As the goblins approached, the castle gate roared open, and Allen, dressed in formal clothes, walked out.

"Welcome to Bay City. Facing the goblins, Alan bowed gracefully.

"Hello, Lord Allen. "The goblin leader Bauer also performed the etiquette of a goblin nobleman, and his face was slightly gloomy.

Although they had just started meeting, Bauer's first impression of the polite lord in front of him was very good.

The aesthetics of goblins are different from those of humans, and among humans Alan looks very handsome, but in the eyes of goblins, except for hair color, basically humans look the same.

So it's not the appearance of the reason, it's the way Alan looks at them.

Curious, but just curious, nothing else. It's like he's dealing with a kindred, not a stranger!

This made the goblins who had just escaped from the myriad of strange gazes feel very comfortable.

Bauer couldn't help but say, "You are a very charismatic human lord"

Alan paused for a moment, not understanding why the big goblin in front of him would say that he hadn't said anything yet.

"Thank you for the compliment. Alan smiled, then made a gesture of please: "Let's talk inside, the servants have prepared lunch." ”

Hearing the lunch, Keith, the fat man who was playing soy sauce on the side, couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Because he was about to arrive in Bay City, there was no breakfast prepared in the merchant ship in the morning, and he hadn't eaten all morning!

This is really torturous for a fat man with foodie attributes.

The group entered the castle hall, Rowan arranged the seats for the "people" in turn, and Barry, who followed the goblins, sat on Allen's left hand side with Keith.

The goblins were more crowded, but fortunately Allen's table was large enough to sit down.

After taking his seat, Keith introduced the names of the goblins to Alan in turn, and then introduced the people on Allen's side to the goblins, and the work was well done.

After the introduction, the two sides got to know each other preliminarily, but unfortunately it was not the lunch session that Keith was most looking forward to.

Alan didn't order the meal to be served, and the goblin leader Bauer didn't say that he was hungry, but couldn't wait to get down to business: "For what Lord Keith said to us before, you?"

"The same taxes as human merchants, yes, that's what I said. Alan nodded and said, "I'm going to do that too." ”

Hearing him say so decisively, the goblins looked at each other one after another, and the goblin leader Bauer couldn't help but ask, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of asking?"

In the face of this "good thing", Bauer became suspicious.

You must know that the people of the Star Empire don't talk about racial equality, they have a very serious racial discrimination, and the human lord in front of him is so different, will he have other purposes?

In this regard, Alan felt that he couldn't cry or laugh.

If this was in the previous life, if it was such a good thing as attracting investment, an official would wish to have more and the better, and how could he put forward any other requirements.

However, he didn't explain anything to the goblins, but pretended to be silent, and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Bauer said secretly, and then couldn't help but look strange after hearing Allen's request.

"I won't raise or fall the commercial tax at 10 to 1, but you don't want to evade taxes. At the same time, you need to obey the law, and if you violate the local law, I will treat them equally, and then in terms of employing people, I want you to use more locals, and nothing else. ”

"By the way, I have started a newspaper business in my territory, and I hope you will support me. ”

"Just... These?"

One of the goblins couldn't help but open his mouth: "Is there nothing else?"

"It's gone. Alan nodded.

Another goblin looked at Alan suspiciously, "Don't you need us to offer treasures and beautiful women?"

Alan shrugged his shoulders with a smile: "If you want to, I don't mind." ”

Seeing that his subordinates wanted to ask something more, Bauer couldn't help but reprimand him sideways, and then looked at Allen: "Compared to your kindred, your customized tax is very low, we naturally will not have the idea of deceiving you, we will naturally follow the local laws, follow the local customs, this is the same no matter where you are, at the same time, I have no problem with our caravan hiring locals, but the last newspaper..."

"What is a newspaper?"

It was the first time that the goblin had heard the word newspaper, and he didn't understand what it was, but when he saw Alan solemnly mention it, he thought it was something important, so he looked very solemn.

"Could it be those valuables of little value that force us to buy them?"

"A newspaper is a newspaper. Rowan beside Allen replied, "It mainly records some local and foreign information, two copper coins each." ”

As he spoke, he took out a newspaper out of nowhere and handed it to Bauer: "That's it." ”

Bauer roughly flipped through the "thin paper" in his hand, and didn't look at it very closely, but he understood the general situation, and couldn't help but look at Rowan: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of it, is this kind of newspaper already popular in the Empire of Stars? Why have I never seen it?"

Rowan said proudly: "Only in Reef City and here, this is our lord himself invented!"

In Rowan's view, newspapers are epoch-making products, and if it weren't for the fact that the stars were not able to disseminate information within the borders, they could even influence the whole world.

For Allen, the "inventor" of the newspaper, Rowan is full of admiration and admiration.

Bauer looked at Alan in amazement, looked at the newspaper again, and finally said, "Amazing idea." ”

"If I could, could I...."

Alan interrupted him and said with a smile: "Although the newspaper is my invention, I have not thought of banning its growth, I even hope that it can quickly become popular in the whole world, so as to make the world a better place." So you can do it with your hands and feet. ”

In other cases, Bauer, who was interrupted, would have been dissatisfied or secretly cursed for being rude, but now in the face of Alan's words, he was full of affection for this interruption: "You are truly a generous human lord, as admirable as you princess of the stars." ”

"Eldest Princess?" Alan was stunned, a touch of unnaturalness appeared in his eyes, and then he smiled like no one else: "I can't compare to Her Royal Highness the Noble Eldest Princess." ”

Bauer retorted: "Status does not bring admiration, some dignity is innate, some dignity is given, and the latter is still admirable." ”

Seeing this, Alan couldn't help but touch his nose, and then said, "Well, thank you for your compliment, Lord Bauer, I think you are also a goblin with a difference." ”

He wasn't flattering each other, and he felt that this goblin was really different.

It's not that I haven't seen goblins before, but in Allen's impression, basically goblins are cunning, greedy and rude, just like barbarians, although they have an unusual sense of business, but they really don't like it.

The goblin in front of him is different, just like the human nobles, and even more "civilized" than some human nobles, and his polite appearance makes people feel disgusted at all.

With the main problem solved, the goblins were noticeably more relaxed, and under the expectant gaze of Fat Keith, Alan instructed the servants to serve the food while explaining the current situation in Bay City to Bauer.

"Bay City is a port city, and although the port is not very large, there is plenty of room for expansion, and there are currently five shipyards there, which are of average size. ”

"There are about 25,000 people living in the area, and most of the young people have nothing to do, so you can choose from whatever you want, and as long as the pay is reasonable, I don't think anyone will turn down a formal job. ”

"I don't limit the categories you do business in, except for the population. ”

"There are no nobles in Bay City other than me. The closest city to the bay is Reef City, where my family is located, and it's also the premier city in the western part of the stars, which I think will be very convenient for you to get in touch with the inner business of the stars. ”

"There are a lot of pirates and mercenaries in Bay City right now, and while I've basically warned about it, there's still a lot of potential instability, and I think I need to warn you about that. ”

Bauer listened quietly to Alan's explanation, until Alan's words came to an end, and then he spoke up: "Only pirates are threatened, but for us it is not a big threat, as for mercenaries?"

Bauer smiled slightly: "Mercenaries have always been friends of merchants, and I hope there will be as many mercenaries here as possible." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that the Star Empire forbids the spread of the Federation's secret skills, otherwise the value of the Star Mercenaries can be higher"

The corners of Alan's mouth curled up, and he opened his mouth as if he was saying something, but the people around him who were chatting did not hear the voice.

Suddenly, a word came from Bauer's ear.

"A star is a star, a bay is a bay, the Empire of Stars forbids it, I don't forbid it. ”