Chapter 362: The Capital of Trade
A few days later, the Wave rode the waves and sailed into the port of Taine.
Taine, the most famous trading capital of the Twenty-Three Neutral States, is also home to the Lilith Chamber of Commerce. It is said that this was once a barren place, but Lilith's father found that it was a hub for trade routes connecting various seas, so he set up his headquarters here. After several years of hard work, the people of the Chamber of Commerce built an oasis city here.
Lilith made a verbal agreement with Warren Trotter, promising to give full control of the East China Sea trade to the other side, and in return, Warren may have made a promise to provide Lilith with military assistance if necessary. The generals of the Chamber of Commerce are generals because each has his own army in his hands.
Jacobella, after being placed in a position by Warren, aggressively gathered all of her men to train for naval warfare, and although she did not say it explicitly, anyone could tell that she was directly targeting Warren's golden fleet. Warren convinces Jacobella of the inadequacies of his troops.
When Lilith and Lin Qiu and the others came to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, the headquarters was already full of official documents from various countries, and most of the generals were not here. The headquarters, which used to boil every day, seemed a little deserted at the moment, and since the news of the elder's death spread, everyone became distracted.
Lilith felt that she would spend a day or two sorting out the official documents, and by the way, try to find the clues that her father had left for her.
Her father was a man of great vision, and Lilith felt that even if he decided to take the risk, he would definitely arrange the follow-up work before he did. If he's trying to leave something for himself, then these clues must be hidden somewhere in the Headquarters.
Because of this, Lin Qiu and the others also had an extra day of free time.
"Listen, 'Trade Capital' is not a name that can be called casually, in this kingdom, as long as you have enough gold, you can buy anything you want and satisfy any fantasy you have!" Phoenix puffed up his chest and walked in front of Lin Qiu and Alyssa, as the only monster who had ever been here, she took on the role of a tour guide.
Merely......
The last time she was here was many years ago, when Tyne had only picked up a silhouette, far less lively than it was now, and Phoenix hadn't been gone long before she was already dazzled by the sheer array of goods on the street. Her voice gradually became less confident, and her right hand subconsciously covered the delicate money bag pinned to her waist.
Bah!
Casual tricks me into spending money!
There weren't many gold coins in the money bag, and they were all what she asked Lin Qiu for.
As long as Phoenix spent all the gold coins, she would spread her hands at Lin Qiu and ask for the gold coins.
Fortunately, Phoenix is very organized when it comes to spending money, and as a bird monster, she naturally likes beautiful ornaments such as flowers and plants, but the determined Phoenix will never waste gold coins on unnecessary places, and only desserts can make her hand over gold coins willingly.
As for the introduction, she actually heard it from the old man downstairs before going out.
The old man who wandered around the entrance of the Lilith Chamber of Commerce was a complete eccentric, and he insisted that he did not want gold coins, but wanted to paint a souvenir of Phoenix, and in return, he gave Phoenix a rough description of the current state of some trading capitals.
As long as you have enough gold, you can buy anything you want here.
That's why so many people come here every year – everything they see, it's priced.
Lin Qiu was deeply suspicious of this, so he took Alyssa and Phoenix into a nearby store.
It's a jewelry store, and the owner is a listless-looking old man.
"Guest, what do you want?" Seeing Lin Qiu and the others coming in, the old man opened one eye. Naturally, he saw Alyssa and Phoenix, and he first looked at Phoenix's beauty, and his gaze went all the way down, and finally stopped at the belt bag that Phoenix was wearing around his waist.
Then the old man shook his head in disappointment.
"Hey, what's your attitude!" Phoenix was dissatisfied.
She remembered that Lin Qiu had told her that the customer was God. Although she could never hear who God was, she roughly understood that God should be a very important spiritual leader—the spiritual leader that this bad old man dared to treat like this!
"You don't have much money for this beautiful young lady. The old man did not answer the rhetorical question.
In Taine, with a wallet in the eyes of the locals is equivalent to a dirt bun with little money, and the expenses in the auction house are often thousands, who would have nothing to do with carrying so many gold coins around? The old president of the Chamber of Commerce understood this, so he implemented the crystal card system in the twenty-three neutral countries.
The Adventurer's Guild has corresponding cards, but the Adventurer's Guild records the adventurers' quests, while the Chamber of Commerce's cards record the amount of gold - this is definitely a cross-generational product, so that some bigwigs no longer have to carry several wagons to transport gold coins every time they come to buy something.
Over time, people have become accustomed to trading with crystal cards, and customers who still use gold coins are often perceived as poor.
"Who said I don't have any money?" Phoenix couldn't believe her ears, she opened her purse and counted carefully—"I've got 17 gold coins!"
17 gold coins are enough for her to eat desserts for more than half a month!
"Tsk. ”
The old man shook his head again, this girl is really blind with a good face, and she has such shallow knowledge.
Lin Qiu was a little unhappy with the old man's arrogant attitude, and he asked, "I heard that in Taine, as long as you have money, you can buy anything, right?"
The old man was noncommittal.
"Jewelry, magic cores, monsters, even humans, you can buy anything here if you can afford it - I look like a jewelry store here, but as soon as you say what you want, the goods you see will immediately change the difference. ”
In this regard, the old man is still quite confident.
Most of the stores that can set up stores in Taine have a strong backstage, and this jewelry store is actually the property of General Barendav, who is equivalent to a salesman in the industrial chain, but as long as the customer asks for it, he can contact other "salesmen" to deliver the goods to the customer.
"Are you sure that you can send anything I want, you can send it to me?" Lin Qiu raised his eyebrows.
"Of course. The old man nodded confidently.
It's not that he underestimated Lin Qiu and the others, he felt that the guy who still had a wallet in Taine would definitely not be able to make any decent requests. Boy, poverty limits your imagination.
The old man waited quietly for Lin Qiu's next words.
"In that case...... Here's 20 gold, sell me the One Piece Finale Blu-ray DVD. ”
Lin Qiu put his money bag on the table and said mysteriously.