Celestial Mage

Chapter 216 The Great Merchant from Winter City (34)

The afternoon of the appointment.

Rosen, Xia Bolai, and Harrick gathered at the Hound House.

Oh no, it's not called The Hound House anymore.

Here officially changed its name to 'Crescent Town Temporary Town Office Building'.

There is no way, the three of them are not considered rich, and they don't have a big manor, so they can only use this simple sloping roof for the time being.

'Google~'

After taking a sip of the good wine Harrick kept, Xia Bolai began to introduce the details of Crescent Town he had learned from the refugees.

"Iron Arm Lovanle has created an Iron Arm Brotherhood."

"Not only did he kill Samler, but he also set fire to all the wooden houses in Crescent Town, and then pulled at least two thousand strong men and countless women, and robbed all of Crescent Town. Valuable supplies fled into the Luoxue Mountains."

Rosen asked, "I heard that Luo Fanle is a mercenary, how capable is he?"

This Brotherhood of Iron Arms must be eliminated.

The main members of the Brotherhood must also be sent to the gallows, and as for Luo Fanle, I am afraid that he will be sentenced to death.

As for ordinary members, they can be treated with tolerance, as long as they are willing to put down their weapons and live an honest life, then a little punishment will do.

Xia Bolai began to introduce Loeffler in detail.

"He is a mid-level warrior. He used to be an officer in the Second Silver Moon Garrison Regiment, which is the regiment that my elder brother commanded. He retired from the army and lived a good life for a few years until he became obsessed with gambling."

"Gambling is a bottomless thing. Within half a year, all the money I saved as an officer was lost. In order to make a living, I had to become a mercenary."

Harrick shrugged: "Xia Bolai, it sounds like I have a fight with you."

Xia Bolai slapped the table and stared wide-eyed.

"Fart, I never gamble."

"You don't gamble, you just give money to the girl. If you gamble, you can still win, but you just lose."

Xia Bolai blushed: "I, you. Talk about business. Why are you pulling me?"

Harrick pouted: "If you can be more self-disciplined and have a better reputation, maybe there will be more people who support us."

Xia Bolai was speechless immediately.

Rosen waved his hands: "Okay, okay, don't mention the past again. Uncle has changed his mind. He swears in front of the earl that if he thinks about the girl again, he will chop off the elephant's trunk."

He listened to these words, because the old bad habits are not easy to change, but since Xia Bolai has made such a poisonous oath, he will definitely restrain himself.

Harrick's eyes widened: "Xia Bolai, tsk tsk~ you are ruthless~ okay, I won't mention the past again!"

Xia Bolai breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I have a very good relationship with the refugees these days. Everyone trusts me very much. When they heard that I became the acting lord of Xinyue Town, they all expressed their willingness to go back to Xinyue with me. Go to the town and rebuild the town."

Speaking of this, there was a smug look on his face.

Rosen was not stingy with praise: "Uncle, you are reliable this time. In Silvermoon Castle, there is no noble young master who can endure hardships like you!"

Harrick also nodded: "This is a beautiful job, I admire you!"

"Hahaha~~"

Xia Bolai laughed happily, but soon a sad look came to his face.

"The current situation is that there is nothing left in Crescent Town. All the metal, even an iron spoon, and even the iron ring for the toilet, have all been taken away by the fraternity."

"In addition, my brother has just gone through a big purchase in order to build the town, so there are not many idle materials in the Silvermoon Castle market. Ironware, in particular, has become a scarce material."

"So, the 15 kroner land reclamation materials supported by everyone will take at least a month to be fully in place."

This is not a matter of money, but that there are only so many things in the highland market.

No matter how much money there is, it can't be changed. It can only be made to work overtime in various workshops.

In addition to recruiting officials, craftsmen, mercenaries and other trivial matters, they would have to wait a month before leaving for Crescent Town.

Otherwise, you don't even have a hoe and a sickle, so you can't let a group of people dig the ground with your hands, right?
Naturally, Rosen had done some research, so he nodded to express his understanding.

"One month later, new grains will be on the market, and we will buy another batch of grains. The more we buy, the better."

Everything else can be slowed down a little bit, but the food cannot be slowed down, and the more the better.

Because once the food reserves are insufficient, the townspeople will panic, and if they panic, it will be difficult to lead the team.

In addition, although others have supported 15 kroner in materials, this has to be returned, and this batch of materials is not enough for subsequent construction.

They must hurry up and find ways to get more money to maintain subsequent construction.

And this is also the biggest reason why the three gathered at the Hound House today.

Xia Bolai showed embarrassment: "Anyway, I have no money."

He quickly added: "My salary as a general has already given my brothers a drink, and I only have 10 crowns left on hand."

Harrick covered his head and sighed: "Everyone knows that you are a poor man, and they didn't count on you."

So is Rosen.

Xia Bolai laughed dryly, and made a suggestion: "How about we go to the Full Moon Bank to borrow a sum? The bank is the property of the Omicia family. I will borrow [-] crowns to buy food."

Rosen shook his head: "If you can't borrow it, your elder brother will never agree."

Fubosi has not been completely deprived of his inheritance qualifications, and the two are still in a competitive relationship.

He will definitely go above the bottom line set by the earl and try his best to prevent Chapolet from getting things done.

Xia Bolai said again: "Then why don't you go to the rich man in the city to borrow it?"

Harrick shrank his neck immediately: "Those rich men are smarter than monkeys. If you ask them to borrow money, it must be usury."

That's what I said, if I want to come back nine out of three, I'll just work for others in the future.

Furthermore, the millionaires in Silvermoon Castle who were willing to borrow money basically all borrowed money, and the 12 kroner was put together by this group of people.

Xia Bolai looked at Luo Sen: "Luo Sen, don't beat around the bush, just tell me what to do?"

Rosen laughed, he did have a detailed plan.

"It's hard to live by borrowing money, you have to find a way to make money."

Chapolet looked bachelor: "I can only spend money, I am not good at making money."

Harrick didn't speak, waiting for Rosen to come up with a solution.

Rosen smiled and said, "You two uncles, do you still remember the big businessman Candela?"

Harrick nodded immediately, of course he remembered, but Xia Bolai didn't have much memory.

Rosen began to introduce in detail.

"Kendra Lawrence, a trader who bought more than a dozen of my paintings at one go, owns more than a dozen large ships, and is a millionaire with an annual income of [-] kroner."

"By the way, my amazing gallery is opened in his property."

"I have inquired carefully. This guy is a neutral faction. He has money, a ship, and many trade routes leading to other places."

"As long as he is willing to cooperate with us, not only can we make a lot of money through him, but we don't have to stick to the Yellow River Highland to buy supplies."

The Huangshui Highland is too small and has few resources. If the trade route with the Golden Land can be opened up, the land will be vast at once, with more money to be earned and more things to buy.

Harrick slapped the table hard: "It's worth a try!"

Rosen got up immediately: "Uncle, let's go, let's go meet this Kendela for a while."

"Huh? Will he agree to cooperate?" Xia Bolai didn't have a clue.

"You don't have to worry about it. You can just take care of the place nearby, and leave the rest to me and Harrick."

Pessie and Lilith collected a lot of information about Candela, but they were all peripheral information based on hearsay. What is the real situation, they have to take a look in person to find out the truth.

"Let's go."

After that, the three of them drove to the dock area in the west of the city in a carriage.

On the way, Rosen continued to introduce the rich man to the remaining two.

"I checked. Candela is a member of the Lawrence family, and the Lawrence family is one of the three famous business families in Winter City. The big backer behind it is O'Brien, the master craftsman."

Xia Bolai's expression suddenly dawned.

"It's no wonder the business is so big~ O'Brien is one of the top three smiths in the north, no, one of the two big crafting masters!"

Rosen nodded, pointing to the staff of flowers hanging on his waist: "This staff is the work of Master O'Brien, it is very powerful."

He continued: "Kandla is only a member of the Lawrence family. The business he manages accounts for less than one-tenth of the family's total assets."

"And the entire Lawrence family has at least a hundred big ships!"

"These ships are running back and forth between the major waterways of the Golden Land, reselling goods between cities. It is said that even the imperial capital Fort Romil has a cargo warehouse of the Lawrence family."

Harrick immediately said: "If we can get the help of the Lawrence family, then we basically don't have to worry about the materials for building the town."

Xia Bolai spread his hands: "These businessmen are the most shrewd, how could they help you for no reason?"

Rosen nodded: "Uncle is right. Businessmen value profits but are ruthless. If you want to get their help, you must have enough bargaining chips."

"Fortunately, I still have some chips in my hand."

Harrick's eyes lit up: "Rosen, are you going to sell Yanhua to the entire Golden Land?"

Rosen just smiled: "I have this idea, but let me continue to introduce Candela first."

After the two were concentrating, he continued to tell the target information.

"Kandla is a person who loves beauties the most. He has raised hundreds of beauties in his mansion. Every day when he gets up, he is surrounded by beautiful women."

Harrick on the side was a little envious, but then he shook his head vigorously.

"It's not good to have too many beauties. I'm afraid only he himself knows whether such a life is happy or not."

Xia Bolai almost drooled enviously: "Does it need to be said? This is simply more enjoyable than living in heaven!"

If he's wrong, he's sworn to it, and he won't think about it.

Raising his hand vigorously and patting his forehead, Xia Bolai forcibly interrupted his reverie.

Rosen waved his hand: "Okay, don't interrupt, listen to me."

"This guy is still an official mage. Although his mana is not strong, he knows a few good spells and has a strong interest in learning new spells."

Harrick shrugged his shoulders: "Well, then this guy must have spent a lot of money on spells."

Rosen laughed: "Indeed."

"I heard that he once spent [-] kroner to buy an official mage certificate for himself, and he also spent [-] kroner to buy the fame stunts of other mages."

Harrick immediately understood, and also laughed: "Rosen, why don't you sell him something powerful?"

Rosen simply shook his head: "Not for sale. All of my spells are fatal, and it's not easy to learn. It would be a pity if he couldn't learn them by force, and he would torture himself to death."

According to intelligence, Candela was not valued in the family at first, and did not make a fortune until after the age of 30, and then began to really learn spells. He was a self-entertaining amateur player.

Magic is his hobby, but his ability to cast spells is horrible.

This kind of person, giving him the real thing is to harm him, but also because he is a half-baked mage, so he is easy to be fooled by people in magic.

The three chatted while walking, and soon arrived at the mansion of the rich man Candela.

This house is really big enough, it took three or four minutes to walk half a circle around the outer stone courtyard wall in a carriage.

When you walk to the main entrance, you will see a huge and charming mermaid sculpture fountain standing at the entrance, and behind the fountain is an impenetrable steel gate.

Xia Bolai was amazed: "Once the door is closed, coupled with the tall courtyard wall, it is simply a fortress in the city."

Why didn't he find such a good place hidden in the dock area before, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved.

He lived in Mochiyue Garden when he was young, and he spent most of his time practicing martial arts. Later, he fell in love with women, so how could he look straight at a businessman?

There were two guards at the gate of the mansion. Harrick went up and explained the situation, and one of the guards turned around and entered the mansion.

About 5 minutes later, the guard came out, followed by a young beauty with scantily clad clothes, a voluptuous figure, an exquisite face, and snow-white skin, which made Xia Bolai's eyes straighten.

The beauty bowed her knees and said softly: "Three distinguished guests, the master has an invitation, please come with me."

(End of this chapter)