The upper class who supported Nicholas, who controlled the official resources and power, and the underground world who supported Bill, who controlled the forces of darkness, lost control and collided most violently because of the death of Louis XIII.

Nicholas's militia and city defense reserves joined the battle, with an advantage in numbers and equipment, while Bill's side led a large number of mercenaries and killers to fight against the numerical advantage with elite forces, and more than a dozen battles broke out between the two sides in the city, especially in the Louis family's mansion, where there were large-scale armed fights between the two sides, killing more than 1,000 people and wounding countless people, until Rubick intervened and eliminated Bill and a group of top masters in one fell swoop, ending the war.

A thick stack of reports lay on Louis XIII's desk, illustrating the cruelty of that night, the weakness of human nature exposed in the face of great interests, the blood and family ties did not play any role in bonding, but only exacerbated the conflict, those cold numbers seemed to be insignificant, but they were all a pile of fresh lives.

"What a bloody night!" Donald let out a long sigh as he rested his hand on the report.

At this point, the forces representing light and darkness were dormant because of their weakness, and because of the state of both, forced by the pre-dawn situation, Donald became the leader of the Louis family, and it became a mutually acceptable plan.

The underworld side will support him, because Bill's killing means that they are completely out, and they are afraid of being liquidated, so they can only firmly support Donald.

The magnates will support him with reservations, because they are forced by Charlie's step-by-step pressing, forced by the life and death of Nicholas, and forced by the prestige of the "lawbreaker" Avida, and Donald "showed" some of his connections, and he has some connections with the top magnates of the Millennium Empire, which makes the magnates of Faro City have a little illusion, after all, their group of self-proclaimed high-class people are no different from the peddlers and pawns outside in the eyes of the real authorities.

Donald's failure to kill Nicholas was one of the reasons why the powerful were willing to compromise, sending a signal to the outside world that Donald was a businessman and a moderate, and that the bloody city of Farrow needed a moderate to soothe the emotions of many parties.

Anna smiled and said, "Brother, congratulations! Now you can finally use the name of 'Louis XIV' in a dignified manner." ”

"Okay, Anna, don't laugh at me, I was put on top by Charlie alive, even if it's a pig, I can succeed in the position. ”

Anna scoffed, "It's the first time I've heard someone describe yourself like that, you're pretty self-aware!"

Charlie muttered, "Donald, your situation is not optimistic right now, those people may kill you at any time, release Nicholas, and replace him, because you have not extinguished their last glimmer of hope." ”

"I understand. Donald took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "There is one thing you may not know, yesterday Nicholas's mother gave me an ultimatum, she told me, Nicholas should not be the head of the family? She has no opinion, but Nicholas must not die, otherwise, she will use all the strength in her hands to fight me to the end, even if it destroys the world, even if it is the enemy of the whole world, she will not hesitate! She asked me to think carefully and make a wise decision!"

"What a crazy ...... But you can't compromise without a bottom line!"

"Yes!" Donald sighed and said, "So, I told her that I would imprison Nicholas for three years, and sign a magical master-slave contract with him to ensure my safety, and the contract will be valid for ten years, this is my bottom line!

"Yes. Charlie nodded and said, "At least one more layer of protection, but you also have to be vigilant, the magic master and slave contract is not omnipotent." ”

"Understood. Donald paused and said, "I have set myself a three-year deadline, believing that I can carry forward the tea business within three years, and it will definitely become another economic lifeline of the Han family, and it is also the report card I handed over to those people."

If I can prove that under my leadership, they can live a better life and make the whole family prosperous, they will slowly put out the idea of changing the head of the family, and at least some of them will firmly support me. ”

Charlie bowed slightly, "It's good that you understand your situation." ”

"I understand, there is one more thing I want to tell you, after you listen to it, you may feel more at ease. As he spoke, Donald took out a delicate wooden box from the drawer of his desk, and when he opened the wooden box, he could see a platinum badge carved with intricately patterned patterns, shining in the soft light, "This is the family crest of the Han family, symbolizing the supreme power of the Louis family, there was a secret handover of power last night, and now I have some power that used to be loyal only to my father."

For example, the old butler Grace, I regained the recipe for the tea, and for example, the family's Guardian Knights, a team of 120 people, they are the elite of the city defense army, and they are only loyal to the patriarch, and no one can command them except me. ”

Hearing these news, Charlie relaxed a little, and praised: "Yes, your father has a wisdom that others cannot understand, he let your brothers eliminate naturally, and the winner is undoubtedly the best, and then, he will hand over the most precious resources of the family to you, so that you can completely control the whole family, and from then on create a new strong master, although it is cruel, but it is effective." ”

"It's not appropriate to describe me as 'the best', it's all your credit! To be honest, before I called you here, my greatest wish was to be able to survive in the whirlpool of this power struggle, and now I have exceeded my wish!"

Donald's emotion is not an exaggeration, Charlie not only led them all the way out of a bloody road, escorted them to the funeral of Louis XIII, and even defeated the largest mountain in front of them, not only shocked everyone with unparalleled force, but also reshaped Donald's image in front of everyone, that impromptu commentary moved Donald to tears, it was casual and natural, but implied pearls, it can be called a textbook recommendation advertisement, Donald's image is real and tall, and in one fell swoop to convince their people.

Charlie smiled: "You don't need to be presumptuous, in terms of business, you are doing a good job, the details are very exquisite, and no one can do better than you." ”

Donald smiled and said, "Remember what I said earlier?"

"What?"

Donald restrained his smile and said seriously: "Brother, your efforts today will never be in vain! Since the contract has been terminated, then I should also come up with something that matches the recipe of the tea." ”

Charlie smiled in his heart, count yourself as having this heart.

Moments later, Donald, the old butler Grace, and Charlie appeared in the most secret part of Louis's mansion.

Donald smiled: "To be honest, I only found out about the existence of this warehouse yesterday, you can go in and pick it! ”

"Really, if you move it out, you won't lose a lot. ”

"Heh, if you can move the light, I'll count you as the winner. ”

In fact, he knew that Charlie had space equipment, and he didn't break it, so he let Charlie choose.

Out of politeness, Grace opened the door and did not monitor his every move, leaving him alone.

The warehouse is not very large, containing only two rooms and an area of less than 100 square meters.

As expected, the Louis family's treasury was not gold, not precious metals or precious jewelry, not even anything that emitted golden light, but rows of neatly arranged shelves and unnamed materials at a glance, some of which were scarce in quantity, but the space of a single shelf made people wonder what it was.

Charlie took a cursory look around before he gradually understood Louis XIII's thinking, the entire warehouse was almost full of precious magical materials and all kinds of military supplies, some of which were even strategic materials that the empire had banned from trading, and in the event of war, they were hard currency, which held their value better than any precious metals and jewelry.

For example, rosin amber, the main material of medium and high-end ink, Charlie once got a fist-sized piece, each gram is worth more than gold, and the darker its color, the more valuable, the dark brown kind is called "the best rosin amber", placed in this warehouse, used in a basin to contain, but there is no sealing measures to protect, so that Charlie screamed violently.

For example, Mithril, an indispensable magic guide material for mid-to-high-end magic equipment, is sold outside, but here, it is directly packed with a magic box, and it is still the kind of "natural demonized Mithril" that is associated with the magic crystal mine, and its value cannot be estimated.

Another example is the Orange Hair Crystal, a top-level magic jewelry, an essential part of the magic guide activation device, an orange hair crystal the size of a finger, which sells for millions of gold coins, not to mention such a super-large hair crystal the size of an adult's fist in front of him.

Not to mention the bundles of seventy or eighty-year-old hazelnuts, primordial magic gems, all kinds of elemental pulp, rare metals, and so on.

Ordinary merchants may not really understand the value of these superb magic materials, and they may not understand how many times their value will be multiplied when they fall into the hands of the Demon Seal Carver, but it is impossible for Donald, who has the background of the Arcane Ring, not to know.

Now that they are open for Charlie, it is possible to appreciate the way in which Donald expresses his gratitude, and the reward that Charlie deserves.

In the end, Charlie stayed in the warehouse for more than three hours, packed a variety of rare materials that came in handy, and took them out of the warehouse, roughly estimating, the value of this batch of goods was about 500 million gold coins, this number seems quite scary, if measured by the points of the arcane ring, it is only 50,000 points, which is not amazing.

Using them to offset the delivery of tea recipes is enough, no more, no less, Charlie has a ruler in mind.

Grace watched Charlie easily carry a huge package, and did not show any reluctance, as if he had no objection to Donald's decision.