The Original Vampire

In the private room of the tavern.

Arnold, who was just now discussing with Count Evan how to dig a hole for the St. Hilde family, now respectfully helped Colin pour the wine, and at the same time smiled flatteringly:

“Your Majesty, after all, I am a Northerner. Of course my heart is for the North! That Evan Saint-Presse overestimates his own ability and wants to encourage me to betray the North. It’s really ridiculous!”

Colin looked at the upright businessman from the North with a half-smile. It was as if he had forgotten that the other party had secretly contacted Earl Evan in the Butter Tavern.

If Colin hadn’t caught him, how could Arnold suddenly become a loyal and unyielding Northerner?

Colin will never forget that these businessmen will sell anything for profit.

But fortunately, I can give them greater benefits, as long as they obey.

Likewise, if they don’t obey, everything can be taken away from them.

“Mr. Arnold, you are really a role model for merchants in the North!”

“My lord, you are so grateful! In my heart, you are a role model for the knights in the North, the best among the nobles!”

The two of them complimented each other sincerely. Fan, then picked up the wine glass and toasted to this friendship.

After drinking all the wine in the glass, Arnold put down the glass, quietly looked at Colin’s face, and then tentatively said:

“Your Majesty, there is something I don’t know whether I should ask…”

Colin glanced casually. The other party glanced at me and said calmly: “Don’t worry, I will never go back on what I promised you. Don’t you still believe in my credibility?” ”

No, no, no.” Arnold waved his hands repeatedly. “My lord, you misunderstood. Of course I believe you won’t treat your loyal subordinates badly. I just can’t figure out why you would give the East Territory such an opportunity to make a fortune. ”

“Get rich,” Colin sneered. “You also think that is a good opportunity to make a fortune. ?”

Arnold was worried, but he still mustered up the courage to say, “Sir, do you really plan to abandon those bonds? With all due respect, this may seriously damage the credibility of the St. Hilde family.”

Colin smiled and joked, “You are very good. You have begun to think about the St. Hilde family.”

“Of course, the great St. Hilde family has a high status in the hearts of every northerner!” Arnold looked pious. He said, as if he was worshiping his faith.

Colin ignored Arnold’s expression of loyalty and said calmly, “Don’t worry, the St. Hilde family will not destroy its credibility. No matter who comes to Lion’s Roar Castle with those maturing bonds, we will pay them. Even the people from the East are the same.

However, you said that people from the East can make a fortune by hoarding bonds and manipulating food prices. Haha, that is too natural.”

Arnold looked confused and asked, “My Lord, please forgive me for being stupid; I don’t quite understand what you mean.”

In fact, the pit Colin dug for Count Evan was, to put it bluntly, a simple operation similar to futures.

At this time, Earl Evan purchased grain at low prices in the east and brought it to the north to exchange for bonds. These bonds can be regarded as futures contracts.

On the future delivery date, that is, when the bond matures, as long as the price of grain in the north is higher than the current price in the east, Earl Avon will be able to make a huge profit from this price difference, even if the St. Hilde family cannot get it. Spend enough money to purchase the corresponding grain, thus causing a credit default.

But there is a key problem here: the price of grain at the time of delivery must be higher than now.

Otherwise, the Eastern Territory will lose its pants…

and the reason why Arnold and Earl Evan were fooled was because of the limited thinking of this era.

In this era of insufficient productivity, there is actually not enough food to eat. Therefore, it is very easy to raise food prices. A random war, or even a few large chambers of commerce joining forces to hoard food, can make food prices skyrocket. go.

This is also the source of Earl Evan’s confidence.

In his opinion, it will not be difficult to manipulate food prices to rise in the future, and it will definitely make the Saint Hilde family swallow a bitter pill.

But he didn’t know that Colin was determined to let Bachelor Sonny implement a new farming and animal husbandry system in the north.

Colin is also confident that with the popularization of this new farming and animal husbandry system, food in the north will become more and more abundant in the future, and food prices must also be on a downward trend.

This is a general trend determined by the relationship between supply and demand. If the Eastern Territory wants to reverse this general trend, haha, it should be prepared to be crushed and swept away by this torrent.

Of course, Colin did not intend to explain this key point to Arnold. After all, he could not completely trust the businessman, so he just said lightly:

“Then you should pay close attention to the future grain price trend and see if the Eastern Territory is. Can you really make a lot of money and even use this to blackmail the Saint Hilde family?”

Arnold nodded without understanding, but did not dare to ask any more questions.

Colin gave Arnold a few more words, letting him do his best in this promising undercover job, and then left.

…

Three days later, the Northern Foreign Trade Company, which Colin had high hopes for, was finally officially established.

More than five hundred northern merchants, large and small, gathered in the banquet hall of Lion’s Roar Castle to witness this historic moment.

Since Earl Evan’s attention was diverted to bonds by Colin, without the secret intervention of the East, Colin succeeded in occupying nearly 60% of the new company’s shares without much effort.

Of course, the Angelet family, which has little financial background, will definitely not be able to come up with such a large sum of money. Even if they invest all the war compensation from the Troll Empire, it will not be enough at all.

Fortunately, with the help of the St. Hilde family, the Uman family, the Schultz family, and the Miller family of the Half-Elf Kingdom, Colin successfully took control of the board of directors and became the number one leader of the Northern Foreign Trade Company. Serve as Chairman.

Oliver was also appointed by Vera as the company’s first general manager, as he wished, and the company’s management team members, especially those in charge of the two most important departments of human resources and finance, were all the backbone of the original Tulip Chamber of Commerce.

At this point, a northern foreign trade company completely controlled by Colin was finally established.

In Colin’s vision, it will become a powerful tool for him to integrate and control the northern business community and carry out economic invasion.

At the same time, the Northern Charity Foundation was also announced.

Compared to the Northern Foreign Trade Supply Company, the establishment of this foundation appears to be very low-key.

Moreover, no one except Colin has realized its huge potential and true role.

After dealing with the problems in the business world, Colin began to prepare for going to the Half-Elf Kingdom.

In fact, the hidden dangers in the north have not been completely eliminated, such as Mr. Jin, Prince Leahy, and the Morrison family. However, Colin now feels that these problems are quite difficult and cannot be dealt with for the time being.

Fortunately, he has reached an agreement with Mr. Jin. Although Colin has doubts about the reliability of this agreement, in the short term, I believe Mr. Jin will not cause too much trouble in the north. After all, he and Colin are in. There is indeed a basis for cooperation in some respects.

What’s more, there is Prince Lehi staring at this terrible mage.

Colin could only put aside these hidden dangers temporarily and deal with a more important and urgent issue: food.

Queen Elsa has already written a letter. Compared to their unpreparedness last time, the half-elf grain merchants have united this time. They do not want to be forced by Colin to buy a large amount of grain at low prices like last year. Moreover, behind them, there seems to be support from the Eastern Territory.

Therefore, Colin is going to lead the Blood Cavalry to Silvermoon City this time to teach those half-elf businessmen who want money rather than their lives a profound lesson.

After more than half a year of development, the current Blood Cavalry Army has expanded to nearly 20,000 people. Although it is still far behind the Black Cavalry Army at its peak, it can already be regarded as a quite terrifying military force.

At least within the Half-Elf Kingdom, there is no force that can threaten it.

Unless the Eastern Territory sends out a large number of troops to invade the Half-Elf Kingdom,.

In that case, it might be a good thing for Colin.

Because this means that the Eastern Territory has given up its greatest geographical advantage—the Nushui River.

Colin was very happy to form the Northern Alliance Army and compete with the Eastern Army in the Half-Elf Kingdom.

However, this is just Colin’s own thought. As long as the Duke of Saint-President was not stupid, he would not do this.

In late September, after saying goodbye to Vera, Colin personally led the Blood Cavalry to leave Winter City and march toward Silvermoon City.