The deal didn't work out, and Amanda looked discouraged.
After several people left Chad's house, Amanda took out the gold coin and said, "Your Excellency, I'm very sorry, this transaction failed. This is your deposit, please take it back."
Beta waved his hand and said, "It's just a failure this time. I believe you should have other good caravans that you can introduce to me."
Amanda thought for a while, then took the gold coins back, and then said: "There are indeed other options, but they are not as good as the black-tailed scorpion caravan. If you have time now, we can go to the next caravan immediately." Let's talk to them."
A gold coin is not much for Beta, but it is a lot of money for a commoner woman like Amanda.
Beta nodded in agreement. Although Amanda didn't reveal her identity, he could tell that this girl was definitely one of the local snakes in this city. If not, she would not be able to grasp so much information, and if not, she would not be able to stay in the chamber of commerce.
Although the chamber of commerce was severely suppressed, it still gained a firm foothold in this city after all. If it had no ability, it would have been swallowed up by other nobles.
It is only natural to come to a new city and seek help from local snakes.
Amanda smiled slightly, satisfied with Beta's decision in her heart. Although she said she was just a small teller, she acted like a kind businessman. But in this era, any capable businessman has some power behind them. If Beta dares to take back that gold coin, then, she can guarantee that it will definitely not be easy for Beta to do business in this city.
Next, a few people went to see three caravans to be acquired, but it was a pity that either Beta didn't like others, or the other party didn't like Beta. Like Chad, many caravans hope that after being acquired, they still have the power to determine the future direction of the caravan. To put it simply, they just want to pull a 'venture capital' funding.
It's just that Beta didn't want to do this. What he wanted was a caravan that could trade under his orders. After all, building a new city requires a lot of materials, some of which are impossible to make money. If Beta doesn't have enough authority, if the steward of the caravan is unwilling to do so, it will definitely affect the progress of the city's construction.
Beta doesn't want to be strangled in this regard.
After even looking for a few companies, Amanda gave up. This time she took out the gold coin sincerely and said, "Sorry, it seems that this business really can't be completed. Your Excellency, I will return this gold coin." Here you go."
Beta still waved his hand: "You're welcome, you must be tired after taking us for a day, so it's hard work."
Amanda was not coquettish either. She put away the gold coins and asked, "What do you think next?"
"Since the acquisition fails, I'll build a caravan myself." Beta asked Amanda, "Since you have a lot of human resources, ma'am, how about doing me a favor?"
Amanda's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked: "Your Excellency, you want me to help you find someone, and then build a caravan?"
"right."
"No problem. But it requires a lot of expenses." Amanda smiled like a cunning vixen: "Your Excellency should also understand that because caravans need to travel around outside, they need a lot of talents and need to take care of them." All kinds of things. Ordinary caravan handymen are easy to find, but talents with special skills are rare."
Amanda wanted to take the opportunity to charge more fees. She could tell that the nobleman in front of her was a very generous person.
If it is an ordinary person, for Amanda's behavior of increasing the price by taking advantage of the opportunity, it is basically necessary to argue with reason. But for players, things that can be solved with money are not problems. Beta raised a finger: "You help me build a qualified caravan with at least fifty people. If you succeed, you will get ten gold coins as a reward."
Amanda shuddered, and then she yelled, "Your Excellency, leave this to me."
Beta showed a satisfied expression. Then he parted ways with the merchant girl, Amanda had a job*, and she went straight to find those who were suitable to be a traveling merchant, and Beta went back to the hotel.
Building a caravan is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Beta waited very patiently. He wandered around the city with Shirley and Jessica every day, and bought beautiful clothes for the two girls.
After a few days like this, there are fewer and fewer eyeliners who are responsible for monitoring Beta. The people behind them seemed to think that Beta was a normal nobleman, and the purpose of coming to the city was to build a caravan.
For such a situation, Beta is naturally very happy, after all, no one wants to be followed by a bunch of flies all the time.
That day, after he took Shirley and Jessica for a stroll on the street, he returned to the hotel. When he was about to rest after dinner, a waiter came up and said, "Your Excellency, there is someone outside looking for you, saying There is something very important that I need to talk to you face to face."
"It's finished so soon, let her in."
Beta thought that Amanda had already set up a caravan. When he was happy, he saw a middle-aged man walking over. His hair was all white. Beta looked familiar to him, but hesitated. After two seconds, he finally recognized who this person was: "The steward of the black-tailed scorpion caravan, Chad, why did you become like this?"
A few days ago, when Beta saw Chad, although the latter had no money and looked down and out, he still had some energy and looked like an ambitious person, but It was only a few days since I hadn't seen him, but at this time Chad looked like a beggar, and his face became more lost and numb.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I've been a little tired recently." Chad smiled bitterly: "I'm here this time to ask Your Excellency to help you buy our Black-tailed Scorpion."
Beta was a little strange: "Oh, why did you suddenly change your mind?"
"I can't hold on anymore!" Chad said helplessly: "Now our money is getting less and less, and it is already very difficult to maintain the most basic life of our caravan."
Beta asked the other party to sit down, and then asked: "Why did you choose me? And are you willing to give up the command of the caravan?"
There was bitterness on Chad's weather-beaten face: "No problem. If possible, can you sign the contract as soon as possible, my caravan members are almost unable to hold on."
Beta thought for a while and said, "I asked Amanda not long ago to help me find people and build a new caravan."
Hearing this, Chad's expression changed.
Beta continued slowly: "So I have to think about whether to acquire you. From a common sense, it is faster to directly acquire a caravan, and it is easy to make money immediately, but now Amanda has been acting for several days It is impossible for me to break the contract halfway, otherwise it will not be good for my reputation."
"Then thank you sir, I'll come back in two days to hear your thoughts."
Four minutes later, Beta stood by the window, watching Chad below gradually leave. Xue Li stood aside and asked a little strangely: "Why didn't the master agree to him? The Black-tailed Scorpion should be the most powerful caravan in Harvey now. It would be beneficial to us to buy them directly, and even if we We can also weave them into the new caravan and use their experience to bring out our new caravan.”
But Beta said: "It's not that simple. I think Chad changed his mind in just a few days. There must be something weird. I asked Joan to ask Amanda to see if she could find out something."
Joan can speak, and she flies fast, so she is really good at communicating.
After a long time, Oman's family appeared in the hotel. As soon as she saw Beta, she whispered: "Your Excellency really loves to send people. It has been very hard to find people for the caravan for you, and you actually want me to help you find information."
Beta popped out a gold coin, and Amanda took it with a smile on her face.
In fact, Beta likes to get along with people like Amanda. Although she loves money very much, she has integrity and a bottom line. As long as the money is paid, things will be done for you. Dealing with such a person is far more comfortable than dealing with other nobles or professionals.
"Chad has been in trouble recently." Amanda smiled gloatingly: "A nobleman has taken a fancy to his caravan, but that nobleman is not as easy-going as your Excellency. The acquisition fee offered by the other party is not only very low, but also Order Chad to hand over all his powers, otherwise he will find a way to drive Chad out of the caravan."
Beta was silent for a while: "That is to say, Chad intends to cause trouble, let me confront that nobleman head-on, and save his caravan? It's a good idea."
Amanda shrugged cutely and said nothing. Many times, when two forces are about to be hostile, the best way to survive is not to talk too much, and don't take the initiative to get involved in the struggle between the two parties and keep yourself out of it.
Shirley listened to it, but she looked very angry. Even with an angry face, she still looked very beautiful: "Master, why don't we teach Chad a lesson, because he has such a dirty mind."
"We don't need to do it." Beta smiled: "The noble who wants to buy him will naturally offend him."
Sure enough, the nobles were smarter than the other, and Chad actually wanted to play such a trick between the two nobles. He really wanted to kill himself. The Oman family thought so, but greeted Beta with a smile on her face and left. She had to continue to help Beta form a caravan, and time was running out.
Two days later, Chad came over, and he asked expectantly when he entered the door: "How are you thinking?"
Beta lowered his head and was working on a magic scroll. He didn't seem to have any interest in Chad's visit, and he was even a bit rude. He said, "Sorry, Sir Chad, I'm building a new caravan. I've been short of funds recently. It is no longer possible to acquire your caravan."
As soon as Chad heard this, his face immediately became ugly. (.)