Chapter 30: Blue Jewelry Store and Rent Collection (Please read on)

Chapter 30 ‘Blue Jewelry Shop’ and ‘Rent Collection’ (Please Read)

“Master, the investigation has been completed. All the internal personnel related to this matter have been dealt with, and the master has also sent a letter.”

Listening to William’s words, Chen Mu gently rubbed his eyebrows.

“Have the rents owed been collected?”

“Some of them have been collected. Several shops run by large noble families said they would wait a while.”

“Well, I understand.”

Chen Mu spoke softly to show that he understood.

It has to be said that the Golden Lion Market that his father, Earl Arthur, left to him is a mess.

Although everything seems good on the surface, it is not the case in reality.

The people below are greedy and slacking off.

Even the rents of many shops in the market have been owed for a long time.

These big families obviously don’t lack this little gold coin, but they still owe rents, which makes Chen Mu a little impatient now.

Chen Mu doesn’t know whether Earl of Golden Lion doesn’t understand the situation here or intends to test him, but he has been busy these days.

As for the greed for money, Chen Mu has almost dealt with it in the past few days.

After the investigation, Chen Mu realized that the greed of his subordinates could not be blamed entirely on Earl Arthur, because Earl Arthur rarely checked the accounts.

You should know that his father, Earl Arthur, is responsible for the entire Far East Territory, and Far East City is only a part of the Far East Territory.

The entire Far East Territory has more than a dozen cities.

Earl Arthur naturally cannot take care of all of them, so his father will promote some of the people to help him manage.

The accounts of the Golden Lion Market have always been in charge of Mousse. Mousse is greedy, so you can imagine the people below.

It’s not that Earl Arthur has no vision, but Mousse did his best in his early years.

But once a person is in a high position, he naturally can’t control himself, not to mention that some big families in the market are also involved in this matter.

“Can you be more direct and use force?”

Chen Mu asked William intentionally.

Hearing this, William sneered: "Of course, otherwise they will really treat us as soft persimmons."

In fact, it's not that Chen Mu doesn't want to directly push these shops, but these shops exist for a reason.

So Chen Mu thought about it and said:

"It's not enough to just use force. These shops are opened by some noble families, and their shops are necessary to exist. If they are all cleared, the Golden Lion Market will no longer be the same as before.

Of course, we can't use no force at all, otherwise, as you said, we will really be treated as soft persimmons."

It's not impossible to just use the family's armed forces to push directly, but not to the point.

It's not worth it to tear up with these families because of some rents. Chen Mu is naturally clear about this.

So the combination of hardness and softness is Chen Mu's plan.

"Let's start here!"

Chen Mu pointed his finger at a name on the paper in front of him and said.

William heard Chen Mu's words and looked at the position of Chen Mu's finger. There were five words written on it - Azure Jewelry Store.

When Chen Mu and William came to the interior of the Blue Jewelry Shop, there were already quite a few people here.

Most of them were noble ladies, wearing gorgeous robes and headdresses, and wearing expensive jewelry and ornaments.

There were no young and handsome nobles like Chen Mu.

Blue Jewelry Shop is a shop opened by the Blue Eagle Family in the Golden Lion Market.

The person in charge is a jeweler from the Blue Eagle Family.

This jewelry shop can be said to be the largest jewelry shop in the Golden Lion Market.

Some jewelry, metal crafts and valuables are sold here.

There is a large window inside the jewelry shop.

The counter is facing outwards to display the goods, most of which are finely made jewelry and expensive materials.

It is hard to imagine that such a large jewelry store would default on such a small rent.

"Call your manager and say that the people from the Golden Lion Family are here to discuss something."

Chen Mu casually stopped an apprentice and said.

The apprentice who was stopped by Chen Mu had no dissatisfaction. He looked at Chen Mu and William behind Chen Mu and respectfully went to find the manager.

After a while, a middle-aged man in merchant clothes was brought to Chen Mu by the apprentice.

"Shall we go inside and talk?"

Hearing Chen Mu's words, the merchant nodded and took Chen Mu and William to the jewelry room.

When he arrived at the jewelry room, Chen Mu subconsciously looked around.

It's called a jewelry room, but it's actually a place to identify jewelry.

There were some identification instruments randomly placed on the table, some of which Chen Mu was unfamiliar with.

"I won't beat around the bush with you. I don't care what the Golden Lion Market looked like before. Now that I'm in charge here, I naturally follow my rules."

Chen Mu didn't hesitate and said straight to the point. While speaking, he handed a badge to the person from the Blue Eagle family in front of him.

The person in charge naturally didn't neglect it. He quickly took the badge and looked it up and down and handed it back to Chen Mu.

This badge is actually a token to verify the identity, indicating that Chen Mu is a member of the Golden Lion family.

"Don't worry, sir, we will definitely follow your rules."

The person in charge of the jewelry store said, his tone full of response.

So cooperative? Chen Mu was a little surprised.

"Okay, then pay the overdue rent first."

Chen Mu stared at the middle-aged man in front of him and said.

"Don't worry, young master, we will definitely pay it, but the family's gold coins haven't arrived yet, can you wait a few more months?"

The middle-aged man spoke decisively, but anyone could hear the delay in his tone.

Upon hearing this, William, who was standing behind Chen Mu, immediately prepared to take a step forward, but was stopped by Chen Mu gently reaching out.

In fact, he doesn't want to take action if the problem can be solved by just talking.

"Turn it over now. It's not like we haven't waited. We have been waiting for a year and two months."

Chen Mu said, there was no anger in his tone, just calmness.

The fact is that as Chen Mu said, this blue jewelry store has not paid rent for a year and two months.

Normally, rent for large stores in Golden Lion Market is paid once a month.

"this"

Hearing Chen Mu's words, the middle-aged man's face became a little ugly, but it only took a moment, and he quickly adjusted back.

"Sir, can you?"

"No, pay it now, otherwise you won't be able to leave this jewelry store."

Chen Mu interrupted the middle-aged man's words, and then looked around.

He didn't believe that such a big jewelry store couldn't afford such a small amount of rent.

The middle-aged man naturally heard the threat in Chen Mu's mouth.

Then his face suddenly became a little stiff, and even the smile that had been hanging on his face turned into a dry smile.

In fact, it's not that the Blue Eagle family doesn't want to have friends, it's that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

These rent arrears actually ended up going into his own pocket.

"William, smash it!"

Chen Mu's expression instantly became impatient, he waved his hand and said.

I am so shameless to you!

"No, no, no, I'll do it, I'll do it!"

Seeing that William behind Chen Mu actually picked up the knight's sword and was about to take action, the middle-aged man quickly suppressed a sentence.

If the store really gets smashed, the family will have to peel off his skin.

Please read~ These chapters are transitional and we will enter the main plot immediately. You can guess when the protagonist will become a wizard, hehehe~