Chapter 4419 Chapter 4421 [Weird George Store]
"Recruit strange people and don't be afraid of spending money. As long as you have real skills, no matter how high the asking price is, I can afford it." Xiang Nan told his manager Ryan Thomson, "To acquire rare treasures, as long as they are extraordinary items, no matter how high the asking price is. High, I can afford it.
After you verify it, send me a message and I will rush over to trade as soon as possible. For every successful transaction, you will receive a reward, and I will not let your hard work go in vain. "
He would not leave the money to Ryan. On the one hand, he was afraid that he would simply take the money and run away. You must know that Tetuga Port is a mixed bag of fish and dragons. In addition to pirates, gangsters and profiteers, honest people cannot survive here.
Especially since Ryan was a broker, he was used to cheating and cheating, so if you put the money in his hands, he might really run away with it. Even if he ran to the horizon, Xiang Nan could still find him, but why bother?
On the one hand, even if Ryan is honest, others may not be honest as well. Maybe someone will deceive him, trick him with tricks, magic tricks, or make fake things to deceive him.
No matter how cunning Ryan is, he is still just an ordinary person, and his ability to distinguish is limited. So Xiang Nan asked him to only be responsible for the reception. As for the specific transactions, he had to do it himself.
Fortunately, he can apparate, making it easy to come and go.
Ryan Thomson was naturally happy to see a fixed monthly salary of five gold coins and a reward for each successful transaction.
After all, the competition in the brokerage industry is very fierce. It is common to not open for half a year, and you may not earn twenty or thirty gold coins in a year.
Now the monthly fixed payment of five gold coins is enough for him to have a good time and pick up girls, so why should he be dissatisfied.
Immediately, he beat his chest and said, "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely help you run the business well."
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Time flies, and more than a month passes quickly.
During this period, Port Royal was largely peaceful.
First, Xiang Nan ran the army strictly and maintained strict military discipline. He sent troops to patrol the streets and suppress the ground every day. If there are rogue pirates, unscrupulous traders, extortion, deceit and abduction, they will be dealt with promptly. In this way, order was ensured in Port Royal;
Secondly, Xiang Nan's defeat of Red-Eyed Sharlock also shocked a group of pirates, letting them know that the new Sheriff of Port Royal was not someone to be trifled with.
The reason why pirates become pirates is more to seek wealth, rather than to strive for temporary victory. Navigators like Captain Jack who only enjoy freedom and adventure are even rarer.
Port Royal is not easy to mess with, and those pirates just mess with the easy ones, and they can't come to Port Royal for head-on confrontation, so Port Royal is naturally relatively peaceful.
During this period, Xiang Nan also had a very good relationship with Governor Weatherby Swann and Elizabeth Swann.
Xiang Nan maintained order in Port Royal, created a good business environment, made merchant ships willing to trade here, and brought generous tax revenue to Port Royal.
As the governor, Wetherby was naturally happy. These could be regarded as his political achievements, and he was naturally very satisfied with Xiang Nan's talents.
Elizabeth prefers Xiang Nan.
In addition, Xiang Nan also gave her a parrot that can learn to speak, a music box that can play music, and a little man that can dance when it is wound up... These novel toys all make Elizabeth like it very much.
Moreover, Xiang Nan doesn't just give away small toys. He is also very knowledgeable in Latin, French, arithmetic, literature, music, dance, painting... and is also very good at them. Coupled with his tolerant personality, informed knowledge, and humane sophistication, Elizabeth naturally liked him.
This is nothing like James Norrington.
James Norrington grew up in a military camp and was accustomed to obeying discipline and sticking to rules. Therefore, he was relatively upright, old-fashioned and stubborn, which was completely different from Elizabeth, who loved freedom, adventure, and excitement.
Therefore, although he was better than Will Turner in all aspects, even in terms of appearance, he was still unable to capture Elizabeth's heart.
Xiang Nan knew this, so he would not make the same mistake again.
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Over the past month, Xiang Nan has also received news about the Black Pearl.
After lifting the curse, Barbossa and others attacked merchant ships in the Caribbean waters and looted all their money and goods in order to regain the lost gold coins as soon as possible.
For this reason, many merchant ships have suffered.
But since they haven't been wandering around Port Royal for the time being, and Xiang Nan hasn't received an order to exterminate them, he doesn't need to meddle in other people's business.
In addition, in the past month or so, Xiang Nan's Weird George store in Tetuga Port has also completed several transactions.
The first transaction was a pipe that did not require ignition. As long as tobacco leaves were put in, the tobacco leaves would ignite automatically without ignition. It was also a strange item.
This rare thing itself has little value, and Xiang Nan doesn't even know what to do with it. To him, this is simply rubbish, worse than worthless.
However, in order to make a name for himself, he still spent ten gold coins to buy this useless pipe. And this move really opened up the sign of Weird George's store.
Everyone in Tetuga Port knew that the owner of Weird George's Shop was stupid and rich, and was willing to charge a high price for any junk, so they flocked here one after another.
Most of them are garbage, even Ryan Thomson hasn't passed the level. After all, he had been a broker and had some serious eyesight. He didn't just hang around and get paid for nothing.
But there are indeed a few strange objects in it.
The second strange thing Xiang Nan bought was a monkey skull that can cause hallucinations. As long as a drop of blood is dropped on its bones, people can think that they are a monkey living in an endless banana orchard.
This is also a tasteless treasure, because you can only eat bananas in the illusion. But the reason why Xiang Nan bought it was because he also felt a hint of god's breath in this monkey skull.
The third strange object is a cursed wine flask. No matter what good wine is poured into it, it becomes tasteless water.
This hip flask was simply the natural enemy of drunkards. The drunkard who sold it wanted to just throw it away, so Xiang Nan bought it for only one gold coin.
The fourth strange object is a sharp animal tooth with a terrible curse on it. When you wear it on your body, at night, it will penetrate into your body and secretly **** blood. Until now, four owners have died due to its ingestion.
In addition to the four strange objects, there is also a strange man, he is the man who sells the monkey skull. The black slave he was originally sold to was able to command monkeys to perform acrobatics, pick coconuts, and even steal other people's property. He was somewhat capable of stealing like a rat or a dog.