Chapter 230: Interests are supreme
"Of course it won't be that simple!" The fat man who had just been prided was like a popped balloon, and sat back on the small bench: "The little bastard you saw just now, that is the second son of an old family, and he has no inheritance rights, but he has purchased his own qualifications to play a less important role in the noble council. ”
"He wants a green-skinned head?" The Demon Hunter was a little confused.
"Compared to those heirloom nobles, I am just a noble butler who is partial to the occasion, an insignificant little person." Antoine said: "In order to keep my current position, I need to pay half of the taxes of Port Anthony every quarter!" Halfway! ”
"And to prove that I can protect the city, I must hand over 100 greenskinned heads! Every month! Antoine wailed in a low voice: "It's not that it's hard for me, that's how the poll tax in the Far South colonies is, every lord actually has this responsibility, it's just that no one will really fulfill this responsibility, but for me, there can be no flaw at all!" ”
"You know, ordinary people are no match for these greenskins, and in the old days I could still collect some heads from the surrounding villages and development camps, even if they paid taxes. But the Black Forest is not safe now, many people have fled, and many villages have lost contact with each other. Antoine pointed to the map on the wall, on which several red forks marked vanished villages.
The fat man had a sad and indignant expression: "The shipping profits of this city are originally very large!" But that shameless pirate Mama and I have turned against me and openly attacked my city! I can't guarantee as much profit as I used to make until this is completely settled. ”
The most important thing is that his small vault has been burglarized, and now he is a poor bastard! The words echoed in Antoine's heart, and he did not say it.
"So you, usurper, if you can't conscientiously fulfill every lord's obligation, that little bastard will become the lord here instead of you." The Demon Hunter smiled at Antoine, thinking that the fat man was really unlucky.
"That's right, that's it, I've already confessed to you, as long as you agree, we'll be on the same front." When it comes to doing business, Antoine is indeed a wonderful person, honest and generous.
"My lord! Let's ......" The black-haired girl Yin opened her mouth and wanted to come forward to ask for a living for Moon Shadow Village, but was covered by Yang Yuefan, who was quick and quick-eyed, and dragged back.
Under the girl's angry gaze, the old fritter from the relevant department gave the silver to the monk, and then smiled like a fox: "Hello, Lord Antoine, the contemptible Yang Yuefan, the Seris, of course, you can also call me, Ivan, it may be more in line with your pronunciation habits." ”
When he said this, Yang Yuefan also made a complicated aristocratic ceremony to Antoine, and the demon hunter bet that Antoine himself could not do as standard as Yang Yuefan in terms of etiquette.
Antoine shook his chubby face, looked at the cyris, who had spoken suddenly, and then at the demon hunter.
Xu Yichen said decisively: "He is my adjutant, you can talk to him directly about business, he can make full decisions!" ”
Yang Yuefan looked at the fat man in front of him with a smile, and his eyes revealed the light of wisdom.
Antoine instinctively felt that he had met an opponent, and his two fat hands rubbed each other, and pointed to the table next to him: "This way, please?" ”
When the group finally leaned out of the lord, the expressions of Yang Yuefan and the demon hunter were filled with bright smiles.
The girl Yin was pulled out of the hall by Wang Yue and the monk with a blank face, and while explaining to her why they didn't let her talk, they told her that the food crisis in Moon Shadow Village had been solved.
This ignorant aboriginal girl feels that the world of adults is extremely complicated, and there are these new Song villagers, who look so scary, so many green-skinned heads! If it's silver, it's going to take a long time to get enough!
Antoine stood in front of the greenskin's head, reached out and knocked on the green shining skull, and smiled with satisfaction, for a lord who is good at management, the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem!
The fat man plans to hang the biggest iron head in the middle of the hall as his collection! I'm afraid the Anthony family has never seen such a big green skin, right?
Thinking of the Anthony family, the fat man's face was worried, and a black shadow gathered on the wall behind him, turning into a mass of human form, and then detached from the wall.
If the Demon Hunter hadn't left, he would have recognized the uniform as similar to that of the Shadow Assassin Colin.
"Have you made an eye on what you're looking for?" Antoine had long been accustomed to these guys coming and going without a trace, and he was not surprised by the way they appeared.
"There was no trace of it in the city, and the last time the illegitimate daughter of the Anthony family was seen was in the ghetto." The man standing behind Antoine, his face hidden in a mist: "Maybe she has died in the previous chaos, after all, she is just an ordinary person, I need more time to focus on my mission and find that traitor." ”
The fat on Antoine's face trembled: "I have a hunch that Juliet must still be alive!" She must be found, and only when she is dead can I sleep in peace! Check it out, those damn slum moths have all moved to that Seris territory, the Shadows have already let me down once, don't continue to make me think you're a second-rate organization! ”
"As you wish, Your Excellency." The man behind Antoine melted into the shadows refracted by the walls like frost in the sun.
As the figure dissipated, the young squire sent by the Council of Nobles pushed open the door, and before the person could enter, the proud rooster-like voice rang out: "My lord, your etiquette study time is up, and you still need to receive two hours of ...... a day before the official appointment paperwork is down."
Then, a woman-like scream rang out in the lord's prostrated parlor, and the guards guarding outside looked at each other and let out a laugh.
Of course, then they couldn't laugh anymore, because there were more than a hundred green-skinned heads in it that needed to be carried and processed. That night, the lord's door was spitted out.
And the group of demon hunters who walked out of the lord's bow are heading to the dock area.
"So, you know Master Tang Sanzang?" Xu Yichen looked at several players in the loess area.
Including Yang Yuefan, they all showed embarrassed but polite smiles: "Yes, Master Sanzang is a celebrity in the village." ”