Harvey's expression was extremely sad, his eyes were watering, and he sobbed: "They said you were seriously ill and asked me to come to see you for the last time. I ran away from the military camp to see you... Now, you want me to die..."

Harms ignored his son's cry and turned to Russell: "Mr. Corleone, please give me a chance. I am willing to do anything for you."

Russell frowned and turned to Harvey, saying, "Do you want to live?"

Harvey cried and shook his head, "Let me die, I want to die."

"If your army were allowed to become a full-time soldier, would you be willing?"

Harvey was stunned and confused: "What do you mean?"

"It means that if you give up your military rank and take up a civilian position in the government, would you be willing?"

Harvey nodded slowly: "Yes...but, am I not going to die?"

Russell smiled and said: "Your father Harms doesn't care about you as a son at all. He has so many sons, and you are no less important. It just so happens that I don't lack him as a congressman. I can train him with my own hands..."

Harvey understood, turned to look at Harms, and said, "What about my father?"

"What do you think?"

Harvey shook his head crazily: "No, I can't do it."

Harms was a little confused, how could things become like this?

However, his mouth had been blocked by Philisto with his smelly socks, and he could only stare, looking at Russell and Harvey in horror and disbelief.

Russell didn't want to see them acting out the love between father and son. It could be seen from Harvey's instantly understanding expression that he had already made his choice and just didn't want to do it because of his reputation.

"Philisto, teach him what to do."

"Okay, Godfather."

Russell originally asked Oliato to send money to Rand and Harms for two purposes. One was to see how big their appetites were and whether they were greedy. The other was to win over the two of them and recommend a new town to the town.

long.

But I didn’t expect that the greedy Harms would want to take away Russell’s foundation and woman. What a wishful thinking!

Now, Russell has changed his plan. He will make Harvey the mayor of the town, and then promote one of the mayors from the surrounding towns to become a councillor.

Don't doubt Russell's ability, he just needs to send more money to Hagen and things will be done.

There's no need to worry about Harvey's betrayal. He has something that could kill his whole family.

Two days later, news of Harms' death spread.

The cause of death was a sudden heart attack. Due to the driver's error, Harms did not receive effective treatment.

The eldest son Harvey, who was rushed over, got angry and took out his gun and shot the driver to death.

Because Harvey left the military camp without permission and violated military regulations, he was sent to the government to serve as the mayor of a remote town.

Harms's funeral was in Avola, not far from the town of Casticutto. Both Russell and Rand rushed to attend, and brought Congressman Hagen's condolences.

Harms' wife was heartbroken. She was not Harvey's biological mother, but his second stepmother.

Harvey didn't have much affection for her, but Russell wanted to greet her for a while out of politeness.

Before leaving.

Rand and Russell chatted for a while under the tree.

"Mr. Corleone, Congressman Hagen expresses deep condolences for the death of Harms. But this also caused him to lose a trusted ally. Regarding your proposal to open a winery, Congressman Hagen feels that sales are not a problem, the problem is the wine.

How is the quality?"

Losing a trusted ally is an excuse for blackmail.

Russell replied: "If the quality of my winery is not good, then it will not be sold under the banner of Sicily. This is completely insulting to my hometown. Let Congressman Hagen relax, the profit of the winery is still 20%.

"

Rand frowned.

"Someone will send the relief fund of three hundred thousand lire in a few days. Please tell Councilman Hagen that Harvey is an honest boy and he will not be able to sit in the position of mayor for too long."

Rand relaxed his brows and said, "Okay, I will tell you. If you have any words, you did a great job."

Russell stopped him and said, "Major Rand, oh no, Lieutenant Colonel! I think you left something in the trunk of my car. Let your adjutant come and take it away."

He has been officially promoted to the rank of regional armaments officer and has the rank of lieutenant colonel.

"Hahaha okay."

Rand laughed and left.

Russell got into the car, and Olija got out, opened the trunk, and handed the things to Rand's adjutant.

The adjutant took it back and gave it to Rand. He opened it and saw that it was actually 120,000 lire in cash!

In addition, the 80,000 that Russell gave him a few days ago happened to be the 200,000 bounty for killing Guiliano.

Rand was very happy and knew that the money was given by Russell to thank him for reminding him.

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Back to town.

It's already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Philisto and Niveno were waiting in the sea view room, and when they saw him coming back, they stood up to say hello.

Russell invited them to sit down, and Sivina served them black tea as usual.

He crossed his legs and lit his cigar before asking, "How was the discussion at the winery?"

"In the end, the owner of the winery sold it for 200,000 lire in cash and gold worth 50,000."

Niveno nodded.

He and Filisto went to discuss the winery. The boss was a stubborn and idealistic man who insisted on developing the winery. Filisto pointed a gun at his head and signed the contract.

"Boss, cash and gold go out of the cigarette factory accounts."

Russell nodded and said, "Has the winemaker found it?"

"Godfather, all the good winemakers are in France. The traditional winemakers in Sicily are too rigid. I'm afraid they won't lose their reputation for a new recipe."

"That's because he's too full. Olia is looking for an apprentice. I can teach him how to make blended wine. Besides, blended wine is the future!"

Aoliato responded, "Okay, Godfather. How many do you need?"

"Let's find three first."

"yes."

"Christmas is coming soon. Niveno is preparing some gifts. I will take the time to give them to families living in poverty. I am also preparing some cash and giving it to the workers. You can discuss the quota with Oliatu."

"yes!"

Recently, Russell and Marlena are in a passionate relationship.

On weekdays, he would always bring gifts to Marlena, and then the two of them would taste food, drink high-end red wine, and dance in the room to the music.

Both of them enjoy spending time together, and like many couples, they play pranks or start wars in private spaces.

Obviously, none of them were convinced.

Marlena's relationship with her father has also softened.

The reason was that her father knew that Marlena had been with Russell, and he expressed his agreement. Some neighbors even went to her father's house to whisper, telling all of Russell's deeds, and saying that Marlena was having an affair with more than a dozen men in the town.

, that’s a rumor!

Her father finally came to his senses, wrote a letter of apology and had it delivered to Marlena.

Note, this is a letter of apology, not a letter of apology.

The apology to Marlena in the letter was summed up in just one sentence, 'Father believed other people's rumors wrongly, so he has a bad attitude towards you.'

Except for this sentence, the rest of the words were asking how she and Russell were getting along, and if she felt aggrieved, just bear with it...

Russell felt speechless after seeing the content of the letter.

He knew that most of the town residents were bad, but he didn't expect that even Marlena's father was so confused!
Chapter completed!