Chapter 251: The Dispute of the Chicke Chamber of Commerce (Part II)

"Okay, second brother, don't say that about Murray Buck, the third brother also did this for the sake of the future of the Chamber of Commerce. It's happened, and we need to figure out how to fix it, instead of sitting here and complaining. "The one who said this was the eldest young master Seriham, who had been silent, and he was very satisfied with winning the competition with the third brother and being designated as the heir of the Chamber of Commerce by President Chickede, and he was usually cautious in his words and deeds, and maintained a modest and peaceful attitude. But at this time, it is also good for him to show his brother's friendship and broad-mindedness.

"Father, uncles, in fact, what the second brother said is very reasonable, if we really have to fight that Earl Norton to the death, the loss of the Chamber of Commerce will be very large. It will even affect the hegemony of our Chamber of Commerce in the southern seas. Shiloas Island is large, but after all, it is in the northern seas. For the Chamber of Commerce, there is no room for failure in the southern seas, and we can't afford to lose one or the other......"

The eldest young master is obviously speaking from the position of the second young master, but it is beyond reproach that he does this, the second young master Seboyev has clearly explained the consequences of continuing to implement the northern strategy, it is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, but if the price paid exceeds the benefits, then it will have to be carefully considered.

President Chicked also hesitated: "We set our goal on Shirois Island because the Chamber of Commerce dominates the sea, and it is best to use the island as a territory, but there are no suitable islands in the southern seas, and we can't get such a large territory in the coastal territory......"

Yes, the next business alliance will implement the lord system, and the seven presidents of the chamber of commerce who hold the power of the business alliance will be crowned dukes, so there must be a grand duke. The other six future dukes all have goals, but the Hilovas Island that their chamber of commerce has taken a fancy to has twists and turns, the grand duke is important, but it is very uneconomical to compensate the entire chamber of commerce for this territory.

The eldest young master, Seliham, coughed clearly, and was about to speak, he, like the second young master Seboyev, was not optimistic about the northern strategy implemented by the Chamber of Commerce, and made Shiloas Island a family territory. For him, there are two bad points about this strategy, the first point is that the island of Hilovas is too far away from the city of Moldon, and the fastest boat will take about twenty days to go back and forth, so the ghost is willing to go to the island where the birds do not lay eggs to stay moldy, and away from the prosperity of the city of Moldon, it will make people feel that life is boring and meaningless.

The second point is that this so-called northern strategy is still implemented by the third brother Murray Buck, whom he hates the most, and his father is too partial, since he has designated me as the heir of the Chamber of Commerce, then why do he still give the third brother a heavy responsibility? Not only does he still let him be in charge of the trade route in the north, but he also lets him implement the northern strategy related to the future of the Chamber of Commerce......

In terms of personal talent, the eldest young master Seliham does not have the amazing talent for martial arts like the second young master Seboyev, and he is already a golden one-star fighting rank before the age of thirty-five. Grandpa Udi, the second-level great sword master of the Chamber of Commerce, was full of praise for him, thinking that he was very likely to break through to become a first-level great sword master before the age of fifty, and would become the pillar of force of the Chamber of Commerce in the future.

Compared with the third young master Murray Buck, the eldest young master Seriham does not have the ability to be calculating and turn over the clouds. Like the third young master's trip to the Shayslan Kingdom to deal with the spice trade this time, it was really terrifying, and even let the little king who resisted the chamber of commerce's monopoly on the spice trade die of a violent illness, this is the first time that the chamber of commerce has interfered in the royal affairs of a kingdom, I have to say that although the third young master Murray Barker is bold and reckless, the result of the matter is extremely satisfying.

Compared with the two younger brothers, the eldest young master Seliham is relatively mediocre, since he was a child in the Chamber of Commerce, he can only be called a standard businessman, buy low and sell high, see the seams, in terms of capturing business opportunities, he is stronger than the two younger brothers. And this point is what the top management of the Chamber of Commerce values the most, nothing can be better than bringing benefits to the Chamber of Commerce, and it is enough to be the heir of the Chamber of Commerce.

It's just that after getting the news that the business alliance is going to implement the lord system, and his father is going to be named the grand duke, the eldest young master Seriham also has his own plans, after all, after a hundred years, the title of this duke will fall on his head, so where the family territory is, you have to think carefully.

The eldest young master, Seliham, has a crush on the Duchy of Ulubaha. The Principality of Ulubaha is located to the south of the Fort Business Alliance, and can also be said to be the starting point of the golden coastline of the Southern Sea. To the south of the plain of Falis Hill, where the city of Moriente is located, is the Cristo Hills, and further south of the Cristo Hills is the Titanini Mountains, where the Dwarven kingdom is located. At the southern end of the Tidanini Mountains is the Duchy of Ulubaha.

The topography of the Principality of Urubaha is good to be said to be surrounded by mountains and seas, but to be said to be poor, the people are strong, rich in mercenaries and robbers, and half of the pirates who are infested in the sunny sea are poor fishermen along the coast of the Principality of Urubakha. They are entangled in groups, but it doesn't matter whether you are a big chamber of commerce or a big fleet, as long as you have the opportunity to catch a handful, you will run, and if you are not careful, it will cause heavy losses to the merchants.

The eldest young master Seliham is purely from the perspective of a businessman, the Principality of Ulubaha is half barren mountains and hills, half is tidal flats and beaches, there is not much arable land, the most famous is the Ulubaha Underground Cave, which is recognized as the seven dangerous places on the mainland, the legend says that this cave leads to the mysterious underground world, and people who go to explore will not come back nine times out of ten. However, this is not in the consideration of the eldest young master, he is a businessman, not a mercenary or an adventurer. Maybe he can also use the treacherous place of the underground cavern to attract those adventurers to go on an expedition to make a fortune, and as for the life or death of those who go to explore, it is none of his business......

The Principality of Ulubaha is a poor country, but for businessmen it is just a poor operator, and it is enough to change the right person. The eldest young master, Seriham, thinks that he is the right person, not to mention that the dense primeval forest in the principality is the best place to provide good timber, but now the grand duke of the principality is reluctant to invest in road construction, so that he misses this good source of money. Moreover, the duchy is connected to the Tidanini Mountains, and if it is connected to the dwarven kingdom, you can make a lot of money just by reselling the dwarven specialties. By the way, you can also explore ore veins and invest in development, and there are many ideas to make a fortune like this.

The biggest advantage is that once the Principality of Ulubaha becomes its own territory, it can turn the pirates belonging to the Principality into use, which can not only reduce the cost of suppressing the thieves but also increase the strength of the Chamber of Commerce's fleet, as long as it costs a very small price, those poor fishermen who have only one life left can become the sailors and crew members of the fleet, reducing the expenditure and burden of the salary of the fleet personnel.

It only takes three or four days to reach the Duchy of Ulubaha from the city of Morente to the Duchy of Ulubaha, and the transportation is convenient, and after the capture of the Duchy of Ulubaha, the Chamber of Commerce can build its base there, as the starting point of the golden coastline, and it will be easier to grasp the dominance of the southern maritime trade routes.

However, it is not without difficulty to occupy the principality of Ulubaha, but it is extremely difficult. First of all, the current Grand Duke of Ulubaha is a very famous old stubborn, and he is still a third-level great sword master, although he has no hope of advancing to the rank of Sword Saint, he is seventy or eighty years old, but his muscles and bones are still healthy, and he is not so easy to deal with. Secondly, the Grand Duke had two elite legions of about 24,000 men, which was the foundation of the Principality and the main means for the Grand Duke to make money.

Don't doubt that the Principality of Ulubaha is so poor that it can support these two legions, although the scale is small, the cost is also very large. But in fact, the two legions were rented out as a whole, one legion was rented out at a time, and after the mission expired, they came back to the other legion for rent, and they were replaced alternately, earning a large amount of wealth with blood for the Grand Duke of Ulubaha.

However, the eldest young master Seliham thinks that if the Chamber of Commerce can occupy the Principality of Ulubaha as a territory, then the incorporation of these two legions can make up for the shortcomings of the Chamber of Commerce on land, so that he will not use these two legions to rent out his life, and I believe that the soldiers of these two legions should be able to return to the Chamber of Commerce soon after knowing about it.

Third, Grand Duke Ulubaha is also the cousin of the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, which is also the biggest difficulty faced by the eldest young master, Seriham. I don't know if the idea of fighting the Principality of Ulubaha will make the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce angry, causing the giants of the two business alliances to clash over this, which will affect the pattern of the business alliance and change. This is the main reason why the top brass of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce never turned their attention to the Principality of Ulubaha.

The eldest young master Seriham doesn't think so, the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce is also a businessman, and if he is a businessman, then everything has a price, as long as the negotiation is good, the deal can be dealed, if the price paid by the Chikde Chamber of Commerce makes the president of the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce excited, then the biggest problem can be solved.

For the eldest young master, Seliham, the difficulties ahead are not a problem, the biggest problem is how to convince the top management of the Chamber of Commerce, because even if the Principality of Ulubaha successfully becomes the territory of the Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce still needs to invest no less than nearly 10 million gold fords in the construction of public infrastructure, improve people's livelihood, and accommodate people's hearts. While these would be good for consolidating the rule of the Chamber of Commerce, and would slowly bring a steady stream of profits, it would be too slow and time-consuming for the merchants, and it would really not be a good deal.

The eldest young master, who knows the temperament of businessmen, feels that now is a good opportunity to put forward his own proposal while the high-level of the Chamber of Commerce is undecided, and he should have a great deal of confidence in passing it. Rather than invest money in a death battle with the Earl of Norton, it would be better to flow to the Duchy of Ulubaha, at least there is hope of recovering the capital.

It's a pity that the eldest young master Seliham was a step slower, because the second young master Seboyev stood up and said, "I have a way..."

The second young master, Seboyev, hung a large nautical chart on the wall, which was no stranger to the various high-level members of the Chamber of Commerce, which was a map of the sunny sea area, with nearly a thousand islands and reefs of all sizes distributed on it.

No, the area of the largest island in the Sunshine Sea can only accommodate a small village, and even many islands are steep rocky mountains, and there is no way to build a settlement, how can this place be the territory of the Chamber of Commerce?

"You see, in the sunny sea area of the south, there are nearly a thousand islands, although the largest island is not as big as a barony, but most of this sea area is shallow, the deepest is only one or twenty meters, and the shallow is two or three meters.

We have connected the twenty-seven islands in the middle with a red line, and if we fill in all the shallow seas inside, we will have a larger island territory than Shilovas Island, and no one will dispute this territory. Our Chamber of Commerce can rely on this reclaimed territory to gradually control the entire Sunshine Sea, repel the pirates in this sea area, and make this the foundation of the Chamber of Commerce and the family for thousands of years......"

The second young master Seboyev talked endlessly, but the eldest young master Seliham covered his forehead in distress, this is simply a pig teammate! The second brother actually peddled his high theory of reclamation at this time, but he didn't want to think about the high cost of reclamation, the time and the slow effect, and he had to invest most of the force of the chamber of commerce to exterminate those pirates who infested nearly a thousand islands in the sunny sea, is this what my father is willing to do, we are businessmen, what we want is a business with quick results and a lot of profits......

It's over, now even if he proposes to make the Principality of Ulubaha as a target, no one is willing to pay attention to it, and with a "jewel" like the second brother in front of him, it will be difficult to convince his father and the senior management of the Chamber of Commerce to adopt his suggestion. The eldest young master Seliham sighed secretly, it seems that he has to find another opportunity, I really don't understand what the second brother thinks, he has long said that his idea is impossible to realize, or so stubborn, one is more uneasy than the other.

Sure enough, the third brother Murray Buck's mocking laughter suddenly sounded, interrupting the second young master Seboyev's speech.

Second Young Master Seboyev said angrily: "What are you laughing at?"

The third young master, Murray Buck, finally seized this opportunity to take revenge, how could he be frightened by him? Step forward and blurt out a series of questions: "My dear second brother, your idea is really wonderful, it is really exciting to have such a large territory in the Sunshine Sea. But do you think about how much manpower and material resources it will take to reclaim this area, how much money will it take, and how long will it take for the Chamber of Commerce to own this territory?"

"Uh......." Second Young Master Seboyev was stunned when asked: "I haven't thought about this, but the Chamber of Commerce can find someone to calculate it......"

"No need to find someone, I have already calculated for you, to fill this sea area, the Chamber of Commerce has to invest at least two or three million Jinford every year, and nearly a thousand large cargo ships transporting earth and rock, and it will take ten years to fill in one-third of the area within the red line you have drawn. ”

The third young master Murray Buck looked at the second young master Seboyev as if he was looking at a fool: "My dear second brother, do you know how much our chamber of commerce earns in a year? less than two million goldfords, dividends and various expenses can enter the chamber of commerce's treasury less than 400,000. Why does the Chamber of Commerce refuse to agree to your application to build another armed fleet? Because we can't afford to support it, do you know how much it costs you to exterminate pirates in a year? 500,000 goldfords, almost all the income of the northern fleet in a year......

I really don't understand how you can take such a brainless suggestion for granted, fill in the sunny sea, and you think about it, is this what we have to do as a chamber of commerce, this has to be an empire to complete the mission, and it will take decades of time. Our father, as the president of the Chicke Chamber of Commerce, is only an archduke even if he is knighted, and fills in the archipelago of the Sunshine Sea as a territory, are you ready to make our father the biggest joke in Galinthia for thousands of years?

Why can other Grand Dukes seize other people's territories and we can't? In a few months, the business alliance will immediately implement the lord system, and then the six major chambers of commerce will have territories, and we haven't, so how can you let us Chikde Chamber of Commerce stand among the seven giants, do you tell others that we are reclaiming the sea, and wait another ten years to see the shadows?

No matter how you object, Second Brother, you can't help but admit that at this stage, there is no more suitable territory for our Chamber of Commerce than Hilovas Island, right? Is the inheritance of military merits and nobles very powerful? Is the third-level Great Sword Master very remarkable? Isn't he still a person? As long as he is not a Sword Saint, then we have a way to deal with him.

Although our Chamber of Commerce has suffered heavy losses due to carelessness and lack of intelligence, I believe that with the strength of our Chamber of Commerce, we can still deal with this enemy, and now that we have learned the details of this Earl of Norton, as long as we carry out detailed investigation and careful arrangement, we will definitely win!"

"You, you don't know the horror of a third-level great sword master at all, especially since this Earl Norton is still so young, he may even become a sword saint in the future, you are irresponsible to push the Chamber of Commerce into a place of no return!" Second Young Master Seboyev angrily accused.

"You're cowardly before you fight!" the third young master, Murray Buck, retorted, "In that case, let's kill him first while he's not a sword saint now, so as not to threaten the Chamber of Commerce in the future." Anyway, he is only a third-level great sword master, we can go and invite foreign aid, the Two-Headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce both have a third-level great sword master, and the Visia Chamber of Commerce has two second-level great sword masters, and we spend a lot of money to invite them. As long as it can be solved with money, it is not a problem. If there are not enough four great sword masters, we will invite eight, as long as we kill this earl, his family may be separated and collapsed, and there will never be any more situations you feared......"

"You ......" The second young master Seboyev was speechless, and he wanted to step forward in a hurry to pull up his sleeves.

"Stop! Seboyev, you step down for me!" President Chikde glared at his second son, and his idea of reclamation was a big joke. The words of the third son Murray Buck just now simply spoke to his heart, indeed, the island of Hilois is indeed the easiest territory to obtain, as long as the Earl of Norton, who is a great swordsman, is eliminated.

"Second Uncle, what do you think?" President Chicked asked the Uhdi Great Sword Master next to him.

Chikde Chamber of Commerce is not a family Chamber of Commerce, the original name of the Chamber of Commerce is Sword and Barrel Chamber of Commerce, which was established by several friends in partnership, and later Chikde's ancestor became the president of the Chamber of Commerce to develop into one of the seven giants of the business alliance, and obtained 70% of the equity, which changed the name of the Chamber of Commerce to Chikde Chamber of Commerce, and the position of president was passed down from generation to generation by the Chikde family.

And the original families who participated in the shares also depended on the chamber of commerce to survive, and those who were incapable of the chamber of commerce had no worries about their annual dividends, and most of the capable ones served as the senior management of the chamber of commerce, such as the family of the Udi swordsman was one of them, and the Udi swordsman was found to have a talent for martial arts when he was a child, and the chamber of commerce invested a lot of money in careful training, making him now the force guarantee of the chamber of commerce.

Seniorly, President Chikde is to call Udi the Great Sword Master his uncle.

The Udi Great Swordsman shook his head with a wry smile: "I have been on the ship where Kumori died, and I have seen the scene after the fierce battle. To be honest, the four Great Sword Masters are not safe, please have eight, all of them must be above the Second Level Great Sword Master, so as to ensure that the Earl Great Sword Master can be eliminated. If you make up your mind, don't worry about the cost, as long as the Chamber of Commerce can earn back anything. ”

President Chikde slapped the table, "Alright, then decide to put the family territory on the island of Shilowas." Needless to say. Murray Buck, you send someone to find out the whereabouts of the Earl of Norton and the details of his family, and you have to pass on all the information on the island of Hilowas, and I won't spare you if I miss anything......

Seriham, you go and contact the second-level great swordsmen of the other chambers of commerce, see how much it will cost them to make a move, and agree to everything you can, we can't ask people to work hard and make people say that they are stingy......"

"Yes, father. The eldest young master, Seliham, stood up and nodded respectfully in agreement.

...... (To be continued.) )