Farewell to Connaught, Lokos soon arrived at the town hall.
Seeing the arrival of Lokos, Love, who had been waiting for him at the gate for a long time, stepped forward and said to him anxiously, "The mayor wants you to go to his office immediately."
When Lokos heard what Love said, he quickened his pace and quietly asked him: "Love, do you know what the mayor of Anchorage wants from me?"
"I don't know, but it looks like it's an emergency."
After hearing Love's correct civil servant nonsense, Lokos knew he was getting nowhere, and he started jogging toward the mayor's office on the right side of the third floor.
"Winter~winter~winter."
"Come in."
As Lokos knocked on the door, a familiar voice made him push the door open and enter.
When Lokos entered, he saw the mayor of Anchorage sitting behind his desk, signing his name on a document.
Anchorage is of medium height, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a square face. Just looking at him gives off an aura of self-importance.
"Mayor, are you looking for me?"
As soon as Lokos entered the door, he quietly asked the mayor of Anchorage for instructions.
"Yes."
The mayor of Anchorage put down the pen in his hand, stood up and stretched his sore neck, and told Lokos. "You know Sterling."
Of course Lokos knew Sterling, he knew it the day he arrived in the city of Seville.
Silva Sterling was born in an ordinary Lusitalian family in Seville. Her father maintained the family's livelihood by running his own small grocery store.
Sterling's father, Sterling, knew very well the importance of education and knew that no matter how hard it was, children could not suffer, so he sent him to study early. Sterling also lived up to his father's expectations. He did very well in school and gained business experience by helping out at the family grocery store after school.
Of course, the biggest help to him was marrying the daughter of a wealthy Castilian businessman at the age of 21. This marriage allowed him to obtain not only 50,000 pesos in development funds from his father-in-law, but also the connections behind him.
Subsequently, Sterling relied on Seville, Spain's largest inland port, as a trading merchant, selling various Spanish commodities to merchants from other countries. With good reputation and credibility, he achieved Seville's largest export trade. business.
After Stirling developed, he was not satisfied. He invested in industry with great vision. He invested heavily in factories in Seville. He made another fortune by producing all kinds of goods needed in Spain.
Sterling's industry is very large, with nearly 3,000 workers working under his banner all year round. He is a very famous person in Spain.
Sterling is an Andalusian, and he should not have been included in Portugal's initial deportations. However, due to policy changes, Sterling was now also included in the deportation list because his wife is Castilian. .
"Who in Seville doesn't know him? There are people from the Spanish government in his house at all times now, lobbying him to move to Madrid or Murcia, and I heard that he has agreed."
Facing the famous Sterling, Lokos certainly knew it, and he also told what he knew.
The mayor of Anchorage was very satisfied with the secretary's performance. He took out a cigar, lit it up and took a puff. "Now there's something new."
"what's the situation?"
"Now he is reluctant to move away. He says he doesn't want to leave the place where he was born."
"Mayor, this shouldn't be the case. He doesn't know that he is on the eviction list. Does he have any connections or backers that can make him stay?"
As the secretary of the mayor of Anchorage, Lokos has the advantage of being close to the water, first come first served, and he still knows some things. You must know that Sterling is not so clean. Every businessman who does big business in this era is not a kind person. generation.
He only knew that there were three or four fatalities involving Sterling. I don't believe the excuse of not wanting to move away from my birthplace at all. I guess it's more of a reluctance to give up my property in Seville.
"He has recently come into contact with the Andalusian organization and at the same time he is preparing to divorce his Castilian wife."
"Mayor, it's too late for him to do this. Why did he go there earlier?"
"It's really too late. We in Portugal will never keep this kind of fagot."
"So do you need us to do something?"
As the mayor's secretary for many years, Lokos is still aware of his habits. He probably needs to do something through him to let this big businessman know that Portugal doesn't need him now.
Now that the Portuguese government plans to expel all Castilian forces in this new territory to facilitate its own digestion, it naturally needs to investigate and expel them thoroughly.
Stirling, the largest Andalusian industrialist in Seville and with close ties to Castile, was on the expulsion list.
However, in order to reduce dissatisfaction from local civilians, Portugal would not do anything drastic in this new territory to trigger ethnic antagonism in the new territory. Therefore, Portugal has always cooperated with the Spanish government's personnel staying in the local area to try to let them move. Walk.
Faced with his secretary, the mayor of Anchorage did not play charades. "Yes, I'm going to ask you to give Mr. Sterling a hint that we don't want him to still be in Seville."
"give it to me."
Lokos knew what he had to do. He had learned a lot from following the mayor of Anchorage for several years, and he still knew how to give hints.
There is an estate covering an area of 5,000 square meters on Columbus Avenue in Seville. This is Sterling's home that the mayor of Anchorage and Secretary Lokos talked about before.
In this very Baroque-style building, Sterling had just seen off representatives of the Spanish government.
He sat on the sofa exhausted, thinking about his family's future choices.
After he revealed his intention to stay, the Spanish government kept sending people over to discuss with him. The general meaning is that I hope he can sell his property in Seville and move to Madrid or Murcia, and that he will also be given good policy conveniences.
However, he is still a little unwilling. The main problem is that his property in Seville cannot be sold at a good price. It can even be said that it is sold at a low price.
Take his most profitable textile factory and cannery for example. He spent 1.8 million pesos on this factory, but the Portuguese were only willing to pay 900,000 pesos.
The money given was too little and they were still finding fault. The Portuguese kept saying that this machine was not good and that his equipment was aging. You should know that this was a new factory that he had built less than two years ago.
In addition to having little money, it was also difficult to pay bills. The money had to be divided into four times a year to get the money. This was also where he felt most helpless.
Sterling was angry, but there was nothing he could do.
Now, not only in Seville, but also in the newly occupied territories of Portugal, the price was astonishingly consistent, which gave him a headache.
"Father, otherwise we wouldn't sell it and run our own business. I don't believe the Portuguese would confiscate it blatantly." His 21-year-old son Gatlin walked into the office and saw Sterling looking defeated and angry. Speaking of.
Seeing his son's attitude, Sterling was secretly sad. He was still too young and lacked social experience.
As a seasoned veteran, Sterling knew from the quotes from the Portuguese that they were bound to win their property in Seville. Otherwise, they would not have been so insistent on this price issue. This must have their confidence. Then the attitude of the Seville government will be their support.
If I hold on hard, this factory will definitely not be able to open, and in the end I will have to keep losing money.
"We're taking a look."
Facing his son, Sterling still said with a tired look.
Seeing that his father still planned to wait, Gatlin showed the impetuousness often seen in young people.
"Father, this is not the way to go. The new Portuguese government now clearly wants to drive us away, otherwise we will mobilize workers to march on the streets and make this matter bigger. If they don't let us have an easy time, then they won't get through. ”
Seeing his son's bad idea, Sterling didn't know what to say. He probably wouldn't get a penny at some point. Now I can get back a little more than half of my property.
Sterling was about to scold his son when the butler's voice sounded at the door. "There is a government official named Lokos asking to see you."
Sterling swallowed what he was about to say. He still knew about the secretary of the mayor of Anchorage. He said to the housekeeper through the door. "Ask him to wait a moment, I'll be out right away."
After he finished speaking to the housekeeper, he straightened up his appearance and told his son. "Okay Gatlin, put your stupid idea aside, I'll go see what the Portuguese has to say to me first."
After saying that, he walked out of the office. Looking at his father who was dismissive of his idea, Gatlin looked confused.
"Hello Mr. Lokos, do you need me for anything when you come here this time?" Sterling walked to the living room and greeted Lokos with a smile on his face as soon as he saw him.
Faced with Sterling's overture, Lokos knew that it was not for him, but for the mayor of Anchorage behind him, but this did not affect his mood, it was just a simple human incident.
"There is something that requires Mr. Sterling's support."
It was just a polite remark, but when he heard that the mayor's secretary in front of him really needed him for something, Sterling was really a little puzzled.
You must know that in the face of all kinds of wooing by local snakes like them, Portugal has always ignored them who have relations with the Castilians. He also knows the general reason.
Faced with this sudden news, Sterling asked with a smile. "I don't know what I can do for Mr. Lokos to come and do it myself."
Faced with Sterling's inquiry, Lokos talked nonsense. “Now that the number of workers in various places is increasing, various union disputes occur from time to time, among which the United States has implemented an eight-hour working day. In Europe, our Portuguese government plans to take the lead in implementing this measure to reduce the occurrence of disputes.
This time, the Royal Government plans to try it in Seville and Ruse first to see how it works, so we hope Mr. Sterling will support our work. "
After hearing Lokos' words clearly, Sterling's smile gradually disappeared. If the person in front of him hadn't represented the Portuguese government, whoever dared to say this in front of him would have been thrown into the sea to feed the fishes.
You must know that 10 hours of working time is now common in Europe, but in Spain, ten hours of working time is considered a conscientious entrepreneur.
In the original Spain, working hours were 11-12 hours everywhere, and even 14 hours. Naturally, Sterling also followed the trend and implemented 12 hours in the factory.
Sterling looked at Lokos in front of him and asked seriously. "Mr. Lokos, you are definitely not joking."
"Absolutely not. Our government is already discussing options."
Lokos continued to talk nonsense. Anyway, he was not afraid of going to the government to confirm. If there was a problem, the mayor would help him cover it up.
Faced with this situation, Sterling was no longer polite. He said with a serious face and a cold tone. "ok, I get it."
After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about Koslin's feelings.
Lokos was not angry about this, because he knew that he had dealt with Sterling, and it was a good thing to be able to deal with him.
In the next two days, Sterling, Seville's largest industrialist, announced that he would move his family to Murcia and sell all his properties in Seville.
Under his leadership, other local Andalusian businessmen who were still hesitant and related to Castile also sold their properties and moved to Castile.
Portugal will take all the properties left by these people, but the price is the only thing. Naturally it won't be too high.
According to later kingdom statistics, businessmen who went to Castile sold a total of 36.2 million pesos of assets, and the actual price paid by Portugal was 15.36 million pesos.
