Episode 86 21. Guild Meeting #(2)
The day before the guild meeting.
Rockefeller has a welcome visitor.
He was Carter from Lyon after hearing about the guild meeting.
Carter, who had been riding comfortably in a carriage to fit his aging body, got off the carriage and knocked on the door of the small mansion in Lyon where Rockefeller was staying.
The next day there was a guild meeting, so Rockefeller, who had expected Carter to come, went out of the mansion to greet Carter with a knock on the door.
“Mister Carter is here.”
“How are you?”
“Yes, nothing has happened since I came here.”
“After hearing about the meeting, I hurried to come. I heard all the news from Joshua.”
“Come inside first. It would be nice to talk inside.”
inside the mansion.
Neither too big nor too small, Benjamin, the leader of the guild, had given up Rockefeller to stay in Lyon for a while.
Carter opened his mouth as he looked around the humble mansion in a place where he did not feel any discomfort as there was even a servant who took care of himself.
“It’s worse than your house. It seems that Prince Benjamin doesn’t know who you are. If I had known, I would have given you a better place than here.”
“This is enough. Uncle Carter, please sit this way first.”
Rockefeller took Carter to the parlor and offered him a seat, and he sat down next to him.
Carter laid himself down on the comfy sofa and opened his mouth with a small cough.
“We even had a guild meeting on interest issues. Guild leaders are also a problem. You’ll know what’s right and what’s wrong by doing it yourself, but don’t try that. twittttttttttttttttttttttttt have have been.”
“It would be a pity that we didn’t charge a gold coin storage fee.”
“But who are you? he doesn’t know you I don’t know anything.”
Before the conversation deepened, Rockefeller sent a servant who was doing chores outside the house on an errand.
As the servant left the mansion, Carter spoke up.
“Are you careful?”
“Yeah, it looks like that, but it’s not mine.”
“but… … Did you say this is the place the guild leader gave you?”
“Yes, this is the place I was given to stay for a while.”
“Yeah, then you should be careful.”
Carter, who had nodded to himself, continued.
“What other plans do you have? I wouldn’t dare oppose the guild leader’s thoughts.”
“It is not.”
“No?”
Carter looked puzzled.
“Then you mean you’re going to rebel against the idea of the guild leader?”
As far as Carter knew, there was only one action Rockefeller would take at the guild meeting tomorrow.
To agree with the guild leader’s thoughts.
And it was to admit in front of everyone his mistake of receiving the interest on the deposit.
But the reality was different.
“Yes, I will kick the guild leader out of the guild meeting that will be held this time.”
“What? Are you kicking me out?”
Carter’s eyes widened in surprise.
“that is… … Is it possible?”
To Carter, who was well acquainted with the relationship between the guild chief and the Lyon family, and even with the Bishop of Berkes, Rockefeller’s words now sounded like a far-fetched, nonsensical story.
“Yes, we have obtained parental consent prior to surgery. If the guild leader is expelled now, there will be no major problems.”
As Carter still questioned Rockefeller, who answered with a small smile, Rockefeller explained to Carter what had happened.
After hearing the explanation, Carter responded.
“haha… … It happened.”
Carter paused for a moment, leaned back against the backrest, and started stroking my beard.
“Actually, me too. Besides the news of the guild meeting, there was a letter I received from the guild leader.”
Carter pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Rockefeller.
“About what it is. Contrary to the rumors, he asked me to testify at the guild meeting to be held this time that you were a useless assistant. If I don’t, they threaten to expel me from the guild. It’s a pity.”
Rockefeller glanced at the contents of Carter’s letter and shook his head.
‘This could come in handy at the meeting tomorrow. The guild leader was trying to frame me in this way.’
“The guild leader even sent these things.”
Carter continued.
“As you know, I am undoubtedly on your side. How much have I gained so far because of you? I mean, would you like to side with him because he’s afraid of being kicked out of the guild?”
Rockefeller took the letter from Carter and put a smile on his face.
“Mister Carter. Don’t you trust me too much?”
“Of course I believe. You also beat the narrow-eyed lord, but I don’t think you’ll ever be able to catch a guild leader here. You must have a plan ready.”
Rockefeller has been curious about the recent situation of his resignation from the store business.
“What are you doing these days? I’ve heard from Joshua that he doesn’t come to the store at all.”
“I’ve already given up my hands. Even if you don’t work, your brother will take care of making money for you, so there’s no need to go out and suffer, right?”
Rockefeller just shook his head without answering.
“It’s been a long time since I took a break. having fun relaxing These days, I’m attaching a few small hobbies. To be honest, I didn’t even want to come to this meeting. I’m not working anymore, so what are you going to do? It’s better to just sit in the corner and rest.”
“You still came.”
Carter then turned his gaze to Rockefeller and continued.
“There is only one reason why I have come to this troublesome place. to help you His guild leader sent me such a letter, so I came here to say a word. How dare you try to frame my golden assistant who does a good job! I’m here to say something really loud.”
“I just want to thank you for caring so much about me.”
“No. I’m thankful If everything goes well here, I can live my life without worrying about old age.”
said Rockefeller, who shook his head as if sympathizing.
‘It’s the same with me.’
“I think the content that you testify at the meeting tomorrow will be quite important. I’ll make the bread first, so you’ll help me next.”
Anyway, that’s the way I came to think of it.
“Don’t worry too much about it. Even if the sky turns upside down, I am on your side.”
* * *
On the day of the guild meeting.
The ghetto Nuovo in Lyon has been inundated with untimely hordes of wagons.
From carriages led by expensive famous horses to mysterious carriages driven by magic stones.
Several wagons gathered in a long line in front of the conference hall where the guild meeting was held.
All those who got off the carriage were Banco traders belonging to the Lyon Guild, and most of them came from afar to attend this meeting hosted by the guild leader.
“You are here.”
“Oh, Chris. long time no see.”
“One year? oh! There’s Larsen too. Larsen! here it is! Come this way!”
The banco vendors in the guild were quite friendly, so they started talking to each other before attending the meeting.
“Have you ever heard of that rumor? that… … It’s not about depositing gold coins, it’s about paying interest.”
“Oh, I heard. He said that this meeting was held because of that.”
When one of them got lucky, the nearby banco vendors interrupted the conversation.
“There are so many things to say about that. who seems to be right someone is wrong There are a lot of real words.”
“Chris, what do you think?”
“I don’t know. So you didn’t come all the way here, did you?”
“I heard that Prince Benjamin was planning to ban it.”
“Are you going to ban it?”
“Yeah, I heard that it was banned by the guild code. If someone here does business like that, wouldn’t the rest be a loss? For people, a banco that pays interest is better than a banco that charges gold coins.”
“That’s a natural thing to say… … .”
“It’s just right to keep receiving the gold coin storage fee as before. Do not interfere with the business of others. Rumors like that spread all over the place. At that time, the gold coin storage fee will no longer be charged. Even if you want to get it, you can’t.”
Then a banco contractor started to present a different opinion.
“But if you can only deposit a lot of gold coins, I don’t think paying interest would be too bad. All gold coins are a waste of money, so I don’t leave them in Banco unless it’s a special event. Rather, I thought it would be more profitable to pay a little interest and expand the loan business.”
“That’s right. Most of the time, they don’t leave gold coins with us because of the gold coin storage fee. For some reason, only those who are uneasy about leaving them in the house are left to Banco.”
The banco traders belonging to the guild that I met after a long time were excited about the agenda for this meeting.
“What the hell is right?”
“That will be decided at this meeting. It’s our opinion, you can’t break the guild code no matter what.”
“It is not. No one has the guts to do business until they are expelled from the guild.”
Some of their conversations were obviously about Rockefeller.
“By the way, what kind of assistant in Banco came up with the idea?”
“Oh, I heard that too. You must say that your assistant is very clever. I’ve heard it’s not just a rumor. They said that they made the lord into a debtor and ate the whole territory.”
“I heard some rumors too, but where the hell is that? Where did you come from?”
“There is probably… … Mon, what’s wrong with Mon?”
“Oh, it must be the Montefeltro estate.”
“Oh right. there.”
A territory located on the edge of the empire.
Because it was so remote, there were some people who did not know about the territory.
“A Montefeltro? Where the hell is it? It’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”
“It’s a fringe area. It’s almost abandoned by the country.”
“ah! It was the first time I heard it somehow.”
“This is the land that even the dwarves left behind. No matter who touches it, the imperial family doesn’t seem to care.”
“Still, the name is Youngji, and even if you have it, the tax will come in every now and then. Do I even need to throw it away?”
“That’s because you don’t know. How difficult it is to be concerned about leaving such a piece of land and to manage it. On the contrary, would you think that such a land would be a deficit from the point of view of the imperial family?”
“but… … Please do some subjugation, please help me here. If the lord keeps asking for help, the imperial family will definitely get annoyed. You keep asking for help in a non-trivial place.”
While everyone shook their heads, one changed the subject to another.
“Anyway, because it’s such a land, isn’t it because they ate and ate the lord? If the land had been in good condition, the imperial family would certainly have spoken. Because they don’t look good on our banco contractors either.”
“Are you still going to the church? We always look out for the denomination, don’t we even look at the imperial family who occasionally comes to ask for some money?”
“Still, I don’t see the imperial family. My name is the owner of this land.”
“Still, it’s not like the church. The imperial family is not allowed in the church. The emperor is immediately embarrassed when the Pope says something.”
“I have to go to heaven when I die.”
“No. If you follow the church’s instructions, the country will be at peace. I hated the denomination for nothing, but then the words come out. It’s just the public’s anxiety. The emperor knew it, so he obeyed the Pope.”
“It sounds like you are right. uh, uh!”
After he finished speaking, the banco trader was suddenly startled and began to point at someone with his index finger.
“It’s that person over there. As far as I know, that young man over there is the gossip assistant.”
“ah! Seeing Carter over there with Carter, I think you’re right. It’s like his assistant.”
“Then the neat-looking guy over there is the rumored assistant?”
“It looks like that.”
“It doesn’t look bad.”
Rockefeller and Carter went into the hall where the guild meeting was held, despite everyone around him murmuring towards him.
“We don’t go in either.”
“Yes, the rumored assistant has also come. I’ll go and see what you’re saying.”
“Come on, let’s go. Go and get a good seat.”
As Rockefeller entered the conference room, the banco vendors who were talking outside the conference room door also began to rush into the conference room.