Chapter 272 Father's Choice
If you can beat the ears, you can even get the tears back.
The woman was stunned again, she didn't understand. She was fine just now, but why did she suddenly turn against each other?
Before you hit someone, please remind me to be mentally prepared.
She looked back at the guard behind her, thinking that the Lord was humiliating his minister and I was beaten by someone else. At least you stand up and say something, and chop him with a knife together.
But to her disappointment, the guards also looked back at her with their eyes, but they had no intention of stepping forward to stand up for her.
“Stand up!”
Because Li Fei's voice sounded very harsh this time, the woman stood up from the ground without hesitation, put her hands in front of her, lowering her head, like a naughty child who made a mistake and needed to be corrected.
Li Fei said coldly: "You are not a little girl. I am not here to play house with you. I am a person who is easy to talk to, but it doesn't mean you can make you arrogant. Do you understand?"
The woman didn't say anything, just nodded silently.
"I'll ask you if you understand clearly, give me a clear answer."
"clear."
"Speak louder, you won't have eaten, are you?"
The woman raised her tone: "I understand!"
Li Fei nodded and said, "First of all, you are not a victim in front of me, you are the invaders who launched the war."
"Secondly, I'll give you two choices now."
"The first choice is to get some money and get out of Pompeii with my family, and never show up in front of me in the future."
"The second choice is not to take anything. In the future, I can protect your safety by being an ordinary noble in Pompeii."
"The third choice is that you can choose to avenge me. It doesn't matter. Just drag your whole family to die together."
Faced with the three choices given by Li Fei, the woman's breathing became a little rapid, and her eyes and pupils were unnaturally dilated.
She was immediately abandoned for the third choice. Now the first and second choices are the ones that make her difficult, which is really hard for her to choose.
Because she could not determine how much money Li Fei said was, even with this money, where could their family go.
After hesitation, the woman gritted her teeth and knelt on the ground: "I, Rachel Edgerton, swore here that I would give up all my property and stay in Pompeii to be an ordinary nobleman. Please protect my family."
Li Fei smiled and said, "No, it's a wise choice. Get up, I don't like others kneeling down to me."
The next thing was simple. Rachel left the castle with her family, and she had two young brothers. If she chose to leave with some money, then the three of them would definitely die outside.
Li Fei successfully accepted all the property in the castle, and some guards chose to be loyal to him, but Lord Edgerton's family was not as rich as Count Hans, and his total assets were only hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
Then Li Fei ordered William to invite all the nobles in Pompeii to come to the castle for a meeting. Of course, if anyone is unwilling to come, it would be simple. Just stage a good show of fighting the rich.
It turns out that there are indeed nobles in the world who are not afraid of death. They shouted the honor of the nobles and welcomed the baptism of bullets without hesitation. They found that the speed of going to heaven was faster than birth, but if they did too much evil, then
Just go to hell directly.
After seeing the power of the bullet, the other nobles all honestly agreed to come to the meeting.
The meeting went smoothly, and the main spirit was of course to be people-oriented. In the future, the nobles could not kill their servants at will, and the nobles would sell their excess land.
Li Fei concluded: "Of course, if you don't want to continue to stay in Pompeii, then you can do whatever you want, but as long as you stay in Pompeii for a day, don't commit crimes against the wind, because my eyes will be fixed on me.
Each of you.”
The nobles left the castle with complex emotions. They couldn't figure out how Lord Edgerton fought this battle, and why did they occupy Pompeii so quickly.
Before the war, most of them contributed money and effort, hoping to get a share of the money after winning the war. Now all the benefits are gone, and this nobleman is becoming more and more cowardly.
However, it is not realistic to let them give up their status as a noble and live in other cities. Their industries are basically in Pompeii, and they cannot take them away after they leave.
The nobles had just left the castle, and the merchants rushed over to hear the news, but now Li Fei did not plan to meet all of them. He knew that the merchants put interests first, and the cooler they were, the more they would flatter themselves.
Finally, the merchants selected a representative, Gina, who had had many business dealings with Li Fei. The slaves she sent to Li Fei greatly supplemented the population of Oak City and expanded the family business.
Several times.
Gina came to the living room with a gift. When she saw Li Fei again, her expression became more respectful. The two had business dealings before, but that was just a deal.
The situation is different now. Pompeii has changed hands. If Li Fei is dissatisfied with her family, the business will definitely be hit hard, and it is possible to end it like this.
After taking the gift, Li Fei smiled and said, "You are also a member of the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce. We are our own people, sit down and talk."
Gina sat down carefully, and then said gratefully: "I would like to thank Lord Huai'en for the last reminder, otherwise our family would have suffered too much."
"You have to be polite." Li Fei waved his hand and said, "I said we are all our own people, and I can't watch our own people lose money."
Seeing that Li Fei was still as gentle as before, and his attitude did not change due to the change of identity, Gina's expression became much calmer.
She whispered: "Mr. Huai'en, if you have anything you want me to do in the future, please give me your instructions. Our family will do our best to serve you."
Li Fei smiled and said, "I want to build a Kowloon branch in Pompeii. You can be the branch president and then bring all the merchants in the city into the association. I want you to ensure the stability of the market and not to raise prices."
Gina's eyes lit up when she heard this and she hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I will work hard to be the branch president, and price gouging will never happen."
Li Fei nodded and said, "I believe in your ability."
After all this, Li Fei didn't say much to her. There were some things that needless to say, so smart people naturally knew what to do.
In the following days, Li Fei stayed in Pompeii, giving speeches around the city to increase his influence, and in addition to promoting his modern ideas.
With his efforts, there was no chaos in Pompeii, and the people still lived and worked in peace and contentment. One thing I remembered deeply in my mind was that everyone was equal and nobility could not bully civilians at will.
Having stabilized the hearts of the people, Li Fei explained to Gina another thing, that is, to build a temple in Pompeii and Black Wood City. After all, he is also the messenger of the God of Darkness and needs to fulfill the contents of the contract.
Immediately afterwards, Li Fei went to the Habi tribe again. According to his agreement with Selsey, when he occupied Heimu City, he built another new city for the Habi people to live in.
Because Li Fei provided a lot of food, the Habi tribe spent the winter safely this time. Selsey showed great enthusiasm for Li Fei's arrival again and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Habi people.
Migration work.
In addition, Selsey also mentioned something specifically: Turner, who was unwilling to leave with Li Fei, has married into the Habi tribe, and he has become the first human to intermarry with the Habi people.
Because it was getting late, Li Fei planned to stay in the Habi tribe for one night and wait until the next day to set off.
In the cave, Eaton was drinking alone, and the last thing he wanted to see happened. The tribe was about to migrate and left the Grand Canyon where he had lived for hundreds of years.
The wine in the barrel had been drunk, and he sighed heavily. He couldn't understand why the tribesmen were so happy. Is life in the Grand Canyon bad? I have to live a life of living under someone else's roof.
At this time, Selsey and Julian walked in, and Julian was still holding a jar of wine in her hand.
Eaton looked up at them, and said in a hoarse voice: "What are you here for? You're leaving soon. You...uh... don't you need to prepare?"
Selsey coughed lightly: "Son, we haven't sat together for a long time. We will not return until we are drunk tonight."
"Hahahaha, uh...I've been drinking enough."
Eaton spoke, but his eyes stared at the jar of wine in Julian's hand.
In fact, he felt that he was far from full, and he still had to continue drinking. He wanted to die of drunkenness, hoping that nothing had happened when he woke up the next day.
Julian sighed, walked over and placed the jar on the table, and whispered: "Father, things have come to this point today, and you have no extra choice."
Eton didn't even look at his son, stared at Selsey in a deep voice, saying, "Why should I take away the rights of my patriarch? That damn human, what's good about him? You're all deceived by him.
Now.”
Selsey was silent for a moment and suddenly said loudly: "You're better off drinking. It seems that there is nothing to say between us father and son."
"What a shit father and son, you're a coward, I don't have a father like you." Eaton snarled, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Selsey shook his head and said he had nothing to say.
Eaton smiled coldly and finally set his sight on his son. In fact, he had secretly contacted some people who were willing to follow him and would launch an attack on Li Fei early tomorrow morning.
In this way, the so-called covenant was self-defeating, and the tribes could only live with him in the Giant Wood Canyon.
The outside world is terrible, it is the end of the Habi people. He firmly believes that his approach must be correct.
But before that...
Eaton's hands were involuntarily placed on the jar of wine. He wanted to drink another big drink. He felt that he was almost drunk, but this jar of wine would definitely make him wake up again.
Gudu…gudu…
Opening the jar of wine, Eaton drank most of the jar of wine in one breath.
Then he felt that he was really awake, and a piercing pain burst out from his stomach. He couldn't help but scream, blood flowed out of his mouth and nose, and his body tilted and fell to the ground.
Julian looked at his father's miserable situation, but turned his head and couldn't bear to see it.
Seerci's eyes were faint and he said softly: "Son, don't blame me, if you want to blame, you can only blame you for being too stubborn."
Eton slowly closed his eyes and had a dream in which he led his tribe members to live in the Giant Wood Canyon for the rest of his life.
Chapter completed!