Arkham in the pirate world

"What does this listing mean?" Some new businessmen asked at the port.

"It's very simple. For example, if you pull a boatload of clothes, what is the price and quality? List the information and send it to the trading house. The trading house will draw up a list. If a merchant in need happens to see it, he can go through the trading house. Traders can contact each other and meet for negotiation. There is no need for merchants to go around to find buyers and sellers.”

Wilson is the head of the Trade Port Registration Office. He is one of the 57 people who passed the first round of interviews at the first job fair in Arkham Viscounty.

He was originally a down-and-out nobleman. He heard that there were a lot of jobs in the Viscount of Arkham, so he took a merchant ship over. Because he had read books, knew words, and knew arithmetic, he successfully found himself a job in the city hall. Decent paperwork.

When the trading house was first established, when everyone hesitated, he took the initiative to apply for transfer and joined the trading house. Now he has achieved some success. After all, the port registration office needs to deal with all kinds of merchants and nobles, and it is a relatively central position in the trading house. , and Wilson was born in a noble family and had considerable experience in handling interpersonal relationships. He was at home in this position like a fish in water.

Today, he was introducing the trading house to a group of small and medium-sized aristocratic merchants from far away.

"Isn't this too much trouble? And you have to pay taxes!"

"No, no, no matter how you buy or sell your goods, you need to pay taxes. You see, they are the officials of the tax department. They will make an assessment of the price of your goods and charge the corresponding entry fee. Tax. This is also a common practice in islands and ports around the world. Our tax ratio is already very low, otherwise why would there be so many businessmen willing to trade here?"

"Moreover. This method sounds troublesome and of no use to many small businessmen, but for those large businessmen whose goods are shipped by ship, it is equivalent to an additional publicity platform and an additional shipping channel. After all, now' The Recruitment Festival only lasts for seven days. And within seven days, you have to sell a large amount of goods you purchased from elsewhere, buy another batch of goods, and go back to sell them. Time is too tight."

Wilson already knew how to deal with these businessmen, and said with a smile: "The emergence of trading houses is equivalent to integrating various commodity information and putting it on the table. You only need to sit on the table, drink coffee, Smoking a cigar, buying a goods list from a trading house, you can choose the goods you like, or pay a very low trade tax, and put the goods that have passed the inspection of the trade officials on the list. This is what a nobleman is. Business!”

"In other words, we can complete the transaction without looking at the goods?" asked a middle-aged businessman.

"Yes."

"Are the goods guaranteed?"

"Of course, the quality of the trading house's goods is absolutely guaranteed, and we have compensation rules."

"How to do this?"

"First of all, you should open an account at Gotham Savings Bank. Here, that's Mr. Cotter from Gotham Savings Bank." Wilson pointed to the young man behind the desk diagonally opposite.

"Wait, what's going on with this bank?"

Kurt stood up and said: "The so-called bank is very simple. You can deposit your extra money in it and you will get generous interest every year. This is a savings business. At the same time, if you are short of money, you can also borrow money from the bank. , the interest that needs to be paid is far lower than that in the dark gold industry, this is a lending business.”

"Can I still borrow money?"

The attention of these small and medium-sized businessmen was immediately attracted.

For small and medium-sized businessmen, the attractiveness of trading houses is far less than that of Gotham Savings Bank. They carry small quantities of goods and are confident of selling them during the "Recruitment Festival". There is no need to fill in another trade tax in addition to the entry tax. , As a small business, you can save a little bit.

The lending business provided by Gotham Savings Bank was exactly what they needed. When they came to Arkham Viscounty, they realized that there were too many good products.

In addition to goods from various countries in the East China Sea, there are also very rare goods from the Grand Line and the other three seas.

In the past, these goods could only be purchased in Rogge Town, where there would be navy warships that would go there every year, bringing some goods with them.

But how can one trip a year satisfy the market demand of the entire East China Sea?

Therefore, as long as it comes from the Grand Line or other three seas, even a piece of clothing is several times more expensive than local goods.

Arkham Viscounty has a large amount of such goods!

As long as these goods are transported back, no pirates are encountered on the way, and no accident occurs, the price increase tenfold will not be excessive!

Real huge profits!

However, there are many merchants eyeing these goods. Even Levis Trading Company has privately discussed with Liszt and is willing to help ship the goods, provided that Liszt cannot sell the goods to other merchants.

Liszt naturally refused.

Levi's Trading Company and Arkham Group have always been in a competitive relationship, and there have always been frictions between the two parties in sea trade.

After experiencing failure, Levi's Trading Company adjusted its direction. The old aristocrats have a deep foundation. In the past two years, they have steadily protected their territory and restricted the further development of the Arkham Group.

These goods from the Grand Line are the key to the Arkham Group's defeat. How come they are sold to Levi's Trading Company?

Through these goods, Lister extended the tentacles of the Arkham Group to all parts of the East China Sea, and established a network of relationships with merchants and small nobles as nodes to fight against the large noble group represented by Levis Trading Company.

It can be said that this is a plan based on Arrancar's plan, which started when List organized the Arkham Chamber of Commerce and established the Gotham Savings Bank.

And this layout has begun to bear fruit. Now there are nearly thirty countries in the East China Sea, all of which have agents of the Arkham Group. These agents also have their own resources, and they also have a group of subordinates who follow them to eat.

Black bat wings gradually cover the East China Sea!

a certain island.

In the leeward bay, pirate ships flying different pirate flags docked.

In the open space opened up in the forest, a brazier set up on a tripod was burning with flames.

Click, who was wearing a golden armor, sat on the chair at the top. Next to him was the short man with an expressionless face, the ghost man Ajin.

On both sides of the venue, there were two rows of chairs, and a tall or strong pirate captain sat. They looked at each other, their expressions were either arrogant, disdainful, or indifferent, and the hostility in their eyes was not concealed at all.

Bucky crossed his hands and glanced back and forth, thinking in his mind: "This guy Crick is so ambitious. He actually wants to attack the Arkham Group?"

To allow different pirates to reunite without fighting each other, there must be either a highly respected figure who dominates the crowd, or the pirates can temporarily put aside their prejudices and cooperate for a common purpose.

Obviously, Click does not yet have the prestige and strength to suppress the entire audience.

Therefore, the pirate captains here all received invitations from Creek and gathered with the goal of the Arkham Group.

And this target is the Arkham Group!

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