During the City Lord's Mansion meeting, the Hilton family had left, but the conversation continued.

"Did you sense it, what level of strength does that kid have?" Grand Duke Mattesias asked.

The old magician glanced at him: "Didn't you sense it yourself, why bother asking me." ”

"Your realm is higher than mine, and the results are more accurate."

"Okay." The old magician said, "The peak of the silver primary level, at most, is to touch the threshold of the middle level, and there is absolutely no breakthrough to the middle level. ”

The Grand Duke frowned: "Well, it's the same as my conclusion." So, to be able to subdue the four bandit leaders, Anthony really has some means. ”

"Are you sure the four bandit leaders are really at the mercy of Hilton? None of them had ever admitted it in that case. ”

"** Not far from ten. Moreover, it is likely that he is directly under the orders of this kid Anthony. ”

The old magician also frowned: "No matter how you plan and use it, the gap in strength is obvious, and Anthony must have taken a great risk." One percent of the income, isn't it a bit too bad for them? Be careful, like the story he just told, in the future, there will be no one to do it for you. ”

The Grand Duke couldn't help but chuckle: "Do you think they are losing?" ”

"Isn't it? You acted too much, they couldn't resist the might of your grand duke, of course, they had to eat coptis dumbly, gritted their teeth and proposed such a helpless plan. ”

"You are wrong, this result, they are absolutely satisfied."

"Satisfied? Tell me, what's there to be satisfied with? ”

The Grand Duke shook his head: "I really don't know this. ”

"Snort~"

"I don't know business, but I can read people. Just by looking at the Hilton patriarch's expression, you can guess their attitude. ”

The Grand Duke turned his head slightly.

"Right, you say?"

The deputy behind him bowed and replied, "Your Excellency is wise! ”

The Grand Duke nodded, raising an eyebrow at the old magician.

He didn't ask where Hilton was satisfied. And his deputy didn't bother to explain it to him clearly.

Every big man who stands at the top of his field has his own set of styles. The Grand Duke pursued that professional matters should be handled by professional talents.

Leading troops to fight, he is good at it; He doesn't know anything about business management.

But as long as he finds the right person and puts him in the right place, he doesn't need to worry about anything else.

That's why the city of Edinburgh is what it is today. Therefore, he brought the deputy to the talks. And the deputy didn't give him any reminders or hints, and he was relieved to reach an agreement with an old fox like the Hilton patriarch.

"This Anthony you admire not only seems to have excellent talent in martial arts, a good layout, but also a very shrewd business mind. By the way, I'll also develop some perfume that is popular all over the city. Gee! It's a whole all-rounder. I didn't make up my mind to dig him up, but now I regret it? The old magician looked at the Grand Duke playfully.

"Well, that's a bit of a thing."

The Grand Duke nodded, his face serious.

……

As soon as he walked out of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, Elder Andres, who had been holding back his words, couldn't help it.

"I see that your kid was arguing with the Grand Duke just now, and he didn't have stage fright at all, why did he finally come up with such a loss-making plan? The potential income of SynTao is huge, and only one percent of the profit commission is extracted, which is similar to giving away for nothing. ”

Anthony chuckled: "Old fellow, don't just think about money. In this world, there are many things that are more important than money. ”

The old man said angrily: "We are businessmen, what are we talking about if we don't talk about money?" ”

The old man and the young usually quarrel like this, but Count Silvio has seen a lot of them, and he doesn't care. However, he still explained to Anthony: "Elder, Mr. Anthony is right, the current Hilton family should indeed turn their eyes away from 'money'. ”

Elder Andres still admired the successor's behavior, and looked at him quietly and listened to his explanation.

"We, the Hiltons, are nicknamed 'nouveau riche' by the city's aristocrats. Indeed, in terms of financial resources, the whole city of Edinburgh can overcome us by less than a slap in the face. In terms of titles, except for the Grand Duke and the three Marquises, there is no one higher than us. However, such a prominent family almost went bankrupt some time ago. If Mr. Anthony hadn't turned the tide and turned things around, there might not have been a Hilton family in Edinburgh. ”

Lord Earl sighed, "Look at other nobles, such as Viscount Bain." In terms of title, financial resources, and martial arts strength, they are far inferior to us in any aspect. If his family had faced such a situation, he would have been eaten to the ground long ago. The problem is that old aristocrats like them, with their huge connections and connections, will not and do not need to face this kind of crisis. And this is the essence. It is also the gap between us and the old aristocracy. ”

The old man scratched his head, as if he understood.

"We don't lack money. It is foreseeable that after crossing this hurdle, our family will only get richer and richer. However, if we do not fundamentally change the attitude of other nobles towards us, then a similar crisis will inevitably arise again in the future. ”

"Mr. Anthony's proposal gives the other nobles a good opportunity to cooperate with us and improve their relations. As long as it is done properly, the Hilton family will truly integrate into the aristocratic circle of Edinburgh City, and become a part of the recognition and acceptance of the old aristocracy. ”

Elder Andres understood a little, but he also had questions: "If you don't have money, forget it." As you said, this amount of money will not be very rare in our eyes in the future. But there were many old aristocrats who had business cooperation with us in the past, and this time they didn't stand opposite us the same. What is the difference between this business cooperation? ”

Anthony answered with a smile: "The difference is that in the previous cooperation, if you don't want to do business with us, you can find other families." But now this cooperation can only come to us. There is only one in all of Edinburgh, and there is no semicolon. They have only one choice, but we can pick and choose. ”

Count Silvio added: "That is to say, while others are crying and crying for our cooperation, we can look for whoever pleases us, and give us a chance to whoever we like." ”

"The number of wagons rented, the type of goods carried, the amount of profit, and so on. There are so many tricks to play and points to operate. With the experience and skill of the patriarch, he will inevitably be able to play with the other party in applause. When the time comes, it is not what the patriarch wants to talk about, but how he has to talk about it. Anthony smiled.

The Earl said modestly: "Everywhere, it was Mr. Anthony's good plan, and in such a short period of time, he was able to come up with such a good move." ”

Elder Andres looked at the two of them who were humbling each other, and felt that they both had pointed ears on their heads, and a large fluffy and fluffy tail sticking out from behind them, waging proudly and slyly.

"It's all foxes, huh!"

While they were talking, a small group of people suddenly walked across the street. Under the escort of several city lords' mansion warriors, there was a pretty woman in the middle, dignified and elegant, with generous manners.

Andres and Count Silvio, apparently recognizing the woman, hurriedly took two steps and bowed: "Hello, Miss Janice! ”

The pretty woman replied elegantly: "Hello two adults! ”

A person next to her leaned into her ear and whispered a few words.

The pretty woman covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Oh! It turned out that the two were the patriarch and elder of the Hilton family. I heard that my father had invited you over to discuss something, and I hurried back to ask you for a few bottles of perfume. Of course, I'll pay. ”

The Earl hurriedly replied, "Because I came in a hurry, I didn't bring the perfume with me. When I get back, I'll send someone for Miss Janice right away. ”

"Great! Sister Arlina has been annoyed by the people of the Riga Empire lately, so she just sent a small gift to make her happy. Janice said happily, but there was a hint of worry on her face.

The Earl chimed in, "Yes, the prince is too self-conscious, and a woman as wonderful as Princess Arina is not worthy of him." Miss Janice is a good friend of the princess, and she needs to help her out of her boredom. ”

The two sides exchanged a few polite words, and then they separated and staggered.

Janice walked towards the City Lord's Mansion, and as she passed by Anthony, she couldn't help but look at him in surprise.

This young man is the most popular Anthony, who is blown by people and admired even his father very much? Why doesn't it look like it's so powerful, but looks stupid?

Count Silvio watched the Grand Duke's only daughter go away, and also noticed Antony's strangeness.

"Mr. Anthony, what's wrong with you?"

Anthony came back to his senses, waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, I was thinking about things just now." ”

"That's right, Patriarch. The daughter of His Majesty the King of my Glorious Empire, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess, is called Yalina? ”

"Yes, it's Her Royal Highness Princess Yalina." Lord Earl nodded, "Mr. Anthony didn't know before?" ”

Prince Riga's proposal to Princess Arina dragged on like a farce for nearly two years, and became the biggest news in the glorious empire. Her Royal Highness the princess is also widely known. The Earl did not expect that Mr. Anthony, who was almost omniscient and omnipotent in his impression, would not know.

"yes, I really didn't know that." Anthony said in a quiet tone, his face calm. It's just an inexplicable flickering gaze in his eyes.

"However, I have an old man, also named Arina."

The Earl smiled and said disapprerovingly, "Hehe, that's quite a coincidence. ”

"yes, what a coincidence."