Chapter 274: Discovery of the New World (4)
Lyon Kingdom, the mayor of Colmar, Ordo.
He swallowed his saliva, facing the biggest deal of his life.
"...Are you truly offering us such a proposal?"
Orsini, who had come here on Fabio’s orders, nodded and answered.
"As a merchant who deals with such large sums, I never lie to my trading partners, no matter the circumstances. Because the moment you tell even a small lie to your customers, you become a fraud."
Fabio always adhered to that principle without fail.
He had never lied to anyone he traded with.
When he sold tulip coins to the Holy Empire, he simply bought a few at a high price because rare tulips started selling well.
Even when he sold cotton and wool at a cheap price and ruined the economy of the Lyon Kingdom on the border of the Holy Empire, he hadn’t exactly committed fraud.
"I am doing this merchant work because I want to get rich by making money. And if I ever deceive someone and lose their trust, I’ll never have the chance to make money again. So, I can’t just deceive my customers for short-term gain."
The mayor nodded unconsciously as he listened to those words.
At the same time, he lowered the level of his caution toward the man in front of him.