There is a huge gap between the nobles and the civilians. If other housekeepers were questioned like this, even if they were too nervous, they would be under great pressure. However, the housekeeper named Muori calmly took out a herald from his arms, with a blue crystal bottom and a redbud made of golden silk on it, and then said softly: "Of course I am not qualified to ask a soul-thinking person to come to see me, but this herald represents our head of the family. He cannot come in person if he has something to do, so he entrusted me to pass the message. This herald is the symbol of our redbud. The herald is like the head of the family. As the head of the family, I think it should be enough to summon Lord Chen Xiansong to come and ask questions."

Duncan had his teeth pierced and grew up in the Bauhinia. This was the first time he saw this thing. Family emblems are usually of three grades. One is just a symbol, used on carriages or clothes, and the other represents the rights of the tribe members, which can be held by a small number of people. In addition, it is the emblem that represents the highest majesty of the head of the family.

Any aristocratic family with some background will have such a thing. Sometimes, because the head of the family cannot leave to attend important meetings or banquets because of important things, so he lets his confidant go with such a herald, which can save a lot of trouble and make others feel the importance of them. However, if this thing is not necessary, it rarely appears. After all, if the same move is used more often, it will make people feel that it is not valuable.

Zelonger also frowned. They also had this thing, but he had never seen his father use it. It can be imagined that once this thing appears, it is indeed very much like the legendary head of the family. According to the title, the head of the Bauhinia family is the duke, and Chen Xiansong is the lowest baron. Although he has the transcendent identity of a soul-thinking person, the status of the two is a bit different after all. Logically speaking, the butler Muori can indeed summon Chen Xiansong to ask questions with this thing, but Zelonger felt that things might not be as simple as he imagined.

The Bauhinia family cannot summon Chen Xiansong with the emblem of the head of the family just to ask a question. There must be a reason for this.

"Chen Xiansong should be in the association now." Zelonger thought about it for a while and said, "Bauhinia's housekeeper, since you have brought the ransom, I will transport you to the Soul Thinker Association and tell him the incident of the Bauhinia family summoning him, how about it?"

Zelonger was unwilling to call Muori by name. Although the other party may have a lot of weight in the Bauhinia family, no matter his status in the Bauhinia, it cannot change the fact that Muori is a civilian. Moreover, it is Black Rock City, which is the territory of his family, and he himself is a nobleman, so there is no need to be humble to a butler.

"Then I'll trouble the young city lord." Muori bent over slightly. His standard etiquette and expressions were neither humble nor arrogant.

Zelonger had to admit that although his housekeeper was also very competent, compared with this Muori, he had less indescribable charm and less momentum. After all, the other party was a big family for hundreds of years, and they were barely considered to be an emerging family in the aristocratic system.

However, Zelonger discovered that Muori's words were somewhat grammatical: "I'm not the young city lord."

Muori smiled slightly: "Sooner or later."

Zelongerli looked around with guilt, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there were no idle people. If the conversation between the two of them had just passed, the elder brother would ignore the reaction, but he would be unable to say what his father would think. Now it is the observation period, even if he does not get the inheritance rights and the father can get in the future, the father will decide how much territory he can get. If he makes his father have a bad impression of him, it would be not very good.

"Please be careful!" Zelonger said coldly. Then he went out and asked his servants to come in, and moved the few copper boxes that Muori had carried in. It contained Duncan's ransom, with 20,000 gold coins. Zelonger did not settle whether the gold coins in these boxes were enough, because he knew that the credibility of the Bauhinia was far greater than the price of 20,000 gold coins.

After asking Muori and Duncan to wait in the hall for a while, Zelonger brought several guards with a few boxes of gold coins to the Soul Thinker Association. Along the way, he was thinking about why Muori came with the head of the family's emblem before the meeting, and what exactly did the Bauhinia family want to talk to Chen Xiansong?

After thinking too much, his head began to hurt. It was like someone was stirring around in his brain with a wooden stick. He patted his head hard, shook it several times before he felt more comfortable. Then when he looked up, he saw that the Soul Deep Thinker Association was already in front of him.

After asking the doorman outside to inform him, Zawadair ordered the guard to remove the copper box and carry it into the association.

The doorman quickly came down again, invited him to the second floor, and told him that the president was in the study. Zelonger was already very familiar with the internal arrangement of the association. He walked to the door of the study and knocked, then pushed the door in. First, he saw a familiar background, and then Chen Xiansong's pretty but scholarly face. Finally, he saw Bai Min, who was cold at any time, was so beautiful that it was so beautiful that people dare not look at it.

Seeing him come in, Chen Xiansong smiled and said, "You are here just in time. Now the amount of salt storage in the warehouse in the association is almost ready to start selling. The vice president and I are discussing where the sales points should be placed. As one of them, your City Lord's Mansion should naturally know our plan and are about to send someone to invite you, but I didn't expect you to come first."

Hearing this, Zelonger quickly walked out of the study room, looked around and after confirming that no one was nearby, he immediately closed the door, then walked to Chen Xiansong's desk, and complained: "For such an important matter, you don't even arrange some trustworthy people outside to check it out. If someone is listening to it, what should I do if I plan to target us?"

Chen Xiansong smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is Xiao Min. The whole building is under her surveillance. She knows whether anyone is approaching."

Hearing this, Zetarael felt relieved. The Sun God servant was famous. Chen Xiansong said that Bai Min could monitor the entire building, so it would be absolutely foolproof. He lowered his head and found that on the desktop was a map of the Kate Kingdom, and some cities' names were marked in black circles.

He looked carefully and found that these black circles were starting from Black Rock City and spreading outside. It was supposed to be a trade road map.

In this era when information is not very circulating, except for locals, only merchants who travel around the world know the prices of every city. Only experienced travelers know about the prices of every trade route, where goods should be delivered, and what goods should be delivered. They will not tell outsiders casually about these information, and they will not even tell outsiders about their own departure, transit station, or destination.

Chen Xian pointed to the route of these black circles and said, "This is the shipping channel planned by the association." Then he drew a circle around the Heiyan City and said, "The cities or villages and towns in this area are run by your City Lord's Mansion. After all, you are not pure merchants. In terms of business, business routes and connections, it is impossible to compare with our association. These places are relatively close and have low transportation costs, which is very suitable for your City Lord's Mansion. Besides, you have the responsibility to defend the border, so you cannot be too focused on business."

Zelonger's heart was a little bit clear. Even if he was not a full-time businessman, from his perspective, he could see that Chen Xiansong's arrangement was a great advantage for the city lord's mansion, saving costs and trading time. These are the two basic conditions for making money in business. There are many cities near Heiyan City, and the aristocrats combined together can definitely digest the amount of salt he received. But he was also a little surprised: "Why should we give such a big benefit?"

Chen Xiansong smiled: "Because we are allies now."

Even if it is an allies, no other nobles will give up such great benefits. Zetakior believes that there is a deeper reason, but he thinks it should not be a difficult intention to tell others. After a moment of silence, he sighed and said, "You are planning to tie our family to your belt. Let's say it clearly. What do you want our city lord's mansion to do? There is a famous saying among our nobles, there is no hatred for no reason, and no love for no reason. Telling it out makes me feel a little confident."

Chen Xiansong laughed: "No!"

Zelonger stubbornly believed that there must be a reason for the conjunction, but the other party refused to say it, and he had no choice, so he said, "Since you said there was no, it was nothing! But I have two things to tell you here, one is that Duncan's ransom has arrived, and I have sent the gold coins to the association, and you can count it yourself. The second is that the messenger of the Bauhinia family brought the head's seal and called it to summon you, saying that he wanted to ask you a question."

When the vice president saw this, his expression was a little moved.

"The head of the family's emblem?" Chen Xiansong was a little puzzled. This was the first time he heard this.

"It's just like seeing the head of the family." Zelonger explained a little, and then said, "I think it's better for you to meet. Although I know that your identity is definitely not simple, there must be a big force behind it, otherwise you will not be able to cultivate a genius like you. But Bauhinia is also an old noble in the royal city, with deep roots. Although we are not afraid of him, the other party's head of the family has all been put out. As a noble, I think we should give them some face."

Chen Xiansong now understood that the head of the family's emblem is an extraordinary thing, representing a special identity. He thought for a while and smiled and said, "Since the other party is very sincere, then go and listen to what he said. Vice President, I will trouble you about the business road. In addition, the 35% share of the 30% share in my name and 10% of the salt blocks are left to my territory. I have other uses."

The vice president nodded and expressed his understanding.

Then Chen Xiansong took Bai Min to the city lord's mansion in a carriage. When he heard him, Muori, who was drinking fruit wine, immediately stood up and said to Zelonger who was accompanying him: "Young city lord, I want to talk to Mr. Chen Xiansong alone, can we be alone for a short time?"
Chapter completed!