Chapter Thirty-Nine: Clouds in All Directions
"Hello grandpa. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info", Celeste pinched the corner of his skirt and raised it slightly, curtsy, revealing a pair of brand-new round-toed red leather shoes. These shoes are her beloved objects, designed by Wren himself and made by the best leathermen in the City Lord's Mansion. Not to mention the comfort of wearing, there are also those leather shoes and boots that are unusual to see, which are the only leather shoes in the world. The girl is very satisfied and happy, and she can't help but show it when she faces her loved ones.
Sarcomo bowed slightly, not because Celeste was his granddaughter, so he could receive Celeste's salute with a big stab. Relationally speaking, after Celeste came to the City Lord's Mansion, she broke away from Sarcomo's family, and her words and deeds carried the background of the City Lord's Mansion, representing Rennes's face on the side.
Wren didn't say anything about the actions of the two, and he had a deeper understanding of Sarcomo's shrewdness. Many people marry their daughters and granddaughters to figures with heads and faces, and they feel that they are also upper-class people, and they pull a tiger skin all day long to show off their might, and they don't know what to do. This kind of person often does not end well, such as General He, and it will bring disaster to his relatives.
A smile gradually appeared on Wren's face, touched Celeste's smooth hair, and whispered in a gentle voice, "I heard that the new sword master has arrived, you go and meet her." ”
The newly invited swordsman is a woman, a sixth-level swordsman, titled Frost Sword, it is said that her battle qi attribute is biased towards the ice system, but it is not so powerful, whenever the battle qi rises, the long sword will be covered with a thin layer of frost. It is also rumored that the title of the Frost Sword is because after she kills the enemy, the wounds on the enemy's body will not bleed, and it is covered by a layer of white frost, so she has the title of the Frost Sword.
Regardless of the origin of her title, the strength of this sword master has been recognized by Blair, and she is a female swordsman with real combat experience. There are not a few female swordsmen, and there are not many who have been titled, so Wren paid the price of three gold coins a month to successfully invite her to teach.
Celeste was slightly stunned, revealing the coquettishness of a little girl, she glanced at Sarcomo with some apprehension, and then covered her face and ran away quickly.
"Lord Ciledralis is very fond of Celeste, and I am very grateful. Sarcomo naturally saw that Wren really liked his granddaughter, otherwise he would not have invited a swordsman to teach his granddaughter martial arts. The status of women in this world has always been awkward, and they are not up or down. Powerful people such as the first female Archduke of the Empire Joan of Arc, with the long sword in her hand and the five hundred moonflower knights, swept away the rebellion in Orkle County, and killed countless rebels.
The weak, such as those women who only know how to eat, drink and have fun among the nobles, are famous in the imperial capital before they get married, and they are lost to everyone after they get married.
Whether a woman can live well and live happily depends on whether the man she relies on loves her and dotes on her. Many romantic characters live a bleak life after getting married, and they are disgusted by their husbands, so they can only swallow their anger all day long, and swallow tears in their stomachs.
Men like Wren who brought in all kinds of teachers for Celeste were in the minority after all.
Wren sat on the couch and leaned back, tilting his head slightly, "I'm not a pervert, Celeste is cute, I like her very much." ”
Sarcomo wisely did not continue to dwell on this issue, Celeste was his granddaughter, but from the day she left the house to live in the City Lord's Mansion, all the things related to Celeste became Rennes's family affairs. He is an "outsider", and it is also a trouble to care too much.
"I heard that you are going to organize a merchant group in Ortlenburg?", Sarcomo, who was very sensitive to business intelligence, rushed from Mirin as soon as he learned the news. He must rush over, and Wren can say such horrific words as "the lord of the city is the parent who governs the people", then the merchant group of Ortlenburg is equal to his own son, and the merchant group of the chamber of commerce is the son of someone else's family.
He had to get Wren's attitude, and then arrange a move by the Chamber of Commerce.
Wren nodded: "Yes, the geographical location of Ortlenburg is very special, I have thought for a long time, the financial order here has not collapsed until today, and it still depends on the developed commercial circulation here." Every caravan passing through here brings a lot of employment opportunities. But this is not a long-term thing, relying on others is never better than relying on yourself, and it is too dangerous to hand over your lifeline to others. "Besides, even if the merchant group of Ortlenburg is formed, it will not affect what we have agreed on. ”
Wren is very clear that the first problem that needs to be faced after the formation of the business group is the channel, don't underestimate this channel, the channel has always been the big killer of the Chamber of Commerce. To give a simple example, the Bell Chamber of Commerce gets a million tons of grain, and it can be sold through their channels in three days. But if Ortlenburg was given a million tons of grain, it would be a question of how to sell it. Many people are willing to establish a long-term supply and marketing relationship, and will not easily change the court, which is equivalent to another form of monopoly.
Rennes never expected to compete with the Capital Chamber of Commerce when he established the Ortlenburg Merchant Group, all he needed to do was to improve the living conditions of the residents of Ortlenburg and make his people live a little better.
Sarcomo breathed a sigh of relief, if Wren really wanted to vigorously support his business group, they would have to sit on wax. After all, no matter how much cross-border trade goes, they can't get rid of the special place of Ortlenburg, as long as they get stuck at the gate, they can make not a single commodity from the Byron Empire flow into Orlando, and they can also make Orlando unable to get out of Orlando.
The topic was put to rest for now, and Sarcomo inquired in a cautious tone: "I heard you got a plunder permit, didn't you?"
This is the real purpose of his visit today, and someone in the capital greeted him and asked him to find out as soon as possible what this plunder permit is, what rights and obligations it has, and what the scope of plunder is. There are a lot of people who greet here, including the capital's giant businessmen, including the president, vice president and directors of the Chamber of Commerce, as well as the nobles in the capital, some privileged classes, all of whom cannot be offended.
Some people are afraid of Wren, while others also want to get involved.
Legal plunder, there is no more lucrative business than this, even Sarcomo is tempted.
Wren knew in his heart that this was Sarcomo knowingly asking, and he didn't believe it, this old guy didn't leave an eye in Ortlenburg, and those members of the Chamber of Commerce in the city would also provide information to the general association. But then again, no matter what kind of resistance is faced, Wren is imperative.
As everyone knows, there is no business that can compare to plunder.
Wren briefly introduced that there were three plunder permits in the first batch, targeting the Weimar Corridor, the Great Western steppe of the Byron Empire, and the entire Caspian Sea.
The Weimar Corridor between Orlando and the Byron Empire is a bit like the Bering Strait on Earth, where the territory of the two empires intersects at one point, and this point is the Weimar Corridor. To the north of the Weimar Corridor is the majestic Salme Mountains, and to the south the mountains gradually flatten out, eventually reaching the end of the mountains two hundred kilometers away, and further north is a huge inland sea. Extending to the northwest is the Atlantic Ocean, and the entire continental part of the continent half-embraces the Caspian Sea.
Almost all of the plunder zones demarcated by Wren are outside of Orlando's territory.
As a cunning merchant, Sarcomo was the first to realize the value of plundering the Caspian Sea, a maritime trade route known to merchants as the Golden Passage, filled with merchant ships that traveled between Orlando, the Byron Empire, and the Full Moon. Coupled with the excellent waterways, the plundering could be quickly returned to the northern mountains via the river.
"I see!", Sarcomo nodded, pondering his thoughts.
Wren could see at a glance that this old guy was tempted, as long as there were enough benefits, the merchant could also turn into a robber. But it was clear that he didn't intend to leave this path to the Chamber of Commerce, or the guys in the capital. Just as Wren had planned, he wanted to create a new set of rules of the game, and he was not allowed to bring in predators to disrupt his plans until the rules of the game became a reality.
When the dust settles, the rules of the game become order, and no one has the courage to break it, Wren will continue to sell the second batch of plunder permits. Moreover, his real intention was not here, but in the distant imperial capital.