Frey Reed limped into the study, and reported dejectedly: "Your Highness, the Duke of Kenmes has arrived at the Bear King Palace. My father, oh no, it is Viscount Shredder who has gone to the palace gate to greet him..."
Lorist closed the book in his hand, looked at Frereide quietly, and asked, "Have you been taught a lesson by your father again?"
"No..." Frereide still wanted to deny.
"Then where did the big footprints on your pants come from? Here, besides me and your father, no one else has the guts to teach you a lesson. Tell me, what good thing did your father do to make your father angry..." Luo Rist could tell that Frereid had just been severely punished by his father, Fatty Shi.
"Uh... Your Highness, Master Anderbell and I painted a few bear sculptures off-white and pushed them to the aisle. My father didn't pay attention when he passed by, and he tripped and fell over, so he was very angry..." Buddha Ray Reid confessed truthfully.
"Oh..." Lorist smiled wryly with his hands on his forehead. Well, Fatty Shi's second son has a really out-of-the-box personality. He's not as persevering as Reddy, nor as eager to learn as Schwader, let alone Jay. Norio's poise. To put it bluntly, he is a curious baby suffering from ADHD who wants to try everything. Maybe it's because he was doted on by Fatty Shi's grandfather-in-law, the first-class great swordsman Injerek when he was a child, and he developed a temperament that is not afraid of anything.
Just like the comments written by Ms. Teresti, the dean of Nicole Academy, he has a pure nature, that is, he is too curious, brave, and courageous. After four years of enrollment, he has become the troublemaker of the academy. object...
So when they heard that Lorist was going to take Frereid away as an attendant, the professors at Nicole Academy were delighted and regretful at the same time. They originally hoped that Frey Reid could go to the Chenxi Academy, which made the teaching of the Chenxi Academy a headache.
He just came to Lorist's side. On the one hand, he is a bit born, and on the other hand, with Lei Di and Genorio around, Frerid's performance is not satisfactory. Although he is only sixteen years old, he has awakened his fighting spirit Second, he has a bright personality and a strong body like a calf. He is very pleasing to Reddy and Genorio, and he usually gives advice from time to time, letting him know what he needs to pay attention to as Lorist's attendant...
But after returning to the Northland and entering the Bear King Palace, Reddy took Genorio to the Rock Castle to practice the Pill Sea Entraining Art. Frerio lost his restraint, no one was in charge, and Lorist would not keep an eye on him all the time. Watching his every move, so Frey Reid completely herded the sheep. In addition, for some unknown reason, Frereid and the eldest and young master Anderbell hit it off at first sight, and the two of them, one big and one small, got together to play all day long, using the entire Bear Palace as a playground, and they had fun all of a sudden. exhilarating...
Then Frereide was in a tragedy. Fatty Shi was the chief administrative officer of the Norton family. After Lorist returned to the palace, Fatty Shi often came to discuss some matters. What Frereid did did not escape Fatty Shi. s eyes. Lorist was worried about his face and was too embarrassed to teach him a lesson, but Fatty Shi hated iron but steel, so he was completely capable of ruthless tactics. Now Frereide is to his father what a mouse is to a cat...
"Anderbell ran away first again, didn't he?" Lorist asked.
Lorist has always suspected that the main reason why his son would have so much fun with Frereide was that he had a top tank when he got into trouble. Who told Frereide to grow up to be such a big man, but not so much? What kind of mind, the old man got into trouble, and if he doesn't come out, who will be the top? The brat is so young that he has scheming...
"Mmm... Young Master, he..." Frereide thought for a while and couldn't find a reason to tell Enderbell. When Fatty Shi was tripped, Young Master Enderbell turned around and ran away, but he had to step forward to give his father to him. Helped him up, and then he was caught and beaten... .
Loris pulled the bell rope by the wall, and soon Pat, the commander of the guard camp, walked in.
"Go, take Anderbell and this fellow out into the yard, let them do a half-hour's stride, and put a bowl of water on each of their shoulders, and start over if the water comes out. By the way Take three lashes on Anderbell's butt, and tell him that since he is a partner, he must share the pain when he does something bad, instead of running away alone..." Lorist ordered.
"Yes, Your Highness." Pat led the frustrated Frereid out.
After a while, Fatty Shi appeared in front of Lorist with the Duke of Kenmes. Well, Fatty Shi's clothes were a little wrinkled, and the left side of his face was slightly red and swollen. It can be seen that his father accidentally tripped over what Frereid said It was a bit heavy to fall on this big horse.
But what made Lorist curious was Duke Kenmes, who brought several large boxes to Lorist's study this time. Commanding the palace servants to put these big boxes away and then let them retreat, the Duke of Kenmes let out a sigh of relief...
"Aha, my brother, you are too kind to come to see me bring so many gifts..." Lorist said this intentionally, he believed that the contents of these big boxes would not be gifts, like Giving gifts between dukes like them would only be a gift list, instead of bringing several large boxes in front of them, that would be too vulgar.
"You think it's beautiful." Sure enough, the Duke of Kenmes immediately retorted: "This is not a gift for you... Locke, I made a special trip to Liushuichuan this time, and in the big boxes I brought back for you, They are filled with new and fashionable products from your family's competitor, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, which are eye-opening and informative.
In addition, I heard that our Majesty the King has ordered the lease of Liushuichuan to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, planning to set up another large market there. It is clear that you want to compete with the Qilingang Bazaar under your family's jurisdiction. No matter in terms of geographical location or commercial scope, Liushuichuan has an advantage. Coupled with the support of His Majesty the King, why don't you, Locke? Worried about the slump in the Qilingang market? "
Lorist smiled and shook his head: "I don't need to worry about this. In fact, His Majesty the King supports the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to set up a large market in Liushuichuan. Although it has squeezed out the business share of Qilin Port, what really affects it is raw materials. With regard to the acquisition of mineral resources, we have lost both sides in this regard, and let the nobles of the territories who produced these materials take advantage of it...
In fact, the benefit of its Lin Gang market is that the nobles in those territories have money in their hands, so they increase their purchases of various materials and commodities. Now that the Ontario Chamber of Commerce has set up a large market in Liushuichuan, it also wants to share some of the profits. In fact, what kind of goods and goods those territorial nobles purchase depends on the quality and price. "
In this regard, Lorist is very confident. Now the products and goods produced in the Norton family's territory are of various kinds and varieties. At the same time, it took advantage of the cost of transporting bulk goods by sea. No matter in terms of cost or quality, Lorist believed that the goods and goods imported by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce from the Business Alliance through land transport were not their competitors at all.
"You're too confident, Locke." Duke Kenmes shook his head: "The Ontario Chamber of Commerce didn't want to compete with your Norton family on the commodities of daily necessities, they chose high-end fashion commodities and luxury…”
The Duke of Kenmes walked to a large box, opened the lid, and took out an exquisite golden bowl, followed by a gold plate, and a gold cup, and soon Lorist's desk was filled with all kinds of things. Gold Cutlery…
"This set of forty-five pieces of gold banquet tableware cost me more than 70,000 goldford..." Duke Kenmes showed off contentedly.
"Are you crazy?" Fatty Shi was taken aback, "Give me 20,000, and I'll find someone to make two sets of tableware like this for you..."
"Ignorance..." Duke Kenmes snorted through his nose, picked up a gold dinner plate, and stroked the exquisite pattern on it: "Look at this pattern first, and the engraving on this chassis, look at this Who made this set of gold tableware, and what nonsense is it that it costs 20,000 yuan to make two sets. This is not an ordinary gold tableware, at least I, the owner of the Kenmax family, is not a rich fool... "
Lorist picked up a golden bowl and turned it over to look, only to see a trapezoidal signature engraved on the chassis, which were four distorted characters, which should be the name of Bruvier.
"Bruvier? This name looks familiar..." Fatty Shi said while holding a golden dinner plate.
"Hehe, do you still remember the Principality of Zikedor?" Duke Kenmes asked.
What's the matter with the Principality of Ziketor? Lorist looked at the golden bowl in his hand, but he couldn't see where there was the mark of the Principality of Zikedor on the golden bowl.
But Fatty Shi suddenly realized: "You are talking about the Principality of Chiketor, which is famous for its gold and silverware manufacturing? Wasn't it destroyed by the business alliance during the Central South War? Now it seems to be the one established by the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce. The site of the Mayflower Kingdom. Last time we re-established the Grand Duchy of Zikeda in the two provinces of the Business Alliance, we only found a nephew of the original Duke Zikedah, who inherited the position of the Grand Duke... "
"The Duchy of Zikedore that you helped to restore the country is completely different from the Duchy of Zikedore back then." Duke Kenmes commented mercilessly: "The Kingdom of Zikedore used to make gold and silver. The name Bruvier represents the top artisan family of gold and silverware. Their family produces only a dozen sets of gold and silverware each year, and the supply has always been in short supply. In the past two hundred years, any noble family has A set of silver and gold made by the Blouviers is a great thing to boast about.
What I didn't expect was that the Business Alliance robbed the Bruvier family when it destroyed the Principality of Chiketor, and mastered the gold and silverware made by the Bruvier family, which means that the Business Alliance has another gold-absorbing weapon. Locke, the glass tableware produced by your Norton family is indeed very exquisite and luxurious, but compared with the gold and silverware made by the Bruvier family launched by the business alliance, it does lack some heritage. Similarly, I would rather pay a high price to buy such a set of gold and silverware made by the Bruvier family as a family inheritance... "
Lorist's face became serious. The Duke of Kenmes was right. Although there are many varieties of products in his own territory, accounting for nearly half of the daily necessities market in Galintia, these commodities and goods are basically sold by the general public. goods. Although some of them can be regarded as high-end products and luxury goods, they have no background and can only be regarded as novelty fashion products.
It is undoubtedly a good move for the business alliance to choose to compete with the Norton family in terms of history and brand. After all, the rise of the Norton family came after Lorist returned to the North. Although the Norton family also has a long history of more than 300 years, but these 300 years are just a military noble family on the northern border of the former Krissen Empire, and the family has no intention of spending these accumulations that have nothing to do with survival.
"Take out whatever else is in those boxes," Lorist said.
From the remaining three boxes are the famous camel army blankets, famous fruit wine from the long-established Principality of Bidsen, elf jewelry from the Kingdom of Alberta, and several other countries in the central and southern parts of the continent that were destroyed by the Business Alliance. Specialty products from the past... Finally, the Duke of Kenmes took out an extremely weird statue from the box.
"What is this?" Lorist asked curiously. Half of this statue is a plump breast, and the other half is a skinny man. The two are very twisted and intertwined, giving people an uncomfortable impression.
"Hehe, this is the masterpiece of Carmen Setov, the greatest artist five hundred years ago. It is an imitation of men and women, and it is also an imitation of later generations of famous sculptors. It took me 50,000 gold dollars to snatch it. You see, this How beautiful and natural the carved lines and curves are, it profoundly reveals the true meaning of women being the winners between men and women..." Duke Kenmes suddenly became very young at this moment.
****... Doesn't it mean that there are only tired cows and no plowed fields? Lorist couldn't help crying and laughing as he watched Duke Kenmes lovingly caressing this weird statue of a man and woman: "Okay Well, no one is robbing you of this thing, that is to say, you will take this thing as a treasure, and you have spent fifty thousand gold merits, do you have a lot of money... "
"Lock, you don't understand, this is art..." Duke Kenmes was very dissatisfied that Lorist called his baby that thing.
"Your Highness..." Fatty Shi opened his mouth as he looked at the merchandise that filled the study room.
Lorist knew what he was going to say, and shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce's introduction of these products from the business alliance will not have a big impact on the sales of the products produced in our family's territory in the big Qilingang market. There may be some short-term impact, but in the long run, what we provide is daily consumables, and they provide high-quality goods and luxury goods. The price is high but the market demand is not too great... "
"Aren't you worried that His Majesty the King will take the opportunity to suppress the big market of Qilingang? Maybe he will take back your family's jurisdiction over Qilingang..." Duke Kenmes said.
"Don't worry, he doesn't dare to do that." Lorist seemed confident at the moment: "Although our King is smart enough to support the Ontario Chamber of Commerce to purchase raw materials and mineral resources, he cut off the business of working with our family to make money. But now he still needs to rely on Qilin Port to purchase the grain produced by the empire in exchange for a large amount of cash to support the operation of the various management agencies of the empire. In the case that the Ontario Chamber of Commerce cannot provide him with gold coins, he will not Shot against Lin Gang."
The Duke of Kenmes breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm relieved when you say that, you know that our Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce is the largest merchant in the empire, and the competition between your Norton family and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce has made our Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce increase by a hundred this year. 30% of the income. Our caravan is now vigorously purchasing raw materials and mineral resources produced in the noble territories of various provinces, and then transporting them to Liushuichuan or Qilin Port for sale. As long as your competition can continue to ensure that the purchase price If it changes, I plan to expand the scale of caravan acquisition next year... "
"The purchase price should not change." Lorist said, "We are riding a tiger, and it depends on who can't hold on first. I would rather you transport all the purchased raw materials and mineral resources to Liushuichuan for sale. Drain the cash flow of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce."
Duke Kenmes nodded: "I understand."
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