"Sir Speaker, why do you show these to Marquis Antonio in front of him?" In another room in the Dark Temple, where only Her Majesty the Saint and the Speaker were present, Angelina asked the Speaker in confusion. What happened just now?
, directly displaying some of the contradictions of the Dark Empire nakedly in front of Meng Han, which seems very unwise.
"Angelina, do you think that with the Marquis' intelligence, he won't be able to see this?" The Speaker smiled and asked.
"Of course I can see it!" There is no doubt about this. Even Angelina has to admit that it is absolutely impossible to hide this kind of thing from Meng Han, but she still doesn't quite understand: "
Can't we delay it for a while and let him know later?"
"Instead of knowing it sooner or later, it is better to show it proactively, at least to make him express his position immediately and stand on our side." His Excellency the Speaker has always used a guiding attitude towards Angelina, teaching her tirelessly, almost putting her down.
Angelina regarded her as her disciple: "And let him offend Danny and the others first, and then he can only join forces with us, and we are equivalent to getting the help of the Marquis. If nothing else,
As long as his financial resources can support us, we will win without losing."
Angelina said oh, as if she had some understanding, she just nodded and said nothing more. The Speaker also remained silent, as if he was thinking about something. After a long time, the Speaker finally gave the order: "Bring it to you tomorrow."
While the Marquis is inspecting, let’s go to those people’s territory first.”
"Yes, sir!" Although Angelina didn't know why the speaker said that, she still agreed obediently.
In Meng Han's room, Nicole caught Heaven's Fall almost as if she had found a treasure. As soon as she got the dagger, she knew that the dagger was completely different. The beast soul sealed inside was no longer the one that required her to continue killing in order to slow down.
The slow-recovering Chimera turned into a super-level Chimera beast soul. But because it was sealed, it could not break free at all, and was still restrained in the Heavenly Fall Dagger.
Perhaps it was because Nicole had such a deep memory when she conquered the Chimera through battle. At this time, the Chimera still had a sincere admiration for Nicole. Holding it in her hand, Nicole still felt comfortable. She waved it a few times.
Now, like a finger-arm user, and because of the enhancement of the Chimera Beast Soul, she has a little more confidence. If there is an enemy in front of Nicole now, even if he is stronger than her, Nicole will be confident to kill him and subdue him.
"Sir, what are they?" Grace didn't understand what was going on, and she began to feel a little confused at this moment.
"Internal discord is a normal thing." Meng Han smiled and waved his hand to indicate that it was not worth the fuss: "Don't think that the Dark Empire and the Light Empire are all monolithic. There are political struggles everywhere, and they are inevitable. But I didn't expect that,
They will make such a big fuss and show it in front of us."
"Then your Excellency has just offended Elder Danny. Will there be big trouble?" Grace is more worried about this. Being involved in the internal struggle of the Dark Empire is not a good sign.
"Don't worry!" Meng Han understood clearly and comforted softly: "Now at least the Speaker and Her Majesty the Holy Lady are on our side. Besides, we are just outsiders. The ones who really want the truth are themselves, and they can't stand in our way.
Big. No matter who comes to power, they need to have a good relationship with us. We have money, don’t we? If they are really monolithic, what chance do we have?"
Both sides seemed to have their own plans, but nothing major happened that night, and the night was peaceful until dawn. Early the next morning, Meng Han bid farewell to the Speaker, and under the leadership of Her Majesty the Saint, began an inspection of the Dark Empire.
journey.
It is said to be an inspection. On the surface, it seems that it is just a sightseeing tour. Every time I go to a place, I go to the cities to check out the markets, the specialties in various places, and whether they are worth investing in Meng Han. Along the way
There are also local lords to accompany you, and they treat you like guests, as if you are entertaining the God of Wealth. Sometimes even Angelina can't stand it.
Meng Han has almost no intention of investing in these existing markets and items. Meng Han wants industry, not this inherent thing. No matter how good the existing things are, Meng Han can only make a profit in transportation.
Profit, to him, means nothing at all.
However, Meng Han had already thought about it a little bit, but he hadn't told anyone about it yet. Playing with the Holy Lady along the way also gave Grace an opportunity to relax and travel, and she had a great time.
"This mountainous area is good, Your Highness the Saint!" Meng Han pointed to the mountainous area outside a big city and suddenly said to Angelina: "I am interested in this mountainous area. If I want to buy it, what price will it cost?"
"This mountainous area?" Before His Royal Highness the Saint could answer, the city lord next to him came over excitedly and rushed to answer: "Your Majesty, this mountainous area is our treasure here.
It’s moving. But since you’re an adult and you’re interested, then, just rent it, not sell it, and it only costs 100,000 gold coins a year!”
The city lord's face was filled with an irrepressible smile, and his eyes were narrowed, as if he had seen a large number of gold coins rolling into his arms. The legendary God of Wealth, Marquis Antonio, actually took a fancy to this
A piece of mountainous land, then no matter how penniless this piece of mountainous land was before, it should be treated as a treasure now.
This answer shocked Angelina, and also made the women around Meng Han simply unable to believe it. The barren mountain that Meng Han pointed to was bare except for a few rare plants, and only rocks, soil, and gravel were left.
, how does it look like the treasure that the Lord of the City said? It is true that it is easily untouchable. There is no human habitation here at all, where would anyone want to touch it?
Even if you give this kind of shabby place away, no one will probably want it. But now that Meng Han showed a little interest, it has immediately turned into a treasure. He only rents it, not sells it, for 100,000 gold coins a year! Even Angelina
Her Royal Highness the Saint also feels that this city lord has gone too far. But now, as the representative of the empire, she cannot say anything to the city lord. After all, this is his territory, and he still has the final say on how to deal with it.
of.
"It's too expensive, I can't afford to rent it!" Meng Han just sighed in admiration, then said regretfully, never looked at that place again, turned around and left. As he walked, he looked at it with a strange look.
Angelina, Angelina just happened to look over at this moment, Meng Han suddenly smiled at Angelina, laughed a few times, held his head high, boarded his carriage, shouted, and the team immediately took off in the air.
The city lord no longer had any interest in accompanying his guests, and immediately began to shout to his men, and immediately sent people to the mountain to carefully investigate whether there was any stone mine similar to the white spar in the Marquis's territory, or something like that.
Other rare mineral deposits. In short, what Mr. Antonio Marquis is interested in is definitely not an ordinary profitable business, right?
Before Meng Han and his party had flown far, the entire mountainous area had been dug into a huge construction site. The city lord stayed aside excitedly, waiting for his men to report the news of their fortune.
Next, Meng Han seemed to also see the greed and ambition of these lords of the Dark Empire for wealth. Anyway, no matter where it was, no matter how desolate it was and how no one cared about it, as long as Meng Han asked out loud, everyone he met
Almost all the lords agreed that they would only rent but not sell, and the asking price was extremely high, which would scare people away.
As soon as Meng Han and others leave, those people will immediately organize manpower to search frantically in the places Meng Han is interested in to see if Meng Han has found anything comparable to the Bai Yao spar mine. Whether it is mountains or woods.
, even the river was not spared. The most exaggerated one directly ordered people to fish for a long time in a wide river comparable to the Yangtze River. Nothing was found. He even immediately ordered dozens of magicians to swarm up and cut off the river directly.
Then thousands of troops were dispatched to frantically dig and search in the waterless rivers. The scenes were so exaggerated that it was unbelievable.
What's even more interesting is that even though the previous lords have proven that they found nothing in the places that Meng Han is interested in, the following lords still do not change their original intentions. Anyway, everyone has the same mentality.
Yes, I didn't let go of the wrong ones. If I accidentally gave something to Meng Han before, wouldn't it be a huge loss?
A few others have completely different approaches. Meng Han will be given whatever he wants, and any place he wants will be given to him. There is no mention of renting, buying, etc., but there is one thing. As long as Meng Han has business here, then
You have to pay taxes according to luxury goods, and the tax rate is decided by the lord. It was not much at first, only 50% of the price. After two years of operation, it increased to 60%.
"Are they crazy about money?" Faced with this request, Grace couldn't laugh or cry. The 50% tax rate means that the lord does not have to invest anything, just wait for Meng Han to give money, and it is still equivalent to occupying
The gross profit is 50%, which is much faster than robbing money.
After walking through more than a dozen territories, Angelina was too embarrassed and angry to face Meng Han again. She completely followed the Speaker's wishes and took Meng Han there at the beginning. They were all controlled by those not-so-close members of Parliament.
Now she finally understands the deep meaning of the Speaker, so that Meng Han can completely give up on these people, so that he can stand more firmly on their side. Angelina has even sent a message privately, asking for her own territory.
Please don't cause such a shameful incident. It only makes people laugh, and it also makes Meng Han's impression very bad.
"It seems that we are being treated as the best scapegoat." After passing a few more cities, Meng Han was too lazy to continue observing, and turned to face Her Royal Highness Saint Angelina. His first sentence