My British Empire

In London in August, it rained lightly as usual, and the whole sky looked gray, depressing and unhappy.

"Goodbye, dear Fina, and little John!"

"Goodbye, Phoenix, my dear husband, I wish you the best luck today as always!"

Phoenix is ​​holding an umbrella, wearing a gray top hat, a bearded face, a tall nose bridge and blue eyes, making him extraordinarily handsome.

After kissing his wife farewell and his lovely son in his arms, Phoenix, like most London citizens, hurriedly left the house—a two-story log cabin.

Holding an umbrella and purse in his right hand, and a large bag of trash in his left, about the size of a child, wearing a tight-fitting black jacket, Phoenix left the house quickly.

Nervously dodging passers-by, Phoenix carried a bag of trash and walked for a while, then turned a corner, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw an old man and a carriage.

"Old Nick, come here, here is my family's disposal fee for this month!" Pour out the garbage in the garbage bag in the garbage pool, and then throw the large garbage bag onto the mountain of garbage bags that has been stacked to a height of one foot. Panting, said softly.

Old Nick was wearing a gray blouse, and was holding a broom to load the contents of the garbage pool into the closed compartment of a carriage. When he saw Phoenix coming, he turned his head, his face full of dimples bloomed. smiled and said:

"Phoenix, you are the first one again. You are really a hardworking person, and you will definitely make a fortune in the future!"

After taking the ten pennies away from Phoenix, Old Nick couldn't help but praise.

"However, the feces bucket in your house should be dealt with. Yesterday Jackson told me that he was about to faint from the smell of your house!"

"With your good words, I will definitely make a fortune in the future!" Phoenix immediately blushed when he heard this, and he responded loudly.

But in a blink of an eye, when the smell was mentioned, he explained in a somewhat awkward but polite way:

"Please say sorry to old Jackson for me, after all, Little John's emissions are too big!"

"Haha! It's okay, it's okay, Jackson is just complaining, that's what he does!" Old Nick shook his head quickly after hearing this, and said gloatingly.

"Haha! Goodbye!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Rich!"

After parting from the old Nick who belonged to the city government, he felt that the rain in the sky was getting heavier. Phoenix suppressed his smile, quickened his pace, dodged the slowly passing carriage, and came to a platform.

Hiding under the shed on the platform, feeling the dense crowd in the front, back, left, and right, a trace of sweat appeared on Phoenix's forehead.

Such a crowded environment made him extremely unhappy. At this moment, he had never been so impatient to have a carriage of his own, instead of waiting for the smelly and crowded public carriage.

The idea of ​​getting rich appeared in his mind so clearly that he couldn't get rid of it.

"Bing, ring, ring!" Phoenix was awakened by the unique sound of iron bells on the stagecoach. He looked up and saw a number "15" on the stagecoach.

He hastily took out a rain-soaked penny from his pocket, got into the carriage eagerly, and then put the penny into the wooden box, while the others followed suit and boarded the carriage quickly

In less than a minute, the carriage that accommodated twenty people was already bulging, while the crowd on the platform was only half gone.

I felt like I was surrounded by people, and the smell of sweat was so strong that it made Phoenix feel bad.

Feeling that he was about to suffocate, he quickly took out a small piece of tobacco leaf from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and chewed vigorously, a warm current rose from the bottom of his heart, and his body became much more relaxed. Only then did he feel better .

Ten minutes later, after feeling the comfort of the body gradually disappearing, the groom's thick voice came from Phoenix's ear: "The Stington pier is here——"

Phoenix immediately squeezed out of the carriage and came to a three-story wooden building.

"Phoenix, damn it, why are you so slow today? There is a ship that has just docked here. You need to calculate the price of all the items for him, and find out if it is full of high-grade furs! If you don't go to find the way, you are dead! "

As soon as he entered the office, Phoenix heard the voice of his boss, a big fat man whose clothes were tightly stretched.

"Yes, boss!" Phoenix didn't have time to rest, and immediately took the paper containing the information from the boss, then quickly left the office and headed to the pier not far from here.

With the development of commerce, the needs of the rich in England are more and more vigorous, and the goods that are in short supply are always so scarce.

At this time, middleman companies like Phoenix appear to find needed and scarce commodities for businessmen, become middlemen, and earn profits.

Phoenix rushed to the pier without stopping, and began to look for the cargo ship in the information according to the paper.

With sharp eyes, he was not disappointed when he found that his cargo ship did not have the furs he needed, because he found a more important cargo-silk, although it was only half a bolt.

Generally speaking, silk is sold as a whole, and nobles are not willing to buy silk that can only be used as half a coat.

When selling it to a down-and-out aristocrat in need, or swollen face to pretend to be a fat businessman, half a piece of silk can be used to mend the hole in the previous silk clothes, or add it to the original clothes as a decoration, but it is an excellent choice .

After spending all his money—twenty pounds—to buy this scarce silk, Phoenix left the pier and went to a family of a down-and-out aristocrat he knew well to sell the half bolt of silk.

In a blink of an eye, he made a profit of three pounds. Although he would be scolded by the fat pig boss after returning home, this was one step closer to his dream.

In this way, after a week, Phoenix finally collected a hundred pounds, enough to buy a simple family carriage, buy a gelding, and hire a groom.

You know, it took him three years to scrape together, which was equivalent to his one-year salary.

When I took my family to the car dealership and happily bought a carriage, something happened.

Originally, there were only three carriage sellers, but suddenly, more than a dozen appeared, and the prices were much cheaper.

"What's the matter? Phoenix!" Looking at the distraught Phoenix, his wife asked strangely.

"I'm hesitant. One is a carriage that has been planned for a long time. The price suddenly dropped today, which makes me very strange!" Phoenix explained with a puzzled face.

"What's the matter? His Majesty the King has abolished the monopoly rights of the Martin family, the Samar family, and the Thomas family. A large number of carriage manufacturers have emerged. Of course, the price will drop!"

The middle-aged man wearing a black top hat also looked at the carriage in front of him and explained softly.

"I see—" Phoenix suddenly realized.

I bought a carriage and a horse, and by the way, on the recommendation of the carriage dealer, hired a loyal groom, and returned home full of hope.

In the evening, when Phoenix was working on documents and planning the information he got, his wife suddenly ran over and said in surprise:

"My husband, Phoenix, you will never believe what happened today?"

Before Phoenix could answer, his wife said loudly:

"Soap, food, cloth, and even shoes and socks have all been reduced in price, and there are many more merchants. Our family's budget is no longer overrun!"

"Oh! Thank God, thank Your Majesty, this is such good news!"

"I think our family must have a bright future!" Phoenix said emotionally.