The rain outside the door had become lighter, but Barak had no intention of leaving, but was a little excited. "Young man, please believe me, this matter will never involve legal and other issues, and this business can only be handed over to you, and no one is more suitable than you. ”

Originally, Barak had a lot of worries, those foremen were not good goods, otherwise they would not be able to climb to that position, most of them were insatiable, if there was such a business, many foremen should be able to sit on the ground and raise the price, which would increase the cost of paying a lot, but now it seems that he has met an honest foreman, even if he puts Caesar in front of him, he will not violate the principle, and it is better to give the task to such a person.

On the second day, Downing did not wait for the secret adversary to come to a settlement, and Font lied, but there was a wave of strikes at the port, and the laborers chanted slogans of higher wages and rejection of exploitation, and at first there were only about 8,000 people, but the situation spread quickly, from 8,000 to 50,000.

With the expansion of the strike wave, the Gold Coast was paralyzed, countless huge ships leaned on the port, loaded with countless goods, but there was no way to disassemble the goods, at this moment there are many cargo ships in the sea outside the port are circling, the port ships can not unload and leave, then they will always have to stay on the surface of the sea to cruise.

And the leader of this strike wave was none other than Sarah, and when he heard that the gentleman's task was to help the laborers raise their income, he agreed, and no one could appreciate the hard work of the laborers better than him, and they deserved to be paid more, which was indeed a good thing, and he had no reason to refuse such an opportunity without involving the law.

He even tried to refuse the payment he made, but Barak convinced him. "Young man, to keep the hard laborers firmly on your side, you have to let their lives go on, and money has the power to do that, so you have to take the pay, and how you distribute it is your business. ”

The gentleman was right, Sara accepted the payment and promised to give his laborers five silver Caesars a day to support their strike, and those who were willing to join their strike would also receive two silver Caesars a day, which made him stronger and stronger.

No one wants to earn only one silver Caesar every day doing the most tiring work, and watching someone else just sit there and earn five Caesars.

On the cargo ship, the merchants of the East angrily blamed the merchants of the West. "If you can't get the cargo off the ship as soon as possible, we'll hire the laborers ourselves, and the end result will be that our friendship will cease to exist from this moment on, and we will refuse to do any business with you. ”

This is a very serious warning, without the goods of the Eastern merchants, the business of these merchants will be completely ruined, but they cannot give the wages demanded by the laborers, five silver coins a day, which will wipe out their profits, and they will be completely in a huge loss, especially Downing's opponents, who promised to pay the full amount of the goods, and increase the proportion of profits, if they need to pay the laborers five silver Caesars, it will be a disaster.

"Rest assured, we will solve this matter soon and wait for our good news. "The merchants of the West made a guarantee to the merchants of the East.

However, they did not intend to bow to the laborers, and Downing's opponents did not find Downing, they found the foremen. "I'll triple your foreman's pay, and get the damned fellows up to work. ”

Sara refused, and the rest of the foremen, after receiving the reward that was good for them, still chose to give the laborers a silver Caesar and let them work, even using some violent means.

The truth punished them for their greed, and more laborers chose to join Sarah's side, saying that even if it was a silver Caesar, they would only be willing to listen to Sarah's instructions.

Sara would not treat these people badly, but still paid two Caesars, and continued the wave of strikes until the high-ranking merchants were willing to give in.

The foremen immediately called a union meeting, intending to force Sarah, the only supporter of the strike, to bring to his knees, but Sara responded most forcefully.

"As the leader of the workers, if you want the workers to continue to be exploited by those guys, then I will not hesitate to quit the guild and form a new guild. ”

All the rest of the foremen knew that Sara had mastered eighty percent of the hard labor in the port, and that they had all become empty commanders, and the warnings they gave were very weak.

The merchants were found, the foremen said. "Gentlemen, there is nothing we can do, because of this matter, our team has been disbanded, and now we are unable to find available workers. ”

Tang Ning did not go to deal with those Eastern merchants like other merchants, and stared at Tang Ning's spies for this reason. "I'll report everything here to Miss Mace, you screwed up. ”

Tang Ning was indifferent, and in a few days, there should be good news.

When Font received the letter from his father, he had to admire the methods of his allies, who had intended to make things easier for them, but then he changed his mind and created a problem for his allies so that he could know that he was not the smartest person, but now it seemed that he had created a problem for himself.

"Well, you win. Font sent a reply to his father, stating that it was just a misunderstanding and that he had temporarily withdrawn from the spice business, and in exchange his allies would get the laborers back to work as soon as possible, ensuring that the tea and spice business would not be affected in any way.

Mace got the news that she didn't want to gamble with her business and had to put an end to the farce as soon as possible, so she rushed to the port of the Gold Coast herself.

A few days later, arriving at the port and heading to Downing's hotel, Ice Beauty returns to her usual coldness. "You've screwed it all up, we're in damn trouble, and from now on, you're out of this game and hand over all your estates. ”

Tang Ning got up and finished washing, and sat at the table, holding a glass of milk. "Miss Mace, don't worry, it's all over, and I think there will be good news by this time. ”

Mace had a mocking expression on his face, and was about to lash out at the young man, who was still dreaming, when someone pushed the door and entered, an attendant. "Mademoiselle, there is a gentleman named Barak who wants to find Mr. Downing. ”

"Look, things have taken a turn for the better, Miss Mace, and you're lucky enough to enjoy the show. Tang Ning confidently looked at the ice beauty in front of him, this lady's temper really didn't dare to compliment.

"Okay, let him in, I'll see. "Mace thinks that the young man who has been favored by Mr. Alkmaar has gone crazy and has not yet come to his senses, so let him see how reality hits him in the face.

Barak came in, glanced at the ice beauty, and saluted respectfully to Tangning. "Boss, it's done, but the cost of hiring those hard laborers may go up. ”

"Give them two silver Caesars, which is twice as much as their previous pay, and they will accept it, and if they can't accept it, then let them continue to strike, I don't think their foremen can afford to keep them on strike, and life will force them to bow to reality. Downing stood up and ignored Barak and made a gesture of please. "Miss Mace, now we can get on board and talk to the Oriental merchants. ”

From the very beginning, Downing instructed Barak to give the drudgers not much money, in order to control the duration of the strikes, when the strike needed to be extended, he would continue to invest, and when the strike needed to end, he would stop investing, and the others did not know that the strike was being manipulated.

On the way, Tang Ning didn't care about the ice beauty's ugly expression. "Miss Mace, you also heard just now, the price of hard labor has doubled, we have a monopoly on the spice business in Blott City, in this case, we can also have a reason to increase the price, for those who live in Blott City, they will never stop using spices because of the increase in prices, just complain a few words, they also have to bow to life. ”

The wool was from the sheep, and Don had no intention of paying for it himself, or the huge cost of hard labor would have overwhelmed him, and he never considered himself a good man.

"As long as you can succeed in getting those secret opponents out of the spice business, the price of spices can rise, and I can even give you fifty percent of the income, but the premise of all this is that the opponents quit the spice business, otherwise leave your brothels and casinos behind. "Mace showed no mercy.

boarded the Oriental cargo ship and met those Oriental merchants, Tang Ning unexpectedly asked the interpreter to tell the other party. "I'm sorry, sell your spices to each other, and we'll quit the spice business. ”

Mace looked at the young man in shock, his face pale, he was going to ruin the spice business, and she would never agree. "Wait, you're a lunatic. She looked at Downing angrily.

Tang Ning's good temper was completely worn out by the ice beauty, and he frowned and stared at the ice beauty. "Miss Mace, if you want your business to continue, please be quiet, or I can't guarantee what will happen next. ”

This is a threat, a naked threat, but at this moment there are only her and Tang Ning and a neutral translator in the cabin, and the remaining Oriental merchants obviously will not speak for her, Mace turned pale, looking at the young man's terrifying expression, she chose to step aside, she thought to herself that leaving the cabin, she must pay the price for the threat just now.

The translator looked at this scene, a little hesitant, and Tang Ning's voice was low. "If you want to get paid for you, do what I say and tell the other person. ”

The interpreter brought Downing's words to the merchants of the East, who whispered and looked a little flustered, and soon the representatives of the merchants of the East passed on the message through the translator.

"I'm sorry, but we can give you eighty percent of the previous price of our spices, please take this batch of spices, we must get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise the goods on board will rot, and the price will be as cheap as it is today. ”

The merchants of the East could not afford to spend all the time in the port, they preferred to save time and make a few more trips, and their spices could not be sold at sea, and they would soon deteriorate and become moldy, and the loss would be greater, because those who had offered high prices had withdrawn, and their spices could only be sold to Downing, so they had to permanently reduce the price to pay for their unkeeping.

Mace looked at Downing in shock, she couldn't believe what she had just heard, this young man had really done it, and the cost was cheaper than before, it was unbelievable.

Downing shook hands with the Oriental merchants and made a good deal, promising to hire laborers to remove all the spices from the ship soon, so that they could leave port as soon as possible.