industrial lord

Chapter 25

The port of Wessenburg is different from other places. The moat is like a centipede that surrounds the city. Colored flags distinguishing regions.

Ships coming and going directly from the Swabian Rezart River into the moat, then you will see a huge wooden sign beside the river with a half-person-high text telling you what kind of goods to unload at the port in which area.

A cargo ship full of chickpeas and salt is about to dock at a pier in the Blue area, and three passengers on board are also preparing to disembark.

Armand from the Kingdom of Gaul said to his two entourages: "Now Baron Frederick von Wessen, who is only eight years old, is in charge of the Wessen Territory. There should be chaos in the territory. Be careful and don't be afraid of trouble. Don't make trouble either."

The big fat man with red hair and the short man with blond hair behind him agreed immediately.

The cargo ship arrived at the pier very quickly, and the boards for disembarkation had just been laid, and tax officials came on board to inspect the cargo. The intermediary brother called "Nine or Eight" waited for the captain to disembark on the shore with the dock worker's foreman. Talk about business.

Armand was not in a hurry to get off the ship, and followed the cargo owner and the captain to see how the taxation here was.

It was the first time for the consignor to do business here in Wessenburg, and he had already prepared a few silver coins in his pockets. If necessary, the silver coins would appear in the tax officials' pockets by a trick.

As long as the tax officials count less goods, and the tax savings are divided, the owner of the goods is considered to have made a profit.

When the tax official boarded the boat, he saw that there were chickpeas and salt, so he took out a piece of parchment from his leather bag and handed it to the owner. He smiled and said, "Now Wesson is exempting all the grain, salt and oil entering the customs. Just go through the process."

A bright smile appeared on the face of the owner of the goods. The tax exemption is not a small amount, so fill out the form immediately.

The intermediary brother under the boat knew what the boat was pulling when he saw the gestures made by the tax officials when they got off the boat. When he got on the boat, he had already taken out several bills from his purse.

Armand and the consignor were studying the list. On it was the price of chickpeas purchased by the local chamber of commerce in Wessenburg, as well as warehouse rent and handling fees. Even the 2% commission of the intermediary brother was clearly marked on the price.

Table salt is simple, and the Wesson family monopolizes it.

The prices of bulk commodities are all negotiated and set by the local chamber of commerce. They are all the same price, but each chamber of commerce has its own advantages, and can purchase the main products of the chamber of commerce at a discount.

The owner of the goods was very interested in Wesson Syrup, and kept asking the middleman. Armand was surprised that the steel ingots were so cheap, only [-]% of the Gaul Kingdom.

In addition, Armand felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.

The owner decided to buy a batch of Wesson syrup and go back. At this time, the intermediary brother took out another list and said to him: "I suggest you find a mill to grind the beans into powder and then replace them with syrup. In this way, you can get more .”

"Recently, a big customer came from the south. The syrup is out of stock these two days. You can take the mill contract and go to the Yelena Chamber of Commerce with me. I still have some face there, so I can line up first and wait for the soybean flour to be milled." It’s up to you, hand in the bean flour and the syrup in the other.”

The owner of the goods thought about it, this would save the cost of renting a warehouse and multiple handling, so he agreed.

At this time Armand coughed twice.

The owner of the goods immediately said to the intermediary brother according to the pre-arranged caliber: "This is the young master of our family, come out together this time."

The broker's eyes lit up. When he saw Armand just now, he thought this young man was an accountant, but he didn't expect him to be a big shot.

He looked again and found that he had misread it just now. Although this young man was in his early twenties, he was unremarkable and wore ordinary clothes, but he couldn't hide his bookish air when he looked carefully, just like the scholars who came to Wessen collar not long ago.

"It's a pleasure to meet you!" He immediately took out a wooden sign and handed it with both hands, "Your Excellency can enjoy the discount as long as you go to the tavern or hotel with this sign in Wesson Territory."

Armand took the wooden sign and looked it over. The wooden sign was palm-sized and polished very smooth. The words and patterns on it were burned with fire. The pattern on the front was a hand with a thumb outstretched, and on the back it read "Welcome to Wesson Collar, here is like coming home", and there is a string of numbers in the lower right corner.

The young man still doesn't know that Wesson's collar is deep, so he can save as much money as he can when he is away from home, so he happily put away the card.

Armand asked the intermediary brother: "Why is the price of the mill so low, and it is kept for free for two days? Is there some hidden secret that we don't know?"

Although he had never done business, there was a mill in the family territory. He was a top student who graduated from a military school and another academy. After calculating the currency exchange rate, he found that the price of the mill on the list was half of the normal price.

The intermediary brother immediately shook his head nervously and denied: "No! There is absolutely nothing hidden!!"

"Ever since the little master butler, the law of clearly marking the price has been established. If the price is not suitable, you can negotiate, but if you charge money for items that are not on the price list, you will be fined a large sum of money!"

Armand's heart was shocked, and he changed his view of Frederick a little, thinking to himself: "Maybe there is an expert behind him."

But that doesn't explain why mill fees are so cheap here.

"With the little master here, isn't it normal that our water truck is powerful?" The intermediary brother said as a matter of course.

Bearings are no secret to the people of Weissenburg, but ordinary people have limited ability to express and understand. After several disseminations, everyone only knows that the little master and the scholars who came to him have made great things.

Armand decided not to visit Frederick first, and he instinctively told himself that he should look around here first.

If the mill is cheap, it is cheap, and no one will struggle with money.

Then the cargo ship began to carry the cargo.

The foreman of the dock workers took a look at the goods on board, immediately quoted the price, and began to arrange manpower after the owner of the goods agreed.

Armand stood at the bow of the ship with two entourages, watching the dock workers on the shore unload materials from the carriage to build a human crane, and then began to unload the cargo.

After a while, the cargo owner suddenly shouted to the dock workers: "Enough is enough! Don't be greedy, make two more trips, and don't drop my salt!"

His ship of salt is all packed in wine barrels, because I heard that there is a lot of demand for containers such as wine barrels from Wesson's side, and the wine barrels can be sold when the salt is sold out.

Now the wagon is full of salt, and the wooden barrels are stacked two layers, not so much when it was loaded on the ship.

If there are too many things in a cart, the horse will not move, and the goods may fall down if pulled hard.

The coachman glanced back at the cargo on the cart and said, "It's okay, there's only a little thing that can be moved."

The intermediary elder brother said proudly: "Don't worry, because with the little master, our carriage pulls more things than other places!"

Armand frowned, realizing what was wrong just now.

Not only is the mill cheap here, but the freight is also ridiculously cheap.

It would make sense if the carriages here could pull more than elsewhere, but what's the secret behind the increased transport capacity?

Armand couldn't figure it out unless he got under the car.

(End of this chapter)