Villain Lord: Both The Player And The Protagonist Want To Kill Me

The next day, the meeting hall of Winterfort...

It's not yet nine o'clock, and all the merchants in and around Winter City have already found their seats in the conference hall of Winter Castle and are waiting for the arrival of the Eagle Lord.

These merchants basically all know each other. They stay in border areas like Eagle Territory and mainly make money by buying goods from the royal capital at low prices and then selling them at high prices in border areas.

Border places like the Eagle Territory are in short supply of everything, and they also support many such mobile merchants.

But at this moment, the expressions on their faces were more or less uneasy, because this meeting was called too suddenly.

So seeing that the Eagle Lord hadn't arrived yet, these businessmen started chatting with each other:

"Do you all know what the Eagle Lord called us here to do?"

"Maybe there are some rules to be promulgated. It's impossible to steal our money."

"Hey, Victor, you've been in Winter City for so long, have you heard anything about it?"

"I think there might be a tax increase."

Victor glanced at the merchants around him and speculated.

He is the largest traveling businessman in Winter City, and he has a lot of gossip. He knows that Winter City has begun to be short of money recently, so the lord is probably calling them businessmen here just to make some money.

And raising taxes is undoubtedly the fastest way to make money.

The merchants had no choice. Since they were moving around various territories, it was inevitable to pay taxes to the lords.

Taxes are collected when entering a town, taxes are collected when the quantity of goods exceeds a certain amount, taxes are collected when selling goods, there is also a tax when setting up stalls, and there is also a toll tax based on the distance a merchant travels within the territory.

Generally, a glass cup with 1 gold coin in the royal capital costs at least 2 gold coins when brought to the border. This is simply because the tax is too high.

Victor's words silenced all the merchants. It's not easy to do business now, with a national crisis at hand, and the large business groups in the royal capital are protected by Sky Knights. Small businessmen like them are not just allowed to be rubbed. round?

The time soon came to 9 o'clock in the morning, and Xiwei came to the conference hall on time with a dark circle under his eyes. Behind him was wearing a maid skirt, looking at the cute and sweet Loli and a knight's armor, looking heroic. of Roy.

Although the two demihuman girls don't look particularly close now, it's obvious that the barrier between them has disappeared.

Last night, he was tortured terribly by these two tormenting little goblins. Later, Loli even let go of her reserve and got under the quilt with Roy to give him a foot massage!

That’s outrageous!

Although he was very tired last night, fortunately, the follow-up task of humiliating the saint has been completed. The saint gave him a foot massage. Doesn't it count as an insult? ?

Moreover, neither Roy nor Luo Li could eat anything this morning. They were punished by him in anger last night and drank too much Gale Black Cow Pure Milk, a specialty of Eagle Territory. Basically, the Gale Black Cow Pure Milk stored in the kitchen was all Almost finished.

Xiwei hadn't had time to claim the extra reward yet. He planned to receive it after finishing the meeting with these businessmen.

"Well - since everyone is here, I won't say any more nonsense. I have summoned you to do two main things today."

Xi Wei looked around with a sleepy look. The little maid behind him had begun to gently pinch his forehead to help him relieve fatigue.

"The first thing is to recommend a new product produced by my Winter Castle. You can take a look to see if it has commercial value."

Xiwei said, taking out a few small bottles from his pocket, and motioned to Roy to show the small bottles to the merchants and pass them around.

These are several bottles of perfume. They were originally packed in special large crystal bottles, but Xiwei exchanged them for some small bottles of Fengyou essence and put them in different bottles. The method of use also changed from spraying to simple and crude pouring.

Victor sat in the front row and got the perfume first.

He looked at the demi-human girl in front of him and couldn't help but marvel at her beauty, but he quickly withdrew his gaze and focused on the glass bottle in his hand.

That was the lord's woman, not something a lowly businessman like him could look directly at. After all, he didn't want to die yet.

This glass bottle contains a little bit of purple liquid. Before it gets close, a refreshing scent of lavender has already hit your face.

Victor instantly understood what he was holding.

Cairn continent also has perfume.

However, the production method of most perfumes used in human countries only involves boiling flower petals in water and then filtering out the water.

Better perfumes come from the Elf Court and are said to be made with very complex craftsmanship.

Elves' perfume is worth a thousand dollars, and every time it appears in the auction house of the royal capital, it will attract the ladies to rush for it.

But Victor dared to assure the great God of Wealth that even the elves' perfume was far from as rich and silky as the perfume in the glass bottle in front of him.

This is a huge business opportunity! Even if he doesn't make money, he can expand his network and power.

"Lord, Victor is willing to sell this perfume for you. It will bring huge wealth to Eagle Tie. I don't even want to make a profit."

Victor stood up excitedly and looked at the young lord sitting at the top with an impatient expression. He wanted to become the first businessman qualified to sell perfume.

Other businessmen were not slow in their actions. They stood up one after another and rushed to express:

"Lord, I can also open channels for you, and I also have some connections in the Principality of Mayton."

"Lord, I..."

"Okay, okay, everyone, sit down."

Xiwei looked at the messy group of businessmen and motioned to them to calm down.

He knew that his bait had attracted the attention of the fish, so he smiled slightly and said:

"I know you all want to be qualified to sell perfume, but today I want to take a new way to cooperate with you, so that each of you can be qualified to sell perfume."

The merchants looked at each other in confusion after hearing this, wondering what medicine the young lord was selling in his gourd.

Xiwei signaled Roy to distribute the parchment prepared in advance to all the businessmen sitting there. After every businessman had received the parchment, he said calmly:

"This is the cooperation method I have prepared for you. Please check it carefully and ask any questions you have."

Victor took out his magnifying glass from his bag and saw a plan written in the lingua franca of mainland China on some yellowed parchment:

[Plan on perfume cooperation methods]

[Our Eagle Territory is a free and open territory. In order to create a good and fair business platform for everyone, every star merchant has the right to sell perfume]

[The merchant’s star rating ranges from one to five stars]

[Every businessman who participates in this meeting will be automatically promoted to a one-star businessman]

[One-star merchants can own 5% of the selling rights of perfume, and this 5% is divided equally among all one-star merchants. 】

[Two-star merchants can own 15% of the sales rights of perfume, which will be distributed equally among all two-star merchants. By analogy, three stars correspond to 20% of the sales rights, four stars correspond to 25%, and five stars correspond to 35%]

[Let’s talk about other benefits next. One-star merchants can reduce taxes by 2%, two-star merchants can reduce taxes by 4%, and so on, five-star merchants can reduce taxes by 10%]

Victor understood it, and so did the other businessmen.

There is no doubt that the five-star merchant earns the most, owning 35% of the perfume supply. Assuming he is the only one, then 35% belongs to him alone.

The one-star merchants only own 5% in total, and each person only gets a little bit.

Not to mention that there will be tax reduction benefits later. Five-star merchants can get a full 10% tax reduction. How much money will this save?

The merchants all turned their ardent eyes to the lord, and they were already eager to know how to become a high-star merchant.

Seeing that all the fish had taken the bait, Xiwei, who was still a little sleepy, cheered up and said to the merchants with a smile:

"Judging from the look in your eyes, you should be eager to know how to become a high-star businessman."

“It’s actually very simple, just buy a membership.”

"Buy membership?" This is the first time businessmen have heard such a term, and they are inevitably a little confused.

"That's right, buy a membership," Xiwei explained after seeing the confused expressions of the merchants:

"Purchasing a member of the corresponding star level can immediately become a merchant of the corresponding star level. You only need 10,000 gold coins to have the status of a five-star merchant for a whole year."

"Although ten thousand gold coins may seem like a lot, if divided evenly, it only requires more than 800 gold coins per month."

"The cost of this perfume is 100 gold coins per bottle. You buy it from me for 120 gold coins and then sell it to the royal capital. Even if you pay a monthly membership fee of 800 gold coins, the income is still very considerable."

"Besides, I can also give five-star merchants a 10% tax reduction."

When the merchants heard this, they immediately looked thoughtful and began to make calculations. They found that indeed, as the Eagle Lord said, even if they purchased a membership, they could still make a lot of money based on the quality of this perfume.

But not all businessmen could come up with 10,000 gold coins, so some small businessmen immediately asked:

"Lord, we can't afford 10,000 gold coins, and we don't want to give up the right to sell perfume. Could you please introduce the prices of other star members?"

"Of course," Xiwei smiled slightly. He had what he wanted in his heart: "Two-star members need to pay a membership fee of one thousand gold coins every year, three-star members need to pay a membership fee of 3,000 gold coins every year, and four-star members need to pay a membership fee of 5,000 gold coins every year."

"The higher the star rating, the more you pay, and the more benefits you will get."

Xiwei's words once again made the businessmen fall into deep thought. They made some calculations, then weighed their own wealth, and each of them found their own position.

Victor came forward first. He was wealthy and said directly:

"Lord, I want to become a five-star businessman. I will send someone to deliver the membership fee later."

Xiwei nodded when he heard this. He was not afraid of these businessmen being empty-handed, unless they didn't want to get out of the Eagle Territory alive. He said with a smile:

"Congratulations, Mr. Victor, for becoming the first five-star businessman in the Eagle Territory. This is your badge."

He motioned to Roy beside him to make a record on the parchment, and then took out an exquisite badge engraved with five stars from his bag and handed it to Victor.

This is a batch of medals that Xiwei made using the family emblem early in the morning, specially issued to these businessmen as a symbol of status.

With an expression of surprise on his face, Victor took it respectfully with both hands, and put it on his chest with a smile on his face under the envious eyes of the businessmen around him.

This is a medal awarded by the lord himself.

In the future, when he meets other businessmen in the Eagle Territory, he can show this medal and reflect his special status without having to say a word, which is really flattering.

With Victor setting an example, other businessmen also rushed to buy memberships.

The conference hall also became noisy:

"Lord, I want to become a three-star businessman!"

"Lord, my name is Kaman, and I want a four-star merchant."

"Lord, I don't have much money, so I can only apply to be a two-star merchant..."

Xiwei sat on the chair, looking at these businessmen who were eager to buy memberships, with sincere and friendly smiles on their faces, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

“What wonderful leeks!”