Chapter 534 Company Prototype

On the other side, the Azure Castle Harbor.

When he saw Xia Fan and Olina again, Lathein's attitude had changed a lot, "Isn't this Ambassador Xia? Please sit down... Come on, serve tea to the guests."

The Dragon Girl glanced at him and snorted coldly.

The defense officer's smile suddenly became more guilty, "The God Judge came to my door, I really can't be perfunctory, don't look at those guys who are young, their eyes are like they can see through people's hearts - Miss Okan should understand that the cost of deceiving the church is generally not low."

"We can understand this." Xia Fan smiled and gently revealed the matter, "After all, it is just a possible clue, and there is still a long way to go before we can really find the Son of the Holy Spirit."

"Indeed." Lathein looked at the ambassador with a more friendly look, "I wonder why the two of you came to me? Did you find new clues?"

"We want to know the business groups on the list, who are their bosses, and who are the investors behind them." Xia Fan said straightforwardly.

Although they are called merchant groups in name, in his opinion, these organizations actually have the prototype of a company. According to Olina, these organizations not only recruit capable people to manage production and trade, but also raise funds from all parties to strengthen their own strength. The business they run is no longer limited to family business, so their background is much more complicated than that of ordinary merchants.

To inquire about this information, Xia Fan first thought of the harbor defense officer.

He is a nobleman and has access to customs affairs. These news should not be considered confidential to him.

And this is the fact. Lasser did not make too many excuses and took out the booklet recording the details of the merchant group. "It records the news they publicly declared. You can copy a copy here. However, the investors they did not declare are unknown. Even the Earl cannot figure out the source of funds behind each merchant group."

"Oh? I thought Lord Cleveland had invested in them." Xia Fan pretended to be surprised.

"How is that possible?" Lathein shook his head. "Some of the people behind the merchant groups are so powerful that even the Duke who governs a territory finds it difficult to intervene, let alone the Earl of Azure Castle."

"Are you talking about the church?"

"I didn't say that." Lathein denied it flatly. "The church at least doesn't participate in these profit games on the surface."

In other words, it can be done secretly.

Xia Fan nodded tacitly, "I heard that the church is also investigating these merchant groups. They won't find the earl, right?"

"Don't worry, there is no merchant group related to the lord on this list." Lathein replied without disguising, "Not to mention that Earl Cleveland has no plans to set up an eastern route for the time being, he is also the person in Azure Castle who least wants to see the Son of the Holy Spirit have an accident - especially in his own territory."

This is an intriguing news.

Xia Fan flipped through the booklet and said in a relaxed tone, "That is to say, no matter how badly these merchant groups are in trouble, the lords are happy to see it happen?"

"That won't work." Lassein shrugged, "After all, they still have to collect the commercial taxes."

"What if the benefits of making them suffer are greater than the commercial taxes?"

"Oh? There is such a good thing? Then the more such merchant groups, the better."

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Too fast... Olina looked at the two suspiciously from the side. Xia Fan's change was too fast.

He was obviously an oriental man, and he should be incompatible with the Saint Wing Islands. However, when it comes to merchant groups and investments, he is actually better than himself, which is very surprising. Why do I feel that he is not only suitable for the appearance of a practitioner with long robes and fluttering sleeves, but also a qualified profiteer after changing into a short shirt and leather boots?

After Xia Fan turned over a few pages, his eyes stopped on a name-Azier. Lumen.

It's not that the name itself is so special, but the frequency of this name appearing in the book is really quite high, and he is also the main helmsman of Baiguoyuan.

"Who is this person?"

"He..." Lassein took a look, "He is a celebrity in the Blue Castle, a business tycoon, with many business groups in his hands. It's hard for ordinary people to meet him. It's not so easy for you to check him."

"Isn't he a noble?" Xia Fan noticed that there was a hint of disdain in the baron's tone.

"The magicless one is just good at business and simply rich."

"I see." He thought for a while, "It's difficult for ordinary people to meet him, but for the Cracked Tooth Family, it shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Lassein glanced at Xia Fan with interest. Such a wise stranger really exceeded his original impression of the East. "Azier is a frequent visitor to the auction. He has a hobby of collecting unusual rare things. If you have any secret treasures from the East, you may be able to get to know him."

"I'm afraid you don't mean ordinary auctions." Olina interrupted.

"Of course, this kind of auction doesn't charge tickets, but usually only invites familiar customers, and most people don't even know where it's held." Lassein spread his hands, "For me, that kind of place is just for eating and drinking and getting to know each other."

"What if someone familiar introduces me?" Xia Fan asked.

"Well..."

A bag of coins was placed in front of him.

The bag was not tied tightly, and with a quick glance, you can see that it is full of gold coins, at least more than 30 coins.

"Easy to say," Latherin suddenly grinned. This amount of money is no longer a small amount. This guy is really smart. "I can take you in, as long as you don't make too much noise."

"when?"

Lassein put the money bag in the drawer and said, "Tomorrow night."

…

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the supervisor suddenly found him and took him into the steward's office.

Goyle was the only one in the room.

He put down the tea cup and pointed to the chair by the wall, "Sit."

Huajiao hesitated for a moment, and finally sat down as he was told, "Excuse me...what can I do for you? There are dozens of boxes of goods waiting to be moved outside the factory..."

"It doesn't hurt to take a break. I called you here because I want to ask you a question." Gower said unhurriedly, "I just heard someone say that you went to the stockyard during lunch time, and at that time the production team It seems that people are also present. This situation seems to violate the rules of the factory? "

Horns was slightly shocked.

Is this someone snitching on you?

"I don't quite understand what you mean... I just wanted to find a shady place to take a nap..."

"Just taking a break? I don't think so." Gore stared into his eyes. "On one side of the yard are people from the production team, and on the other side are people from the transportation team. This kind of coincidence is rare. Why do I feel... more like Is it for fun?"