As early as the initial decision to start with money, Lynn received a lot of opinions and news from the barrage, and I have to say that Lynn was surprised by their knowledge.

"From a small trader to a large business empire", "How to use power to make money quickly", "Various ways to wash black money" and so on.

These things make Lynn feel that they are more or less a thousand-year-old criminal, the kind that can't atone for their sins just by cutting off their heads.

Of course, after ruling out some impossible criminal acts, they finally succeeded in coming up with a very feasible plan for Lynn that fit Lynn's current situation.

It's called, Suppression and Annexation.

Lynn told Corina the detailed revised plan, and Corinna, who didn't understand business, was so ignorant that she couldn't analyze the advantages, but after thinking about the cake that Lynn had drawn, she thought it was indeed a good idea, so she honestly carried it out.

It's just that she doesn't know how much change this seemingly ordinary business plan will bring to this kingdom.

Summer in the Rhine is rarely scorching, but today is a particularly shady day, perfect for shopping.

Half a month after the wedding, Marlena finally saw her sister again in a restaurant of high grade.

Sitting face to face, Marlena looked at her sister with an aggrieved face: "Sister! Have you forgotten about me and haven't come back to see me for so long? ”

“.” Marika ignored her sister's coquettishness and only gave her a blank look, "I thought you would care about why I came out to you during my honeymoon with my husband." ”

"Huh? That's right! That's when Malena reacted.

It stands to reason that for a period of time after the wedding, shouldn't the newlyweds be sweet and tired of being together all day long?

Could it be said.

"That guy isn't very good, what are you doing beating me?" Marlena covered her head, she was really a little aggrieved now.

"Forget it, you stayed in the hotel all day that day, I really don't know." Marika sighed, "On the afternoon of his wedding, he was called away by the Knights. ”

"Eh?!!" Marlena's eyes widened, "That is, on your wedding night, the groom is not there?!" ”

"Yes, no, not only that night, but also the days after, if my father hadn't set us a new house, I wouldn't know how to deal with his family."

"Didn't he tell you what's going on?"

"Nope."

Marlena was a little angry: "This is too irresponsible, even if it is a big arrangement, I have to tell you first, right? This bastard, isn't it?"

She kind of wanted to wonder if that guy didn't treat his sister as a wife with whom she could spend her life, but under the threat of her sister's eyes, she honestly swallowed this stupid sentence.

Marika was actually a little frustrated, but she still tried her best to defend her husband in front of her sister to avoid stiffening the relationship between her closest people: "He must have encountered something very important, and besides, we have only been married for a long time, and our views on the relationship have not changed"

In the end, she felt that she was also showing signs of getting darker and darker, so she chose to change the subject.

"Anyway, the weather is nice today, let's go shopping."

At this time, Marlena showed a rare well-behavedness, nodded honestly, and agreed.

The sisters' shopping location did not choose the silver avenue that most people yearn for.

Marika is a thrifty woman, although she is not short of money, but she is really not interested in things with very low cost performance, Marlena is not reluctant to go to Silver Avenue, but today she is a supporting role, and it is her task to honestly follow her sister to please her sister.

After the two of them left the restaurant, they did not take the carriage, but chatted and walked down the street, towards the west side of Catalena, where there was a very special area.

There are no subdivisions in the city of Catalena, or rather, each street is a block, with a separate administrator, and people say the name of the street when they say they want to go, but there is only one place, which is obviously many streets, but it is collectively called "the school lot".

Because, this is the territory of the church.

Here, the Starlight Church has set up a number of church schools that teach children literacy for free while instilling faith in them.

The existence of a large number of schools means that there will be a lot of demand for food, clothing and other diversified cheap consumer goods, and if there is demand, there will be a market, so these streets are full of all kinds of shops.

They don't pay as much attention to brand and quality as Silver Avenue, and even lack the tricks, but the advantage is that they are where most people consume, and because there are too many homogeneous stores, they have to improve the quality.

In short, most people will probably go to the Silver Mile to see the world if they are just shopping, but if you want something like that, in Catalena, the church school district, is usually the first choice of the public.

As she was about to arrive in the area around the church school, Marika suddenly remembered that her sister had been complaining that she didn't like her clothes, "Marlena, did you buy new clothes?" I've been to a shop before, and their craftsmanship is pretty good, or else."

"No, no, no, no." Marlena shook her head frantically, almost writing her reluctance on her face.

In terms of the choice of clothes, although Marika will consider her sister's opinion, she also has her own principles in it, like Marlena once told her that when she wanted to try clothes that she thought were very revealing (the sleeves and hems were slightly shorter than normal clothes), she immediately used physical means to kill her sister's idea, and turned around and ordered her a batch of suits that did not show a trace except for the neck and hands.

Marlena's heart is so bitter.

Obviously, she looks really good in those clothes, why is she treated like a devil by her sister!

God knows why there is such a gap between people and people's aesthetics!

So, after she was a little older and qualified to buy her own clothes, she never wanted to tell her sister what she wanted to buy - but before she got married, Marika still obtained the right to buy Marlena's clothes through special means (telling her father), and said with practical actions that she would never let her sister go down the wrong path.

In short, when Marlena, who had finally escaped from her sister's shackles and was able to let herself go, heard that she was going to return to the dark ages again, she longed for her head to become a pointer on a large turntable, and her voice became as loud as the bell of the big bell tower, hoping to refuse her sister's arrangement in such a way that hit her soul directly.

It's a pity that the blood suppression made her idea really just a fantasy, and in the end she couldn't compete with her sister, so she honestly followed her into a clothing store.

However, when they entered the store, the scene was somewhat unexpected.

"Huh," Marika looked around blankly, "Why is there no one?" ”

This ready-to-wear store, which was once popular because of its craftsmanship, has become crowded today, and the surrounding clothing styles are obviously quite exciting, but no one appreciates them.

"Miss Shanya, Miss Shanya, are you there?"

As Marika shouted, the door at the back of the shop was hurriedly opened, and a woman with a haggard face walked out.

Seeing the familiar guest, the woman's eyes finally had a little light: "It's you, miss, do you have any requirements today?" ”

"Hmm"

Marika spoke her mind, and she found that Miss Shania was noticeably more serious and more enthusiastic than usual when she recorded her request—not that she was cold as usual, but that there were too many guests to take care of everyone, and that her attitude was obviously better without other guests.

"Miss Shania." When Shania put away her notes, Marika finally couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Today, what's going on, how?"

"No guests, right?" Shania sighed, "You don't know, I don't know where a merchant came from nowhere, and he has opened a few shops with us. ”

"One more competitor? But I suppose that with your craft, ordinary people can't steal your guests, right? ”

"My craftsmanship is good, but," Shania stopped and sighed again, "Clothes are such things, in fact, after a certain point, the quality is difficult to improve, unless it is put on the silver avenue to improve the grade, otherwise, it is almost the same." ”

"The reason why I can't sell clothes now is that the quality of the things bought in the merchant's store is a little worse than mine, but the price is much lower, and in our judgment, it is even only the cost price."

"Cost price?" Marlena leaned over at this time, "Is that person doing charity?" Or is it a deliberate attempt to make trouble? ”

Shania was silent for a moment and said, "At first, we thought he was competing maliciously, but soon we found out that his purpose was not to steal our business at all. ”

"That person, using low prices, snatched a large number of guests from many peers, and it is okay to people like me who rely on craftsmanship to attract a large number of old customers, but most of the things in the hands of people are actually not irreplaceable, when the lower price of the same style of goods appears, the vast majority of people, will definitely choose the lower price one."

"And things like clothes, people don't have to buy every day, and buying one or two pieces is almost enough to get through the season, so after being robbed of a large number of customers, many people's businesses can't go on."

"Then, the man appeared and revealed his true purpose."

"He offered a price to buy our store"

"—he defeated us in order to take our shop."

“！”

Marlena was shocked and said angrily, "That's a brute! Malicious competition, forcible acquisition, how can you bully people like this!! ”

"Uh," Shania said embarrassedly, "it's not a forced purchase, because the price he offers is quite appropriate, and as for not selling, he won't call someone to come up and block the door - there are not many customers coming anyway." ”

“.”

Listening to this, Marika was a little puzzled.

Tallinnkos was a merchant family, and as the eldest daughter, although she was not raised as an heir, she had more or less developed a little business sense under long-term contact.

But in the face of this war that is obviously commercial, she can't dig out anything from it.

Buying at a loss and buying a store at a suitable price is not quite like an act that can produce profits.

The only thing Marika could think of was this mysterious merchant who wanted to buy all the shops and monopolize the pricing himself, but the royal family would never allow this scene to happen, and it would definitely cause sanctions when the time came.

So what is this, why?

Marika couldn't figure it out, but she wasn't ready to think about it either.

Because of this matter, there is a high probability that it has nothing to do with them.

And in her opinion, this kind of money-losing business will definitely not last long.

Even her father, the richest businessman in the Rhine, could not have supported such a long and unprofitable burning of money.

Buy a few more, and he'll almost go bankrupt, right?

With this in mind, Marika continued to talk to Shania about the details of the clothes.

Marlena couldn't get into the conversation between her sister and her boss and was left to dry, but her personality has always been a character that can't sit still, so, on the pretext of going to buy juice, she sneaks out of the clothing store and prepares to breathe.

A random drink shop was found around, and Marlena woke up the clerk who was about to fall asleep.

"Three glasses of juice, thank you."

The startled clerk immediately began to make it without stopping.

While waiting, Marlena looked around boredly, and when her gaze fell out, her eyes suddenly froze.

"Four glasses of juice, thank you."

Lynn and Corina strolled down the street in front of the church school, surrounded by shops that had mostly fallen into their hands — under the name of a newly formed charity, Daystar, to be exact.

After these stores were acquired, some of them remained open without dismissal, and some of them simply closed their doors to avoid rising costs.

The most noticeable change brought about by the reduction of shops is the reduction of people in some areas at the same time, making the surroundings a little quieter, so quiet that Corina can almost hear the sound of leaves falling on her hair.

“.”

Picking the leaf from her head, Corina turned her head to look at Lynn, "We're running out of money. ”

"I know." Lynn's reply was simple.

"So, then what?" Corina asked, puzzled, "We lost money to suppress the surroundings, and then bought their stores, and then, shouldn't we use them to create more money?" Why turn them off? ”

"Well," Lynn said leisurely, "Miss Corinna, it is true that you can make money just by working and crafting, but its income is far less than what we need at the moment, and the effect is too long, and there are many restrictions."

"So you weren't prepared to make money this way in the first place?" Corinna was stunned, "Then what are you buying them for?" Don't you have a lot of money and have nowhere to spend it? ”

"No, no, no." Lynn shook her finger and said, "Miss, do you know how ordinary people get money the fastest?" ”

"Temporary worker?"

"Yes, the daily salary of temporary workers is indeed fast, but what about being a nobleman?"

"This. I do not know. ”

"It's simple." Lynn chuckled and said, "The answer is, rob." ”

"Rob?!"

"You want to say it's illegal, right, but can people like you, the law, really restrain you?"

“.” Corina was silent.

Although she didn't want to admit it, it was true.

"So, I'm going to rob money, and to grab money, I have to prepare weapons."

Lynn raised her chin: "They're all my weapons. ”

"Of course, the nobles are good-looking, so it will be a deal."

"A deal, with merchants who are richer than the nobles."

(End of chapter)