Chapter 546 Collaborators
Good stood at the door of the Silver Merchants, a merchant house funded by the Silver Gentlemen. They bought half of the street, which was very impressive.
Even in the imperial capital, there were not many people with such financial resources.
However, the merchant house had just been listed in a low-key manner, and it had not done any business.
Several Silver Gentlemen shivered in the cold wind, stamped their feet, and gritted their teeth to bear it.
Although they have become rich in the past few years and have not suffered any more.
But the so-called Silver Gentlemen are all from poor families, and none of them did not climb out of the mud.
This little bit of suffering can be overcome with gritted teeth.
No one complained, which was the most satisfying thing for Good. His allies might have all kinds of bad habits, but there was no fool eliminated in a place like the New World.
At the appointed time, a carriage slowly drove over.
The snow on the ground had long been swept clean by the employees of the Silver Merchants, but there was still some white snow on the tires.
Now that cars are becoming more and more popular, only some nobles still insist on riding in carriages.
Unlike the carriages that ordinary people ride, these noble carriages made of precious wood and crafted by skilled craftsmen may not be cheaper than a car.
Moreover, the four white horses without any variegated colors are taller than people, majestic and majestic, and the horseshoes on the stone road are very pleasant.
The coachman is straight-backed and dressed better than ordinary middle-class people.
His skilled skills make him drive the carriage easily.
Whoa!
The carriage was parked right at the door. Logically, there should be a servant to bring the dismounting stone, but the owner of the carriage pushed open the wooden door and jumped off the carriage.
Goode has learned a lesson recently, and this scene made his eyelids jump.
Those traditional nobles like to use dismounting stones.
But the northern nobles are exceptions. They prefer to flaunt bravery, maintain the dignity of the nobles, and show their uniqueness everywhere.
The barbaric behavior that was once ridiculed by the Locke nobles has now become the glory of the northern nobles.
As for the new nobles like Dagu, they prefer to ride alone.
Obviously, the visitor is a noble from the North.
Although there is no obvious emblem on the carriage, whether it is the four tall horses with military horse marks on their buttocks, the dark wood of the carriage, or the faint traces of emblems on the wheels.
All indicate the other party's identity-Perez.
This is a direct member of the Marquis family, otherwise he would never dare to use such a carriage.
Good pinched himself hard to make his head clearer.
He is very grateful to Dagu now. This gentleman is really kind. Not only did he not take the money, but he was really honest in doing things.
In this world today, there are not many such kind people.
Good has already greeted him. Although his assets are thousands of times that of Franz, his status is not as good as his.
The seemingly prosperous silver gentleman does not need the imperial center or the governor to take action. He only needs a document from the silver city lord to arrest and imprison him.
In other words, the colony needs them to revitalize the economy, otherwise they would have been slaughtered and eaten long ago.
It was because they smelled the breath of danger that they were in a hurry to find someone to rely on.
After all, there were not many honest people like Dagu, and they were all prepared to be beaten.
Therefore, Good was very humble. It was not easy to meet a backer like Dagu, who pointed out a clear path for himself, so he couldn't waste it.
Isn't it just bowing your head? When I first drifted from my hometown to the New World, I bowed my head many times. I even picked up food from garbage dumps. What can't I bow my head?
Franz jumped off the carriage. He was dressed very neatly today.
The inside was the latest fleece, with a sweater in the middle and a leather coat on the outside.
This leather coat was made of bear skin, which was a good thing that the family knights got when they went into the mountains to hunt. Ordinary people were not qualified to wear it.
Moreover, the people who made the clothes were tailors who had served the Perez family for generations. Their craftsmanship was impeccable, and their details were even more exquisite.
Generations of people specialized in this business, so they naturally strived for excellence.
In an era when common people had only been fed for a decade, the best craftsmen were concentrated in the hands of the nobles.
Nobles are not just a title, but also a heritage.
From national affairs to marching and deployment. From food, clothing, housing and transportation, there are particularities.
Generation after generation of accumulation, knowledge monopoly, power monopoly, it is not possible to break the natural barrier in a day or two.
Franz is such a typical example. With the protection of the Perez family, he can learn a lot of knowledge that ordinary people cannot learn in their lifetime.
Even if he is down and out and swindles, the title of the Perez family can bring great help.
The same thing, people like Good can't do it even if they have money, but Franz can do it with his face.
Of course, Franz also has a hint of arrogance, which is the arrogance of the ruling class to the ruled.
Does he not know humility? No, he just disdains.
Why do some nobles always do things that ordinary people look stupid, really not well educated, or are they more stupid?
Neither, just arrogant, disdain to cover up, disdain to bow their heads.
When Franz looked at Gude and the others, he felt like he was looking down on them.
In front of the prince, I was submissive, and in front of the dignitaries, I treated them as equals, but a group of businessmen... were just fat sheep.
If he didn't know his cousin's character, he would think that the fastest way to make money was not to do business, but to capture a few fat sheep and torture them, and then he would naturally have money.
Fortunately, he was not confused and knew that if he did this, he would definitely be tied up and sent home to be tortured.
And these merchants could find his cousin, so they obviously had some connections.
Although Franz was arrogant, he still tried his best to maintain a bit of dignity.
After introducing himself to Goode and others, the group hurried into the house. It was too cold outside at this time.
The aristocratic air could not stop the cold.
Before coming, Qin only told him the origins of Goode and others, and said nothing else.
Franz was very curious about their background, but he didn't want to show his timidity.
After sitting down in the house, he pretended to look at the decorated tiger head specimen and said casually: "My cousin said that several bosses have ways to get goods from the New World?
I don't know what kinds of goods there are and how far they can be delivered?"
This foreign trade business is not something you can do just because you have a source of goods.
It doesn't matter, you can't even leave the New World port.
Fortunately, Goode and others are not powerless, at least they can make a living in the New World.
"Slaves, gems, gold, silver, leather or minerals, we can get them, in large quantities.
But most of the things can only be sent to the White Sand Islands. Sir, do you have a way to receive the goods?"
Franz smiled lightly, showing his pride: "There is no goods that I can't receive, but I need to pay attention to the ideas of those big men.
So... I recently opened up the slave trade route, and those big men agreed to let me enter this business. How much share can you provide?"