Chapter 99 Sir, save me!
When Li Wei came to the Marquis Mansion, he was told by the stewards of the Marquis Mansion that he had missed the opportunity and that the Marquis had gone out for inspection.
As for when the Marquis will come back? The steward said that he, a servant, really didn't know about this kind of thing, but he could inform Li Wei in time after the Marquis returned.
Seeing this situation, Li Wei had no choice but to express his gratitude to the steward and give him a few gold coins. Li Wei left the Marquis Mansion under the man's flattering smile.
But it's not a big problem. Master Yelena's wizard tower is not far away, and Li Wei hasn't seen senior sister Qianbei for a long time. It would be good to go to the wizard tower to meet the senior sister first and pay a visit to the cheap teacher Yelena.
"Sir, save me!"
As soon as Li Wei walked to Master Yelena's wizard tower, a thin beggar threw himself in front of Li Wei.
Shabby clothes, messy hair, rancid body odor.
"Who are you?" Levi looked at this face that was full of stains, bruises, and wrinkles. He felt a little familiar.
"Are you a thin monkey? A thin monkey~Grek?" The wizard's memory is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Although Levi was severely face-blind in his previous life, after becoming a wizard through time travel, he rarely forgot other people's faces.
But the skinny monkey Greg looked so miserable now that Levi almost didn't recognize him.
"Why are you like this?" Levi looked at the other party's desolate look and felt a little incredible.
Li Wei clearly remembered that he gave this guy a chance to make money, but instead of making money, why did he become a beggar?
"Please save me! I've been framed!"
Before Li Wei could ask about the specific situation, two powerful servants suddenly appeared from the alley on one side.
"Grek! I didn't expect you to be hiding here! If you don't pay the money today, I will interrupt you -"
As soon as one of them spoke, he was stopped by his companion.
"My lord, this rogue and profiteer Greg owes our Lord Pat a lot of money. Please help me."
'Lord Pat? This title seems familiar. Could it be Flora’s idiot brother? 'Levi was a little unsure.
"What's going on?"
"Sir, Greg -"
"Did I ask you!?" Levi interrupted the servant rudely.
The servant could only shut up angrily. After all, Li Wei is obviously dressed as a noble. In the Kingdom of Fontaine, servants have no human rights in front of the nobles. Even if he has no master-servant relationship with the noble in front of him, the other party can kill him in the name of disrespecting the noble.
"Skinny Monkey, tell me!"
At this moment, Slim Monkey Greg hurriedly said as if he had found his backbone: "Sir, since you left that time, I have followed your advice and followed the supply list. I bought some extraordinary materials.
At first, the goods were not much different from usual. Several extraordinary materials were even unsaleable. I was a little worried because I had used up all the working capital. About a week ago, Master Yelena’s The Wizard Tower began to purchase those extraordinary materials on a large scale. Soon, the prices of those materials on the market began to skyrocket.
I did not rush to make a move. Instead, I borrowed a usury loan with a term of one month and bought some extraordinary materials according to the order. Materials."
As a result, four days ago, my shop was suddenly closed down, saying that I was disrupting the market and hoarding.
Sir, my conscience, the total value of the goods I purchased is only more than 10,000 gold coins, but the goods recently received by Master Yelena’s Wizard Tower add up to hundreds of thousands of gold coins. This is not even a splash on my part! "
The thin monkey Greg howled in mourning while squeezing out a few tears. The servant next to him glared angrily. If Li Wei hadn't been there, he would have wanted to take action.
Li Wei waved his hand impatiently and said, "Speak well. Don't waste my time. "
Grek quickly wiped a few tears from the corners of his eyes and continued: "Soon after, the creditor who had lent me a loan at a high interest rate said that I would definitely not be able to pay back the money, and then he colluded with the officials who seized my shop.
They used my goods to offset part of the loan at a 50% discount before the price increase. However, I bought many of the goods with loans after the price had started to increase. In this way, I could not offset the entire loan, and then I owed the rest. The money directly bankrupted me! "
Then, Levi looked at the servant just now.
The servant couldn't bear it for a long time and immediately argued loudly: "Grek, are you unaware of whether you are driving up prices? The goods you say you only stocked up with more than 10,000 gold coins were worth 19,000 gold coins before the price increase! This is equivalent to one-tenth of Master Yelena’s purchases during this period!
And it was you who cried and begged our Lord Pat to borrow the money. My Lord Pat saw your pitiful appearance, so he lent you 20,000 gold coins, and it was you who agreed to it. of!
But who knew you were borrowing money for speculation? You deserve to be shut down by the market supervision officer! "
Hearing this, Li Wei finally figured it out. He had given Greg a hint, but it turned out that this guy was too greedy, which led to him doing bad things with good intentions. There is
usually a person behind every businessman with some wealth in the Fontaine Kingdom. Backed by the nobles, or in other words, the big businessmen in the kingdom are basically the white gloves of the nobles.
Originally, the price of the raw materials for Roja's medicine had soared, and the huge profits from the speculation were monopolized by several large merchants with backgrounds. The kingdom A considerable part of the funds allocated went into the pockets of the great nobles behind these merchants.
Of course, these "great nobles" must include the Ashan family. This kind of thing is nothing new in the long history of the kingdom. It is an extremely routine operation.
When Marquis Ashan submitted the plan, the planned funding for this project was overstated by 1.5 times as usual. The reason is also very reasonable, because the supply of raw materials exceeds the demand. The price skyrocketed.
All the twists and turns were considered a tacit game among the nobles.
As a result, Greg accidentally broke into the predators' table. Instead of enjoying the feast, he became the food on the table.
In fact, Greg was not without any background, nor did he know anything about this feast, but the greed in his heart pushed him into the abyss step by step.
Greg knew that he was playing with fire, but the profits were too high, and he had countless I swore once that I would stop after I finished my job and return to my hometown to retire.
Unfortunately, the golden coins fascinated Greg's eyes, and he finally stepped into the trap set by others. Behind Greg, he was just an ordinary baron. Naturally I didn't dare to get involved in this matter, so I left Greg completely alone.
(End of this chapter)