Chapter 35 Visitors

Ashu Rufate opened his mouth and said nothing. For this question, he believed that anyone who had contact with Ajin had the same answer. But if he could tell this answer... well... it seems inappropriate? At least it is not polite?

"Businessmen always have to make money legally. If you want to make money illegally, it is better to do business without capital!" Ajin did not notice Ash Rufate's expression. Perhaps he saw it but didn't care. "You must be willing to do business. If you force yourself to buy and sell forcibly, it would be a shame for merchants!"

"As long as you love me, nothing else matters?" Ashu Rufat sighed and asked.

"Of course there are other details, such as being honest. But your love and I am willing are the most basic conditions for doing business." A Jin replied proudly.

"Okay, tell me, what is your deal?" Ashu Rufate thought it would be better not to discuss this topic. He could see that Ajin has a sense of sacredness and mission in this regard. If you want to convince Ajin with words, it would be a waste of effort.

"You should know that Groone's political situation has been very unstable recently, right? In fact, it's not just the political situation, but also the finances... This country's financial difficulties are no longer news."

Ash Rufate noticed Ajin's words.

"Ajin, you should be...Groni, right?"

"Ah, it's not the case since I am determined to be a great businessman." A Jin's eyes were full of pride. "Business is not restricted by the state, gold is the same. No matter who they are in, a piece of gold will not become two! A successful businessman - not even reaching the level of greatness - should abandon all discrimination in regions and nationalities, and even abandon all discrimination of races, and treat all gold equally... Of course, it cannot be too unlucky..."

Ashu Rufate admitted that he had lost. Saying these words to Ajin was a waste of time.

"Okay, let's talk about the details of the business."

"Well, that's right. Because the Groney government is financially in a tight position, they tend to sentence prisoners to 'lifelong hard labor' when dealing with prisoners. Of course, this is just an official and more elegant name, which is actually slave. Because the country does not need so many hard labor criminals, the government will sell the hard labor criminals to private people... Of course, usually not everyone can buy it, at least it must be of the grade of gentry and nobles. But this is just a small head!" Ajin leaned close to Ashrufat, "I don't know if you have heard that in the war with the barbarians who believe in evil gods, they got a considerable number of prisoners..."

Ashurf nodded. Of course, he had known these things long ago.

"Those prisoners were originally a headache. Usually they were handed over to the church to deal with... But now, in order to make up for the financial gap, the ministers have reached a preliminary intention... to mix these savage prisoners among ordinary prisoners and sell them to other countries!"

"So that..."

"So the business opportunity comes! Groney can't digest so many slaves at all... so it goes without saying that the price plummets right in front of you. But in the south, especially Ryan, the price of slaves is very popular... What's more, there are ready-made channels here... Do you understand what I mean?

"On-the-shelf channel? Why can Ryan sell at a high price?"

"Of course it's because of the vampire."

"What?!" Ashu Rufate couldn't help but speak, fortunately, covering up his incompetence in time.

"Well, you should have heard that the last vampire in the world... who claims to be a bloody duke has occupied the Sivania area south of Ryan. The Ryans fought a battle with the vampire, but unfortunately the vampire defeated the Ryan army. But in fact, Sivania is a small place, and the Ryans are overwhelmed by the rebellion of all parties in the country... So they have never attacked the vampire again... This matter was dragged down. But according to my opinion, there is no need to fight at all. After all, there is only one vampire in the world, and only one vampire. What real dangerous things can it do?"

"Vampire...what did he buy slaves?"

"God knows, maybe he feels that there are too few people under his rule, not enough for him to eat... Of course, he may also want to supplement his Immortal Legion."

"A Jin, do you still remember what you said just now?"

"What did I say just now?"

"You said you are not a person who uses any means to make money. You sell humans - even if they are slaves - to vampires. How do you think this behavior should be defined?"

"Who told you that I was going to sell human slaves to vampires?"

"Didn't you just say that? You said that the price of slaves in our country is cheap, and the price of slaves in Ryan..."

"Ash Rufate, do you just look at me like this? I am a person with moral integrity and principle! Is it like I, Ajin, who did this? I just sold slaves to slave merchants on Ryan's side."

Ashu Rufat staggered and almost fell down.

"But, in this way, they don't mean..."

"What I do is legal, reasonable, reasonable, and in line with all human moral norms. I am just doing what a merchant does, and it is not essentially different from what any other merchant does. I just send some things that are cheaper in the place of origin to a distance and sell a relatively high price. And I absolutely do not sell goods to inappropriate customers - I will never do such things that violate business principles! Those fooling families who sell shoes to cripples and canes to healthy people, I despise them the most! As for whether those who buy goods from me will do such things, I cannot blame me."

"Okay, I didn't say it." Ashu Rufate once again gave in.

"Ashu Rufate, what do you think of this business? The investment is the same as what I said last time, only 50,000! Although the risk is high, the profit will definitely satisfy you..."

"I'll forget it." Ash Rufate replied. "Ajin, if you want to introduce it to me next time, it's better to choose some suitable transactions, rather than such activities that are either unprofitable or immoral. I'm not interested in the slave trade at all!"

"You really have a moral obsession with cleanliness! Ashu Rufate, this kind of investment opportunity is rare..."

Just as they were talking, they had arrived at the port area. The port area is also called the dock area. It should be noted in particular that although everyone recognizes that the dock area is a block of Eagle Falcon City, it is actually not within the protection area of ​​the city wall. In and out the dock area, you must pass through the city gate.

The port area is actually not big. After walking out of the city gate, the situation in the entire area is almost in sight. Ashurufat unexpectedly found that the port was actually flying with flags, and a whole group of soldiers lined up next to the dock. On the contrary, the original protagonists - porters, sailors and vendors, were crowded on the side, whispering and watching the fun.

A pretty yacht is slowly sailing into the dock.

This is a common yacht on the inland river. It has no characteristics in terms of overall shape. Ninety percent of the yachts lingering on the Lunqing River are constructed in this way. However, its appearance is quite beautiful, with carved beams and painted buildings.

"What's going on?" Ashu Rufat asked Ajin beside him softly.

"Look at this posture..." Although Ajin is young, he has a lot of knowledge. "It should be an important diplomatic envoy. Look, there is the eagle flag over there, which is the royal flag... This shows that this welcome team represents Queen Groney. Unless an important diplomatic envoy visits, this will not be presented in such a scene."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" A soldier who maintained order came over and roughly blocked Ash Rufate and Akin. The location of the city gate was soon occupied by the soldiers and ordinary people were not allowed to pass. Now, even if Ash Rufate and the others wanted to turn back, it was too late. Unless they planned to do something, they could only wait patiently for the welcome ceremony to end.

The yacht leaned on the dock. Then a group of people came down from the boat, leading a middle-aged man who looked thirty or forty. Although the distance was very far, Ashu Rufate had a vision beyond ordinary people, so he could clearly see the face and dress of the visitor. In fact, this person had nothing unique in appearance, only a sense of cunning between his eyebrows, which made people feel that this person was either very smart or very cunning.

His clothes also looked casual. It should be said that this man's clothes were between nobles and civilians, and he could go to the hall and go to the kitchen. Behind this man, there were a series of followers, including men and women, and were dressed in different clothes.

Ash Rufate noticed the fourth-ranked one among the tutors. It was a woman with a robe wrapped in a robe and wrapped half of her face in a rare way Groney had rarely seen. The reason I noticed her was because the woman was blown by the wind when she got off the boat, revealing her long sword hanging from her waist.

Few women carry weapons, and women carrying weapons always give people a look. But after a few more glances, they will notice that the woman's movements are inadvertently light and rapid, revealing a kind of ability that is experienced and competent. She quickly squeezed forward from the fourth position and came behind the leading man.

Is a personal bodyguard? Ashu Rufate couldn't help but compare this strange woman with her position. But then again, a female guard is much rarer than a male guard.

The official in charge of the reception of the Eagle City walked forward and started talking to the visitor. However, Ashu Rufate was not interested in this. He was interested in the flag raised by the mysterious visitor team. It was a swan wearing a crown and flying wings.

With such a high-end official reception, this visitor should be an envoy of a certain country, right? The envoy should come over with the national flag (just like the eagle flag of the Groney royal family hung by Groney on the dock), but Ashu Rufate felt unfamiliar with this swan flag. Is there a country with swans as the flag? Or at least an independent force? It’s okay for a swan, but the swan is wearing a crown on its head? No king would allow his subordinates to use this pattern as a herald, because this pattern implies too explicitly.

While he was thinking about this small question, the welcome ceremony had ended. The visitors entered the Hawk City through the city gate with officials. The guards who maintained order also left, and the dock area quickly returned to their original appearance. Everyone was discussing what happened today.
Chapter completed!