Gold is Justice

Round Cheese: "A Way to Bargain?"

Airl nodded and said with a smile: "With such a contract, I can prove to those magic merchants that our guild has the absolute right to decide on the element machine. It also proves that our guild also has the right to buy magic power crystals." Bargaining power and the power to make the final decision. In this way, it will be more convenient for us to bargain. It will prevent the other party from saying "I don't understand you, let your mayor come and talk to me!" Excuses."

The mayor of Pelican Town may not be very bright, but he's not stupid.

After all, I have been with Ai Luo for two years, and no matter how dull I am in these two years, I should be able to clearly understand what kind of person this president is.

Sign a contract that is entirely liability-only?Would Song of the Mermaid do such a thing?

But on the other hand, all the aborigines, including Round Cheese, really don't know much about magic. If they are really asked to buy magic crystals by themselves, the possibility of being cheated is still very high.

Coupled with getting along for such a long time, although Mermaid Song loves money, it still belongs to a guild that works peacefully in Pelican Town and has a very harmonious relationship with the neighbors.

Based on this, the mayor of Round Cheese nodded lightly and said: "This matter is a bit important. I think it needs to be brought up at the next regular town meeting for everyone to discuss and discuss. If there is no problem, I will give you There's nothing wrong with that."

Hearing this, the smile on Airl's face became even more intense.He nodded again and again, fully agreeing with the proposal: "Of course, after all, the element machine is the property of our entire town. We should hold a meeting to discuss it. It should be, it should be! So this matter is settled like this?"

Round Cheese: "Okay! It's settled!"

At this point, Ai Luo couldn't help showing a sad smile, shook his head, sighed and said: "Ah... Now our guild's work will increase again... Alas..."

Goal achieved!

When the matter developed to this point, Airl felt that his request should be no different from being satisfied.

The town's routine meetings are basically gatherings of respected old men. Can those townspeople understand the rules and regulations here?At that time, as long as you draw up a contract that roughly seems to have no impact on Pelican Town, read it aloud in public, and then explain it a little bit, I believe that passing it is definitely a high probability event!

As for getting the exclusive right to use the elemental machine in Pelican Town, then there will be more options for making money next.Moreover, the money might just go into his own pocket, and he just needs to take out a little fur to satisfy the mayor.

It's just that there is another premise here, that is, the element machine can't just be satisfied with the single function of lighting.

Of course, with so many twists and turns in Airl's stomach, it is impossible for the Mayor of Round Cheese in front of him to notice.

After finishing the first thing, the mayor moved his fat butt on the high chair again, picked up the tea with a smile, and took a sip.

"Oh~~~ It's really rare to take a break~~~ Alas, when I think that there may be a lot of work waiting for me after I go back, I don't even have time to open the pie shop that has been passed down from our family, so I thought Let’s spend some more time with President Arrow.”

Airl couldn't help smiling, turned the pen in his hand, and said, "Mr. Mayor, don't be lazy with me all the time. What's the matter? Have you worked so much recently?"

Round Cheese showed a happy and tired smile on his face, nodded slowly, and said, "Oh, work! There are always more and more! President Arrow, I'm starting to feel a little tired now. I regret the business I did with you."

Ai Luo twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, "Which one?" The chubby mayor immediately leaned back, opened his arms, made a gesture of embracing the air, and said, "It's the one when you first came to our town. A deal! It’s only fifteen gold coins, fifteen gold coins! I’ll sell you the largest and most magnificent house in our town! This is not only a two-story duplex, but also a The basement and the warehouse at the back! Do you know what price the real estate in our small town is selling for now? Tsk tsk tsk, just an ordinary one-bedroom, one-room building costs ten gold coins Woolen cloth!"

Ai Luo laughed, and didn't really care about it, and said with a smile: "It seems that the recent economic situation of our Pelican Town is really good? Are there so many people coming to settle in our town?"

Round Cheese clasped his hands in front of his chest, looking very happy: "Isn't it! I remember that when you first came, the total population of our town was only a little over 500. But last week, the population of our town The population has exceeded [-], and it is going straight to [-]! There are so many people buying houses in our small town and wanting to settle down, oops, these days, the inscriptions for residents’ moving in are piled up in my office A big stack, I haven't had time to sign yet. Tell me! If this continues, will our town be able to regain its former bustling scene soon? I believe that by the end of this year, our town may be able to leave the town. , has evolved into a city!"

Looking at the smiling face of Round Cheese, although Airl was smiling on the surface, he had some bad feelings in his heart.

Chapter 620 The Origin of Prices

why?

Because apart from the so-called tourism and scenic spots, Pelican Town does not have a strong physical industry to support the economic development here.

In other words, although population migration seems to be a good thing, since population migration is inevitable, there must be corresponding economic development to support these large influx of labor force.

Only after these laborers can be fully employed and earn income can they be counted as the population that has really taken root in Pelican Town.

But now, apart from tourism, the real development focus of Pelican Town, like the surrounding Kingfisher Town and Honglu Town, is agriculture.

Agriculture requires a large number of laborers only when farming is busy, so it cannot absorb too much labor.On the other hand, although the farmland around Pelican Town still needs to be reclaimed, the area that can be reclaimed may not be able to cope with the continuous influx of labor.In addition, I haven't seen any new farmland being reclaimed around Pelican Town recently.

As for the tourism industry, the sales and tourism of the flower fairy products, which are the most important in the entire Pelican Town tourism industry, have been tightly held by Song of the Mermaid, and it is impossible to let go.It is obviously not a feasible solution for other tourism industries in Pelican Town to absorb such a large amount of labor.

and so……

Arrow's original estimate was that the real estate in Pelican Town would not appreciate in value because of this, and even if it did, it would not be possible to increase too much.Because Pelican Town has no additional job opportunities, it simply cannot absorb too many permanent residents.

But in this case, why did so many people move into the town?Now even to go straight to the city-scale number?

"Boss, if possible, I hope you can issue a decree as the mayor."

Round Cheese was slightly taken aback, but he was obviously aware of Airl's serious expression now, and the excitement on his face gradually eased: "What's the situation? Judging by your expression, the development of our town doesn't seem to be a good thing ?”

Airl let out a breath, nodded lightly, and said, "I hope that when you sign the moving-in order and sell the house, you will carefully examine the identity of the buyer and the source of funds behind him. Because I suspect that there are very It could be that someone is hyping up properties in our small town."

"Hype?" The mayor of Round Cheese looked confused. He rubbed his chubby face slightly and said, "Hype... what does it matter? Aren't they still paying for our house?"

Airl shook his head lightly, and said, "It's different. Now I seriously doubt that the people who came to our town to buy a house recently are not real residents, but those who have the capital to see that our town has excellent tourism resources. , quickly come to our town to buy those vacant houses. In this way, these properties can be resold to those who really want to settle down. But... I even suspect that the receivers who are resold are not real residents , but the next batch of real estate speculators.”

Round Cheese frowned: "So... what does this have to do with us? They want to fry, so let them do it."

Ai Luo smiled bitterly, shook his head slightly, and said, "It's a pity, the matter is not that simple. Boss, think about it, a house can be bought with only five gold pieces, but now it costs ten gold pieces, and then experience After wave after wave of changing hands, the price of the house will be as high as twenty gold coins, thirty gold coins, or even fifty gold coins."

"At first glance, it doesn't matter to everyone who already has a house in Pelican Town, but once the housing price starts to rise, it means that a lot of money is pouring into our town. These wealthy investors are very important The prices of daily necessities other than real estate are not very sensitive, in this case, we will try to sell those daily necessities at a higher price, so that we can earn a little from the price of real estate speculation.”

"After this continues, the prices of daily necessities will also start to rise rapidly. After the price of daily necessities rises, the most likely to be implicated are our ordinary residents in Pelican Town. When the price of goods is driven by the skyrocketing housing prices, this city will Pelican Town, which has been painstakingly managed, will make our own people unable to afford it. At that time, we may be forced to leave Pelican Town to live in other places with lower prices. At that time, Pelican Town will truly left us."

After speaking, the original smile on the mayor's face gradually froze, and in the end, cold sweat began to break out involuntarily on his back.He took out his handkerchief and couldn't help wiping the sweat from his forehead. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded: "I understand... I'll go back and review it right away! Review... Review... It's better to have A decree, right? Ummm...I see...Pelican Town is ours...I must not let Pelican Town be snatched away from our residents!"

Seeing Cheese's cautious appearance now, Airl was also very pleased.

Although he doesn't have any actual evidence to prove that there are indeed real estate speculators behind the scenes, and what he said just now is just his inference, but it is still necessary to prevent things from happening.

But at this moment...

"Viscount Rich Wald!"

Suddenly, the Viscount's name popped out of Round Cheese's mouth.

Upon hearing this name, Airl couldn't help frowning, and even didn't bother to ask questions.

"That's right, Viscount Rich! That's him! I remembered! I understand now that you said that, why I always had a strange feeling when I was reviewing and approving, that many people's applications were the same! Now think about it, aren't those people the same guards under Viscount Rich?!"

Arrow rubbed his forehead, seeing that he could no longer remain silent, he exhaled and said, "Our Viscount Swan Castle, did something happen again?"

As if catching a savior, Round Cheese hurriedly stretched out his hand, wanting to grab Airl's hand.However, Airl quickly withdrew his hand, keeping a certain distance between himself and the mayor.

"It's him! It's him who is buying houses in our small town!"

The mayor nodded vigorously, and said loudly——

"Viscount Rich told me before! He said that he attaches great importance to the future development of our town. He originally planned to use this place as a leisure place for him, but after observing these years, he very much hopes that our town will A town can grow into a city!"

"Because as long as a small town becomes the size of a city, there must be a lord in the city. When President Arrow left at the end of last year, Viscount Rich seemed to have had several discussions with the old gentleman sugar-coated wine. He even boasted to me that he got the endorsement of a certain big man, as long as Pelican Town can develop into a city, he can directly command Pelican City as a lord!"

"As for me, my original mayor will automatically be promoted to chief executive after the town evolves into a city, and assist the lord in his daily work."

"Now that I think about it, it turns out that this viscount is playing tricks? He wants to increase the housing prices in Pelican Town so desperately, is he just hoping to create an appearance that many people want to come and settle in our town? Hmph!"

Arrow listened silently to the Mayor of Round Cheese venting his grievances here.

However, he was a little surprised that Viscount Rich wanted to be the lord.But thinking about it carefully, this does not seem to be an impossible thing.

If I remember correctly, the title of the Viscount Rich was not inherited, but the Wald family ran the business. After making a lot of money, the rich second generation spent money to buy himself a Viscount title.

Since this title was bought after all, it was just a reputation, without any real power.

So, what kind of thoughts will come into the head of Rich Wald, who holds the title of Viscount all day and night, after meeting Viscount Norris, who also has the status of Viscount but owns a territory?

Therefore, it is not difficult to imagine that he wants to become a lord.

The only thing that surprised Airl was that Sugar-Coated Wine would agree to allow Viscount Rich to be the lord of Pelican City?

Hmm...it doesn't seem impossible if you think about it carefully.After all, as a viscount, it is impossible to become the lord of too many cities at the same time. Even if Viscount Norris of Lagoon City wants to lead, his title may not allow it.

At this time, an emerging aristocrat who is slightly stupid, has no factions involved in the aristocratic system, and is almost innocent, does not seem to be an unacceptable role.After all, in this way, he can win over this emerging nobleman and expand his power.

Thinking about it this way, Airl also felt that it made sense.

It’s just that I don’t know that the massive purchase of real estate, which indirectly led to the rise in prices in Pelican Town, was the result of that viscount’s blind cat encountering a dead mouse and operating indiscriminately?Or did he really have some crooked idea, or did he follow the sugar-coated wine's instructions to mess with himself?

It was useless to think about it, Airl could only shake his head slightly and sighed.He let a smile appear on his face again, and said slowly: "Okay, okay, it's useless for us to discuss this kind of thing here, right?"

The mayor of Round Cheese, who was anxious over there, suddenly trembled, and quickly lay down on the counter, and said nervously: "President Arrow! Your relationship with Viscount Rich is pretty good, right?!"

If possible, Airl really didn't want to have any contact with that viscount.

But now, he can only smile awkwardly and say, "What's the relationship? We don't know each other well..."

Chapter 620 Five Goals - Swan City

"No! Viscount Rich has mentioned your guild in front of me several times, and he has praised your guild very much!"

The mayor of Round Cheese continued to shout excitedly——

"So President Airl! Could you please help me to contact Viscount Rich? Tell him not to manipulate the housing prices in our town! Could you please? If you are willing, what kind of element machine agreement you just proposed , without further ado, I absolutely agree with you at the regular meeting of the town!"

This is all right, finally dig a hole for yourself to jump.

Ai Luo only had a wry smile on his face, and now he even regretted why he had chatted with the mayor for so long?Wouldn't it be okay to send him away after discussing it before?Now there are so many more things happening!

However, after all, the problem still piled up in front of him.

Arrow exhaled a little now, thinking carefully.

The housing prices in the town, as well as the dark nature power that the old tree said, are all gathered at one point - Viscount Rich.

Thinking about it this way, do I have to make a trip to Swan Castle?

Alas... let's do it!In any case, you can still get the support of the mayor at the meeting. Since you have to go once anyway, let's run once.

"Okay, I agree. I will find time to have a good chat with Viscount Rich."

"Thank you! Thank you, President Ai Luo! Then this way, choosing a day is worse than hitting the sun! Now, I will go to the town to gather your guild members, and let everyone put down their work and go with you! Because I know tomorrow You have a flower fairy tour project, and there will be a sales fair the day after tomorrow, this matter really cannot be delayed! That’s it, thank you, President Airol!”

After finishing speaking, the mayor, as if he was afraid of Airl's repentance, got off the high chair and ran out of the guild in a hurry to summon the members of Song of the Mermaid.

This also made Airl angry and funny now, and for a while he didn't even know how to comment on the mayor.

No matter how much Airl tried to delay the time, the guild members came back one by one by noon.

There was a little puzzled expression on everyone's face. What's the deal with this sudden gathering of the mayor while working?

Regarding this, Airl could only give a wry smile, and told everyone about the mayor of Round Cheese in the morning, and at the same time said that he would go to Swan Castle in the afternoon to meet and discuss with the Viscount Rich.

Everyone didn't have any opinions, or they already had such a mental preparation, so they didn't show much disgust.

But among these people, there was still one person who showed a little resistance after all.