Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 111 Prince Lloyd
Even Aiwass himself didn't expect that the fish could take the bait directly.

He didn't even say a word, he had just started to make a nest, and he hadn't officially hooked it yet... The fish jumped ashore by themselves.

——It seems that Mr. Yu is really in a hurry.

So Aiwass didn't point out, but followed Mr. Yu directly to Lloyd's.

The metropolitan area is in the northwest of the Red and White Queens, and if you want to go to the Lloyd District, you have to cross the entire Red and White Queens district directly... But as a port area, it is impossible for Lloyd District to keep all the goods backlogged and unable to be shipped out.There is more than one railway from the most populous metropolitan area to the Lloyd District, which faces the sea in the southeast.But they all bypass the red and white queens in the middle.

Lawyer York took Aiwass on the train.

It was only after nine o'clock, and they had already arrived at Lloyd's.

——Although the York lawyer said that they were not a commercial company, a skyscraper came into view.

A building with more than 30 floors is already considered astonishing in terms of the technological level of this era.This is the tallest building in the entire Lloyd District, in stark contrast to the surrounding buildings that are only one or two stories high.

It can be said that the Lloyd's headquarters building is full of people coming and going, and the flow of people who come and go try to keep their clothes decent.The entrance to the building is a huge revolving glass door, and the marble floor in the lobby is as bright as new.

There were many small round tables with low stools in the hall.Some young men in suits who looked like salesmen were sitting there, chatting in low voices with some well-dressed but embarrassed people.

There is a huge display board on the side of the hall. On the left side are the names of Tyson Crude Oil, Nemancha Ocean Group, Bi Li Metal and Wood Company, etc., and behind it is a row of digital boards that can be flipped and accurate to one digit after the decimal point.On the right side are the names of some goods, such as cotton, soybeans, sugar, wine, etc., and their prices are on the flippable sign on the right side.

A large number of people in suits and leather shoes gathered there, some were discussing in low voices, some were nervous, some were talking nonsense, and some were standing in the corner with a notebook to memorize something.From time to time, someone came over and flipped the cards to adjust the numbers to the latest version.

After Lawyer York led Aiwass and Lily through the door, someone greeted them immediately.

A receptionist who seemed to be in his early 20s, well-dressed, mature and beautiful, came over and greeted politely: "Mr. Consultant."

"Which high-level person is there?" Lawyer York asked.

"Mr. Boca, Mr. Forbes, Ms. Green," replied the receptionist.

"Is Mr. Lloyd not here?" Lawyer York murmured in a low voice, and then ordered, "Please call the vice president of Boka to come to my office and tell me that I have brought a newcomer."

"Yes."

The receptionist replied.

Immediately afterwards, York took Aiwass and Lily into the elevator, and said to the elevator operator: "Go to the seventeenth floor."

The elevator operator is a middle-aged woman in her 40s.She nodded, turned the roulette in hand, and raised the gate made of barbed wire.Afterwards, she pulled the gate in front of her, and the half-opened elevator wobbled straight up.

This was the first time Aiwass had seen an elevator in Avalon.

And the elevator was too old—when the elevator ascended to the mezzanine of the two floors, red bricks could even be seen through the barbed wire gate, and the elevator was still shaking and making knocking noises during its ascent.This made Aiwass suddenly suspend his heart, lest it break suddenly and fall directly from mid-air.

In the gaps in the barbed wire, powder and fine gravel rolled into the elevator from time to time.The elevator operator was not surprised by this, and directly kicked it down the gap in the barbed wire.

In the end, it steadily climbed to the No.17 floor. After a violent vibration, it slowly stopped shaking from side to side.

At least it arrived safely.Lily breathed a sigh of relief, her fingers gripping the wheelchair so hard just now turned white.

"Have you ever taken an elevator before?"

Lawyer York said with a smile: "I have brought many people to the headquarters of Lloyd's, but when they came for the first time, they were all very scared by the elevator."

Co-authoring this is still what you are planning to do, right?
Aiwass groaned.

But he just shook his head slightly, and said very firmly: "I have never taken this kind of elevator before."

"This elevator, together with this building, were designed by architects from Xingwu."

Lawyer York walked in front and introduced enthusiastically: "You may not know that our buildings in Avalon usually cannot reach this height. Buildings such as the Candlestick Cathedral and the Temple of Silver and Tin all come from the design of the Theocracy. But they can't reach this height either.

"When the building reaches this height, special reinforcing materials are needed. Otherwise, when a gust of wind blows, the high-rise will be tottering, and it will be easy to bend and fall directly with a whiff."

As he spoke, he happily gestured with his hands.

It seems that he has forgotten that he just came back from the funeral, and it seems that he has finally let go of something on his mind.

It was a natural overflow of ease.Even his footsteps became lighter, almost humming a song.

"Not all buildings can be regularly maintained by conservators like the Temple of Silver and Tin. It is very normal for most buildings to gradually age over time. In this case, it reflects the advanced technology of star antimony..."

Lawyer York spoke highly of the technology of Star Antimony Kingdom.He talked about the advanced technologies used in the building, from the architects to the physical structure, and then the daily flow of people in the building.

——But you haven’t been to Star Wars, I really have been there.Although it is a previous life.

The elevators used by the Starbow people are much more advanced than this.Aiwass thought.

Listening to Lawyer York chatting for a while, Aiwass finally couldn't help but interrupted: "Did this building exist at Lloyd's 200 years ago?"

"...do you know that Lloyd's has a history of 200 years?"

Lawyer York was a little surprised, but soon realized: "Yes, you are also a 'Moriarty' after all.

"But unfortunately, no. The elevator was invented less than 100 years ago, and this building was built about seven or eight years ago."

Lawyer York said with a smile: "I didn't even have this building when I was a child. I remember that ten years ago, the old Lloyd's building was attacked and demolished, so the president of Lloyd's paid for this new building at that time."

"President Lloyd?"

Aiwass knew where York wanted to turn the topic, so he just laughed at the side: "Mr. Lloyd...does it have anything to do with the Prince Lloyd back then?"

Sure enough, this was what York wanted to talk about.

He pushed open the door of his office, and smiled happily: "Since you know Prince Lloyd, it will be easy. Please sit down, Aihua—oh, sorry. Miss Lily, please wait here with Mr. Aiwass for a while, and I will make tea for you two."

Aiwass was keenly aware that York had said something wrong on purpose.His purpose was to temporarily interrupt the conversation between them.

In this case, Aiwass would look around when bored.And this position just allows the whole room to come into view and see the layout of the whole room clearly.

The office is full of well-cared-for green plants, and there is a green parrot with colorful tail feathers in the cage.There are goldfish in the water tank next to it, and on the wall are warm group photos taken by lawyer York and other friends.There are shoulder-to-shoulder, smiley faces, and even pictures of each other's fights—from the 20s to the present, and those friends are almost all celebrities or big shots.

And when the water was boiling, York didn't stop completely.

When he guessed that Aiwass started to look at his photos, he introduced the history of Lloyd's again: "How much do you know about Prince Lloyd?"

"Successful businessman, disgrace to the royal family."

Aiwass replied.

Prince Lloyd's surname is not "Du Lac".He was a businessman named "Lloyd" more than 200 years ago.

——More than 200 years ago, Avalon's shipping industry reached its peak.

Prince Lloyd was just the owner of a cafe at first, because he was very good at making coffee, and many businessmen in his cafe would come to patronize him.They also brought a lot of information when they talked.

Prince Lloyd was keenly aware of business opportunities, and published a newspaper called "Lloyd News" with a loan at his own expense. It was published three times a week, and each edition was limited to [-] copies.There are all kinds of shipping news and maritime intelligence on it.These items are extremely valuable to merchants on the extremely expensive ocean voyages.

At that time, the newspaper industry was underdeveloped, and the news lag was serious.And Lloyd's network is wide enough to provide the most accurate and reliable information in the industry.It was for this reason that the Lloyd's News commanded high prices among the weaker businessmen.Those who couldn't buy newspapers could only come to his cafe to deal with him personally and consult intelligence.

But in fact, the news that Lloyd wrote in the newspaper was only "second gear" news.He also has a more secretive "first file" of information, which he only sells to those who are willing to deal with him—exchanging his own information and favors for his intelligence and favors.

By running his own intelligence business, Lloyd gained a fairly high voice.Those captains, merchants, usurers must please him.In this case, he set the rules in his own name and developed the insurance intermediary industry.

At first, Mr. Lloyd did not issue insurance himself, but all "marine insurance" had to be passed from him, and he had to take 5% of the net profit.

This is an industry without capital and huge profits, and of course someone will want his life.So he started to run his own private armed forces again.In the end, seeing that he had power, he personally began to issue loans—that is, "Lloyd's Loan", which gradually became a behemoth.And he gradually stepped into the circle of upper class society.

In the end, as a businessman of civil origin and without knight blood, he fell in love with the queen at that time and became a prince.But even so, he still did not give up the Lloyd's that he had built by himself. Instead, he took advantage of the authority of the royal family to approve Lloyd's members to operate all insurance businesses including marine insurance, and transformed the original "Lloyd's News" into "Lloyd's Weekly".

Prince Lloyd has continuously drawn blood from the royal family by enamoring his Majesty the Queen, and passed various legal provisions that are beneficial to Lloyd's from the side.At the same time, it has also operated an exquisite and meticulous human network, allowing some important members of the knight family to join or join Lloyd's in a disguised form.By the time the queen died, Lloyd's had become an unshakable behemoth.

Now, even the Round Table Hall is not good at attacking Lloyd's.It even correlates closely with the revenue of several sectors.

Prince Lloyd has become a "disgrace to the royal family".Because of Prince Lloyd, many powers of the royal family were deprived and restricted.It was also after him that the knight family prohibited intermarriage with non-blooded folk merchants.

But Lawyer York didn't care about Aiwass' sharp words and just smiled.

　This is Chapter 3000 of more than 1 words. Chapter 2 is not finished yet, and it will be posted at [-] pm!The double update will be resumed today, meow!
　　I went to bed at 03:30 last night and woke up at [-]:[-] in the morning.

　　I feel almost tuned in, although my head is still a little groggy.Although I think what you say is very reasonable, but the adjustment is already halfway, so I have to adjust it (sad)
　　Let's just do this first--

　　
　
(End of this chapter)