Whispering Poems

Chapter 1770 The wealthy merchants in the steam era
She was probably worried that Xia De was not ready, so she also revealed to Xia De:

"At the banquet in a while, in addition to the local nobles, I will take you to meet several nobles from Tobesk City, yes, including the Duchess of Saladir. You should know her, right? The most beautiful rose of the Cavendish royal family, the noble daughter whom countless men and women have dreamed of, the defender of the southern border, and the aunt of His Majesty the King."

"I know, I know, don't worry if you hear about it a little bit, I have received a complete training in aristocratic etiquette, and I will not be rude."

Xia De felt his conscience was disturbed, but he couldn't say it out loud.

"A girl you know trained for you again?"

Audrey took his restraint at the moment as nervousness, thinking that he had never seen such a big man, so she asked with a teasing smile, but what she said this time was completely correct.

The Rose Manor where Miss Galina stayed can be regarded as the largest manor in the center of Green Lake City.When the carriage carrying Shad and Megan arrived here, the endless stream of carriages had almost blocked the spacious street.

The location here is very good. When Xia De jumped out of the carriage first, he could see the silhouette of Green Lake City Hall when he looked to the left, and he could see the bell tower of the city when he looked to the right. Not far behind was the church steeple hidden in the night. in silhouette.

He turned around and held Audrey's hand, allowing the witch to walk down carefully with the hem of her skirt.The two looked up at the red carpet that was illuminated by the gas lamp and stretched from the gate of the manor to the manor house. The witch said softly:
"It's really a big deal."

The guests invited to this banquet were the big shots of the negotiating delegation, local aristocratic officials from Green Lake City, and some Carson Rikers.Xia De certainly didn't know these guests, and Megan probably only knew a few of them, so when the witch entered the manor with Xia De's arm, no one greeted them.

They came at just the right time, just as the guests were coming in.At the gate of the manor house, Megan handed over an invitation letter and gave a gift. When he saw "Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals", the old butler wearing white gloves took a rather unexpected look at Megan.

However, this conscientious old butler will probably take a temporary vacation for a month or two after this banquet.Miss Galina brought a huge group of maids to serve herself, and she didn't like men walking around where she lived.

The banquet hall is located on the second floor. When the building was built, the original owner, Earl Gaiman, considered the function of the banquet hall, so the area of ​​the banquet hall is quite large.When Xia De and Megan walked in with the maid, the violinist of the band was welcoming the guests with cheerful music.Men and women in formal suits and dresses gathered around the row of long tables in the center of the banquet hall, either joking or talking in whispers.The crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling, and the bright yellow light, together with the light of the gas lamp, illuminates the freshly painted manor and the clean floor that seems to be reflective more brightly.

"She is really rich."

Xia De heard his female partner muttered again, but he pretended not to hear, and was immediately taken by her to meet those business partners.

In the negotiations between De La Rion and Carson Rico on the Pantanal region, the merchant power can barely be regarded as a third-party power, trying to influence the outcome of the negotiation through various roles, so as to make their own profits.Of course, the influence they can make is not as great as the third-party forces that were discovered by MI[-] in Tobesk City some time ago and have not yet revealed their true identities, but at least these businessmen can appear on the bright side.

Rich businessmen who are favored by both countries and have no obvious preference for both countries, in addition to "Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals" in the pharmaceutical industry, there are also "Cuckoo Publishing House" in the book publishing industry, and "Weili" in the freshwater fishery industry in rivers and lakes. Brother Aquatic Products" and so on.These big businessmen came to the Green Lake area because of the invitation, and most of them attended the banquet tonight.

Although the identity of Megan Edwards is mysterious to ordinary people, she is very prominent among these multinational wealthy businessmen.She took Shad to meet these well-known businessmen in the Old World, and got together with them, holding wine glasses and chatting with each other about the weather, jewelry, business and this year's bad weather. During the period, Megan also introduced Shad's identity, calling Xia De her friend in a rather ambiguous tone.

This is almost equivalent to saying that Xia De is her lover or lover.

"It's a pity that Miss Xi Wei Aurora didn't come. If there is no Aurora Shipyard on this occasion, I always feel very regretful."

The representative of "Cuckoo Publishing House" is an intellectual lady wearing gold-rimmed glasses. Instead of wearing a gorgeous long dress, she matched a relatively simple black gauze skirt with a slim blue coat for women.

And the Aurora family represented by the "light" witch she mentioned also belonged to the wealthy businessmen who were invited, but it was a pity that Miss Aurora did not come this time because she wanted to avoid suspicion.

"It's really a pity that Miss Aurora didn't come. She probably has already planned to fully support the United Kingdom of Carson Rik. After all, her family is from Carson Riker. Speaking of this, on the south bank of Green Lake on Sunday night You will also attend another banquet at the same time, right?"

Mr. House of the "Healthy Cigarette United Company" asked. There are three golden rings on his thick right hand holding the wine glass. distinguish.

When he asked a question, no one in the circle answered immediately. Although the registered place of "Healthy Tobacco United Company" is not in the territory of the two countries, in fact the company's business is mainly based on De La Rion.When Megan introduced the situation to Shad on the way here, she mentioned that this bloated Mr. House is suspected to have a relationship with a certain prince of Delarion, and he may have long been a royal glove.

As for the "banquet on the south bank of Green Lake on Sunday night" refers to the welcome banquet of Kasenlik, it is naturally difficult for him to talk about this sensitive issue here.

"Mr. House, I heard that you are doing business with the islanders of the Kingdom of the Archipelago - Kellagley recently? Those pirates can afford your cigarettes. Is there enough money left to buy matches?"

After people looked at each other in a tacit silence, the tall, slender man with blond hair changed the subject.Not only was he not a businessman, he was not even from De La Rion, he was a representative of the Accounting Guild of the United Kingdom of Carson Rik, and somehow he got here to participate in the conversation of everyone.

As for the Kingdom of the Islands, Miss Galina and Shade have talked about it, it is one of the main forces that threaten the peace of the Old Continent.

"Look at what you're saying, it's like I have a connection with those pirates. My relationship with the archipelago is limited to liking the cod and shark's fin produced in the North Sea."

Mr. House said, pointing to Megan:

"Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals, don't you also want to sell their earthworm oil and tonic water to those islanders, and then exchange them for farmland for planting herbs?"

Megan's public name is Megan Green, and the name Megan Edwards is only used in a few places. In addition, Edwards itself is not a particularly rare surname, so no one has linked Paradise Island Pharmaceuticals with the Edwards family for the time being. Together.

The witch nodded gracefully, she did not deny:

"Who here doesn't want to do business with those islanders? Oh, the Cuckoo Publishing House definitely doesn't want to, the literacy rate of the islanders is really too low. The number of islanders living in the Eye of the Storm Islands is less than the population of the Old Continent One-twentieth, but there is nothing missing there, and once the market is discovered, there are buried treasures that are more valuable than the Pantanal trade route."

The merchants nodded together:
"That's the truth, but even if the risk of being robbed by the islanders is excluded, the cost of shipping and the risk of ocean trade will increase the cost by at least [-]%. It is not easy to open up the market."

Everyone tacitly did not talk about another banquet on Sunday night.

"It is said that the Ministry of Finance of De La Rion has considered providing trade subsidies for ships going to the Kingdom of the Archipelago for business in the form of tax rebates."

Xia De suddenly said, seeing that everyone else looked at him in surprise—even including Audrey, he explained:

"I have friends in the Treasury Department of De La Rion, and this is what they said. However, this is a proposal that was made almost ten years ago.

At that time, the Kingdom of Delarion was considering establishing closer ties with the Kingdom of the Archipelago and expanding the scope of influence on the west coast, so merchants were needed to open up gaps.But then because of the conflict between the Delarion New World Pioneering Legion and the pirates, the matter was shelved. "

In fact, this is learned from the memory of the neighbor Mr. Smith. The last time in [Past Times Sixth Epoch] Xia De obtained a lot of memories from his neighbors. When Mr. Smith was young, it was the age when the kingdom was booming. The witness of the incident is a legend who is more powerful than "Grey Eagle" Sparrow Hamilton - because he has lived to this day.

"I don't know about it. No, I've heard of it, but I don't know so much. Miss Green, I didn't expect your friend to have such a relationship in Tobesk."

Mr. House, the fat businessman, praised him, and handed Shad a business card.Although it was the first time for Megan to know that Xia De still had such a relationship, she still pretended to deal with it very plainly, and became more and more curious about Xia De's real identity.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, the protagonist of the banquet, Grand Duchess Galina Cavendish, showed up with her grandnephews and grandnieces.Everyone stood up and listened to the Duchess's speech on the theme of "peace and the future" in the flickering of the flashing lights.

Although the current situation is precarious and the Old Continent will fall into the cage of all-out war again if one is not careful, this does not prevent the adults from saying anything.

Of course, Xia De's attention was not on the speech he already knew the contents of, he had listened to it yesterday afternoon.He noticed Miss Galina who was speaking, looking in his direction with an unusual frequency.

Audrey thought it was a colleague from the Witch Council greeting her, but Xia De knew that it was the red-haired witch warning herself that she must follow the plan.

(End of this chapter)