Father Mavie

Chapter 112 Purchasing Property (Please Subscribe!!!)
"Quick, quick! The freighter Pfister has arrived at the pier for more than an hour, why hasn't the cargo on it been unloaded yet?!"

"Pier No. 3! No. 3 Pier is in urgent need of manpower! Follow me if you have nothing to do!"

Workers in thick woolen sweaters were rushing around the room, so busy that they couldn't even see a ghost in the rest area. The workers were either at the pier or on their way to the pier.

This is the office of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, which is the key place to manage import and export business. All the managers of the Chamber of Commerce are here. Even if the headquarters collapses, this place cannot collapse.

Back then, Gray Wolf Dino rented this small house with the start-up funds that Ma Wei gave him, and successfully made a comeback.

For the Pluto Chamber of Commerce, this is their soul and their unforgettable birthplace.

"President, this is the transaction list of our Chamber of Commerce last quarter, and the income and expenditure statistics are at the end."

The secretary put a handwritten document on the table. The young man sitting by the table wore a pair of round-rimmed glasses. He was as thin as a stick of hemp. He looked frail and dressed similarly to other workers, without any special place.

If it is not an insider or an acquaintance, I am afraid no one will recognize him. He is the president of the Brutal Chamber of Commerce-Aaron Thomas.

Just as Aaron Thomas was reviewing the profitability of the chamber of commerce in the 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. Brandy, let him wait for a while, I'll be fine soon."

"It's not him, it's President Dino's friend."

Aaron raised his head and glanced at the secretary: "Friend? What's your name?"

"Mavi Enders."

"Walk."

After putting down the documents, Aaron got up immediately and brought his secretary to the reception room. When he saw Ma Wei sitting on the sofa, his eyes lit up: "Uncle Ma Wei!"

Ma Wei, who was drinking tea, almost spit out when he heard this address, and quickly said, "Don't call me uncle, I'm only 26 years old this year, just call me by my name."

"That's no good. You and my uncle are best friends. How can I call you by name?" Aaron shook his head and said, "Why don't I call you priest, then there should be no problem."

As Dino's nephew, Mavi and Aaron Thomas have met several times. Although the friendship is not very deep, because of the gray wolf Dino, everyone is not an outsider.

"Theresa, change to the new tea I just bought this year."

"I know the president."

After the secretary left, there were only the four of them left in the room. Aaron said straight to the point: "Father, why did you come here suddenly today? Did you encounter any problems?"

"There are indeed a few things that I need to ask you."

Ma Wei took out a stack of gold pound coupons issued by the Thames Bank from his arms: "Here is 5000 gold pounds. I would like to trouble you to use the relationship with the chamber of commerce to buy a batch of supplies."

"No problem." Without thinking, Aaron agreed immediately, "5000 gold pounds is not a small sum. Father, what do you want me to buy?"

"Flour, that is, wheat flour."

"Five thousand pounds of wheat flour?"

Aaron was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Father, according to the latest market price this morning, the price of 14 pounds of wheat flour is 1 shilling, which is 5000 gold pounds, which can buy a full 634 tons. The amount of wheat flour consumed by New Ross City every day It’s only about 20 tons, and with so much flour in stock, are you planning to enter the flour business?”

"No, this is not for us to eat." Ma Wei explained: "I bought so much flour for future use. It is best to store it in the border area between the Kingdom of Frederick and the Kingdom of Romanov."

Hearing where the flour was hoarded, Aaron realized instantly, nodded and said, "Okay, leave this matter to me. The flour should not get wet, and try not to ship it by sea. I asked someone to buy a large amount of flour from Frederick's Kingdom. Within a year, they are all edible."

"Enough, then."

Ma Wei took out another stack of gold notes from his pocket, which was twice as thick as before: "For 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 all a piece of cake."

"and also."

Ma Wei took out the gold pound certificate for the third time, this time there were 2 gold pounds, and solemnly put it in front of Aaron: "Please help me to secretly acquire a winery in the Popang Kingdom, and the holder should not write about me, nor Write the names of the people involved in the Pluto Chamber of Commerce."

After listening to Ma Wei's instructions, Aaron couldn't help laughing: "Father, you really have exactly the same thoughts as my uncle."

"Oh? Dino also bought a winery?"

"Didn't my uncle go to the capital before he left? When he sold his property there, he bought two wineries in the Burgundy region of the Kingdom of Popon that were on the verge of bankruptcy due to poor management. , He also spent a lot of money and asked me to go to the Kingdom of Sardinia in person in the near future to buy the farmland he was interested in before, and only grow 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 that are closely related to war and life, so as early as half a month ago, the Brito Chamber of Commerce had already I changed my business strategy and went all out to enter the above-mentioned industries. Today I also made an appointment with Mr. Brandy to buy a trading company under his name, entrust other people as secret representatives, and arrange the industries under their names respectively for the upcoming coming storm"

"And the industry we mainly attack"

"It's alcoholic products."

Ma Wei's mood suddenly stabilized a lot.

Gray Wolf Dino's vision is not unique.

He judged the most profitable industry during the war based on the knowledge before time travel, but unexpectedly, Gray Wolf Dino saw through the mystery by himself.

Needless to say, gold and military products, since ancient times, these things belong to hard currency and have not changed.

The real test of ability is the sensitivity to food and alcohol-related products.

Once the war broke out, many farmlands would be abandoned, and the number of hungry people would increase. The kingdom needed to purchase a large amount of food to supply to the army, and the skyrocketing food supply was inevitable.

The increase in food prices will increase the economic burden of the kingdom. If the war cannot be ended in a short period of time, the supply of food will gradually fall into a situation of shortage. At that time, beer that needs to be brewed with a large amount of food will become an unnecessary burden?

Therefore, many times, when the war is critical, some countries will issue alcohol prohibition 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 issue is that the prohibition order has been issued, but people still need to drink.

Now that the water source is not filtered, the river is very dirty. For example, the culprit of the "big stench" incident that broke out in the capital last year was because people always dumped garbage and feces into the river, which made the Thames river full of green and black all day long. Foreign matter that does not slip away, the smell is smoky, and the water quality is seriously polluted.

Even if the water flowing out of the water pipe was boiled, it still gave off a strong and unpleasant smell, which was hard to swallow.

Therefore, alcohol, which itself has the function of sterilization and disinfection, has suddenly become a substitute for drinking water. Ma Wei, who used to live on the ship all year round, has a deep understanding of this.

Why do pirates drink rum all the time?
The reason couldn't be simpler. Ocean navigation, fresh water is a scarce resource and cannot be stored for too long, while the shelf life of rum in bottles is enough to support the ship to reach the next port where supplies can be replenished.

The sudden prohibition of alcohol is simply intolerable to many alcoholics, so the prohibition of alcohol often means a sudden increase in the price of alcoholic products.

In this case, buying a winery, making wine and selling it to those wealthy nobles will definitely make a lot of money!

Seeing this, how could Gray Wolf Dino miss such a great opportunity?

His judgment coincided with Ma Wei's.

"What a businessman through and through! Even if he is about to be involved in a war, he still does not forget to make money."

"My uncle is such a person." Aaron said with a smile: "You can make him not eat, drink, and sleep, but you can't let him not do business and make money."

"I want to buy gold too."

Ma Wei suddenly said, "How much can you buy?"

"Gold," Aaron mused, "Currently, there aren't many loose golds 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"

Looking at the 3.5 gold pound coupons that Ma Wei took out, Aaron said helplessly: "I think the gold you need, Father, must not be a small amount."

"I can still take out 16 gold pounds. How much gold can I buy with this money?"

"If you simply exchange it into coins, you can only exchange it to 16 gold pounds. This number is too large, and it requires a large amount of inventory in the market, which is easy to attract the attention of others."

Frowning for a while, Aaron snapped his fingers suddenly: "Yes!"

"Since we can't buy from the mainland of the Kingdom of Windsor, let's change our thinking and go to the United States of America, where the gold rush broke out next door, to set up a mining company, spend 1 gold pounds, buy a gold mine, and hire workers to mine it. Around the major gold mines, build shops, taverns, and tooling shops to earn money from gold diggers, and then use the money earned to buy the gold in their hands! If there is no accident, we should be able to get dozens of times or even Hundreds of times the income!"

"The idea is very good, but it's too dangerous." Ma Wei sighed: "Although the United States of America has become independent, the civil order is chaotic and it's a mess. It’s also hard to ship 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 the protection of the official army and a special pass. Although in the western region, The official army is not very reliable, but if there is demand in the market, there must be business, some people like to block roads and rob, and some people do the opposite, specializing in mercenaries to protect caravans."

"Mercenaries are also unreliable. There are so many things that kill employers on purpose, and they are too numerous to count."

"I thought about it, we can set up a transfer station in the north of the west, and attract gold diggers to trade at a price slightly higher than the market average, and the north of the United States of America is the Kingdom of Manitoba, the Kingdom of Windsor. For the colony, as long as we set up the 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, and let them be on guard against each other. Even if one of them betrays, the safety of the goods and staff can be guaranteed! "

This is a good idea. Listening to Aaron's arrangement, Mavi's eyes gradually lit up.

According to his business plan, build shops around the gold mines, attract gold diggers to come and spend, and then use the money they earn to buy gold in their hands. This cycle goes on and on. Not only do they own assets, but they can also spend almost no cost. price to buy gold.
genius!

Dino's evaluation of this nephew was not an exaggeration at all.

As for this kind of commercial behavior, whether it violates the truth.
Mavi doesn't think so.

First, he didn't squeeze the gold diggers, and second, he didn't rob them of their fruits of labor. There were shops and taverns there, and it was up to the gold diggers to decide whether to consume or not!
Believe in truth ≠ philanthropist.

The only problem is how to transport the gold back after making money.

After thinking about it, Ma Wei thought of a person.

Baron Bill.

Baron Bill has a lot of prestige in the Rosslare Army. Through nepotism, it is not a problem to get on the line with the officers of the Kingdom of Manitoba. I am afraid that no one would dare to provoke the trading station near the line.

Waiting for dozens of people is not an opponent of the regular army at all.

There are risks in doing anything, but through reasonable and careful arrangements, the risks can be greatly reduced.

"If you are not at ease, I suggest that we use small-amount transactions." Aaron said: "For example, the gold pounds stored in the transfer station do not exceed 500, so that even if the goods are robbed, the loss can be controlled. Within a certain percentage, relying on this short-term alternately connecting long-term trading model, our final income must be greater than 16 gold pounds itself!"

"Very good. I will negotiate with Baron Bill. It should not be difficult to get the support of the army."

Ma Wei nodded: "Next, let's talk about dividends."

"Father." Aaron shook his head with a smile: "The Pluto Chamber of Commerce does not need any dividends from you, and my uncle does not want me to make money from you."

"One yard for one yard, this is a business, has nothing to do with feelings."

"No, what I'm talking about is business."

Aaron stood up, pressed his palms on his chest, and said sincerely: "You have already paid the commission of the Pluto Chamber of Commerce in the form of wheat flour."

(End of this chapter)