After the Legend Chapter 63: 2 Difficulties
You Tan had a headache when he heard this, why didn't he know it was a trouble? But what can he do?
When Xiao Tianjian saved people from stealing treasures, he had been worried all the time. He thought that Xiao's methods were clever and would not leave traces. How could he think that the fat man who was rescued was so stupid, and he secretly ran home to find relatives and friends. As a result, he was caught by Wood's people, and he confessed to Xiao. I don't know who told Wood that Xiao left on his boat, but the other party regarded him as Xiao's accomplice, and thought that Xiao stole the magic crystal in order to get revenge for him.
Wood's auction house has been playing around with his fleet and shop for the past two years, he knows it. I heard that the backer behind the other party is a new aristocrat who has only made a fortune in recent years. He is quite powerful in Yidong. He is jealous of those old aristocratic families who have made great profits in maritime business, and also wants to learn to make a fortune. Just staring at other people's fleets, there have already been two Carmagna sea merchants who have embezzled all their property. Before, Wood secretly trapped him again, intending to swallow it step by step. The last time the cargo of the sea-going ship was damaged, he suffered a loss because of his inattentiveness.
Originally, if Wood really pushed too hard, he would give up Manado's shops and goods, at most two or three boats, and he could buy more time. When the money for the goods was available elsewhere, he would be able to support it. past. In that case, although he would suffer heavy losses, as long as he avoided Wood Auction House and worked hard for a few years as the accountant said, he would still have a chance to recover, and even if he could not recover, he would not go bankrupt.
Xiao paid him the 7,500 gold coins in compensation, which really helped him a lot, so that he would not sacrifice more than half of his family property, but Xiao's treasure stealing act inadvertently caused him to fall into a bigger in predicament. Now, Wood detains his ship and cargo, not only asking for two medium-sized ships and twenty experienced boatmen in exchange, but also asking him to return the water magic spar that Xiao stole that day, and another one of the same amount. level.
He already owes Xiao Tianjian 7,500 gold coins, and Xiao's principle is that old accounts are not cleared, and new accounts will never be added. Wood's greed?
Thinking of this, Yutan couldn't help but complain about Xiao Tianjian in his heart: If you want to save people, save them, why should you steal other people's magic crystals? Since it's stolen, why not make things cleaner? Now you can go as soon as you say it, and I am a big group of people who are dragged down by you.
But he quickly spurned his own thought: it was you who was careless and fell into someone else's trap, that Xiao would spend a lot of money for no reason, and stealing the magic crystal was just for venting , how can you blame him?
He's in a state of confusion, wondering what to do? Not only was he worried that there was something wrong with the detained ship and cargo, which would make him have to pay the orderer, but he didn’t want to let Wood extort money, and he was even more afraid of offending the powerful nobles of East, which would make business more difficult in the future. Time can't think of anything.
"Boss?" The accountant saw that Yotan didn't answer, so he asked, "Have you thought about it yet?"
Yutan raised his head in annoyance, but just happened to see the two powerful subordinates winking at each other, and suddenly realized that they were pretending to quarrel on purpose just to remind himself, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry, but soon, his anger disappeared again . In the end, both subordinates are thinking of him, and he shouldn't blame them. So he asked: "Do you have any good ideas, let's talk about it."
The deputy and the accountant were both silent, and after a while, the former tentatively said: "I see... let's go to the orderer first, tell him the truth, and ask him to postpone the delivery date for a few days? Then we Go to the port office and complain about what Wood has done! They are just an auction house, why should they detain our boat?"
"That's useless at all!" Before Yutan could express his opinion, the accountant rejected the proposal one step ahead, "Let the orderer know about this, which is equivalent to telling everyone that our fleet is incompetent, and there is no way to guarantee the goods. How can Easter's port office not help their own people, but instead speak for us foreign businessmen?! Not to mention that there are nobles behind Wood! Besides, Easter's bureaucrats are procrastinating, even if They really dealt with this matter fairly, and when the verdict comes down, we don't know when it will be, we can't afford it at all!"
"Then what do you say?" The deputy was really annoyed this time. "Twice the indemnity, double the damage! If something goes wrong with the ship, the loss will be even greater. Also, if Wood really believes in it. Let those nobles order us to ban us from going ashore to do business, and we will never think about turning over!"
The accountant stopped talking, and he had nothing to do, but he suddenly had an idea: "Speaking of which, the orderer this time seems to have been introduced by an old customer, right? The one he asked us to sign. The contract, why is the indemnity so similar to Wood's? It's also twice as much, and the ships shipped are mostly glass and china..."
The three men looked at each other, all secretly startled. If the accountant guessed the truth, then even if they did their best to exchange the detained ship, as long as the people on Wood's side did something with the cargo on the ship, or simply embezzled it and only returned the empty ship to them, Then they can only face the claims of the orderer. At that time, let alone a few years of hard work to restore the family business, I am afraid that they will not even be able to keep a boat.
What a poisonous plan! In this way, Wood and the dignitaries behind him will not only have nothing to lose, but also earn back Yotan's entire fleet, plus a precious magic crystal. And the Yutan family and his subordinates can only repeat the mistakes of the two maritime merchants in the past.
Yutan gritted his teeth and finally made a decision: "Let's settle all the money we have on hand, and then find out where the magic crystals are. As for their original one... I went to Ming Na, when Xiao gave the things to The child is gone, I will go to her to come. Also, go to ask Luer and the others who went to sea with Xiao, where did Xiao go at that time, and sent a fast boat to chase! He only left for two days, and he did not bring anyone I won't go far, maybe it's still too late."
"Is this ok?" the accountant was skeptical, "Didn't you say he never lends money to someone who hasn't paid it back?"
"What's the matter now?" The deputy pouted, "He caused this matter, and we are all affected by him!"
"Okay, don't talk about it, let's just settle it. As long as Xiao comes forward, the orderer will relax, and the nobles of Idong will not dare to go too far." Yotan sighed slightly. He has been in this business for decades. He started from scratch and earned the family business he is today with his own strength. Unexpectedly, he will also rely on the powerful and powerful to resolve business disputes one day, and he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart.
"Who's outside?!" The accountant suddenly said, and then rushed over to open the door, only to see Corbyn standing outside. He frowned: "It's you? What are you doing here?!" Yotan and the other two looked over vigilantly.
Corbin hurriedly bowed to Yotan and said, "Boss, the villain is here to see you today, and the butler brought me over just now, because suddenly there was a guest, and the steward went to greet the guest, so he left the villain outside the door. Wait. The villain has done absolutely nothing wrong."
Yutan squinted his eyes: "If the housekeeper told you to wait outside the door, he would have you stand ten meters away from the door, which is the norm. You stand in front of the door and really don't do anything. Is it okay?"
Corbyn looked up and saw that the three people in front of him looked at him suspiciously, knowing that he had to give a satisfactory answer, otherwise, he would be torn apart at any time. As soon as he gritted his teeth, he knelt on the ground: "Boss, the villain has something important to tell you, about the noble man who is a good friend of you."
"Oh?" Yottan was a little surprised, but soon understood, "By the way, you were on the boat at the time, you know where he went, right? Come on!"
The three of them looked directly at Corbin with eager eyes. The latter fought a cold war and hesitated before saying, "The boss doesn't need to look for him anymore, he...he went to another world, and he didn't know anything about it at all. Will be back!"
"What?!" Yotan stood up abruptly, and the chair under him was brought to the ground by his movements, making a loud noise.
==================I am the dividing line that turns the scene back again====================
Minna had been in a good mood since she returned to her room. Taking advantage of Sybila's departure, she closed the door and cut her fingers with the silver knife she used to eat pastries. The blood dripped onto the storage ring. , read the spell taught by grandfather, and a big hole appeared out of thin air next to the ring, revealing the contents inside.
The storage space for the ring is very large, twice as big as Minna's current room. It contains a lot of miscellaneous things. Originally, Xiao Tianjian had sorted them out, but before, he made a mess in order to select the most needed items and put them in the bracelet. At a glance, Ming Na could only tell what was closest to her.
She knew that there was a time limit for this hole, so she didn't think much about it at the moment. She hurriedly took out her satchel, change of clothes and coin bag. Thinking of Corbyn, she took out two more bags of gold coins, thinking to herself. Although I don't know the amount of money he owes, two bags of gold coins should be enough, right?
There is also the rope hook she used to climb the boat that day near the entrance of the cave. It was wet and smelled of sea water. Ming Na quickly pulled it away, ready to take it back and take it back to the person, and then plugged the magic lamp back. , also took some cakes and a travel journal to relieve boredom. At this time, it was almost time for the entrance of the cave to be closed, so Mingna took the time to find another colorful shell necklace and a black stone pipe, which she planned to give to the Yotan father and daughter as a gift for the accommodation.
At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and Sibira rushed in: "Ming Na, let's go out to play!" Suddenly, a large hole opened in the space in front of Ming Na, and inside was shining brightly. A few huge crystals, she couldn't help but stay for a while.
Ming Na was taken aback and was a little nervous. Fortunately, the hole was closed at this time, so she brought the things on the bed to the side, smiled and said to Sibila, "It's not that your father doesn't Let you go out? How can you go out to play again?"
Sibila ignored her question, first jumped over to grab her, and kept asking, "What was that just now? Was it a crystal? Or a gem? Why does it glow?"
Ming Na's scalp felt numb for a while, thinking that the other party had seen it anyway, so she had to answer: "It's the magic crystal, grandpa gave it to me."
"It's so beautiful..." Sibilla stared straight at Minna, "You have so many, just give me one, I like crystals the most, my toys and jewelry, take whichever you like. ."
"No." Ming Na frowned and refused. "Those are magic crystals, not ordinary crystals. You don't know magic, so it's too wasteful to give them to you."
Sybila got angry: "What do you mean? You've been living in our house for free for several days, and you can't even ask for a crystal? What's the big deal? I have so many crystals!"
Ming Na was very unhappy, but she still didn't forget what her grandfather taught to be polite at other people's houses. She picked up the colorful shell necklace she just picked out and said, "I really can't give it to you, just accept this, yes. The gift for you is also very beautiful."
Sibilla grabbed the necklace and threw it to the ground: "I don't want such a cheap thing!"
Ming Na hurriedly picked up the necklace and took a closer look. There were already two shells on it that had broken the corners. I picked it up and strung it into a necklace by myself. I was going to give it to my cousin, because you are my friend, so I will give it to you. Why did you break it?!”
"You're too embarrassed to say that I'm your friend, but you're sending me something that was given away? You hate it!" Throw on her.
Ming Na shouted, "What are you doing?!" The quarrel between the two came out of the door, attracting the nanny and maid, who stopped the two children who turned their faces. Yotan was also in a hurry when he got the news. Came here.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw clothes, shoes, socks and money all over the floor. He recognized that one of the dresses was worn by Ming Na, and then listened to the whispered reports of the people next to him, and roughly guessed the cause of the incident. Then he turned his face towards his daughter: "Sibila! How did your father teach you? When did you learn to be so rude?! Apologize to Minna soon!"
Sibilla never imagined that her father, who had always loved her, would scold her with red eyes: "She's stingy! I just want a crystal. She has so many, why can't she give it to me? ?" Glancing at the shell necklace, "You still pay me with that kind of cheap stuff."
Ming Na hurriedly said, "As I said earlier, those are magic crystals, which ordinary people can't use, so they can't be given to you. I made this necklace myself, it's not the same as the ones sold outside."
"Anyway, you're just annoying!" Sibilla made a face at her and acted like a spoiled brat to her father, but Yotan didn't buy it at all: "Okay, Sibyl, it's your fault! Magic! Crystals are very precious things, how can you give them away casually? Apologize!"
Sybila was surprised and wronged again. She glanced at Ming Na again, and then she pushed her father away crying and ran out. The nanny and two maids hurriedly followed.
Yutan sighed and said to Minna, "Does it hurt? That kid Sibylla was spoiled by me, so rude, I apologize to you for her."
Ming Na hurriedly waved her hand: "No, in fact, there is something wrong with me, I shouldn't have quarreled with her..." She glanced at the pipe that was broken in half on the ground with some sadness: "Unfortunately, I originally planned to The one who gave you as a present..." It looked like he was about to cut his fingers again.
Yutan smiled and put away the pipe: "Just right, I want to find a piece of ink stone to make something small, so I'll use this instead, thank you." After a pause, he said again: " You were right just now. Magic crystals and crystals seem to have no difference in appearance, but they are actually worth more than ten times. How can you make Sibila a toy?" As soon as he said the words, he suddenly moved in his heart, but quickly Squeeze that thought down. Wood will definitely find someone to test it, and it is impossible to get in the way with ordinary crystals.
Ming Na didn't know what he was thinking, but said slightly embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Uncle Yotan, actually... Grandpa took all the ordinary crystals... The rest are magic crystals... If It's other things that are not too precious. It doesn't matter if you give it to Sibilla, but the water magic crystal was given to me by my grandfather. "
Yutan heard Xiao Tianjian say something about his two sons, and probably understood his intentions, but it was really unusual to put so many precious things on children. His eyes swept over the ring on Ming Na's hand, And the wound that was temporarily bandaged with a handkerchief, especially with blood stains, asked a little nervously: "This... ring, isn't it your grandfather's? Why is it here with you?"
Ming Na was also very nervous: "This... it's because grandpa went on an adventure, it's inconvenient to bring this, so, so I took my storage bracelet and gave this to me..." She began to sweat , I think this excuse is really not very clever.
Yutan's heart darkened, remembering what Corbin said just now, knowing what he had said, he forced a smile and said, "Then you have to take good care of it, and when your grandfather comes back, return it to him. You can play here with peace of mind. God, the ship will be ready soon."
Minna smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Uncle Yotan." After sending the other party out of the room, she turned around to pick up the items on the ground, and put all the things she needed into her small satchel.
And Yotan, as soon as he walked out of the door, his face darkened. He walked back to the study in a daze, ignoring the three people in the room, and sat on the chair, as if he was ten years older in an instant.
Xiao left and went to another world, although I don't know what that means, but according to Corbyn, nine times out of ten, he won't come back~IndoMTL.com~ Then what should he do? !
He was cold and cold. Without Xiao, he has no one to rely on. If he doesn't agree to Wood's request, he will have to pay double the money to the orderer, the loss will be heavy, and he will probably not be able to do business in Easter in the future; if he agrees, he must find a way to meet all the requirements of the other party, even if he goes bankrupt. , even if he betrayed his friends, but even if he really did this, he might still have to pay double the money to the orderer, and there was a dead end in front of him.
What should he do?
He is old and not as energetic as when he was young. If he goes bankrupt this time, I don't know if he will be able to earn another family business. It doesn't matter if he suffers himself, what about Sibyl? The poor little baby has never suffered a bit since she was born. She has been away for many years and cannot accompany her to grow up. I am sorry for her. How can I ask her to suffer with me?
The accountant waited for a long time. Seeing that Yotan was just in a daze, he asked solemnly, "Boss? Is there any definite news?" Corbyn beside him was also nervous.
Yotan raised his head and looked at Corbyn: "I really don't know whether to thank you or hate you..." shattered his illusions and made him fall so hard.
Corbyn bowed his head and didn't dare to speak. Anyway, as long as the boss can get through the difficulties at hand, he will get a big reward, not only can he pay off all his debts, but also his mother and sister can live well day.
Accountant and deputy are bright: "So..."
Yotan sighed: "Just... just follow your plan..."
He closed his eyes in pain.
(Will this chapter be too complicated? Can you understand it? I'll try to be as clear and detailed as possible...)
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