Chapter 564: Ambassador of the Grey Castle
As the carriage drove into Glow City, the surrounding sounds suddenly became noisy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Joko couldn't help but lift the curtain and look outβthe road was lined with all kinds of shops, some of them had set up pergolas at the door, and set up a few tables and chairs for people to rest, while others had spread their goods directly on the ground, and they themselves stood on the side of the street shouting loudly, and the whole long street was almost indistinguishable from a bazaar.
For a moment he thought he had arrived in Eagle City, a town that had evolved from a bazaar.
Oh, no, Eagle City has been burned to the ground by the Queen of Clear Water, and the tall and majestic buildings in the distance also show that the scale of the city is quite extraordinary.
"How is it, your first feeling of the Dawn Royal Capital?" a lazy woman's voice came from behind him.
"It is worthy of being the capital of merchants, and even the main roads of the city can be openly sold by the merchants, and the Grey Fort has long been looted by the patrols," Joko exclaimed, "I am afraid that only the fjord can compare with you." β
"Fjord?" said the woman dismissively, "a bunch of packers who dump their goods." It is nothing more than to transfer goods from all over the world to scarce places, sell them back and forth to earn the difference, and the goods that can be sold on the island are pitiful. β
"Of course, you're the best trader," Joko smiled and retracted his neck.
"You're not bad," she smiled and put her hand on his shoulder, "my Mr. Ambassador." β
The other party is a noble merchant that Yoko met in the border city of the Dawn Kingdom, unlike the Gray Castle, the wealth of the merchant can even be used as a title in Dawn, most nobles can do business, and the status of the wealthy merchant is comparable to that of the upper nobles. At the same time, the Dawn Kingdom is also a big producer, not only agricultural products are very rich, but also textile raw materials and finished products are exported to the three countries. Before leaving, Yoko made up for the history and customs of the neighboring country for a while, and the appropriate stupidity can win the satisfaction of the woman, but no one likes the stupid person who doesn't know anything.
The businesswoman's name was Denise Payton, and despite being thirty-five or sixteen, her skin was still very well maintained, smooth and elastic to the touch. The light brown hair is coiled on the top of the head, and one strand of it is deliberately dyed purple, which looks quite strange at first, but after getting used to it, it unexpectedly feels good. As an unsupervised aristocratic woman who travels far away, she is naturally full of interest in having fun.
It took Joko only two days to have a good conversation with her, and then he won her over with a bottle of perfume, and after that, the two were completely glued together, and not only did they walk side by side, but Denise also pulled him into her luxurious carriage.
"By the way, I wonder what is the most popular business in Glowing City?"
"What, do you want to be a part too?"
"Influenced by old friends...... No, commissioned by the venerable King of Wimbledon, I may be here for a long time, ten years, or twenty years," said Joko, "since it is a merchant's city, I am not exempt from vulgarity, as you saidβ"
"Good nobles are good merchants," Denise added.
"That's right, good nobles are good merchants," Joko laughed, "In Grey Keep, an ambassador is the equivalent of an earl, and a non-merchant is not worthy of this title." β
"Again," she said, as she whispered into Joko's ear, "there are two kinds of things that sell well in the royal capital, one is the practical goods, which are used most of the time, but of course they are not too common, such as crystal glasses, silver mirrors, perfumes, and high-quality fabrics and fabrics. The other is a novelty, which has no standard price, and it depends on whether the buyer likes it or not. Every week and weekend, a similar trade show is held in the city, and the entry requirements vary depending on the grade. β
"Sounds interesting!" Joko's eyes lit up.
"It's really interesting, and you don't know that there are such things in the world if you don't look at them. If you're interested, I can take you to the top exhibitions. But there's a business lately that has overridden the first two," Denise said after a pause, whetting his appetite, "the slave trade." β
"Slave?" he paused, "this is nothing unusual. β
"So I said 'recently,'" explained the businesswoman, "and the business without capital is always the most popular, and you should know the news that Wolfheart has been overrun by the church, and there are thousands of refugees over there, and if you give you some food, you can pull a batch and sell it wherever you want." Now many merchants in Glowlight City have gone to the border, rushing to make a fortune before the tide of refugees ends, after all, when the war subsides, the business will be over. β
"But you're on the border of the Grey Keep. β
"I don't really like the feeling of buying and selling people...... "Denise shrugged," Denise shrugged, "especially women." β
"Then don't think about it," Joko said, putting his arm around her, "and a business without capital is not risk-free, and when the refugees become a mob, the slave traders should have a headache." β
"It seems that you are not ignorant of business," she said.
At this moment, the voice of the coachman came from the front of the carriage, "Madam, the palace area has arrived." β
"Let's stop here," Joko kissed her hard, "and the time on the road is so sweet and short, I'll remember it." β
"Won't you sit in my house?" said Denise.
"If you still have official business, I won't delay your time. β
The answer, of course, is refusal, the other party is a married man, and now he has arrived at someone else's territory, and he still goes to her mansion as a guest? If Ni Duan is discovered by the head of the family, it is strange that he will not be beaten half to death. Joko quickly jumped out of the carriage and waved at her, "I think we'll have a chance to meet again." β
"I think so too," she said, raising an eyebrow, "and maybe the next meeting will be sooner than you think." β
"What?"
The other party closed the curtain and left with a smile.
"The title of the Demon Hand is well deserved," Seeing Joko get out of the car, the group of emissaries following the caravan slowly approached, and Hill Fox walked up to him and sighed, "What have you talked to her about these days?"
This person is the personal guard arranged for him by His Majesty Roland, and I heard that he has made many contributions to His Majesty, although it doesn't look like he can fight at all, "What else can you talk about with a businessman, of course, business." β
In fact, even business is just an introduction for him to arouse the topic, and it is an excellent way to quickly close the distance between the two, whether it is words or gifts, he can always scratch the most itchy point of women.
"What are you going to do next?"
"Raise the Tower King's banner and hand over the paperwork," Jokochi said triumphantly, "tell them that the Greykeep ambassador is here!"