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In the morning, Lorraine struck the meeting room of the Governor's Palace, as usual, and began the usual morning meeting of the Lady "Humble Fortune Day."

The morning meeting was attended by the chiefs of the main government departments of Nai An Province, the generals of the local army of Nai An, the chief of the city guard equivalent to the chief of the police of Nai Der City" and so on, these high-ranking officials at the department level.

Nodding to his subordinates, Lorraine sat in his place, and the secretariat's aunt served Lorraine the brewed tea.

The tea was brewed quite well, and the light was placed in front of me. I already have that fragrant smell. But look at the secretary's face.

The officials all sighed in their hearts, and then shook their heads quickly."

At the same time, everyone is also secretly looking at them with sympathy. Quietly glanced at the governor of Lorraine: there is an eldest princess as a girlfriend. No matter how big an official is, he has also lost a beautiful female secretary with big breasts and big butts, this purple suit that represents successful people is embarrassing to say hello when you go out

But Lorraine didn't care about their eyes, just noticed that when they entered the door, they were still talking to each other, but at this moment, they were all like old monks, looking down at the text in their hands, and none of them spoke.

Lorraine smiled and said, "Hey, hey, I saw you lively just now, why don't you talk now?"

The governors of Nai An Province raised their heads and looked at each other, and finally looked at Angus fixedly.

Angus grinned, smiled bitterly, and said: "My lord, because the price of salt is soaring, the people below are boiling with resentment, and the officials below are constantly complaining. Say they can't stand it anymore.

My lord, let's do something. ”

Lorraine raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh, is there such a strict zhòng? There is no problem for such a long time, what happened today?"

"This matter," Angus let out a long sigh and said, "Lord Serion." Let's talk about it

Serion, the chief of the Nedel City Guard, straightened up at the moment, and then said: "Your Excellency, since the price of salt has doubled, the people in the city have become more and more irritable, and there are often riots that smash shops, so I have to send more men, and I have ordered the captains of the guards in all districts to go down and squat, and must go deep into the streets, and fight on the front line of maintaining law and order.

However, news from the exchange spreads throughout the city every day, and the price reduction of salt seems to be far away. The captain below me has complained to me that they themselves are running out of salt, and the soldiers of the guard have begun to make trouble with the people. We have done our best, but the security situation has been deteriorating recently

Lorraine Road:. Angus, didn't I let you do your best to appease?"

Angus grimaced and said, "Lord Governor, this is really the fact that my subordinates can no longer appease the people. In the beginning, we paid experts to preach that this was a big game of mahjong, Your Excellency.

After a period of time, those Diao people reacted and began to say strange things, complaining about how this mahjong is always prepared and not nonsense, do you want Huangzhuang?

We couldn't help it, so we added some money and got the experts to say that the poor should not have toilets, "ah, no" yes, they should not be able to afford salt.

But now the middle class can't afford to eat salt, and it turns out that it can't be cheated later, so I can only hire a few more money. It is said to be a very powerful beast.

Let them advertise that it was the mother-in-law who pushed up the price of salt. As a result, the marriage rate has dropped dramatically.

Now, those experts and beasts have also started to complain, saying that they are just adding their butts and brains, and they are all working hard with their large intestines, and they really can't think of any excuses."

Angus thought about it for a moment and finally came to a conclusion. Said: "My lord, you should think of a way, the officials are really about to hold on" "My lord, order administrative intervention, if you continue like this, there will be big problems." The officials below followed suit.

"Yes, my lord, we have found out the details of those unscrupulous merchants, and we are waiting for your words. ”

"Please give the order.

"That's it, give the order.

Looking at his subordinates, whether they are real or fake, they are all as excited as the government officials of the stick country, with a red face and a thick neck. Although Lorraine nodded solemnly on his face, "I feel very happy inside."

He casually said a few perfunctory words to the officials, and when everyone's feelings were vented, they settled down a little. Lorraine coughed lightly, then shrugged her shoulders and said, "Gentlemen, I understand your difficulties. But it's important to point out that since these people are playing with us within the rules, we can't deal with them outside the rules.

If we say that, no one will play with us in the future. It will have a negative impact on the economic exhibition in Nai An. ”

Although Lorraine's words were well-founded and vigorous, although the officials did not raise their voices against it, they were quite dismissive of Lorraine's statement in their hearts.

They are high-ranking officials of the Empire. Holding a lot of power, but all of them are very conscious of the ruling class, and Ney is in the hands of their group of people, of course, they can play as they want, and they need to care about the opinions of the group of people below.

Whoever has an opinion and dares to blow up a thorn will raid his house and destroy his fullness

But in front of Lorraine. They are also ruled, and of course Lorraine is what he says. In addition, Lorraine is so well-behaved, although it is a little troublesome and not refreshing, but after all, it is also a good thing, because everyone can rest assured that they don't have to worry about being played by him.

The organic guys have started to slap Lorraine's ass. Singing something like the Governor is wise, Reason

Angus still had a bitter face and a gloomy look, and said to Lorraine: "But, my lord, how should we give orders to the officials at the grassroots level?"

Lorraine thought for a moment, and then said: "Sue them, if you feel that you really can't hold on, just think of our Holy Emperor Majesty, the wise Prime Minister, think of those glorious figures in the history of the empire, and grit your teeth." Hold on for another five minutes. Got it?"

For the orders of the upper peak, those who do not understand must be executed, and if they do, they must also pretend not to understand. If you don't do this, doesn't it show that you are far-sighted, wise and wise as a leader?

Especially in these extraordinary times. It's time for these subordinates to show their skills.

Angus gritted his teeth at the moment, showing that he was going to be heroic and righteous, and then said loudly: "Understood, don't worry, my lord." Our civil servants in Nai An will be able to withstand it with all their might. ”

"Uh-huh. Lorraine nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's just a bunch of ugly." Don't worry too much, you can concentrate on your own work, and when the matter is resolved, I will reward you for your meritorious deeds. ”

A group of officials have also read three or five books of "The Senior Intellectuals of the Golden Bottle." Although all of them have learned things like "Winter is coming, will spring be far away?", and so on. It's full of inspirational and poetic verses, but everyone is mixed up, and it's long past the age to take these seriously.

These ruffians are like eating flies at the moment, and they all grin: After the matter is settled?

Unbeknownst to them, Lorraine was already in control. The Spanish lasso he carefully made was firmly put around the necks of those profiteers who maliciously hyped up

When he closes the net, he will inevitably leave a mourning behind.

But as a top-level trade secret, Lorraine will not, and there is no need to sue these subordinates.

In Nedel's harbor, the sun was already blazing, and the transport ships were still busy coming in and out of the harbor, and the dock workers were carrying the goods on board under the scorching sun.

The inside of the exchange began to be lively early in the morning, unlike the noisy crowd around the blackboard. In the corner behind the exchange, a group of people gathered boredly to chat, and the people who walked past them glared at them in annoyance, and this group of people was the salt merchant on duty here.

At the same time, on the other side, Leo's "Forward Command". Leo was holding half of the juice he had added, looking preoccupied. Standing in front of the window with a deep look.

He frowned slightly, his lips were pursed tightly, his fat cheeks were stretched, his two white and tender arms were hugged in front of his chest, and the fingers of his right hand pinched the rim of the glass. Gently shaking, the ice cubes collided with the walls of the cup, making a crisp sound.

The snow-white shirt was covered with a waistcoat with a black and white striped tie inside, and a gold chain was connected from the buttonhole to the upper pocket. Leo pressed his stomach forward, his big black and white eyes shining with thought.

Leo is looking through the glass window, looking at the wide water outside the harbor, this posture, how to look at Morgan (John Pierpont Morgan. Napoleon of Wall Street, the man in charge of the world's most formidable financial institutions. ）

Leo shook the cup in his hand. With his pink face, he said in a hoarse voice, "Let's get started"

"Huh?" Melina looked left and right, and said suspiciously, "Leo, who are you talking to?"

She looked at Leo's appearance, walked up to Leo with concern, reached out and touched Leo's forehead, and tried it on her forehead, and said inexplicably: "Didn't burn?"

Leo was furious at the moment, raised his hand and patted Melina's hand away, and said, "Go, what do women know, I'm brewing feelings." Such a good atmosphere has been ruined by you.

The boss said that in this kind of situation like the Dow Jones crash, the NASDAQ stock market crash, the Nikkei index fell sharply, and the stock fell by 80 percent, you must stand in front of the big window, turn your back to everyone, put up a cool shelf, Rémy Martin on the left hand, Cohiba on the right hand, and then say something very high, so as to have a sense of the vicissitudes of history.

But I searched and searched and couldn't find anything like Rémy Martin and Cohiba (a well-known brand in Cuban cigars)"

Melina blinked her big eyes and said curiously, "What are you doing, what are you doing?" What are they?"

Leo spread his hands and said, "I don't know, but according to the boss, it's a special cattle fork institution, and everyone is crying and shouting to throw the money in their hands to you and spend it as you like, you don't want it, and they will give it back when it's done." ”

"Cut, that's going to be such a stupid person. Melina was stunned for a moment, then said dismissively.

"Why not?" Leo was in a hurry, and he pointed to the port and shouted, "Aren't all those people in the exchange? They live in the port every day, scrambling to send me money." I don't want it, they still cry. ”

Meilina said in a daze: "So, I also left the river"

At this time, the door of Leo's forward headquarters was pushed open, and Catherine, Adele, Vera, and Lorraine walked in one by one.

Adele kept shaking the fan in her hand, shouting hot, and pulled a chair to sit next to the ice tray when she entered the door. I can't wait to hold that big block of ice in my arms.

Catherine also threw aside her gorgeous silk hat, and then walked to the window to look. "Has the ship arrived?"

Lorraine threw his coat on the chair as well, revealing his shirt inside, and brought himself a glass of wine, and the ice cube went to the window, put his hands in his hands and looked into the distance, and said, "What an inch, maybe mixed in the fleet."

After saying that, he took a breath and clasped his hands in front of his chest.

Leo looked at it. At that moment, he stepped over, stood side by side with Lorraine, and put up the shelf just now, Lorraine and Leo said in a deep voice almost at the same time: "Let's start." ”

Then, with two "pops" accompanied by Catherine's heavenly voice, he angrily rebuked: "You two give me a little bit." ”

Naidel is a large city with a population of more than 300,000 people, and in order to maintain the normal operation of this pearl in the southeast of the empire, it carries passengers and food every day. Ships of fruit, wine, cloth, steel, wood, and other material goods traveled up the sea or down the Beni River to settle in the harbor of the city of Niddle.

The sails and masts cover the sun, the ships are like a forest, the dense ships gather on the water outside the port, the wharf is bustling with people, and the workers carry all kinds of cloth bags and boxes up and down. Even at night, the harbor is lit up.

Ships leaving and entering the port each have their own shipping lanes. Ships sail in an orderly manner along the fairway.

A transport ship, guided by the harbor navigator, slowly turned into the harbor and landed on the stone pier.

The sailors tied up the cables and slammed the gangplank onto the dock.

The clerk on the dock wore his usual dead face and walked to the ship with Ben in his hand.

The owner of the ship jumped down from the boat in two steps and greeted him, "The name of the ship, the owner, the cargo, the quantity, report it." ”

The owner of the ship squeezed to the clerk's side, shoved a few silver coins into his hand first, and said with a smile: "Naian Salt No. 1, Kefna, the ship is only loaded with salt, fifty thousand pounds. ”

The clerk sighed, changed his smile, and said, "I didn't expect it to be a big boss."

The old dock worker next to him coaxed and asked, "The boss is rich again this time."

The owner of the ship smiled, stuffed a handful of silver coins into the clerk's hand, and said with a smile: "Wealth, wealth, everyone's wealth, but I am not here for money today." ”

"Nonsense, you salt sellers have come closely. The docker yelled.

The owner of the ship arched his hand and said: "The wealth is a big businessman, and those of us who make salt will make hard money." ”

"Ball, you still call it hard-earned money? Now there are a few people who say they can eat salt. ”

The owner of the ship smiled: "Jinyu everyone can afford to eat." ”

The clerk took the silver coin in his hand, put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "What are you kidding, my wife uses chopsticks to dip salt in cooking now." Well, go to the exchange. ”

The owner said, "Thank you, thank you, I promise that everyone can afford salt today." Twenty old workers came, unloaded. ”

"Huh?" The onlookers were stunned, and the kung fu owner laughed and walked out of the crowd and walked straight into the exchange.

Inside the exchange, it was still noisy and old, with merchants haggling around the blackboard, waving their arms and shouting.

Half of the blackboard was already filled with chalk letters, such as how many pounds of barley. How many rolls of cloth, how many barrels of wine and stuff.

The shipowner, Kevna, squeezed through the crowd and walked over to the blackboard in front of the crowd and wrote the words "Salt, 50,000 pounds."

The businessmen around him made a noise. They all said: "Salt merchant!"

"It's another big deal. ”

"Look at what people are doing. ”

Kefna waved his hand to the people around him, and the salt merchants went up to squeeze through the crowd, gathered around Kefuna, and said, "Your shipments are too large, reduce the price, reduce the price, we can only pay twenty silver coins a pound." ”

"That's you, twenty-four silver coins. It's a fixed price, and now no one can come up with that much money except us. ”

Several of the surrounding salt merchants looked at each other. Shaking his head, he walked back.

Kevna took the salt merchant's hand. Said: "Twenty-four is twenty-four, deal." It's not easy to sell it at that price now

"That's right, now that the market is saturated, no one has a few cash in their hands. The salt merchant agreed.

Kevna and the salt merchant finished their trade at the port, and Kevna pointed to the salt bales piled up on the dock and said to the salt merchant, "This pile belongs to you now, goodbye." Then he jumped on the transport ship and told the sailors to sail.

As soon as the transport ship left the berth, another ship quickly docked.

Before the clerk could register in his usual tone, the owner of the ship, who had disembarked from the ship, had already spoken: "Naian Salt Industry No. 2, salt, 50,000 pounds." ”

Clerk, "Ahh Stunned.

The dock workers were also surprised: "It's salt again, why is it so fast?"

"One after the other

The owner of the ship shoved a handful of silver coins into the clerk's hand and said, "I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, I'm sorry to trouble you." With that, he walked straight to the exchange.

After adding another line to the blackboard, "Salt, 50,000 pounds", there was an uproar in the exchange.

"Here we go again

"Normally, it's not like there is only one ship in two days, why are there two ships this time. ”

The salt merchants also looked at each other suspiciously, and one of the salt merchants tried to shout: "Twenty, that's all."

Unexpectedly, the owner of the ship shouted happily: "It's okay, the deal." ”

The merchants in the exchange were stunned, and someone muttered, "Could it be that the price of salt has really dropped?" (To be continued)