Loen City Hall's annual investigation report indicated that nearly half of the industrial products processed by factories of all sizes in Loen were sold to the New Continent through the East Hoy Company's channels. As for the various ores and raw materials mined by the East Hoy Company in the New Continent, more than 80% of them were sold to various parts of the empire through Loen's distributors.
For Loen to become the largest commercial center on the empire's West Coast and even the entire Tempest Ocean, the New Continent's East Hoy Company played a huge role. On the other hand, for the East Hoy Company to have its current influence in the New Continent, it definitely couldn't have done without Loen's support. This was also an important reason why Mr. Desilio chose to land in Loen. With such a close relationship and interdependent relationship, there was definitely a need for regular intimate interactions and visits to bond.
According to Butler Martinez's letter, dozens of major chambers of commerce in Loen, including the Valencia Chamber of Commerce and the Seville Chamber of Commerce, were expected to book the most luxurious imperial meal in Loen City to welcome Desilio's arrival on the third day after Desilio landed in Loen!
And what Butler Martinez meant was that as the first-in-line successor of the Ferguson family, Connor should be the representative of the Ferguson family to pay respects to Mr. Desilio. According to Butler Martinez's original words, it was to strengthen the historical friendship between the two families. But in fact, Connor also knew that he was going to give Uncle Desilio a gift!
After all, apart from the income from a few shops, farms, and manors in Flosinone, the remaining source of income for the gradually declining Ferguson family was the East Hoy Company's ores that Desilio had arranged for them to be distributed in Flosino City. Every year, the Ferguson family could earn about 4,000 gold pounds from this!
A trace of surprise surfaced on Connor's face as he looked at the Empire's banknote within the letter. He was well aware of the Ferguson family's financial situation. A year's worth of operations, including the empire's rewards for hereditary nobles, should be around eight thousand gold guineas. Old Ferguson didn't play big and spent his time indulging in wine and women, but each person spent three thousand gold guineas a year!
As for the remaining uncles in his family, they would have to spend a total of about three thousand gold pounds. As for the remaining two thousand gold pounds, he couldn't save it all. One thousand and five hundred gold pounds would be distributed to the family's small knight regiment. The final five hundred gold pounds would be used to pay the wages of the family's hired craftsmen and servants. There was no way he could save that much money throughout the year.
Now that Butler Martinez was willing to give him 1,000 gold pounds to curry favor with Mr. Desilio, it was already very rare. There was an 80% chance that the Ferguson family had to sell some shops in Flosinone City to raise that much money.
Although the Ferguson Family and the Ranieri Family were relatives, the Ferguson Family had declined and was no longer as glorious as it was in the past. After the Ranieri Family produced a figure like Desilio, the Ranieri Family received a lot of benefits from East Hoy every year and became extremely rich. It was already very generous of Mr. Desilio to give a piece of meat to the Ferguson Family for the sake of their past relationship. The Ferguson Family naturally knew that they had to return the favor. Otherwise, without benefits to win them over, their past relationship would disappear sooner or later.
Looking at the 1,000 gold pound cheque in his hand, Connor pondered for a while before revealing a bitter smile. 1,000 gold pounds wasn't a small sum in the Kaman Empire. It could easily support a small city's municipal expenses for a year. Although Connor didn't know Desilio's exact position in the East Hoy Company, given that Desilio could represent the entire East Hoy Company to make a report to the shareholders, his Uncle Desilio could definitely be considered the big boss of the East Hoy Company!
With Desilio's status and wealth, as well as the size of the East Hoy Company in the New World, he might not accept it if he directly sent it over! In terms of gifts, it seemed like a lot, but in fact, there weren't many things that could be bought with it!
Shaking his head with a bitter smile, Connor put the cheque into his wallet. Butler Martinez didn't mention what this Uncle Desilio liked in the letter. He had to find out what this Uncle Desilio liked. If he didn't have enough money, he could only use his own money to make up for it. After all, half of the Ferguson family's income depended on Desilio's words. He had to satisfy this Uncle Desilio!
After carefully reading the letter from old butler Martinez, Connor's eyes focused on the name of the East Hoy Company. As a member of the History Department of Green University, Connor knew the origin of the East Hoy Company very well.
After Emperor Laur started the new era of the Kaman Empire, he actively developed navigation and industry. In the fifth year of his reign, the Kaman Empire's fleet found a new continent, a continent that was not smaller than the one the Kaman Empire was on. When this new continent was discovered, there was already a primitive civilization. The original name of the new continent was the Hoy people, so people called it the Hoy Continent. Compared to the Kaman Empire, the Hoy people's civilization was still relatively backward, and they still lived in tribes.
The new continent was rich in resources, and because the Hoy people's civilization level was relatively low, their pursuit of material was also very low. Most of the minerals in the Hoy Continent had yet to be mined. The discovery of a rich new continent was no doubt a celebration for the Kaman Empire, which was paying more attention to industry and commerce. To the Kaman Empire, which had just experienced Laur's reform and was becoming more prosperous day by day, the new continent was like a naked beauty with a voluptuous tank. After carefully inspecting the strength of the Hoy people, the military minister of the Kaman Empire, Reinkel, immediately submitted a top secret "Rhine Plan" to Emperor Laur.
According to the disclosure of the Kaman Empire's Archives ten years ago, the "Rhine Plan" was definitely a crazy plan during that era. This plan was carefully prepared by the military minister at that time, Reinkel, was to give up part of the sovereignty of the disputed areas with the Bossi Kingdom and the Odin Empire and use this as a price to form a friendly treaty with the Odin Empire and the Odin Empire. Then, he would transfer the four most elite legions, a total of one hundred and fifty thousand people, to the Kaman Empire and the Odin Empire to resist the invasion of the Bossi Kingdom and the Odin Empire. Then, he would carry out an expedition to conquer the Hoy Continent.
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