After drinking tea for a long time, chatting about some irrelevant words. After the people finished their work, Cheng Ke sent away all the servants and the guards outside the door. He knew that something must have happened to the city lord today, and it was very likely to be related to his Cheng family, otherwise the city lord would not have brought the people from the Dong family in Xilancheng to visit his Cheng family so late.

After all the servants and followers inside and outside the study room left, the people in the study room drank tea and chatted for a while. Seeing that the night was getting deeper and deeper, Cheng Ke had no choice but to ask: "What's wrong with the city lord coming so late?"

"Haha, the head of the Cheng family is really a wise man." The city lord smiled, and then said to the head of the Xilancheng family: "Host Dong, please tell me."

Everyone in the Cheng family looked at Dong Han, the head of the Dong family, and for a moment they couldn't understand what the two of them were doing.

"Okay, then let me say it." The head of the Dong family looked at the people of the Cheng family and said, "I want to believe that everyone knows that the climate in our Xilan City is much colder than that in Luocheng. Our Dong family is doing a small and small fur business in Xilan City. It is from the border town of Xilan City and Daqi, and the weather is colder there, so we often sell the fur of the monster to the border town of Daqi at a high price." The head of the Dong family stopped and took a sip of tea, then looked at the city lord.

"Actually, the Dong family is here this time to cooperate with you to hunt monsters in the 100,000 mountains to obtain fur and sell them to the border town of Daqi. You can also consider that the fur of monsters in Xilan City and Daqi's border town of Daqi is even more expensive than gems." The city lord said with help.

"The monster fur of our Dong family has been purchased from the Imperial City, and the profit is too low. And this time, several big families in the Xilan City have made up all the fur business in the Imperial City, and our Dong family and some small families have no source of goods. We really have no choice but to come to find my old friend, Lord Xia. This method was also provided by him. Lord Xia has always recommended to work with you Cheng family, so I want to come and visit and find out your tone." The head of the Dong family looked at the Cheng family, as if waiting for an answer.

"The head of the Dong family is too polite. It's just that my Cheng family has always been in the business of escort agencies and has never done a business with Warcraft Fur. Moreover, my Cheng family is just a small family with too little funds, so I'm afraid I can't take on this heavy responsibility." Cheng Ke said tentatively. He wouldn't just take on the benefits of coming to the door.

"Master Cheng, you have been worried about it. What else can you worry about with the city lord here? And the city lord is also in this cooperation." The head of the Dong family saw Cheng Ke's concern, so he pulled the city lord out as bait.

"Master Cheng, I think this matter is possible. Besides, I don't need much money. I can give you discounts on taxes in Luocheng. The business you did was just for transporting monster fur in the future, and nothing could be missed. As for the funds you mentioned, at the beginning, a large amount of funds might be needed in Luocheng, Xilancheng and Daqi's border construction chambers. If the business is on the right path, the money will be able to operate soon. I probably found someone to calculate that these expenses may cost 500,000 taels of gold in total." The city lord looked at Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke was shocked when he heard this number. Not to mention 500,000 taels of gold, the Cheng family is now selling 50,000 taels of gold. But he still asked: "What if the business is not good?"

"People in the Cheng family should be assured. If you cooperate, you will only be responsible for hunting monsters here. As for the fur transactions of monsters in Xilan City and Daqi Border City, our Dong family has also had some connections over the years. As long as the supply of goods is sufficient, our Dong family can guarantee that we can recover all the costs in one year, and we can start making money in the next year." The Dong family head was very confident, so that everyone in the Cheng family was a little moved.

"We are responsible for hunting monsters, are you responsible for buying and selling monster fur?" Cheng Ke felt something was wrong in this matter. It was actually a cooperative business, and no matter where you have to have your own people.

"It's mainly like this." The head of the Dong family said, then understood what Cheng Ke meant, so he continued: "The main division of labor is that you are responsible for hunting, and we are responsible for buying and selling. In terms of details, we will also send experts from the family to Luocheng to hunt monsters with you, and you will also send some people who know how to do business or manage the accounting to go to Xilan City and Daqi's border town to buy and sell the fur of the monsters. As for the city lord, he doesn't care about anything, as long as the dividends at the end of the year will be done. In fact, only the two of us are cooperating, which will be less trouble." The head of the Dong family told all the details to the Cheng family and sat quietly.

"If we want to cooperate, how much funds will our Cheng family have to spend?" Cheng Ke is most concerned about the funding issue.

"The current situation is that the city lord pays 50,000 taels of gold. All the property of our Dong family is only 200,000 taels of gold. If you borrow some from relatives and friends, it will be about 300,000 taels of gold. So if your Cheng family wants to cooperate, you must give out 200,000 taels of gold. The city lord's 50,000 taels will be our future start-up cost." The head of the Dong family said a rough figure.

"So much!" Cheng Ke couldn't react when he heard this number. Several elders of the Cheng family were stunned for a long time. This money was simply astronomical for the Cheng family.

"This is already a careful calculation. We originally planned to build four chambers of commerce in the border town of Daqi, one general chamber of commerce in the city of Xilan, and another five small chambers of commerce in Luocheng. Then we bought a piece of land in Luocheng to build a warehouse for the placement of warcraft fur. But the funds calculated in this way were much beyond our ability to bear. So in the end we decided to build two chambers of commerce in the border town of Daqi and three small chambers of commerce in the city of Xilan, and there was still a general chamber of commerce and a large warehouse in Luocheng. In this way, 500,000 taels of gold were enough." The head of the Dong family whispered. If the city lord had not recommended him to come to the Cheng family for cooperation, he would not have known the Cheng family at all.

"Master Cheng, please think more. The opportunity is rare. Let's talk about it in one year. You will get your money back in one year, and you will start making money in the next year. You can't miss such a good business." The Lord of Luocheng stood up. "Okay, it's getting late. Please discuss it and just reply in a few days."

The Cheng family did not try to keep them anymore. After sending the city lord and the Dong family to the gate, they all looked at each other. Everyone could see what the other person was thinking. But the head of the family did not say anything. No matter how much they wanted, it would be a way to go. Moreover, the Cheng family could not afford so much money at all.

"Okay, it's getting late. Let's go back to rest. I'll go to the conference hall to discuss this matter tomorrow." Cheng Ke turned around and entered the door. The remaining elders stared at each other. After a while, the door of the Cheng family was closed.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!