Chapter 63 The Impact of Restoration of Business Roads

In King's Landing, Linde's financial officer Moose got down from the sedan chair and looked at the house in front of him with emotion.

This is the Sea Trade Merchants Club in King's Landing City. A few months ago, he was a guest here, and then he was kicked out because of bankruptcy. Now he is back here, but his identity is no longer an ordinary businessman.

After adjusting his mentality, Mus stepped into the house. He originally thought that his arrival would attract attention. After all, when he was kicked out that day, he was in such a mess and looked so ugly. He felt that everyone in the club was attracted by it. Watching his jokes.

However, now he found that he was thinking too much. Whether they knew him or not, after seeing him, they just nodded slightly towards him, and then continued to talk quietly with the people around him and discuss the matter. A deal.

Finding that he did not receive as much attention as he imagined, Musi felt a little disappointed and smiled to himself.

At this time, a club servant waiting at the door saw the white-haired and wrinkled Musi. He couldn't help but be stunned. He knew Musi, but he only knew the middle-aged Musi, and now the Musi was dozens of years older than he remembered. If he hadn't known that Musi's father had passed away long ago, he might have recognized the man in front of him as Musi's father.

"Mr. Mus, Lord Rees is waiting for you, please follow me." The servant quickly adjusted his mentality, walked to Mus, bowed his head and said.

After saying that, the servant led Musi to a small house behind the club, knocked on the door, and said, "Sir, Mr. Musi is already here."

"Let him in." A man's voice came from inside.

Musi pushed the door open and walked in. He saw a middle-aged man with a sea breeze scar on his face and plain clothes sitting next to a bookshelf, looking through the books in his hands. After seeing Musi come in, he put down the books. , said in a cold tone: "Sorry, Mr. Mus, my legs are a little inconvenient and I can't get up to greet you."

Musi stepped forward and saluted, and said: "Lord Reese, you are welcome, I..."

"There's no need to talk nonsense. Our time is precious. Have you brought the list?" Reese Farwell said slightly rudely.

"Bring it." In front of Rhys Farwell, a large businessman, Musi didn't have any confidence at all. He honestly took out the list of various supplies that Lind asked him to purchase and put it on the desk.

Rhys Farwell picked up the list and looked at it. There were many items on it. In addition to food, the most important thing was horses. There were quite a few, as many as two hundred, and all of them had to be war horses. Naturally, their prices were not It's comparable to ordinary horses.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Rhys Farwell put the list back on the table and said to Moose: "I will collect the items on the list and hand them over to your master as soon as possible."

"Then I'll trouble you, Lord Reese." Moose looked happy. During this period, he had been very busy trying to get the supplies on the list. Now that Reese Farwell has taken over all the supplies, this naturally makes him A lot more relaxed.

Moose then returned to his businessman state and bargained: "Then the price of these things, Mr. Reese, can you lower it appropriately from the market price? After all, even if you lower the price for such a large business, you can do it." Make a lot of money.”

Hearing Moose's words, Reese Farwell was completely stunned. He looked at Moose in surprise and asked doubtfully: "What reduction?"

"Is this the price at which we purchased these goods?" Moose didn't understand why Reese Farwell asked this. He felt that his words should be easy to understand, but he still took out a copy of his collection from his pocket. Price list, explained seriously: "You see, although the prices of these types of grains have increased a lot in recent times, it is only because the heavy rain in the south has flooded some fields. The big grain merchants in Junlin deliberately stockpile grain. Once the Hejian If food is transported from the land and the Reach, the price of food will inevitably..."

"Wait, wait a minute!" Reese Farwell looked at Moose with a strange look on his face, and asked in a deep voice, "Isn't this list the ransom list issued by your master?"

"Ransom list?" Moose asked with a confused look, "Whose is it?"

"My second son Bert," Rhys Farwell said.

"Lord Bert?" Moose asked even more puzzledly: "Lord Bert is now Lord Linde's affairs officer, and is Lord Linde's very reliable affairs advisor. He..." As he spoke, he stopped and said He looked at Rhys Farwell with a dumbfounded face and said, "What did Lord Bert say in the letter to you? Why does it make you think that he is a prisoner and needs ransom?"

Rhys Farwell was stunned when he heard this. He quickly took out Bert's letter from his arms and read it carefully.

Soon he realized that Bert's letter did not mention the ransom at all. He just told him that he was at Lind's place now and asked him to contact King's Landing's financial officer Muss as soon as possible. From the beginning to the end, there was no mention of prisoners and The ransom thing.

He knew that his second son Bert was accidentally selected by the family to join the army recruited by Lord Tywin. However, he was at sea at the time and had no time to stop him. Then he received this letter from Bert.

He had also heard about the reputation of the bear hunter Lind, and knew that Lind was a knight of the Tyrell family. Now that Burt was with Lind, it was difficult for him not to think that Burt was a prisoner and that Lind wanted a ransom from him. , which led to the current misunderstanding.

Reese Farwell did not completely believe what Moose said, and asked: "Mr. Moose, please tell me carefully about Bert's current situation, okay?"

"Sorry, I have been in King's Landing collecting various supplies for Lord Linde, and I don't know Lord Bert's current situation." Moose shook his head and said, "However, from the recent letter sent from Tengshi Town, Judging from the signatures of Sir Bert, Sir Bert should be in charge of the reconstruction of Tengshi Town Pier now."

"Reconstruction of Tengshi Town Pier?" Reese Farwell was very sensitive to the business opportunities hidden in this matter, so he asked: "Can you elaborate in more detail?"

"Of course." Mus nodded, and then said that Lind had cooperated with the Countess of Tengshi Town to repair the road from Rose Avenue to Tengshi Town, and drove away the bandits in that area to ensure the safety of the road. , and also rebuilt the river terminal in Tengshi Town and restored the Mande River river trade route.

After hearing this, Rhys Farwell still couldn't help but confirm: "Are you saying that the river transport from the upper reaches to the lower reaches of the Mander River has been restored?"

Moose nodded and said: "Yes, this matter has not spread yet, but the merchants in King's Landing should be able to receive the news in two days." As he spoke, he couldn't help but show excitement on his face Smiling, he said: "By then, it should cause quite a stir among the merchants!"

Just as Moose had guessed, the roads in Tengshi Town were restored and the Mander River trade route was reopened. This news caused a lot of excitement among the merchants in King's Landing. Any merchant with a little bit of brains could see this. What a huge business opportunity this thing contains.

You must know that caravan transportation on Rose Avenue has not yet resumed. North-south freight can only take the Esplanade from Casterly Rock City to Highgarden. This not only requires a long detour and increases transportation time, but more importantly, various goods in the Western Territory Business taxes are very high, which greatly reduces the income of businessmen.

Now that the road from Rose Avenue to Tengshi Town has been restored, the caravan's freight can go directly to Tengshi Town, and then go south along the Mande River. This not only saves time, but also pays a lot less tax, and also Much safer.

However, the area around Tengshi Town has always been a place where bandits are rampant in the eyes of these businessmen. Now it is suddenly said that the abandoned road has been repaired, the bandits on both sides of the road have been eliminated, and safety can be guaranteed. This makes them a little confused for a while. , not sure whether the news is true or false.

However, there are also some adventurous and broad-minded people among the businessmen. After they learned that the person responsible for clearing out the bandits around Tengshi Town was the bear hunter Linde, they all felt that this might be true, so they While everyone was still watching, a caravan was formed to head to Tengshi Town.

This caravan is not only transporting goods, but also people related to real estate, entertainment, etc. have also joined in. They believe that once this trade road is restored, Tengshi Town will inevitably prosper again, and the land in Tengshi Town will , the value of the house will increase exponentially. In addition, the town is prosperous, with more people coming and going, and facilities such as pubs, brothels, and casinos are naturally indispensable. If you go there now, you can take the lead.

Although other cautious merchants did not join this caravan, they were not idle either. Instead, they actively prepared various goods. Once the news about Tengshi Town was confirmed, they could immediately form a caravan and hit the road without wasting any money. a little time.

While the merchants in King's Landing were excited about the restoration of Tengshi Town, far away in Casterly Rock in the West, Duke Tywin, who had just returned from King's Landing, listened to the reports of his officials expressionlessly, and at the same time, he put some food on the table Opening and reading military intelligence letters one by one.

"Where's Kevan?" Duke Tywin asked after hearing the relevant report.

The official quickly replied: "Lord Kevan went to the Crake Hall a few days ago."

"Why is he going to the Crake Hall?" Lord Tywin frowned and asked.

The official replied: "Some time ago, the Ironmen landed on the coast near Raji Hall and looted the villages around Raji Hall. A caravan of ours happened to be passing by there and was also robbed by the Ironmen."

Duke Tywin frowned and asked, "It's just that a caravan was robbed. Does Kevan need to go there?"

The official replied: "It seems that a few ironmen were captured over there at the Crake Hall, and some information was obtained from the ironborn. Lord Kevan rushed over there after reading the letter sent from the Crake Hall. "

Duke Tywin knew very well the character of his younger brother. If it was not a very important matter, he would not put down his affairs in such a hurry and rush to the Crake Hall, so he ordered: "Bring me the letter." look."

The official quickly found the letter and handed it to Lord Tywin.

Duke Tywin looked through it and his face became a little serious. The content of the letter was very simple. After the Ironborn were tortured at the Crake Hall, they learned that Balon Greyjoy was gathering men, but he didn't know how to gather men. What is the purpose of.

Apparently Kevan, who received the letter, was worried that Balon Greyjoy was gathering men to plunder the West, so he went to Crake Hall to confirm the news.

Compared to Kevan's concern, Duke Tywin's attitude towards this letter seemed much calmer. Although the Ironborn plundering was not a happy thing, he did not think that this level of pirates How much harm would the plundering do to the Westerlands? Balon Greyjoy and the Ironborn under his rule were nothing more than annoying flies in his eyes.

Compared with the ironborn plundering, the thing that worries Lord Tywin the most now is the series of plans he has made on the Golden Road and the Blackwater River.

Although from various intelligence points of view, things were going very well and everything was going as planned, he still had a sense of uneasiness and felt that something was wrong with the plan.

Duke Tywin poured himself a glass of wine. After taking a sip, he turned to his affairs officer and asked, "Is there any latest information on the Golden Road?"

"No." The clerk replied truthfully.

The uneasiness in Lord Tywin's heart did not disappear.

Then, he picked up the relevant information and read it again. Perhaps because of his different mentality, he quickly discovered some problems. The information about the army he sent to the east of the Mander River was missing from the information.

Although in his plan, that army was not particularly important, and its role was only to cooperate with the Scorpions and other bandit gangs to cause trouble on Rose Avenue and attract the attention of the Tyrell family there.

However, after the tournament, Hand of the King Jon Arryn had some discussions with the Tyrell family, and the attention of the Tyrell family would be attracted to the Rose Avenue even without him being induced, so that The role of an army will be much smaller.

However, according to common sense, the army should report on the situation every five days, but more than a month ago, this army seemed to have disappeared, and no news was reported. This is obviously unreasonable.

Just as Duke Tywin was thinking about the problem, the door was opened, and the intelligence manager who followed him walked in, and then handed Duke Tywin a copy of the raven letter he had just received in his hand, and said: " This was sent from Junlin."

Lord Tywin opened it and looked at it, and the expression on his face became serious, even a little gloomy.

"Has it been confirmed?" Lord Tywin asked in a deep voice.

"Not yet," the intelligence chief shook his head, and added: "Since King's Landing dares to send it, there should be nothing wrong."

Duke Tywin put the note on the table, and saw the news about the restoration of trade routes in Tengshi Town on the note.

After a moment of silence, Duke Tywin ordered: "Cancel all plans on the Golden Road and let all troops withdraw from the territory of Tengshi Town."

"Are you going to give up like this?" the intelligence chief asked with some confusion.

"If you don't give up like this, do you have to wait until the Tyrells and the Fordleys file a complaint against the Iron Throne?" Duke Tywin looked at his intelligence chief with a cold face and said solemnly: "In addition, "Tell them to take everything they can with them when they withdraw, especially people."

"Yes, sir." The intelligence chief responded.