Chapter 164: Intelligence Gathering
In the royal capital, the leaders of the chambers of commerce gathered.
Everyone has the same purpose, which is to wait for Lake's arrival.
From jade to grain to porcelain utensils, Flower Town and the Reeves Chamber of Commerce have given many merchants too many surprises during this time.
Here, there are even some chambers of commerce of other principalities.
These people don't care about borders, they don't care about majesty, they only care about how many gold coins they can transfer.
"I'm sorry, I'm late."
Lake sat down and took a sip of his wine.
Looking around, there is a look of anticipation.
This man had already given them too many surprises, so all the businessmen present were looking forward to this rally.
"First of all, I have a few things to say before I show you the new products in Flower Town."
Lake placed a bag of things on the table, and his expression became serious.
"First, I've heard that the Fenris Chamber of Commerce has raised the price of ceramics in your territory, right?"
"This thing...... Sir, I can explain ......"
"Alright, the Reeves Chamber of Commerce is now severing its cooperation with you."
I thought that what was waiting for was the spring breeze and rain, but whoever thought that Lake would come up was a slap in the face.
"Dukla Chamber of Commerce, did you sell your jade to a nobleman of the same line as General York?"
"Uh...... The price they give ......"
"Well, I see, you don't have to ask me or Flower Town to buy goods in the future."
Although the attitude was not in a hurry or annoyance, everyone suddenly felt a sense of intimidation.
"The rest of the people who violated the conditions I told you at the time can leave here on their own, just a little bit, you can still cooperate if you have the opportunity in the future, otherwise ......"
The presidents of the chambers of commerce looked at each other, and then, eight or nine people exited the room at the same time.
"That's what you're doing, President Lake...... In case they retaliate......"
Everyone knows that Flower Town is not what it used to be.
But they did do business at the risk of being forcibly intervened by General York.
"Two days ago, General York once went to Flower Town, but was repelled by Lord Jiang Hao."
Hearing the news, everyone was surprised.
"If you don't believe it, you can still withdraw now, and I won't ask who the inventory in your hands is sold to, but ...... in the future."
Lake didn't continue, but picked up the wine glass, took another sip of wine, and then put the pearl bag that Jiang Hao gave him on the table.
"The choice is yours, whether to continue to work together or cut ties now."
As he spoke, Lake took out one of the pearls and placed it in the palm of his hand.
When everyone saw this, their eyes lit up.
This thing is crystal clear and looks very precious.
Definitely a rare luxury.
Nowadays, the luxury goods taken out by Flower Town one after another have formed a kind of comparison among the nobles.
Families are constantly spending money in pursuit of expensive and fresh luxuries.
Let the Chamber of Commerce make a lot of money.
What's more, there are chambers of commerce that have trade routes from other principalities.
So as it stands, the sales route of luxury goods is still very profitable.
"I think you have also seen that Flower Town is now more powerful than ever, as long as you follow our steps, you can definitely make money."
A subtle smile appeared on Ryker's lips.
"By the way, what if General York sends someone to attack our caravan?"
"Don't worry about this, if it goes well, Lord Jiang Hao can develop a batch of new types of equipment in the near future, if you let your respective caravans guard the equipment, it shouldn't be a problem to fight ten enemies."
General York was a nobleman after all, and it was impossible to allocate a lot of manpower to do such a thing.
If it was a small force, Jiang Hao was sure to use the equipment of the Mithril system against them.
"How can you guarantee that?"
Some people are still not at ease.
"There is no credential now, I said, if you are worried, you can withdraw now, but the cooperation in the future will be useless."
Lake held his mouth tightly and never backed down.
Although there was a lot of discussion, not a single person stepped out of the room.
After all, Flower Town has already given too much.
"Since no one is leaving, I should be able to assume that everyone is trying to work with us."
"Then you can come up and get the pearls here, and go back to see the effect of the transaction."
The most exciting moment has arrived.
During this time, every time Flower Town gave this kind of commodity, it would ask each chamber of commerce to take a small part and go back to experiment with the sales effect.
Although it is only a small part, these things have made each chamber of commerce earn a net profit for nearly half a year.
"Also, I'd like to talk to a few people individually."
Lake locked his gaze on the two men.
One of them, called Augustus, was a cross-border merchant who traveled between the kingdom and the surrounding principalities.
The other is Locat, the Locat, which this person organized, is nominally a small luxury goods trader, but is actually an intelligence center.
The amount of information they sell is far greater than that of luxury goods.
When all the items had been distributed, Lake stopped the two men.
"You two, are you interested in going to Flower Town with me?"
At this point, the two of them were stunned.
Although now the Reeves Chamber of Commerce is under the protection of Jiang Hao.
But in general, the Reeves Chamber of Commerce is not nominally the Chamber of Commerce of Flower Town.
Therefore everyone thought; Lake just found a thigh and continued to do business.
The two men had their own thoughts.
Locat's right away.
After all, in the eyes of this person, the value of intelligence is more important than a few pearls.
Augustus, on the other hand, was a little hesitant.
After all, if you go to see Jiang Hao this time, most of you will be tied up and in the same boat as the flower town.
"Both, let me be blunt, Lord Jiang Hao, the lord of Flower Town, doesn't need your allegiance, he just wants to make a deal with you."
In this world, the most feared thing for a merchant is allegiance.
Allegiance means doing something at no cost.
However, this is contrary to the essence of business and business.
What Lake did was submissive to Jiang Hao because Jiang Hao never let Lake choose between loyalty and interests.
No matter what Jiang Hao's decision is, Lake's Reeves Chamber of Commerce will always get more than the cost.
"Since it's business, then I can talk about it."
Hearing Lake's assurance, Augustus was relieved.
Although this flower town may sound a bit legendary.
However, if it is really possible to make a deal with this town, the benefits of the Chamber of Commerce are still very considerable.