for ninety silver coins to do a grain business, maybe hundreds of tons of grain would cost a sack of grain much more than the price of ninety silver coins.
Of course, ninety silver coins is still Alberta's "surplus wealth" after removing ten silver coins.
Alberta, though, is confident he can get the deal done. When he had done that, he turned and walked towards the location of 10 Aokorat Street.
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In the post-war port of Epalai, there was a mix of forces. From Aokorat Avenue to Pincott Street, there are seven streets, including Schutler Street, a total of three blocks, and half an area of the urban area. It is the territory of the Oaklot tycoons.
Tycoon Oklot not only has a good relationship with the Imperials, but also with the Oledecka. To put it simply, the Ocriot tycoon is an "in-between force" chosen by the Empire in order to balance the various forces in the port of Epalai.
Tycoon Oklot is a big man in Epalai, but in the real magnates, he is a small person who can't be smaller. Because behind the Oklott tycoon is the tycoon Dzerkatsky, a wealthy businessman.
Dzerkatsky was a native of Epalai, a military-industrial supporter of the famous Duchy of Castilipa and the Free State of Capetian Merchants. It has a large number of production plants for specialty steel with a yield of 250 MPa to 300 MPa. The annual output of steel is 2 million tons. At the same time, before the war, Dzerkatsky was the only corporate representative of the Hanseatic League. The Lufthansa League is a member of various countries, but the only corporate member among them is Dzerkatsky.
Before the war, Dzerkatsky exported about 800,000 tons of steel per year to the Lufthansa League, and about 1.2 million tons of steel to the Duchy of Casdilipa and the Capetian Free State.
But after the war, Dzerkatsky's attitude changed, and he did not explicitly support the Principality of Castilipa, nor for the Empire. And he took the initiative to reduce the share of steel production from 2 million tons of annual output to 1 million tons in three months.
This is undoubtedly a concession for the Empire......
Dzerkatsky no longer actively supports the Principality of Casdilipa, in fact, he supports the Opperon Empire in disguise. And Dzerkatsky reduced the production of steel, and the main buyer of his steel was the Principality of Castilipa, so he reduced production, and it was the Principality of Casdilipa that suffered.
Therefore, many secretly scolded Dzerkatsky as a "lackey" of the Imperial!
He also fostered an Oclote tycoon in the port of Epalai...... The Oaklot tycoon is rumored to have thousands of bodyguards and hired bodyguards. It has more than 200 bolt-operated rear-loading rifled rifle rifles. It is not even known that he got a dozen six-shot revolvers for the Empire from there. A pistol assault squad was also formed, which not only bought and sold but also oppressed the good Epalai people.
In particular, the Oaklot tycoon also specializes in the moonshine business, and he sells a lot of moonshine through personal channels and earns a lot of profits.
And the Oklot tycoon even married his handsome and beautiful daughter to an imperial magistrate. The sheriff is said to be a third-class sheriff in the port of Epalai...... So the Oklot tycoon, as an Epalai man, is almost at the touch of his hands in the port of Epale......
Of course, no one knew Dzerkatsky's intentions. Because this Dzerkatsky has made a series of gestures of goodwill to the Empire, including the act of supporting the Okrot tycoon, all of them are showing goodwill to the Empire. But...... He did not show any public support for the Empire, including his participation in a gathering in which the Duchy of Castilipa had sworn to defend the Epacleas. This is very different from his behavior......
Therefore, some of the swingers at the time of the invasion of the empire, seeing Dzerkatsky's behavior, also began to support the empire, because "such powerful merchants, steel tycoon Dzerkatsky are supporting the empire." "Epale has become the domain of the Empire, and there is no hope for the Duchy of Casdilipa......
So, for Aberta, he was very disgusted with people like Dzerkatsky, obviously going to be a lackey, but pretending to be a promising businessman who loved his country......
While many people did not see Dzerkatsky's face clearly, Alberta had seen his ugly face clearly. By the time Lieutenant Colonel Erta asked him to set up a company and assist the Duchy of Castilipa and the Free State of Capetian merchants, he had already secretly made up his mind that Dzerkatsky's steel industry would be a meal on his plate.
Although he only has 90 silver coins of movable funds now, he has made the giant steel enterprise with an annual output value of millions of gold coins and the company's tens of millions of gold coins as his meal! Even after he set this goal, he hardly felt anything out of place. Alberta's ambitions speak for themselves......
But now, he's just an Epalai with ninety gold coins to move on, and two false identities and one real identity. There's quite a lot of work to be done......
The first thing he wants to do is to meet this Oaklot tycoon who is unkind to the rich, and expropriates and oppresses the citizens......
Of course, Alberta knew that there were many forces vying for it in the port of Epalai, which was after the Empire took possession of it.
There are the resistance groups of Epalai, and the hot-blooded merchants who love the Duchy of Castilipa. There are tycoons who are unkind, and there are the forces of the Empire's security forces......
As Alberta walked towards 10 Oquratte Street, he was already planning how to battle it out with the Oaklot tycoon......
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