Jill's biggest difficulty at the moment is funding.

His entire fund was less than a thousand dinars on hand. Every day, there are a lot of expenses on the construction site, and the living expenses of more than 100 people and the cost of materials needed to go to work are a lot of money.

Jill approached the Ombudsman and asked for an advance. Jill promised that he would repay four or five for help on the construction site.

The supervision officer raised his eyebrows after listening, "Settle the month?" ”

Jill nodded, "Settle that month." It can be deducted directly from the salary at the end of the month. As you can see, my craftsmen get six or seven hundred dinars a month from the construction site, and we make a lot of money selling the materials we make to the people in the town. Now I won't hide it from you, I have financial difficulties, but I am sure that I can reverse this situation within half a year. ”

The Ombudsman smiled, "You can try it for a month first."

Gil withheld 500 dinars.

After getting the money, Jill arranged the construction site and went to the town of Fendra. There, the executioners had been waiting for him for a long time.

The leader of the executioners meets with Jill in the tavern.

When Jill came to this place again, the owner of the tavern looked at Jill with a strange expression. Jill greeted the boss, who just responded coldly.

Heading inside, Jill saw the executioners.

The executioners have great respect for Jill, especially the ambush some time ago, which makes people almost think that Jill has the ability to predict the future, and Gil's generosity and calmness leave a deep impression on the executioners.

The leader of the executioners broke away from the rest of the men and sat down alone with Jill.

"My men said they helped you catch those people."

"Yes", Jill nodded, "your people are great, we had a great time working together both times. ”

"That's right, they're all good guys. It's just that I don't understand what you said in your last letter. What do you mean by 'collaboration'? Do you want me to come and work for you? ”

"Of course not, my friend. We're just partners, I'm not your boss. ”

"But I don't have any money for you, and I'm afraid I can't do anything about it."

"I'm in charge of the funds, friend."

"Tell me about your plans."

"Okay. You know, business is in and flowing. As I made my way north, I kept a close eye on the prices on the road, and in the area around Rudaburg, alcohol and flax were very cheap, but when I got here, their prices went up a lot. Then there are the tools, there are few workshops in the south, where merchants often have to import ready-made tools from Swadia, which are expensive. But in the north, you see, there are so many craftsmen here, and I can guide them in making tools myself. ”

"You mean to transport tools from the north to the south, and then buy flax and bring it back?"

"Yes, that's true, but it's more than that. Do you know? In Vekia, the Snowmen used slaves and clever mining skills to make their iron as cheap as stone, and if we could get iron from Wekia, process it in Nord, and buy it to the south, then we could make more money. ”

"It's complicated."

"The truth is, what I want to do is more complicated. A cart of flax to the north we can earn a hundred and sixty dinars. Of course, if we had transported the linen further south and had the skilled women sew it into shirts and canvases, we would have earned us more than four hundred dinars for this wagon of linen. ”

"Yes, yes. It's the price. ”

"That's true. Of course, if you go further south with these shirts made of Nord's high-quality linen, you see, you'll be in Rhodok. Rhodoc is now home to one of the most vibrant new towns, and countless new towns are springing up on Rhodoc's soil, where residents have money but no choice for new and beautiful clothes. If there are enough Swadia clothes to be delivered to them at this time, they will not hesitate to open the purse and stuff the dinar into your hands one by one. ”

"Well, it's true, I've seen quite a few Rhodoks on the docks, and they're fascinated by fabrics."

"Yes, the Rhodoks consume an astonishing amount of silk every year, shelling out for beautiful and expensive things, and the nouveau riche of Rhodoc will not blink an eye."

"Do you mean, come back when you get to Rhodoc?"

"No, it's going south."

"Further south!"

"Yes. Do you know? The Rhodoks were rich in velvet in Aaron--- the only luxurious cloth that could rival silk. There were plenty of velvets there, and each one was sixty to seventy dinars cheaper than elsewhere. You should replace the dinar with velvet there. ”

"Uh''' Is it finally the end?"

"It's coming," Jill smiled, "and in Aaron, I know that the Rhodocs are making a big effort to attract commerce and develop shipping. In order to encourage merchants to do business in Rhodok, the Rhodoc government was willing to take care of the goods for the merchants free of charge. So you can ship the velvet into the warehouse after registration. Then you can find people from a country on the docks--- people with turbans. ”

"Salanders?"

"The people of Sarande. The villages of Salander were innumerably religious, and their headscarves, sacred flags, embroidered gold scrolls, ceremonial robes, etc., all required one of the most precious fabrics--- silk often seemed a little pompous, but another cloth was almost perfect to the requirements of the Salanders. ”

"Velvet?"

"Yes. Once you find a Salander on the docks--- one of these people who are suspicious of the Rhodocs, you can pat your chest and tell him that you keep getting the best velvet. Do you know? The Rhodoks did not allow the Salanders to go deep into the countryside to do business, and the Rhodoks always levied heavy taxes on the Salanders. At this time, if you can show your sincerity with a fair price and sufficient supply, then the Salanders will surely take your hand and say, 'Allah bears witness that we are brothers!' ’”。

"Mr. Jill, I can finally take the boat home, right?"

"No, not yet. You'll have to take a boat and follow the Salanders to Sharitz. ”

"Buy sand?"

"Hehe, if you like, you can bring some back. But you should go deep into the oases, and you know that in those dry climates but with plenty of sunshine, you can find the most wonderful things in the world--- cloves, nutmeg, pepper, sandalwood, agarwood, etc. You know the price of these spices, right, did you know that they are called 'balance grass'? ”

"Balance grass?"

"Yes, it's because the merchants have to take out a balance to buy the spices you have. You put spices on one side, and they're going to put dinars on the other. When the balance is balanced, you can shake hands, hug each other and say, 'Happy cooperation.'" And then '''"

"Then I should draw a rune on the ground, call God down, and tell him that the next thing I will look for is you!"

"Oh, that's interesting. But now you can really come back, take your spices, and come all the way back from Sharitz. The Nords and Vecchians were meat-loving, and for some male aristocrats, it was unthinkable to live without spices, which could make their meat delicious and tender, spicy or fragrant; And for those women, in order to please their husbands or lovers, there is nothing more suitable than to make themselves fragrant. ”

"Okay, okay, anything else?"

"There's nothing left. You can now sit in the warm fireplace of your home and count your coins. ”

"It's a fantasy, and if you think you're going to let me run a business just for you, you're wrong. I can dream, but I also know how many pounds and taels I have. Along the way, according to you, I need to travel all continents before I can make some money. Do you know? It was almost impossible for me to run down, it was a treacherous road that would not have been possible without someone to contact the merchant or guide me to the way. ”

"Of course, I know. But didn't you find a point? There is a peculiarity of this business line. ”

"Features?"

"Well, think about it, why I didn't think about the Kugit alone."

"Is there anything these countries have in common?"

"They're all by the sea."

"By the sea" "Well, yes, yes."

"In the past, you had to go over mountains and go through the risks to get the goods, but now you only need to stop at the ports of these countries and pay a high price, and the citizens of these countries will be driven by profit to go to the trouble for you and get the goods. I have a deep understanding of how hard the work of an executioner is, and one of my relatives is an executioner. He was injured by the bad weather, and there was a dark cloud the size of a palm in the sky, he would be speechless in pain, I know the hard work of the executioner. ”

Jill continued, "You should at least think for your men, you sit on the hardest errands, but earn a small income. Why not buy and sell the goods yourself? Don't have funds? I provide; Don't have the goods? I contact; Worried about risk? I fully undertake. ”

"There will be gains and losses, you have to let me know, how did I get such a big benefit?"

"Of course, because you've made one of the most expensive investments."

"What investment?"

"Absolutely trust me!" Jill's gaze hardened. The leader of the executioners had rarely seen such a powerful look in his eyes.

"It's as simple as that? It's simply not worth mentioning. ”

"Simple? It's not easy at all. When I can't get paid, when I don't plan well, when I'm run on someone, if you shake your trust in me in the slightest, then the result is that you lose the opportunity to make money, and I lose my career. When you say 'not worth mentioning', I don't think you're thinking carefully about how much of an investment 'absolute trust' a person is. Do you know? If you don't support me, then I only dare to live with more than a hundred craftsmen on the construction site, and if you trust me and support me, I dare to treat the entire continent as my construction site! I dare to take you and more people to live a more colorful life! Isn't this trust worth mentioning? I really don't think so. ”

Jill's tone was stern and critical, and the leader of the executioners nodded apologetically, "I'm sorry, I said it casually, and I didn't think about it. ”

"I hope you'll think about it," Jill said, gesturing to the stalkers in the distance, "these lads are toiling to the tip of their knives, and the water is in the fire, and we should cooperate with them." Bringing more people to a better life is the most exciting thing in the world. ”

"Sir," said the leader of the executioners, "I am not as ambitious as you, nor as brainy as you. One of the things that interests me the most is your promise to give us a better life. So realistically, how can we get more money to go home before the end of the month? Winters in Nord are cold and we are here every day waiting for business. No matter how good your idea is, if at the end of the month the boys still don't have the money to buy enough firewood, fresh meat, eggs, and warm clothes and bedding for their families, then it is useless to say good things. ”

Jill smiled and tapped on the table, "I like your down-to-earth attitude the most!" "Well, there's a business right now." This is the simplest part of the line of business that I have described to you. ”

"Oh? What business? ”

"Now a Wikibian merchant ship has just anchored at the dock that Fandra has not yet built, and it has brought in some Wiki cargo. I'll pay you for the boat, and you go and follow the ship to Vecchia. I'll also give you a commercial ticket for the North Sea, and you can use it to buy me as much iron as possible. Remember, the further upstream, the cheaper the iron. I will wait here at the end of the month to collect iron, and I will collect as much as you bring. ”

"Do you take the pieces of iron that we bought with our own money?"

"Of course, I will collect it at the price on the construction site. At current prices, you can earn one dinar per square of iron embryos. If you bring back a thousand square iron embryos at the end of the month, you will earn two hundred dinars; If you bring back 10,000 square iron embryos, you will earn 2,000 dinars. ”

"You have so much money to collect iron?"

"You have so much money to buy iron?"

"Good! At the end of the month, if this business is successful, we will talk about other cooperation plans! ”

"No problem."

After an afternoon of chatting, Jill finally saw off the executioners.

At this time, Jill walked over to the tavernkeeper, who had been silent.

"Daddy," Jill asked, "I notice something strange about you today. Why do you look at me weirdly? ”

The tavern keeper looked at the tavern and saw that there was no one else in the tavern, "That's the case, I heard that you had a holiday with your boss?" You know, your reputation stinks in town these days. ”

Jill had anticipated this, and Jill asked the tavernkeeper about the rumors. Then, in response to the rumors, Jill explains everything to the boss, except for the part where he blackmailed the three crooks.

The boss quickly didn't have a good impression of the old foreman, and when he saw that Jill was able to justify himself, his attitude towards Jill gradually improved.

"I say, boy. Your lover has said a lot of good things for you these days, and the noisy executioners are also talking for you. Looks like you still have allies. ”

Jill smiled faintly, and finally asked, "Daddy, is the old foreman still in town?" ”

"I didn't see him. But he had a good relationship with the old man, and the two were usually very close. I guess as soon as you enter the town, they already know you're coming. You're still going to stay here honestly and don't just walk around. ”

"Thank you, Daddy, I'm not going there. I'll go back to the construction site tomorrow. ”

"You dare! You didn't even tell me when you came to Fandra?! ”

A familiar crisp voice came.

Jill was shocked, and when she turned around, she saw Ruona standing in the doorway in a puff.

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