Chapter III Negotiations
With the barking of the tribal dogs, the three disappeared into the night sky.
Jenny stood dumbfounded at the head of the village and said, "Is this still my brother Karon? Cowardly, he will not say such words, and his eyes will not release that shrewd brilliance, is it a soul change, oh! Allah willing, that is impossible." Come back, I'll wait for you. ”
The weather in the north is like this, the September sun is not too scorching, the cool northeast wind brings a chill, although the three of them are sweating profusely, but they still dare not open their clothes. There are very few villages on both sides of the road, and after walking more than 60 kilometers of the road, I only see two villages, low adobe houses, with thatch on them, accompanied by the whistling northeast wind, as if they can be blown down at any time. Compared with these tribes, Zhou Gang feels very satisfied, the hidden tribe relies on the endless forest, lives in wooden houses, and there are endless small animals on the edge of the forest, there is shelter and food, everyone works together to pay the poll tax, and live a stable life without quarrel with the world.
Mo Moray didn't know how many times he urged: "Arthur, can you be faster, let's not waste time on the road, the packages are all carried by me, why can't you keep up without anything." ”
"You catch up with my three steps in one step, you go yours, and I promise not to be pulled down. "Arthur has a good temper, maybe the teachers do.
On the road, Zhou Gang had been asking Arthur about the situation in the town, and learned that the largest shop in the town was Ura's, and in the background was Lord Hills, the largest merchant in the border city forty kilometers southwest of Thoma Town. The border city is a small city in the westernmost part of the Kursler Empire, because of its proximity to the Endless Forest and the Death Swamp, the local products are very rich, and it is more prosperous than other small cities. Fish and eyes are mixed, forced to buy and sell, life and death and plunder, the lowest line of survivors is here to survive, often a gold coin gives you thirty silver coins is good. Giving one-third of the market price has evolved into an unspoken rule. If you don't sell something, then wait to become a dead man! Everything is decided by fists, so the bosses who do business in the border cities all have deep backgrounds.
At noon, the three of them finally arrived in the town of Thoma after more than seven hours, and the three of them were exhausted after a distance of more than 80 kilometers. From a distance, the height of the buildings is different, because of the figure, the houses of the giant clan are particularly tall, the adults of the giant clan are generally between two and a half meters to three meters, the human race is the same as the earth, the difference is that they all live together, the walls of the civil structure house are very thick, the weather in the north is very cold after winter, the five-month snowfall period, the coldest time can reach more than 40 degrees below zero. Some taverns have built braziers to solicit business.
Arthur walked in front with ease, and Zhou Gang had already told him that if he wanted to sell it, he would sell it at the largest store, and said that there was a way to sell the item at a good price.
After a while, the three of them came to this shop, the five-meter-high door was wide open, and there was an endless stream of people coming and going, and after coming in, Zhou Gang found that it was not noisy as he imagined, but they all talked in a depressed voice, making trouble here, then I'm sorry, if you don't have a background, you will be a glorious slave tomorrow. Big shops have the credibility of big shops, and here except for a third of the unspoken rules, merchants will no longer lower prices. So word of mouth is still very good. In a circle of counters on three sides, six or seven clerks are looking after customers with cold faces.
Zhou Gang told the two of them on the way, and everything listened to him after arriving at the store. After arranging the two people, Zhou Gang came to the counter and said to a clerk: "Is your boss here? ”
The clerk glanced at Zhou Gang and said, "Wait a minute." After speaking, he walked to the back door without hesitation, because he knew that as long as the person who came was not a fool, there must be something wrong with the boss, it had nothing to do with him if he was a fool, and there was nothing wrong with not being a fool himself.
After a while, a forty-year-old giant walked in arrogantly and said to Zhou Gang, "You have something to do with me?"
"You're Boss Ula, I do have something to do with you, can you find a place to talk?"
"Remember, boy, if you have nothing to do, I'll make you not see the sun tomorrow. Ulla turned and walked to the backyard.
Mo Moray and Arthur were frightened when they saw this scene, and hurriedly took two steps forward to ask for mercy, Zhou Gang waved his hand and said, "You guys are waiting here, it's going to be fine, please believe me." With that, he turned and walked to the backyard.
Arthur said to Momorey in surprise: "Did you notice, Karon has changed a little bit since yesterday, I have more contact with him, I know him too well, he knows all the words I taught, but the style of doing things is not like this, I hope this kid doesn't cause trouble for us, otherwise we will be finished." ”
"I feel a little different, but from the look in his eyes I'm sure this kid won't hurt us, just wait and see. ”
Zhou Gang followed Ula to the backyard, Ulla turned around and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "There is no one here, you say it, you should know the consequences if you play me." ”
"Let's go into the house and say, come and send you money, I can't stand and send it, if you don't welcome it, I can find another partner, they all say that Boss Ula never lacks a pound or two in business, pay attention to reputation, I came to you." Zhou Gang deliberately held it a little.
Ulla hesitated for a moment, laughed, and waved his hand to let Zhou Gang into the side hall.
After they all sat down, Ula looked at Zhou Gang, who was speaking completely out of proportion to his age, and said, "Say, what is the way to send money." ”
"This has to start some time ago, one day I was hunting, accidentally walked into a cave, and found a book in it, which recorded a lot of home remedies, because there are too many years, I can only see one of them, and the others can't be seen at all, this home remedy is to use simple materials to make a thing that is not available on this continent, although its value is not as good as pearl agate, but it is rare and expensive, I think Ula boss should understand the business opportunities here, I hope that Ulla boss will immediately send someone to the border city to invite Lord Hills, I want to talk to him。 "Zhou Gangyunshan fog cover nonsense, anyway, there is material, you don't care how it came.
After Ulla listened, he was completely stunned, he deeply understood the huge profits of monopoly business after many years of business experience, if what he said was true, this matter should be reported in time, and he understood that there was a God of Wealth today, and he couldn't eat it, and he didn't dare to eat it. Hurriedly said: "How do you prove that what you said is the truth, did you bring that book, show me." ”
"The book made me burn, the content is all in my head, there should be no second person in this world who has read it except me, if I have seen it, the goods have already been produced, you are my first audience, the reason why I chose you is because of the influence of Lord Hills in the border city and the reputation of the boss of Ulla. Zhou Gang sat on a small bed-like chair and carried another handful of ula, this is human nature, and they like to be praised.
Zhou Gang touched his chest with one hand and continued with a serious face: "Allah, I guarantee with my head that what I said is true, now you should always believe it, my time is limited, please hurry up? By the way, Boss Ula, my uncle and teacher are still scared outside." Also, prepare me a few hundred catties of white clay, nasu, sandstone, and a furnace, and some materials I will write on paper for you. "Hey, everyone here believes in Allah, so let's borrow you once, Zhou Gang thought in his heart.
When Ulla heard this, he understood that this should be true, because no one on this continent dared to joke with Allah except for stupidity, stupidity, madness, and madness, and besides, three people were here, which was equivalent to three hostages, and took the paper into his hand.
"You sit down first, and I'll arrange for someone to bring Master Hills as quickly as possible. Before Ulla finished speaking, the man had already arrived in the courtyard.
Zhou Gang shouted towards the courtyard: "Don't forget to tell Master Shears to bring a few craftsmen." Also, we brought some goods and wanted to sell them, hoping to give the full price. ”
Ulla's voice was heard in the distance: "These things are easy to say. ”
Mo Moray and Arthur sat on the chair with wide eyes and looked at Zhou Gang, who was drinking water one by one, cramped and uneasy, and said over and over again: "Karon, you must not cause trouble, the people of the tribe are still waiting for us to go back, if something happens to you, how can we explain to Jenny." Why did Ulla change us so much, did you deceive him? ”
Zhou Gang put down the pottery cup and stood up and said solemnly to the two: "You don't have to care about anything, everything has me, you can rest easy." ”
Mo Moray flipped the money bag in his hand with one hand, and patted his bald head with one hand and still wondered, this is three times more than before, let it be fate, this is going to be able to return to the tribe I can blow.
Zhou Gang sensed Ula before, and knew that he had written a letter first, and then handed it over to the two people to hurry up and invite Hills, instructed a guy to calculate the full price of the goods for Zhou Gang's three people, and sent another guy to clean the guest room. It is worthy of being in business, and things are done without leakage. Zhou Gang knew that if Hills came, he couldn't get something that satisfied them, and the three of them would be gone.
After dark, the noisy streets finally fell silent, except for the occasional burst of laughter from the bar. Standing in front of the window to meet the autumn wind, Zhou Gang rejects Ulla's invitation and blocks Momorey and Arthur's request to go out. He understands that he must be a low-key person at all times, the less information Ulla has, the more respect he will have, it doesn't matter where he lives or what he is called, what matters is what Zhou Gang has in his head, Zhou Gang will slowly squeeze it to him like milking a cow, let others know that there is still more milk, and if you want to get it, you have to come up with enough chips. Starting tomorrow, I want to make this continent wonderful because of me.