Power and Empire Chapter 3388: South of Thunder (19)
The warm wind blows, and the watercourse in front turns an arc and enters the inland watercourse of the huge city. The rapids of the watercourse begin to slow down here. Lisbon Torben is the outlet of the three major rivers in the south of Congo. After continuous expansion over the years, this huge city with an area of more than fifty miles is already five or six times larger than its original scale. Every expansion of the city includes the river in front of it, so it is in Lisbon. Too formed the scale of a city where inland waterways and city streets coexist. Fatty stood on the bow of the Clippers on the Empire Bank and watched a small clipper coming out of the port not far away. It signaled to come here, too. An imperial bank ship, as the hull approached, after a slight shock at its feet, a pretty figure with a scarf on his face and a colorful skirt walked down from above,
Tirnarante, standing behind the fat man, lowered his head and chose to avoid
Seeing this woman, Tirnarante has foreseen the torrential rain in Lisbon. The Dark Rose, the Queen of Commerce, the head of the headquarters of the Empire Bank, was the thirteenth deacon of the Empire Business Alliance with iron and blood. He is the chief administrative officer of Lisboa, but in fact, this uncrowned queen who holds the lifeblood of the empire’s business in one hand is the real head of the empire in Lisboa
After questioning the fake Catalina, the other party confessed that the man behind the scenes was the Azure Chamber of Commerce, one of the large chambers of commerce in Lisbon, and after learning that the chambers of commerce were going to kill herself, Anthea’s pretty face It became quite pale. Although I kept silent and refused to tell what I was going to do in Lisbon, I also locked myself in the cabin for two days and did not come out
"I have secretly sent someone to check the several chambers of commerce, and indeed they have detained a batch of Miss Berrant Bonnie’s goods. This is the list of those goods. This matter is very secretive. The other party should I don’t know if I’m checking this shipment.” Socutus Delan waved his hand to the horrified Clippers Captain and told him to go down first.
She came to the fat man with a beautiful figure, stretched out a hand to take out a document and handed it to the fat man, and said a little angrily, "It's just that these chambers of commerce are so courageous that they want to attack and kill. Miss Bonnie’s people, do you need me to clean them out? This happened on the Imperial Bank’s ship. If Miss Bonnie’s people died suddenly on the ship, I’m afraid that the Imperial Bank would jump into the sea. "
"This is that batch of goods?" The fat man glanced across the list of goods. It was not too serious. There were one or two things or it had violated the imperial order, but the quantity was not large. There might be a problem with the quantity. Although the huge iron ore is not something that absolutely cannot be sold, Berrant Bonnie’s Gangfei Northern Army should not lack iron ore, so Berant Bonnie bought it during the Empire’s annual meeting. What a large batch of iron ore do, or only to ask Anthea to know!
"The subordinates suspected that these chambers of commerce wanted to use this as a threat and asked Miss Berrante Bonnie to guarantee their monopoly interests on the China-Belarus Commercial Road. After being rejected, they chose to detain the goods." Socutus Delan is worthy of being the Emperor of Lisboa. He is very well informed about the major chambers of commerce in Lisboa. He also knows the nature of these businessmen very well. It is almost just a guess, and he is quite close to the truth.
"Charlene, have you ever heard of this woman? "The fat man squeezed the list in his hand into a ball, threw it into the sea, looked at the pier in front, and asked in a condensed voice.
"A representative of the smuggling force, he also has some fame in Lisbon. Your Majesty asked what this woman does?’
Socutus Delan's pretty face was slightly surprised. In her identity, a woman like Charlene is just an ant-like existence. Although the smugglers in Lisbonto have some power, they are definitely not in her business queen. In my eyes, even just a word from her, these smuggling forces will be immediately wiped out in Lisbon
"She has a person I want to see on her hand, find him!"
The fat man raised his head and looked forward with a bit of astonishment. He saw a merchant ship approaching from the front pier towards this side. It turned out to be a merchant ship from Central Bialand, with a spinnaker and a circular sail from the Obaro region. On the different masts of the sails, there are pieces of four-cornered sails, and the flags flying on them turned out to be the marks of the Southern Song nationality. Watching this Zhongbian merchant ship getting closer and closer, it stopped steadily more than ten meters in front. , A clear female voice came over, "Is Miss Anthea on the boat?"
The fat man felt a purlin in his heart, let him look at it, and saw a group of six or seven beautiful women in the costumes of the southern Song nationality mountain people appearing on the opposite side of the bow, wearing extremely beautiful colored clothes and matching colors in the southern mountains of China. The most eye-catching thing is that the two sleeves of the small collar and diagonal dress are made of red, yellow, green, purple and blue five-color cloth, spliced; the hem is decorated with gems.
This kind of mountain gown is covered with a waistcoat with purple and dark blue inlaid flowers. A long colored ribbon is tied around the waist. The two ends of the ribbon are embroidered into a black pattern with a coiled thread embroidery method. A red small drum is tied on the thin waist. Standing there, it is gorgeous and colorful, resembling the colorful clouds in the sky, turning into a bright and charming The beautiful women appeared in the mortal world. One of them was only slightly taller, with very long legs and a sweet smile. I don’t know how, but it can make people feel beautiful and overwhelming. It was this woman who asked the question. Seeing a young man with black hair standing on the boat, his beautiful face was also slightly surprised, he was quite surprised
"Southern Song nationality, iron ore..."
The corners of the fat man’s mouth turned up, and he roughly guessed the reason why Burrant Bonnie bought a large amount of iron ore. Although there are hundreds of thousands of mountains in the south of Central and Biya, the high-quality iron ore that can forge weapons is scarce. Prior to the heavy restrictions of the Chinese and Bianya court, among the hundreds of thousands of southern mountain troops, only the 20,000 mountain ghosts of the Song nationality were equipped with all-iron weapons and armors. Most of the mountain troops were only rattan armors.
Now the destruction of the Zhongbia court is imminent, and the Southwest Dragon’s family is also tense. Waiting for the moment when the Zhongbia court is destroyed, they will leave Guanglinchuan to **** this unowned Zhongbia. The Song people are in The Southwest World War I was defeated by the Long Family, and the mountain people's rebellion broke out under the agitation of the Long Family. Not to mention that the vitality has not yet recovered, even the weapons obtained after entering the main court are mostly lost in the southwest of the Long Family. Now, it is the only way to buy a large amount of iron ore from the empire to go back. Without iron ore, it is impossible to rejuvenate the south, not to mention that after the collapse of the Zhongbian court, the Southwest Dragon family who fought against Israel Fight for the ownership of the kingship of China and Biya!
The next home for this cargo is the Southern Song Clan!
Fatty and Socutus Delan looked at each other at the same time, and sighed in their hearts. This is no wonder, no wonder Berland Bonnie was not really concerned about this batch of goods being detained. , Just sent a silver wing guard to negotiate!
"I don’t know if Miss Asiya is on the boat?" The Southern Song woman tried helplessly again and asked again in a more serious imperial language. It can be seen that this woman’s imperial language should be I learned it as a surprise in a short period of time, with a strong sense of grace that is unique to southern women. If you don’t listen carefully, you may not be able to hear clearly.
"I knew it, I didn't understand it at all. I would not rush to the Empire if I knew it." The Song woman gritted her teeth and complained to herself in Chinese and Biya language
"Miss Anthea is a little unwell and is resting inside. I will let someone call her to come here." The fat man smiled and spoke in a rounded Chinese and Bahasa language, showing the Song woman on the opposite side. A touch of surprise, and then let out a cheer, "Are you from Central-Belarus? That's great, are you familiar with the Imperial language? To be honest, I learned the Imperial language only when I came. If you are willing to translate it for me) , I can give you a commission, which will definitely satisfy you. "The woman's voice is soft and sweet, with an attractive magnetism. Even if the fat man is absent-minded, I want to hear her say a few more words. In addition, which of her colorful clothes is fluttering with the wind, it is like a beautiful picture scroll in front of my eyes
The fat man was slightly astonished. He didn't expect that he could be hired as an interpreter. He said to the woman angrily and amusingly, "I am a very expensive translator, because I not only understand Chinese and Bahraini, but also imperial. Languages, as well as the languages of several countries in southern Europe, and even the languages of the northern grasslands of China and Bia. You Chinese people don’t say that you get what you pay for. You see, a product like me should be worth it. How much is it?"
"You are not from China and Biya?"
The Song woman on the opposite side seems to have heard something too
"Have I said that I am from China and Biya?" The fat man said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
The Song woman was embarrassed and hesitated. She respectfully bowed to the fat man with an imperial salute, and then said apologetically, "I was in a hurry just now. It was really rude. No one insulted me. What you mean, it’s just that I really need a guide who is familiar with Zhongbian and Imperial languages"
"Is this lady Miss Song Qian from the south of China and Biyako? If so, I can arrange a guide who is familiar with the languages of both parties"
Socutus Delan next to the fat man said in a clear voice that she could see that the emperor had a good impression of this Song woman. She also heard of a name from the Song nationality in southern China during this period of time. Song Qian’s family members came to Lisbon, but they didn’t have any business behaviors, so they didn’t care too much. Now they can guess a bit. There is no doubt that Song Qian is waiting for Bertrand Bonnie to buy from Imperial Capital. But that batch of iron ore was detained by several monopolistic chambers of commerce. With Song Qian’s power, how could it be possible to shake those wealthy merchants, and she was at a loss, and finally had to ask Berland Bonnie to intervene
"I am the Song Qian of the Song clan!"
The beauty of the Song nationality immediately looked at Socutus Delan with a pair of wonderful eyes, only to realize that she had just missed it.
I thought this was the maid of the black-haired young man, but now it seems that it’s not the case at all. Although the black dress woman in front of me has sand on her face, she has a very good body and a long skirt. It's a bit gorgeous, but that gorgeousness gives people an aggressive feeling. Originally, this woman was standing behind the black-haired youth and was not very conspicuous, but now she stepped up and immediately made people feel a rush of oppression. Li, Song Qian admitted that she only felt this kind of breath from her uncle, Song Que, the head of the Song clan, but her uncle is the head of the Song clan, and even the head of the future in the southern mountains. The second is to strive for the kingship of China and Biya,
And there is only a woman in front of me! But this woman’s words gave Song Qian a natural trust. It seems that the other party’s words don’t need to be doubted at all. With a little hesitation, Song Qian slightly salutes Socutus Dailan. "Now our biggest The difficulty is because of the language barrier. The other party refused to let us land on the grounds that we were a Zhongbia ship, possibly a smuggling ship. We have been here for more than ten days."
"Zhongbian ships are prohibited from landing?"
The fat man glanced at Socutus Delan next to him. Although the arrest of the smuggling is a matter of the Lisbon Too government office, but without Socutus Delan’s approval, it is impossible for the Lisbon Too government office to transfer all China and Bahrain. Merchant ships on the other side are restricted from landing. The first reaction to this order was that the fat man thought that the several major chambers of commerce that monopolized the route of China and Biya would retaliate against Yelvjia.
"Absolutely not. Some time ago, several chambers of commerce mainly in charge of Sino-Bahia trade indeed made requests to the Imperial Bank to combat smuggling ships. The Imperial Bank actually issued a request to the Lisboa Chamber of Commerce to temporarily ban Chinese-biased ships But this order was lifted fifteen days ago, who is preventing you from landing?" Socutus’s pretty face changed color, as if thinking of something, his fingers clenched suddenly
"The order for the Zambia ship to disembark has been lifted, and you can disembark normally!" Socutus Delan replied
"We also heard that it has been lifted~IndoMTL.com~ but as long as we want to disembark, we will be blocked on the pier!" Song Qian said angrily.
"There is such a thing!" Socutus Delan's expression was astonished, and her face was even covered with a layer of frost. These chambers of commerce are really hateful, no doubt, because Song Akane’s imperial language is too bad, and she has no idea that this order has been lifted, so that she was deliberately hanging on the pier by several major chambers of commerce. Even if she thinks about it, she will be blocked back
Anyway, Victoria Song is not able to speak her language, and no one can complain, and the other party only needs to insist that Victoria Song is a smuggling ship, and the dock party will not care
If it weren't for today, I don't know how long it will take to dry!
These several major chambers of commerce, which have vested interests in Sino-Bahia trade, are obviously using all means to block the possibility of other chambers of commerce intervening. This method is not uncommon in commercial competition. She has been in the business alliance for several years. I've seen it, but sometimes I don't bother to pay attention to it. It's just that this conspiracy involves her Socutus Delan, so don't blame her for being ruthless with these chambers of commerce!
"It embarrassed Your Majesty. It seems that some people really think that Lisboa is lawless. The weeds are too prosperous, which affects your Majesty’s mood. Please allow me to deal with it first." Socutus Delan has a cold face to Fatty Whispered