City of Desire Novel Chapter 73: To Crush

The door of the establishnt opened, and a carriage walked through it. There is a smile on my face, even when I looked at hundreds of people rapidly working in a new brothel in front of .

I could already see many familiar people there because this ti Norman had hired Valentina’s firm to do the job.

The man might be distasteful, but he is smart, and he knows he will need all advantages to compete with , and hiring my architect is the advantage he is gunning for.

Well, he will need a lot more than to beat .

It had been ten nights since the establishnt opened after the fresh changes. After the first night, my earning had broken through the three million mark and never ca lower.

The word spread, and also my skill; it is working much better than I had imagined.

Torch of Seeker attracts anyone looking for experience. Seeing the response, I am planning to make other changes even sooner.

Soon the carriage reached the rchant guild, I walked out of the carriage, with Jill silently following behind .

I had started to bring the young girl to the guild regularly with . I need an excellent assistant and while Carla is great, it would be not wise to use her talents for this.

I am training her to be an administrator; she will need to learn fast because soon there will be an enormous responsibility for her. Jill, on the other, is perfect for assistant, she is natural at it, and I only need to teach her a few things before she beca great.

I entered the guild and took the elevator, before coming out and walking toward the conference room.

Soon, I reached a conference room where a few people sitting in the backseat, including old man Oakley, Rip, and people from other departnts.

I sat down at the main conference table and read the agenda of today’s eting. This eting happens every week. It is different from other etings because the representative of Count Darrow also takes a part in it.

There are quite so points are being discussed today. So were very urgent, and so were about the long-term plans of the rchant guild.

I was reading it when the first person walked inside. “Remus, you have arrived early as always.” Said a man in his late forties with a thick mane of blond hair. “You know , guild master Bow,” I said to the man.

He is Ivan Bow, the Guild-master of the potter’s guild, and also one of the secretaries of the rchant guild. This eting is attended by all the secretaries, vice-Guild-masters, and Guild-master.

I am the only adviser invited to sit at the main table.

There is staff from every departnt from legal to accounting, but all of them are sitting in the back chairs, not at the main table.

One by one, people ca in, most of them sub-guild masters like Bow, but when there were five minutes, vice-guild masters begin to appear.

First was Soren Arryn. The old man ca and sat in his seat, nodding at all people. Right after him ca two more vice-guild masters, including the one who did not like , and then Locke.

The last one to co is Damon Hardt, and with him is a representative of Count Darrow. As both of them walked it, we all sat up and only sat down, when they sat down.

“Thank you all of you for your attendance in the weekly etings,” said Damon Hardt. “We will begin today’s eting with the most urgent point,” he added and turned to Soren Arryn.

“The problem of bandits is increasing. In the past week, two trade caravans had been looted in Nakar Baronies by Gorlag Bandits with twelve deaths. The eight ships have also been robbed with nine deaths,” he said and looked at the representative of Count Darrow.

I am a little surprised as not the whole news had been reported in papers; I thought only one trade caravan had been attacked and four ships had been looted.

“Count Darrow had been in contact with Mirador Hold and they have promised to send more forces to Nakar forest.”

“He also talked to the Lord of ldhorn and the city lord of Owlspring, for more patrols; the city will also have four more new patrol ships to patrol the waterway by the end of the month,” he inford in a practice voice.

“We thank Lord Darrow for his efforts and hope, he will get rid of those vermin soon for smoother trade. It is the lifeblood of our great city,” said Damon Hardt.

“I will pass your words to Count Darrow,” he replied. Count Darrow may be powerful, but he needs to listen to the rchants. As Damon Hardt pointed out, it is the lifeblood of the city. Without it, the city has nothing.

“We will move to the next point, which is good news,” said Damon Hardt with a smile on his face.

“More goods are coming from the Belnin and Oksall and our goods are also moving toward them; in just one week, the import had seen the rise by 110% and export by 130%.” He inford and joy is apparent in his voice.

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We do not have an official relationship with the rchant states of Belnin and Oksall, but goods are flowing despite that. Which is great news, as this could be said to be the first step toward normalizing the relationship with them, especially with Oksall.

Not to ntion, all the goods that flow through the city pay taxes, making it richer by the day.

I know Count Darrow, who had been angry coming here, is now happy. The city is performing better than anyone’s imagination. The trade is increasing by the day and with it; the population had been steadily increasing.

The city's population had already doubled in three months, turning to fifty-thousand and it is increasing.

The prices of real estate are also steadily increasing, that I had to hold off on so of the investnts, I was planning on making.

One point after another being discussed; I mostly stayed quiet, and only give my opinion when asked. That happened only twice till now, which is greater considering, so secretaries, did not even get a chance to talk.

“There are so signs Deerpond llowing. Should we send another delegation?” asked Damon Hardt and Locke turned to .

“I think we should wait. The concessions they are willing to make are too low. It will not be wise for us to sign any advance agreents with those concessions they are offering,” I advised while using the Lawful Suggestions.

I am using it at every chance I have got.

“Lord Darrow had the sa views; he said we said we should wait till a more favorable response cos from them,” said the adviser.

“We will wait for directions of Count Darrow,” said Damon Hardt, before turning to Locke again.

“How is the preparation for the Gailhorn?” he asked. Gailhorn is one of three port cities in the Renwell region and the one closest to us; though not much trade flows through it, because of its being connected to the land rather than the river.

Which I think is not a wise decision; we cannot always remain to depend on river trade. We need to have all avenues of trade open or when the hard tis co, it will be difficult for us to survive.

“Going smoothly, we should be prepared by the end of this week,” replied Locke. “Good, keep

posted on it,” he said and turned to Soren Arryn.

One by one, all the points on the agenda were discussed till there was nothing remained.

“It is enough for today; thank you, adviser, Collins for attending the eting,” he said and ended the eting.

Damon Hardt was the first to leave with Collins before the rest of us begin to leave. “How are preparations for the Gailhorn?” asked Locke, to , old Oakley, and Rip, as we are the ones who are preparing the proposals.

“As you had said, everything going well. It will be ready by the end of the week,” I replied, and could see him taking a sigh of relief.

“I hope so; a successful trip to Gailhorn will really help

strengthen my position here,” said Lock. The first sentence was heard by everyone, while the last was only heard by .

Locke had a skill that help him talk to a specific person while excluding others; it is a nifty skill. It will be great if I get a skill like this.

Soon, we reached where Jill had been waiting with other assistants; as we appeared, she silently followed behind. I looked at her and felt quite relieved when I saw her with her usual expression.

The first few days she had co with

were hard on the young girl; because of her background, she suffered from other assistants' bullying.

They were hard on her. Carla had said, the young girl had cried through the whole night the first day. I had asked her to stay in an establishnt the second day, but she insisted on coming with .

Soon, I reached my office and, along with Oakley and Rip, worked on a proposal for two hours before reviewing other contracts for mistakes.

I loved working here, especially when I am making steady progress, not on levels, but socially. I am making connections with people from nearly every city and even though negotiations did not always work, I make a point of being polite.

Even in Deerpond where we had the worse negotiating experience; I had smiled and laughed with negotiators after we finished.

These all will be very helpful soon.

I stayed in the guild till four, before sitting in my carriage and going back to the establishnt. Where two hours later, the gates opened, and the carriage begin to be rolled inside within a few seconds.

While I may be confident with Carla, I am a little worried about the new brothel opening opposite mine.

It is bigger, with higher-level girls and they had established it to crush . As I had declined his many offers to buy the establishnt; the latest offer was very tantalizing.

He seed to have lost patience with , as now instead of buying, he is trying to crush .