128 Episode 29. Black Label Union #4(3)
The torches held by the Imperial soldiers lit Joseph as he ran.
The place where Joseph ran and stood next to the governor was none other than the governor.
Then, when he saw him reporting something, the expression of the Union representative, who realized everything at that time, began to seriously distort.
‘That dog is!’
But it’s too late to notice Joseph’s betrayal.
After a while.
There was a Union representative who had to face the governor in a state of captivity.
Do you think the two of them are like winners and losers?
On behalf of the Union representative, who is blinded by two eyes, the governor with a victorious spirit opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry, Warren. I’m not that fragile, how did I ever think of going out to sea again?”
“How dare you bastard… … .”
“I wouldn’t have done this if I had quietly stayed on the ground and served as the Union representative.”
Meanwhile, Warren’s scorching gaze turned to his subordinate, who was firmly guarding the seat next to the governor.
But Joseph, who lightly ignored Warren’s gaze, said to the governor.
“They said they would save a boat later with the gold coins there. If you missed it here, the Governor-General will always regret it. All ships that Prince Warren later bought will be pirate ships.”
The governor, who smiled lightly, asked the captive Union representative.
“How do you hear your subordinate say so?”
The union representative, who did not see the governor at all, shouted at Joseph, who betrayed him, a whale whale.
“Hey, who the bastard is betraying now! Even if I go to hell with your bastard, it’s great! big… … .”
When the union representative, who was beaten hard in the stomach and couldn’t forget his words, collapsed powerlessly, the governor, who was watching this, laughed and stroked his mustache.
“Unfortunately, he seems to have lost his way to the sea alive. And the gold coins on the wagon over there.”
When the governor gave the signal, one of the men guarding the wagon opened the box full of gold coins with all his might.
The amount of gold coins visible under the torch was considerable.
“It was planned to be used illegally later, so I, the governor, will retrieve it and use it very usefully to defeat the pirates. As Union’s representative, I thought that I would have a lot of gold coins, but I did collect them so I didn’t feel sad. Very sadly.”
The union representative, with blood in his eyes, glared at the governor fiercely.
Unfortunately, that was all he could do.
“Good-bye then, Prince Warren, no, pirate fluff.”
a few days later.
Warren Dragoon, sentenced to death, was strangled to death by hanging.
And his subordinate Joseph came to Rockefeller on behalf of the vacant Union representative.
“I have come here as a Union representative on behalf of the deceased Prince Warren.”
Joseph, who personally came to the Rockefeller store, seemed to have made a decision on his own, and he was putting his head down from the beginning.
Rockefeller quietly opened his mouth to Joseph.
“The story of Prince Warren is truly regrettable. I didn’t know that I would be caught by the governor while fleeing at night and stand in court. You will get caught on the gallows.”
Again, it seemed that the old man on the road to the underworld did his job well.
‘Then why did you pick it up and go?’
“Anyway, I’m sorry.”
Rather, Joseph waved his hand at those words.
“Oh, no. I’m sorry. Our representative, who seemed like a tyrant, went, and it went really well. Everyone is not talking, but the atmosphere is welcoming the CEO’s death.”
“Is that so? Still, he was a representative… … The Union people are too good.”
“So, you should have done well. To me or the Union people. By the way, I came here for a purpose.”
It was obvious why I came.
Rockefeller, who pretends to be ignorant, raised doubts.
“by the way. What did you come to Union for? I don’t think we have a very close relationship.”
“Actually, after the death of the Union CEO, I took the initiative and visited the Union people and talked about various things. Everyone decided that there was no win in this fight. And when even the CEO died, there was no need to be hung up on the union.”
“Is that so?”
“So it is.”
The words that followed were exactly what Rockefeller wanted.
“That’s how it happened. Can’t we accept it as a guild as well? They’re all doing the same thing anyway, so what’s the point of making each other’s faces blush?”
At that, Rockefeller pretended to ponder for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
“I will become one with Union. I knew this fight was going to be a mud fight. I had no idea that we would reconcile with Union so quickly.”
Rockefeller asked.
“But there must have been considerable dissatisfaction with the Union side. Were there any objections to the incorporation into our side?”
“There were a few. What advantage is there to us by insisting on the Union side when there is no chance of winning in the first place?”
Joseph continued.
“And I heard that the guild members’ income increased after the election of the new guild leader. Please use that wisdom to make us rich too. That is the only wish of our Union.”
make me rich
Rockefeller just laughed.
“You are rich… … That’s my favorite word. Okay. From today, Union people will be accepted as members of our guild. In the future, I would be grateful if the Union people would act according to the guild guidelines and codes and faithfully follow the direction I lead.”
And Ricardo, who was silently watching this from the side, fell in thought.
‘In the end, the two banco alliances became one. I hoped something like this would happen.’
After shaking hands, the two officially announced the union of the two banco alliances, and this story became a big issue within the empire.
Rockefeller, who had thus united the two factions into one, held a guild meeting with the authority of the guild chief in Lyon’s Ghetto Nuovo a few weeks later.
He then officially declared that the two powers had united into one, and spoke of their vision for the future.
“Until now, all the Banco of the Empire were dispersing their power with each other in the name of a guild or union. However, from today onwards, all bancoes of the Empire have been united as a single faction under the name of Guild, and we will expand across the Empire like soldiers fearless of death to rise to the center of the Empire. And from today on, the forces that threaten us or those who want to oppress us.”
The next sentence was quite meaningful.
“It will pay off.”
Existing guild members excited with the declaration of the guild leader.
The new guild members newly joined this time got up from their seats and started to applaud with loud cheers.
“Long live the Lyon Guild!”
“Long live Rockefeller!”
After returning to Black Label, Rockefeller tried to sort out the clutter caused by the merger of the two forces, and after a few weeks the clutter of the unity completely disappeared.
Only then was I able to visit the governor of Black Label.
“Why are you visiting the Governor-General?”
On the way to the governor’s office, secretary Alice, who was in the same wagon, asked a question, and Rockefeller gave a no-nonsense answer.
“I have to go and finish my work with the governor.”
“If it’s over… … Is that the part you were talking about before?”
“Yeah, even if the interest rate is low, it’s too low.”
Now that there was no reason to ask the governor for a monopoly, Rockefeller decided to play with his guts.
“After all, we don’t even need an exclusive right. So I’m going back to get things sorted out.”
“ah… … .”
Rockefeller, who was looking out the window, brought up another story.
“Slowly, I will finish the work here. I think we should leave this to Joshua.”
Black Label was one of the wealthiest cities in the Empire.
It wouldn’t be too bad if Rockefeller himself remained in this place, which is quite true.
In the first place, he decided that it would be better to stay in Lyon because he was the guild leader, and also to give Joshua, the third, a lot of experience.
I decided it would be better to send Joshua to Black Label.
So he told his secretary.
“Who is Joshua?”
At that question, Rockefeller looked at Elise.
‘Why are you asking when you know everything?’
“He is my third younger brother, and out of all the younger siblings, he has the most similar temperament to me. It will probably be a good experience if you come here. There will be a lot of work to be done, and the more money you touch, the more responsibility you will have.”
After that, Elise didn’t say anything, but secretly looked at her eyes and asked something else.
“If you ever go back to Lyon, may I accompany you?”
“Yes, if you wish.”
after a while.
Rockefeller went to the Black Castle and was able to meet the governor.
“Oh, Rockefeller Ball. Come on.”
Significantly different from before, the governor, who welcomed Rockefeller, gave him a good seat and sat down opposite him.
“I heard the news. After the death of the Union representative, you joined forces with the Union side, didn’t you? Everyone is buzzing about it.”
“Yeah, somehow it happened.”
“It wasn’t really my intention either. Well, good things are good things, so congratulations.”
“thank you.”
“But why did you come all the way here?”
Why did you come?
‘Honestly, only you sucked honey in our fight.’
However, he did not intend to be too harsh on him, the governor of Black Label.
Black Label was a gold mine without oysters for Rockefeller.
If you raise it well, you will be able to make a lot of profits in the stock exchange you set up as stock trading becomes active in the future.
So, I opened my mouth with the intention of slightly modifying the existing conditions.
“Honestly, I came here to correct this because I think I offered the governor a very low interest rate due to a bloody competition with Union.”
Then the governor crumpled his face and looked at him.
“No, but why don’t you come and change your mind now?”
“Yeah, that’s 3 percent of what it used to be. It’s not 6 percent, so I hope the governor will consider our position well.”
The loan itself was very irritating even for a 1% interest for a large governor.
“Nevertheless.”
“And I plan to lower the deposit interest rate, which was priced particularly high for Black Label, back to 1%. The interest on deposits of 2% is honestly a bit excessive given the low interest rates on loans.”
“No, I deposited the money at the interest. Are you going to lower the interest on that deposit as well?”
The displeased governor’s voice rose.
Rockefeller continued to speak to represent the guild’s position.
However, the moment when opinions were not narrowed down and a point of agreement was needed.
Rockefeller used his wits and got a monopoly for the future.
“good. Then I will offer only you, a loan of 3 percent and a deposit of 1.5 percent. Just give our family the right to monopolize the stock trading. If you take a small fee from that side, I think the 0.5% deposit interest to the governor will be enough to bear.”
“Let me monopolize stock trading, what do you mean?”
Because the concept of a stock exchange did not exist, the governor did not fully understand what Rockefeller was talking about.
“Yes, securities trading itself is usually done through acquaintances. Since we don’t know who owns which securities, most securities transactions are conducted through acquaintances. However, if there is an exchange where anyone can buy and sell these securities, anyone will come to the exchange and trade securities. And we can benefit from the fees incurred in between.”
Rockefeller continued.
“We will give you that kind of condition. I want the governor to give us a monopoly on that business.”
The governor’s concerns did not last long.
“Okay. Let’s do that. I will grant you the right to open a stock exchange only in your family, so never change the interest terms.”
Rockefeller smiled softly at that.
“Yes, of course. As long as you give us exclusive rights, you don’t have to worry about interest rates at all.”