Chapter 112, Trial
Before dawn, the deepest time of human sleep.
AndrΓ© also climbed down from the window, leaning against the edge of the wall towards the address given by the mysterious woman, and finally arrived at the address left behind by the other party at the other end of the block half an hour later.
This is the public warehouse in the fifth block, and basically all small commercial houses that cannot afford to rent an independent warehouse will pay a certain fee to rent this kind of anonymous warehouse to the city lord's office. The woman's address was an unlocked warehouse, indicating that the warehouse was temporarily unoccupied.
Andre gently opened the door a crack, quickly slipped inside, and closed the door againβinside, as he expected, the small half of the warehouse was full of cargo boxes, filled with a faint smell of sea.
Looking at the cargo box that had not been processed at all, and was still engraved with the Tazan family crest, Andrei still had an unreal sense of dreaminess.
The woman came suddenly, and then quickly left. He didn't even know the name of the other party's forces, but that woman dared to leave such a large batch of goods for him to deal with.
"You really trust me."
Andre smiled bitterly, but his heart was like a mirror, the other party did not trust himself, but simply had no fear.
But he knows just as well. These things in front of us are both dangers and opportunities.
"It's only three days, so we need to hurry up."
Andrei found a large crate at random, cut out the planks with the Tazan family logo on it, and then left.
At dawn, Andrei, who had had breakfast, walked slowly towards the management office of the public warehouse, found the person in charge to pay a month's rent for the warehouse, only to get the lock and key, and locked the door before leaving temporarily.
Back at the hotel, Andrei began to send a task to the guards, Julian was responsible for recruiting, Crove was responsible for ordering thirty large containers, Andrei deliberately emphasized the need for a new wooden box - the factory in the production of wooden boxes in order to prevent insects and moisture often coated with a layer of special pine resin, this pine resin smell is very strong, often take a year or two to disperse, and only this kind of wooden box can mask the smell of goods.
The guards knew that Andrei had said that he wanted to open a trading house in the fifth block, so they were not surprised by the matter of recruiting, but they did not know the use of the wooden box, and they did not understand why the owner suddenly became impatient about the opening of a trading house, but they did not get an answer when they asked, so they could only go about their work with a stomach full of doubts.
After sending away the guards, Andre first spent a long time renting a three-open, two-entry house with its own independent warehouse in the fifth block as a stronghold, and then went to customize the signboard, and worked all day, and the master and servant were close to dusk.
At this time, Julian recruited twelve men, and Croft also returned to report that the crates would be delivered the next day.
And the firm belonging to Andre has finally begun to take shape.
The next day, Andre arranged for his newly hired staff to clean up the firm, leaving Croft to shop for necessities, while he took Julian to the First Block, heading straight for the Holt family's Whale Comptoir.
After a night of thinking, Andre had already figured it out, if there was anyone in the entire Dark City who dared to fight with the kamikaze chamber of commerce backed by the bishop of Orleans, it must be the United Chamber of Commerce that also had a wizarding council platform. In the United Chamber of Commerce, the only firm that can quietly digest this batch of seafood from the Tazan family is the Holt family, which is also from the Haven of Return.
Giant Whale Firm, Fei Lun heard the news that his subordinates had reported that Andre had come to the door again, and said irritably: "Isn't it okay to send someone to be perfunctory, and you still come to ask me what to do?" Don't do things now? β
The subordinate hesitated and was about to speak, when Faeron's ears moved, and he looked at the door, his face visibly angry.
There was a knock on the door, and Fei Lun finally calmed down his anger and said lightly: "Please come in." β
With a bang, the door was pushed open, and Andrei swaggered in.
When he saw Faeron, he pretended to be surprised and said, "Hey, when did the Lord come back, just now the staff outside told me that you were out." β
Faren suppressed his anger, waved his hand to let his subordinates withdraw, raised his hand to invite Andre to sit down, and personally poured him a glass of red wine, so he said without being salty: "I just came back, and the people below don't know." However, if Master Andre's intentions are still the same as before, then I beg your pardon for disappointing you again. β
Andre smiled: "Before, I didn't have enough strength to climb high, and it was normal for the lord to look down on me." So after careful consideration, I decided to keep my feet on the ground and opened a small business on Fifth Street the other day. β
"Congratulations, is Master Andre here to invite me to the opening ceremony, why bother to come here in person, just send someone to send an invitation." Faeron smiled and said politely.
Andre knew that the other party was just dealing with him, and if it was before, he would inevitably be angry, but now he didn't care at all, and followed his words with a smile: "There will be no opening ceremony for a small fight, so as not to make people laugh." This rash visit is that there is a batch of seafood that you want to sell to your firm, I wonder if you are interested? β
Seafood?
Hum!
Fei Lun said impatiently: "Young Master Andre may not know that my Holt family started with sea trade, and there is no shortage of goods. β
Andre had expected it, and after being rejected, his face did not change, and he still said calmly: "Yes, my batch of seafood also happens to come from Huifeng Harbor, is the Lord sure he is not interested?" β
As he spoke, he quietly placed a palm-sized piece of wood on the table.
Seeing that he was really uninteresting, Fei Lun didn't want to continue to save face for him, but when he saw the piece of wood, his eyes suddenly froze.
Quickly got up and walked to Andre's side to take a closer look at the wood chips, and his heart was suddenly excited.
"It's ......"
Before he could finish his sentence, Andre was interrupted with a smile: "This is the seafood that the junior bought at a high price from Huifeng Harbor. β
Fei Lun was stunned for a moment, and then echoed: "Yes, yes, yes." β
Andrei smiled, "Is the Lord interested now?" β
Fei Lun's attitude at this time took a 180-degree turn, and he smiled enthusiastically: "Of course, I have always been very optimistic about Andrei's potential, and I can't ask for such an opportunity for cooperation. β
Andre sneered in his heart when he heard this, and he was even more sure that the matter of intercepting and killing the Tazan family's convoy was basically the hand of the United Chamber of Commerce as rumored by the outside world, otherwise Faerun's reaction should not be to echo his face unchanged, but to find an excuse to delay time and carefully consider the pros and cons.
"I wonder when we can go and see the goods?" Feron asked eagerly.
AndrΓ© replied: "Late at night, leave everyone alone and come to 125 Fifth Block. After a pause, he looked at Faren and said in a deep voice, "I hope the Lord can remember that I have more than this batch of goods in my hands, and if this transaction is messed up, there will be no next time." β
Feren could hear his solemnity and knew Andre's concern. This matter was originally planned by them, and they had expectations for that shipment from the beginning, at least hoping to grab the two bottles of potions, but now although the matter has been successfully done, the situation is a little bad, and Hawkins has ordered that they are not allowed to contact Herman, which means that they cannot get news of that shipment from Herman for the time being.
Andre's appearance means that one party has indeed succeeded, and it is also interested in trading with the United Chamber of Commerce.
If Andrei's trust is lost, this shipment will be completely out of touch with the Holt family. So Pheren replied solemnly: "Rest assured, I have been at sea for many years, and one of the things I remember most is that my deck should be wiped clean so that I don't fall when the storm comes." β
"yes, I hope you do what you say."
After Andre left, Fallon went into action.
When the three-day deadline was up, Andre sat on the hotel couch with his hands clasped and waited anxiously for the mysterious woman to arrive again.
The silver moon was shining, and the woman jumped in from the window in the moonlight like water, and when she saw Andre's eagerly awaited appearance, she couldn't help but show a charming smile: "It seems that our young master Andre has been waiting for a long time." β
Although Andre was in a stirring mood and wanted to be recognized by the other party, he did not want to show his timidity and let people be despised for it, so he tried to soften his tense body, leaned back on the sofa, and replied in a very relaxed way: "Two days is not a long time, but during this time I suddenly figured out why you came to me." β
"Oh, why?" The woman wondered.
Andre laughed: "Before I answer the question, should the lady make good on the promise?" β
The woman was stunned for a moment, then covered her mouth and smiled, "You can call me Basa Silken." β
"Is this your real name?" Andrei wondered
"Do you think we'll use our real names?" Basa Pepper twisted her waist and sat down beside him, asking rhetorically.
The fragrance was fragrant, but Andre didn't have any other thoughts, sat a little farther away without a trace, ignored the stubble, and said: "You came to me because now I am the only one who can step on the threshold of the United Chamber of Commerce at will without attracting attention, right?" He laughed to himself, "After all, they have been turned away so many times, and no one would have thought that an outsider who was despised by everyone would have something to do with this interception case." β
Basa Siegen chuckled, "Looks like you're pretty clear about your position." β
Andre smiled, picked up the green check on the coffee table, and said, "This bearer check was originally a total of 100,000 pounds, and I took 20% of it as agreed, and here it is 80,000 pounds." I sent someone to inquire afterwards, and the goods were worth up to 70,000 yuan, so I guess that Faren was trying to please me, or to please you. β
He handed over the check, looked at the charming beauty beside him, and asked nervously, "What you promised before, does it still count?" β
"Of course."
Bathastian put away the check, then handed over a ring encrusted with green gemstones. smiled: "You shouldn't be unfamiliar with this kind of thing, right?" β
Anthony also has one of his own, of course he knows this treasure, and nodded and said, "The magic ring, the things to be sold next, are they all contained in it?" β
Basa Stephen put away her smile and said, "This is only the second batch, and from now on, only energy stones will be accepted." If you are given ten days, can you do it? β
"No problem." Andrei agreed, and after catching up with the Holt family, the matter itself became easier.
I took the magic ring and checked it, and it was indeed full of magic materials.
Basa Steen got up to leave, and got up to leave, but AndrΓ© stopped her.
"Wait, I have one more question."
Basa Pepperen looked back in surprise.
I only listened to him: "It stands to reason that the sale of stolen goods generally has to choose a place far away from the incident, why do you choose a dark city that is less than 500 miles away from the place of the incident?" β