Chapter 954: Collision In the Silver Clam Hall, Lin Qi and the three of them sat at the dining table, and all kinds of extremely expensive food were piled up on the long table.
Food is described as expensive, which is a very strange thing.
But that's the way it is to the Jewel Club, where all the food and drinks are not the best, but the most expensive.
Even if the texture and taste are exactly the same, only the most expensive one will enter the eyes of the top chefs here.
The most expensive ingredients in the Western Continent and even in the Odin Ice Fields and the Black Spirit Continent, after being processed by top chefs, add at least one zero and at most three zeros to the cost price, which is the top luxury that the Pearl Shadow Club provides to its members.
The Mithril fork plunged into a fresh purple oyster, and Edwards happily shoved a piece of oyster meat that was as clear as a silver crystal, oozing a slime from time to time, into his mouth, and sighed contentedly.
It's so touching.
Although he was the tax minister of the Gallic Empire, he was only the deputy of the finance minister, in other words, he was the finance minister's subordinate, and compared to the finance minister who controlled the economic power of the entire empire, he was only responsible for tax collection.
So, Edwards had a lot of oil, but he couldn't make ends meet compared to his title and his expenses.
If it weren't for the fact that he had several farms of considerable size just outside of Berley, he would not have been able to maintain the dignity he deserved.
The Pearl's Shadow Club is a place where the core members of the long-standing dukes and marquises' families, as well as the real nobles of the Gallic Empire, can come and go at any time.
As for Edwards, although he also has a membership card from the Bead Shadow Club in his hand, he still stepped into this place for the first time in his life and enjoyed the extravagant food and beverage here.
The purple oyster just now was called the goddess of purple mist by the fishermen, and only a few of the headlands in the Odin Icefield were found nearby.
But if you want to catch the Purple Mist Goddess near the Odin Icefield, you must be careful of the encirclement and suppression of the alien sea patrol fleets in the Odin Icefield at any time.
The normal market price of a Purple Mist Goddess is around ten gold coins, which is already an extremely luxurious food.
But at the Jewel Club, such an oyster the size of a baby's fist.
Its price is three hundred gold coins.
But in just a few breaths, Edwards had already eaten twenty Purple Mist Goddesses.
Feeling the delicious juice of the cold and fragrant oyster meat bursting between his teeth, the cold sweat in Edwards' heart gradually spread, and he regained his composure and composure.
At the beginning, when Lin Qi asked Yu Lian to become the tax commissioner of Berelli, Edwards was very shocked, because the tax commissioner of Berelli was an extremely eye-catching position.
Yu Lian is just a broken aristocrat.
Although he is related to the Huali family.
But the kind of distant relative who barely managed to get up a little bit with three poles, Prime Minister Hua Li would definitely not spend any effort on him.
Edwards did have the power to appoint the Commissioner of Taxation at Berelli, as long as he made a letter of office.
Tomorrow, Yu Lian will be able to take office.
The problem is that he rashly pushed Yu Lian to that position, and he needs to have a suitable excuse.
The stakes are high in the tax collector at Bolley.
The commercial tax of the docks and commercial districts of Berelli alone can contribute at least 20 million gold coins to the imperial treasury every year, and this figure has increased by more than 10% every year in recent years because of the rapid development of Bereley.
If such an important position is entrusted to a non-person, then Edwards will not be able to eat and walk around.
But after enjoying such a lavish feast, Edwards' mood calmed down.
Picking up a glass of the finest red wine, which was fifty times more expensive than the normal market price, Edwards took a gentle sip of the mellow liquor.
He roughly judged that with just this sip of wine, Wan'en Longshan in front of him would need to pay at least fifty thousand gold coins.
"It's a cool thing to be rich" Edwards sighed in his heart.
Then he looked at Lin Qi solemnly: "So, Mr.
Wanen, now I can ask you a question, how did you know Yu Lian, and why did you want him to get into that position?"
Looking at Lin Qi deeply, Edwards said in a deep voice: "If you just want to find a shelter for your future property in Boreley, then with your net worth.
With the wealth of the Yongsan family, there are countless nobles in Berelli who are willing to be your friends."
Edwards's words are very clear, Yu Lian is only a small character, even if he becomes the tax commissioner of Berley, he will not be able to grow strong enough in the short term.
It will take him a long time to get control of the Bailley tax office.
If the Longshan family is going to set up a shop in Berelli to establish a chamber of commerce, the Longshan family should directly ask those top nobles for help.
For example, the hot Prime Minister of the Huali clan is now.
Or Marshal Bean, as long as the Longshan family comes to the door with heavy gold coins, they will definitely let all the administrative departments of Berelli give the green light to the Longshan family's chamber of commerce.
Lin Qi smiled reservedly, and he nodded to Edwards gently: "Let you misunderstand Actually, I already have the best choice for a family alliance in my heart.
The reason why I want Her Excellency Yu Lian to sit in that position is just to repay the favor from a personal point of view."
"Repay the favor" Edwards' eyes widened, he stared at Lin Qi and asked, "Repay the favor" Lin Qi shrugged his shoulders, and he sighed: "Yes, to make you laugh, I am an ordinary person who has no power to protect myself."
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In order to keep it secret, I came to Berelli alone to inspect the business environment of Berelli and collect information for the Chamber of Commerce of the Longshan family to enter the Gallic Empire."
Edwards nodded, Lin Qi said very reasonably, nobles always like to act like this, the Longshan family is now famous in the mainland, and their chamber of commerce must be cautious if they want to enter the Gallic Empire.
It was a very reasonable choice to let Wanen Longshan, who was responsible for all the business operations of the Longshan family, enter the Gallic Empire in advance.
"However, the security environment in the Gallic Empire" Lin Qi sighed: "I got lost in the business district and strayed into an uninhabited alley, and four thugs stopped me.
Forget about the robbery, they still want to kidnap me."
Edwards squirted out a sip of wine, and he looked at Lin Qi with wide eyes in surprise.
If the business manager of the Longshan family is robbed, kidnapped, and even torn up in the end...
The fame of the Gallic Empire is not bad on the mainland If it is a member of an ordinary noble family, it doesn't matter, Count Longshan is doing a great job now, and his mercenary army is cooperating with Vyas's army to march towards the Caesar Empire.
Such a powerful earl, such a wealthy family, their every move will cause an uproar in aristocratic circles Not to mention that the Longshan family has the suffix Andelm in their surname, they are ancient nobles with the same origin as the Caesar Empire.
Although the army of the Longshan family is now attacking the Caesar Empire, the bloodline of this family is placed there, and once something happens to a member of their family, the nobles of various countries who are afraid that the world will not be in chaos will definitely hype up this matter Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Edwards muttered in a low voice: "Now the person in charge of the daily security of the imperial capital is Marshal Bean's most beloved grandson, His Excellency Count Beya."
Lin Qi spread out his hands, and his silver eyebrows trembled slightly: "When I was robbed and kidnapped, I didn't wait for the respected patrolmen and dragoons, but His Excellency Yu Lian, who happened to be passing by, saved my life, and we are a family with clear grievances."
In order to repay His Excellency Yu Lian, I had such a shallow idea."
With a slight tap of his fingers on the table, Linzi stood up and placed a copy of the contract in front of Edwards.
"If you can do me this insignificant favor, then in the future, all the properties of the Longshan family in the Gallic Empire will receive one percent of your dividends.
According to my analysis, this number will probably not be less than two million gold coins per year, and with the development of the family chamber of commerce, this number will only increase, because the Longshan family's trading covers all major industries. ” Edwards swallowed a mouthful of spit, and he looked up in horror.
With a few quick glances, Edwards signed his name on the contract without hesitation.
Hell, even if it is to sell his soul to the devil, this agreement is sure to be signed poor Edwards, although he is the Minister of Taxation, although he is the count of the Gallic Empire, but his total annual income, including the unseen, his total income is less than 300,000 gold coins Although he has real power, his income is meagre, and his annual income is only 300,000 yuan, and it is really too difficult to live like a person in the increasingly extravagant aristocratic circle of the Gallic Empire.
The annual income of at least two million gold coins is a pity that Edwards' eldest daughter is already married, and the youngest daughter is not yet ten years old, otherwise he would want to turn Wanen Longshan into his son-in-law, although Wanen Longshan looks like he is already fifty years old, but in front of the gold coins, what is the problem with age "Then, tomorrow, Yu Lian, tomorrow you come to my office" Edwards looked at Yu Lian enthusiastically: "You have a bright future, I have always firmly believed that you are the best elite of the imperial tax department, and you are destined to have a bright future" Before the words fell, the door of the Silver Mussel Hall was violently kicked open.
Amid the screams of the maids, a large crowd rushed into the parlor, and then brutally rushed into the dining room where the three were feasting.
Wrapped in a purple silk cloak, the arrogant bhikkhus strode in with a thin horsewhip.
He didn't even glance at Lin Qi and the others, but raised his head straight and sneered: "Get out, give you three minutes" Edwards shuddered with fright, and Linzi burst out laughing
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