Blessed by abundance, be a Terran curse

When he turned around, he found a tall, silver-haired film woman looking down at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

This guy must be about 1.9 meters tall, taller than me who is 1.8 meters tall...

Oh, she was wearing high heels.

The female filmmaker was wearing a slim-fitting police officer's uniform with a gold badge on her chest.

The letters on the badge are transliterated as: Windermere.

What a familiar surname, Windermere...

"I'm very sorry, Officer. I just won some gold coins in the casino, so my smile is a little abnormal, but I'm willing to share my good luck with you."

Huang Cao immediately took out a gold coin from his pocket and handed it to the other party.

Of course, Huang Cao also knew that the other party would never accept it, even face to face in public.

Sure enough, the next second after handing over the gold coin, the other party's expression suddenly changed.

"No need for that. You gamblers spend your days drinking and partying, but in the end, we have to rely on you to defend the border. Go away, go away, and don't get in my way!"

"Okay, may I know your name, Miss?"

"All you need to know is that I'm from a Duke's family... Never mind, my name is Shandel Wintermere. Remember this name. I may be the most noble person you've ever met in your life."

"Why do you say that? Will I not be able to see you tomorrow?"

"From what you said, it seems like you are from out of town."

"To be honest, I'm from Yan Country, but my family is in Sargon. I came here to sell some things at home."

"It's okay to tell you. Everyone here knows it anyway. I'm going to finish this damn internship today, graduate from Victoria Guards School tomorrow, and then I'm going to follow my family to the border."

"So you're the eldest daughter of the Duke of Windermere. I'm so sorry, but it's because of your hard work that Victoria is able to enjoy its current prosperity."

Huang Cao pretended to be respectful and wanted to continue to extract some information from the other party.

"You're good-looking and sweet-talking, but it's a pity you don't have any connections. Your tricks won't work on me."

The girl named Shandel Wintermire said proudly.

Chapter 34: Exchange Gold Coins for Pepper

"Miss Windermere, please listen to me. I learned a little divination in the rainforest, and fate has led me to bring you a message."

"Divination? I don't believe in that, but if you have something nice to say and you don't charge me any money, I'm willing to listen."

"Please be careful with your loved ones on the battlefield, because they may not be your family. Miss, please pass this message on to future generations of your family. One day, your descendants will need her."

"It's inexplicable. Okay, I'll remember it. Of course, the prerequisite is that I live to have children."

With the mentality that she wouldn't suffer any loss by believing in him, Shandel Wintermill adjusted her hat and left.

Looking at the girl walking away, Huang Cao didn't say anything more.

This sentence may be regarded as a joke, but there is no big difference between saying it and not saying it, so it’s good to give a reminder.

"Windermere...it seems I've met Kitty's mother's ancestor, but I don't know if it's a direct descendant."

Looking at the girl walking away, the girl's appearance is very similar to the Duke of Windermere in the original plot.

The present time is still hundreds of years away from the beginning of the main storyline, the War of the Four Emperors has not yet broken out, and Gaul is still alive.

Although they look similar, it can't be the real person.

"The nobles of Victoria certainly don't welcome an outsider like me. Right now, the only one who can do anything about it is the Business Association."

There is a difference in thinking between the emerging aristocracy and the old feudal aristocracy. The former are more willing to accept new things.

The latter regard the country as their own private property and naturally do not welcome outsiders.

Due to the covert struggles, in order to attract funds, the business association’s posters were posted everywhere.

It didn't take long for Huang Cao to find a Gothic-style building. The mailbox next to it was written with the Victoria Chamber of Commerce Headquarters.

"Dear sir, you cannot enter here without a membership. Please apply for a membership first."

Before Huang Cao arrived, the pretty cat-eared girl stopped him at the door and directed him to another building to handle the membership procedures.

“It turns out there are still some formalities to go through.”

"I'm very sorry for the inconvenience. There have been too many people defrauding funds recently. If you can demonstrate your value, you can become a member without paying the membership fee."

The waiter apologized and said that none of the novel-like plots of looking down on others happened.

The staff who handle membership are also very enthusiastic and thoughtfully provide two membership plans.

One membership plan involves paying fifty gold coins, and you can get your membership and card on the same day you pay.

The other option is to provide proof of your academic qualifications, which must be valuable, and you will have to wait three months for review.

He can't afford to wait three months, and he has no academic qualifications in this world. He can't find a single word of proof even if he digs three feet deep in the ground.

The education they received was not much different from that of a certain pink-haired brother and sister.

I paid the money and got the membership card quickly. Then the waiter said:

"Dear sir, I must remind you that you still have room to regret. Once you have this card, you will no longer be able to join the noble lords' guild."

"Don't worry, I've been annoyed by those high-handed gentlemen for a long time."

"You are so brave."

Huang Cao and other staff members scolded the nobles in the hall without any scruples, and then went to the Chamber of Commerce.

As soon as he entered the door, several elegant nobles in gorgeous clothes were holding a glass of red wine to celebrate his joining.

After all, the membership fee of fifty gold coins is not a small amount of money, equivalent to almost a year's income for a small or medium-sized lord.

The members of the business association are naturally very happy to have new members join. After all, this is not just a simple association, but also a place for mutual help.

However, this kind of mutual help only exists among the upper class. After all, the high membership fee has excluded most people.

"From now on, please give me, your junior, plenty of guidance. If you have any business to earn money, remember to take me with you."

"Little brother, you are so polite. You can tell at a glance that you are capable of great things. Don't forget me when you become successful."

Several other nobles also echoed this. After the simple initiation ceremony, the nobles began to busy themselves with their own social activities and were too lazy to pay attention to this new member.

Huang Cao also saw the real purpose of the association's establishment on the bulletin board in the association hall.

There were only small notes written by the members themselves posted on the bulletin board.

The note listed the various difficulties the client was currently facing, such as lack of technology and resources, and also listed the advantages he or she had.

Just from the various small notes pasted on it, it can be seen that basically few people are willing to help them, otherwise these notes would have been taken down long ago.

But surprisingly, almost everyone who walked past the bulletin board would take a look at the content on it, and many of them had intriguing expressions.

Huang Cao naturally wouldn't miss this good opportunity, and he wrote a note and stuck it on it:

If you are in a hurry to get rid of a large amount of precious spices such as Sichuan peppercorns, you can find me in the second room on the left on the third floor of the Rose Hotel.

It is impossible to sleep in the open air.

But when he finished writing and was about to go out, a group of people stopped him.

"Brother, is that note real?"

"Is there a specific figure for the large quantity of spices? I'll take whatever you have."

Huang Cao cleared his throat a few times and signaled everyone to be quiet. "I have about one and a half tons of peppercorns on hand. It's not a large quantity and may not be enough to meet everyone's needs."

"I want all 1,000 gold coins!"

"So little money to give you to send away a beggar? Don't even mention it, little brother. If you look down on me later, I will look down on you too.

You're bullying me just because I'm from out of town. I want all this peppercorns for 1,500 gold coins."

"Old man, I see you're not that honest either. Little brother, I'll give you 1,600 gold coins!"

Even though all transactions are conducted in gold coins, each gold coin in Victoria actually weighs only about ten grams.

But Huangcao knew very well that pepper was already seriously overpriced in the hands of these people, but he just couldn't resist their desire to buy it.

The Victorian court aristocrats held the privileges of export and import, and they were the first to enjoy good things whenever they came, including precious condiments such as pepper.

Therefore, pepper was basically a commodity with no market value among the common people. In the end, Huang Cao sold all the pepper in his hands for two thousand gold coins.

Although I know that with the enthusiasm of these nobles, this batch of pepper will definitely be sold at a higher price in their hands.

However, Huang Cao's purpose of coming here today, in addition to replenishing the start-up capital, is also to establish his own reputation and accumulate some connections.

Chapter 35: It’s a pity that it’s Shi Huaiya, not Shi Huaiya

"Of course, I brought more than just these spices. I also brought inventions from my hometown. It's just that the transportation route is a bit difficult. I have to go through the border of Kazdel."

"There's nothing we can do. Those nobles control the border, and the tax rates are so high, we have no choice but to take this route."

Huang Cao was arguing while perfecting his settings. As expected, as soon as the court nobles were mentioned, the people here seemed to have lost their minds.

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to eat these people alive.

"Brother, I know your situation very well. If my family assets were not still here, I would have moved away long ago." A Feilin reached out and patted Huang Cao's shoulder to comfort him.

"Let me introduce myself. I am the patriarch of the Shi Huaiya family and also the vice president of the Business Association. You can just call me Mr. Shi Huaiya."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Shi Huaiya. The business environment in Victoria is not very good right now. When we have the opportunity in the future, we really need to go out and explore the world."

“Little brother, I think it’s not very convenient for you to carry so many gold coins on you. You already have a membership card of the Business Association.

With this card, you can deposit money into any bank that is a member of the business association, and to withdraw money, you only need to go to the bank under our name, so there is no need to go to the same bank."

"That's really convenient."

Could this be the predecessor of United Bank?

Otherwise, I have to go to the same bank to withdraw money every time, which is really too troublesome, Huang Cao thought to himself.

It seems that Victoria today already has the rudiments of modern commerce, but it seems not yet perfect.

"Mr. Shi Huaiya, do you have time recently? I would like to invite you to dinner."

"I'm going to have dinner at your hotel at 8 o'clock tonight. Let's talk about it at the dinner table." Shi Huaiya said generously, and then left without giving anyone any room for refusal.

Huang Cao didn't believe what the other party said. He just said today that he was at the Rose Hotel, and you said you wanted to eat at this restaurant.

Who can believe this?

After depositing the money in the bank, Huang Cao decided to start his own company first.

About a year is enough time for me to do a lot of things.

When filling in the company name, the image of the antler goddess flashed through Huang Cao's mind again.

"The company's name is Fengyao... The main business is the cultivation and sale of agricultural products, as well as basic industrial fields such as medicine."

Huang Cao thought to himself.

However, it will take nearly half a month for business licenses to be issued after applying in Victoria.

Besides, the business operations of my company appear to be quite harmless.

Harmless to humans and animals in the deadly sense.

In the evening, we returned to the hotel where we had been staying for the past few days. Before eight o'clock, Mr. Shi Huaiya had already ordered the dishes and was waiting for his guests.

"Mr. Shi Huaiya, didn't we agree that I would treat you? I can't bear it if you do this." Huang Cao said.

Shi Huaiya chuckled softly, "I'm just hungry. You young people can be full of energy even if you skip a few meals, but I can't handle it. Besides, treating me to a meal isn't Boss Huang's purpose, is it?"

"Since you know my name so quickly, I guess the person in charge of this hotel is no stranger to you."

"No, no, I just mentioned you, a young and talented man, and I couldn't help but want to know more about you. Heroes are born young, and this is your world next."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Huang Cao pulled out a test tube filled with golden liquid from his trouser pocket.

"What is this?" Mr. Shi Huaiya looked normal, but there was a hint of curiosity in his pupils.

In his opinion, this was probably another special chemical reagent.

"If you are well-informed, you should have known about my business registration."

"Boss Huang, you're embarrassing me. I don't have such great skills."