There are two things in today's newspaper headlines.

One is that the knights led by the Grant family rushed into the blood forest, killing and wounding seventy-eight knights and nine blood casualties, and the blood union was under the control of the House of Lords.

The other is Ian IV, who personally brought Lucius Grant a black tea leaf ordered for him by a thug.

Idlers can't get into the House of Lords, but Ian can.

"How can a gangster pick tea leaves? It's still ordinary black tea. ”

Pushing the door in, it was the first thing Ian heard.

"Half true, half false, that's not exactly my idea. Ian stood at the door, holding a box of tea leaves in his white gloves, and smiled: "But the matter of sending tea is what I want." ”

"What do you mean, I think I'm old and it's time to go home for tea?" Lucius raised an eyebrow, the pen in his hand pointing like a sword at the seat across from him.

"Definitely. Ian put the tea leaves on the table and said, "I have met you twice in the House of Lords, and the food prepared for you by the Privy Council cannot be said to be not rich, but if it is accompanied by this fully fermented black tea, it is good for digestion and the body." My thoughts, naturally, are that I hope you will always be strong. ”

"I don't want to say whether your words are true or not, but I would like to know, what is the benefit of my existence to your family?" Lucius looked with interest at the confident young man in front of him, who was nearly fifty years older than Ian, but did not look like a trace of aging. The muscles are exposed, and it looks like they can beat ten Ians into a string.

Taking a step back, even in the past hundred years, the Grant family and the Ian family have almost no intersection. No one wants to have anything to do with this military family, and once they are suspected by the Charlie family, it is only a matter of time before they are killed.

Military power is always the most difficult bone to gnaw. Only the most powerful people can sit in this position.

That's why he felt that Ian's move today was very bold.

It takes courage to break the game, but whether you can live after breaking the game is just luck.

"Because when we first met, I felt that we were the same kind of people. Ian said this in a tone that was completely inappropriate for his age, and then he gave Lucius a military salute.

It is not the military salute of the Manda Kingdom, but the military salute of the Huaxia Kingdom.

This action is very skillful, even, it is a skill engraved in the bones.

"What are you doing?" Lucius was expressionless: "What kind of person?"

"Ahh Ian laughed, "Just kidding, just kidding." ”

After saying this, he sat down, and the nobleman's costume was covered in the chair, and he had the true temperament of Ian IV.

"This, I took it. Lucius picked up the pen again and said, "But whether or not your reasons are sincere, in the eyes of others, you are deliberately trying to grudge against me." ”

Or, they'll think a little more. Ian laughed, "I think I'm pretending to be at odds with you, but I'm actually trying to get close to you." ”

"Yes, at this juncture, no matter who the Ian family wants to make enemies with, there is no reason. ”

"I just wanted to make friends with you. ”

But others don't think so. ”

"It doesn't matter if others don't think so, the key is that my things are delivered. Someone spends money, someone sends something. ”

"Do you really think your little trick will work?"

"It can be done, but there is a lack of people to do things. ”

"Why?"

"The duty of a soldier is to defend the country, and even if he is not a soldier, his duty is to defend the country. Ian gave Lucius a noble farewell: "Others can not want to, but you can." ”

With that, he walked out of Lucius's office. At the same time, the report of the conquest of the Blood Forest was also handed to him.

One after the other, it's worth playing.

In front of the Privy Council guards, Lucius threw the box of tea in the trash and asked him to bring the Secretary of War, Qatar, over.

"Mr. Grant, are you looking for me?" Qatar quickly ran over and caught a glimpse of the black tea lying in the trash can.

When he came up, he saw Ian IV walking down the stairs.

Today's events are all over the place.

"The door is closed. ”

"Yes. ”

"I ask you, Qatar, I remember that we had a mercenary regiment stationed in the capital, who is under the control of it now?"

"It's my people, and I ask a lot. ”

"That's right, I have a list here, and I should have arranged for these people to be under this mercenary army back then. Lucius took out a note closely: "You help me check these people first, monitor them for a week, confirm that they are clean, and bring them to our house." ”

Ansel...... Parsa ...... These, well, I see. "Qatar quickly left the upper house after confirming it.

Qatar sat alone in one of the towers in one of the corners of the tower, overlooking the capital, after completing the paperwork in a quiet office and letting the Privy Council take everything with them.

He is already of retirement age, and there are not many jobs that belong to him, just for show.

At this time, he secretly opened the box of black tea from the trash can, and after confirming that it was non-toxic, he made a cup himself. The rest is still thrown back in the trash, and someone else will clean it up later.

The next day, what happened in the House of Lords today was finally released by the media.

The alliance with Grant was rejected, the feud, and the insult to the contemporary Grant family master, there is anything to say. For a while, rumors were rampant.

But this untrue rumor does no one any good, because it is not under the control of the House of Lords after all, it is Ian's own decision.

Not to mention, with the news of the Blood Clan Forest, more and more may be dug up by the people and then published in the tabloids.

Nothing seems to have changed, Ian's vote hasn't changed, the majesty of the House of Lords hasn't changed.

However, Ian's newly opened store has been filled with people one after another.

Because, Ian has done at least one thing ———— prove that the rules of this store are credible.

This rule leaves little chance for fraud, because in the early days, Ian sent someone to look at the goods ordered by everyone to ensure that the customer got the right thing. Then, send someone to deliver it to the customer.

Although a full week has passed, less than six people are willing to place an order, and those who place an order will not re-enter the store.

Many people survive by deception, and here, there is no place where deception can survive.

But at this time, there were only four months left before Ian's panic ended.

"Hugh Druman, as your agent, I need to remind you. "One ordinary noon, when Ian finished reading today's report, Mary sat across from him.

"What's the matter, can you finish eating, I'm so hungry. Ian had a pure face.

"Votes, billions of votes, now the total is less than 10 million. Mary threw the newspaper on the table: "What is this concept, a third of the time has passed, and only one percent of the vote has been conducted." ”

"What do you mean?" Ian took a sip of tea without hurrying, "Miss Agent, do you want to explain?"

"Someone's in control, control! You idiot. Mary took out the map of Manda and put it on the table: "Manda country, who has how much money, I have a number in my heart." Now no one is out, which means that the dealer is still forming a gang. It is impossible for my affairs not to be exposed, that is, on the one hand, Yurien must take control of the money out of my hands, and on the other hand, the House of Lords must find enough money to be the bookmaker, which is why they have to drag their time. It's not a small amount of money, but it's been two months, and it's time to make up a little. If they start betting first, the ordinary citizens will definitely increase their chips, and then I will not be able to win no matter how rich I am. ”

"You wait, I'll do it first. Vilde, you and Isha told them to eat first. Oh, by the way, you can send some!" Ian said to Wilde, who had just entered the door.

"Get me some blood, Vielde, thank you. ”

"Oh. Vielde, who had come to call the two of them to dinner, closed the door and left, and Ian began to take out a pen and paper to calculate.

"Let me ask a little privacy first, Miss Mary, how much can you take out the most cloth panic value here?"

"A conservative estimate of 100 million, I have to make up more. ”

"One...... Piece...... Hundred million. Ian circled his mansion on the map, thinking that this person did have a lot of money, and he blocked the twenty percent of the chips in this panic at once.

"Blood Forest, have you watched the news lately, the Blood Clan Guild is subject to control, its property is to be counted, and it is connected to a state-owned bank. Mary's finger tapped on the Bloodclan Forest in the northwest: "I estimate that there are about 80 million people left, and this is also very conservative." I'm sure Inosh won't be participating, but a lot of ordinary bloods are also very rich, like the Sanxi who was defeated by Oleg. ”

"80 million ......"

"Here, the Black Tower, the people who have participated in it over the years, and their property, can come up with a maximum of 150 million, they are not rich in the first place, and I don't even think they will participate in it all. If you lose, you will be ruined. ”

Ian has circled the Blacktower, which is currently his staunchest ally, and this may need to be managed.

Under Mary's guidance, Ian gradually understands the wealth and power of the country.

Yurien controls the lifeblood of the country's wealth, but a considerable part of the gold and silver is a loan, and if it cannot be recovered, the entire House of Lords can only pay about 200 million pounds. Of course, if Yurien plans to gamble on the fortunes of the country, then the 300 million panic value is not impossible to get.

They are already the biggest bookmakers.

The Black Tower has 150 million, the Blood Guild plus Mary has 180 million, and the southern aliens have a combined 70 million. Other organizations, Kewei City, at the bottom of the highest debt ranking, can also come up with about 100 million yuan of circulating funds.

The rest is the disposable income of residents, and it is conservatively estimated here that more than 200 million can be taken out.

"There's also a blind spot, I don't know how much money they have. ”

"Who?"

"Dragons. Mary circled the northernmost part of the map and the sea to the east: "If my calculations are correct, there should be another billion in the dragons' treasury." ”