"Hurry, hurry! The cargo ship First has arrived at the dock for more than an hour. Why hasn't the cargo on it been unloaded yet?!"
"Pier 3! Pier 3 is in urgent need of manpower! Anyone who has nothing to do comes with me!"
Workers wearing thick woolen sweaters were rushing around the room. They were so busy that not even a ghost could be seen in the rest area. The workers were either at the dock or on their way to the dock.
This is the office of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, a key place for managing import and export business. All the managers of the Chamber of Commerce are here. Even if the headquarters collapses, this place cannot collapse.
I think back then, Gray Wolf Dino took the start-up capital given to him by Ma Wei, rented this small house, and successfully made a comeback.
For the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, this is their soul and the place where they made their fortune that they cannot forget.
"President, this is the transaction list of our chamber of commerce last quarter, with the income and expenditure statistics at the end."
The secretary placed a handwritten document on the table. The young man sitting at the table wore a pair of round glasses. He was as thin as a hemp pole and looked frail. He was dressed similarly to other workers, without anything special. place.
If he wasn't an insider or an acquaintance, no one would be able to recognize him. He was Aaron Thomas, the president of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce.
Just when Aaron Thomas was reviewing the profit status of the Chamber of Commerce last quarter, the secretary who had just left suddenly turned back and said in his ear: "President, someone is looking for you."
"It's Mr. Brandi, let him wait a moment, I'll be right back."
"It's not him, he's a friend of President Dino."
Aaron raised his head and glanced at his secretary: "Friend? What's your name?"
"Marve Enders."
"Walk."
After putting down the documents, Aaron immediately stood up and took his secretary to the reception room. When he saw Mavey clearly sitting on the sofa, his eyes lit up: "Uncle Mavey!"
Ma Wei, who was drinking tea, almost spat out his mouth when he heard this title, and said quickly: "Don't call me uncle, I'm only 26 years old, just call me by my name."
"That's not possible. You are my uncle's best friend, how can I call you by your first name?" Aaron shook his head and said, "How about I call you Father, then there should be no problem."
As Dino's nephew, Ma Wei and Aaron Thomas have met several times. Although the friendship is not very deep, because of the gray wolf Dino, they are not considered outsiders.
"Theresa, change it to the new tea I just bought this year."
"I know, President."
After the secretary left, only the four of them were left in the room. Aaron said straight to the point: "Father, why did you come here suddenly today? Did you encounter any problems?"
"I do have a few things I need to ask of you."
Ma Wei took out a stack of gold pound certificates issued by Thames Bank from his arms: "There are 5,000 gold pounds here. I would like to trouble you to use the relationship with the Chamber of Commerce to purchase a batch of supplies."
"No problem." Without thinking, Aaron agreed: "5,000 gold pounds is not a small amount of money. What do you want me to buy, Father?"
"Four, that is, wheat flour."
"5,000 gold pounds of wheat flour?"
Aaron was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully: "Father, according to the latest market price this morning, the price of 14 pounds of wheat flour is 1 shilling, 5,000 gold pounds, which can buy a full 634 tons. The amount of wheat flour consumed in New Ross City every day It’s only about 20 tons. With so much flour in stock, are you planning to get into the flour business?”
"No, this is not for us to eat." Mavey explained: "I bought so much flour for future use. It is best to store it on the border between the Kingdom of Frederick and the Kingdom of Romanov."
Upon hearing the location of the flour hoard, Aaron instantly understood and nodded and said: "Okay, leave this matter to me. The flour should not be affected by moisture and try not to be shipped by sea. I asked someone to purchase a large amount of flour from the Kingdom of Frederick. It is edible within the year.”
"That's enough, then..."
Ma Wei took out another stack of gold pound coupons from his arms, twice as thick as before: "With this money, please help me buy stocks related to wheat products."
"No problem, the Brito Chamber of Commerce has also invested in a lot of stocks, these are a piece of cake."
"besides..."
Ma Wei took out the gold pound coupons for the third time, this time there were 20,000 gold pounds, and solemnly placed them in front of Aaron: "Please help me secretly acquire a winery in the Popon Kingdom. The holder should not write to me or Write the names of relevant personnel of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce.”
After listening to Mawei's instructions, Aaron couldn't help laughing: "Father, you have exactly the same idea as my uncle..."
"Oh? Dino also bought a winery?"
"Didn't my uncle go to the royal capital before he left? When he sold his properties there, he also acquired two wineries in the Burgundy region of the Kingdom of Popon that were on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management. , he also paid a lot of money for me to go to the Kingdom of Sardinia in person in the near future to buy the farmland he had previously been interested in, and only plant wheat..."
Aaron said: "My uncle believes that once the war starts, the price of gold will inevitably rise, followed by military industry, food, medicine and other things closely related to war and life, so as early as half a month ago, the Brito Chamber of Commerce has I have changed my business strategy and gone all out to enter the above-mentioned industries. Today I also made an appointment with Mr. Brandi to buy a trading company under his name. I entrusted others to act as secret representatives and arrange the industries under their names to prepare for the upcoming The coming storm..."
"And the industries we mainly attack..."
“It’s just alcoholic products.”
Ma Wei's mood suddenly became much calmer.
Gray Wolf Dino's vision is indeed unique.
He relied on his knowledge before time travel to determine the most profitable industry during the war, but he didn't expect that Gray Wolf Dino could see through the mystery on his own.
Needless to say, gold and military products go without saying. From ancient times to the present, these things have been hard currencies and have never changed.
The real test of ability is the sensitivity to food and alcohol-related products.
Once the war breaks out, a lot of farmland will be abandoned and the number of hungry people will increase. The kingdom will need to purchase a large amount of food to supply the army, and a skyrocketing increase in food is inevitable.
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The increase in food prices will increase the economic burden on the kingdom. If the war cannot be ended in the short term, food will gradually fall into a shortage of supply. By then, wouldn't the beer that needs to be brewed with a large amount of food become an unnecessary burden?
Therefore, many times, during critical periods of war, some countries will issue prohibition orders or other laws to restrict the brewing of alcoholic products, increase the amount of food on the market, stabilize food prices, and ensure that soldiers have food to eat.
but...
The key problem is that even though the alcohol ban has been issued, people still need to drink.
Nowadays, when the water source is not filtered, the rivers are very dirty. For example, the culprit of the "big stench" incident that broke out in the Royal Capital last year is because people always dump garbage and feces into the rivers, causing the Thames River to be green and black all day long. The foreign matter that was not lost caused the stench to the sky and the water quality was seriously polluted.
Even if the water flowing out of the water pipe is boiled, it still emits a strong and unpleasant smell that is difficult to swallow.
Therefore, alcohol, which has the function of sterilizing and disinfecting itself, suddenly became a substitute for drinking water. Ma Wei, who once lived on a ship all year round, fully understands this.
Why do pirates drink rum all the time?
The reason couldn't be simpler. During ocean navigation, fresh water is a scarce resource and cannot be stored for too long. The shelf life of rum in bottles is long enough to support the ship's arrival at the next port where supplies can be replenished.
A sudden prohibition on alcohol is simply unbearable for many people with alcohol addiction, so prohibition often means a sudden increase in the price of alcoholic products.
In this case, you can definitely make a lot of money by buying a winery and selling the wine to those wealthy nobles!
Seeing this, how could Dino, the gray wolf, miss such a great opportunity?
His judgment coincided with Ma Wei.
"What a businessman through and through...even if he is about to be involved in a war, he still never forgets to make money."
"My uncle is such a person." Aaron said with a smile: "You can make him not eat, drink water, and sleep, but you can't make him not do business and make money."
"I also want to buy gold."
Ma Wei suddenly said: "How many can you buy?"
"Gold..." Aaron muttered: "Currently, there is not much loose gold on the market in the Kingdom of Windsor. Most of them are gold jewelry and the like. We can exchange them for coins made of gold, but... .”
After looking at the gold pound coupons worth 3.50,000 gold pounds that Ma Wei took out, Aaron said helplessly: "I think the gold you need, Father, must not be a small amount."
"I can still spend 160,000 gold pounds. How much gold can I buy with this money?"
"If you simply exchange it for coins, you can only exchange it for 160,000 gold pounds. This number is too huge. It requires a large amount of inventory circulating in the market, which will easily attract the attention of others..."
After thinking hard for a long time, Aaron suddenly snapped his fingers: "Yes!"
"Since we can't acquire it from the Kingdom of Windsor, let's change our thinking and set up a mining company in the United States of America where the gold rush broke out next door. Spend 10,000 gold pounds to buy a gold mine and hire workers to mine. Set up shops, taverns, and workwear stores around major gold mines to earn money from gold miners, and then use the earned money to buy the gold in their hands! If nothing else, we should be able to get dozens of times or even more Hundreds of times the profit!”
"It's a good idea, but it's too dangerous." Ma Wei sighed: "Although the United States of Citi has become independent, the civil order is chaotic and a complete mess. Killing people and stealing goods is commonplace, and committing crimes on the street is not a big deal. If there is no military support, even if you buy gold, It’s also difficult to transport back.”
"You can recruit mercenaries!" Aaron suggested: "They have desperadoes, and so do we. According to the policy there, as long as you set up a company, you can get protection from the official army and special passes. Although in the western region, The official army is not very reliable, but if there is demand in the market, there will be business. Some people like to block roads and rob, while others do the opposite and specialize in mercenaries to protect caravans."
"Mercenaries are not reliable either... There are so many cases of killing employers out of profit that they are too numerous to count."
"I have thought about it. We can set up a transfer station in the northern part of the west to attract gold diggers to trade at a price slightly higher than the market average. To the north of the United States of America is the Kingdom of Manitoba and the Kingdom of Windsor. Colony, as long as we set up a transfer station near the border and transport it back to the Kingdom of Manitoba immediately after the transaction is completed, we will be protected by the army of the Kingdom of Windsor."
Aaron spoke quickly: "In this way, we can mediate between the Citi official army, mercenaries, and the Windsor Kingdom army to make them alert to each other. Even if one of them betrays, we can ensure the safety of the goods and staff! "
This is a good idea. After listening to Aaron's arrangement, Mawei's eyes gradually lit up.
According to the business plan he formulated, he built shops around the gold mines to attract gold diggers to come and spend money, and then used the money earned to buy the gold in their hands. In this cycle, not only did they own assets, but they could also do so at almost no cost. The price to buy gold....
genius!
Dino's evaluation of this nephew is not exaggerated at all.
As for whether this kind of business behavior goes against the truth...
Mavi doesn't think so.
He did not squeeze the gold diggers, and he did not rob them of the fruits of their labor. Shops and taverns were opened there, and it was the gold diggers who decided whether to consume or not!
Believe in the truth ≠ philanthropist.
The only problem is how to transport the gold back after buying it and making money.
After thinking about it, Ma Wei thought of someone.
Baron Bill.
Baron Bill has a lot of prestige in the Rosslare Army. Through nepotism, it is not a problem to establish a line with the officers of the Kingdom of Manitoba. With this background as a basis, he can give some benefits and arrange them at the border. I'm afraid no one would dare to mess with the trading station near the line.
Even dozens of people are no match for the regular army.
There are risks in everything you do, but through reasonable and careful arrangements, the risks can be greatly reduced.
"If you are still worried, I suggest that we use small-amount transactions." Aaron said: "For example, the gold pounds stored in the transfer station should not exceed 500. In this way, even if the goods are robbed and the gold is robbed, the losses can be controlled. Within a certain proportion, relying on this trading model of alternating short-term and long-term transactions, our final income must be greater than the 160,000 gold pounds itself!"
"Very good. I will negotiate with Baron Bill. It shouldn't be difficult to get support from the army..."
Ma Wei nodded: "Next, let's talk about the issue of dividends."
"Father." Aaron shook his head with a smile: "Pluto Chamber of Commerce does not need any dividends from you, and my uncle does not want me to make money from you."
"One code is one code, this is business, it has nothing to do with feelings."
"No, I'm talking about business."
Aaron stood up, put his palms on his chest, and said sincerely: "You have already paid the Pluto Chamber of Commerce's commission in the form of wheat flour."
