He's in the west, he's a cowboy

Hosea was having intense and exciting negotiations with Dawson about the details of the deal, while Trelawny was looking around in Dawson's study.

There are many valuable things here, and Trelawny is a person who knows the goods. He can find many good things with just a casual glance.

Like Italian sculptures, Chinese porcelain, and carvings from a primitive tribe, but these things are not their goal, their goal is cash.

Although these things are valuable, they are not easy to get rid of, and even if you get rid of them, there is no guarantee that other troubles will not occur. Moreover, the value of these items is difficult to estimate, so cash and gold are better.

With rich experience in fraud and theft, Trelawney quickly discovered several unusual places, which according to the feel, should be hidden compartments.

Trelawny kept these places in his heart, and he would definitely visit here the most when he comes back.

There is a small door behind the study, which should be Dawson's bedroom. After all, Annesburg is not a big place. With limited space, the room provided to John is also a suite like this. The same should be the case for Dawson.

Trelawney was determined. According to convention, cash would generally only be in two places. One was the secret compartment in the study and bedroom of these nobles. There should be gold, large checks, etc. here.

The other one should be the exchange at the dock, where there should be a lot of cash of small denominations. After all, it is impossible for Dawson to pay for every transaction in person.

After talking to Dawson for a while, Hosea finally understood why Dawson was so uncharacteristically attentive...

This guy doesn't have much goods at all right now. He wants Hosea to pay first and then give him the goods...

In a normal large-scale transaction of this kind, a part of the deposit should be paid first, and then the mine will supply the goods on schedule, and the recipient will pay monthly or quarterly. But what Dawson wanted was for Hosea to pay the full amount first, and then he would ship the goods. goods.

This has to mention a series of good things done by Daqi and Zhou Zheng before...

Cornwall was robbed twice by Dutch first, and suffered a large loss of mobile funds. In order to capture Dutch and recover the money, he invested heavily in Pinkerton.

Some time ago, Zhou Zheng, Arthur and Charles burned Annesburg again, and they could only spend a large amount of money originally used to expand production to rebuild Annesburg first.

In addition, William of Blackwater Town has always been there and refuses to admit defeat. In order to maintain his advantage and open up relationships in all aspects, Cornwall is spending a lot of money again.

In addition, the last batch of Chinese workers who were coaxed to serve as labor force were disturbed by two stupid young men, Huan and Wei Xin. Although only a few people escaped in the end, it caused a very bad influence among them. .

Those Chinese workers didn't know that Wei Xin was the only one who ran away. In addition, after seeing Annesburg being burned, they felt that these people were just like this. Many brave ones were ready to make a move. They made trouble several times in a month, although they were all killed. The suppression was suppressed, but the production of the mine was completely delayed.

In anger, Dawson could only lock everyone deep in the mine, put shackles on them, and sent supervisors to force them to work. Under the cave, the Chinese workers who lacked food and clothing could not have the strength to work. Those Chinese workers who died and were injured could not achieve the expected work efficiency.

After all this trouble, Annesburg's output has been greatly reduced this year, and even many existing orders can only be postponed. If Cornwall's face was not strong enough, those businessmen would have made a fuss.

So why does Dawson still want to negotiate this deal under such difficult circumstances?

Then the topic returns to the good deeds Zhou Zheng did...

After the fire in Annesburg, Dawson was called in front of Cornwall and scolded, saying bluntly that if it didn't work, he would go back to his hometown.

This was too uncomfortable for Dawson. He finally had the power and could lose it again. He urgently needed to cultivate a group of his own customers, not Cornwall's customers, to consolidate his position in Cornwall's heart.

As for whether to deliver the goods, Cornwall's reputation matters anyway, so let's just put it off and focus on our own first.

I have to say that this Dawson is also a clever little guy...

Combining the information he knew before and the information he got from Dawson's mouth, Hosea has basically guessed everything. Since this guy has something to ask for, he is not in a hurry.

He pretended to meditate for a while, and finally said leisurely as Dawson waited anxiously: "Mr. Dawson, I think I need to go back and discuss it with my young master. After all, this matter is of great importance..."

Although Dawson was anxious, he also knew that this would not be won in a short while, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Hosea took advantage of the situation and proposed that he would go down to the mine to have a look tomorrow. Although Dawson was confused, he didn't think too much about it. He just thought that Hosea wanted to see the mine and evaluate cooperation, so he agreed wholeheartedly.

Hosea returned to John and saw that everyone had gained something. He was determined and now he just had to wait until he got out of the mine tomorrow to start planning.

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Dawson came to invite everyone to inspect the mine. John and others happily agreed, and a large group of people headed to the mine under the leadership of the foreman.

Zhou Zheng was not idle either. He was taking Sean Lenny and Juan with him, and the four of them were standing in front of a carriage filled with wine barrels.

"Tell me, is this idea really useful?" Lanny asked curiously: "What if they don't buy it?"

"Don't worry, I've already agreed with Hosea that he will let Trelawney come with him, and he will let those people buy it when the time comes." Zhou Zheng looked at the carriage full of wine and said with a smile.

"This is really such a waste." Sean couldn't help but said while looking at the good wine in front of him.

"Don't worry. Once the order is settled, you can drink whatever you want." Zhou Zheng opened a barrel of wine and smelled the aroma of wine inside. To be honest, he couldn't help but want to take a sip.

Putting the wine barrel back to its original place, Zhou Zheng confirmed again: "Have everything in the wine been put away?"

"Don't worry, I spent a lot of money to buy the most fragrant wine in Saint Denis. I also bought the medicine from those Russians. They are all good things." Juan said with a smile.

These things were also among the things Zhou Zheng asked Juan to buy when he was in Saint Denis.

His plan was to let Lenny drive a carriage full of wine. When Trelawny passed by with the team receiving gifts, he would use the excuse of rewarding everyone to buy the wine and let those people drink the wine. After the medicine and wine, the rest is easy. The four of them just need to hit the target one by one.

As for how to get Trelawney to buy wine smoothly? That's very simple, just let Lenny "accidentally" knock over a barrel of wine, so that the aroma of the wine can be smelled by those people.

Does this plan look familiar to you? It’s right, it’s about outsmarting the birthday plan!

I have to say that Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms are very useful.