Black Iron Crown

"Damn it! Our linen can't be sold!"

In "The King's Wardrobe", the six branch managers got together again.

They themselves are big merchants who unite to monopolize the entire northern linen market, so they are very sensitive to some troubles.

"Yes, Duke Leiner did attack us in the end!" Roselle said with a gloomy face.

"There's nothing we can do about it. What we did before was an act of disobedience to the Duke of Leiner. It's normal for him to deal with us!" Old Battelle shook his head and said.

"You mean, the Reiner tool people already know that we did those things before?" A slightly younger person asked in confusion.

"Of course, you don't think Duke Rainer knows anything, do you?"

"He is a powerful lord who has mastered the entire northern border. His intelligence capabilities are definitely beyond our imagination. What's more, once the wool cloth appears, we are the only ones who will lose the most. He can guess that we did those things without much investigation. of!"

"But... If he really knew that we did it, he should have sent troops to deal with us long ago, right?" This younger businessman has contacted many lords, and most of those people are used at will when they fail to fulfill their wishes. Army stuff.

"Of course it's impossible. If he uses commercial means to defeat us, it's a matter of course. But once he uses the army, it's a different situation. What will the rest of the merchants think? Even if he changes some policies, it will be a big problem for all merchants." It's a concern!"

"I can see that the Duke of Leiner is a very ambitious person, and he will not change the current good business situation at will for us!"

Old Battelle took the trouble to explain to the rest of the people.

"In fact, he wouldn't even have thought of us if we hadn't pissed him off by blocking wool production!"

Now Battelle has already regretted it. If he could see from the beginning that the woolen cloth has such a great advantage and can be sought after by countless people, why would they hold on to the woolen cloth?

Isn't it that you don't fully believe that wool cloth can completely replace linen, but you have the ability to compete with linen for the market?

If Old Battelle could have discovered that woolen cloth has a comprehensive advantage over linen cloth from the beginning, he would definitely not continue to be conservative and cling to woolen cloth.

They are not members of the "king's wardrobe" in the imperial capital,

Those men who made their fortunes from woolen cloth, whose hoards of goods and raw materials were measured in thousands of gold coins, were just playing around.

However, the boat was small enough to turn around, and the goods and raw materials they hoarded were not too much, and even the transformation was only a loss of about a hundred gold coins, which would not make them bankrupt.

But the group of people in the imperial capital is different. The 10,000-ton giant ship is not so easy to turn. Once they transform, it means that all the goods in their hands will be turned into waste. The loss is not something anyone can afford.

"Then...then what should we do now?" asked the young businessman from before.

"What else can we do?" Old Battelle sighed, and said helplessly: "Let's ask Duke Leiner for forgiveness, we really can't continue to contend with him!"

"I didn't expect that the advantage of wool cloth is so great. It completely defeated our linen cloth just after it appeared!"

Although the less you buy, the less you lose, but the inability to sell the goods still makes these people feel sad.

And all the things I did before, and the money I paid, are all useless now.

Roselle frowned and asked, "But, if we admit our mistakes to him now, will he be able to let us go? Will he take this opportunity to kill us all?"

"Who knows, let's do our best and obey the destiny, but I think he might not do this. He might like our previous business channels!" Battelle shook his head uncertainly, and he didn't know what to do.

In order to continue to survive, they found Reiner's business manager Aizexi that afternoon.

"What do you need to ask me?" Aizexi also gradually began to pay attention to his own image, and he could no longer have the wretched appearance when he first met Reiner, or in other words, he no longer had that appearance in front of outsiders.

"Uh...it's Lord Aizexi like this, we may have done some stupid things in an attempt to oppose the Duke's policy, I hope you can help us convey our thoughts, if you can let us see the Duke It could not be better!"

As he spoke, Battelle took out a small purse and stuffed it into Aizexi's hand quietly.

Ai Zexi skillfully put away the money bag, and once again showed a wretched smile that could not be concealed on his face, but quickly restrained himself, and said with a businesslike expression: "Okay, I understand what you guys mean, But I can't decide this matter, I have to ask His Majesty the Duke's opinion first!"

"It should be! It should be!" Battelle nodded quickly.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one. Although Aizexi's rights all come from Leiner, after all, Leiner rarely directly intervenes in specific business arrangements, so they dare to trip Leiner behind his back.

If it wasn't for this time, at most, Reiner knew that there were such a group of cloth merchants in his territory, so he wouldn't take them seriously at all.

"Bang bang bang..." There was a knock on Reiner's study room, and Aizexi walked in.

"Are you okay?" Lena raised his head and rubbed his eyes.

"It's such a great and benevolent duke!" Aizexi stepped forward and said with a smile, "The "King's Wardrobe" tried to obstruct your plan before, but now they have realized their mistake and hope to be able to reconcile with you." You admit your mistake face to face!"

"When do you think you will meet them?" Hearing Aizexi's tone, Reiner raised his head and looked at Aizexi with a half-smile.

"Tell me, how much did you charge them?" Reiner tapped the table lightly, putting pressure on Aizexi with his eyes.

After listening to Reiner's words, fine cold sweat appeared on Ai Zexi's forehead for an instant.

Just as he was about to say something, Reiner waved his hand and said, "Don't think about justifying, I believe that if I want to know, I can't hide it from me!"

Aizexi's heart became more and more sad, he thought of Logan's all-pervasive intelligence personnel.

So, he said dejectedly: "Well, my lord duke, you are really wise and wise. There is nothing in the world that you can hide from you. I will accept five gold coins from them..."

Reiner pondered for a while, and then said: "I won't punish you this time, you can do it yourself in the future, try not to have such a thing happen!"

"Also... Let them come to see me at noon tomorrow, the meeting place is in my study!" Reiner waved his hand to signal Aizexi to leave.