Chairman Peterson was very angry. This is the exclusive pier of his own chamber of commerce. Lorist is a guest of the chamber of commerce. If his boat is forcibly taken away on the pier dedicated to the chamber of commerce, it would be a slap in the face of the Peterson chamber of commerce. Does anyone still believe the rumored reputation of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce? This is digging the roots of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce. What is going on? Could it be that the Chickard Chamber of Commerce is going to start a war with the Petersen Chamber of Commerce
Lorist was also baffled. He didn't know the third young master of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, and he couldn't think of anything to offend him. He had never even had contact with the Chickard Chamber of Commerce. Why did the third young master want to take away his family? Boat
When the two rushed to the pier, they realized that they were only facing a drunken alcoholic.
The two groups confronting each other on the pier were the person in charge of the special pier of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, the sailors under Lorist, Captain Wilson and others. Opposite them is a drunken man who is so drunk that he is yelling. It sounds like the owner of the ship doesn't care about the Chickard family. He wants to take the ship away to teach the owner a lesson.
Although there are more people standing behind the drunk third young master, they know how to measure. They didn't do anything except persuade the third young master to go back. They all stood behind in a well-behaved manner and didn't listen to the third young master's nonsense. Go up and forcefully take the boat away.
"What's going on?" President Peterson asked in a deep voice.
"Master..." The person in charge of the pier stepped forward and saluted: "I don't know either. An hour ago, the merchant ship of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce moored near the pier. I thought they just borrowed our pier and didn't care. It's also a common thing, we always give convenience. I didn't expect that the third young master would rush into Lord Norton's boat after getting off the boat. After being stopped, he would order people to do it. I stepped forward to stop it, and the result was like this... "
There was a red palm print on the left cheek of the dock manager.
"Who hit it?" President Peterson's face sank.
The person in charge of the dock looked at the third young master who was drunk and crazy.
The third young master is still clamoring: "Dare to offend our Chickede Chamber of Commerce... Are you tired of working... Taking your boat is a respect for you... Also, dare to stop, stop me, I, I will destroy you, you are full of people!" …”
Lorist was furious, a young master of the chamber of commerce, his tone was really big, did he really think that he was the second child
He took a few steps forward and looked at the crowd standing behind the drunk young master: "I am Earl Norton, the owner of this ship. I have never met you and the Chickard Chamber of Commerce. Whoever comes out to explain, we When did the Norton family offend your chamber of commerce, why did your young master take my boat away?"
Finally, an old man dressed in management came out of the crowd: "I'm sorry, my lord. When your ship overtook our fleet yesterday morning, my young master ordered someone to play a signal asking you to stop the ship and meet with him, and blew the bell. The horn that invites you to board the ship. But you ignored his invitation and went away on your own. So my young master was very angry, thinking that you looked down on him and the Chickard Chamber of Commerce... When you came back, you saw your boat parked in Here, coupled with the fact that I was in a bad mood after drinking too much alcohol, I just had a fit..."
Lorist looked at the old man like a fool: "So you are the big merchant fleet that we overtook yesterday? Your young master is not out of his mind, right? We left you behind, a hundred miles away from you." Many meters away, you are signaling and blowing the horn from behind, can we see and hear it? Such a big wave, let us stop the boat and turn back to accept your invitation. Is it possible for you to take my boat away for such a small matter? ? The Chicod Chamber of Commerce is really domineering!"
Lorist sneered: "Hehe, you want to take my boat away? Yes, but I don't know what price you are going to pay?"
The old man misheard, thinking that Lorist was afraid of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce: "My lord, your ship is very fast, and it is very useful for our Chickard Chamber of Commerce. Give us your ship, and you will harvest us." Chickard Chamber of Friendship…”
Lorist poohed: "Fuck your mother's friendship, if you want my boat, it's simple, just defeat our Norton family. Step over my dead body, and you can get my boat..."
President Peterson stopped in front of Lorist, he now understood what happened: "Since your third young master is drunk, as the owner of this pier, we will take your third young master back Sober up. You can go now, tell your president not to forget to come and pick up his son."
What this means is that he is going to detain the third young master who is drunk and making trouble, and he can be taken away when the president of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce comes to make amends, so that neither party will hurt the peace. If these people from the Chickard Chamber of Commerce want to take their third young master back now, they have to snatch him from President Peterson, and no one can bear the consequences.
President Peterson waved his hand, and two guards came out from behind, picked up the third young master who was drunk and scolding, and walked to the carriage behind. There was a commotion in the crowd of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, but no one rushed out to make a move.
The old man in charge who came out bowed halfway to Chairman Peterson: "Then please ask Mr. Chairman to take care of the third young master of our family. I am really sorry for what happened tonight. We will tell us what happened here. My lord has made it clear. We shall take our leave first."
In the blink of an eye, the crowd on the opposite side retreated completely, and Lorist couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. It shouldn't be, according to the description in the book, under such circumstances, these members of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce will support their third young master, regardless of President Peterson's face, rush to rob people, and then be knocked down one by one by himself , to show their talents, and finally beat the young ones out to the old ones, the conflicts are getting bigger and bigger, the Peterson Chamber of Commerce will defeat them with their own help, and from then on, they will be bound together with the Norton family...
Why are these people from the Chicod Chamber of Commerce so sensible, and they simply retreated to settle the matter? words...
"Lock, it's all right, let's go back and continue drinking..." President Peterson said.
"Are you still drinking?" Lorist couldn't figure out what kind of medicine President Peterson was selling, so he had to put away his wild thoughts, and ordered Captain Wilson and the others to keep a good watch on the ship, before talking to Peterson. The president got into the carriage and walked back.
"Although the Chickard Chamber of Commerce has the most commercial routes on the sea, it still relies on the long-distance freight fleet of our Peterson Chamber of Commerce on land, otherwise it will be difficult to mobilize enough supplies and goods. Tomorrow, the Chickard Chamber of Commerce He will come to your door, and he will give you an explanation. After all, this was caused by his third young master who was drunk. As long as he does not want to conflict with our Peterson Chamber of Commerce, he has to obediently apologize to us." Peterson The chairman said very conceitedly.
"Then everything depends on the president, but I didn't expect why the third young master of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce was so brainless and acted so recklessly. Seeing how old he is, he still looks like a playboy. Could it be I deliberately wanted to stir up conflicts with the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, after all, I think his excuse of not accepting his invitation because my ship surpassed their fleet is too lame to be believed," Lorist said.
President Peterson laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Brother Locke, it's that simple. I do know why the third young master was so drunk and crazy. Everyone in these big chambers of commerce in Morente City knows President Chickard What is the most troublesome thing? His three sons all have good business acumen and talent, which is many times better than that brat in my family. But that's it, the Chicod Chamber of Commerce has been unable to decide who the heir is , the three young masters form their own cliques, and no one accepts the other.
In the first half of this year, Chairman Chickard finally made up his mind and asked three difficult problems for his three sons, one for each of them, whoever completed it well would take over from him, focusing on training him to inherit the chamber of commerce. This is the reason why the third young master got drunk, because the deadline for the mission was yesterday, and he only came back today because of the big storm. Obviously, he has lost the qualification to inherit the chamber of commerce. That's why he was drunk on the pier dedicated to my house, and none of the people he brought dared to listen to him. "
President Peterson thought for a while and said: "You will stay at my house tonight, don't worry, President Chickard will come to apologize tomorrow morning. Just in time, we can still discuss, your accumulated furs of monsters are going to Where is the delivery?"
That's right, I almost forgot the question of delivery, Lorist replied: "I came here to buy a merchant ship this time to transport these monster furs, why don't we trade on Hilovas Island, which is also owned by our Norton family. territory."
"Hirovas Island?" President Peterson muttered to himself, "I seem to have heard of it somewhere..."
Lorist said: "Hilovas Island belongs to the Kingdom of Antinac. It is nearly two hundred miles away from Qilin Port. It was the largest island in the former Krissen Empire..."
"Wait a minute, Brother Locke. Isn't your family's territory in the Northland? Why is Hilovas Island your territory?" President Peterson asked.
So Lorist briefly described his experience...
President Peterson's face was a little solemn: "So your Norton family belongs to the Antinac Kingdom, and you are also the Earl of the Antinac Kingdom?"
"Yeah, what's the matter, President, what's the problem?" Lorist asked.
Chairman Peterson sighed: "The problem is big. I believe you have heard of the business alliance's overt and covert commercial blockade of the Antinak Kingdom? This is true. Who let the Antinak Kingdom inherit? The royal inheritance of the former Krissen Empire. For nearly two hundred years, the Ford Business Alliance and the former Krissen Empire have been sworn enemies. Although the empire is gone now, its inheritance is still there, so the Antinac Kingdom will be subject to commercial Blockade and hostility. This is a tacit and spontaneous behavior of all chambers of commerce and people in the business alliance."
Lorist was tongue-tied: "No way, I, I didn't expect that the power of hatred would be so great. Twenty or thirty years of peace, and the people who lost your business alliance before the Krissen Empire would still hold such hatred, that's too much. Isn’t it incredible? Doesn’t it mean that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and the pursuit of interests is the nature of a businessman?”
"Unbelievable?" Chairman Peterson sneered: "You are right. There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. The pursuit of interests is the nature of businessmen. In fact, the commercial blockade against the Kingdom of Antinac is man-made. Instigated and instigated. However, the two-headed dragon chamber of commerce, the Mayflower chamber of commerce, and the Vicia chamber of commerce are leading the fight against the Antinac kingdom. Our Peterson chamber of commerce only assisted in dealing with the former Krissen Empire, and did our best to implement the alliance duty of resolution.
However, regarding the commercial blockade of the Antinac Kingdom, we have also promised to cooperate. Brother Locke, you are an aristocrat of the Kingdom of Antinac, the fur business of this monster is very unsafe. If anyone finds out, our Peterson Chamber of Commerce will be easily isolated and jointly attacked by other major chambers of commerce... "
Lorist laughed: "How about it, President, our Norton family does not use the flag of the Antinac Kingdom, but only the Angry Bear flag of our Norton family in the North, no one knows that we will be the Antinac Kingdom You are a nobleman. Even if someone finds out that you traded monster furs with us, you can just push it away. Everyone knows that there are no monsters in the Kingdom of Antinac. As for the place of the transaction, arrange it in the Viscount Terbury, and we will send the goods You will send a boat to pick it up after transporting it there, so there is an excuse to say that it is a resale business done by Mr. Tim, and it has nothing to do with us... "
"Okay, this is a good idea, so let's make a decision." President Peterson made a final decision.
Lorist heaved a sigh of relief after finally negotiating the business of monster furs. The sale of nearly 500,000 pieces of monster furs is related to the transaction amount of nearly two million goldfords. The funds and reserves are related to the stability and prosperity of the Norton family territory...
However, although the trade of monster furs has been discussed with President Peterson, it is not good to bother the Peterson Chamber of Commerce with the dried bacon, marinated whale meat, and snow salt. One is that they don’t deal in these sundries, and two, the amount of these things is not too large, so we should find another way, even if they can’t sell them, they can still digest them in the family territory...
He sent a guard to inform Josk at the Red Crow Tavern that his party was staying at the Petersen Chamber of Commerce.
Nothing to say all night.
At about ten o'clock the next morning, the Chickard Chamber of Commerce came. President Chickard came to the door in person and had a warm conversation with President Peterson. The two old men got along very well. The third young master Chikde, who had come to his senses, was brought over and stood beside his father with a submissive expression on his face. President Chickard expressed his gratitude to President Peterson repeatedly, thanking him for taking in the third young master who was drunk and making trouble, and saved him from causing an embarrassing situation that was even more out of control.
President Peterson was also very polite, emphasizing that the seven major chambers of commerce in the business alliance should be like a family and help each other. It’s just that the third young master Chicked must learn this lesson well, and not be discouraged because of temporary setbacks. Not only did drinking make mistakes, but he also vented his anger on others. This is a very uncultivated behavior. Some bearing...
After teaching the third young master Chickard a lesson, Chairman Peterson introduced Lorist, the head of the Angry Bear family from the Northland, Earl Norton to Chairman Chickard.
President Chickard has obviously never heard of the Norton family, and he doesn't take a nobleman from the edge of the human settlement area in his eyes. He is also interested in Lorist's strange ship. He was surprised that Li reached fourteen knots, since the latest and fastest schooner can only reach eleven knots.
Lorist shrugged, and told Chairman Chickard nonchalantly that his ship was useless except for its speed. Due to the reputation of the North's cursed coast, he had to make the ship so narrow so that he could shuttle Because of the small size of the reef areas in the shallow sea, the ships can't carry much cargo, so they can only be used as their own ships.
As for the smooth sailing and strong wind and wave resistance in strong winds and waves, it is very simple. My own boat has added a three-meter-deep wing plate to make the boat difficult to capsize. As long as an experienced shipbuilder goes there, he will understand. And the most important effect of the wing board is exactly to avoid being hurt to the bottom of the cabin by the underwater reef and leaking when navigating in the shallow sea hidden reef area, even if such a wing board touches anything, it is easy to withdraw from the hidden reef area.
Hearing what Lorist said, Chairman Chickard also lost interest. What he wants is a merchant ship with high speed and large cargo capacity. Like Lorist said, his ship is only fast, so what? It doesn't work either. He wasn't worried that Lorist would lie to him, he could just find a master in so many shipyards below him to see if the strange ship was like what Lorist said.
In order to express his apology for his son harassing Lorist last night, Chairman Chickard gave Lorist a gift, an extremely beautifully packaged sandalwood box, one foot and a half long. Lorist declined but had no choice but to accept it, and then opened the box under President Peterson's signal.
When the box was opened, Lorist was dumbfounded.
Because the box contained a golden gun...
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