Not a Witch

"The Uriah Chamber of Commerce mainly deals in stone and buildings. Many castles, temples and well-known buildings in the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua are built by them."

"The Aroni Chamber of Commerce focused on books and papermaking in its early years, and now it is involved in operas and concerts."

"The Lamia Chamber of Commerce is mainly engaged in animal husbandry, and is famous for bacon, cashmere, leather, and fur."

"Many of the raw materials for these companies are produced in Xifeng. Now many roads in Xifeng have begun to be blocked. They are eager to find a ship to bring the goods back by sea."

"But we have a limited number of ships." The girl was a little distressed. Looking at the data compiled by shipyards in various places in the past two days, even if the construction was fully started, there would be a maximum of 25-30 ships in the past two months, and only 3-4 ships would be satisfied. After all, building a ship is not about making dumplings, it still takes a lot of time.

Before today's three, representatives of 7 chambers of commerce had already visited. In addition to the representatives of the Meter Chamber of Commerce and the Rhea Chamber of Commerce who will arrive tomorrow, a total of 12 large chambers of commerce have made requests.These large chambers of commerce are not weak, and it is not good to offend any of them.

Some time ago, Lorraine Hill was thinking about making huge improvements in the cotton spinning industry, getting out a new type of loom, and greatly increasing production to make money.I don't think it's better than people. Maybe the gods think it's too slow. They immediately smashed a cake and almost choked her. Each big ship can sell thousands of extraordinary gold coins. The premium given by these chambers of commerce is almost the same as before. 2-3 times the price.

"Chelsea, does Verga have no other shipbuilding chambers besides us?"

The head maid added some hot tea to the girl's cup. The weather has turned cold recently. She thought for a while before answering.

"Yes, the Dayas family also has a lot of shipyards. They are old-fashioned chambers of commerce in Verga. They were the first to do tung oil business, and later applied to shipbuilding. The seal and waterproofness are very good, so their shipbuilding industry was once famous in the southern part of the mainland."

"Oh? Then how did we get up." The girl held the teacup in her palm, feeling its warmth, and asked curiously.

"Haha, this has to be said to be Angus' good luck." The head maid smiled.

"Mr. Angus once rescued an oriental man who fell into the water. He escaped from the Plantagenet Dynasty. It is said that he was a small local nobleman. Because of the failure of the court party, he was afraid of being destroyed, so he took his family abroad. ."

"After saving him, he later helped him find his separate family, so out of gratitude, he passed on the shipbuilding craftsmanship that he had handed down to our chamber of commerce, which combined the advanced shipbuilding technology of the Eastern Continent and the level of our Carrites. It surpassed Dayas at once, and from then on, Karites began to focus on shipbuilding."

"Is that Oriental family still there now?"

"I'm still there. I'm currently living in seclusion in Haiya Harbor. The nephew of that Oriental is also the leader of the 'Trade Wind' fleet. You'll be able to see it later."

"Okay." Lorraine Hill still met the leaders of the three fleets when she first arrived in Hopelander, but unfortunately there were too many people at that time, and she simply wrote down their appearances. After that, the three leaders left with the task. Not too familiar and acquainted.

After receiving some congratulatory representatives from the small chambers of commerce, after Loren Hill finished lunch, the time came to the afternoon. All the high-level executives of the Karites chamber of commerce were about to gather again. Three hundred seats have been prepared in the spacious conference hall. , in the middle is a large round table, and below it are rows of fan-shaped seats and tables.

The dome of the hall is very high, about 5-6 stories high. There are luxurious chandeliers hanging on the dome. Sixteen tall weighing columns are arranged on the stone walls on the side, and the load-bearing columns are more than 6 meters high. large vertical windows with clear glass.

The sunlight from outside came in and shone into the temporarily quiet and uninhabited hall. On the huge curtain wall behind the round table in the middle, there was a huge drawing of a lacquer night flower. The black petals were in full bloom, and the center was an enchanting dark purple stamen.Half in shadow and half in sunlight, this huge lacquer night flower exhibits a strange charm.

Chapter 71 New Items

While the Karites Chamber of Commerce was holding a discussion meeting, the Tisifone family also started a discussion about the current situation in the secret room.

Under the dim fluorite lamp, four figures are sitting in the underground secret room of the castle. The walls of the room are covered with bluestone that feels cool and cold to the touch. Occasionally, the sound of dripping water can be heard in the distance. The passage outside the secret room is also very complicated. With full organs, even if the enemy breaks through the castle on the ground, they can block it here, and then enter the ocean outside through the underground water channel, and finally escape.

The owner of Tisifone's hair is a little sparse, and his beard hair is also a little white. He looks very old. In fact, he is only in his fifties.It's just that the battle in the early years left a dark disease, and his health has always been bad, and his face is a little withered.

"Cough... This is what you guys did? What a shame." He said slowly with a hoarse voice.

In recent years, the head of the family has retreated behind the scenes and started to leave important matters to the younger generation. Unfortunately, this time he was very disappointed.Although the assassination of Angus is somewhat risky, it is not impossible.It's just that they let Angus's daughter go, more than once, and let her live to Hopeland.

"Edley, you were originally the most satisfying child to me, but now... I am very disappointed in you. Could it be that the comfortable and prosperous life made you forget the mission of the family?" the old man said in a voice Unpleasant, but inexplicably terrifying.

Adeley sat on the stone chair, looking at the table with one hand on his head, expressionless, no excuse, no shame.

Seeing that the scene was gradually reaching a deadlock, Wick had to stand up and mediate a little.

"We also didn't expect that the Karites Chamber of Commerce actually recruited an unknown expert temporarily and killed Nihanra in a rainy night, which led to the failure of the second operation."

Nihanra is the leader of the black cavalry, and his strength has increased significantly in the rain, close to Sequence 4. If it wasn't for Roland Hill taking the opportunity in the rapid hedging, the frontal battle would not be able to be defeated at all, unless the extraordinary core was activated. .

Because of the rapid charge, the mutual reaction time is extremely short. According to the terminology of the game, the attack power is extremely high at this moment, but the defense power is extremely low, so the girl can find a flaw in the thrill and kill her.

"Have you seen who the other party is?"

"No, according to the recollections of the three cavalrymen who escaped, the time was very short, and it was night and heavy rain. They only saw each other wearing black robes, but did not know their appearance. After the Carrites Chamber of Commerce returned to Hopeland, the A black-robed man has never appeared."

"Hmph, don't you even know the strength and identity of the other party? There are so many people in the other party's chamber of commerce, wouldn't you know if you just grab one and torture them?"

"We also thought about this, but the old man Seres was born in the army, and he was very strict about confidentiality. After returning to Hopeland, he immediately transferred these guards to the Southern Islands, saying that he was going there to recover and do medical work. It was easy to work for a while, and now we don't know which island they are on, after all, that's not our scope of activity."

"Cerez...is he still alive, huh." The old man seemed to remember something, no longer questioning this matter, and instead asked about other things.

"What did the organization say?"

"There are new instructions from above, to master the shipbuilding technology of Karites as the first goal, as for the unification of Hoplander, it will be slowed down first."

The old man did not speak, and closed his eyes for a long time. "Do you understand?"

"Understood, if we can't take down Carites immediately, the organization will even turn to support them and give up on us." Adeley finally spoke at this moment.

"Just understand, we Tisifone originated from the family of Oz, and it is because of this origin that the high-ranking alchemists of Ruerna will choose us."

"But hundreds of years have passed, and under the pursuit of the dark moon of the Green Empire, the strength of our descendants of the Oz country has not been as strong as before. If we can't make any achievements, then we deserve to be abandoned."

"As a family of revenge, we once assassinated a grand duke and two little princes of Green Green. With such a feud, the opponent will not give up. If Tisifone cannot move forward, it will perish. This is not an alarmist."

"Yes, Father," the three responded.

"Adley and Wick, you two continue to deal with the affairs of Hopelander and the family, as for Abel..." The old man turned to look at his youngest son.

"You lead some people and property to the Southern Islands, cut off communication with the family, ahem...and settle down there independently." After all, the old man was still worried and began to prepare a way back for the family.

"Yes, father."

Abel is not very old, estimated to be only 16 years old, with black hair, and his eyes are full of agility.

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On the other side, the conference hall where Roland Hill was located also started a fierce quarrel.

"I don't agree to rent a fleet to transport goods to other chambers of commerce!" A big man in blue and black clothes stood up. He was wearing a big-brimmed hat and a rough beard on his mouth, looking furious.

Roland Hill was a little surprised when he sat in the middle seat, why the captain of the fleet reacted so fiercely.

It was Hayes, the leader of the 'Swordfish' fleet, who stood up, he continued.

"The eldest miss considers their difficulties, do they consider ours?"

"When we followed Lord Angus to fight for the route, these old-fashioned chambers of commerce suppressed us a lot. Together with the Dayas family, they kept making trouble secretly, belittling and ridiculing us, and even our and Dayas family. The fleet fought several times at sea with real swords and guns, and both sides died."

"Lord Hayes, these are old things that happened more than ten years ago. The two sides have already reconciled, and there is a generation by generation. Now Miss Lacey is in charge of the house, and you can't tolerate your loud noises!"

Chelsea stood beside Lorraine Hill and questioned sharply.Although she is only the head maid, her qualifications in Karites are extremely old, and many people are her juniors and have been taken care of by her. As soon as she opened her mouth, the scene suddenly became quiet.

Looking at Chelsea's sharp eyes, after standing for a while, Hayes sat down unwillingly, but whispered in his mouth, old woman.

"Because we got the news earlier, most of the supplies in Xifeng have been shipped out ahead of time, and now we can help other chambers of commerce." Roland Hill's eyes slowly swept across the audience, and many people were staring at her , there are expectations, admiration, reverence and so on in the eyes.

"Of course, we won't help in vain. With this cooperation, we, Karites, will sign long-term and stable supply agreements with other chambers of commerce to obtain their unique products."

"With such rich supply channels and assortments, we will build a new kind of superstore."

"In such a store, customers can easily buy all the daily necessities, and all kinds of goods."

"There are a number of benefits to this, one is that it's very convenient for customers, they don't have to go all over the place to find all kinds of stores to get what they need."

"Secondly, after the gathering effect of the crowd has formed a complete and high-quality reputation, customers will think of this super store no matter what they buy in the future, and they will come here to see it first."

"Third, the advertising effect is excellent. Many things are not usually needed by customers, but they don't know. In super stores with a large number of people, these products can quickly spread out."

"Fourth, reduce operating costs for some commodities that are not usually purchased, such as books. There are not many people who usually buy them, and the cost of opening a special store is very high, and there is only one remote counter here."

"Five is,..."

...

Loren Hill patiently explained the huge advantages and dimensionality reductions brought by supermarkets to ordinary stores.She has experienced that era. In a small city, a newly opened supermarket, the kind of crowded and novel, long queues of people, will impact the local small shops to a pulp.

And under her description, the top executives of the Karites Chamber of Commerce listened attentively, and their hearts were full of passion, and they almost couldn't help jumping up and running out for a big fight.

Looking at this peerless and smart girl in the first seat, some old people of the chamber of commerce were convinced at this moment, and had to sigh that the blue is better than the blue.

Chapter 72 May the trade winds last

After making arrangements and plans, the Karites Chamber of Commerce began to operate with full force. First, the representatives of the major chambers of commerce who had given gifts in the past few days were invited, and then each person in charge began to discuss each other's agreements.

If it was in the past, these chambers of commerce would probably be a little reluctant, but now they have a request from Karites, so they agreed without much trouble. Anyway, who is not selling, and there is still a long-term sales target.

But they could never guess what kind of monster this would unleash.

Loren Hill sat on the head, her blonde hair reaching her shoulders, revealing her faint collarbone. Today, she was wearing an off-shoulder light red dress, showing the charm of a girl, signing her name on a piece of contract paper, and then entertaining her. The representatives of these chambers of commerce had dinner together. Among a group of middle-aged people, this young girl was particularly special, but being young does not mean that her strength is weak. At this moment, she has a calm confidence.

The representative of the Aroni Chamber of Commerce is Mrs. Shirley, the wife of the present-day head of the Aroni family.

Looking at this girl who is about the same age as her daughter, she is full of sighs in her heart. Her daughter Rujin is still concerned about which beautiful poet and which dress is beautiful, and discussing the latest popular styles with her best friends.However, this young lady of the Karites family has the courage to use this incident to tie the Karites and other families together, allowing the Chamber of Commerce to break the restrictions of the market and go further.

Although she didn't understand why the eldest lady signed an agreement with all the chambers of commerce present, she also felt that it was of great significance. Even if Karites didn't make much money in the end, this kind of cooperation would greatly expand his business. business and make your name bigger.

And once it is successful, this cooperation project will tie these dozen chambers of commerce together to form a huge and close interest group, and in the end, the leader of this group, Karites will gain great power, and this It will permanently change the pattern of Verga, and other chambers of commerce that do not participate will be squeezed and suppressed, and eventually will be continuously eroded market share and disappear.

What a terrible and beautiful girl.

She thought to herself, then stood up, holding her glass.

"Thank you Miss Lacey for your help, I wish you forever young and beautiful." As she got up, other chambers of commerce representatives also got up and congratulated together.

"May the trade winds continue, the long sails agitate, and the treasures of the seven seas arrive as promised."

The representatives present recited this ancient blessing saying together, which represents the local trade spirit and contract belief in Verga since ancient times, and it is also the most famous congratulations at sea.

"Cheers!" ×N

With laughter and laughter, the banquet gradually came to an end.

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Tisifone's house, study.

"Edley, Ruerna's delegation will be here in two days, are you made up?"

"How did you make up your mind to kill that Angus' daughter?" Aidley asked rhetorically while sitting on the sofa.

"I didn't say that, but once she officially cooperates with Luerna, it will be difficult for us to start, and the organization will fall to Karites."

"Cangcui has been somewhat unstable in the past two years, and some great nobles have begun to suggest to the emperor to start the war again to transfer conflicts."

"Is the dragon of the mind, huh. Who is so active and bold except the Baska family." Adeley guessed with great certainty.

The Baska family is the southern duke of the Green Empire, or the king, because the combined fiefdoms of himself and his vassals are larger than that of the Westwind Kingdom, and because they are close to Lurna, they can gather nearly 50 troops to suppress the border in a short period of time. , if it is recruited with all its strength, it can even summon an army of about 120 million.