The first Thousand six hundred eighty-nine family unification (8)
If you really want to acquire them all, your property may not be enough.
Did I really see such a good opportunity to be the president this time, but I let it slip away in vain! But I didn’t bring so much money. Is this the revelation of the gods to me? Is the president’s position really so far away from me?
Thinking of this, Liu Fei felt a little frustrated, but thinking about the position of the president is so within reach of his own, he felt unwilling to accept it: "This price is too high, it makes it difficult for me to deal with it. Can the clan leader reduce it a little!"
Zhao Hu saw the frustration on Liu Fei's face and whispered disapprovingly: "If there is any difficulty for the Special Envoy, for the deep friendship between the Falcon family and the Special Envoy, I can promise the Special Envoy to temporarily store the goods in my place first. As long as you can receive the payment within one month, you can take the goods away at any time!"
When Liu Fei heard that he didn't have to pay the full amount immediately, he immediately felt enlightened. Several bigwigs in the organization had opinions about the current president like him, and could join forces to buy these magical tools. Each of them paid a portion of the money, and the burden was not very large.
"The patriarch is serious! If you don't have to pay the full amount immediately, I will accept this price!"
Zhao Hu groped on his fat body for a while before taking out a wrinkled parchment from his pajamas and handing it to the inexplicable Liu Fei.
"Of course, of course, I am the patriarch of the Falcon family. Will you even deceive the envoy? Let's sign this sales contract! As long as the envoy's money arrives, you can take the goods away!"
Liu Fei took it strangely and saw that it was a contract for twelve artifacts. He looked at Zhao Hu with an awkward expression and quickly explained: "Clan leader, I came too hurriedly and didn't bring my own seal!"
"Don't bring a seal? I have a solution, it's very simple." Zhao Hu looked at Liu Fei with his eyes, feeling that the other party was not lying, so he calmly stretched out his fat right hand and grabbed Liu Fei's right hand. The long nails of the big thumb of his right hand gently stroked Liu Fei's palm, and immediately a cracked blood mark appeared along the line of his palm.
"Master, you are,,,,,,,,,,"
Liu Fei felt that his right hand was tightly clamped by an iron plier. Suddenly, his palm itched. He looked at Zhao Hu easily cut his palm with his fingernails. Blood gushed out of the blood marks, making his whole palm look like a red blood hand. But the fat man holding his hand opposite, with an expression of unsatisfactory expression on his face, murmured: "Oh! It seems to be a bit off! It's really a long time since I practiced this finger, and I lost all my life!"
Liu Fei hurriedly said, "Enough, Master, if it is shed, I will faint from bleeding too much!"
Then the fat man shamelessly pressed Liu Fei's bloody right thumb on the bottom corner of the contract, and then used his right thumb to stick it into the blood of Liu Fei's hand. He pressed a handprint on another corner of the contract. Finally, he put a book of contract into his arms and said to Liu Fei with a smirk, "I heard that the envoy has a batch of important goods to be escorted to the north, so I will no longer delay the envoy! I hope the envoy will send the money as soon as possible!"
"Haha! It's really a horse without night grass, no one is rich, no one is rich without fortune. I can easily earn 240,000 gold coins from Liuyu's vice president. If Liu Fei knew that these magical tools would soon be produced and sold in large quantities, I wonder if he would regret his impulse tonight!"
"It's the bottom line that you have money, you can't do anything without money!"
As the head of the Falcon family, Zhao Hu is now deeply touched by this sentence. He used to think that his territory was pretty good, even if he was not rich, he was not poor, and at least he was at the forefront of the second-rate family in the empire.
However, after these contacts with Vice President Liu Yu and Liu Fei, Zhao Hu knew how big the gap between the second-rate family and the first-rate family was.
Just the vice president of a Liuyu smuggling organization raised by the Ankers family, a great northern family, can easily take out 60,000 gold coins that he can't imagine.
In the eyes of these top families, it is estimated that the status of the Falcon family is not much better than a poor country bumpkin in the south. The fat man who was thinking about how to make a fortune, just saw the old butler evasive figure appearing outside the door of the hall. He hurriedly greeted: "You are here just right. This is a 60,000 gold coin ticket. You asked the taxpayer Stad to bring some soldiers and a few carriages to transport the money back from the branch of the Northern Liuyu branch in Kuta City. In the past few days, I was so annoyed by him that I was crazy! For the three hundred gold coins held this celebration banquet, this guy almost drew his sword to duel with me!"
The old butler was very surprised by this mysterious envoy just now, and now he was standing outside the hall with a strange expression and watching Zhao Hu and Liu Fei chatting secretly beside the round table.
Although I don’t know what the young master was talking about with this mysterious envoy, I could guess some of it by seeing two people pointing at the "divine artifact" from afar, and guessing that the family’s artifact will be sold by a "fatty loser!" this time.
Of course, the contemptuous title of "prodigal fat man" does not come from the mouth of the loyal old housekeeper, but from the mouth of Stad, a family tax officer who has been extremely troubled recently.
The old housekeeper knew that the Falcon family had long been financially distressed due to internal strife and division of side branches. Especially in the recent battles to unify the family, the huge army and various expenses made the family's treasury that had accumulated for a year almost exhausted.
Stad, the tax collector in charge of finance and taxation, complained constantly in the past half month, and his tight eyebrows had never stretched out. When he saw any person who came to collect gold coins, he looked as resentful as if he saw his deep hatred. He wished he could use his eyes to hold a piece of meat on everyone and write the word "saving on everybody". He secretly scolded his lord as "a fat man in the prodigal world! The most generous poor lord in the empire!"
The old housekeeper knew that the young master had an idea of making twelve magical tools for a day or two. Although he had always opposed the young master selling magical tools in exchange for military expenses, in the face of the current financial difficulties the family is in, this may be the best way to solve the problem now.
However, the 60,000 gold coins mentioned by the young master still shocked the old butler who thought he was well-informed. The old butler, who knew the family's financial situation, knew that it was a great thing to have a surplus of 3,000 gold coins after settlement in previous years.
These 60,000 gold coins are worth the total tax revenue of the entire Falcon family in two years, and they are still the same as when there is no expenditure.
During the twenty-one term of the former Old Marquis, there was no concept of tens of thousands of gold coins in the vault. Most of the taxes became the salary of the Knights, and only a small part became the compensation for the fallen soldiers.
In the worst year, there was only a surplus of thirty or twenty gold coins. That year, the old marquis had to sell some of his belongings to overcome the difficulties.
Therefore, even the old housekeeper who believed that he was knowledgeable and served the Falcon family for the rest of his life was the first time he had come into contact with such a large number of gold coins.
Seeing the old butler's surprise, he could swallow a fist's big mouth, Zhao Hu thought to himself: "It's only 60,000 gold coins. If the old butler knew that he had just made a big deal of 240,000 gold coins, he wouldn't have fainted!"
Seeing the proud look on his young master's face, the old housekeeper who had long been clear about his money-loving young master, took out a document from his arms and handed it to Zhao Hu with an awkward expression. The red lion head postmark in the middle of the envelope was so eye-catching!
This is a military order document signed by Zhao Hu's grandfather, the current Imperial Marshal Duke Gist, personally signed by the Ministry of Military Affairs. This unique red wax is specially used by the Ministry of Military Affairs, indicating that military affairs are as hot as fire and cannot be delayed.
If it is a letter from the Ministry of the Interior, it is a blue postmark, indicating that the emperor's kindness is as broad as the sea, while the Ministry of the Finance Department has a golden postmark, like an inverted gold coin.
"Young Master, this is the order that the Ministry of Military Affairs has just received to cancel the "hunting" this fall. It is said that the Kazakhs in the north have invaded the northern border on a large scale. This year is probably a troublesome year!"
"Young Master, the vehicles transporting armor and gold coins in the Northern Liuyu Chamber of Commerce have arrived at the castle. The supplies of the fourteen major chariots, ten chariots are weapons, and three chariots should be the sixty thousand gold coins! What should I do?"
The old butler ran over to report with joy on his face. When the vehicle entered the castle just now, the careful old butler was careful and found that in addition to the ten freight carriages in front were full of weapons and armor, there were three tight box carriages wrapped in black cloth.
This is a closed carriage used by the lords when transporting gold coins. It is usually made of fine iron up to five centimeters thick. Even if it is snatched away on the road, it is difficult to open without a key.
The heavy ruts and creaking sounds, when you listen carefully, you can even hear the subtle metal sounds, and you will undoubtedly tell yourself, "That's the gold coins of the whole three carts!"
"It's arrived so soon!" Zhao Hu was stunned by the report from the old housekeeper. With so many supplies, Zhao Hu thought it would take at least half a month to transport them to his castle, but he didn't expect that it would be all collected in just three days.
"It seems that I was still fooled by Liu Fei, the old fox. I had known that Liu Yu was very strong, but I didn't expect that he was so strong! I was still too kind and felt soft when I saw people crying!"
The fat man opened his mouth slightly, recalling the surprise from his surprise, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken that he had missed an excellent opportunity to "rob the rich and help the poor".
Chapter completed!