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Chapter 187: I also want to do business
Chapter 187: I also want to do business
Chapter 187: I also want to do business
A gentleman is a gentleman, and whenever one meets a person, the first thing that should be said is always a polite hello.
Robb smiled and said, "Hello, Baron Nuolun."
Baron Nuolun asked his two servants to wait outside the chapel yard, brought only his nephew, and introduced him with a smile, "this is my nephew, a probationary knight."
With that, he made a straight face to his nephew and said, "Why don't you say hello to Godfather?"
The nephew hastened to salute Robb.
As a matter of fact, the nephew was probably more than twenty years old and looked several years older than Robb, but he did not know how many years younger than Robb, and he saluted so pitifully that he dared not catch his breath.
Robb smiled and said, "Mister Baron, it's freezing this winter. Did you take your nephew out shopping?"
Baron Nuolun smiled and said, "for a living."
Robb said with a smile, "You have a family and a career. How are you afraid you will not be able to make a living?
Baron Nuolun flashed an awkward smile, "Life used to be very easy. I had my own castle and manor. I still miss it, but after coming to Westwind Town, I finally felt the pressure of life. I don't have any property here, so I don't have any income. I had to pay a mortgage of five gold coins a month when I bought a house. There are more than 100 people in my family to feed. Do you think I can manage?"
Robb said, Thinking about it that way, that does seem hard.
"So, I figured I had to do something, too." Baron Noulun smiled and said, "you see, your little nuns have been running around selling potatoes over and over again. They are probably so tired that they break their feet and wont be able to sell all of it. You grow tens of thousands of jin of potatoes here every two days. You can't rely on them every time."
Robb smiled and said, "you want to take over the potato business?"
Baron Nuolun nodded.
Robb shook his head without even thinking about it, "No, food is related to the people's livelihood. If there is a problem with people's livelihood, it will shake the survival of Westwind Town. I can't hand over the potato business to someone else. Lest this thing is used as a tool to make money, and the food becomes increasingly expensive, it will cause people's livelihood to suffer. You should understand that the price of my potato is much lower than the market price. To put it bluntly, I am delivering food to the townspeople. How can I let people make money in the middle.
Baron Nuolun thought about it carefully, Thats true.. then, can I manage some other business?
Robb immediately realized that this guy was also a very shrewd man. He deliberately talked about potatoes first, knowing it was impossible to get them, and then asked for a separate business after Robb refused. In this case, ordinary people would be too embarrassed to refuse again out of kindness.
Robb said with a smile, "Baron Nuolun is a smart man, and I like doing business with smart people. Let me get this straight. What kind of business are you interested in? "
Nuolun immediately said, I want a beetroot-related business!
Robb shook his head and said, "Beetroot is the exclusive business of the mayor of Stone Canyon. It is my gift to the residents of Stone Canyon. It is their capital to make a living."
Nuolun said with a smile, "Godfather, you are a very great man, but you lack good subordinates and people who can really contribute to you. With all due respect, the vision of the mayors is still too small. Although they can read and think, they are only small mayors and are not smart enough. Their abilities can't keep up with your great thoughts."
Robb was amused, "Oh? Continue!"
Baron Nuolun continued, "Godfather used to be lazy. No offense. Cough In short, the scale of beetroot production before wasn't large, so Stone Canyon could still bear it. But with the growth of the population, GodFather has worked hard these days. Take, for example, a few days ago. You planted tens of thousands of jin of beetroot. At that time, I saw a look of embarrassment on the face of the mayor of Stone Canyon. At that time, he reluctantly took the beetroot, but."
He waved to the newly planted beetroot on the hillside and said earnestly, Tomorrow, another batch of beetroot will be harvested. At that time, Stone Canyon wont hold up. He will complain that his small factory wont be able to take that many beetroot. Hell tell you that the beetroot wont be able to get sold and will beg you to stop planting temporarily or reduce the scale.
There was a fox-like smile on Robb's face, "Yo, are you so sure?"
Baron Nuolun smiled and said, "Yes! In fact, I have been investigating the beetroot industry in Westwind Town in recent days. I found that although Stone Canyon's mayor wanted a beetroot factory, he was reluctant to spend money to hire a lot of workers. Goblin and ogres can no longer be caught, so he can only hire townspeople, but the mayor thinks that the salary needed to hire townspeople is too high and is unwilling to expand the production scale. "
"If you are smart, you should have understood that this guy is only capable of doing small things, and he won't be able to do great business in his lifetime. With all due respect, it is not only the Mayor of Stone Canyon but also the Mayor of White Birch Town and the Mayor of Westwind Town, so you need real "capitalists" who are more willing to invest a lot of money to do great things. I learned this word from you, and I think its quite interesting.
Robb smiled, "you looked carefully. Your observation is also very accurate. Well, just say why you are here."
Robb was happy. He was just talking to Little Yi about this problem and didn't expect Baron Nuolun to come to him to talk about it right away. Sure enough, never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients, although they do not understand science and commerce. But as long as things are within the scope of their understanding, their minds will not be any slower than modern people.
Baron Nolan pointed to his nephew standing next to him and smiled and said, "I'm going to pay for a real, decent beetroot factory, which will be run and managed by my nephew, as long as you can provide my factory with a stable supply of beetroot. I'm sure we'll do better than the mayor of Stone Canyon. "
Robb smiled and said, "aren't you worried there are too many beetroot to sell?"
Baron Nuolun smiled and said, "not at all! Because I also intend to buy two hundred camels from you to set up several caravans to transport the beetroot to all parts of the kingdom to sell. You know, I am a noble. Although my fief is far from the border, I have the background of being part of the Wind Knights, and I have many friends from the noble circle. And it won't be long before I can establish a sales channel directly to nobles all over the country. "