“Jones, I hope you will not let Count Darrow down,” I said to the middle-aged man softly.
I am in the decorated hall of the mansion, filled with rchants, who will depart for the Navr soon. Their numbers are triple the last ti and the goods they are going to buy will be six tis.
This ti, I have done sothing; I had not thought I could do.
I was able to get rchants from Norke; three of their rchants are going to Navr, with our rchants.
I have to thank Ina for that; she had a real outco herself this ti. Though it was all planned by
and needed help from Count Darrow, her help in achieving this feat was indispensable.
“You can believe in , adviser; I will make sure everything goes smoothly,” he said, and I nodded.
Jones is the representative of the city, going with the rchant group. A capable man with connections in the city.
It is the reason I selected him. A favor for soone.
He will be a leader in na, Ina will be the one who will pull the strings through . He is capable, but it is my reputation riding on this mission; I could not take any risk with an unknown man.
I had already told him to discuss every decision with Ina before executing it.
He didn’t like it, but he agreed. He didn’t have a choice, because if he didn’t, I would have chosen sobody else. After the success of the first trip, there is a line of people who are willing to lead the group to the undead kingdom.
Ina is capable, but she has many things to learn, and working with him will teach her those things.
I talked to him before turning to rchants gathered in the hall. There are eighty-two of them, all of them nervous and excited about the new journey.
Ina appeared beside , as I mingle with the rchants.
She knew many of them, and I am introducing her to the rest. They all know who she is and many of them didn’t even hide their lust as they looked at her.
I am helping her with what I can, but she will have to face the greatest challenges by herself, and I have complete confidence in her ability to do so.
It is why I am sending her when I could have easily brought the wine through a ssage and money transfer.
She needs these trips; she needs to gain experience.
Click!
I was mingling with the rchants when the door clicked open, and Lancel walked inside.
“My lord,” Everyone greeted in unison.
“Are they ready to leave?” he asked. “Yes, my lord. We are ready to send them off at your will,” I replied, and he nodded and turned toward the rchant gathered in front of us.
“Dear rchants, Navr is our enemy, but it is also an extrely powerful kingdom, with great bounties.” “We need those bounties for our citizens and you rchants, will bring it here,”
“I will pray that you will succeed in this endeavor and return ho safely,” he said.
It is not a good speech; he does not have a talent for that. It is fine, many do not, but he didn’t use the written speeches for the things he considered beneath him.
Like sending off the rchants.
“Thank you for your blessing, my lord,” said Jones, and he bowed along with the rchants.
“Now depart and return with success,” he said to them.
I watched them leave one after another, till only two of us had remained in this big hall.
“What do you think? Will there be any problem?” he asked. A question kind of surprised , as he rarely asked such questions.
“You have already negotiated everything, my lord. They just need to go there and place their orders; I don’t think they are going to have any problem doing such simple things,” I replied with a straight face.
Of course, a lot of things could go wrong, but he does not need to know that.
A smile appeared on his face upon hearing that. “I would be disappointed if they couldn’t even do this,” he said and walked toward the door and I followed him.
Soon, we reached in front of Count's office and walked inside.
“How did it go?” asked the Count.
“What’s wrong could go in sending off a bunch of rchants,” replied Lancel and sat on the sofa, while Count turned to
with a smile.
“Remus, you have a fantastic job this ti, especially in bringing the rchants from Norke,” he said, and he is happy, which is understandable.
He thought it would take months before other cities started to trade with Navr, but I was able to bring the rchant from Norke, and while it was only three people, they were planning on big orders.
Most importantly, if they succeed. More rchants from Norke and other cities would trade with Navr.
I had focused on Norke, because it is a distance away from the port cities or river route, while it is slightly closer to rchant cities than Greltheaven. Those dry hills make a difficult route.
Though it still trades with rchant cities, not as much as us, and thus its lord wants more trade.
He needs to accumulate wealth before he needs to leave and that makes him susceptible to whispers of his rchants.
To accomplish it, I had planned carefully, while Ina executed it beautifully. With its rchants lobbying and Count Darrow’s pressure; its lord had conceded and sent three rchants.
I wanted a little bigger group, but three is fine too. If they succeeded, the bigger group will co next ti.
“Thank you for your praise, my lord,” I said, and he shook his head. “It is not praise, Remus. You have done sothing that would have taken months otherwise,” he said, and I smiled.
“For your work, I appoint you as the assistant director of trade, Navr division,” he said and I couldn’t help, but beco surprised.
I am already doing what this post will have
do, but now with it, I will have the official power. Most importantly, I will have the sa position as Damon Hardt, Soren, and Tilak.
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These positions are usually filled by higher-ups of rchant guilds; as they have now.
Damon Hardt is responsible for the trade from rchant cities, Vice-Guild-master Soren is for Empire and Vice-Guildmaster Tilak is for western kingdoms, which ca from Inam and the three port cities of the Renwell Region.
Damon Hardt is going to get red with envy, knowing it.
Now, he has another competitor for the post of director of trade. This position is empty, and he had been lobbying to get it for months, just like the other two.
It is a very powerful position, and I will try for it.
Usually, I don’t like to get in the way of others, but this position is powerful, and it will help
trendously in realizing my ambition.
“Thank you for your trust, my lord,” I said and bowed. “It will be a great responsibility. I hope you can handle it well,” he said.
“I will not give you any reason to complain, my lord,” I said, and he nodded and dismissed .
I bowed once again and walked out of his office.
The mont the door closed behind . I activated the Rapid Legs and walked toward the exit.
Today, the girls are debuting, and I want to look at all the preparations before that happens. Thankfully, I was able to finish sending off the rchants earlier than I had thought.
Soon, I got out of the palace and reached my carriage; was quite relieved that nobody had stopped .
“To the establishnt,” I said to the driver, and the carriage moved.
While the carriage moved, I took out the book from my bag and begin to read it. It is not history or politics that I usually prefer, but hospitality.
Caena’s ritual enchantnts have opened completely new doors for , and I want to use them as their bests. So, I am studying the things that will help , from hospitality to architecture.
I had given her the list of ritual enchantnts I want and stuff to make them.
I have also created a list of one hundred and two ritual enchantnts till now, and the list is getting bigger. I want so many things and I am willing to pay a high price for it.
Little over ten minutes later, the carriage pulled into the establishnt, and I walked out.
I looked at all the changes and a smile appeared on my face; these changes are small, but they make one feel like many things have changed.
I looked at everything before entering the hall and the smile on my face had beco even bigger. The changes here had cost
a lot, but needed to be done to accommodate the increased number of girls and patrons.
I looked at tables and art before focusing on the bar.
The counter and shelf are dwarven made; it had a less elaborate design compared to the bar before, but it projects an inviting feeling. Anyone wants to sit on its chairs and order a drink.
As I was watching it, Carla appeared beside .
“How are things?” I asked. “Good. Margaux and the girls have done a wonderful job,” she replied.
I nodded and walked toward the studio with her; I checked it all out before going to the kitchen and then the rooms.
I looked at everything carefully.
It is not only to inspect the work the girls have done but also to test the effects of ritual enchantnts. I am still not completely sure of them and till I do; I will keep an eye on every little thing.
Soon, I am in my office with Carla and Margaux.
“Here is the sitting arrangent, Master Silver,” said Margaux and forwarded the file to .
I looked at it, and a smile couldn’t help but appear on my face. “Good, and it seed like we will need to pay special attention to Varza. She is leveling at a good speed,” I said, and Margaux nodded.
She was already on the list and now she had moved up higher.
“Tomorrow, a lot of girls are going to make the advancent,” said Carla, and all of them smiled. If the past incidents were to repeat, then tomorrow 90% of the new girls are going to level up.
“It is going to be an exciting night, but a lot of things could go wrong,” I warned.
“We are trying many new things, which we have no experience before, and while we have practiced with actors; the real people are in a completely different league,”
“I understand. I will be keeping an eye on everything,” said Margaux.
I will also not be sleeping till late. I could afford to do that now; with rchants, leaving the tension on my shoulders has lessened a lot.
Since I returned from Namdar; I had been busy, but now I could relax a little and focus on things I wanted to do after the return.
Though there will be work, it wouldn’t be intense as it had been in the past nine days. I would be able to give ti to the establishnt and could start on my plans.
Those plans will depend upon how the night goes and how much we earn.
I hope the establishnt will make
around ten million crowns. It is a realistic target, with more girls, new wine, and fusion food, achieving it shouldn’t be a problem.
I discussed a few more things with them before they left.
I turn to the window, to the Red Fragrance on the other side of the street. My competitor is making good money, more than , and even expanded further.
He had more than twice girls as
and unlimited resources. So, it is not surprising.
Though, with this expansion, I will reach closer to him. The establishnt is still popular and even now, the mont our gates open, the people ca running out from the other side.
Making Norman very angry.
So much so that he closes the windows at five. So, his patrons wouldn’t notice the gates opening and co running here.
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