Chapter 369 Business
After taking a bath, Henry sat down on a chair in his room and ate breakfast while checking the parchment. I'm mentally tired now, but it's not time to rest. He had to go back to the Alatan Mansion in a while to let Suli take over the shady business, and he also had to go to the intelligence point in the city to send a message for Robert to come in person.
Gervera stood silently, waiting for her boss to ask questions. After more than a month of exercise, her appearance and temperament have undergone earth-shaking changes. The girl who was full of light and enthusiasm has disappeared, and has been replaced by a beautiful woman full of maturity, reason, and calm temperament.
I have to say that the environment can really change a person. Since its construction, the Garden Hotel has been defined as a high-end place of consumption, and it is either a wealthy merchant or a nobleman of good status who enter and exit here. In the process of dealing with them, this girl from the slum felt the huge gap between the two worlds.
This distance is not only the amount of wealth and power, but more importantly, education, knowledge, and vision. She had never even imagined that someone could eat hundreds of gold coins in a single meal, and she never used silver coins to tip a service staff. These people are polite and elegant, and they can finalize a business of thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins in a few words.
Looking at the daily turnover, Govilla knew how lucky she was. In order to be able to keep this job, she spends more than half of her salary on studying and buying books. It is this positive spirit that has allowed this girl, who is not yet twenty years old, to complete her first transformation in her life and is now an excellent manager.
"Well done. The net profit has almost reached five thousand gold coins. Just right. I have another job here, I wonder if you're interested? Henry asked, swallowing the contents of his mouth.
Gervera was slightly stunned. Immediately asked a barrage of questions: "What work?" If I leave, who will take over the hotel? β
Seeing the girl's nervous look, Henry smiled and waved his hand. "Don't get excited, come one by one. I need one person to take care of a few shops in the city, as well as three large sea vessels. As for this hotel, you are still in charge, in short, all the business in Ascatra will be managed by you in the future, and I will send someone to check the accounts every once in a while. β
"So I'm promoted! That's great! Gervera almost jumped in excitement.
"That's right, in the future, you can get five thousandths of the annual net profit as a bonus. Here's the address of the shop pΓΉ and the name and berth of the cargo ship. I'll leave it all to you now. As he spoke, Henry wrote down the address at the bottom of the parchment and handed it over. Of course, these are just some of the legitimate parts of the Ronoir family's business.
Gervera excitedly ran over and kissed her boss fiercely, and then said loudly: "Thank you for your trust and generosity, I promise to run these shops well." She turned and left the room, looking impatient to take over the place.
Henry wiped the lip prints from his face, smiled and shook his head as he continued to eat. The food on his plate was quickly consumed, and he wiped his mouth before using the "teleportation technique" to return to the Aratan Mansion. With no butlers employed, all the servants were now in their own ways and looked a little disorganized.
Suddenly, a maid who was wiping the table walked up quickly and bowed. "Your Excellency. Last night a man named Su Li came to visit, saying that it was your order. But none of us dare to call the shots. I had to make him wait in the living room all night. She deliberately leaned forward slightly as she spoke, making certain parts of her body look more rounded and attractive.
"Let him come to the study, and inform the kitchen to prepare a delicious breakfast." After saying that, Henry turned around and went upstairs without even looking at it. He knew very well that this maid was (seducing) himself just now, and the purpose was probably to vacant the position of butler. But it's a pity that this woman miscalculated, and not everyone can be a housekeeper.
In the next half hour, Henry cut and integrated the previous illegal business of the Ronoor family in the study, and then handed them all over to Su Li. All the places of narcotics and gambling were closed, replaced by those that specialized in special services for rich men and women.
As for the arms and slave trade, not only was it preserved, but it was expanded, but the trade routes were greatly adjusted. According to the new route, the fleet will be loaded with weapons and armor in the Baldur's Gate region of the north to Kalinsan, where they will all be exchanged for slaves, pearls, gems, and other goods. Slaves were all quietly transported to the principality as an important labor force, while things like jewelry were sent to the commercial capital for sale.
Henry concludes with a stern warning: "Remember, you are the biggest boss to the outside world, and these businesses have nothing to do with me. If you're going to betray one day, imagine your wife and daughter. You know, for a mage, no matter where they hide, they can find out. β
"I swear in the name of death that if one day were to let me die, I would be nailed to the wall of the unbelievers and suffer for eternity." Su Li covered his heart and swore a poisonous oath. He knew very well that he had to do this for the safety of his wife and daughter, otherwise he would not be able to gain trust.
Henry nodded in satisfaction. "Go ahead, try to run a few times according to the previous line before the Sawa Fishman leaves, and try to keep all the former customers of the Ronorr family."
"Understand, if I don't have any other orders, I'll quit first." Saying that, Su Li bowed and left with the start-up capital of five thousand gold coins. He also has a series of things to do, including recruiting sailors, captains, hiring thugs, etc., illegal business is not so easy to do, and one will die without a place to bury if he is not careful.
Henry then went to the intelligence point in the city to deliver a letter to Robert, and then went back to his room at the Garden Inn and went to sleep. After all, no one knows how big the underground labyrinth in the cemetery is, and maybe it will take a day or two to go inside. It's basically not a matter of going to bed when the time comes, so it's better to take more rest now. Not long after he lay down, he began to snore. Maybe it was because I was too tired, so I slept until two o'clock in the afternoon.
In the haze, Henry vaguely felt a hot woman lying in his arms, and kept touching and kissing him. At first, he thought it was just a dream, but suddenly the little brother in the lower half of his body was enveloped in a warm and damp cave, followed by a burst of high-pitched moans.
If this is still a dream, it is too real. Henry snapped open his eyes and found Viconia sitting on his lap, twisting her slender waist frantically, her dark skin glistening with a strange sheen. Although the Dark Elves are very skilled in this regard, and he even feels a high desire now, the problem is that he seems to be asleep.
The Queen of the Poisonous Tongue soon sent herself to the clouds, and she gasped violently and said to Henry with a smile, "How is it, do you feel my enthusiasm?" Maybe next time I might consider having you on top, though that doesn't fit the tradition of the Dark Elves. β
"I think it's best to say hello in advance the next time you do something like this, otherwise it's likely to trigger the "accident technique" set up in advance. Also, I don't really like your notion of this, so I'll wait until you abandon the Dark Elf tradition once and for all. With that, Henry stood up and began to get dressed. This incident reminded him that no matter where he slept in the future, he must set up protection, and don't wait until the enemy touches the bed and doesn't know it.
"The tradition of the dark elves? Do you mean Yu Huan's position in the process, or the attitude towards men? Viconia poured herself a glass of water and asked as she drank it.
Henry sighed slightly and replied, "All! The latter, however, is particularly important. On the surface, men of a slight social status would not tolerate their woman having sex with another man. β
"Hah! It's a copy of the Dark Elves, but with women and men. Tell me, what would a man do if something like this happened? Kill a woman in the most brutal way? Viconia proudly lifted her chin and sarcastically. Since she has not been wandering on the surface for a long time, she does not know much about human society as a whole.
Henry shook his head and patiently explained: "On the contrary, generally the spearhead will be directed at another man, and as for women, most of the time they will just be abandoned. After all, it's about dignity, and it's best to keep that in mind if you want to survive in human society for a long time. β
"What a bunch of hypocritical guys. Do you want to know how the mothers deal with those stealing fathers-in-waiting? They are killed in the most painful way and then sacrificed their souls to the Spider Goddess. Viconia's eyes gleamed with a strange light as she spoke of these things.
"Alright, that's the end of it. You'd better hurry up and put on your armor and assemble in the lobby on the first floor in ten minutes. Exploring the underground labyrinth of the cemetery is no easy task, with traps and undead enough to bury any careless adventurer. β
Henry turned around and left the room. After a while, he was really afraid that he would not be able to help it, and he would teach this woman with strict and distorted views a hard lesson. Although Viconia's current personality is related to a series of tragic encounters, the most important thing is that she has never put herself in the right place.
Take Trist, for example, who abandoned all his parts of being a dark elf on his first day on the surface. Decades of sticking to the moral bottom line and never harming any innocent person are what earned him today's fame. Even a little kid knows that all dark elves aren't a good thing, unless his name is Trist.
It can be seen that if a person wants to get it, he needs to pay first. If Viconia wants to gain status in human society, she must change herself, otherwise the burning at the stake in the administrative district will be staged sooner or later. (To be continued......)