Above the Pirate King

Chapter 41 Interview
Sunny weather.

Many factory owners on St. Maarten were invited to a factory on the outskirts of the city.

Thick black smoke was constantly rising from the factory.

The merchants either dress luxuriously, wearing gold and silver, or dress plainly, showing vicissitudes of life.

There are groups of three or four, calling for friends, and everyone has a smile on their face.

Most of them are factory owners in the textile industry!

Today, the Kingdom has called them together!
In other kingdoms, under such circumstances, a businessman would be afraid or panic, for fear that the kingdom would kill them severely, or simply rob them of their property.

However, this is the Kingdom of Saint Martin.

All of them knew that something good must happen today.

Since King Arthur came to power, the kingdom has paid more and more attention to these merchants.

Their business activities have also become more and more smooth, and their wealth has been rising steadily.

Even if they paid a large amount of taxes for this, they were still happy. After all, paying more taxes means earning more!

"Crewe, do you think the Kingdom has anything to announce when we are called together today?"

A fat man with a kind face, a broad body and a fat body, wearing gorgeous clothes, wearing ten big gold rings on his hands, and a big gold chain around his neck, looks like a fat man who looks like Maitreya Buddha. The robust middle-aged man with a vicissitudes of life asked.

"I don't know, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with listening to Wang Guo's words and following Wang Guo's words!" Crewe smiled and said firmly.

"That's right!" Fatty nodded in agreement, and said with a smile, "Since I followed the kingdom, my factory has doubled in size!"

"Papa!" Crewe suddenly stretched out his hand, patted the fat man's chubby belly, causing a tumbling wave of flesh, and said with a smile, "Wiaiya, I think your belly expands faster than your factory. The expansion speed is much faster!"

"Haha!" Huai Ya was not angry, but smiled heartily, and said confidently, "Now, the kingdom has conquered the Kingdom of Felt, and next year, my factory will definitely expand faster than the expansion of my stomach! "

After the two joked for a while.

Crewe pointed to the black smoke above the factory, and asked suspiciously: "By the way, Wyah, do you know what the black smoke is?"

"I don't know either, but it should be related to what is going to be announced today?" Huai Ya shook his head and guessed.

The two walked into the factory chatting like this.

Dozens of people had gathered in the factory at this time.

These are all factory owners of large and small factories on St. Maarten. The big ones have three to five hundred workers, and the small ones have ten or twenty workers.

When Crewe and Wyah came over, the crowd automatically parted!
"Wyah!"

"Crue!"

"Good morning!"

Along the way, people kept smiling and greeting them.

The two of them were not polite, and walked directly to the front of the crowd.

As the two of the largest group of factory owners in the Kingdom, they are naturally qualified to stand at the forefront of the team!
Soon, there will be almost all the people.

At this time, an old man came out of the factory.

The old man has a goatee, broken hair, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a wrinkled face, and a serious smile.

Seeing him, everyone present immediately fell silent, showing respectful expressions.

This person is Hughes, Minister of Commerce of the Kingdom of St. Martin, and people generally call him Old Hughes!
His life is a legend. He started to do business and sell clothes at the age of 15, but that year he went bankrupt and owed huge debts because of ignorance and mistrust of others.

After that, he learned from the pain and worked part-time for two years, getting up early and working late every day, and finally paid off his debts.

Then, he started his entrepreneurial career again. This time he did not sell clothes, but grain. Relying on his perseverance and hard work, he worked in the grain industry for four years.

At the age of 24, he finally made some achievements and became one of the major grain merchants in the kingdom.

At this time, a locust plague, which is rare in a century, appeared in the kingdom, and the food harvest was wiped out!

It stands to reason that this matter has nothing to do with him. As a grain merchant, the grain harvest is dead, so he can sell less. With the grain he stored before, he might be able to make a fortune!
But he is not happy!

He looked at the civilians who couldn't eat, and showed great kindness. He sold or gave the food to the civilians at an extremely low price, or even a part of it for free!
So, he went bankrupt again!

This time, he didn't owe any debts. He also had a little wealth in the past few years. After putting his wealth in, he left empty-handed!
After working for another year, he started his own business again.

Part-time job, start a business, get rich, go bankrupt, work part-time, start a business again!

He goes back and forth non-stop in between!

At the age of 60, he started his business at the age of 15. In the past 45 years, he has gone bankrupt more than ten times due to various reasons. He has worked in all walks of life for a few years and a few months, and has enough understanding of all walks of life. .

At the same time, because of his usual integrity in business, although he went bankrupt every time, he still won people's trust!

Every time he went bankrupt and fell down, he could stand up easily because others trusted him and were willing to give him the goods on credit, or sell them to him at a low price!

A few years ago, after his last bankruptcy, he did not start a business again!
Instead, he was conscripted into the palace by Arthur. After asking him some business questions, Arthur was very satisfied with his understanding of business, and awarded him the position of Minister of Commerce!

Mainly responsible for managing state-run trade funds and inventories, determining the prices of national state-run trade wholesale commodities, guiding national private businesses and trade departments at all levels in the management of the market, as well as state foreign trade, etc.

He has lived up to expectations, and he has flourished in this position!
"I would like to invite you all to come today. The Kingdom wants to sell you some good things and do business with you by the way."

"Old Hughes, just say it directly, don't talk about those things, the kingdom is going to be sold to us, we will definitely buy it!" Wyatt interrupted Old Hughes with a smile.

"Yeah yeah!"

"Old Hughes, hurry up!"

"I can't wait!"

As soon as Huai Ya opened his mouth, someone behind him began to echo.

"Cut me in again, I'll go to your house tomorrow and let your father break your leg!" Old Hughes glanced at Wyatt and said calmly.

"Uh ha ha!" Huai Ya seemed to be strangled by the neck, so he could only laugh a few times.

Wyatt's father was also a businessman, and he happened to be of the same generation as Old Hughes. At the beginning, Old Hughes had a good relationship with him. Until now, Old Hughes often visits his house!
It can be said that Wyatt was grown up by old Hughes, that's why he dared to interrupt old Hughes!
"Hahaha"

Huai Ya's dry laugh immediately caused a roar of laughter. Everyone knew that although Huai Ya's business was doing well, his father was the one he was most afraid of, and he even taught him a lesson two months ago!
"What are you laughing at?" Huai Ya looked at the people around him who were laughing, and said angrily.

"Okay, let's get down to business!" Old Hughes said, and everyone fell silent immediately.

"See these things, this is what the kingdom wants to sell you!" Old Hughes said, pointing to the various steam production lines next to the factory.

"What is this?" Crewe questioned, which was also the doubt of all the people present.

"Papa!" Old Hughes didn't answer, but clapped his hands.

Immediately, a group of craftsmen walked out of the factory, skillfully activated various steam facilities.

"Boom!"

The production line has been fully activated.

"Kakkaka!"

Amidst the sound of the machine running and the craftsmen operating, a piece of cloth was woven by the steam loom soon.

Huai Ya couldn't wait to go up to check this piece of cloth. He is in the cloth industry. If there is such a machine, the efficiency can be increased many times!
"Okay, okay!" Huai Ya said happily, the quality and feel of this piece of fabric are all top-notch, and the speed is so fast that it is outrageous!

However, Crewe's expression turned ugly, and he asked Old Hughes, "Is this what the Kingdom wants to sell us?"

"En!" Old Hughes nodded.

"But." Crewe hesitated to speak.

Old Hughes knew what he wanted to say. It was nothing more than that if these things were used, they would cause problems such as excess production and manpower.

"I know what you want to say. After using these things, the kingdom will buy the things you produce in the future, and buy them at your cost price plus a layer of net profit!" Old Houston said after a pause,

"Of course, the kingdom of raw materials will also help you solve them and sell them to you at cost!"

"Really?" Crewe asked in disbelief.

Although it seems that there are not many layers, this is the price after deducting various costs, so as long as they are produced, they will definitely make money!

"Really!" Old Hughes nodded.

"However, what does the Kingdom need so many things for?" Crewe couldn't help asking.

Although it is very comfortable to have the kingdom to make money easily, but if the kingdom loses money, he will feel a little bit sorry!
"Don't worry, the Kingdom will definitely make money, even more than you!" Old Hughes confirmed with a slight smile.

"That's good, that's good!" Crewe nodded reassuringly.

With the promise of old Hughes, all the factory owners who came here ordered a lot of steam equipment, ready to go back and do a big job!
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