"Okay, second brother, don't say that about Murray Barker. The third brother also did this for the future of the chamber of commerce. The thing has already happened, we should find a way to solve it, instead of sitting here and complaining." Said The one who said this was the young master Thurleyham who had been silent all the time. He was very satisfied with winning the competition with his third brother and being appointed by Chairman Chickard as the heir of the Chamber of Commerce. Humble and peaceful attitude. But at this time, he might as well show his brother's friendship and broad-mindedness.
"Father, uncles, what the second brother said is very reasonable. If we really want to fight to the death with that Earl Norton, the Chamber of Commerce will suffer a lot of losses. It will even affect our Chamber of Commerce's dominance in the southern waters. Shirowas Island Although it is great, it is in the northern waters after all. For the Chamber of Commerce, there is no room for loss in the southern seas, we can't lose sight of one and lose the other... "
The young master is obviously speaking from the position of the second young master, but it is beyond reproach that he did so. The second young master Seboyev has clearly explained the consequences of continuing to implement the northern strategy. It is the nature of a businessman to pursue interests, but If the price paid exceeds the benefit, then you have to think about it carefully.
Chairman Chickard also hesitated: "We set our target on Hilovas Island because the Chamber of Commerce dominates the sea, and it is best to use islands as territories, but there are no suitable islands in the southern seas, and we can't do anything about the coastal territories. To acquire such a large territory... ”
Yes, the business alliance will implement a lordship system next, and the seven presidents of the chamber of commerce who are in charge of the power of the business alliance will all be named dukes, so there must be a grand duke. The remaining six future dukes all have goals, but Hirovas Island, which the chamber of commerce favors, has suffered setbacks. The grand dukedom is important, but it is not worthwhile to pay the entire chamber of commerce for this territory.
The eldest master Theliham cleared his throat and was about to speak. Like the second master Seboyev, he was not optimistic about the northern strategy implemented by the chamber of commerce, and he took Hilovas Island as a family territory. For him, this strategy has two disadvantages. First, Hilovas Island is too far away from Morente City. The fastest boat will take about 20 days to go back and forth. Staying on the island is moldy, away from the prosperity of Morente City, people will feel that life is tasteless and meaningless.
The second point is that this so-called northern strategy was carried out by my third brother, Murray Buck, who I hate the most. My father is too partial. Since I was appointed as the heir of the Chamber of Commerce, why did he still give the third brother a heavy responsibility? Not only let him still be in charge of the northern trade route, but also let him implement the northern strategy related to the future of the chamber of commerce. what about my brother...
In terms of personal talent, the eldest master Seliham does not have the astonishing talent for martial arts as the second young master Seboyev, and he is already a gold-star fighting qi rank before the age of thirty-five. Grandpa Udi, the second-level great swordsman of the chamber of commerce, was full of praise for him, thinking that he was likely to break through and become a first-level great swordsman before the age of fifty, and would become the pillar of the chamber of commerce's force in the future.
Compared with the third young master Murray Barker, the eldest young master Seliham does not have the ability to be scheming and overturning clouds. The third young master Xiang went to the Kingdom of Shayslan to deal with the spice trade issue. It was really frightening. The little king who resisted the monopoly of the spice trade by the Chamber of Commerce died of a sudden illness. This is the first time that the Chamber of Commerce has intervened in a kingdom. It has to be said that although the third young master Murray Barker acted recklessly, the result of the matter was extremely satisfactory.
Compared with the two younger brothers, the eldest young master Thurliham is relatively mediocre. He has been nurtured in the Chamber of Commerce since he was a child. He can only be called a standard businessman. He buys low and sells high. All brothers are strong. And this is the most important thing for the top management of the Chamber of Commerce. Nothing can be better than bringing benefits to the Chamber of Commerce. Being the heir of the Chamber of Commerce is enough.
It's just that after getting the news that the business alliance will implement the lordship system and that his father will be named Grand Duke, the young master Seliham also has his own plans. After all, his father's title of duke will fall on his head after a hundred years. Where the territory is has to be carefully considered.
The territory that the young master Seliham is fancying is the Principality of Urubah. The Principality of Ulu Baha is located in the south of the Ford Business Alliance, and it can also be said to be the starting point of the golden coastline in the southern sea. To the south of the Mana Hill Plain where Morente City is located is the Cristo Hills, and to the south of the Cristo Hills is the Titanini Mountains where the Dwarf Kingdom is located. At the southern end of the Titanini Mountains is the Principality of Urubah.
The terrain of the Principality of Ulu Baha is close to the mountains and the sea at best, and remote and remote at worst. The folk customs are tough and rich in mercenaries and bandits and pirates. Half of the pirates that haunt the sunny sea are black Poor fishermen along the coast of Rubach Principality. They are tangled up in groups, but regardless of whether you are a large fleet of a large chamber of commerce, as long as you have a chance to grab something, you will run away, and if you are not careful, you will cause heavy losses to the chamber of commerce.
The young master Seliham is purely from the perspective of a businessman. Half of the Principality of Ulu Baha is barren hills and hills, and the other half is tidal beaches. There is not much arable land. Recognized as the seven most dangerous places, according to legend, this cave leads to the mysterious underground world, and people who go to explore will not come back in all likelihood. But this is not in the young master's consideration, he is a businessman, not a mercenary or an adventurer. Maybe he can also use the dangerous place of the underground cave to attract those adventurers to explore and make a fortune. As for the explorers, life and death are none of his business...
The Principality of Ulu Baha is a poor country, but for businessmen, this is just a lack of management, and it is enough to replace it with a suitable person. Eldest Young Master Seliham thinks that he is the right person. Among other things, the dense virgin forest in the Principality is the best place to provide good timber. It's just that the Grand Duke of the Principality is reluctant to invest in road construction, so he missed this good opportunity. financial resources. Moreover, the Principality is connected to the Titanini Mountains. If it is connected with the Dwarf Kingdom, it can make a lot of money just by reselling the special products of the Dwarves. By the way, you can explore mineral veins and invest in development. There are still many ideas for making a fortune like this.
The biggest advantage is that once the Principality of Urubah becomes its own territory, the pirates belonging to the Principality can be converted into their own use, which can not only reduce the cost of suppressing thieves but also increase the strength of the Chamber of Commerce fleet. The cost can make those poor fishermen who have only one life left become sailors and crew members of the fleet, reducing the expenditure and burden of the salary of the fleet personnel.
It only takes three or four days to get there by boat from Morente City to the Principality of Ulu Baha, and the transportation is convenient. After capturing the Principality of Uru Baha, the Chamber of Commerce can build its headquarters there as the starting point of the golden coastline. It is easier to grasp the dominance of the southern sea trade route.
However, it is not without difficulty to occupy the Principality of Urubah, but it is extremely difficult. First of all, the current Grand Duke Ulubaha is a well-known old stubborn, and a third-level great swordsman. Although he has no hope of being promoted to a sword master, he is still in his 70s and 80s, but his muscles and bones are still healthy, so it is not so easy to deal with. Secondly, the Grand Duke has two elite legions of about 24,000 people. This is the foundation of the Principality and the main means for the Grand Duke to earn money.
Don't wonder how the Duchy of Ulu Baha can support these two legions because they are so poor. Although they are small in size, they also cost a lot. But in fact, these two legions are used for renting out as a whole. Each legion is rented out, and after the mission expires, they come back and exchange for another legion to rent out. They replace each other alternately, earning a lot of bloody wealth for Grand Duke Urubah.
However, the young master Seliham believes that if the Chamber of Commerce can occupy the Principality of Ulu Baha as its territory, then the inclusion of these two legions can make up for the shortcomings of the Chamber of Commerce on land, and he will not take these two again. The legion went to rent out and work hard. I believe that the soldiers of these two legions should be able to return to the chamber of commerce soon after they know about it.
Thirdly, Grand Duke Ulu Baha is also the cousin of the president of the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce, which is also the biggest difficulty facing the young master Seliham. I don't know if the idea of attacking the Principality of Urubah will make the president of the Two-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce furious, and cause the giants of the two business alliances to clash over this, which will affect the changes in the structure of the business alliance. This is also the main reason why the top executives of the Chicod Chamber of Commerce have never turned their attention to the Principality of Urubah.
The young master Theliham doesn't think so. The president of the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce is also a businessman. As a merchant, everything has a price. As long as the negotiation is good, the deal can be made. If the chairman's heart is moved, then the biggest problem will be solved.
For the young master Seliham, the previous difficulties are not a problem. The biggest problem lies in how to convince the top management of the chamber of commerce, because even if the Principality of Ulu Baha successfully becomes the territory of the chamber of commerce, the chamber of commerce still needs to invest no less than nearly a thousand dollars. Wanjinford's funds are used for the construction of public infrastructure, improving people's livelihood, and absorbing people's hearts. Although these will be very good for stabilizing the rule of the chamber of commerce, and will gradually bring a steady stream of benefits, but for merchants, this effect is too slow and takes too long, and it is really not a good deal.
The young master Thurliham, who is well aware of the businessman's nature, feels that now is a good opportunity to put forward his proposal while the top management of the Chamber of Commerce is hesitant, and there should be a high degree of confidence that it will be passed. Instead of investing the funds in the battle with that Earl of Norton, it is better to flow to the Principality of Urubah, at least there is still hope of getting back the money.
It's a pity that the eldest master Seliham was a step late, because the second young master Seboyev stood up and said, "I have a way..."
The second young master Seboyev hung on the wall a large sea chart he brought with him. The high-level members of the chamber of commerce are no strangers to this. Islands and reefs.
No way, the area of the largest island in the Sunshine Sea can only accommodate the next small village, and even many islands are just steep rocky mountains, and there is no way to build settlements. How can this place be the territory of the Chamber of Commerce? But the second young master Seboyev quickly let them know what it means to be whimsical.
"Look, there are nearly a thousand islands in the sunny sea area in the south. Although the largest island is not as big as a baron's territory, most of this sea area is shallow sea. The deepest is only 10 to 20 meters, and the shallowest is 23 meters. Sometimes you can wade and walk across the islands. When the tide falls, you will find that the bottom of these islands is above the water, and most of them are connected together.
We connect the twenty-seven islands in the middle with a red line. If we fill up the shallow sea inside, we can get an island territory larger than Hilovas Island, and no one will dispute this territory. Our Chamber of Commerce can gradually control the entire Sunshine Sea Region by virtue of this reclaimed territory, and clear away the pirates in this sea area, making this place the foundation of the Chamber of Commerce and the family for thousands of years... "
The second young master Seboyev talked eloquently, while the eldest young master Seliham covered his forehead in distress. This is simply a pig teammate! The second brother actually peddled his high theory of land reclamation at this time, but he didn't want to think that reclamation would cost a lot of money, take a long time, and the effect would be slow, and he would have to invest most of the force of the Chamber of Commerce to wipe out those nearly thousand people in the Sunshine Sea. Pirates infesting the islands, is this what father and the others are willing to do? We are businessmen, and what we want is a business with quick results and high profits...
It's over, now even if I propose to target the Principality of Ulu Baha, no one is willing to pay attention to it. With a "jewel" like my second brother in front, it will be difficult to convince my father and the top management of the Chamber of Commerce to adopt my suggestion. The young master Theliham sighed secretly. It seemed that he had to find another opportunity. I really didn’t understand what the second brother was thinking. He had already said that his idea was impossible to realize, so he was still so stubborn. Don't worry.
Sure enough, the third brother Murrayback's mocking laughter suddenly broke out, interrupting the second young master Seboyev's speech.
The second young master Seboyev said angrily, "What are you laughing at?"
The third young master, Murray Barker, managed to catch this opportunity of revenge, how could he be frightened by him? He took a step forward and blurted out a series of questions: "My dear second brother, your idea is really wonderful, and it is really exciting to have such a large territory in the Sunshine Sea. But you plan to fill up this area. How much manpower and material resources will be spent on the sea area? How much money will be invested? How long will it take for the chamber of commerce to own this territory?"
"Uh..." The second young master Seboyev was stunned by the question: "I didn't think about it, but the chamber of commerce can ask someone to calculate it..."
"You don't need to find someone, I've already calculated it for you. To fill up this sea area, the Chamber of Commerce will have to invest at least two to three million Jinford every year, and nearly a thousand large cargo ships to transport earth and rocks. It will take ten years to fill it up. Fill in the area within one-third of the red line you drew."
The third young master Murrayback looked at the second young master Saiboyev as if he was looking at a fool: "My dear second brother, do you know how much our chamber of commerce earns a year? The income of less than two million goldfords, After dividends and various expenses, less than 400,000 can enter the chamber of commerce’s treasury. Why has the chamber of commerce refused to agree to your application to build another armed fleet? Because we can’t afford it, do you know how much you spend on eliminating pirates for a year? 500,000 Goldford, almost all the income of the Northern Fleet for a year is filled in it...
I really don't understand why you would take such a mindless suggestion as a matter of course, filling the sunny sea area, thank you for thinking it out, is this what our chamber of commerce should do, this is a mission that can only be accomplished by an empire, It will take decades. Our father is the chairman of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce, even if he is knighted, he is only a grand duke, and he fills up the islands in the Sunshine Sea as his territory. Are you going to make our father the largest in Galintea for thousands of years? joke
Why can other grand dukes seize other people's territories but we can't? In a few months, the business alliance will immediately implement the Lordship system. By then, the six major chambers of commerce will all have territories, but we have not yet, so how do you let our Chicod chamber of commerce gain a foothold among the seven giants? Can you tell others? We are reclamating the sea, can we see the shadow in another ten years
No matter how much you object, second brother, you can't help but admit that at this stage, apart from Hilovas Island, there is no more suitable territory for our chamber of commerce, right? Is the inheritance of military exploits and nobles very powerful? Is the third-level great swordsman really amazing? Isn't he still alone? As long as he is not a Juggernaut, we have plenty of ways to deal with him.
Although our chamber of commerce suffered heavy losses due to carelessness and lack of information, I believe that with the strength of our chamber of commerce, we can still deal with this enemy. With exploration and careful arrangement, we will definitely win! "
"You, you don't understand the horror of a third-level great swordsman at all, especially this Earl Norton is so young, he may even become a sword master in the future, it is irresponsible of you to push the chamber of commerce into a doomsday Land!" Second Young Master Seboyev accused angrily.
"You are cowardly before you fight!" The third young master Murray Barker retorted: "In this case, let's kill him before he is a sword master, so as not to threaten the chamber of commerce in the future. After all, he is just a third We can invite foreign aid. Both the Double-headed Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce have a third-level greatsword master, and the Vicia Chamber of Commerce has two second-level greatsword masters. We will spend a lot of money to invite them. As long as it can be solved with money, it’s not a problem. Four great sword masters are not enough and we will hire eight. As long as this earl is killed, his family may be separated and collapsed, and the situation you are worried about will never happen again... "
"You..." The second young master Seboyev was speechless after being debated, and in a hurry he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to move forward.
"Stop! Seboyev, step back!" Chairman Chickard gave his second son a hard look. His idea of reclamation was really a big joke. The words of the third son, Murrayback, just spoke to his own heart. Indeed, Shirowas Island is indeed the easiest territory to obtain, as long as the great swordsman Earl Norton is eliminated.
"Second Uncle, what do you think?" Chairman Chickard asked the great swordsman Udi next to him.
The Chickard Chamber of Commerce is not a family chamber of commerce. The original name of the Chamber of Commerce was the Sword and Barrel Chamber of Commerce. It was established by several friends in partnership. Later, the ancestor of Chickard became the chairman and one of the seven giants who developed the Chamber of Commerce into a business alliance. After obtaining 70% of the shares, the name of the chamber of commerce was changed to the Chicod Chamber of Commerce, and the post of chairman was passed down from generation to generation by the Chicod family.
And those families that originally participated in the shares also depended on the chamber of commerce to survive. Those who were incapable had the annual dividends from the chamber of commerce to live comfortably. After the sword master was discovered to be talented in martial arts when he was young, the Chamber of Commerce invested a lot of money to cultivate him carefully, making him now the guarantee of military force of the Chamber of Commerce.
In terms of seniority, Chairman Chicked must respectfully call Great Swordsman Udi Uncle.
Great Swordsman Udi smiled wryly and shook his head: "I have been on the ship where Kumori died, and I have seen the scene after the fierce battle. To be honest, four Great Swordsmen are not safe, please eight, all of them Level 2 Great Sword Master or above, so that we can guarantee to get rid of that Earl Great Sword Master. Don’t worry about the cost if you make up your mind, as long as the Chamber of Commerce is in everything, you can earn it back.”
President Chickard slapped the table: "Okay, let's decide to put the family territory on Shirowas Island. Needless to say anything else. Murray Barker, you send someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Earl Norton and his family. I have to pass on all the information on Hilovas Island, and I won’t spare you if there are any omissions...
Thurliham, you go to contact the second-level great sword masters of the other chambers of commerce and see how much it will cost to invite them to make a move. If you can agree, agree to it. We can't ask people to work hard and make people say that they are stingy... "
"Yes, Father." Eldest Young Master Thurliham stood up and nodded respectfully in agreement.
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