Old families such as the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce and the Ruan family, which have a history of one or two hundred years, always inadvertently show their strength. They come up with a lot of dishes made with plants that are rarely seen in the world. The taste is certainly quite good, but it is more of a nostalgia for someone than the amazing performance of the magicians.

In addition to the nostalgic taste of the ingredients and dishes, the dishes he ordered when he was entertained by Baron Engels and his wife on the golden waterway also became a delicacy on the table. Of course, there is lukewarm rice wine, which has never been drunk anywhere else.

In addition to warm wine, there are also red wine and elf fruit wine, which are the most common at the banquet of the nobles of the land. Although I can't tell whether the wine is good or bad, I know from other magicians that it should be a very high-end wine. However, the most popular is the warm rice wine, not only because it is winter, but also because the taste of the rice wine is quite suitable for the taste of the dishes.

Seeing these familiar wines and dishes, Ruan Van Viet also said casually at the dining table that Baron Engels' wife, Ruan Thi Hue, is his eldest daughter. And I heard a lot of comments about himself from his daughter, and admired him for a long time.

Along the table with these dishes that belong to special cuisine compared to the fascination, Nguyen Van Viet and his children and nephews also seemed to demonstrate, revealing the business map of their family chamber of commerce. In general, it directly or indirectly controls a considerable amount of agricultural land, and based on the grain produced, it has become the largest chamber of commerce that covers the eastern half of the Lost Continent, from south to north.

They also grow many crops that are characteristic and not seen elsewhere. The innumerable variety of spices is the key to their penetration of high-level people everywhere; The abundance of coarse and refined grains has given them access to the lifeblood of many countries.

And this family is not the kind of closed and conservative character who only knows how to store grain and hide money. They are quite active in turning their chips into influence and strength to expand the family business. Under this policy, the Nguyen family attaches great importance to the matter of spreading branches and leaves.

And then balabala, a bunch of nonsense. But the subtext that someone can hear is that they are profitable, so they will come to the door.

However, in the casual conversation at dinner time, there is no mention of any drama. On the contrary, it was agreed that some rice, rare spices and rice wine would be provided to a certain greedy traverser. For Ruan Wenyue, who is in charge of one place, it is like agreeing to a trivial matter, and he does not frown.

This made him a little more vigilant for someone who took advantage of something first without promising anything. As the saying goes, there is nothing to be done, and it is either a traitor or a thief. But there is another saying: embarrassment is treachery. If the other party has something to desire, he is qualified to bid. So this is not necessarily a bad thing, but you need to be much more careful with what you say.

In short, at the dinner table, it is small talk. In particular, there are a few masters of conversation, who will answer and praise in a timely manner, and will not make the atmosphere dull and awkward, even if it is someone's natural ability to talk to death.

In particular, there were several highlights in the banquet, and of course the girls did not forget to flatter the men they liked. I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate.,Basically, girls are looking at handsome guys of about the same age.,Someone is like an insulator.,Ignored or skipped.。

Of course, his age doesn't match those girls in the mood for love. After all, he is also an uncle-level character, and he can't compare with those young men. At a banquet where they meet for the first time, someone doesn't expect the other party to eat and sleep.

For the girls who participate in the banquet, it is better to choose the object of entrusting the second half of their lives, and a man who can hang the golden spike thread at a young age with a magic saint or a great magician as a backer is better than a notorious 'brave man'. The notoriety of the lich's concubine was louder than anything else in the ears of this group of young people.

So when dinner was over, the young people who had a good impression of each other moved on to other places to talk. In fact, this is also the reason why both St. Babak Abunahan and Nguyen Van Viet brought young people to this banquet.

In addition to increasing the number of people, of course, it is also to give young people the opportunity to connect and see if they can go further. As long as it can be done, it will be a good thing for the power and strength of both sides.

As for a few old guys, including Lin, of course, they came to a small salon. Except for one deacon, he did not even bring half of the guards.

Looking at this battle, I am ready to go on today's topic. Someone's been waiting for a long time.

Because it was an important matter, I didn't continue to drink, not to mention that I had just drunk enough at dinner. The old deacon with the mustache, wearing white gloves, made a pot of coffee neatly and distributed it to several guests of honor.

Taking a sip, Nguyen Van Viet said, "I heard that the way to drink coffee was discovered by His Excellency Tripwood. Originally, I thought that our family had mastered the most variety of crops, but I didn't expect that, as Your Excellency said before, everything in the world is inexhaustible and incomplete. ”

Lin smiled and said, "It's all a coincidence. I also happened to see an animal that became very excited after eating coffee cherries, which is why I made the next discovery. "That's, to paraphrase the story of the Earth Coffee Discovery.

But everyone didn't care about the truth of the words. Dharma Saint Babak Abunahan spoke, "There is now a great momentum in the Holy City for the printing of magic scrolls. However, the dominance is in the hands of the Grand Magician of Kabambai, and Your Excellency has only a small advantage in the manufacture of machines. I don't know if you have any ideas? ”

It turns out that the meat is here. Lin pretended to have an unfathomable smile and asked rhetorically, "What can I think?" ”

Patting Nguyen Van Viet on the shoulder, Babak continued: "My friend, he is in charge of the area mainly minerals, not agriculture. Have you ever thought about increasing the number of printing presses produced, and then relying on the trade routes developed by their chamber of commerce, selling them everywhere? ”

Although Ruan Wenyue did not show a trace of displeasure at the intimate performance of His Excellency the Law Saint, there was even some interaction. But it's not like old friends who know each other well, and they can play with each other or make fun of each other. Is this true ripe or fake ripe? Or is it just that he is afraid of the strength of the Fa Sheng, so he compromises and seeks perfection?

According to Lin's observation, if the Jialong Chamber of Commerce, that is, the Ruan family, did not have a different source of strength as the basis of themselves, referred to as people who pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, then their overall strength would be at the middle level, and there would be no young people who would be amazingly talented.

It's just that what someone didn't expect was that according to the usual standards of the fandi, the young people brought by Nguyen Van Viet were already excellent. Even if it is a branch of a large family, this group of people will be the focus of the new generation. It's just that the man takes the fourteenth prince as the standard, and the woman takes the lich as the standard, and everyone looks like scum.

Whether the two in front of him were acting or really helping, Lin also understood their thoughts. And this business, the thought only turned around in his mind twice, and he immediately shot the gun. He shook his head, and did not immediately refuse, but said, "Your Excellency, Mr. Ruan. Well, can I call you that? ”

After seeing the old gentleman on the other side nodding in agreement, Lin Cai spoke: "Mr. Ruan, I believe that you will propose to cooperate with me to make machines instead of printing magic scrolls, because you want to give full play to the advantages of the region you are in charge of, which is mainly minerals. That's right. ”

Ruan Wenyue replied without thinking: "That's right. The mines I have mastered are mainly ordinary iron ore, with only a small amount of magic metal. In terms of region, it can be regarded as an abundant production. It's just that the main route of the family's business is still food, so I haven't been able to get too many resources and have not achieved much. In addition, I have always been limited by my family's policy, and I haven't had a big war for a long time, so I can't focus on making weapons and armor. ”

The family policy mentioned by Nguyen Van Viet is because the Nguyen family once founded the country and then died in the ancestors. Therefore, the surviving family members are quite sensitive to this aspect of the matter, for fear of stimulating the sensitive nerves of other countries and attacking them again. But in fact, there are still a group of people who believe that the family should rise to the challenge and regain the glory of its heyday.

Without indicating what position he was standing on, Nguyen Van Viet only said: "This time I want to cooperate with Your Excellency, that is, I heard that the main body of the printing press is actually made of ordinary metal, and only a small part of it needs to use magic materials. You provide the technology, I provide the materials and the sales of the trade route. I believe that this cooperation will bring great benefits to both of us. ”

The other party can be regarded as opening the hole cards. It stands to reason that the next step is the time to rip off the skin and share the pie of interests. However, Lin Ke did not plan to go according to the other party's arrangement, but said: "Mr. Ruan, don't ask me questions that I disagree with. Let me start by looking at what I've seen in the Holy City during this time about the printing magic scroll industry, and maybe you will have a different idea. ”

What Lin said, of course, was the customer-level positioning of the printing press, and the boom in printing magic scrolls in the Holy City, which immediately encountered the problem of insufficient raw materials.

These words did not mean anything to the ears of the Dharmasin Babak Abunahan.

If there are any difficulties in the process of printing magic scrolls, how do you plan to overcome them? Whether the problem is solved or not, it is of great significance to the mage's accumulation of experience, and of course he will listen carefully and even give his own advice. But when it comes to market, positioning, or something, Babak doesn't understand it, but he also finds it boring.

But Nguyen Van Viet is not a magician, not a warrior, even if someone in his ancestors has been a king, what he has learned from childhood to adulthood in his bones is how to be a businessman.

Perhaps at first, the magician in front of him said a lot of terms he didn't understand. But with a little explanation, he was soon able to combine it with his own experience, and not only understood these particular terms, but also judged whether what the magician said was reasonable.

Although he said that he could ignore it, he desperately sold printing presses, ignoring whether there were enough raw materials for making magic scrolls in a certain area. But no one is stupid, when a business is not profitable, the sales of this business will plummet, or even zero in one area.

Doing so, of course, is damaging to one's own goodwill. And if you want to continue to make this money, you can only ship the machine farther away to sell.

To put it simply, it's not a business that can last a long time.