Chapter 692 Poverty is the root of conflict

"Great, dad is fine."

"You scared us to death. Why didn't you reply just now? We thought something happened to you?"

"It's a false alarm, it's a false alarm. Thank you to all the villagers for your helping hand."

"Why are you so polite? Isn't it right for neighbors to help each other? I believe that if something happens to us, you guys will do the same."

"Grandpa, who are those two outsiders? Why did they come to our village?"

Seeing Haranson appear at the door of the tower, the villagers of Nimir Village couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. The old mage was the strongest person in their village. If he was an enemy that he couldn't fight against, just a group of farmers could do it. It is to add food, but as the villagers have the obligation to watch each other, they have to come, because this is their way of survival. If they do not lend a helping hand when others are in danger, when they encounter threats, Don't expect others to help you either.

"What a beautiful woman!"

"Is this the lady from Sousal?"

"Hey, how can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?"

"What beautiful clothes, beautiful jewelry, and such a noble temperament."

"What a handsome, strong, and elegant young man. Is he a nobleman from Susar?"

When the villagers of Nimir Village saw the man and woman who came out with Haranson, their eyes were straightened, and they all focused on Ms. Gowther.

Although she is respectfully called Mother Gowther by the escort girls, she is actually not very old. She is in the best age of her life and exudes the charm of a mature woman. Her previous career made her pay great attention to skin care and is very good at grooming. Gavin directly dragged her from Sousal, and she was wearing the most popular close-fitting evening dress in Sousal. The complicated tassels and tulle design showed its nobility, and the close-fitting design perfectly displayed it. It highlights the beauty of the female silhouette, and the black leather and red-soled high heels make her full of nobility, which is incompatible with the rural scene of Nimir Village.

Even the princes and nobles of the City of Glory and Susar City could not resist the charm of Ms. Gowther, let alone the villagers in these countryside.

It's just that the focus of men and women is different. Men are attracted by her peerless appearance, while women pay more attention to her clothes and jewelry, and then are attracted by Gavin next to her. Since the charm has entered the extraordinary, he is now no matter what. Wherever he goes, he becomes the focus of attention from women. Who gives him such a special ability as a female friend!

Then again, this ability is only an assist, the most important thing is Gavin's own growth.

Phase comes from the heart.

A person's appearance is not static, but changes slightly with inner improvement. Gavin's current self-confidence is beyond the comparison of ordinary people.

All in all, the two sides are people from two completely different worlds. This difference does not require artificial distinction at all. The dressing and temperament help them distinguish.

Harlanson coughed lightly and said, "These two noble gentlemen from Sussar, um, I haven't asked you how to call them?"

"Just call me Gavin. This is Ms. Gowther."

"Mr. Gavin and Mrs. Gowther heard about the fact that the water in our canals can glow. They want to cooperate with us to sell glowing water bottles and make our village and villagers rich." Harlanson directly told Ni The villagers of Mill Village explained Gavin’s purpose.

"Ha... I knew it would be like this. Dad, this is not a trick you are playing on us. I don't know where you hired two actors to pretend to be noble lords from Sousal, just to make us Will you agree to your ridiculous proposal? How can anyone spend a lot of money to buy this kind of thing? When it gets dark, everyone goes to bed, so we only use it for free. ”

"I thought there was something wrong with this matter before. How could the lords and nobles of Susar City come to our village late at night? If Dad found someone to pretend to be him, that would make sense."

"Dad, you went a little too far in this matter and betrayed our trust in you."

"Dad Harlanson, it's not that we deliberately blocked it, but we just couldn't afford to bother. It was you who proposed the introduction of the explosive crayfish, but it attracted electric eels. In less than half a year, five of our people died. Under the electric shock, although the Stark bush has a restraining effect on them, no one can ensure that all the electric eels have eaten the Stark bush, and the power generation capacity has been restricted. In the long run, there will be no one in our village at all. No one dares to touch the water, let alone farm.”

"My previous suggestion is to destroy all canals, kill all electric eels, and plant crops that are suitable for dry land. For example, planting grapes on a large area and making wine is a good choice. I heard that there is a victorian in the valley. The ghost wine brewed in Zemei Manor can be sold for hundreds of gold coins per bottle. We don’t need hundreds of gold coins. We can make a profit by selling only ten gold coins per bottle.”

"This is an even more stupid suggestion. We don't have large-scale winemaking technology. It will take at least several years for the vineyard to take shape. What will we eat and drink during this period? We will starve to death before the grapes are ripe for winemaking. I think Dad's suggestion is feasible. Although his ideas always encounter twists and turns, we all know that Dad is completely kind-hearted and does it for the village and the villagers. He has no selfish motives. You see, he paid for all his research expenses himself, and his descendants broke up with him for this reason. We should give him another chance. Maybe he will succeed this time? Really lead our village to prosperity?"

"Think about it first. How many times has he said this?

When we dug a large number of canals for irrigation, he said this. As a result, when we gathered together, After investing in the construction of the Niu La water tower and digging a large number of canals, the water could not flow to the fields at all.

He also said the same thing when introducing the unpalatable and fertile crayfish. As a result, the canal was repaired, but the aquaculture industry we had just started was destroyed. All the fry were eaten by these crayfish, and electric eels were also introduced.

He still said the same thing when buying Stark shrubs to suppress the power generation of electric eels. As a result, five good men were electrocuted to death.

This is an extremely dangerous industry. If we continue, we will have to deal with electricity all day long. Maybe you will be the next to die. Anyway, I don’t agree to start this industry. "

When they heard that they were going to sell luminous water bottles, many villagers in Nimier Village exploded on the spot, and many people directly pointed their spearheads at the old wizard Harlanson.

Gavin just listened for a few minutes and basically figured out the main crux of Nimier Village.

The villagers' short-sightedness was not the main reason. The main reason was that their finances were exhausted. In order to build canals, ox-drawn water towers, introduce explosive crayfish, buy Stark shrubs and other investments, they had spent all the little money they had accumulated over the years. Many families had no surplus food. How could they have more money to buy glass bottles and then transport the luminous water bottles?

This was still a risky investment. Who knew if the same moths would appear again in the process? They could not withstand any storms.

The old wizard Harland also faced the same dilemma. All his few wealth was invested in this research. He did not have a good business mind and had no way to recover the funds. Finally, the current deadlock appeared.

Finding the crux of the matter made things easier. He coughed and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, can you listen to me for a few words? After listening to my suggestions..."

"What qualifications do you have as a hired actor to make suggestions?"

"This is our village's own business, and we don't need outsiders to interfere."

"Sorry, this is our own business. Please forgive our villagers' rudeness. They have no ill intentions."

The excited villagers of Nimir Village could not even listen to the advice of the respected old wizard Harlanson, let alone a stranger of unknown origin. Several young and energetic people directly choked back.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gavin stopped talking nonsense and took out three huge gold coin boxes from the portable dimension hole.

These gold coin boxes were specially customized by Gavin for those woad tree people. They were equipped with mechanisms. When the boxes were dropped on the flat ground, the box lids would automatically pop open, and the gold coins inside would jump around, but none of them would jump out (this was the effect of the binding magic). The golden light emitted made people unable to take their eyes away (using the magic constant light spell).

This magic gold coin box was jokingly called the "Pretentious Gold Box" by Gavin. The value of the box was far higher than the 10,000 gold coins inside, and it was used in occasions like today.

This is definitely a pretending and slapping artifact, and the effect is very good. Just look at the reaction in the field.

All the villagers in Nimir Village stretched their necks involuntarily, as if they were cast under a spell of immobilization, and their eyes were fixed on the three boxes of gold coins. Many people not only forgot to speak, but even forgot to breathe, and their faces were flushed. After a few minutes, the field fell into a greater commotion.

"Mage...Mage...A mage with a dimensional space...Sorry...I didn't mean to yell at you just now. I just didn't know...Your Excellency is a mage...Please...Your Excellency, please punish me."

"Aren't they actors invited by my father? Are they really noble lords and ladies from Susal City? But...but where did they hear about our small place, and where did they hear about our canal glowing?"

"Golden lions, so many golden lions, I have never seen so many gold coins in my life, this must be tens of thousands."

"Thirty thousand, at least thirty thousand, ten thousand per box."

"Do I have the right to speak now, do I have the qualifications to make suggestions?" Gavin spoke again leisurely.

Although this may seem pretentious, it must be said that the effect is very good. As long as you prove your financial strength, the attitude of these ordinary people towards you will immediately change 180 degrees.

"Yes, yes, yes, we just didn't know the real thing. I don't know if Master Gavin has any good suggestions. Just tell us. We are all ears."

"It was definitely a misunderstanding just now. It was definitely a misunderstanding. What are you all still standing there for? Please invite this master and his wife to our meeting barn. We will sit down and talk slowly."

"That's right, how can we let the honorable master and lady endure the cold wind here?"

When many villagers spoke, their eyes fell on the three boxes of gold coins involuntarily, as if their eyes had turned golden.

Poverty!

It was the source of their biggest dispute. When the real gold coins were placed in front of them, many people threw their original ideas out of the window without hesitation.

"This is a good place. It's the best place to talk about the sale of luminous water bottles with the light of the luminous water bottles." Gavin didn't care so much. Instead of going back and forth, he would rather cut the Gordian knot and said, "I plan to build a glass water lamp production factory in your village, which is what you call luminous water bottles. I have prepared two plans.

The first plan is that I will spend a lot of money to buy all the ownership of the water channels from you. When the glass water lamp production factory is built, I will give priority to hiring workers from your village for production. The wages will be paid monthly and will never be delayed.

The second plan is that you will invest in the water channels and I will inject funds to open a village-run enterprise in the name of Nimier Village. The villagers of Nimier Village will hold collective shares in this factory. When the factory makes money, it will be divided according to the shares you hold. The employees of this production factory will also be recruited from your village first. The hire is also paid monthly, which is considered as production cost and has nothing to do with the collective shares you hold.

As long as you are willing to cooperate, no matter which plan you choose, I will leave a deposit of 100,000 gold coins in your village, but you need to sign a confidentiality agreement with me to ensure that you will no longer disclose the manufacturing method of glass water lamps to any outsiders. It is strictly forbidden to produce glass water lamps privately, except for those approved by our factory. "

The difficulty of counterfeiting glass water lamps is not particularly high. As long as you understand the process, you can copy it. Gavin's current confidentiality agreement is just a preventive measure to delay the competitive merchants who get the news one day at a time, and grab the largest share before their counterfeit products come out. The rest is to enter the normal commercial mode such as price war. It is impossible to monopolize like ghost wine.

"A deposit of 100,000 gold lions? Doesn't that mean each of us can get more than 200 gold lions? Then all our investment over the years will be recovered."

"The deposit alone is 100,000, so the money for buying the canal must be higher than this, how much is it exactly?"

"You haven't told me how much you are going to spend on our canal?"

"Yes, how much are you willing to spend on our canal?"

"You tell me a price first, then we can consider it."

The villagers of Nimier Village were not staring straight this time, but their eyes were shining with gold. Even if these three boxes of gold lions were dazzling, they had nothing to do with them. They could only enjoy their eyes, but the deposit had a direct relationship with them.

I didn't expect that the canal that they regarded as chicken ribs and wanted to demolish was so valuable.

Everyone was eager to ask about the real price of the canal. It can't be blamed for their short-sightedness. They were just a group of farmers. How could they have such a high business mind to easily see which of the two plans would make more profit?

Gavin started the money-throwing mode and dropped a heavy bomb: "One million, as long as all the villagers in your village agree and are willing to sign a buyout agreement with me, I will pay one million golden lions in one lump sum."

In fact, facing this innovative industry, Gavin can completely take advantage of the ignorance of these villagers and buy the canal at a lower price, and he doesn't even have to throw out a second plan.

But he is not the kind of profiteer who is purely for the purpose of making money. At least he opened various factories and built various new industries, not just for making money. This is just to bring wealth to more people, show them how to make money, and collect their favor to the greatest extent. One day, when he is ready to dabble in trade, wealth and money, they will naturally become his first believers.

"One million golden lions?"

"One million golden lions?!"

"One million golden lions?!?"

For a while, all the sounds in the field were incredible exclamations, and each one was louder and sharper than the last. The same sentence expressed countless meanings, such as shock, disbelief, etc.

"One million gold lions, what are you waiting for? Sign the agreement quickly and the canal in our village will be yours."

"I agree. If we have one million gold lions, just take out half of it, and we can go to a more convenient place to buy a manor that is larger than our village. We don't have to deal with the sticky stuff of the exploding crayfish and those deadly electric eels."

"That's right. As long as we have money, we can do any industry we want. Those who are willing to do business can do business, and those who are willing to grow grapes can grow grapes. Even if we move to Susar City, if a family has tens of thousands of gold lions, they have the capital to survive."

"Hey, if you ask me, going to Susar City is the stupidest decision. Tens of thousands of gold lions only give you the capital to survive, and you are still at the bottom of the entire city. How can you buy a small manor in other places and be more comfortable as a landlord? After farming for a lifetime, shouldn't we relax?"

The villagers of Nimir Village gathered here, without any hesitation, regardless of gender, age or status, all supported this proposal.

As for whether Gavin could come up with one million gold lions, the enthusiastic crowd forgot to consider it for a while. They were completely led into inertial thinking by Gavin's previous generosity of spending a lot of money. They lost their ability to think in a short period of time and followed his ideas completely. Many frauds and pyramid schemes are operated in this way.

One million gold lions is not a small amount.

When Gavin killed the young red dragon of the East Road, the cash he directly took out from the dragon's nest was only more than 500,000 Nubao (Cormier's gold lions and Sambia's Nubao are almost equivalent in the market, and both are used in most places in Cormier and Sambia), which was his accumulation of plunder for more than ten years.

In the Kingdom of Cormier, it can buy a medium-sized castle, a large manor, or acquire a medium-sized chamber of commerce with people and goods.

When the conqueror army just set out on the road of conquest, Gavin had no more than two million liquid funds in his hands.