Chapter 773: The Enemy (3)
Port Oak, a towering and extensive building on the port wharf, is not only the sentry post that monitors the entire wharf, but also the seat of the port authority of Port Oak, which is the political and economic center of Port Oak.
Therefore, the meetings of the Port Merchant Alliance are all held here, after all, each force has its own territory, and the five forces in other places are not so friendly and assisted, and they usually look like they are ignoring, and it is impossible to go to the place of any of the forces to meet and discuss something.
Therefore, if there is anything that needs to be discussed together about the affairs of the entire Oak Harbor, the representatives of the five major forces will come here.
With the invitation issued by the Iron Core Army, the other four major forces naturally responded as soon as possible, not because they were eager for anything, but because this was the rule, whoever issued the invitation, the other forces would respond as soon as possible, and giving convenience to others was to give convenience to themselves.
Four carriages, surrounded by many cavalry, rumbled to a stop in front of the port building, and the representatives of the four forces here got out of the carriage with the diligence of their subordinates.
The first swarthy, sea-smelling, sturdy, bald middle-aged man was the representative of the Bickley Maritime Merchants in Oak Harbor - Jacklon, who controlled all the shipping in Oak Harbor as the representative of the Bickley Maritime Merchants, and was also the only fleet captain in Oak Harbor with five armed merchant ships.
With such a background and such an armed merchant ship, it can be said that as long as it is a maritime business, there is no one who does not look at his face, so in the port city, such a figure is naturally one of the most powerful!
The second one who showed his head was a fat, very rich and noble, smiling and kind fat man, he was the representative of the Midula merchant group - Komisi, don't look at this kind look, but it is said that suppressing his peers can be done by any means.
But this is just rumors, there is no real evidence, but it is enough to make these rumors true just by the fact that any grain merchant who competes with him will inexplicably disappear the entire chamber of commerce.
Therefore, such a ruthless and very methodical guy, coupled with his back to the mountains, naturally controls the grain trade of Oak Port and the surrounding cities very easily, as long as the grain trade is sold or purchased through the port, he must be involved. On the contrary, it was the local grain trade between the lords and the lords, and he didn't pay attention to it.
Of course, this kind of local trade is all forbidden in the hands of the lord, and outsiders are not allowed to mix in it at all, and he doesn't dare to get involved in it, but as long as he leaves the territory for foreign trade, then he must do everything possible to get involved, and with the Midula merchant group he relies on, as well as his own ability, he also mixed it in.
The third is the same strong muscles, resolute face, scars everywhere on the face and hands of the middle-aged man, he is the representative of the Wendu Steel Merchant Group - his real name is unknown, there is only one iron man's nickname, and the same nickname, he is indeed an iron man, not only has a superb iron striking skills, but also extremely strong, it is said that one person once killed a hundred thieves who blocked the road and robbed the materials with a double hammer.
The Wendu Steel Merchant Group is the most non-existent organization in Oak Port, all the members of the organization are concentrated on smelting all kinds of tools and equipment, and many of their businesses are directly traded with guests, and the specific transactions are very mysterious to who and how much they trade. But idiots also know that no matter how low-key an arms dealer is, it is definitely not a good existence to mess with.
Judging from the fact that some well-informed and wide-ranging businessmen have a much higher respect for the Iron Man in Oak Harbor than the representatives of other forces, we can know what kind of existence the Wendu Steel Merchant Group is.
The fourth is a middle-aged man with long hands and long feet and a thin body, with a hint of a thief on the corner of his mouth, he is the representative of the Mumu Pillar Merchant Group - Amrri, it is said that he is the most harmless representative of the five major forces, and the reason why he can become a representative is that he has the ability to manipulate livestock single-handedly, especially the horse breeding is superb.
Of course, he may be harmless, or he may only know how to control livestock, but don't forget that the Muzhu merchant group is not only responsible for herding cattle but also cutting wood, and neither the loggers nor the herdsmen are easy to mess with. And this is also one of the reasons why the Mumu Pillar Merchant Group can become one of the Big Five.
After the four of them came down, they had been waiting at the gate of the port building for a long time, and a figure wearing armor and an indisputable figure and aura naturally strode forward to greet him. He's the mercenary organization - the representative of the Iron Core Army in Port Oak - Steel Bear, well, I don't know if this is a nickname like the nickname "Iron Man", or if it's just a name, anyway, he's called Steel Bear.
Everyone was a scene, and the gathering of the five of them in this port building was already very eye-catching, so they didn't ask and discuss on the spot, just said hello, and the group entered the port building, leaving those people outside to speculate one after another.
Entering the commonly used conference room, everyone sat down at the round table, and Steel Bear sat in the first place, not that his position was in the first place, and this was their internal rule, whoever convened the meeting would sit first. Of course, this meeting is not convened at random, if it is not a big matter, it will be thrown away on the spot, after all, the five major forces are not friendly outside, and even hostile relations, and there is no such thing as face between everyone.
"Alright, Steelbear tell me what you're calling us for this time, I still have two newborn foals in my house, and I have to keep them. The first person to speak was the impatient Amrit.
Steel Bear waited for a while, and when he saw that the other three people didn't make a sound, he said directly: "Everyone, I propose to send troops to occupy the Black Eagle Territory!"
"Huh, did the newly formed Black Hawk Leader provoke us? and you actually asked you to propose to occupy a lord's territory instead of conquering it?" asked Komisi of the Midula Merchant Regiment, curious.
This time, the other three were still silent, they all stared at the steel bear as if they were waiting for him to explain, and the steel bear said excitedly: "He did provoke us, do you know how much grain, weapons, and livestock flowed out of the Black Hawk Territory in just this month, and how much gold poured into the Black Hawk Territory?!"
"I really didn't notice this, no wonder I thought it was strange before, the number of merchants has increased several times compared to the same period in the past, but the trade volume has not increased much, but because the trade volume has not increased, the data is the same as in previous years, so I didn't pay attention to it at all, in fact, the sharp increase in the number of merchants alone is a problem!" Komisi patted his head in annoyance.
(End of chapter)