Chapter 69 – 6. New Family (9)
In the northern part of the kingdom, three people who can be said to be the leaders of Sanggye won what they each wanted after a fierce battle of words. It was quite a fun entertainment to see those who played decent big players shouting far and wide and raising their hands vigorously to win the bid.
“The other plans have ended just as well as intended.”
The business won by the Brulin Commercial Association was the exclusive right to distribute alcoholic beverages in the Marquis. Instead of opening fancy taverns in various places, they received a drastic reduction in liquor tax in the frozen land for the next five years and obtained the right to monopolize.
The request that the Britannia Trading Company received was a road maintenance project in the Marquis. With a small amount of subsidies, those who completely repaired the old facilities were qualified to collect tolls for a certain section for the next 10 years.
The Lucerne Chamber of Commerce received a consignment management of the gambling hall, which was planned to be established by Margrave Baekryeong in the future. In exchange for contributing huge sums, they received a perpetual benefit until the law was changed.
“You’d think everyone got their share.”
The meeting at Montnoir ended in less than an hour. By the time all the drinks were empty, everyone was so exhausted that they didn’t know what to do. After all, it would have been their daily life to just hold weight and give instructions after they reached that level.
“Even though there are some really important things left, the people I met today wouldn’t even know that in their dreams.”
It must have been a long time since I went to an auction with the evil like when I was a new merchant.
“The deterioration of our frozen land in northern Gaul is due to exploitation and exploitation. It’s not because of the nonsense about Mindo and all. So I wanted to give a chance to someone who truly cares and loves this land rather than a bourgeois who is blinded by greed.”
It was night after all. It was a time when white snowflakes fluttered in the dark blue sky. Leaving Café Montnoir and moving to a secluded place at the corner of the castle wall, Rome was proposing to a couple who were about to close the shop there.
“How about Mr. Dean?”
“I thought he was a noble person compared to his shabby appearance.”
“Is that so?”
The man who used the counter as a table in the interior of the castle town’s general store filled with miscellaneous goods nodded. He was Edward Dean, a nobleman from the neighboring country of Britannia. In his hometown home his, he was a lover who ran away, refusing both wealth and glory to be married to Ayla, a woman with the status of a maid.
“Yes, but you are more valuable than I expected. I couldn’t believe that the guest was Sir Romuald Dior, the famous invincible knight of Lumiere…”
“It’s not a title I like very much. Having no opponent also means that you haven’t met the owner yet. I was just lucky in many ways. Just as I did not expect to meet the heir of a powerful aristocratic family here.”
Edward scratched his cheek embarrassedly. Next to him, on her husband’s shoulder her, Ayla looked at her wary eyes her. It was a completely different attitude from the previous visit as a guest.
It will have no choice but to do so.
Gaul’s caste system wasn’t that strict, but Britannia’s was a closed and divided society that far surpassed that of this country.
“You knew.”
“Even now, it seems that many people are looking for Mr. Dean in his home country. Well, it might be so, since the only heir in the family disappeared with the maid of the family. If it wasn’t the most remote area in the northern frozen land like Marquis Baekryeong, it might have been discovered right away.”
Britannia, the country of the Dean couple, is an island country after all. Even though they were neighbors, it was difficult for Gaul, who belonged to the continent, to know the circumstances of the situation. Nevertheless, the patriarch, who is Edward’s grandfather and Isla’s employer and father-in-law, was a prominent figure.
“Speaking of Robert Dean, isn’t he also the largest shareholder of the Britannia Trading Company?”
“I was wondering why you are constantly looking for small merchants like us…”
“Oh, don’t get me wrong. I have no particular intention of hanging out with your grandfather. The reason I used this place was because I could get my hands on rare and useful things.”
Isn’t this the source of the crystal ball he used to hypnotize Lucienne? Edward Dean, who had an outstanding talent for commerce, was a talented person who was in the limelight from a young age. To the extent that his grandfather, who recognized his qualities, even sent him on a world tour in order to broaden his solidity.
By attaching her to her her, Ayla, her wife her next to her her, who was only her maid her at the time, as her her exclusive possession her.
“Isn’t Lord Dior going to tell your grandfather about us?”
“Yes, I don’t really want to interrupt your happy moment. But just because I say this, you won’t believe it right away. In that sense, this is an extension of what I said earlier. The Lemoang family has a formal proposal to the Dean Company.”
“What is it?”
“Are you interested in pioneering trade routes between the Near East Veda and the Far East Sarf through the Great Snowfield?”
“… !”
Edward and Ayla hesitated. The two of them looked at each other, no matter who said it first, and nodded their heads while looking at Rom. Unlike before, I could see that the face showing curiosity and interest was the lumber of the Celestial Merchant.
“No, that’s amazing.”
“Why is that?”
“It was our couple’s dream to pioneer a trade route in the snowy fields. That was the reason why I settled here at Lemoang Fortress.”
“It is as Ayla said. We would often say that we should give it a try when the two of us get to the point of building a small business together one day. I didn’t know Sir Dior would be interested…”
It’s money It is also essential for the revival of the territory. But I wasn’t the first to think of this plan. It was Edward and Ayla, a married couple who adhered to their land until the end even in the territory that was about to fall.
The two people from the previous life, who knew of Baengnyeong’s needy circumstances, suggested that she take out the pioneering business of the snowfield trade route, which was her long-cherished wish her, and let’s gamble for the last time .
Orianne raised her money by selling her wedding gifts, and Rom often added that money by playing mercenaries. However, the couple, who had only a glimmer of hope, didn’t have a few pennies to hire an escort, so they didn’t survive the encounter with the marauders.
Still, Rom thought that the money-obsessed couple had cheated on him and fled, until a mercenary hired by Britannia’s Robert Dean arrived to clear up the misunderstanding about them. Those who pursued the traces cried and blamed themselves only after recovering the body and returning.
“I wanted to make up for it.”
“… Yes?”
“Ah, it’s self-talk. Rather, keep talking. If you don’t mind, I’d like Mr. And Mrs. Dean to take on the business of pioneering the snowfield trade route in our territory. Of course, the wages will be generous. If successful, I promise to make this shop of all things the largest in the North.”
All wise people strictly distinguish between what they can do and what they cannot do. As a knight, Rom might be good at using force, but when it comes to sangjae, he was just a mediocre. Because everyone has an area where they excel.
In the same vein, Edward Dean and Isla Dean were talents that the margrave family should have embraced.
“It is not my intention to disparage the Manmul store that you two are running right now. But opportunities to play in bigger waters like this don’t come along very often. Edward Dean, who graduated from Britannia National University at the top of his class and studied abroad in Beda and Sarhu, and Ayla Dean, who has always supported such a husband, are definitely the right people for our business.”
He knows how to speak a foreign language and is quick at counting. Even if he is ignorant of the snowfield, he has a history of visiting Vedas and Sarhuen, so he is perfect as a guide. If it was a trade group made up of Edward and the Camag tribesmen, they would surely be able to succeed in pioneering.
“First, find time to discuss with your wife…”
“There is nothing to discuss, honey!”
“Oh, Isla?”
“I absolutely must! Let’s do it!”
The hope that a long-cherished wish might be achieved thrills and excites even the prudent. Edward, who is a pathetic woman, began to conflict with Ayla’s strong encouragement of her. After that, he closed his eyes and looked like he was struggling for a while, but then he finally closed his eyes and looked at Rom.
A tall face, but a scar across the face as if suggesting a wound in the heart.
Also, the eyes that seem familiar with killing, and the eyes that shine confidently as if they never enjoy killing.
“Is it because of the family name?”
“Well?”
“I wonder why you have come to us. As you said, it’s true that I’ve been to Vedana Sarhu, and it’s true that I know how to speak their language…”
“If you look for it, where will you find such a talented person?”
“Yes, I abandoned my family, and I am nothing more than a grassroots body.”
Rom, who was touching his beard, which had grown into a rough patch, was deep in thought. He was trying to decide what words to use to persuade this man, and after recalling his memories from his previous life his, he came up with a certain moment.
‘Look, Sir Dior! If we can carve out the snowy trade route, the Marquis will be able to revive again! It’s still too early to give up hope!’
‘… Edward, why do you go to such lengths for this frozen land with no connection?’
‘Yes? Why are you like this all of a sudden?’
‘Unlike me who was obliged, you can leave here with Ayla as much as you like. You don’t know when the castle walls will collapse again and the village will be trampled on.’
‘Maybe. Maybe not. That doesn’t sound like much of an important fact.’
‘What do you mean?’
‘If I was going to run away, I ran away a long time ago. This is the home Ayla and I chose. It means the home of the heart. Even if it’s cold and hard, we promised that this is our home, so why would we leave?’
‘Because if I don’t, I’ll die.’
‘It’s better that way. Crises and trials come everywhere in the world. Rather than running away cowardly, it would be better to confront everything for what you want to protect. At least there won’t be any regrets left.’
‘…’
‘Isn’t Sir Dior angry? What have you been fighting for so far? The reason why I opened this store was because of my dream of one day building a huge business with my hands.’
Humans sometimes need to face their desires squarely.
‘I ask, what is your desire?’
Dory as a human being.
Duties as a vassal.
Honor as a knight.
I wanted to live without dwelling on all of that. For once, I wanted to live with my wife and everything in the world. Didn’t that kind of desire make the current ROM?
“I wanted to have everything in the world.”
“… ?”
“Friends are no exception.”
“… !”
After hearing Rome’s answer, Edward fell silent. There is no way to know everything about a person from a first impression. I just rely on my intuition or sixth sense to guess the future relationship.
That’s what Judaism is.
So what about the knight who became a baron? Edward sensed that he, who had a strange atmosphere, did not make such an offer in vain.
“Your wife seems to have already lost her mind, but she will give you a few more days to think about it.”
After a while, Rom got up from his seat and added with a nice smile.
“Because I believe that the more prudent you are, the better the results will be.”
After tomorrow’s signing ceremony, for the time being, I was going to stay in the fort without going anywhere.
“If you decide, come to the fort’s living quarters with my name on it whenever you decide.”
“Are you talking anytime?”
“Yes, whenever.”
All that was left was to discipline mother and daughter in order to have a happy marriage.
