Whether it is to put Billy in the position of Grand Duke, or to improve Norman's own life and improve his social status, money is an indispensable thing, and if you want to make money, one, is to have your own territory, produce things and sell them for money, which is not to think about Norman now, so he can only take the second way.

Trade.

The Knights Templar thought a lot about what business to do to make money, and finally, after considering a combination of factors, they chose to sell books as Norman's first business.

It's just that judging from Joseph's expression, he didn't have any interest in this business, just nodded, indicating that he knew, and then repeated the question just now: "How much do you want me to invest?"

The production of books is a very complicated and time-consuming thing, which requires literate people to copy it out one by one, and it takes a long time to make one, and the selling price cannot be low, and the sales volume cannot be high, so no one has ever thought of selling books to make money, and the purpose of making books is mainly to spread knowledge.

Norman actually wanted to sell books to make money, which in Joseph's opinion was completely the reason why he wanted to "invest" him himself.

But he didn't care, anyway, if Norman wanted money, he was very happy to give it, and it was best if Norman could sell him his knowledge in the form of investment, which would be the most satisfying to Cerf. If not, spending some money to build a friendship with Norman is something Joseph is more than happy to do.

This investment is so easy that Norman doesn't know what to say, so he has to quote his psychological price.

"10 Kintalan. ”

For ordinary people, 10 quintalan is a lot of money, but for the nobles, especially these students of the Skull and Bones Society, 10 quintalan is not a lot, Joseph only thought for a while, and then gave an affirmative answer, "Okay." When am I going to give it to you?"

He, the investor, was in a hurry to send the money, but Norman, the person who pulled the investment, was not in such a hurry, and said to him: "Don't worry, I will inform you of the specific time." ”

After chatting about investment, the two chatted casually for a few more words, and then broke up, and Norman went to the next trading partner to start trading, and after the transaction, he brought up the investment again.

More than one investor, and this was also the plan set by the Knights Templar.

In their plan, these members of the Skull and Bones Society invested, on the one hand, it was indeed to raise start-up capital, and on the other hand, it was to tie the children of these big nobles to Norman's chariot as much as possible, otherwise it would be easy to be suppressed if Norman did business alone, after all, Norman was just a black-robed mage, even if he was crowned a knight, he was only a baron, and it was very easy for other big nobles to suppress his business.

And if he tied Nicardo's many noble families to his chariot, it would be different, and it would probably become Nikaro's greatest trading force. Of course, this also requires Norman's business to be successful, to be able to provide these noble families with enough surprising benefits, only profit can make this chariot indestructible, and the Knights Templar naturally have a detailed plan for this.

So for the next few days, Norman ran around the members of the Skull and Bones Guild for his business, and finally succeeded in attracting everyone's investment after his mouth was almost worn out.

In the eyes of these members, they were just giving money to Norman, and no one thought that it would really be a money-making business, and no one even thought that there would really be such a business. In their opinion, this was all a reason for Norman to ask for money, but they didn't expect Norman to gather all the members of the Skull and Bones Society for a meeting a few days later.

The meeting took place in the hall of the tomb, which had been set up in advance by Norman, and the chairs from the other places had been moved over to ensure that everyone had a place to sit.

Around each person's seat, there are also coffee tables with various pastries on them, although they are not expensive, but they are exquisite, reflecting the intentions of the arranger.

Finally, a large strip of white cloth hung above the fireplace on the inside of the hall, and there was nothing on it.

The members of the Skull and Bones Club came in one by one, and they were a little surprised to see this scene, and they didn't know what Norman was trying to do, but everyone knew the same, not strangers, so they quickly got used to it, and they started chatting with each other. And after a while, Norman came.

Norman didn't do anything else when he came, and after obtaining the consent of most of the people present, he invited Earl Billy, who was waiting outside, to sit down, which made Billy very excited, and even after sitting down, his heart was still pounding, his face was ruddy, and his face was full of energy.

This is a tomb, but only the elite Mannheim students can enter! even if he is the son of the Grand Duke, he can't break this rule.

Among the young nobles of Nicaro, it was an honor, a capital to show off, and everyone who was entitled to enter the tomb could be the center of attention at all kinds of banquets, and what a glory it was for him to sit here, surrounded by all the members of the Skull and Bones Society.

This matter can be used as a talking point, so that he has been bragging about it at various banquets for more than ten years.

The rest of the Skull and Bones Society didn't think like Billy, they sat down at Norman's behest, and then looked at Norman standing at the front, not knowing what he wanted to do.

Norman, on the other hand, stood in front of the fireplace, and pulled the rope that hung down from one end of the white strip on the top, and when he pulled it, he saw that the white strip of cloth had fallen, and there was a white strip of cloth underneath, on which was written in the lingua franca "Merchant of the Nikaheim Traders".

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to see you all here today,"

Norman stood in front of the fireplace and began his speech with great energy, "I have gathered you here today to announce the official establishment of the Nikaheim Trade Chamber of Commerce, and to report to you the development route and goals of this chamber......

Everyone was amazed.

They thought that Norman just thought of a reason to come out and ask for money, and in the spirit of wanting to have a good relationship with Norman, they gave it, but they didn't expect Norman to be so serious, and he also held a meeting to establish a chamber of commerce.

But what surprised them even more was Norman's speech.

“...... The first step in development is to dominate Nicaro's book market, and then radiate to the surrounding cities, with the aim of spreading the Chamber of Commerce to the entire Franciscan ...... within a year"

“...... The second step is to build a trading team, go out of Francis, and use the book trade as a breakthrough to spread our trade routes in Moa, Husum, and Raki......"

“...... Step 3......"

They thought it was just a short business, but they never expected Norman's ambitions to be so big.

Listening to Norman, it seems that he intends to spread the business of this Nikhaim Trader to the entire kingdom!