By the time Andres arrived, Count Silvio was already waiting in the Pavilion of the Stars.

This time, there was no such thing as seven days ago, and there was no big noise. When Count Silvio received the report from his subordinates, he only instructed Anthony to send all the Dou Qi cultivation secrets in the family, including the top-level "Thunder Dou Qi".

Except for Andres, no one else was alarmed.

"Patriarch, what's going on, what the hell is that little guy doing with Anthony?" Before anyone arrived, Andres's anxious questioning arrived first.

There is no personal grudge between the two patriarchs of the Hilton family, and the conflict between them is more about the conflict of the family's development direction and business philosophy. In addition, Andres has an upright personality, admits death, has a good face, and speaks and acts casually. In many cases, it was Silvio, the current patriarch, who avoided retreating and did not escalate the situation.

Now, with Andres officially retiring from the top of the family and no longer interfering in family affairs, the relationship between the two has quickly warmed up. Just as Anthony felt for him, Count Silvio thought that the old man was like an old urchin, and that he had a lovely personality.

"I don't know, I just sent him some Dou Qi cultivation cheats, and I went back to retreat." Count Silvio replied a little absent-mindedly.

Andres looked at the closed door, and his two gray eyebrows were about to wrinkle together: "If you put a good spell and don't hurry up to cultivate, you want to cultivate your fighting spirit again?" It is necessary to know that if you are greedy and chew too much, everything will not be as good as it is. The little guy's bloodline inheritance is a martial art that is biased towards hand-to-hand combat, and if it can be perfectly coordinated with magic, it is not impossible to multiply its combat power several times. What kind of vindictiveness to cultivate at this time, is it really a juvenile mentality, coveting the gimmick of 'demonic and martial arts double cultivation'? ”

He waved his hand and said with regret, "If you can be promoted to a full-fledged magician, even if you are a beginner, you will be able to master several practical auxiliary magics." If you reach the level of high-level magician, you can use almost all the primary auxiliary magic of the seventh series, how cool it would be! ”

Andres couldn't help but simulate in his mind how to use these auxiliary spells and how to fight if he had them. What should you do when you encounter a speed-type opponent, and what should you do when you encounter a hard-skinned enemy......

The old man was in a hurry, and suddenly saw Count Silvio, who was distracted, turn his head and look at him with a strange face. I couldn't help but blush, and said quite embarrassedly: "Hehe, I'm thinking too much." It is enough to be promoted to an official magician, and it is indeed too demanding to break through to a high-level magician in seven days. ”

The Earl looked at him steadfastly, as if a flower had grown on his head. It's just that the strange look on his face is a little more.

Andres was so uncomfortable with him that he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled at his neck: "What are you doing, can't you do it at all?" You need to look at Lao Tzu like a monster! ”

Count Silvio turned a deaf ear to his roar, and only pouted at him.

Andres followed his gaze and found that the Count had a humanoid target specially made by the Hilton family for practice next to him, and it was a specially thickened and reinforced one. There was just a hole in the head, which seemed to have been pierced by some sharp weapon.

"What?" Andres looked at the target, not knowing why.

Count Silvio whispered, "This is removed from Mr. Anthony's martial arts arena. ”

"Oh?" Andres was interested, and leaned forward to take a closer look.

Slowly, a look of confusion, disbelief, and shock appeared on his face.

"W-This, 'Flame Ray'?!"

The old man is well-informed, and of course this fifth-level magic will not be unrecognizable.

The Earl nodded, but did not speak.

He could understand Andres's mood at the moment, because he had experienced it for himself not so long ago.

Andres opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. I remembered what I was talking about just now, low-level magicians, high-level magicians, and elementary magicians and auxiliary magic. Now it seems that he is like a fool who sits in a well and watches the sky. People have already skipped the magician and the great magician and stepped into the ranks of the magician, okay!

The world of demons, we ordinary people really don't understand!

The old man's face was entangled, and a thousand words finally turned into two words:

"Holy!"

……

In the Hilton Mansion, the patriarch, Count Silvio, and other important members of the family were in a meeting. There was a hint of solemnity on everyone's faces, and there was a little angry glint in the middle of their eyes.

A capable middle-aged man on the left hand of the Earl was holding a thick document and making a report.

“…… Based on the above, in the past half a month, the profits of most of my family's businesses have fallen by 30%. The main reason for this result is that the purchase price of goods has increased significantly, and some goods have even stopped being supplied. In the past, small businesses that purchased a large number of my family's goods were desperately trying to lower prices.

"According to our private investigation, the merchants at both ends of the procurement and supply have unusually unanimously adjusted the supply and purchase prices of our various types and different goods this time, and there are traces of the intervention of many big nobles behind it. Among them, including the Marquis Socrates. ”

Hearing the name of the Marquis of Socrates, everyone present was shocked. Some looked at Elder Andres, who was sitting in the corner and had not spoken a word at the recent family meeting.

The Marquis of Socrates and the Hilton family are old rivals, and since the rise of Hilton, there have been many conflicts between the two families. And the patriarch at that time, Andres, fought fiercely with their masters for a few games.

In terms of strength alone, the Hilton family is not as good as the Marquis family. Even the current Hilton is still a notch behind the Marquis.

However, the family is big, and there is a lot of energy involved, and there are more aspects that need to be distracted and taken care of. In addition, at that time, under the leadership of Andres, a stunned young man who dared to fight, the Hilton family was completely a "barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes" posture, and the Marquis held his own identity and was unwilling to touch them. In a few encounters, it was a bit of a dark loss.

Obviously, the Marquis came prepared this time, united with other nobles, and oppressed the Hilton family from the overt business operations in order to avenge the past one-arrow revenge.

"Ahem!" Count Silvio coughed lightly, pulling everyone's will back.

"Let's discuss how to deal with this matter."

The people below exchanged opinions in a low voice, and a steward in charge of the cloth business stood up: "Patriarch, since the rise of my Hilton family, the old nobles of Edinburgh have secretly suppressed us everywhere. Now that they have joined forces and put things on the table, I am afraid that there will be a series of actions next. To be on the safe side, I suggest that a large amount of the squeezed cargo should be cleared as soon as possible and sufficient funds should be recovered to cope with the upcoming crisis. Even if you lower the price and sacrifice a certain principal. ”

Another steward stood up and said, "Yes, the other party's operation cannot end in a short time, and we must find new sources and sales channels." Or contact the original supplier and sales merchant privately and give them more profits. After all, they are all doing business, and there is no reason not to make profits. And there are so many merchants, I don't believe that those nobles can manage them all. ”

Everyone nodded their heads and began to discuss.

Compared with those old families, the emerging families appear to be more vibrant. These cadres of the Hilton family have followed the family through the journey from humble to prosperous. They are capable and knowledgeable, and as soon as the clues of the matter are revealed, they have already keenly smelled the danger and set out to investigate the people behind it. When the crisis began to manifest, the two stewards immediately came up with extremely targeted countermeasures and pointed out the general direction of solving the problem.

The Earl also nodded slightly, approving the suggestion of the two right-hand men.

Next, we began to refine the arrangement, coordination and resource allocation of each step in accordance with this finalized direction. Everyone cooperated tacitly and complemented each other, and in less than an hour, the detailed process of the entire plan was listed one by one.

The plan was laid out, and the division of tasks for each person was clearly in place, and everyone was relieved. The Hilton family has been able to get to this height, and I don't know how many difficulties it has experienced. I have experienced a lot of winds and waves, and my mentality has also been honed to be tenacious. Everyone firmly believes that as long as everyone works together, the Hilton family will be able to survive this crisis.

Suddenly, a young steward raised his hand and said hesitantly, "Patriarch, this time the other party is fierce and powerful. Although we have made thorough preparations, there is no guarantee that there will be no case. So, I'd like to suggest that we should think about opening a new trade route again. ”

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of everyone present gathered in unison.

However, their target was not the young steward, but together they looked at Elder Andres, who kept his promise and listened to him.

Sure enough, Andres' face changed color, his eyes flashed, and he glared at the young steward fiercely.

He was about to speak when a servant hurried into the conference room and whispered something in Count Silvio's ear.

Count Silvio was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Anthony is out of the customs, and I will invite him to come and discuss the affairs of the family." ”

Andres didn't care to be angry with the young butler, and as he stood up and walked out, he shouted loudly, "Is the little one finally willing to come out?" Let me go and bring him. I wonder what his magic and fighting spirit have become? Do you want to fight him first and then talk about other ......?"