Chapter 262 Before the Bidding
Now that I have made up my mind, this matter can be done quickly.
As the lord of the north, Purfict wrote several development documents simply as a matter of course.
But this time, considering that it was to be given to those big businessmen and the money had to be taken from their hands, Perfectcott also thoughtfully replaced the document paper with special paper made by alchemy. It cannot be torn, burned, or soaked in water. What is important is that it cannot be changed.
For those businessmen, you have to figure out their psychology. If you can spend 50,000 gold pounds to buy a development document, you won’t mind spending another 30,000 gold pounds to buy a deluxe version, or even spend more. Fifty thousand for the supreme deluxe version.
Everyone has a comparison mentality. You and I are both pioneer knights. Your document is written on a random piece of parchment, and mine is written on a serious alchemy paper. Invisibly, I am one step ahead of you. files.
This is also the reason why some people only buy the expensive ones but not the right ones. They only want the most expensive ones but not the best ones.
Most of those businessmen who suddenly became rich lacked accumulation. Many of them only became rich in their own generation, so they lacked sufficient accumulation in terms of style of conduct and luxury enjoyment.
In fact, not only them, but also the nobles lack the so-called accumulation.
The reason is also very simple, because everyone only became truly rich after the industrial revolution. Were you rich before that?
The king had to wait for a place to pay tribute to eat fish. There was a king in history who ate too many lampreys at one time and ate himself to death because they were so delicious.
Even the king is like this, and ordinary nobles can naturally imagine it.
Because of this, everyone is actually a nouveau riche, but the aristocrats are several generations richer, and coupled with the constraints of aristocratic etiquette, the aura of rich people is not so strong.
But this is now. If there is no such thing as the apocalyptic winter, it will take a few decades for the first industrial revolution to be completed and the first generation of capitalists to complete the accumulation of wealth. Then it will be like before Rural aristocrats like the Brandless family will really become rich and wealthy. On the contrary, these big businessmen will gradually become representatives of wealth and fashion.
Only those truly top nobles can accumulate enough wealth to allow their lives to rise with the growth of their wealth.
But now, everyone is still trying their best to put gold on their faces and make themselves look superior and wealthy.
It's just that the nobles used to have a little gold clay on their faces, and now it's more convenient to stick it on, but the businessmen don't have that much convenience. It's not an exaggeration to say that they lack the background.
This is why in the original world, even in the third industrial revolution, the so-called fashion trends and top luxury enjoyment are still in the hands of the so-called aristocrats, and the so-called aristocratic style is still sought after.
Purficant had no intention of criticizing and commenting on this phenomenon. She only cared about how much benefit it could bring to herself and how much help it could bring to the development of the northern border.
In order to make this incident more influential, she also asked the old housekeeper to release the news, saying that in order to celebrate the opening of the commercial airship route between the North and the Empire, the Northern Lords specially I took out five appointment documents of pioneer knights, which will be auctioned at the subsequent maiden voyage celebration ceremony.
The news soon spread back to Langton and also to the New World.
It cannot be said that there is a sudden storm, but it is also a stone that stirs up thousands of waves.
For some people, the status of aristocrats is not a concern. After all, they are all aristocrats, but some have higher titles and others have lower titles, but after all, they are all aristocrats and people in the same circle.
But for those who do not have it, even the lowest level of knighthood is a stepping stone to the aristocratic class. Obtaining it means that you can enter that upper class circle and be superior to others from now on. This is not about imitating the life of an aristocrat and pretending to be an aristocrat, but actually entering the aristocratic circle.
For nobles, having a title and not having a title are two completely different things, even if you are the heir.
So faced with the five titles offered by the Earl of the North, countless people flocked to them.
But obviously not everyone has a chance.
The reason is also very simple. What Purficott said is that these five pioneering knight documents will be auctioned at the celebration ceremony for the first flight of the airship route. If you want to buy one of them, you must at least celebrate it. Show up at the ceremony, right? At the worst, you have to send someone on site who can bid for you, right?
If you can’t do this, how can you buy it? You can’t just say that someone took the photo on the spot and then you buy it from someone else, right?
Everyone knows the benefits of a title, but who would spend a lot of money to get it and then sell it?
So this invisibly eliminated a large number of people who could not rush to the North or send people to the North on the same day.
The only ones who can really appear on this occasion, apart from those who caught up with the first airship flight, are the big businessmen and big capitalists who sent people to the north.
They are all people with great hands and eyes, and they can mobilize a lot of resources. At this time, they will naturally spare no effort to exert their efforts.
There is a radio on the airship. This was originally prepared to facilitate communication. However, usually passengers cannot use it at will, but rules are often convenient in the face of money. .
Therefore, the representatives on the airship who were originally sent to perform survey tasks naturally received new tasks. At the same time, each company also received a rough budget and the amount of overspending.
After all, Purficott said it was an auction, so preparing some funds or resources that can be converted has become the preparation that must be made in advance to win the auction.
It’s just that it’s not these capitalists and factory owners who can really mobilize a large amount of resources, but the real nobles.
They could also mobilize resources and send people to the north, but they did not do so. Instead, they directly sent the telegram to Perficott.
The nobles from the royal capital are all interceding with Perficott, trying to get a reasonable title for their second son or illegitimate son.
After all, there is only one title in the family, and the hereditary title can only be passed on to the eldest son. The remaining sons or illegitimate sons can only pay a sum of money and be self-reliant.
Now that there is a chance to obtain a title, how could they just watch?
It is easy and hassle-free to just spend money to buy it, but to compete with those businessmen, not to mention that you may not have enough financial resources, there are only five titles in total, and whoever can buy it will not be able to buy it. This will hurt the peace. , and also not decent.
It is different to go directly to Perficott in private. Since the northern lords can offer five knighthoods for sale, it means that they can find a way from Perficott, as long as they have The price is easy to say, the rest is nothing more than an exchange of interests, the trick that aristocrats are best at.
(End of this chapter)