"Welcome Miss Charlene."
Inside the city mansion, Gweil and Jialan welcomed the caravan from afar. A warm charcoal fire burned in the living room, and several people sat on the sofas in an irregular circle.
"Hello, Lady Gwel." The merchant lady, who had come from a long journey, sat down on the soft sofa and seemed to be relieved.
"Because I received a letter from a friend, I brought a lot of things that the territory should need this time." After taking a sip from the teacup, the merchant lady calmed down a little and began to speak slowly.
"Among them are some food, metal tools, seeds, ropes, cloth and so on." As she said this, she asked the attendant behind her to bring a list and handed it over.
Gweil and Jialan looked at it, nodded from time to time, and then put their hands down.
"Thank you for troubling Miss Charlene and the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce."
"It's not really a problem. After all, as a businessman, you should go wherever there is business." Miss Charlene smiled and waved her hand, indicating that there was no need to be so polite.
"Now, at least we won't be short of anything in the first half of the year." Jialan sighed a little.
"As for the compensation, the territory will pay half of the amount upfront, and the rest will be paid in the form of goods in the summer."
"Okay, I understand. We've already agreed on this in the letter. But we still have to sign a contract." After saying that, Miss Charlene took out the contract paper she had prepared in advance. The paper was covered with light-colored patterns and had clear regulations and agreements written on it.
After another round of negotiation and discussion, the contract was signed with the seals and spiritual imprints of both parties. Finally, it emitted a faint light and derived new patterns to cover the handwriting, so that it could not be changed in the future.
After finishing these business matters, Gweil invited Miss Charlene to dinner.
"Okay, we need to rest too."
Afterwards, Miss Sharlin returned to the caravan’s base temporarily. Soon, the nameless knight came here and walked in.
In the tent at the base, Charlene looked at Messia, also known as Loran Hill, who had taken off her helmet, and circled around her in surprise and curiosity.
"What's wrong?" Loran Hill felt a little embarrassed.
"Nothing, just a surprise. Think about it, after just two months, a lovely girl has become a cold and powerful heroic knight. It's said that she even fought a battle with the Imperial Legion cavalry. That's more than audacious."
After saying this, Miss Charlene took another closer look at Loran Hill's armor.
"It feels very masculine, not as good-looking as before." She leaned down, pressed her fingers on her chin, and touched the cold and solid dark golden armor with her other hand.
"Messia's silver armor was so cute before." She seemed a little dissatisfied, thinking that the girl did not make good use of her looks.
"But that would be very troublesome." Loran Hill shook his head helplessly.
The previous silver armor was not a full-coverage armor, but a key protective armor, divided into several parts such as breastplate, shoulder armor, skirt armor, hand guards, boots, etc. In some details, the girl's slender waist and beautiful figure were revealed, which was indeed more flexible and beautiful, but from the perspective of concealment, it could not compare with this full-coverage armor.
"Actually, actually..." Loran Hill hesitated whether to say that Jialan was also her, which would avoid a lot of trouble.
"Well, I do understand Messia's thoughts. The southern border is not stable right now." Charlene sat down and began to talk about her recent experiences.
"Not long after you left, a major event occurred in Red Heart Province. The descendants of the Pascal family returned, and many local nobles and officials quickly defected to them. Then the Imperial Legion arrived to reinforce and began the attack and fighting."
"Has the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce been affected?" Loran Hill asked worriedly.
"We were affected. Father asked us to take a lot of people and assets and go to various places, saying that we shouldn't put all our eggs in one basket."
"The current Roentgen Chamber of Commerce has actually been divided into several parts. My two brothers took away most of it, leaving only a small part for me."
"But I'm not sad, I'm not weak enough. In fact, I feel relieved because I've become independent and no longer need to be governed by my father and brothers."
Miss Charlene gently waved the silk folding fan in her hand as she spoke of the dramatic changes that had taken place over the past two months.
Taking into account the war and the instability of Chixin Province, the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, the president, Miss Charlene's father, divided up his assets and sent his children to various provincial branches to develop.
"In fact, there are quite a few chambers of commerce that do this. Now many large chambers of commerce have sensed the crisis and started to consider their options."
"Some are trying to curry favor with high-ranking officials in the Imperial Legion, some are contacting the remaining feudal nobles in the southern border, and some are simply moving their assets to the central part of the empire, where it's more stable."
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"You mean going abroad? That's rare. Merchants, without strong power and carrying too much money, are like fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. And as outsiders, it's hard for them to be treated fairly."
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"Clancia? I don't know much about that country, but it seems very powerful. After all, it defeated the Empire in the war a few years ago. Maybe I'll consider visiting it someday."
Compared to later times, without newspapers and telegraph networks, information flowed more slowly. Even after the war ended for nearly a year or two, many in the Empire still didn't know much about the country to the west. Many still held memories of the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua, believing it wasn't as prosperous as the Empire.
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