Two hundred and ninetieth eight chapters [extremely poisonous]
Chapter 298 [Deadly Poison Scheme]
In the nine hundred and sixty-second year of the Roland Empire, the winter this year was extremely cold.
On the night when Du Wei came out of the palace, he was invited by the Demon Beast of Delan Mountain and Count Villa to attend the reception dinner hosted by the powerful people in the imperial capital.
At the banquet, almost 90% of the team belonging to the Regent's faction reached. Everyone seemed to know that Du Wei had entered the palace in the afternoon to meet with the Regent. As a result, when the banquet started, Du Wei had been greeted at the city gate the day before.
The faces of those in Wei's group all looked a little embarrassed and weird.
As for the events at the auction, because the regent had issued a hush-hush order, none of the dignitaries who were usually very close to Du Wei were willing to reveal anything in advance, so Du Wei was caught off guard. Everyone also knew that this was the case.
Du Wei was probably very dissatisfied with the situation. So after today's dinner started, everyone seemed a little embarrassed to face Du Wei.
Du Wei sneered in his heart, this is the so-called circle of powerful people. On the surface, they are affectionate and call each other brothers, but behind the scenes...
But after all, he also knows that this is an inevitable phenomenon in the circle, and Du Weidao is not really angry about the actions of these people. It has been more than a year or two since he left the imperial capital, and he really needs to have a good relationship with these powerful people.
We had a warm relationship with each other, so I simply let go of all the worries in my heart, put a smile on my face, and never mentioned the matter of the Pope's decree.
After all, anyone who can get into this circle has a face thicker than the city wall. Seeing that Duke Tulip no longer mentions that matter, others will naturally not mention it stupidly. After a while, after a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere changed.
It immediately became lively.
In order to please Du Wei, Delan Mountain Monster spent a lot of money on this banquet. However, everyone seemed to know that the young Tulip Duke did not like women very much. Previously, Prince Zeng Chen and Delan Mountain Monster also had
Count Villa and the others teamed up to give Du Wei the quadruplets beauties, but Du Wei, a guy who didn't understand the charm, didn't even touch him. He didn't even enter the Duke's Palace, so he was thrown directly into the shop by Du Wei.
Went. Since the Duke doesn't like women, he probably likes something else.
There is no magician who doesn't like all kinds of rare gems. It's not because of the pure value of gems. It's because for magicians, various rare gems are often very useful magic props and research materials.
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After all, Delanshan Warcraft is the number one weapons dealer in the mainland. At the banquet, he presented Du Wei with fifteen necklaces made of precious amethysts. Then he said: I heard that the Duke is newly engaged, and the future Duchess
She is also a powerful female magician. These fifteen strings of amethysts are regarded as gifts to the future duchess. This kind of thing can be used as purely female jewelry. At the same time, it is very important to magic.
For a master, amethyst is also a precious magic material. It is a gift that has the best of both worlds.
Du Wei was not polite about all kinds of gifts and accepted them all with a smile.
The banquet lasted until midnight. Du Wei had not experienced this kind of feasting for a long time. Although he was a Duke in the northwest, his life was relatively simple. By midnight, most of the guests had left happily.
What made Du Wei feel happy was that because he was engaged in the northwest, many nobles who had been interested in him finally gave up their thoughts. At tonight's banquet, few nobles came to sell their daughters to him.
In the middle of the night, after most of the guests had left, the Demon Beast of Delan Mountain, Count Villa, and Baron Sac, the Financial Secretary, invited Duwei alone into a small hall.
The gold-selling cave outside the imperial capital is really luxurious to a certain extent. Because behind it is the background of the military. This gold-selling cave is mainly opened to raise military expenses. Who dares to come here to cause trouble on weekdays?
?In addition, there are so many dignitaries attending, and there are all kinds of rare things here. In such a small room, the floor is covered with high-quality handmade carpets, and the crystal lampposts are shining with colorful light. Mr. Du Wei
He sat on one of the sofas and sunk comfortably into the soft velvet cushions. Then he twirled the wine glass with two fingers and said with a smile: "You three, call me here. Do you have something to say?"
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Delan Mountain Warcraft glanced at the other two people, then smiled and said: "My Duke... there are only four of us in this room now. So, if you have anything, I might as well say it directly."
Count Villa also nodded: "Duwei, since there are no outsiders here, the three of us have something to discuss with you."
Du Wei laughed, with a gentle smile on his face: "Uncle Villa, it's too polite to discuss anything. If you have any instructions, just tell them directly. As long as I can do it, I won't shirk it.
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Duwei's "Uncle Villa" immediately made Count Villa blush, and a trace of pride flashed in his eyes. Next to him, Delanshan and Baron Sack both had somewhat envious expressions.
Baron Sack coughed and spoke slowly. He was the one with the lowest status in this room. In terms of title, he was just a baron. In terms of position, he was just an official in the Finance Department. In terms of qualifications... such as De Lanshan or Bi.
Leah, they all followed Prince Chen for many years before he came to power. But this Baron Sack was not Prince Chen's team before the coup, but the commander of the Imperial City Public Security Department. He was sent by Prince Chen at that time
Undercover Camisillo instigated the rebellion, but seeing that the situation was over, he finally surrendered to Prince Chen.
After the coup, he took the initiative to hand over his military power. After all, the Imperial City Public Security Bureau was in charge of tens of thousands of Imperial City security forces. In the core area of the Imperial Capital, it was no small matter to control tens of thousands of troops. Baron Sack asked himself that he was not a direct descendant of Prince Chen, no?
If he dared to continue occupying this position, he honestly offered to resign.
He was not from any faction, but a neutral faction. If we must talk about his position, he was slightly biased towards the old emperor Augustine VI. After Prince Chen came to power, Baron Sack was really disappointed with the bloody scene on the day of the coup.
Feeling scared, it turned out that I had made up my mind. After I was ready to relinquish my position as the commander of the Public Security Bureau, I took my family to leave the imperial capital and return to my hometown to live a relaxed rich life.
But he never expected that his approach of being very aware of current affairs would be appreciated by Prince Chen. For such a person who knew how to advance and retreat, and had a sense of proportion, Prince Chen had a good impression of him. After rejecting his request to return to his hometown, Prince Chen actually
He was transferred to the Imperial Finance Department. Sack was originally a cautious person in doing things. After joining the Finance Department, because he was not a direct descendant of Prince Chen, he worked even harder and did not dare to give anyone any excuses. As a result,
He did very well and was promoted by Prince Chen. After more than a year, he has become an upstart figure in the Regent Group. In the Imperial Finance Department, although there are several big bosses above him
, but everyone regarded him as a confidant of the regent, and regarded him as the second-largest person besides the finance minister.
There are also rumors that after the Chancellor of Finance retires in a few years, he will be the next Chancellor of the Finance.
Therefore, he has the qualification to enter this small room to talk today. Count Duwei Villa, Delan Mountain Warcraft, and Baron Sack can almost be regarded as the giants of the Regent Group.
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"Your Majesty the Duke." Baron Sack coughed. Then he said solemnly: "Actually...after you left the palace this afternoon, I was immediately summoned into the palace by His Royal Highness the Regent. Well, His Highness told me something.
The matter is about the production and supply of some military supplies in the future. Your Highness means that in terms of finance, let me lead people to make a budget and plan..."
Du Wei's eyes lit up and he looked at Count Villa and the Delan Mountain Warcraft. One of these two people was responsible for managing the royal family's industry. The other was the largest arms dealer in the empire. He invited himself in, probably because he wanted to work in this area.
I also have a piece of the big cake.
When Du Wei thought of this, he laughed and said: "Well, just in time, I am also going to discuss this matter with Uncle Villa. Since you are also interested in Delan Mountain Warcraft, we might as well talk about cooperation.
It’s something.”
The fat on Delanshan's fat face trembled. He quickly smiled and said: "I'm interested, I'm interested! Of course I'm interested!"
Du Wei pondered for a while and then made a decision immediately. Providing such a large-scale business to the imperial military was really difficult with his own strength.
Moreover, in the northwest, manpower and material resources are limited after all. In the next two or three years, the main force will be spent on expanding China's armaments. If the main financial and human resources are used on this business, then I am afraid it will be delayed.
The development of military force in the northwest. Although these businesses are huge, the real core part is just the fuel and gunpowder for hot-air balloons. What else... The technical content is not high, and the cost is huge, and the profit is relatively low. You might as well just
Let others do it for you, and you will be happy to do it as a favor.
With an idea in mind, Du Wei took the initiative to propose his own plan: to give up the production of hot-air balloons and let Count Villa and Delanshan divide it. Hot-air balloons are already being imitated by others outside.
It's just that most of them don't have the essentials. They are worse than those under Du Wei's banner. Delan Mountain Warcraft also has some.
The four of them talked in this room for the rest of the night and basically decided on the matter. The three of them, Delan Mountain Warcraft, Du Wei, and Count Villa, jointly selected a piece of land near the imperial capital, and then opened a specialized
The factory that produces hot air balloons used by the military is the "Boeing Aviation" that Du Wei mentioned in front of Prince Chen.
In terms of investment, Delanshan and Count Villa split it equally. In terms of profit, Du Wei can share 20% of the profit at the expense of providing the production technology of hot air balloons. The other 80% is shared by Delanshan and Count Villa.
People are divided in half.
Baron Sack, on the other hand, is responsible for the procurement of the Finance Department. There is no need to elaborate on the benefits of this. Anyway, both Delan Mountain Warcraft and Count Villa are willing to share half of the benefits as expenses for up and down management. Among them,
Those who need to give to the military bosses also need to be given to Baron Sack himself.
As for things like gunpowder and fuel, Count Villa and the others knew that Du Wei would never give up such core things for everyone to work on together, so they didn't even mention them.
After talking all night, Du Wei is a magician and has full energy, so it’s nothing. Both Villa and Delanshan are exhausted, but such a big deal can bring a lot of benefits in the future, which also makes everyone very happy.
Invigorate.
But in the end, Du Wei made an additional request.
"The production of hot air balloons will require a large amount of leather goods. Our joint factory must purchase from outside... On the mainland, although cattle and sheep are also produced in the north, they are only a minority after all, and the price and quality are somewhat inferior.
Therefore, I suggest that all sources of goods be purchased from the grassland! At least until our empire breaks up with the grassland people in the future. This source of procurement must be purchased from the grassland! This must be done! "
Count Villa and Delanshan thought for a while, and Delanshan said: "What the Duke said is right. Prairie people are good at herding, and their cattle and sheep are indeed of the highest quality. But... this is a military force after all.
If we purchase supplies from the grassland people, if we break up with the grassland people in the future, we will have no source, and if production is delayed..."
Count Villa thought further. He said: "Duwei, in this kind of land business, if we purchase from the prairie people, no matter how low the price is, I'm afraid the prairie people will make huge profits. In the long run, they are...
Our great enemy, such a big business is tantamount to giving them benefits, isn't it an act of capitalizing on the enemy? I'm afraid..."
Du Wei smiled. He said slowly: "Everyone, I am in the northwest, how can I not know the situation of the grassland people? I understand what you two said. However, I naturally have my own plans. And... in
Regarding the item I mentioned just now, I should also note one more point: the fur purchased does not use cowhide, but only sheepskin! In other words, we only buy sheep, not cattle, from the grassland people!"
"Only buy sheep?" Delan Mountain Warcraft and Count Villa looked at each other, neither of them understood what Duwei meant. However, looking at the determined look on the young Duke's face, they thought to themselves
Anyway, this is not an important matter, cowhide and sheepskin are all used the same.
Perhaps this Duke particularly likes sheep...
However, Baron Sack made a joke unintentionally: "Only buy sheep, not cattle... Such a big business may require hundreds of thousands of sheep every year. It is not enough! Such a huge demand, coupled with profitability
.Those grassland people will probably raise more sheep and no more cattle in the future! Haha! I’m afraid that if we want to eat some beef in the future, we will have to buy it in the north of the empire. If we want to eat authentic grassland beef, we probably won’t do that.
It’s easy, hahaha…”
These words made Du Wei's eyes flash, but no one noticed it.
Only Du Wei himself knew that this was a cruel and cruel plan against the prairie people!!
Du Wei knew this poisonous strategy in his previous life! However, at that time, this strategy was used by the country called Japan to deal with Du Wei's motherland. It once caused Du Wei's motherland to suffer great losses.
Sheep are completely different animals from cows.
When grazing on the grassland, although cattle and sheep all eat the same grass, sheep are different from cattle. When animals like sheep eat grass, they always eat all the grass roots together! In this way, if there are large groups,
Grazing sheep will easily cause the pasture to dry up!
What resource is the most important on the grassland? Not gold and silver! But their vast and lush pastures! With the grassland, they can graze and breed large numbers of war horses! In this way, using this invisible soft knife, the grassland people can
Thinking it is profitable, they raise sheep in large numbers, but after two or three years, the prairie people will suddenly find that large areas of their pastures are withered and barren!
When the time comes, let’s see what they use to pasture their war horses!
Moreover, on the grassland, all tribes are born chasing water and grass. Every piece of lush grassland is the lifeblood of the tribe and the most important property of the tribe!
A few years later, after a large area of grassland was deserted on the grassland, there were still so many tribes and the same population. However, the grassland was greatly reduced, which would inevitably lead to fierce competition among their tribes! Often, in order to compete for a piece of grassland, they may
Start a war between tribes!
Such a vicious plan... Although Count Villa and Delanshan are smart, they cannot understand it without the experience of Du Wei in his previous life.
Du Wei looked calm and didn't explain much, but he was sneering in his heart...