"I'm making Uncle Bede laugh. It's too difficult to train such a wild beast." Gavin smiled helplessly at Bede.
"Amazing, amazing, already very amazing." Bede said with a thumbs up, "I have never seen such an obedient and smart half-ogre. Brother Gavin, where did you pick up such a treasure? ?”
Although Bede was talking to Gavin, his eyes kept following the half-ogre, and even a fool could see that salivating look.
This is simply a natural caravan guard. Taking such a person on the road will not only greatly improve the safety factor, but also assist carriages and carry goods at critical moments.
"Luckily, he delivered it to the door himself." Gavin said lightly, looking at Bede as if he didn't see it at all.
Bede felt itchy and couldn't help but said: "For the sake of our deep relationship, Uncle Bede has a small request..."
"Not for sale." Gavin directly interrupted Bede's next words.
"How do you know what I'm going to say?" Bede said in surprise.
"What you want to say is written on your face." Gavin said extremely seriously, "Other businesses are easy to talk about, but the people under me, let alone kobolds, even if they are goblins, I will not sell them. If they are If Uncle Bede wants to do business with me in the future, please don’t touch my bottom line.”
The experience of being a slave in his previous life made Gavin deeply hate the slave trade.
Not to mention that he wouldn't touch this business, he would kill every slave trader he saw and there would be absolutely no room for negotiation.
"Haha, just kidding, just kidding, how could Uncle Bede take away what Brother Gavin loves? No, it should be said to be talent. After all, Brother Gavin wants to take root in a dangerous place like Rockland, so he needs this kind of power. Guard, haha..."
Bede once again showed his tactful side and made a haha, rounding up the somewhat awkward atmosphere. He took Gavin's arm and walked in, "Come on, it's not just me who's here this time, except for a few important people." The rest of the brothers who went to Sambia to ship goods have returned. It seems that Brother Gavin is very popular among us old friends, and they all think highly of you.
Facts have also proved that Brother Gavin is more capable than we thought. We brought a lot of good things this time, but we did not have enough understanding of the development speed of Brother Gavin, and we were not fully prepared for some goods. "
"When Bede said this, he was a little out of touch. The fact that you can come is the greatest trust in me, so I am completely satisfied." Gavin said with a smile, "Besides, what we are doing is not just a business, but If you are buying and selling for a long time, if you don’t bring enough this time, you just need to bring enough next time.”
"Brother Gavin still has a long-term vision. It's my lack of understanding. Blame me, blame me, blame me." Bede expressed his sincere appreciation.
Gavin has a unique charm. As long as you chat with him for a few words, consciously or unconsciously, you will ignore his somewhat immature face.
Bede, who did business with him, felt even deeper.
When you think you are facing a stupid and naive rookie, you will find out in the end that you are the stupid one, and they can easily steal from an old businessman like you. .
When you think that the other party is a naive little fox, when you turn around, you will find that they have built a foundation that many people have spent half their lives unable to build. They simply don’t take those trivial interests in their eyes. They take a broad view. , is the longer-term future.
When you think of him as an old fox who has been practicing for many years, he is generous with money, but he is also like a newbie who keeps giving you benefits, which makes you feel a little embarrassed. When you wake up and look back, , people have already earned enough benefits from you.
But it makes people unable to get even the slightest bit angry, because they have clearly calculated your interests in their calculations.
For this kind of person, in addition to admiration, I still admire him.
It was precisely because they had figured this out that those sly businessmen took the risk of making an empty trip and gathered in Heijing.
They still want to take a gamble.
As a result, they won the bet.
In just two ten days, Gavin opened up the situation here. Not only did he own a large kobold tribe, but he also captured a powerful half-ogre barbarian.
Based on this alone, it is no longer important how much profit they make from this trip. What is important is that they have dug a new mine, a new mine that is worthy of their additional investment.
Bede and the others stayed in the Black Well tribe for three full days.
For two days, under the leadership of Gavin, we walked around the mountains surrounding the Black Well tribe.
Of course, they were not visiting the scenery. The rocky land was not a remote place, but it had nothing to do with the beautiful scenery.
They were observing the terrain around the Black Well Tribe, assessing the value of this place and how much energy they should invest here.
As for the result, looking at their smiling faces blooming like chrysanthemums, it’s obvious.
Just like they originally assessed Gavin - unlimited potential.
On the last day, we sat together and listened to Gavin’s ideas.
Just like last time, Gavin still did not make too many promises, nor did he reveal all his plans. He only briefly introduced the future development and expansion direction of the Black Well Tribe, and left the rest to the businessmen to figure out on their own. .
When Bede and the others came, there were nearly thirty large trucks. When they left, they were empty. The large trucks were only one-third full, of which only half was the iron ore produced in the Black Well Mine. , and the remaining half is scrap metal collected from half-ogres and surrounding tribes.
But all the businessmen's faces were full of satisfaction and longing, giving people the feeling that they had made a lot of money.
The goods they brought back were barely enough to cover the cost of their trip, but they had opened up a new business route. If they wanted to make real money, they would have to wait until Gavin's kobold tribe developed to a certain extent.
Before this, it was an additional investment period. This was the price you had to pay if you wanted to make big money. These old businessmen knew this very well.
Investment without losing money is what all businessmen love to see.
These merchants are both companions and competitors. They are all keeping their own calculations, thinking about what and how much goods they will bring when they come next time, how many promises they will get from Gavin, and which city they should go to this time. With whom to sign supply and sales contracts.
The arrival of Bede and his team gave Gavin the confidence.
This confidence is multifaceted.
On the one hand, it is the opening of sales channels.
The promise of Bede and his group of merchants is one thing, but their actual appearance is another.
If he mines a huge amount of ore, but not a single merchant comes to visit him, is it possible for him to carry the ore on his back and search for sales channels all over the world?
It's not impossible, but it consumes too much energy and time and will seriously slow down his expansion in the rocky area.
On the other hand, it is given by food.
Twenty-five of the thirty large trucks were carrying grain, although many of them were hairy, moldy old grain.
But for the kobolds in Heijing who have just been out of the food and clothing line for a few days, some food is good. Who cares whether it is new food or old food?
Besides, Gavin doesn't know how to steam bread, steamed buns, and stew vegetables and meat in a pot for them. There is not much difference in the taste between new and old grains.
With this food as a backing, Gavin's originally relatively conservative expansion speed can be appropriately accelerated.
To be more precise, with this food, Gavin didn't need to do anything at all. He just needed to pile it there, and the kobolds would come to him on their own.
