Everyone in the hall was talking to each other and talking in low voices.
The sound was low and messy, constantly amplifying in the hall. Faintly, everyone seemed to be able to feel that deep in their hearts, a ferocious and cruel monster was roaring silently at them with its bloody mouth open.
Sure enough, everyone saw that the salt in this ship had not been completely unloaded, and an identical transport ship was docked at the berth next to it. Moreover, the sailors on the two ships greeted each other very familiarly.
The young clerk who was in charge of registering ships at the dock looked at the sign on the bow of the ship and was very surprised at the moment. He said in a daze: "Salt Company?"
Then, he suddenly woke up, raised his head and shouted: "Are you from the Salt Company?"
The ship owner stood on the bow of the ship, looked down at the clerk on the dock, and said with a smile: "Yes, we are from Nai'an Salt Company. Not only me, but all the ships behind me~!"
The clerk was stunned and said to himself: "Are people crazy today?"
The captain laughed and said, "Sorry, sir. I'm not crazy today. But some people will definitely go crazy today~!"
Before he finished speaking, the workers on the dock suddenly broke into chaos and commotion for some unknown reason.
The clerk looked at it and couldn't help but frowned.
He was about to reprimand him a few words, but when he heard the voices of the workers, he couldn't help but lose his voice.
I heard the workers pointing to the sea not far away and shouting loudly: "It's the third ship. Three ships carrying salt have arrived today."
On the exchange's blackboard, just below the line "Salt, fifty thousand pounds", there is a line with the same content.
The merchants in the exchange suddenly screamed loudly like little hens being harassed by a fox.
All the salt merchants slammed the table and stood up, shouting excitedly at the top of their lungs: "How could this happen?"
"This is impossible!"
"Usually there's only one ship in two days, so why are there three now?"
"..."
"Everyone, what do you think we should do?" An old salt merchant in his sixties stood up, looked at his colleagues around him, and asked in a deep voice.
The salt merchants looked at each other and fell silent.
After a long time, someone finally said in a low voice and despair: "What else can we do? Buy it! If we can't keep track of the supply, once it flows to the market, we will release the goods. The goods we stocked will be worthless."
.”
At this time, the ship owner squeezed out of the crowd and came to the salt merchants. He bowed to everyone, and then laughed and said: "You guys are really rich, everyone will get rich, everyone will get rich."
The salt merchants stared blankly at the smiling ship owner in front of them. An old salt merchant smiled bitterly and said: "Get rich. Today, your brother has made a fortune, but we are in misfortune~!"
The captain glanced at the man, but he also had some sympathy, but he followed Lorraine's explanation beforehand, and still said with a smile: "It's the old rule, I'll wait for you to bid?"
The old salt merchant looked around, and all his colleagues were dumbfounded. The old salt merchant immediately shouted twice: "Hey, hey, bid, why are you so dumbfounded~!"
"How can there be money for those two ships just now?"
"Yes, that boat just now was paid for by the three of us."
"..."
It seemed that they had no choice. The old salt merchant sighed, carefully calculated his wealth, and then said in a solemn voice: "Eighteen silver coins per pound, do you think this price is acceptable?"
The captain laughed and said cheerfully: "Okay, it's a deal. If you don't hurry up, you won't have a chance. My colleagues are like rabbits, and everyone can run faster than anyone else."
Hearing what the ship owner said, the old salt merchant immediately had a bad feeling.
His cloudy old eyes immediately burst out with two bright lights, staring closely at the captain's face, and asked word by word: "Your colleague?"
The captain still smiled and said: "Yeah, why didn't anyone tell you? These salts..."
As he spoke, he pointed at the blackboard of the exchange, then drew a big circle, and then proudly said loudly: "They are all from our Nai'an Salt Industry."
"You...Nai'an Salt Industry?" The old salt merchant's eyes widened, as if he had heard some terrible news, his eyebrows stood up, and his expression became fierce.
The surrounding businessmen also started whispering among themselves.
"Nai'an Salt Industry?"
"Never heard of the new company?"
"With the name Nai'an, it seems that his strength will not be weak."
"..."
The ship owner still had that naive smile, and even smiled more harmoniously than before. He first bowed his hands to the salt merchant, then circled and bowed to the surrounding merchants, and said loudly: "We just established the company, and the company is not big.
Please take good care of me."
The old salt merchant laughed miserably and said to himself: "Nai'an Salt Industry."
At this time, there was a commotion outside the exchange. People outside were shouting so loudly that it was difficult to hear anything.
Everyone was stunned.
The old salt merchant was about to send someone out to inquire, when he saw a young man staggering in from outside the exchange door.
His face turned red with excitement, he pointed outside and shouted loudly: "Another...another boat is coming~!"
Seeing his excitement, the old salt merchant immediately reached out to grab him and asked sternly: "A boatload of what?"
"Salt! Another boatload of salt~!"
There was another roar in the exchange.
The merchants who were buying and selling other commodities looked at the dumbfounded salt merchants next to them. They looked at them with gloating eyes and whispered to each other: "These salt merchants are going to be in trouble."
"Unlucky? More than just unlucky, if they can't resist this time, they will all be dead."
"Deserve it!"
"Yes, you deserve it."
"..."
The salt merchants, on the other hand, stood together as if they were mourning for their heirs, and all of them looked pale.
"Salt, salt again..." A salt merchant pressed his fat hands on the table. Big drops of sweat dripped down his cheeks and onto the table. His body slowly started to tremble. He grabbed the person next to him and said tremblingly.
: "Go and report to the master that something serious has happened..."
Then, a soft sound of "cough" came from deep in the throat, and then his hands loosened and he fell backwards.
The waiter beside him hurriedly helped him and yelled at a loss: "Boss, boss!"
At this time, another ship owner wearing a captain's hat walked quickly into the exchange.
He was also on the blackboard of the transaction, and after skillfully using chalk to fill in the line "salt, fifty thousand pounds" below, he immediately felt a silence in the exchange.
He couldn't help being stunned, and when he looked up, he saw everyone in the exchange staring at him. He was immediately startled and asked in confusion: "What's going on, everyone?"
"Are you also from Nai'an Salt Industry?"
"Yes. Is there any problem?" the captain asked strangely.
"How many ships of salt do you have left?"
The man bared his teeth, smiled, and said, "Business secrets, no comment."
At this time, after another berth was added to the port by the transport ship, looking at the familiar sign, the clerk suddenly felt dizzy and said to himself: "Did this salt fall from the sky?"
The captain jumped out of the boat and when he walked past the clerk, he said: "This didn't fall from the sky, it grew from the ground. Fifty thousand pounds of salt, we're in trouble."
With that said, he was about to walk towards the exchange.
At this time, Jerry appeared from the side.
He pointed at the owner of the ship who had just disembarked, shook his head and cursed with a smile: "You guy, didn't I tell you to come into the port later? When you come out, how can you sell the ship in front of you?"
The boat owner spread his hands and said innocently: "I didn't want to either. But those guys at the back pushed me in. They jumped around like monkeys and shouted, saying that the later you come, the lower the price, and the lower the price and the bonus.
It’s also less.”
At this time, a group of strong men forced their way through the crowd and walked over.
These people's style is extremely rough. After they come forward, they directly push others' chests and push them to both sides.
The people who were squeezed away were about to get angry, but after seeing the swords on their waists and the chainmails protruding from their collars, they all wisely shut their mouths.
These people rushed to the front of the transport ship and formed a tight human wall in front of the onlookers.
Everyone looked at these expressionless big men and couldn't help but feel anxious. What do these guys do?
At this moment, a clear child's voice was heard coming from the wall of people, saying seriously: "Jerry, why are you still here?"
Jerry hurriedly took off his hat, then bowed and saluted respectfully, and said, "Your Highness, our company's ship arrived a little too fast."
Everyone was immediately shocked.
Although their status is low, they work in the provincial government and are relatively more politically sensitive than the old rich people in the countryside.
All kinds of gossip are also extremely well-informed. Everyone has only a little brain, but they also know that there is only one person in the empire who can be called His Highness, and at such a young age.
And that person also happened to be the cheap brother-in-law of the Governor of Lorraine. According to the official statement, he was in Nai An Province to investigate and inspect the work.
At that moment, someone bravely took a look through the gap between the people, and sure enough he saw a short figure in the middle.
"How many times have I told you to call me President, President~!" Leo said unhappily with a sullen face, then crossed his arms and tried to look as dignified as possible, saying: "I saw, you...
…”
Leo pointed at the ship owner who had just come off and said: "Quick, go register the goods and give those guys a heavy blow. Go quickly."
The ship owner hurriedly nodded and bowed, and said loudly: "Yes, Your Majesty... ah no, His Majesty the President."
After saying that, he ran over quickly.
Leo was furious at the moment. He looked at his back, waved his little fist, and shouted: "It's the president~! Bastard, do you believe I will deduct all your salary?"
He sighed, slapped his forehead, and said: "It's really troublesome for me to have a bunch of stupid subordinates like you. I have no sense of independence at all. I have to do everything myself. You guys will cause trouble for me if I don't pay attention. It's really
It’s really…”
Melina listened to Leo's constant musings, frowned, and interrupted Leo: "Leo, don't you still want to carry out a just trial on those salt merchants? If you don't go, they might all run away.
Already."
Leo groaned and said with unfinished meaning: "No wonder Nicole always likes to scold me. It's so satisfying to scold people like this. Okay, business is more important, Jerry, let's listen to the training tomorrow."
"Yes, sir...President." Seeing Leo turn around and walk away with satisfaction, Jerry wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought to himself: Fortunately, this man is a master who forgets things when he turns his head. Otherwise, the president would do it for his own pleasure.
It would be great fun to catch him and train him like this every day.
When another line of words "50,000 pounds of salt" was written on the blackboard, the merchants in the exchange could no longer get excited. They had already thought that someone was dealing with these salt merchants and dumping salt.
The merchants who had guessed the cause of the incident were just watching the excitement. They no longer traded the commodities in their hands, but stayed in the exchange and waited for the development of the incident.
Just now, the salt merchants could still pretend to be calm and think of countermeasures, but the appearance of another 50,000 pounds of salt has completely destroyed their confidence.
For the past half month, they had been chatting and laughing in the exchange, with nothing to spare, hugging the female secretary and laughing loudly. The high-spirited salt merchants were all frightened at this moment.
They were helpless and froze on their chairs, like a flock of frightened quails.
A salt merchant jumped up, punched the table, and shouted hysterically: "Buy~! Buy them all."
The other salt merchants suddenly woke up and shouted: "Buy, buy, buy them all~!"
A loud shout came from the door: "Okay, fifteen silver coins per pound, I will sell you as much as you want~!"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and then turned their heads to look.
Suddenly, among a large group of people, a half-grown figure appeared at the door of the exchange. He was not grown up, but had big sunglasses on the bridge of his slightly flat nose, and was white and rosy.
With his small cheeks, wearing a white shirt, a black vest, and a meticulous tie, he was none other than Mr. Leo who had waited for the time to appear.
At this moment, Leo was holding one hand behind his back and pointing at the group of salt merchants with the other hand, with a righteous and stern expression on his face.
Everyone in the exchange was confused by the sudden appearance of Leo, thinking: Who is this?
Seeing Leo's raised arm still not putting down, Boduoqi, who had been following Leo, suddenly came to his senses, clapped his hands vigorously, and shouted: "Well said, wonderfully said, so powerfully said,
So courageous~!”
The Imperial Guard soldiers who were guarding Leo finally came to their senses and clapped vigorously, shouting: "You are so handsome~!"
"Okay~!"
Leo laughed, waved his hands, and said modestly: "There, there. It's just so so. Don't praise me anymore. No matter how much you praise me, I won't be proud, hahaha..."
Everyone was sweating profusely when they saw it, and they all thought to themselves: You are already proud, uh, no, you are already arrogant~!
Milena looked at it and felt a little embarrassed. She quietly moved two steps to the side and pretended to be "I don't know this silly boy."
The people in the exchange looked at the lively momentum of Leo and his men. After a long time, a guy in the crowd asked: "Who are you?"
Jeff came out from behind Leo and said loudly: "This is the president of our Nai'an Salt Company."
Someone among this group of businessmen had seen Leo at Lorraine's reception party, and whispered in the crowd: "This is His Highness Leo."
The businessmen in the exchange looked at Leo, who was also the president, in surprise. Businessmen all have the most flexible brains. The group of businessmen in front of Leo also cheered and shouted: "Your Highness is wise."
"Long live, long live Ruman."
Leo puffed up his belly proudly and snorted with his nostrils turned upward. He winked at Milena proudly.
Leo pressed his hands down to signal everyone to quiet down, then he raised his hand and pointed at the dazed salt merchants, saying: "You guys have such a bad conscience that you are ruthlessly exploiting Nai'an for profit.
People, the law cannot judge you for your behavior, so I will judge you morally. Today, my president also represents the moon...ah, no, he represents the sun, ah, that's not right either..."
Melina lowered her head, rubbed the rag doll in her hands vigorously with both hands, and said sternly in a voice that only Leo could hear: "It's the people of Nai'an."
Leo turned to look at Milena and said, "What did you say, Milena?"
Melina gritted her teeth and said, "It represents the people of Nai'an." Melina twisted the doll hard with her two white and tender hands, and the tendons on her knuckles jumped.
"Ah, yes, it's the people of Naian, punishing you." After speaking, Leo looked at the twisted rag doll in Melina's hand, swallowed, stretched out his hand to loosen his tie, and laughed twice.
Milena raised her head, smiled sweetly at Leo, and said, "Hurry up and finish your limelight."
Milena's smile became brighter and brighter, but Leo's little face turned pale. He knew that Milena was becoming more and more like Nicole, and Catherine, who smiled the sweetest, was the scariest.
Leo shuddered, nodded and bowed to Milena with a smile: "It will be over soon, it will be over soon."
Then he turned around and pointed at the group of salt merchants, put on a righteous expression, and said loudly: "From now on, five ships of salt will be transported into the port every day. I'll see how many days you can last."
After Leo said these powerful words, he immediately turned around and walked out of the exchange surrounded by guards.
After hearing Leo's declaration, the workers surrounding the exchange waved their hats and cheered.
"Salt prices are finally coming down."
When Leo and others left the exchange, in the eyes of the merchants, who either had pity or contempt, the group of salt merchants sat down slumped, and a few of them even fell from their chairs to the ground due to lack of concentration.
The faces of all the salt merchants were frighteningly pale. One of them covered his face and kept chanting: "It's over, it's all over, it's all over."
Another salt merchant who fell to the ground slowly got up from the ground, suddenly beat the stone floor and started to cry loudly.
A salt merchant nearby seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. He grabbed the boy next to him and said with blank eyes, "I threw all my wealth into it, what should I do?"
The waiter looked sad and said, "Boss, how much are we going to earn this month?"
The salt merchant suddenly burst into laughter, even to the point of tears. He laughed and said, "What kind of wages do you have? Hahaha."
A person beside him stood up unsteadily and said: "You just lost everything. I also borrowed more than 50,000 gold coins and paid it all. Alas, my wife has long advised me not to be too greedy. I am sorry for her~"
As he spoke, the salt merchant walked tremblingly through the crowd and walked out of the exchange.