Chapter 325: The Hepburn Family
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Selena saw that Eren was going through the lists, but she didn't show any urgency, so she grunted and reminded. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Don't worry, Miss, let's go and sit in the house for a while. My brother-in-law has just come back, and he still doesn't know about this matter, so let him study and study it first, and he will naturally give you a satisfactory answer. β
Steven said with a smile, I have a lot of confidence in Allen, so I am not in a hurry at all.
"I'm not going anywhere, I'm just waiting here for him to give me an answer, anyway, I can't go back home now, a group of creditors at the door are waiting for me to give them an answer. β
Selena's big eyes rolled, and she said in her heart: I finally found the main owner, and I have to keep an eye on it, but I can't just turn around and run away without a trace.
"It's good to try our dinner, my brother-in-law's own grilled fish, it's my favorite delicacy in my life. And this peach blossom wine was also brought by my brother-in-law from my hometown this time. β
As he spoke, Steven led Selena to the table where the fish and drinks were placed, invited Selenan to sit down and handed her the largest grilled fish that belonged to her, and then asked the servant to bring clean cutlery and glasses, and poured Selena a glass of peach wine.
Selena smelled the smell of grilled fish as soon as she came in, and since it was already dinner time, she was a little hungry, so she was not polite, but as soon as she sat down, she found a pair of beautiful eyes staring at her.
"Are you...?"
Selena asked curiously.
"Miranda Claire, Ellen is my brother, Steven is my brother, it's the first time we've met, it's a pleasure. β
The little girl, who was also full of curiosity, introduced herself, but it was reasonable, she was indeed a few months older than Steven, although Steven never called her sister.
"Miranda was my neighbor, the playmate I grew up with. β
Steven added from the sidelines.
"Miss Claire, it's a good thing!"
Selena glanced at the girl in front of her who was full of aura, expressed instant surprise at the other party's politeness, and responded lightly, and then turned her head and shifted her attention to the grilled fish in front of her, because the fragrance was so tempting, she already felt that the worms in her stomach were about to move.
You don't look down on me, and I don't want to pay attention to you!
Seeing that Selena seemed to be deliberately ignoring herself, Miranda didn't care, she was a human being who talked and laughed with the elf queen, and she really didn't take a noble lady in her eyes, whether it was her inner cultivation or her external temperament, this eldest lady was far worse than those elf women.
The little girl glared at Steven, couldn't look at his attentiveness, stood up and walked towards Alan on the other side.
Alan was now looking carefully at the list on the parchment roll, on which the detailed requirements on the customer's order were detailed one by one. At first, he thought that the most demanded by customers must be magic weapons, but when he looked at it line by line, he was surprised to find that the biggest demand was actually the combined magic array with air circulation and refrigeration designed by himself on the roof of the exhibition room of the weapon store, and a big customer was so generous that he actually proposed to order twenty sets in one go. Alan looked at the record on the parchment scroll, it was an order from a merchant surnamed Hepburn, and then he immediately understood who was so wealthy.
If there is a family on the Noah continent that dares to call itself the second largest family, then no one dares to call itself the first family, and this family is the Hepburn family.
The foundation of the Hepburn family is mainly in the south of the continent, and sixty percent of the commercial trade in the Pope is related to the Hepburn family, even in the southern countries, the proportion can be as high as thirty percent, and he almost monopolizes the arms and grain trade in the south, and is also the largest trader of cotton and timber.
The Hepburn family not only has a monopoly position in business, but also has the right to speak in politics, the last Pope Gabriel Hepburn and the current Emperor Hepburn are the descendants of the Hepburn family, before the establishment of the Papal States by Dis Hepburn, the Holy See did not have much tax, and the main thing that maintained the operation of the Holy See was the donations of believers, especially the donations of some big families, and it is said that the military expenses of the Knights Templar at that time mainly came from the donations of the Hepburn family. Now, with the rapid expansion of the Papal power in the hands of Thes Hepburn, the business of the Hepburn family has also risen, and there is a tendency to gradually penetrate northward, at least in the ancient city of Okusha, there are many members or agents of the Hepburn family active in various trade activities. There are even rumors among some nobles that the reason why the young Dis Hepburn was able to replace his old and respected uncle Gabriel Hepburn as the new pope was because Gabriel Hepburn's papal strategy was too conservative and not conducive to the expansion of the Hepburn family's business empire, so he was ousted from power ahead of schedule.
Merchants have a state, but commerce has no borders, so despite the growing tensions between the Holy See and Yous, it is not possible to prevent such purely commercial practices, especially if they are not directly related to military supplies.
Although the Hepburn family's business has long been spread all over the continent, their base is still in the humid and hot southern region of the continent, and Alan can even imagine the surprise when a servant merchant of the Hepburn family first walked into his weapon shop and felt the cool breeze blowing overhead, and then linked to their living conditions, they almost immediately realized the huge potential commercial value of this magic array in the hot southern region, and almost any wealthy aristocratic family who coveted enjoyment could not refuse this temptation that might bring comfort to their hot summer lifeγ Of course, this kind of enjoyment is not something that any nobleman or rich can enjoy, but only those families who are rich and wealthy and can afford it regardless of the cost in order to enjoy it.
What's more, this kind of combined magic array, there are very few magicians on the continent who can refine it now, because there are fewer magicians on the continent who are proficient in the two systems of magic, and even if there is, they spend more time practicing meditation and specializing in various magic spells, and rarely waste time designing magic arrays. What's more, this combination of magic arrays is interrelated, and there are extremely high requirements for the design of the magic array, if it is not for seeing Allen's magic array in person and getting Allen's personal guidance, even if other magicians can imitate the combination of magic arrays with similar functions, I am afraid that the effect will be much different, especially in terms of temperature control, which is Allen's original technology.
In addition to this, there is another important reason why the Hepburn family is more interested in this magic array than in magic weapons. Although the number of magic weapons is scarce, it is still included in the scope of contraband control by Yus, if it is only a few magic weapons, there is no problem, but if the merchants in the south want to buy magic weapons in bulk from the ancient city of Aogu and ship them back to the south, Yuz's border is difficult to pass, which also forces the Hepburn family to prefer to settle for the next best thing and choose the same profitable magic equipment instead of weapons.
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