"Great, dad is fine."
"You scared us to death. Why didn't you reply just now? We thought something happened to you?"
"It's a false alarm, it's a false alarm. Thank you to all the villagers for your helping hand."
"Why are you so polite? Isn't it right for neighbors to help each other? I believe you will do the same if something happens to us."
"Grandpa, who are those two outsiders? Why did they come to our village?"
Seeing Haranson appear at the door of the tower, the villagers of Nimir Village couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. The old mage was the strongest person in their village. If he was an enemy that he couldn't fight, just a group of farmers could do it. It is to add food, but as the villagers have the obligation to watch each other, they have to come, because this is their way of survival. If they do not lend a helping hand when others are in danger, when they encounter threats, Don't expect others to help you either.
"What a beautiful woman!"
"Is this the lady from Sousal?"
"Hiss, how can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?"
"What beautiful clothes, beautiful jewelry, and such a noble temperament."
"What a handsome, strong, and elegant young man. Is he a nobleman from Susar?"
When the villagers of Nimir Village saw the man and woman who came out with Haranson, the eyes of both men and women were straightened, and they all focused on Ms. Gowther.
Although she was respectfully called Mother Gowther by the escort girls, she was actually not that old. She was in the best age of her life and exuded the charm of a mature woman. Her previous career made her pay great attention to skin care and was very good at grooming. Gavin dragged her directly from Sousal, and she was still wearing the most popular close-fitting evening dress in Sousal. The complicated tassels and tulle design showed its nobility, and the close-fitting design perfectly displayed it. It highlights the beauty of the female silhouette, and the black leather and red-soled high heels make her full of nobility, which is incompatible with the rural scene of Nimir Village.
Even the princes and nobles of the City of Glory and Susar City could not resist the charm of Ms. Gowther, let alone the villagers in these countryside.
It's just that the focus of men and women is different. Men are attracted by her peerless appearance, while women pay more attention to her clothes and jewelry, and then are attracted by Gavin next to her. Since the charm has entered the extraordinary, he is now no matter what. Wherever he goes, he becomes the focus of attention from women. Who gives him such a special ability as a female friend?
Then again, this ability is only an assist, the most important thing is Gavin's own growth.
Phase comes from the heart.
A person's appearance is not static, but changes slightly with inner improvement. Gavin's current self-confidence is beyond the comparison of ordinary people.
All in all, the two sides are people from two completely different worlds. This difference does not require artificial distinction at all. Their clothing and temperament help them distinguish.
Harlanson coughed lightly and said, "These two noble gentlemen from Susar, um, I haven't asked you how to call them?"
"Just call me Gavin. This is Ms. Gowther."
"Master Gavin and Mrs. Gowther heard about the fact that the water in our canals can glow. They want to cooperate with us to sell glowing water bottles and make our village and villagers rich." Harlanson directly told Ni The villagers of Mill Village explained Gavin’s purpose.
"Ha... I knew it would be like this. Dad, this can't be a trick you played on us. I don't know where to hire two actors to pretend to be noble lords from Sousal, just to make us Will you agree to your ridiculous proposal? How could anyone in this world spend a lot of money to buy this kind of thing? This thing is not very useful at all. When it gets dark, everyone goes to bed, so we only use it if it is free. .”
"I thought there was something wrong with this matter before. How could the lords and nobles of Susar City come to our village late at night? If Dad found someone to pretend to be him, that would make sense."
"Dad, you went a little too far in this matter and betrayed our trust in you."
"Dad Harlanson, it's not that we deliberately blocked it, but we just couldn't afford to bother. It was you who proposed the introduction of the explosive crayfish, but it attracted electric eels. In less than half a year, five of our people died. Under the electric shock, although the Stark bush has a restraining effect on them, no one can ensure that all the electric eels have eaten the Stark bush, and the power generation capacity has been restricted. If things go on like this, there will be no one in our village at all. No one dares to touch the water, let alone farm.”
"My previous suggestion is to destroy all canals, kill all electric eels, and plant crops that are suitable for dry land. For example, planting grapes on a large area and making wine is a good choice. I heard that there is a victorian in the valley. The ghost wine brewed in Zemei Manor can be sold for hundreds of gold coins per bottle. We don’t need hundreds of gold coins, we can make a profit by selling only ten gold coins per bottle.”
"This is an even stupider suggestion. We don't have large-scale winemaking technology. It will take at least several years for the vineyards to take shape. During this period, what will we eat? What will we drink? We will starve to death before the grapes can be produced to make wine. , I think dad’s suggestion is feasible. Although there are twists and turns in his ideas every time, we all know that dad is completely out of good intentions, for the village and the villagers, without any selfish motives. Look at him. All the research expenses were paid for by himself. For this reason, his descendants have separated from him. We should give him another chance. Maybe he will succeed this time? Will he really lead our village to become rich? "
"Think about it first, how many times has he said this?
This is what he said when we dug a large number of canals for irrigation. As a result, when we raised funds to build a cow-drawn water collection tower and dug a large number of canals, the water could not flow into the fields at all.
He also said the same thing when we introduced the unpalatable but viable explosive crayfish. As a result, the water channel was repaired, but the aquaculture industry we just launched was destroyed, and all the fry were eaten by these explosive crayfish. , and also introduced electric eels.
He still said the same thing when he bought Stark shrubs to suppress electric eels from generating electricity. As a result, five good-looking men were electrocuted to death.
This is an extremely dangerous industry. If it continues, we will have to work with electricity all day long. Maybe you will be the next to die. Anyway, I don't agree to start this industry. "
As soon as they heard about the sale of luminous water bottles, many villagers in Nimir Village exploded on the spot, and many people directly targeted the old mage Haranson.
Gavin just listened for a few minutes and basically figured out the main crux of Nimir Village.
The short-sightedness of these villagers is not the main reason. The main reason is that their finances have been exhausted. In order to build canals, ox-drawn water towers, introduce explosive crayfish, purchase Stark shrubs and a series of investments, they have spent these years with great difficulty. The little money they had saved was all gone, and many families had no food left. How could they invest more money in buying glass bottles, and then transport the luminous water bottles out with all the trouble?
This is still a risky investment. Who knows whether the same mistakes as before will appear again in this process? They can no longer withstand any storms.
The old mage Harland also faced the same dilemma. All his little wealth was invested in this kind of research. He did not have a good business acumen and had no way to withdraw funds. Finally, the current deadlock emerged.
After finding the crux, things became easier to handle. He coughed and said, "Gentlemen and ladies, can you listen to me for a few words? After listening to my suggestions..."
"As a hired actor, what qualifications do you have to give advice?"
"This is our village's own business and we don't need outsiders to interfere."
"Sorry, this is our own business. Please forgive our villagers for being rude. They have no ill intentions."
The excited villagers of Nimir Village couldn't even listen to the advice of the respected old mage Haranson, let alone a stranger of unknown origin, and several young and energetic ones choked back.
boom! boom! boom!
Gavin stopped talking nonsense and directly took out three huge gold coin boxes from the portable dimensional cave.
These gold coin boxes were specially customized by Gavin for the woad tree people. They are equipped with mechanisms. When the box is dropped on the ground, the lid of the box will automatically pop open. The gold coins inside will be jumping around, but none of them will jump out. (This is the effect of binding magic), and the golden light emitted makes people unable to take their eyes away (using the magic of constant light).
This kind of magic gold coin box is nicknamed by Gavin as a pretentious gold box. The value of the box is far higher than the 10,000 gold coins contained in it, and it is designed to be used in today's situations.
This is definitely a tool for showing off and slapping people in the face. The effect is not ordinary. You will know it just by looking at the reaction on the field.
All the villagers in Nimir Village seemed to have been cast a restraining spell. They couldn't help but stretched their necks and stared at the three boxes of gold coins. Many people not only forgot to speak, but even forgot to breathe. One by one His face was suppressed and turned red, and a few minutes later, the venue fell into an even bigger commotion.
"F...a mage...a mage with dimensional space...right...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you just now, I just didn't know...my lord is a mage...please...my lord punish me." "
"Aren't they the actors invited by my father? Are they really the noble master and his wife from Susar City? But...but where did they hear about our small place, and where did they hear that our canals can shine? matter?"
"Golden lions, so many golden lions. I have never seen so many gold coins in my life. They must be tens of thousands."
"Thirty thousand, at least thirty thousand, ten thousand per box."
"Do I have the right to speak now and am I qualified to make suggestions?" Gavin asked Shi Shiran again.
Although this is suspected of being pretentious, it has to be said that the effect is not generally good. As long as they prove their financial resources, these ordinary people's attitude towards themselves will immediately change 180 degrees.
"Yes, yes, yes. Just now, we are too blind to see the real gold. I don't know if Mr. Gavin has any good suggestions. Just say it, we are all ears."
"It was definitely a misunderstanding, it was definitely a misunderstanding. What are you guys doing standing still? Hurry up and invite this gentleman and lady to our conference barn. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
"That's right. How can the noble master and his wife endure the cold wind here?"
When many villagers were talking, their eyes fell on the three boxes of gold coins involuntarily, and their eyes seemed to turn golden.
poverty!
This was the source of their biggest dispute. When genuine gold coins were placed in front of them, many people threw their original thoughts out of the window without hesitation.
"It's very good here. It's best to talk about their business under the light of the luminous water bottles." Gavin didn't have that much attention to detail. Instead of going back and forth, he might as well cut the knot with a quick knife and said, "I'm going to help you I want to establish a glass water lamp production factory in the village, which is what you call luminous water bottles. Currently, I have prepared two sets of plans.
For the first set, I will spend a lot of money to buy the ownership of all the canals from you. After the glass water lamp production factory is built, I will give priority to hiring workers from your village for production. The wages will be paid monthly and will never be in arrears.
In the second set, you will invest in the water channel and I will inject capital, and set up a village-run enterprise in the name of Nimir Village. The villagers of Nimir Village will hold collective shares in this factory. After the factory makes money, , will be divided according to the shares you hold. The employees of this production plant will also be recruited from your village first, and employment will be paid monthly. This is considered a production cost and has nothing to do with the collective shares you hold.
As long as you are willing to cooperate, no matter which plan you choose, I will leave a deposit of 100,000 gold coins in your village, but you need to sign a confidentiality agreement with me to ensure that you will not disclose the manufacturing of glass water lamps to any outsiders. Methods, it is strictly prohibited to produce glass water lamps privately, except those that have obtained the corresponding approval from our factory. "
The difficulty of counterfeiting glass water lamps is not particularly high. As long as you understand the process, you can follow suit. Gavin's current confidentiality agreement is just a preventive measure to delay competing merchants from getting the news for one day. One day, before their imitation products come out, they can seize the largest share, and the rest is to enter a normal commercial model such as price war. It is impossible to have a monopoly like ghost wine.
"A deposit of 100,000 gold lions? Wouldn't each of us get more than 200 gold lions? Then all our investment over the years would be recouped."
"The deposit alone is 100,000, so wouldn't it cost more to buy the canal? How much is it exactly?"
"You haven't said how much you are going to spend on buying our canals?"
"Yeah, how much are you willing to spend on our aqueduct?"
"You tell us a price first, and then we can consider it."
The villagers of Nimir Village were not blinded this time, but their eyes were shining with golden light. No matter how dazzling these three boxes of golden lions were, it had nothing to do with them. They could only live with their eyesight, but the deposit could be compared with They have a direct sexual relationship.
They didn't expect that the ditch, which they regarded as useless and wanted to demolish, was so valuable.
Everyone was itching and asked about the true price of the water canal. We couldn't blame them for being short-sighted. They were just a group of farmers. How could they have such high business acumen and easily see through which of the two plans was more profitable.
Gavin launched the mode of throwing money at people and directly dropped a bombshell: "One million, as long as all the villagers in your village agree and are willing to sign a buyout agreement with me, I will pay one million gold lions in one lump sum .”
In fact, facing this innovative industry, Gavin could take advantage of the ignorance of these villagers and buy the canal at a lower price, without even offering a second plan.
But he is not the kind of profiteer whose purpose is purely to make money. At least he opens various factories and builds various brand-new industries not just to make money. This is just to bring wealth to more people and to them. Point out the way to make money and collect their favor to the greatest extent. One day, when you prepare to get involved in trade, wealth and money priesthood, they will naturally become your first believers.
"One million golden lions?"
"One million golden lions?!"
“One million golden lions?!?”
Suddenly, all the people in the field were filled with incredible exclamations, and each one was louder and sharper than the other. The same sentence expressed countless meanings, such as shock, disbelief, etc.
"One million golden lions, what are you waiting for? Sign the agreement quickly, and the water canals in our village will be yours."
"I also agree. If we have one million gold lions and only spend half of it, we can go to a more convenient place to buy a manor that is larger than our village. There is no need to deal with the explosive crayfish. Dealing with goo, those deadly electric eels.”
"That's right, as long as we have money, we can do any industry we want to do. Those who are willing to do business can do business, and those who are willing to grow grapes can grow grapes. Even if we move to Susa City, if a family has a Wanjinshi also has the capital to survive."
"Hey, if you ask me, going to Susar City is the stupidest decision. Tens of thousands of golden lions just give you the capital to survive. You are still at the bottom of the city. How can you buy a small manor elsewhere? Is it more comfortable for the landowner? After cultivating the land for a lifetime, shouldn’t we relax and unwind?”
The villagers of Nimir Village gathered here without any hesitation. Regardless of men, women, old and young, they unanimously supported this proposal.
As for whether Gavin could give out one million gold lions, the enthusiastic crowd forgot to consider it for a moment. They were completely led into inertial thinking by Gavin's previous boldness of spending millions of gold, and they lost their thinking in a short period of time. Ability, completely follow his ideas. Many scams and pyramid schemes operate through this model.
One million golden lions is not a small amount.
When Gavin slaughtered the young red dragon who had caused trouble on the East Road, the cash he took out directly from the dragon's nest was only more than half a million Nubao (Cormyr's Golden Lion and Sambia's Nubao, which are on the market They are almost equivalent, and the two are used in most parts of the Kingdom of Cormyr and Sembia), which he accumulated from more than ten years of plunder.
In the Kingdom of Cormyr, it can purchase a medium-sized castle, a large manor, or acquire a medium-sized chamber of commerce with people and goods.
When the conqueror army first embarked on the road of conquest, Gavin had no more than two million in liquid capital.
(End of chapter)
