Chapter 181 Merchant Shipping! Discussion on the Arkham Group!
The climate in Viscount Arkham is considered a subtropical monsoon climate, which will be very hot in May and June, but around December, the weather will turn slightly cooler, which is the most comfortable day of the year. It is not too hot or too cold, and the weather is warm and sunny.
On the sea, there are two white clouds floating in the sky, and the breeze gently caresses and ripples. This kind of weather is most suitable for traveling.
Merchant ships still arrive on the popular waters surrounding Viscount Arkham. Most of these merchant ships are ships from islands next to this sea area. They do not need to rush here ten days and half a month in advance like merchant ships in the distance, and occupy a berth in advance.
Businessmen who are close to each other can do it once a day, saving a lot of unnecessary expenses, and the goods they transport are mainly daily consumables such as food and drink.
Because the Viscount Arkham was originally an archipelago, known as the Zhumenadar Islands, it is composed of forty or fifty islands. These islands are of different sizes. For example, the island where the Lord's Mansion is located has a diameter of more than ten kilometers, and the small ones are just reefs that pop out of the sea. Such islands are destined to be unable to produce too much food. Not only is the land area small, but the soil on the island is not necessarily suitable for crop growth.
Therefore, during the development of the Viscount Arkham, most of the grain, wine, meat, etc. were imported.
Especially during the recruitment festival, a large number of outsiders flocked in. The daily food and drink were not a small amount. The profits inside were broken up and the single goods looked small, but they couldn't stand the large amount. One ship after another was pulled, that was a big number.
After the Arkham Chamber of Commerce was reorganized, it was gradually divested and handed over to the City Hall, where the City Hall was bidding and managed.
This was done first because the Arkham Group had just been reorganized at that time, and it had no extra energy to spread it into these industries.
Secondly, Liszt's identity changed at that time. He was not only the helmsman of the Arkham Group, but also the helmsman of the territory. Then he needed to balance the territory and the position of the group. If all industries were allowed to be done by the Arkham Group, what else would the city hall do? You can't let the senior management of the Arkham Group manage the territory, right? That's not in line with reality!
If Liszt was satisfied with being a big businessman, he would only devote himself to developing the Arkham Group, but he would live in this chaotic pirate world, and he would not be willing to be a businessman. Business development was just a leg that supported him to realize his future plans. After all, he could not do anything without Bailey. Those who only talk about dreams but not money are basically nonsense.
But we cannot only focus on economic growth.
Finally, it is impossible to fight alone. If Arkham Group eats meat, then you have to leave some soup for others to drink.
No matter which industry, if a person wants to monopolize all the cakes and eat alone, he will definitely be beaten. Regardless of whether there is a grudge or not, he will definitely become the target of public criticism. Even Levis, which previously dominated the East China Sea, did not monopolize all the business paths in the East China Sea, and still left a way for others to walk.
Because of the interests, if you want to leave others with no way out, it is time to win the bayonet.
At this time, on the sea with a breeze, a wave of grain transport ships with bat flags came towards the city of Cocoxia.
Click sat on a chair on the deck with his hands on his chin.
As the initiator of the attack on Viscount Arkham, Clich naturally served as the commander-in-chief.
Unlike other pirate reckless men, Clik is a guy who likes to be scheming. He knows that the private armed forces of the Viscount Arkham are more difficult to deal with than the division navy. On the recruitment festival, the Viscount Arkham will definitely strengthen personnel patrols, defenses, and ships of the Pirate Alliance may be discovered by the other party before they get close to the territory, resulting in a naval battle.
If it were other forces, Clik was not afraid of naval battles, but the Arkham Group was different. Clik had a detailed understanding of the Arkham Group and knew that the other party had a group of fishmen guarding. Those fishmen were in the sea and could breathe freely. The destructive power was too strong. They just needed to sank your ship and go to the sea, and that was their rhythm.
So, Clik thought of a strange trick, which was to let all the pirate ships disguised as cargo ships carrying food and wine, so that they could avoid most maritime patrols, avoid external naval battles, and reach the hinterland of Viscount Arkham's tribe.
Clik's method did work. Along the way, they encountered three groups of patrol teams, but they were all confused.
First of all, because there are too many merchant ships coming to Viscount Arkham, the patrol personnel occasionally neglect and despise each other. After all, people are not machines, and it is impossible to start the machine twenty-four hours a day. Besides, even machines will have problems. It is unrealistic to require people to be tense all the time. If you don’t believe it, try it yourself. If you persist for three or five days, you will probably feel nervous.
Secondly, in order to do a good job, Clik really caught a businessman who had reported to the city hall and was qualified to transport wine to the territory. With the means of a pirate, he naturally had the means to force him to submit. Holding this card was enough to allow Clik to deal with most of the inspections.
"This Clik is quite capable!" The pirates following Clik watched as they drove straight in, getting closer and closer to the Viscount Arkham, smiled, as if they saw Bailey waving.
Cocoxia City, a high-end hotel.
Crown Prince Louis of the Kingdom of Levis is having a dinner with a blue-haired young man.
"What do you think?" Crown Prince Louis asked, holding a knife and fork, gracefully demeanor, cut off a piece of beef and fed it into his mouth.
"How do you think about anything?" the blue-haired young man asked with a smile.
"What else? Arkham Group!"
"I thought you were talking about Love!" said the blue-haired young man.
"Don't talk nonsense, tell you the serious business. The rise of the Arkham Group has compressed the interests of Levis Business. Those old stubborn people have been restless recently. You are the representative of the Blue Orange Family and must have heard some news."
Not all people from aristocratic origins, or playboys, can only spend money on their own. In fact, aristocratic education does show a group of elites. They have broader insights and more complex personal connections than ordinary people, so as long as they really want to do something, the success rate is much higher than that of ordinary people.
On the contrary, nouveau riche who rises from mud legs is more likely to rot.
Crown Prince Louis is the most outstanding group under the education of aristocratic people. When he became an adult, he became the crown prince of the Levis Kingdom. He followed the current king of the Levis Kingdom to learn from his father's words and handle government affairs. After King Levis defeated the Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Blair Gordon, he became the president of the Levis Trading Company.
This was the first time that Crown Prince Louis had taken to have a real position of power, so he naturally attached great importance to it and wanted to do something.
However, the complexity of Levis's business is far beyond the imagination of outsiders. Until today, Crown Prince Louis has not truly gained the right to speak in the business.
However, Crown Prince Louis did not get nothing. At least he made a friend, Doug Fry, the representative of the "Blue Calico" family from the Kingdom of France, was called "Blue Calico" family. Like him, this guy is the heir to his own families. Moreover, the two are similar in age, so their peers naturally have similar hobbies and are easier to get together.
Doug Fry would play with Crown Prince Louis because of a woman. Yes, it was the opera beauty Love who left with Crown Prince Louis at the first job fair.
The opera beauty Love, like Doug Fry, comes from the Kingdom of France. She is a famous socialite in the Kingdom of France. She has had a relationship with Doug Fry. Once at a noble banquet, Prince Louis brought Love to attend. Doug Fry happened to be there. Out of kindness, Doug Fry reminded Prince Louis.
The two met like this, and after some exchange, they formed an alliance, not only on the bed, but also under the bed.
Seeing that Prince Louis did not joke with him, Doug Fry became serious and said, "Why can the Arkham Group rise so quickly? After fighting with us, it quickly recovered and grew rapidly. It also spread its industries across the East China Sea with us, but it was smooth sailing in the East China Sea without attracting hatred, and it has a reputation?"
"Arkham Group follows the rules on the one hand, but on the other hand, it is not that it can take everyone to make money, rather than just collecting money by itself. To be more realistic, who can take you to make money, don't you call me brother?"
Doug Fry said in a deep voice: "And, after growing the Arkham Group, although the annual profits are huge, you see that Liszt himself rarely spends too much on his personal life. All those profits are invested by him in places he thinks he should invest, such as open territorial infrastructure construction, sea train construction, and secretly opening up relationships."
"What about us? Every family has the interests of each family, and even different families have conflicts of interest. If we are not on the same mind, we will definitely not be able to beat others. In the past, we could not be able to reorganize our relationships, but now we have almost reorganized our relationships, which is even more unresolved." Doug Fry said bluntly.
"With the current financial, human and material resources of the Arkham Group, it's almost the same, but why are they not doing it? Because they are already shifting their focus to other places. Look at the goods from the great route and goods from other seas. When we rack our brains and think about how to lie down for others, they have already upgraded themselves to the magnitude through another channel. They are not the same magnitude. How do you say how to fight? Just look at those goods, can we take it out? If you can't take it out, then you have to be a younger brother, because if you don't be a younger brother for others, others can help a group of younger brothers. Believe it or not, then you don't need to take action, and those younger brothers can lie down for you."
Chapter completed!