Chapter 46 Heavy Gifts and Bribery
Early the next morning, a lava-filled Lin Qi rushed to Enzo's room and stuffed a large handful of snow into Enzo's bed. A hangover Enzo let out a terrible howl, and the wolf burst out of the bed.
Being tossed by Lin Qi like this, Enzo suddenly became more energetic, hurriedly took a shower and changed his outfit, and Enzo, who was newly dressed, enjoyed a rough and full breakfast. Comfortably burping and munching on a mixture of betel nut and tobacco, Enzo followed behind Linzi and his son, and surrounded by more than a dozen guards, the group rode in carriages and horses to descend to the Black Mountain Beech Mountain.
All the wealthy families of Dunerke live near the Black Beech Hills, but the mayor Baron Miró and his family live in the mansion attached to the town hall. As the supreme power holder of Dunkerke, Baron Miro is an outright outsider, his ancestral home is not Dunke, so although he has been the mayor of Dunrk for ten years, Baron Miro has not purchased any real estate in Dunerke.
Sitting in the spacious and luxurious carriage, Blackbeard was holding a large cigar in his mouth, and he introduced Baron Miró to Lin Qi in an angry voice.
Not to set up a property in Dun Erke, it's not that Baron Miró is incorruptible, but he is a greedy and abnormal guy. However, he deliberately created an image of his unusually incorruptible, so he lived in the mayor's mansion, which was provided free of charge by the Imperial government.
But according to Blackbeard's information, Baron Miró had annexed a large amount of land in his hometown, Blackstone City, a small city less than three hundred miles from Dunerke, and bought seven fertile manors, and he had bought nearly a hundred maids in the past ten years alone.
"This guy is old! Seventy-year-old fellow, it's time to retire!" Blackbeard waved a long cigar and said loudly as he puffed out the smoke, "Seriously, if he doesn't retire, then he or his son, or his daughter, or his wife, someone will always have an accident because of the horse he drives!"
"He must retire!" Blackbeard squinted and snorted, "He's had enough benefits over the years, he has to retire." Seventy-year-old old thing, still expect him to do something for Dunerke? On the contrary, if I become mayor, then Dunerke will usher in great development, Dunerke's economy will improve rapidly, and everyone will make money. ”
Lin Qi immediately said: "Of course, the premise is that our family makes money first!"
Blackbeard nodded happily, he looked at Lin Qi with great satisfaction and said with a smile: "That's a good thing, the premise is of course so, if our family doesn't make money, then don't want to have someone make money!"
Taking a hard bite of his cigar, Blackbeard said vaguely, "Now I am only the president of the Chamber of Commerce in the mill and hotel industry, but after I become the mayor of the city, I will become the president of the Dunerke United Chamber of Commerce! ”
Father and son were discussing how to make a fortune after becoming mayor and president of the United Chamber of Commerce, and the carriage had arrived outside the city hall in the center of Dunkerke. Two guards in azure military uniforms stood weakly in front of the door of the town hall, and when they saw the carriage and the dozen or so guards accompanying them, the two guards hurriedly raised their spears to stop the carriage.
Blackbeard angrily opened the curtains, and his bearded face poked out of the window and snorted coldly at the two guards.
The listless guards immediately smiled, bowed deeply to the carriage, and obediently got out of the way. Who doesn't know Blackbeard's father in Dunker today? He's a powerful man running for the next mayor, and basically no one in Dunrk can compete with Blackbeard's father for this position, his influence is too great!
Dunerke is a port city, the third largest port of the empire, and the only ice-free port in the north of the empire, and the most important commodity distribution center in the north of the empire and even the north of the mainland. And Daddy Blackbeard has a very high reputation among those sailors and crews, he is almost the recognized uncrowned king of those sailors and crews, he can decide the working status of all the hired workers in the entire port at the first order, such a character wants to run for mayor, which idiot dares to compete with him?
"The only question now is whether Miro, an old vampire, will he give my name. ”
Father Blackbeard frowned, spat out a puff of smoke, and sighed a little annoyedly: "Our family has no one to help talk in the imperial capital, which is a headache. If there is a recommendation from this old thing, then things will be nine out of ten. ”
The carriage stopped in front of the mayor's residence, and two waiters, dressed in neat uniforms and gray-white wigs, who pretended to be royal servants and talked in all directions, slowly greeted them, and slowly opened the door.
Blackbeard spewed smoke and strode out of the carriage with his massive body shaking. Lin Qi patted Enzo on the shoulder, and the two walked down one after the other. The butcher's knife that followed him jumped off the horse, and led the men to open the back compartment of the carriage, and removed a number of things from it.
Not to mention the spices and tea leaves from the Orient that were wrapped well, all of them were valuable goods; not to mention those silk brocades, a fine jacquard brocade could be sold for thousands of gold coins when the imperial capital was in demand; the most eye-catching thing was a set of 240 pieces of butcher's knife brought out by himself, including soup bowls, rice bowls, plates, spoons, and other utensils, the color was like a blue sky, and it was dotted with thin secret colored porcelain with transparent spots like raindrops.
Such a set of porcelain is a sought-after commodity in the imperial capital, and it is enough to exchange a fine vineyard of more than 100 acres with those wealthy nobles. Gold coins cannot measure the price of such a set of porcelain, and it is simply an insult to measure the value of such a complete set of porcelain from the East, which can be described as a work of art.
The two waiters were also knowledgeable, and those spices, tea, and silk had already dilated their pupils, but this set of exposed secret color porcelain made their breathing suddenly become short, and their attitude became more polite, and their attitude towards Blackbeard and Lin Qi was as respectful as if they had seen His Majesty the King.
Pretending to be hearty laughter came from afar, and an old man in a plain black robe with no ornaments on his body strode out with his waist bent. The old man's gaze spun around the gifts, and his shriveled and withered yellow face suddenly revealed a charming red.
"Dear Mr. Tiger, you are so gracious! God bless you, you will surely get your wish!" said Baron Miró, a thin old man, laughing happily.
Blackbeard laughed even more heartily, and he muttered in a low voice, "If my wish is not granted, your whole family will feed the sharks!"
Grunting, Blackbeard opened his hands and laughed loudly to greet Baron Miró.
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