Charlie Iris hung in the sky without moving for a long time.
He looked at the retreating back of Augustus Xingmang and fell into deep thought.
Of course, he was not thinking about Augustus himself, but the dune shapers around him.
Charlie Iris murmured to himself: "What a strange thing. If I read correctly, this little mage should only be at the Silver level, right? Why does that old guy Augustus take such good care of him? Could it be that this old guy
His illegitimate son?"
There is no way to reach a conclusion by just thinking about this kind of thing. Charlie Iris simply stopped thinking about it and continued flying towards the palace where Sean was.
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At the same time, Sean was instructing his servants to clean up the "battlefield".
I had a great time at the barbecue just now, but the place definitely needs to be cleaned.
After all, Charles Iris is the king of the Anjou Kingdom, so it would be a bit outrageous to entertain him at a barbecue stall.
It should be more solemn no matter what.
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The servants had just cleaned up the scene and had not yet arranged the luxurious tables and chairs. At this time, Charlie Iris had already arrived above the palace where Sean was.
Half an hour earlier than the appointed time.
But Sean couldn't help it. The guest arrived early, so he couldn't miss it, right?
So he quickly took Thor and Khadgar out to greet them.
"Your Majesty the King, you are very welcome! We have been waiting here for a long time."
From a long distance away, Sean saluted Charlie Iris.
Not to mention that Sean is not Duke Ryan now, even if he has been sworn to be a duke, the proper etiquette is still essential.
"No need to be polite, Sean Violet." Charlie Iris glanced at Sean with a complicated expression and said straight to the point: "I'm here to discuss cooperation with you."
Oh? Another one here to discuss cooperation?
Sean led Charlie Iris towards the palace hall and asked at the same time:
"I wonder what kind of cooperation you want to discuss? But for Matthew's sake, I believe there will be a happy cooperation between us."
Charlie Iris did not answer directly.
He smelled the smell around him and frowned slightly: "You guys just... had barbecue here?"
There is an exciting aroma in the surrounding air - it's the smell of grilled fish!
"Love of grilled fish" is engraved in the DNA of the Camellia family, and Charlie Iris certainly loves it too.
After all, there have been numerous intermarriages between the royal family and the Camellia family, so it is not surprising that the king has the blood of the Camellia family.
"Uh..." Sean was a little embarrassed. He thought it was the smell of barbecue that aroused Charlie Iris' disgust, so he hurriedly explained: "It's like this..."
"No need to explain." Charlie Iris directly interrupted Sean: "Since you just had barbecue, the whole barbecue set should be still there, right?"
"certainly."
"Then bring it here, we can chat while having a barbecue!" Charlie Iris showed an amiable expression.
"Okay." Sean wiped his sweat and ordered the servant to bring up the barbecue grill and condiment table that had just been brought down.
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So in the next period of time, the serious saint meeting turned into a barbecue stall atmosphere.
The four of them were having a barbecue and chatting about some irrelevant topics.
The one who talked the most was of course Matthew.
After all, he is the link between the two major forces.
Ten minutes later, the conversation gradually got down to business.
"Sean, I came to you mainly for four reasons." Charlie Iris said while concentrating on grilling the fish.
"Here we come!" Sean's heart trembled and his attention became concentrated: "I wonder which four aspects you are talking about?"
"First." Charlie Iris held out a finger: "It's about the Principality of Lane. Have you decided when you will inherit the Principality and become the official Grand Duke of Lane?"
"This... I haven't thought about it yet. I probably won't in the next few months. Let's talk about it later." Sean replied.
He remembered the ancient saying in his previous life, "Build walls high, accumulate food widely, and be king slowly." Now that the principality was in a state of chaos, it was not the best time to take over.
"Oh, I understand." Charlie Iris did not continue to ask, but started the next topic: "Second, it is about the business cooperation between our two families."
"Business cooperation? Are you referring to the new route Matthew has opened recently?" Sean thought about it.
The two major powers are not connected by land, and the only direct commercial exchanges are the new routes that have been recently opened.
But Matthew and Lor'themar Theron were mainly responsible for the opening of the new route, and Sean didn't have much control over it.
However, according to the report submitted by Lor'themar, this new course seems to have received a good response.
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"Of course it's a new route." Charlie Iris smiled:
"You have been busy fighting the war recently, and you may not have paid attention to the latest progress of the new route. You may not know that soap, paper, and cement in your territory are very popular, especially soap. Hundreds of thousands of soaps were sold out in two or three days.
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In fact, there is one more thing that Charlie Iris did not mention, that is, the sales of spirits and perfumes of the same batch are also very hot.
It's just that these two items belong to the consumption of nobles, and not many people buy them, so they are not as shocking as soap.
Sean was very happy to hear the news about the best-selling products in the territory: "What do you mean, do you want us to deliver more products next time?"
"No, no, that's not what I meant." Charlie Iris denied:
"What I mean by business cooperation is, can you sell the soap, paper, and cement formulas to our family? The price can be negotiated.
Although these products are of high quality and low price, the shipping cost is still too high. If we can buy the formula and produce them locally, the people of our country can use cheaper and more affordable products.
This is a good thing that benefits all people!"
"This..." Sean hesitated.
Soap, paper, and cement were invented in a very short period of time, and the intelligence agencies under Lao Zhu's administration have taken very good confidentiality measures. So far, the formulas of the three have not been leaked.
However, the formulas of these things are very simple, and it is only a matter of time before they are leaked. As long as the Angevin people are willing, imitations will appear on the market before long.
Rather than wait until the price of imitation products plummets, Sean might as well sell the formula now.
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But Sean didn't want to simply sell the formula. The income would be too little, and he wanted more.
So Sean proposed his own business cooperation idea: "His Majesty Charlie Iris, I would like to propose a more novel cooperation model."
"What new model?"
"This model is very simple." Sean smiled: "That is, we build a factory in Pearl City, and we cover all the construction materials, skilled workers, management personnel, and sales personnel required for the factory construction!
Chapter completed!