Chapter 337: The Origin of the Stone Carving

Hearing Wang Yong say that the plan to form a seaside chamber of commerce would be put on hold for the time being, Daisy asked to form a chamber of commerce as soon as possible, because in this way, the management and operation of the chamber of commerce could be exercised and improved before the official sale of goods produced by the seaside.

Wang Yong felt that Daisy was very thoughtful, so he nodded in agreement, and promised to allocate 100,000 gold coins to Daisy as start-up capital in a few days, and first conduct general commercial activities in the Aier Empire and the Eternal Empire.

At this time, Fiona's mood became heavier and heavier, because Wang Yong and Daisy did not shy away from her existence at all, and Fiona heard many major secrets clearly. Fiona knew that there was no chance of her leaving the Seaside Province, and it was hard to say if she would even survive until tomorrow.

Fiona sighed to herself, and in the face of her current situation, Fiona became more and more calm. Seeing that the discussion between Wang Yong and Daisy had come to an end, Fiona said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "My lord, what are you going to do about the stone carving?"

Wang Yong looked at Fiona and saw that her mood had returned to normal, and he couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart, he couldn't be surprised to be able to do it in such a situation, many men can't do it, Wang Yong felt that this Fiona was also very human.

In fact, while Wang Yong and Daisy were discussing the Seaside Chamber of Commerce, Qingling and Yingyi had already completed their respective tasks. Yaki and Alva have been secretly captured by the Light Spirit, and are now in custody and under the supervision of a special person, and Kageichi learns and relays the meaning of the stone carving.

According to Kevin's recollection, in the winter when he was eight years old, he and his father went to Sinki City to sell animal skins, but when they were about to arrive at Xinki City, they found a man carrying a large cloth bag, covered in injuries and fainting on the side of the road.

Kevin and his father kindly went to the rescue, but found that something was moving in the cloth bag, and Kevin's father didn't think much about it at that time, thinking that it contained some beasts or something. But when Kevin's father took out the wound medicine to help the wounded man bandage the wound, the rope that tied the mouth of the cloth bag loosened. A little red-haired girl with her hands and feet tied and her mouth gagged is revealed.

Kevin's father frowned when he saw this scene, and when he saw that the little girl was dressed gorgeously, he thought that it should be the child of a rich family.

Kevin takes the rag out of the little girl's mouth and asks where the little girl came from. But the little girl's big smart eyes looked first at the fainted man, then at Kevin and his father, and finally shook her head blankly.

Kevin's father probably guessed something, he didn't want to set himself on fire, so he hurriedly took the little girl in his arms and covered it with his clothes, and hurriedly took Kevin back home before the fainting man woke up. and hid the little girl, and asked Kevin to accompany the little girl, and did not allow them to go out. After Kevin's father left them a few days of dry food, he went to the city of Cinki to find out about the little girl.

Because Kevin's mother took Amy to visit her grandmother at that time, there were only eight-year-old Kevin and a little girl about the same age in the family.

Not long after Kevin's father left, the little girl fell ill, and Kevin remembered his father's instructions and did not go out to find someone to help, but took care of his sister Amy as usual. Take care of the little girl in every detail.

In order to comfort the little girl, Kevin took a stone and a knife that was not sharp, and told the little girl to wait until he carved a statue for the little girl. The little girl's illness will be cured.

So, in the little girl's anticipation, Kevin didn't know how many wounds he had left on his hand, and finally handed over a rough stone carving to the little girl the next day. And this stone sculpture has also become the little girl's treasure, and she has to hold it every day to fall asleep.

And so it passed three days, on the evening of the fourth day. Kevin's father returned home with a few strangers, and when they saw that the little girl was safe and sound, they hurriedly took her away, and asked Kevin's father to pay him some money when they left, but they were refused.

When leaving, the little girl lay on the shoulder of the visitor, a pair of big smart eyes kept staring at Kevin, clutching the stone sculpture in her hand, her eyes were full of reluctance and attachment, but she never said a word until she disappeared into the night.

These are Kevin's memories of the stone carving, and Kevin has been asking how Keichi knew about the existence of the stone carving. But Kageichi didn't know, so he had to say that he heard Amy say it, and Kevin gave up the entanglement with Kageichi in disbelief.

Wang Yong is now completely sure that Ruth is the little girl who was saved by Kevin and his father, and it is no accident that Ruth has stayed in Xinji City since she became an adult and helped Kevin, she is repaying the favor.

But what Wang Yong doesn't understand is that since Ruth has found Kevin, why didn't she make it clear in person, and then directly give the down-and-out Kevin and Amy a sum of money or arrange a good job, is there any other hidden meaning in this?

Wang Yong didn't know the reason, and he couldn't guess, shook his head, shook off the unfounded conjecture in his mind, and asked Fiona without knowing what he wanted: "Do you Miss Ruth have a sweetheart or something?"

Fiona was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Wang Yong asked this, but still subconsciously replied: "No, at least I don't know." Although there were many young nobles who pursued Miss, Lady was always dismissive of those people. However, on the way here, I heard Yaki say that Miss's eldest brother wants to marry Miss to the Chancellor's son in exchange for the Chancellor's support. ”

Wang Yong frowned when he heard this and asked, "What did the Minister of Finance say?"

Fiona shook her head and said, "I don't know, I overheard this." ”

Wang Yong then asked, "Where is Miss Ruth now?"

Fiona replied, "Mademoiselle is in Encore City, Fork Province, which is the headquarters of the Ramos Chamber of Commerce. ”

Wang Yong continued to ask: "Tell me about the situation." ”

Fiona's eyes lit up and she asked in surprise, "Lord Ivan, are you going to save Miss?"

Wang Yong nodded and said, "That's right, she is my brother's wife, how can I stand by and watch?"

Fiona couldn't believe it when she heard Wang Yong say that Ruth was her brother's wife, but she also knew that now was not the time to talk about this, and the most important thing was to rescue Miss first.

Fiona has been praying in her heart, that is, hoping that Wang Yong can rescue Miss, but thinking of the extremely domineering Wang Yong, she is worried that Miss will escape from the tiger's mouth and enter the wolf's den.

From Fiona's narration, Wang Yong learned that the previous head of the Ramos Chamber of Commerce, that is, Ruth's father, had a total of three wives, and Ruth's two elder brothers were born to the eldest lady and the second lady respectively, and Ruth was born to the third lady.

And Wang Yong also learned a secret, Ruth also has a twin sister named Maureen Ramos, who was born only a few minutes before Ruth.

Ruth and Maureen have been deeply loved by their father since they were children, and this world is not particularly patriarchal, so before Ruth's father died, he also left Ruth and Maureen a lot of property. However, Ruth's two older brothers are quite ambitious, they both want to compete for the position of head of the family, and they are worried that Ruth and Maureen will intervene, so the two reach an agreement to kick Ruth and Maureen out of the family first, and then for a long time.

Therefore, the two sisters, Ruth and Maureen, have been placed under house arrest by their two older brothers, and are ready to marry them to the son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the third prince of the empire respectively, so that not only can Ruth and Maureen be expelled from the family, but they can also be exchanged for the support of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the royal family.

Under Wang Yong's questioning, Fiona described in detail the armed forces of the Ramos Chamber of Commerce headquarters and the strength of the guards of the Ruth sisters, which also made Wang Yong speechless.

It turned out that there were almost 500 guards at the headquarters of the Ramos Chamber of Commerce, and there were many masters among them, more than a dozen people in the junior profession and four in the intermediate profession. As for the high-level profession, Fiona had not seen it, but she vaguely guessed that the mysterious person who lived in the forbidden place in the back garden of the headquarters should be a high-level profession powerhouse.

After Fiona finished talking about the strength of the Ramos Chamber of Commerce, Wang Yong ordered someone to take Fiona to rest, and then considered whether to tell Kevin about this matter and let him take someone to rescue Ruth and Maureen.

But thinking that Ruth hadn't confessed to Kevin for so long, maybe there was something else hidden in it, so he decided not to tell Kevin about it for the time being, and waited until he figured out the situation and Ruth's thoughts about Kevin, so as not to make Kevin happy, Wang Yong knew the heartbreaking feeling of falling out of love.

Tell Daisy and Jesse not to tell what they just happened, and then Wang Yong leads the two to the conference room next door.

When they returned to the conference room again, everyone had finished discussing and were gathering together to chat, and when they saw Wang Yong and Daisy coming in, they immediately quieted down. Daisy nodded to everyone, then sat down next to Phoebe, whispered a few words, and then looked at Wang Yong, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Wang Yong took the discussion record handed by Shirley and looked through it, and then began to close his eyes and ponder, thinking about how to solve the problem in front of him. After a long time, Wang Yong spoke: "Shirley and Steward Hal will send a transport team to the border now, ready to receive a large number of supplies and gold coins, and you will ask Ying Yi about the specific matters later." ”

Seeing the two nodding, Wang Yong continued: "Director Phoebe, you start recruiting alchemists or alchemy apprentices from the refugees who can engrave magic arrays now, and the remuneration can be a little higher, but they are required to keep the content of the work secret. In addition, the various production sectors can be expanded by selecting temporary recruits to provide employment for 8,000 to 10,000 people. As for the expansion quota of each factory, the person in charge of the factory and the director of Phoebe decided after consultation. As for the shortage of local administrators, Director Phoebe, don't we have a lot of petty nobles? I think you haven't been taking any less gifts these days, so I think let's let them run the villages that don't matter. ”

Phoebe said with a skeptical look, "Can those people do it?"

Wang Yong said helplessly: "Anyway, there are no other candidates, let them try it first." Seeing that Wang Yong had already decided, Phoebe didn't say more. (To be continued.) )