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Dusk, Edinburgh City

In the meeting hall of the noble and elegant Marquis Socrates' mansion, the Marquis and his second brother Justion sat at the small round table, also with a long history

"What's going on with the third brother?" The Marquis of Socrates asked

Just replied: "It's a little troublesome, but it has been solved, the news came yesterday, the third brother took matters into his own hands and killed a group of people, and now things are generally fine, and when the situation stabilizes in a few days, the third brother will leave to return."

The Marquis of Socrates nodded: "Send a message to the third brother, asking him to make sure that things are done properly, and not to leave any hidden dangers, the northwest side is an important foundation and source of funds for our Fontaine family, and there is no room for error, especially at this moment, this business war with the Hilton family requires a lot of capital to operate, and it cannot lack the support of that side."

"Yes," replied Just

"By the way, has the situation of the two viscount families been checked clearly?" The Marquis asked again

Just flipped through the pile of information in his hand: "I was about to report this matter to the eldest brother, after our investigation, the two families used a lot of money in this joint operation against the Hilton family, and the capital chain is indeed a little tense, but it is far from the extent to which the two patriarchs complained to us, and it is estimated that they are just pretending to be pitiful, hoping to reduce the task assigned to them."

The Marquis of Socrates snorted coldly: "Hmph, seeing the benefits, they all rushed forward until they wanted to contribute money and efforts, and one by one they would retreat Yesterday, three old guys came to me, and they were reprimanded by me for saying this, so they left with a stupid face."

Just said disapprovingly: "This time, we united more than half of the nobles in Edinburgh City to suppress the Hilton family together, in fact, in the final analysis, it is to hurt people with their own money, and they are fighting for the financial resources of both sides, although the Hilton family has strong financial resources, it is impossible to be our opponent, the patriarchs of these families are all old foxes, it is impossible not to see this, but they are just playing their own small calculations, hoping that others will pay a little more, and they can pay a little less."

The Marquis scolded with a smile: "If you want to take advantage and don't want to contribute, how can there be such a good thing for you to tell them, when you bring down the Hilton family and divide the benefits, we will evaluate it according to how much they contribute."

"After they ate the bait, they got on our boat, and they couldn't get off again, hahahaha," said Justel

The Marquis of Socrates laughed along

With the help of two right-hand brothers, Yiwen and Wu, the Marquis stood out in the cruel family struggle and sat on the position of patriarch of the Fontaine family

Stabilizing the interior, the Marquis of Socrates, who was not a small ambition, began to develop outward

However, there are many large and small nobles in Edinburgh, and various interests have been divided into spheres of influence among the nobles, and the structural framework is very stable, although the Fontaine family is a marquis family, one of the few giants in Edinburgh, they do not dare to break this power map that has been recognized by all nobles at will

Therefore, they have to operate carefully, silently accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity

The time was fast approaching

The Hiltons, a small family with no name, have risen to prominence and brutally and unreasonably slaughtered Edinburgh's power map, smashing the old power structure to the ground

The three Marquis Socrates brothers did not take advantage of this rare opportunity to completely tear up the old territory or with the help of the Hilton family, but stood on its opposite side and became the staunch guardians of the old forces together with other old nobles

It's just that the Fontaine family had bad luck, and in the battles with the Hilton family, several times at the most critical time, they were very "coincidental" because of various accidents, and the final defeat not only caused heavy losses to their own family, but also damaged the interests of other noble allies

The Hilton family has been victorious and has finally established itself in the city of Edinburgh

However, the many old nobles who have repeatedly "contributed" to the rise of the Hilton family naturally hate them as the biggest sufferers among them, and the Fontaine family, which is also the highest title, has naturally become the leader of the anti-Hilton family alliance

The alliance of more than half of the nobility in Edinburgh City is such a powerful force

This business war against the Hilton family, from the union, launch, battle, victory, to the final distribution of interests, is by no means something that can be completed in just a few months, and during the period, the division of labor and cooperation between the various families will make each other's interests deepen, so it is inevitable to elect a leader of the alliance

Who is most qualified to be the leader of this power-monstrous alliance? Who else could there be besides the Fontaine family, but the Marquis of Socrates?

This is the huge game that the Fontaine family took advantage of the rise of the Hilton family to lay out early, one by one, to wipe out more than half of the nobles in Edinburgh

And this plan came from the "brain" of the three Fontaine brothers, Juszt

Now, it's almost time to close the plan

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Compared to the Marquis Socrates' mansion, the atmosphere in the Hilton Family Caucus is much more oppressive and heavy

Count Silvio sat in the first place, busily checking the reports sent by the various stewards, making analysis and judgment on the reports, and giving instructions for the next work plan

Opposite him were more than a dozen core members of the family, doing similar things to Count Silvio, but they were doing small and trivial things

Since then, the business of the Hilton family has declined seriously, and many shops have not even been able to recover their costs, and they are already operating at a loss

Fortunately, the family steward has a keen sense of smell, and he noticed that something was wrong early, and sold the inventory in the warehouse at a low price, and returned a large amount of working capital, otherwise, I am afraid that so many businesses of the family will not be able to sustain

Of course, Count Silvio can also choose to close these shops, or transfer them to others, but in this way, it is equivalent to announcing that the Hilton family will withdraw from this hard-earned territory and return later, and the price paid may be ten or even a hundred times

The name of the Hilton family's "nouveau riche" is really not blown, and if it was changed to other families, in the face of such a situation, they would have raised their hands and surrendered a long time ago, but they simply supported it, knowing that they were throwing money every day, or insisting that all stores were open normally

However, everyone knows that if it continues like this, even if it is a mountain of gold and silver, it will be hollowed out one day, and if there are no other variables, the Hilton family will have to lose a lot sooner or later

Where will this variable, which carries the hopes of the entire Hilton family, be?