18. Transaction (2)
ps: It's the weekend again, roll around and beg everyone to smash the tickets!
"Mother God bless!, Mr. President, you're finally back from that damn Lapland!"
The clown doll makes Casals's voice, and the strange face of a pile of black and white interlaced geometric figures contrasts with the overly cheerful cry of a middle-aged businessman.
After raising his hands and exhaling hoarsely, the clown doll straightened up his face and said:
"You have chosen a very inappropriate time to go on a long trip, and Uncle Casals is very upset. ”
"I'm sorry, Uncle Casals. But I'm here for business, because Lapland is part of the plan. I'm sure you won't blame me for being a reckless newcomer for this trip. ”
"As long as we can ensure the benefits, we don't care about the details. Besides, it's a good thing that young people are motivated, and I hope that my uncompetitive little cub can learn from Mr. President - both in business and in terms of male charm. ”
The woodpecker puppet floated out of the obscene tone of an old woman playing with her youth, and the dead tree-shaped decoration on the side couldn't help but interject:
"Please do your best, Mrs. An, and if you are willing to make Mr. President the guest of honor, then please consult with him after the meeting. ”
"Disrespectful, Mr. Carlos, please ask a question first. ”
"Mr. Li Lin, we have already seen the magic image and sick wheat you sent. According to our survey, Charlemagne's northern and central autumn wheat is already full of diseased wheat. According to your calculations, there will be a large number of patients in a month - after that. What do we do?"
Juan Carlos, the largest grain merchant in Castile, was anxious and expectant, and the gags of the big speculator Anne Cristina, the so-called old woman, made him very unhappy.
It's a waste of his and everyone's precious time!
The first phase of the program had ended, and Charlemagne's high-yielding wheat producing areas were completely contaminated by the special mold in order for them to understand, Li Lin so explained. Soon large quantities of poisonous wheat and flour would circulate throughout Charlemagne's territory, placed in flour shops large and small, or made into bread on the shelves of bakeries, and finally into Charlemagne's stomachs. Many people then experience hallucinations, muscle pain, and eventually death from miscarriage or muscle ulceration throughout the body.
This was quite an unfortunate event, and the participants knew that there would be many such patients in Charlemagne's kingdom in the future. They couldn't help but cheer. Sleepless nights of excitement.
-- What a wonderful money situation this is.
Rather than mixing fermented flour with sand or wood chips, mixing apple peels and pigments to make jam, and chopping up poisoned mice, cats, dogs, and pigs and mixing them into other meats to sell—these are dangerous ways to reduce costs and make huge profits. Scattering spores or diseased wheat into a wheat field can cause a plague, and then the method of raising the price of food and medicine is both subtle and safe, and the profit can be compared with that of the previous weak pediatrics.
There was also an insurmountable obstacle to such a beautiful plan - the Charlemagne government.
Perhaps His Majesty Charles IV, who was very far behind in the hairline, might not have paid attention to the merchants' wailing, but when the merchants of their country complained to the king about the invasion of foreign merchants, for the sake of the country not to be bullied by outsiders, for the sake of the bread and work of the common people, and even more so that they would not be forced to commit suicide by their creditors after they would not go bankrupt. If he pleaded with His Majesty to adopt protectionist measures such as increasing import tariffs, His Majesty would most likely do so.
Not for his fame. Not for tax revenue, nor for the life or death of those foolish merchants.
Sone need only consider the possibility that the situation could develop into an uprising among the hungry citizens, and given the poor record of the citizens of Lüdes for anything other than work, especially the overthrow of the government, the odds of a riot are enormous. The intervention of state financial and administrative forces in the market is bound to occur.
A group of businessmen is pitted against a government of a financially sound and militarily powerful country, or is it at war on its home turf?
Needless to say, the result of this foolishness is known, even if they are also backed by state power, and a single increase in import tariffs and strengthened cargo inspections can lead them into the abyss.
"So, should Charlemagne's local V.E Foods be the main force of the shipment? ”
"Indeed, very enterprising lad. ”
Two dwarf puppets are back-to-back singing and harmonizing. The owl mask snorted, and the other toys also made a murmur of smacking lips.
The founders of the Abraham David Sassoon and Solomon David Sassoon brothers who were able to stand out in the loan sharky, money-rich Serres proved their ability.
However, including Li Lin, they generally don't like to deal with dwarves very much. Compared to the dwarfs who are also below the average height of humans, keen on technical problems and digging holes. These little men who don't eat pork and wear yarkes are too shrewd to take advantage of them, and it can be tiring to be on the lookout for contract traps and financial scams they set at all times. And when it is the brothers who appear in front of you. You'll have to be careful with your wallet.
Casals sued us and said. In other words, Mr. President, you have a way to circumvent the various countermeasures of the Charlemagne Kingdom, and you will gain more than pure profit. Really?"
"Exactly. ”
Li Linchao squinted his eyes at the strange aristocratic puppet dressed in simplicity and smiled calmly:
"The whole of Charlemagne's wheat market, the right to send supplies overland to Lapland, the right to build roads between Lapland and Charlemagne, and a lot of gold coins - are you interested?"
“......!!”
With a price tag that exceeded everyone's expectations, many toys in the room lost their voices.
Nidhogg reached his desk, filled his cup with black tea, and then retreated to Li Lin's side, waiting quietly with his master.
It takes a while for the bigwigs in the business world to go all out to digest the huge target income metrics, calculate the feasibility and how much they can get.
"Can ......"
Swallowing their spittle, the dwarf brothers asked a somewhat out-of-tune question:
"Can you get that much?"
The other dolls remained silent, waiting for Li Lin's answer in a fledgling tense atmosphere.