Hearing the voice, Fang Ze couldn't help but follow the voice and look over. Then he saw a fifteen or sixteen year old girl sitting on the sofa in the hall.
How can I describe the girl's appearance... She's just plain, neither beautiful nor ugly, she's the most ordinary kind that you can't find in a crowd.
This actually surprised Fang Ze.
The nobles that Fang Ze has come into contact with so far all have at least average appearance. Most of them are handsome men and beauties. Even his most hated Sima Liu and his former enemy Jiang Cheng, just looking at their faces, they are pretty.
Young Master.
Therefore, Fang Ze was really surprised for a moment when he saw that the girl looked so ordinary.
After careful inspection, Fang Ze found that the girl's face still vaguely bore some of the features of Aunt Jin and Bai Zhi's father, so she was really her biological child.
I don't know if Fang Ze's eyes were too direct or if the girl was too sensitive. She glared at Fang Ze and then said, "What kind of eyes do you have? Is it weird that I don't look good?"
Hearing the girl's words, Fang Ze also realized that he was impolite, so he quickly looked away in embarrassment, lowered his head and apologized.
The girl had a good personality and did not dwell on this matter. She hummed for a lifetime and expressed her acceptance, then said to Fang Ze: "You are here to see my dad, right?"
"Wait a minute. I'm going to call him now."
After saying that, the girl passed by Fang Ze, opened the door behind Fang Ze, and walked out.
Fang Ze looked out along the door that the girl opened, and found that outside the door was no longer the place where he came in, but a simple and atmospheric corridor with simple decoration. Obviously, this should be the interior of the Bai family manor.
After the door was closed, Fang Ze walked over and tentatively opened the door. At this time, the outside of the door became the place where he had just come.
Seeing this scene, Fang Ze once again sighed at the magic and universality of this smoke world's spatial abilities. Then he withdrew his gaze and looked at this secret space.
The secret space occupies a large area, and it is not just one room, but a huge building: the entrance is a luxurious hall, which is about sixty or seventy square meters. There is a corridor to the north of the hall, and a corridor to the east.
There is a staircase that seems to be a passage leading to other rooms and floors.
Coupled with the special effect of being able to reach this secret base from anywhere in the world with just the key, Fang Ze knew that this space treasure must be worth a lot of money, even more than his own.
A manor house is still expensive.
Thinking of this, Fang Ze couldn't help but sigh at the financial resources of the Bai family. Sure enough, the heritage of the old aristocracy with a history of fifty years is unfathomable. Moreover, it has always kept to itself, not developed to the outside world, and was suppressed by the civilian faction in West Dazhou.
Beat the Bai family.
How terrifying would it be if the Jialan family in Tuoye Prefecture or the Li family in Tangzhou were to rule a state for decades, or even hundreds of years, and were so dominant that even the federation had to avoid the spotlight?
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While Fang Ze was thinking this, the door opened again, and Bai Zhi's father, dressed in blue and purple casual clothes, walked in.
He still looked as elegant and kind as when Fang Ze saw him last time.
When he saw Fang Ze, he had no airs. Instead, he motioned to Fang Ze casually, "Sit down." Then he took the lead and sat on the sofa in the living room...
Fang Ze followed him and sat down, and then heard him say: "Xiao Zhi has already told me what you think."
"Xiao Zhi's child has a simple temperament and can't understand the joints, but Xiao Zhi's aunt and I understand."
He took a deep look at Fang Ze and said, "To put it bluntly, you just want to take advantage of our Bai family's power."
As he spoke, he leaned back and leaned on the back of the sofa to make himself more comfortable. "Many people in the state capital didn't understand why you chose the Jia family, the weakest among the seven noble families.
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"Even if I guess that you don't want to be controlled by others and want to take the initiative in the cooperation, you still don't understand where the price comes from."
"After all, no matter how weak the Jia family is, they still have demigods to hold their own, and even mortal-level masters to preside over their daily lives."
"And at that time in your Si family, the strongest person was only at the peak of Huayang. The strength of the two sides was not equal at all."
"And you took out the Tuafan Fruit yesterday, which raised the upper limit of the Si family's combat power and made up for the shortcomings of the Tuafan class. Now you are cooperating with our Bai family, obviously to make up for another shortcoming: demigods
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"In this way, you have our Bai family as the backing, and you have the masters of the mortal level to hold the battle, the Jia family will completely lose the negotiating advantage, and the entire cooperation will be dominated by you."
Speaking of this, Bai Zhi's father looked at Fang Ze and asked, "Am I right?"
To be honest, Fang Ze never thought that his plan could be hidden from the Bai family, so when Bai Zhi's father said it so clearly, he nodded and admitted frankly, "Yes. It is true."
Seeing this, Bai Zhi's father nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "If I guess correctly, you actually just want to take advantage of our Bai family's power, and you don't really want to cooperate with our Bai family."
"The reason is the same as the other six noble families: our Bai family is too strong compared to you now. Once we cooperate, it is too easy to lose control."
This time Fang Ze hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I do have this worry."
"But...I didn't think about asking the Bai family to help me in vain."
"I know that there are interests between families. So, I prepared my own conditions early."
Speaking of this, Fang Ze also expressed his true thoughts, "Now the Si family's three interests are coveted by the nobles in the eastern region."
"The first is the private army quota. This is the heritage of each family. It is impossible for me to cooperate with any party."
"The second is the quota of various materials and one billion lini provided by the federation to the Si family every year."
"The third is the management and taxation rights of affiliated cities and high-level cities that belong exclusively to the Si family."
"My idea is: The Bai family can choose one of the latter two to cooperate with our Si family. During the period of taking advantage of the situation, I can use up to 1/3 of the Si family quota to cooperate with the Bai family, or in the affiliated city
The Bai family and the Si family are given the same treatment as the high-end cities."
"As for other things, if you are interested, you can talk about them."
"Moreover, although these cooperations are claimed to be cooperations, they are actually all provided to the Bai family free of charge. You do not need to pay any benefits, and they are all handled by you, and we will not check them."...
After hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Zhi's father's eyes fluctuated slightly, and he was obviously a little moved.
Although the last two items mentioned by Fang Ze may seem inconspicuous and all belong to the Federation, in fact... these are all real money.
The reason why the 102 noble families in the federation, no matter how weak they are, are far stronger than ordinary families is actually because of the federal quota and city income.
Let’s talk about the amount of supplies first. These supplies are not ordinary supplies, they are all scarce resources of the Federation. The most typical example is the strategic grade ore extract [Qin 28]. Although it also costs money to buy, my family does not use it.
, put it on the black market and sell it for dozens or even dozens of times the profit.
Moreover, although the sale of [Qin 28] is illegal, there are also many of these materials that are not illegal, such as special awakening potions, double-sided tea leaves, etc., and the benefits are several times higher when resold.
So supplies seem to be just a quota, but in fact they are all money.
The same is true for affiliated cities and directly affiliated high-end cities. In high-end cities, nobles can do business there tax-free and enjoy various privileges and benefits.
As for the affiliated cities, it is even more exaggerated. It is completely regarded as the private fiefdom of the nobles. In the affiliated cities, the family law is higher than the federal law. If there is a conflict between the two, the family law shall prevail, so the nobles can
Do whatever you want.
Many absurd things, such as companies that directly rob residents of affiliated cities, confiscation of private property of residents of affiliated cities, absurd first night rights, etc... all happened in those cities.
Therefore, these two cooperations have huge benefits. It is conservatively estimated that they can create hundreds of millions of lini a year. Many nobles with average strength, such as
The Jia family can barely maintain itself and has even trained two mortals over the years because of these quotas and resources.
Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's father couldn't help but look at Fang Ze again, feeling impressed by Fang Ze's courage.
It is a very bold decision to rather give benefits directly than cooperate, cut off the power of both parties, and avoid being infiltrated by other families.
Moreover, Fang Ze also added a period of time to this cooperation: during the period of asylum of the Bai family.
This once again showed Fang Ze's confidence.
Obviously Fang Ze believed that his family would soon be able to give birth to a demigod, thereby getting rid of the current situation of being controlled by others.
Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's father shook his head slightly in his heart: But it's a pity... Fang Ze is courageous, and the Bai family is also courageous...
Thinking of this, Bai Zhi's father glanced at Fang Ze and said, "Fang Ze, your conditions are very attractive, but I'm not interested in them."
"Let me tell you a condition. If you think it is acceptable, our Bai family will not only protect you for free, but we are even willing to provide your Si family with talents to build subsidiary cities and run high-end cities for free, and help you open up resource sales channels."
Hearing Bai Zhi's father say so many favorable conditions, Fang Ze didn't look happy on his face.
There is never a free lunch in this world. The Bai family is willing to pay so much, and the goal is obviously bigger. So he couldn't help but ask: "What is that condition?"
Bai Zhi's father said slowly: "I hope you and Xiao Zhi can get married as soon as possible. "...
"And no matter how many women you have outside in the future, you can only have her as your wife for the rest of your life."
When Fang Ze heard this, his pupils shrank slightly...
Half an hour later, secret space.
At this time, Fang Ze had left, and there were only Aunt Jin and Bai Zhi's father in the secret space. Aunt Jin thoughtfully rubbed the shoulders of Bai Zhi's father and said in a low voice: "You are making your own decisions again."
"The old man only asked you to help him, but he didn't ask you to mention this condition."
"Moreover, when you proposed such a condition, you didn't ask Xiaozhi's wishes in advance. What if she doesn't want to marry Fang Ze."
Hearing Aunt Jin's words, Bai Zhi's father snorted and said angrily: "She doesn't want to get married? Didn't you see her behavior last time when I went to find her after I sent her to Fangze Manor?"
"I have been saying good things to Fang Ze the whole time, but she even got angry with me when I said bad things! And when I mentioned that I wanted to marry her, she actually became shy."
Speaking of this, Bai Zhi's father couldn't help but shook his head, "Have you ever seen her shy in all these years?"
Hearing Bai Zhi's father's flowers, Aunt Jin couldn't help coughing, and then she said: "Then you can't make such a condition in this situation. Fang Ze seems to be a very creative child. If you force him like this, what will happen?
It caused conflicts in their feelings."
Hearing Aunt Jin's words, Bai Zhi's father curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "It's a good thing to add some conflicts. How can you recognize your own feelings without going through thinking and suffering."
"When things go well, people and ghosts are the same. Only when things go wrong can you see a person's character."
"And I'm Xiaozhi's father, so I have to fight for something for Xiaozhi, right? You can't marry someone and give them a house, resources, and people, only to end up sponsoring a white-eyed wolf, right?"
After hearing what Bai Zhi's father said, Aunt Jin nodded coquettishly at Bai Zhi's father, "You~"
At the same time, Fang Ze also returned to the Si family manor with a frown on his face.
Heiyu had been waiting outside since he went for the appointment. When she saw Fang Ze coming out, she hurriedly greeted him. Then while checking Fang Ze's condition with her eyes, she asked softly: "Young Master, how is the situation?"
Fang Ze was obviously thinking about something, so he just shook his head slightly and walked forward.
Seeing this, Heiyu was worried that something might happen to Fang Ze, so he quickly followed him out.
In this way, until Fang Ze returned to the villa where he lived, Heiyu watched Fang Ze return to the villa and then left silently.
At this time, Fang Ze also returned to his villa,
Went upstairs and returned to our room.
After returning to his room, Fang Ze didn't even wash up, so he went to bed, sat on the edge of the bed, and continued to be immersed in his own thoughts.
Perhaps because Fang Ze's appearance attracted too much attention, the flower god slowly got out from under the bed, and then asked curiously: "Fang Ze, what's wrong with you?"
Hearing the voice of the Flower Goddess, Fang Ze turned his head and looked over, and then saw the Flower Goddess shaking her petals and floating in front of him.
Seeing the Goddess of Flowers, Fang Ze hesitated for a moment, and then he asked softly: "Your Majesty, you said... what is love?"
Hearing Fang Ze's question, the flower god was stunned for a moment. For a moment, she among the petals said with a proud face: "How do I know? I have never been in love!"...
Hearing what the flower god said, Fang Ze couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and almost didn't react: Don't all demigods live a long time? After living for such a long time, they have never been in love?
Thinking of this, Fang Ze couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, how old are you? How come you haven't been in love before?" After hearing Fang Ze's words, the flower god among the petals couldn't help but be a little confused, "How old am I?"
For you humans, you should be...36F."
Speaking of this, she asked hesitantly: "But... does this have anything to do with love? Are people with big breasts not qualified to fall in love? "
Fang Ze:……
It's the same thing that these two are big! Besides, your figure is a foul! Why is it bigger than Bai Zhi's!
Thinking of this, Fang Ze couldn't help but patted his forehead. He felt that we should not talk about this topic anymore, so he changed his mind and asked: "My Majesty, what do you think the two of them mainly watch together?
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Hearing Fang Ze's more serious questions, the Flower Goddess transformed herself in front of Fang Ze, and then floated cross-legged in front of Fang Ze. After that, she held her chin and thought for a while, "I want you to be my mother."
Let’s just say... the main reason for two people to be together is to see how happy they are!"
"Happy?" Fang Ze repeated.
The flower god nodded, and then she said with longing in her eyes: "For example, two people can go to hot pot together? Can they eat noodles together? Can they eat chicken legs together? Can they eat stinky tofu together? "
"This is very happy! We must be together!"
Fang Ze:……
Good guy, as long as you have something to eat, will you be happy?
He couldn't help but retorted: "But you can also do this with friends. It's just eating and drinking, it's not just for two people."
Fang Ze said: "Is there anything special? Only two people can do it."
The flower god said decisively: "Yes."
Fang Ze asked: "What?"
Flora straightened her chest, "I told you, 36F. Isn't this special enough? It's very big and soft. You can only touch it when they are together."
Fang Ze:???
Just like this, talking about her 36F love with the dirty god Flower God, Fang Ze slowly fell asleep until the early morning... And he was originally confused after talking to Bai Zhi's father, and now... he is even more confused.
Does it mean that... marriage requires 36F? Is this requirement too high?
What he didn't know was that after he fell asleep, the shadow of his love mentor, the Goddess of Flowers, had been sitting cross-legged on him, then looking at the moon outside the window, holding his chin and muttering to himself, "Love? Then
What kind of shit is that?"
The next morning, Fang Ze finished washing up in the maid's clothes and went downstairs to have breakfast. But just halfway through breakfast, Kuroyu came and brought a gold-plated invitation. After taking the invitation, Fang Ze opened it
After looking at it, I saw that the invitation was from the Jia family.
Apparently after being dragged down by Fang Ze for two days, the Jia family couldn't sit still, so they invited Fang Ze to meet again tonight. However, what made Fang Ze feel uncomfortable was that he had not achieved his goal in the past two days: his original idea was
If you meet with the Bai family publicly in the past two days, even if you don't reach an agreement, you can still scare the Jia family first.
As a result, Bai Zhi's father obviously saw through Fang Ze's little plan, so he directly sent the key to the secret base, just to prevent Fang Ze from taking advantage of the Bai family's influence before Fang Ze made his position clear.
So now seeing the Jia family's invitation, Fang Ze had a headache for a while.
Black Feather was obviously aware of Fang Ze's tangled emotions. She sat next to Fang Ze and asked tentatively, "Young Master, how about... push it aside for now?"
Fang Ze held the invitation in his hand and hesitated. He wanted to push it, but found that he really couldn't push it...
Because now it is not just a problem for the Jia family, but also a problem for the Sima family.
According to Changqing’s intelligence last night, the Sima family’s ascension to heaven is about to take place tonight. And once Fang Ze’s two allies fail to win over them, things will become extremely bad...