Shen Yan didn't care about the ups and downs of the outside world, and devoted all his energy to the preparation of the new store.

This time he was very serious, because the image he was going to show in front of people after discussing with Erebes was a gentleman, but it was by no means mediocre!

If he seems to be worthless in his own right, he will disappoint some people.

There is no threat from mediocrity.

After all, the nobles of this year don't raise a few mediocre people who eat for nothing, and usually stay in front of them as a plaything to relax, and they don't feel distressed when they die casually; It's good to go out occasionally to provoke a sense of right and wrong and increase your presence.

Don't look at the old saying "not enough to achieve, more than to fail", sometimes it is difficult to achieve something, and it is equally difficult to think about failure.

Losers also need talent.

*****

The new store was very large, but Shen Yan didn't plan to fill it, and even the area used to display goods was not even a tenth of the first floor.

He completely uses the concept of modern society to create a private club, and the entrance and exit are completely closed, so you can't enter.

The ground floor is divided into two spaces, half of which is dedicated to a private salon, with comfortable sofas, semi-private surroundings, dewdropping flowers, a fountain with a statue of the Fruit Girl, a glass sink for hanging water, and ornamental fish...... Of course, there is also a small bar and a glass of red wine with dozens of gold coins.

These wines are all from Towcente and are only "samples", which are not only expensive but also available in limited quantities.

The price of a whole bottle of red wine ranges from five hundred to thousands of gold coins, and these are only medium and high-end; The real top wines like Xue Zhi'an, Pomino and Dong Zhidong, as well as Shen Yan's self-brewed No. 5 and No. 7, are only available at auctions held every weekend, and are available to those with high prices and status.

This part of the area is the venue for salons, bars and small auctions on weekends.

The other part is the goods that are actually used for sale, mainly extremely precious magical materials and alchemical potions; and a closed, demon-forbidden, connecting dimensional plane, dedicated to viewing and negotiating prices.

Selling ingredients outright may seem like no profit maximization, but it's not.

Many alchemists will charge far more than the price of the finished product for the raw materials in order to complete the work! Only mass production will consider the cost, and as long as the only few bottles of potions in the world are made, no matter how expensive the price is, someone will pay for it.

There are no samples of this part of the product at all, and there are only some explanatory papers on the shelves......

"You're going to do business?" After hearing this, Beavis was shocked, "It's too expensive!" You're not famous, can you sell those things? And I know that the nobles of Waterdeep are rich, but what you don't know is that they are also stingy! I have seen them standing on the dock and arguing with the merchants more than once, without any sense of decency!

So I think so, you ...... Probably not. ”

If Bivis received the news when the worry value was 100, then when he saw that the store had not yet been renovated, the worry value was reduced to 50, after listening to Shen Yan's "business philosophy", the worry value was directly zero, not to mention, and even a little want to laugh......

He felt that Shen Yan was completely whimsical!

Do you really think money is so easy to make?

I've been in the city guard for sixteen years, and I've earned two salaries and occasionally made a little extra money, and I still don't know if I have a thousand gold coins in my deposit!

Affection is only enough to buy two bottles of low-grade red wine from you?!

In his opinion, even if Shen Yan relied on Vanswick to introduce a few customers, it was estimated that it would be a one-shot deal, and he was afraid that he would never come again after paying off Vanswick's favors, and then the store could only eventually close down.

Bevis looked out the door, and for the first time felt like he was making a fuss......

*****

But what the boss behind the scenes explains, I have to do it if I don't want to do it.

Bivis sighed in his heart, pulled Shen Yan into the corner and asked in a low voice, "Shen Yan, you are the younger brother of His Excellency Erebes, and I really regard you as my own!" I'm just here to ask you, what does it mean to write on the wall outside? ”

"You say 'distant Towcente'?" Shen Yan asked in surprise, "What's wrong with this sentence?" That's the name of my new store!

You know that the name of my store in the past was 'Shen Yan's Cheap Store', and it was obviously very good, but there were always some ugly people who were envious, jealous and hateful!

They say everything in my cheap store is dead expensive! As a result, the name 'Cheap Store' is a bit of a stinky street...... So I wondered if it would be illegal to change the name of the new store to a poetic, less specific one.

Do you have to go back to the 'Cheap Shop'? I haven't registered either, have I? ”

Bivis twitched, did I say I wanted you to change the name of the store? Hell, cheap stores, God knows what that thing is!

"No, not that!" Bivis hurriedly interrupted Shen Yan's chatter, "I'm talking about the small line under 'Distant Towcente', don't you think there's anything wrong?" ”

"Small print? And the small print? Shen Yan deliberately ran out to take a look, and then turned back, suddenly realized. Ah, you said that line of small print - 'our store does not pay taxes, all goods before tax', what's wrong with this sentence? Any questions? ”

The corners of Bivis's mouth twitched like a stroke, you said it was okay? It's a big problem!

Who do you think you are? Why dare you claim not to pay taxes?

Although your store may not be able to sell goods at all, and it may close down when the three-month period expires, this is not a reason for you to claim that you do not pay taxes!

Whoever has the qualification not to pay taxes, only those real nobles in Waterdeep City are eligible not to pay taxes! There is not a single resident of this city!

In order to suppress the nobility in his domain, Lord Nasher was the Lord of Waterdeep until he became king, and never promoted the ranks. Titles are the foundation of honor and family, and no one will take the initiative to help you if you don't run it. The consequence of Lord Nasher's actions is that there are a lot of meritorious ministers in Neverwinter, but the highest rank of its own nobility is knights!

Knights, as the lowest nobles, have few benefits but a lot of obligations.

(Erebeth is a theocratic aristocracy that does not pledge allegiance to local lieges.) ）

Neverwinter's privileges are almost universally enjoyed by the nobles of Waterdeep—ostensibly all of them are taken advantage of by outsiders.

But Shen Yan and Erebeth knew very well that once the Lord of Nasher became king, they would become equal to Waterdeep. Those who eat will spit it out!

And more importantly, his royal power will be incomparably stable because there is no threat - and it is true, even after Nasher's death, Neverwinter has suffered several upheavals in a row, but the royal power has still been passed on intermittently in the Nasher family, and there have even been scenes in the middle of the throne that have been vacant for more than ten years without anyone sitting on it.

That's why Nasher paid so much attention to Shen Yan's shop that was not ready to pay taxes, and he wanted to resist taxes, you want to go to heaven!

"This, Shen Yan, let me tell you this...... You may have some misunderstanding of your sister's identity, your Excellency is indeed a nobleman, but you still have to pay taxes. Not only Lord Erebes, but no one in the entire Neverwinter City, except for those nobles of Waterdeep, has the right not to pay taxes. ”

Bivis patiently explained to Shen Yan.

"And in the capacity of Lord Erebes, if you run a business in her name, you will not only have to pay taxes, but you will have to pay two copies, and the other one will have to be given to the church.

As far as I know, His Excellency Erebes' salary over the years has been donated to the Church, except for necessary expenses. She is an upright and noble person, worthy of the name of a paladin! ”

He looked at Shen Yan with a heartache as he spoke, meaning you look at what your sister did? Look at yourself again!

You're ruining the reputation that Lord Erebes has built!

……

"I know." Shen Yan spread his hands, "Who should pay taxes, the difference between theocratic nobles and ordinary nobles, I know all this!" Don't look down on me, don't talk about the tax laws, the whole law of Neverwinter is all in my head, how could I not know? ”

"Then why are you still ......?"

Shen Yan smiled coldly and turned to enter. Not long after, he walked out dressed in sky blue and wearing a cloak decorated with star patterns.

"You, what are you?!" Bivis looked at the dress dumbfounded.

"Lord Nasher's 17th City Lord Royal Decree, the Nine Guards of Neverwinter have the same rights as the nobles of Waterdeep, and have the right to supervise all the inhabitants of the city, including the nobles of Waterdeep, and act cheaply against all actions that harm Neverwinter!"

Shen Yan said leisurely.

"I, Shen Yan, Wudong Jiuwei! I have equal rights with the nobles of Waterdeep, and I act cheaply - after much deliberation and decided not to pay taxes, is there a problem with that? ”

After hearing this, Bivis only felt that his brain was blank -

Isn't the Nine Guards of Winterless an honorary title? How can that Imperial Decree be explained like that?!