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Chapter 30: Chapter 30 “Deep Blue Jewelry Store” and “Collecting Rent” (Request for Chase Reading)

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“Young Master, the internal personnel involved have all been sorted out, and a letter has been sent to Father.”

Hearing William’s words, Milton Cheney gently rubbed his eyebrows.

“Have they paid all the due rent?”

“Some of it has been collected, but several Noble families who run the shops have asked for more time.”

“Hmm, I understand.”

Milton Cheney replies quietly, implying his comprehension.

There was no denying that the Golden Lion Market that his father, Earl Arthur, had entrusted to him was a mess.

While everything seemed well on the surface, the reality was far from it.

Corruption was rampant among the underlings, and slackers lazed about.

A number of shopkeepers in the market haven’t paid their rent for quite a while, too.

These large families could easily afford the rent, yet they still delayed the payment, which was starting to vex Milton Cheney.

Cheney wasn’t sure whether Earl Golden Lion was unaware of the situation or was intentionally testing him. Needless to say, he had been busy recently.

After thoroughly investigating the matters at hand, Cheney realized that he could not entirely blame Earl Arthur for the improper handling of money by his subordinates – Earl Arthur rarely checked financial accounts.

Now, Earl Arthur’s jurisdiction spanned the entire Far East Territory, with Far East City being just a part of it.

The Far East Territory comprised over a dozen separate cities.

As single-handed management was impossible, Earl Arthur had promoted some commoners to assist him.

Among them, Moss had always been in charge of the finances of the Golden Lion Market. Moss’s greed was a clear indication of the prevailing situation.

However, this was not because Earl Arthur lacked judgment. In his early years, Moss had indeed proved to be diligent and committed.

But once a person attains power, they start losing self-control. Moreover, some influential families in the market were involved in these matters as well.

more direct approach

Cheney turned to William with

course, we can. Otherwise, they’ll think they can walk all

for these shops to continue trading, which prevented him from just

moment’s thought,

alone. The shops run by the nobility have their purpose. Clearing out all of them would disrupt the Golden

an option either – they’ll start seeing us as pushovers

but preserving the relationships with these families over outstanding rent didn’t seem worth it. This was something Milton

he planned to strike a balance between forcefulness

with

to a name on the paper lying in front of him and

this, William glanced at the document and read

William had arrived at the Deep Blue Jewelry Store,

of them were ladies of the nobility, donned in

young noble gentlemen

run by the Blue Eagle Family

a jeweler

jewelry store

jewelry, fashion accessories,

part of the jewelry store

counter faced the window and displayed goods for sale – mostly delicate pieces of jewelry and expensive raw

such a huge jewelry store would ever fail to pay the miniscule amount of rent

manager here and tell them Royal Family Gold

an apprentice

briefly before heading off

as a

proceed

Milton’s suggestion, the merchant promptly nodded and guided Milton and William to the

in the Jewelry Room, Milton instinctively surveyed

essentially a room designated for

appraisal tools were scattered randomly across the table, and Milton was unfamiliar with

at the

Simultaneously, he hands over a badge to the representative from the Blue Eagle

the badge for inspection, dulie examined it, and

confirmed Milton’s authority and

we will

jewelry store said, his tone

Milton was

with the outstanding rent.” Cheney’s gaze was fixed on the middle-aged man as