Section 221 This is the best of times, this is the worst of times (11)

The trade in ambergris cream on the Emerald Continent has undergone some changes since this year, and some of the merchants from the Azure Continent have opened up new markets.

The incense hall they built no longer tends to please the high elves, and abandons a series of complex rituals required before and after the incense, such as cold food, cold baths, walks, thin clothes, etc., which are slowly summarized by the high elves in the process of incense, and then accompanied by incense or chanting poems after smelling incense, so that the ambergris paste is covered with a layer of lofty color. Instead, it is as simple as possible, advocating only the pleasure of smoking ambergris cream, and satisfying as many customers as possible based on this premise.

Most of these merchants were Asturians, and the names of Bernadotte and Jimenez gradually became known in it, and in the following ten years, they transformed from ambergris merchants to large merchants.

Their success lies in opening up a new customer base and trading ambergris cream for the Centaurs of the Emerald Continent.

The above-mentioned simplification of the cumbersome ritual of salivary ointment is precisely to make it more intimate with the centaurs.

In the beginning, the Centaurs only smoked ambergris because they saw that the High Elves liked it, and it was normal for them to be envious of the lower class and learn the behavior or habits of the higher class.

But at that time, the smoking of ambergris ointment, in addition to the conditions to set up a quiet room in their own home, there were only incense halls opened by merchants in the Azure Continent, and the literary and young problems of the high elves made the smoking of ambergris cream very cumbersome, and many centaurs had neither the conditions nor enough money to go, plus the rituals made by the high elves. Feeling impatient. And I felt awe. So when ambergris began to become fashionable among the High Elves, the Centaurs didn't have much exposure to it.

It was Jackson's mention of the Centaur mob smoking amberg cream when he rescued the people that inspired his two partners to take the lead in adapting to a new customer base in order to break the first-mover advantage of the Titanian merchants.

According to later studies of this period of history, merchants such as Jimenez first simplified the unnecessary pre-smoking preparation and post-smoking precautions, so as to alleviate the resistance of the Centaurs to snorkel cream, and appropriately adopted a method similar to advertising to attract the Centaurs to try it.

Such. Although in the early days, the location of their incense hall was not in Fiji City, but outside the city, but still survived by the Centaurs, but the profit was far from being comparable to that of the Titanians.

However, as they established a reputation among the centaurs, came up with ways to further simplify the smoking conditions, and invented the way of mixing ambergris cream in tobacco and cigars for smoking, they realized a steady stream of sales of ambergis with the help of incense halls.

After that, Jimenez and others put this new way of pumping and sales model. And targeted customer positioning, from the West Coast and all the way back to the East Coast, not only from the Centaur Clan, but also from the Centaur Clan. He also began to use the ambergris trade to enter the sphere of influence of the Centaur tribe to develop minerals, and became a new rich man.

After their initial success, there were people who began to follow their example, mainly Asturian merchants, and the Titanians were still reveling in their first-mover advantage.

Before the First Ambergris War, 70 percent of the High Elves' ambergris market was still held by the Titanians, and the remaining 30 percent was shared by the Asturians or the southern merchants of Aurora who joined later, mainly relying on the traditional sales model of the incense halls, and the main markets were also distributed in large and medium-sized cities established by the High Elves, among which the Asturians or Aurora merchants in this regard were mainly in the far west and central regions, which were not very willing to go to the Titanians, and the Asturians also almost monopolized the market for the demand for ambergris by the Centaurs, although in this marketThe profits they received from direct sales were much lower than those of the Titanians, but when the centaurs became more and more white, one tribe after another succumbed to the temptation of ambergris and cooperated with the Asturians to develop it, and the new method of suction invented by the Asturians was very popular with the Centaurs, while the cunning Asturians compensated the profits on the tobacco and cigars they sold, although they still maintained the low profit margin of the tamberger paste they sold.

But the love of Mr. Jackson, the partner of Jimenez and Bernadotte and the nephew of former Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginer, was not so lucky.

After the initial mutual affection and mutual affection, the biggest obstacle did not come from Jackson's worries, whether the other party's parents would obstruct it, after all, the pride and isolation of the High Elves did not like to intermarry with foreign races, and it seems that they had conflicts with Asturias.

The biggest obstacle was when Miss Melinda learned that the person she had a crush on turned out to be a parlor plasterer, and she spat on Jackson to his face and said that it was impossible for the two to be together again.

This was a very big blow to the young man, and after learning the truth, he was very depressed, and then, in pain, he decided to give up the business that he saw was very rich, and resolutely proposed to his two partners to withdraw from the company, willing to sell their shares to them.

His two companions, Bernadotte and Jimenez, were shocked, but after thinking about it, they comforted him by saying that he could claim that he was no longer in charge of the company's operations, and that he would ostensibly draw a line with Jimenez and pursue his love, but that they would keep at least twenty percent of Jackson's shares, because they could not bear to embezzle what should belong to Jackson.

This won the young man's gratitude, but he insisted on the transfer of shares to the two in order to pursue Melinda without burden, and Jimenez and the others were determined to buy all of them, and finally had to draw a clear line as previously agreed.

In the handling of this matter, Bernadotte and Jimenez may have some conscience, but at least half of it is based on other considerations, that is, even if the road to fortune they came up with can be successful, it is not easy to withstand the eyes of others after sudden development, and it is not for nothing that they resolutely Rajackson became a shareholder, of course, they must make good use of this card.

As long as there are Jackson's shares. They believe that they can not only prosper. And can continue to maintain this path of wealth after development. and will not be robbed of the fruit.

Of course, Jackson also got his wish and could travel lightly to pursue Melinda, the daughter of the city lord of Peiji.

In the years that followed, Jackson was based in the city of Pezy, and many people knew that there was such a guy who was infatuated with Melinda, and even when Melinda later ran around to promote the ban on ambergris, he always followed him-

The bright moon pierced through the dark clouds, casting a patch of moonlight.

The waves crashed against the reef on the shore and shattered. Make an amazing sound.

The moonlit island is the largest of the overseas archipelagos, with a total area equal to three-quarters of the previous kingdom of Modo.

However, this place is lonely, and even pirates dare not approach it, because the owners of this place are the undead.

But on this night, a guest came.

When the guest appeared on the island of the dead, he did not hide his whereabouts.

This quickly alarmed the undead, and when some of the undead were ready to move closer to the outsider and grab him, a powerful dragon power rose from around the outsider. The undead who tried to get closer shuddered and stopped.

The appearance of Long Wei made it impossible for the true owner of the island of the dead to remain silent. Several powerful wills came from all over the island.

"Duke Solomon, have you come to be our enemy?" was the demigod Lich Matthias who spoke first, his voice gloomy and inaudible in tone, but it was assumed from his words that he would not welcome Solomon's visit.

In addition to the demigod lich, on the other side of the island, a huge black shadow rises into the sky and confronts the golden dragon Maxim hovering above Solomon's head.

Solomon stopped Maxim's impulse, and in the face of the provocation of the legendary corpse dragon Fergesus, if Maxim hadn't been pressed by him, I am afraid that he would have rushed over, although the other party was a legendary corpse dragon, but it was only a newcomer, and he was not qualified to show off his might in front of the noble golden dragon.

"No, no, no, the three kings of the dead, I came to visit you because I heard that you are working well with Mammon and Francis. Solomon smiled.

"Now that you know, so what, Stephen did go to the plane called Cologdo. The undead replied carefully, wary of Solomon's intentions.

"Duke Solomon, explain your intentions, to be honest, you are not welcome, and if you are not interested in the purpose of your visit, we hope that you will leave as soon as possible. "Sidney, King of the Black Warriors.

"I'm here to work with you. Solomon made his intentions clear.

"Cooperation?" The three legendary undead on the island couldn't help but ask, they were originally worried that because of Stephen's cooperation with the secret party on behalf of the island of the undead, to help the Aurora people on the multi-faceted Falmalik continent of Cologne, after Solomon found out, the other party came to ask for the guilt and prevent this cooperation.

Over the years, Solomon's strength has become more and more unfathomable, especially after his successful foray into the dark region, he has changed from a newcomer to a pole in the dark council, and the races in the dark council that were originally in the dark region have become his puppets and tools, and Mikot is also his partner, but the secret party and the undead clan who had been separated by the demon party are gradually getting closer.

They also take what they need, the secret party and Solomon with the divergence of interests, and began to cooperate with the Aurora, but in the face of the forces represented by Solomon, the secret party needs help; 。

"Cooperation, what kind of cooperation, do you know what we need?" the demigod sneered, "If you're just trying to sow disarray and ruin our relationship with the Secret Party, then don't waste your efforts. ”

"You're mistaken. Solomon calmly said, "When I say cooperation, I am only talking about cooperation between us, and I will not ask you to sever your contact with Mammon because of our cooperation." I admit that in the past few years, because of everyone's position and interests, I have had some disagreements with Mammon, David, and Francis, and even unpleasant. However, there are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. When the opportunity comes, we may be able to work together again. ”

"Why did you reject me when I still have the possibility of cooperating with them? There was some unpleasantness between us in the past, but shouldn't we all look forward? There is no point in dwelling on the past all the time. ”

"So, just tell us what you mean. Sidney Road.

"My intention is to cooperate, and the ongoing research on magic in Asturias is in all aspects, including the study of life, and in this regard, I think it is very appropriate to cooperate with you, and I will definitely get a lot of inspiration. ”

"And what do we get?" said the demigod lich.

"Isn't research good for you?" Solomon laughed, his laughter causing the three legendary undead to snort, which was not bad, but if it was just that, they had every reason to refuse, because there was another way.

So Solomon then went on to say something else, "Of course, the benefits are not only this, but I believe that even Mammon and David will not agree to find a suitable place for you to rebuild the kingdom of the dead in the past. This is impossible, and if you are willing to face this, then working with me will give you another window into more worlds and planes. ”

The legendary undead were silent, pondering Solomon's words.

The situation of the undead in the Dark Council is about the worst, the tribes of the Dark Region can at least hold together, there is a vast area, and after cooperating with Solomon, they also have some activities on the ground, and the connection with the surface is getting closer and closer, not to mention the secret party, they are second only to Solomon in the dark council, they have established their own influence and scope, and the original loose organization form has become more efficient, the previous demon party is now unable to fight against them, and is at a disadvantage.

The undead can only live in the overseas islands, it is difficult for them to coexist harmoniously in a world full of other tribes, because they are synonymous with evil, and the worst thing is that they cannot hide like the secret party, their appearance is extremely difficult to hide, and only Stephen and his disciples can barely hide their breath and walk as dark mages, but if there is no one to cover them, they are just as easy to see.

A big reason why the undead caught up with the secret party of the blood clan was that they could use their power as a cover.

"If it doesn't affect our relationship with Mammon and David, then I think we might be able to work together. The three legendary undead thought about it and made a decision. (To be continued.) )