Alberta immediately sat down and said, "Shine your shoes, clean them and give money, and wipe them off your mouth!" ”

The juvenile should immediately claim yes. Then he knelt on the ground, opened the shoeshine kit, hugged Alberta's legs around him, and began to shine his shoes......

Alberta pretended to enjoy it, but he chatted with the boy without saying a word, and as he chatted, Alberta had a general idea of the situation in Epale Harbour. It was at this time that Alberta asked, "I say, little son, do you know where a guild master named Eldwezi Howard is?" ”

The young man immediately laughed with a smile on his face, and said in a loud voice: "Adult, of course the little one knows!" My lord...... If you don't dislike it, give the little one a few copper coins, and the little one will show you the way! ”

"Little son" is a humiliating term of contempt for the Empire for the Epaclea people, especially the people of the port of Epalai. It probably means: to enslave you and to accept it very willingly, and to show humility in front of the people of the empire.

…… So, who is this "Eldwezi Howard" in Alberta's mouth?

While Alberta is playing a "hateful Oledeka" at the train station, in the very center of the port city of Epalai, in a skyscraper about 100 meters high.

Sitting in Yongda's office, Erdwezi Howard examined the books of the past, the documents for the customs clearance of the Kingdom of Clola to the Free Commonwealth of Capetian Merchants, and the general trade of iron ore imports......

Howard's office was designed by the famous designer, Lord Gauntres, who a century ago was inhabited by the most famous trading merchants in the Continent of Strepa. Howard didn't consider himself a qualified guild master, because many large trades passed through his hands, and none of them were squeezed to the end of the value squeezed into the marrow! As a result, Howard always lamented in guilt and sighs that he was not as good as the other seniors who lived in this office.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the ironclad battleships of the Opperon Empire sailed to the harbor, and the advanced ironclad battleships were covered with all kinds of artillery...... These powerful cannons were powered by steam, and the chimneys of huge soot battleships rose from them, and even at noon, the Empire spared no effort to show its formidable force.

As the ironclad entered the harbor, it let out a heavy roar and began to dock in the harbor......

"If you want to earn the dwarven trade, you must use your good brains, otherwise, not only will you not be able to earn their diamonds and iron ore, but you will also be in danger of being deceived."

- This is the famous quote of the previous guild master sitting in this office, James Dulwich, Dulwich was a steady elven man, he often wore a top hat and a staff of civilization in his hand, but he often wore a fashionable waistcoat and undershirt, and looked very capable and shrewd.

Especially in his trading business, there is almost no business that cannot be done. However, in the seventh year, he not only failed to complete a trade with the Pisac Dwarves, the Mountain Dwarves, the Elves of the Streisy Plains, and the humans of the Kingdom of Issa, but for some reason, he disappeared to this day......

There are quite a few rumors and rumors about his disappearance, and some even say that he was assassinated by a hired hitman, but Lord Howard does not believe these rumors...... His Excellency Eldwezi Howard, in particular, did not want to believe these distant rumors, after all, he was the one who was sitting in this office and not someone else. On the continent of Streipah, he is now the greatest guild master!

Daylight crept in through the window, and quietly came to Eldwezi sitting by the window, the daylight like a naughty child, like a shrewd and clever elven playful little girl, and the slow and swift moonlight wrapped around him. Lord Eldwezi Howard watched as merchant ships came in and out and Imperial warships sailed in and out, constantly entering the harbor or sailing into the distance......

He looked at his watch again, it was ten o'clock in the morning, and he was about to have a trade discussion about a steel business between the Industrial Guild of Eparalets and the Duchy of Casdilipa, the Guild of Epalets wanted to earn more gold coins of Kladmar, while the Duchy of Casdilipa thought that steel could be cheaper.

So the two sides intervened to level the trade volume, but for Eldwezi Howard, how to make himself earn more gold is more important......

Tomorrow is the official negotiation between the two sides, but the industrial guild of Epalettes always seems to want to make more money, and even spare no effort to use some "underground means", such as secretly buying off the guild masters......

Of course, Eldvedzy would be bought so easily, and being bought by one of the two sides of the trade alone is something that a junior guild master can no longer do...... Like him, the top guild master in the whole continent will not be easily filled.

But what...... Eldvezi also knew that now that the Opperon Empire was fighting everywhere, the trade order of the continent when it was peaceful and stable was disrupted, and now trade was very difficult......

Eldvezi looked out the window, the prosperous port of Epalai, although Eldvezi was treacherous and cunning, but in his heart faintly felt: in this city, is it really prosperous? He had seen countless scenes of the Empire enslaving Epalai. He just thought it was something that had nothing to do with him. He was even comforting himself: it was an imperial thing, and I was only there to trade and make money.

Eldvedzi looked at the clock, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning, and he stretched and waited for the envoy of the Industrial Guild to meet with him.

Ten o'clock came, a dwarf dressed plainly, knocked on the door, Eldwezi opened the door, this meeting was a secret meeting between the industrial guild of Epalettes and the guild masters, according to the rules and common sense and regulations, whether it is the parties to the negotiation of trade, if they want to negotiate trade with each other, they must send observers and representatives to each other to discuss trade with the guild divisions, and then trade negotiations and guild divisions can be carried out. Confidential meetings must never be held in private.

Therefore, the meeting between the Industrial Guild of Eparaites and Eldvezi was completely contrary to the statutes of both parties. But only the stupid guild masters will only earn their fair share according to the rules.

Eldwezi would never earn a portion of the trade alone. At the same time, he will never give up the amount of any private trade deals, and any opportunity to take value from either side or even any of the three parties!

The famous guild advisor once earned the amount of private transactions of five parties, and also earned the highest intermediary fee. Legend has it that after earning this of this money, the most famous guild master went into seclusion and was never found again......

……

The dwarf tiptoed a little, he first took off his top hat, and then said in a somewhat sloppy voice, "Excuse me...... Are you Lord Howard? ”

Howard was stunned for a moment, and wondered in his heart: "Why did the Eparalets Industrial Guild send such a person to meet with me?" "It's not that Eldwezi Howard looks down on the tiptoeing and somewhat timid dwarf in front of him, but he doesn't believe that the famous Epalets Industrial Guild should only send such an inexperienced person here, isn't the Apalletus Industrial Guild afraid of the failure of this business negotiation?

In that case, Eldvedzi pondered for a moment, and he couldn't think of any conspiracy here, after all, whether the Epalettes Industrial Company would be joking with its own business. Thinking of this, Eldwezzy Howard hurriedly invited the dwarf to sit down, and politely served the dwarf a cup of tea.

The dwarf said timidly, "Excuse me...... Are you Lord Howard? ”

Eldwezzy smiled, he showed extraordinary bearing, and a charming charm that was admired and looked up to: "That's right, it's Eldwezzy Howard...... Thanks to the love of the insiders in the trading firm, he is given the next good name: Howard, the gold-swallowing monster! It's just ......."

The dwarf still nodded timidly, and he said slowly, "I...... I am the forward representative of the Epalestal Industrial Guild, my name is ...... Call...... Noé Clay ......"

Eldvedzi looked at the dwarf Noe in front of him, he nodded, and smiled maliciously in his heart: "So...... You are so ignorant of the world, don't blame me for devouring your wealth like a web-weaving spider! ”

Eldvedie took down the dwarf in front of him with great confidence, and Eldvezzy did not understand why the famous steel industry manufacturer, the fourth largest industrial manufacturer in the Plains Continent, and the second largest steel industry manufacturer and supplier, would send a fledgling to negotiate with him? But now, for Eldwezi Howard, it's not the time to think about it, but to think about how to swallow the fat fish in front of him in one gulp!

……

At the train station, Alberta watched the scenes around him...... His heart was dripping with blood, and the Imperials had brought a steam train, a steam train! But is this really prosperity? Did the Imperials bring invasion or prosperity? I'm afraid it's the former...... And the scenes around are all hypocritical prosperity. The Imperial is squeezing the blood of the Epacleans, the last life force of the Epacleans!

Just as Alberta was thinking distractedly, the young man who was shining his shoes finished polishing his shoes, and he immediately bowed and said, "Uncle! You're done shining your shoes...... Do you need a little one to show you the way to Mr. Eldwezi Howard? Uncle, Mr. Howard is a celebrity in this port of Epalai, he is very famous! Oh yes, just like you, uncle, you're famous! ”

Alberta listened to the boy's tongue-twisting praise, and he was sure that the boy didn't even know who he was, but Alberta saw a suppressed anger from the bottom of his heart in the boy's eyes! The anger was exactly the same as he had been!

Alberta is interested in training and testing the endurance and tenacity of the teenagers. At this time, a plan was already taking shape in Alberta's mind.

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