Chapter 28: Cooperation Intention
Ethan stood up, walked to Saberi with a smile, and leaned against the desk with him to show their equal status.
Then he slowly said: "Mr. Saberi, if I invest, come up with ways, help you promote, and sell all the goods, this unpopular business will become a lasting source of profit.
How much profit can I get?"
"Uh!" Saberi was stunned: "Knight Ethan, are you a businessman?"
"No!"
"No?" Saberi was even more surprised: "Then why do you know the rule that you must sit and stand together when talking about business with others? This is an obscure truth that only people who have been doing business for a long time understand."
"It doesn't matter!" Ethan smiled and said: "Since you agree with the principle of fair trade, let's talk about business.
Of course, I know that you asked me if I was a businessman, more out of consideration for my business skills.
I tell you clearly that I am not!
But this does not mean that I don't have the intuition and ability of a businessman."
Sabery looked at Ethan's serious eyes with a serious face, and after a while, he suddenly showed a smile unique to profiteers.
"I'd love to talk to you, but not now. I need to arrange the sailing first.
We've been delayed for a long time and must set sail immediately.
We must reach the territory before the sea freezes. This will be a long voyage of more than a month.
That is to say, we will have more than a month to talk slowly.
Is that okay with you?"
"Of course!" Ethan nodded: "If you are not in a hurry, I am even less in a hurry! And as you said, we have more than a month!"
"Okay! You can rest here first. If you feel uncomfortable in the office, you can also go to your room, which is next to the captain's room.
I know that you two have just got engaged and are at your most passionate.
So, I specially prepared a large double bathtub for you, I hope you like it.
Of course! I also hope that you can take care of me, an old bachelor.
When you do things along the way, keep your voice down." Saberi said with a bitter face.
Ethan's mouth twitched when he heard it.
Not long after seeing off Saberi, the "Popeye" officially hoisted the sails, started to slowly start, and headed north.
When Angelina heard that there was a double bathtub, she insisted on taking Ethan to see it, and when the boat started, she had to do something with Ethan, calling it the "Battle of Sailing"!
...
When it was dinner time, Ethan did not have dinner with Angelina, but took a plate with some bread and beef on it, and of course the indispensable mushroom soup, to find another woman.
Ethan knocked on the door gently, and heard a voice from inside, "Come in."
Lili was sitting on the narrow and hard wooden bed at this time, in a daze.
She didn't know what she had done wrong. When she woke up, she found that she was locked in this small room.
Except for someone delivering food on time every day, no one talked to her, and no one told her why she came here.
She called for help, but no one responded to her.
She was already a little desperate, and didn't know what would happen in the future?
But today, she saw a familiar stranger push the door open.
"Ethan?" Lili looked surprised: "Why are you here?"
Ethan smiled and put the food on the small table beside the bed, then sat next to Lili.
"I'm sorry to come to see you now."
Lili opened her eyes wide: "You asked someone to bring me here? Why do you want to imprison me? If you think my fee is too high, I don't need the gold coins, please let me go, I want to go home. I..."
As she said that, Lili covered her face and burst into tears.
Ethan listened to Lili venting quietly. Seeing that she was crying, he gently patted her back and said slowly:
"Please don't cry first, I will tell you everything. Please believe me, I have no ill intentions, and I am even doing this for your own good."
Lili raised her head and wiped her tears: "What happened?"
"It's all because of that killer!" Ethan said with a difficult face: "The organization that the killer belongs to is a very scary existence.
Anyone who is related to his assassination target will be implicated.
When I hid the killer in your house, I just wanted to hide him temporarily, but I accidentally dragged you into a bigger vortex.
I won't go into the details, you just need to know that now The situation is that if your whereabouts are exposed, not only will the assassin organization look for you, but a noble family will also kill you for fear that you will leak the secret.
For your safety, I took the initiative to let someone bring you here.
And I need you to go to my territory with me to ensure safety. "
After hearing this, Lili was stunned for a while: "Are you the lord?"
"Barely so!"
Lili suddenly laughed, patted Ethan's shoulder shyly, and said angrily: "When did you fall in love with me? Can't you just say it directly? You have to use this scary method to kidnap me, and find such a lame reason. "
"Uh!" Ethan's mouth twitched for a while, and thought about it carefully. He found that there was no ambiguity in what he said just now!
Why does this Miss Lili always misunderstand?
"Miss Lili!" Ethan sat up straight and said seriously: "I am telling you things very seriously, and what I said is true.
Also, I already have a fiancée. Now I am also on the ship, going to the territory together. "
After hearing this, Lili was shocked and asked weakly, "Can I not go? I want to go home!"
"If you are not afraid of death, I promise to let you go when you pass the next port." Ethan said affirmatively, "Please believe me, if I am not mistaken, as soon as you leave this ship, someone will take action immediately.
The person who takes action may be someone on the ship, and I am powerless to stop it.
Because your safety is an agreement between me and a senior executive, she will not care if you go to the territory with me.
If you leave, she will take action.
I am sorry to involve you, but things have already happened. I hope you can understand me."
Lili smiled bitterly: "I understand, I will go to the territory with you and live there, but you have to pay me a salary, and I am not a servant."
"No problem! As long as you get to the territory, you are free. You can even pick a piece of land there and build your own home!" Ethan laughed.
"Really?" Lili looked incredulous.
"Really!"
Legally, all land belongs to each lord, and every civilian living on the lord's land must pay taxes. This is a truth that every civilian knows.
Once you own a piece of land, no matter how small it is, you can be called a lord.
Of course, becoming a lord means taking on corresponding responsibilities, but land under the protection of a lord is not included.
The most common is the knight's territory, which has neither national taxes nor lord taxes. It's nothing more than a person having to work.
So Lili couldn't believe that someone would actually give her a piece of land.
"Don't regret it!" Lili said excitedly.
Ethan smiled and replied: "Just don't regret it yourself."
"If I, Lili, regret it, I'm a dog!"
