Chapter 351： arrange

Under the bright moonlight, Colin left the Butter Tavern all the way back to Roar Castle.

The two Oliver brothers followed suit, and walked into the study of the castle.

The three of them were seated for the guest and the host, and the maid gently delivered drinks and desserts, and then quietly left.

Colin picked up the coffee and took a sip, then smiled at the slightly restrained two: "Now you know why I'm looking for you?"

Oliver straightened his waist quickly, suppressed his excitement, and nodded: "Yes, Lord Earl, I can probably guess something."

Colin looked at Oliver's eyes and said solemnly: "I originally wanted to forcibly support you as the chairman of the Northern Merchants Federation, but later I had a better plan, so the federation handed in Let Arnold go and play by yourself.

As for you, when the North Border Foreign Trade Company is formally established, Lord Duke will appoint you as the general manager of the company to be in charge of the company's daily operations. "

Although he had already guessed in his heart, he was confirmed by Colin himself at this time, and Oliver was excited and almost unable to hold on himself. He patted his chest loudly and expressed his determination to Colin:

"Thank you Lord Earl for your trust! I will definitely work hard for you and manage this company for the St. Hild family!"

Colin nodded with satisfaction and continued: "I have already discussed with Count Uman. The Tulip Chamber of Commerce will all be merged into the new company, and all the assets of the Chamber of Commerce will be converted into company shares. In this way, you can also occupy the board of directors. One seat."

"Yes." Oliver nodded in response. Of course he had no objection to this arrangement.

Although he is the president of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce, this Chamber of Commerce is actually the property of the Uman family, and Oliver is just a manager pushed to the front.

The Tulip Chamber of Commerce is about to become history, but the North Border Foreign Trade Corporation, which represents a glorious future, is waiting for him. Of course, Oliver has no complaints.

"Master Earl, I don't know if I should ask or not." Oliver said carefully after the initial excitement.

Colin seemed to see through Oliver's doubts and asked, "Are you worried about the board?"

"Yes." Oliver nodded repeatedly. "My lord, Arnold has strong assets and a high reputation in the North. If he wooed a large number of businessmen to invest in our new company, would he let the board of directors fall into his control?"

Colin glanced at Oliver and asked in a questioning tone: "Arnold can win other businessmen, can't you win?

Don't tell me that your prestige is not as good as Arnold. With my support, your current appeal in the northern business community will never be lower than Arnold.

What's more, you also have the right to advise on the management team of the new company, and making good use of this can definitely help you win over a large number of northern businessmen.

If this allows Arnold to control the board, then you deserve to be held back by him in the future! "

When Oliver heard this, he hurriedly said loudly: "Master Earl, please rest assured! I will definitely make good use of the quota of the new company's management team to attract a group of powerful northern businessmen, and will never let the board of directors fall into Arnold's hands. !"

Colin's face was a little slow, and he encouraged: "Don't let me down and do it boldly."

In fact, even if Oliver's funds are not as good as Arnold, Colin still has a way to help him.

The St. Hilde family, the Anglia family, the Schultz family, and the half-elf royal Miller family can all provide financial support when Colin needs it.

Moreover, Colin still has two war indemnities in his hands. One is from the Troll Empire and the other is from the Maynum family. This is a huge sum of more than ten million gold coins. No chamber of commerce can come up with such a sum at once. More liquidity.

The North Border Foreign Trade Company is still a rudimentary form. Although many far-sighted businessmen can see its potential, they are definitely not as confident as Colin.

Therefore, businessmen must not contribute too much capital, and Colin has enough confidence to control the board of directors.

Controlling the personnel rights of the company's management team and mastering the board of directors, this way, the North Border Foreign Trade Company could not escape Colin's palm.

With this as a starting point, Colin can also integrate and master the northern business community, and can even use it as a special weapon for external expansion.

That's right, Colin is going to teach people in this world a lesson to let them know that war is not only a form of military aggression, but economic invasion is actually a means.

It is more difficult to detect, but its destructive power is by no means inferior to a military invasion.

After explaining to Oliver, Colin turned to look at Olma, who was sitting on the sidelines.

Olma saw Colin's gaze, her face quickly showed a flattering smile.

For this Oliver's brother, Colin also made arrangements, and said with a smile: "Mr. Olma, I am going to become a charity foundation, I wonder if you are willing to help me manage it?"

Olma originally thought that she could take the light of her younger brother and join the North Border Foreign Trade Corporation as an executive or something, but she did not expect that Colin had other arrangements for herself.

Just what this charity foundation is, Olma is at a loss.

Although I don't understand, Olma will definitely not refuse Colin's request, and immediately responded loudly: "Of course! Lord Earl, I am willing to serve you any request you have!"

Colin nodded in satisfaction, but he didn't know what he thought of, his eyes became very deep:

"Very good. This charity foundation is not a profit-oriented organization, but its importance is by no means lower than that of the North Border Foreign Trade Corporation."

Olma lifted up his spirits and immediately asked: "My lord, what does this charity foundation mainly do?"

"The war in the North has been frequent in the past two years, and there have been a large number of people in need of assistance, such as farmers who lost their fields, disabled veterans, unattended elderly, homeless children, etc. These people rely solely on glory. The salvation of the church is not enough.

That's why I wanted to set up this charity foundation specifically to help these needy civilians. "

"My lord, your kindness is more dazzling than the sun!" Olma praised loudly, and then asked carefully, "however, how can the source of funds for the charity foundation be resolved?"

"The foundation accepts donations from anyone, nobles, businessmen, and even surplus farmers can contribute to this, but these donations alone are not enough, so the foundation needs to issue a welfare lottery!"

"Welfare lottery?" Olma repeated this new term, waiting for Colin's explanation.

"That's right." Colin picked up a piece of paper from the desk and handed it to Olma. At the same time, he explained, "This is the model of the welfare lottery. It is made of special paper and cannot be counterfeited, with a series of numbers written on it. , Selling for ten copper coins..."

Colin probably explained the method of issuing lottery tickets. The two brothers who had been in business for many years immediately realized the business opportunities in it.

Olma praised her with glowing eyes: "My Lord Earl! This is really a genius idea! I'm sure that the welfare lottery will be popular in the north and raise a lot of funds for charitable foundations!"

Colin smiled lightly and accepted Olma's flattery.

However, the true meaning of his preparation for the charity foundation, I believe the two brothers in front of him should not understand.

His move was actually aimed at the glorious church.

Why can the church have such a big appeal among the people?

The number of baptized knights is too precious and has nothing to do with ordinary people.

The promise of entering the kingdom of heaven after death is too vague and invisible.

As for the protection of the gods... this world has not appeared miracles for thousands of years.

In addition to providing spiritual sustenance to the common people, the reason why the Guanghui Church can have such a large influence among the people is also a very important reason-charity.

The church collects "tithe tax". Except for maintaining the normal operation of the organization, most of the tax is used to relieve the civilians at the bottom.

For civilians, this is a tangible benefit and the most important reason for them to believe in the Lord of Glory.

In Colin's view, this is actually a welfare system, but the welfare system is controlled by the church. It is no wonder that the prestige of the lords among the people at the bottom cannot compete with the church.

In order to support this welfare system, a lot of money is definitely needed.

Given the current situation in the northern border, if taxes were raised rashly, public grievances would be boiling, and of course Colin would not be so unwise.

Therefore, he came up with the idea of ​​using the lottery to make money.

Of course, in fact, lottery is also a tax-IQ tax.

In the establishment of the charity foundation this time, Colin started from the foundation of the church and robbed the support of the people at the bottom.

If the royal family wants to limit the power of the church when it comes to fighting the church, Adjani and Mr. Zang are determined to start with "the gods are dead" and disintegrate the source of faith in the church from top to bottom, then Colin would Prepare to start with charitable relief and gradually corrupt the foundation of the church.

In fact, Colin himself did not have a bad feeling for the existence of the church. He recognized the protection of the human race by the Lord of Radiance. He also felt that the people really needed a spiritual sustenance. However, he could not bear the clergy using the name of the Lord of Radiance for personal gain, let alone tolerate it. The Pope even hit Vera with his ideaSince sooner or later he was going to confront the church, Colin wanted to make preparations sooner or later.

Moreover, establishing a welfare system that can be controlled by oneself is actually part of Colin's centralization plan.

Yes, centralized power.

According to Colin, the current system of enfeoffment of lords implemented by the Glorious Empire actually has a huge waste of efficiency and risk of internal friction, and it is far less convenient to rule than a centralized system.

Of course, if we really want to establish a centralized ruling system, there are still many things needed, and Colin is currently laying some foundation.

Colin would definitely not confide these things to the two businessmen, and it is impossible for Vera to even know that such crazy thoughts existed in Colin's mind.

"Okay, go and prepare separately. Tell me what you need."

"Yes, Lord Earl!"