The private sector, which had amassed a large amount of wealth, took a wait-and-see attitude towards the issuance of bonds for the Third War, after all, the rumors of the truth spread by the grapevine had finally been confirmed.

Without the booty seized in the northern seas and the goods taxed with swords, the issuance of these bonds was premised on the victory of the Western Turkish Customs Union, and the landing of the army forced the three North Sea countries to submit and sign a contract, and obtained a large amount of indemnity and gold and silver and other floating wealth.

In other words, it's a big gamble with the risk of bankruptcy, either by winning and reaping the benefits of following the Customs Union, or by losing and losing all your money.

In coffee shops and taverns, all sorts of opposition "international observers" agitated and cleverly extracted interesting rumors from hearsay, blending their own insights and intelligence channels to paint a vivid picture of the golden prospect for others.

Among them, there are many private investment experts who take official money and advocate the huge benefits of bonds, and one person's rhetoric may be a little shallow and pale, but combined with the wisdom of the crowd and all kinds of remarks that add fuel and vinegar, the near-perfect scam is quickly released.

The "nails" of the scavengers' union lingered a little in the above-mentioned places, heard about the similar bond marketing tactics, and forced back their laughter to return to the station.

Aldrich Triss, as a participant in the secret meeting, knew that the parties at the meeting did not collapse, but the difference in perception became wider, and many banks were reluctant to underwrite the Third War bonds at the original price for risk management, and there was serious internal opposition to the official forced apportionment, especially the nouveau riche involved in the rise of industry and commerce.

"Businessmen seem to be insignificant, but once they join hands to make a sound, they should not be underestimated. But they are too cautious to underwrite bonds without physical collateral, not so much because they have no confidence in the bonds but because they are skeptical that the strength of the customs union can completely overwhelm the three North Sea countries. ”

A long-lost friend came to visit uninvited, and Aldrich knew that he had a mission, so he skipped the meaningless greetings and went straight to the point.

Master Felix smiled and nodded, "Insight, indeed, but now that you see the problem, Tris, my friend, do you already have a solution?"

"Hmm!" Aldrich nodded slightly, "Civilians only pay attention to the personnel around them, and for the sake of petty profits, businessmen only focus on the interests under their noses, and have no overall plan for the long-term future, and their confidence is extremely lacking. In that case, let's show Eastwood and the entire West Turkish Customs Union the weight of the state. ”

The followers of the Way of the Oak Tree pondered for a moment and immediately understood, "Armored Floating Ship, according to the new weapon that you have successfully copied after careful mapping and mapping, now it only has a shell frame, and the crystals densely arranged by the elements need to settle for a long time, I'm afraid it won't work!"

"It's enough to have a shell! I redesigned a batch of hot air balloons, replaced the thick armor steel plates with thin iron sheets, removed all the seats in the cabin, the suspended weapon systems were all wood-painted models, and the power was a simple steam engine, which I believe few people could see through floating in the air. ”

Aldridge's countermeasures made Master Felix, who was accustomed to all kinds of big scenes, feel a little bright, and he himself was not as resistant to deception as a moral cleaner, and his eyes were fixed on Tris, who came up with the idea, and he thought to himself.

"It is worthy of a successful person who has entered his own family by branch, and the ruling skills of the Guiqi family are extremely flexible, but in this way, will it not have a negative impact on the source of his virtues. ”

Seeing Master Felix's hesitation, Aldrich did not pat his chest to make a guarantee, but only smiled indifferently: "After being promoted to the Great Knight of Virtue, the restrictions on words and deeds have been relaxed a lot, as long as it is worthy of the inner norms and beneficial to most people, not only has there not been the slightest turmoil in the source of the pillars, but the status quo has been continuously maintained. ”

"I believe that your design will definitely help the current dilemma.,Then hand over the drawings and related design concepts to me.,After confirming that it's useful, I'll sign it and hand it over to Yaye for internal discussion.,There are other masters to check it.,Maybe it will make the action more perfect.,After all, I'm not an expert in this area.。 ”

Aldrich's shoulders trembled slightly, as if he had unloaded the extra burden, in the eight-leaf organization, which was extremely trusted by the Grand Duke, it was really his luck to have a friend of Master Felix.

He took out the behemoth designed to combine the advantages of a hot air balloon and an airship from the locked drawer, and the master took it and quickly browsed it, constantly deducing and verifying it in his mind.

In addition to the same hull as the floating ship, the design reserved inside is not like a war fortress soaring through the sky like the Skyfire, but more like a bomb-throwing ...... According to Triss, long-range bombers!

"My new design is not just to stir up enthusiasm for buying bonds, the mass-produced Zeppelin Heat will participate in the naval battle of the three armas in the North Sea, and the subsequent bombing program. ”

"After gaining air supremacy, these egg-laying motherships will blow up all the new warships of the three North Sea countries. After all, our strongest ace gunner, the hit rate of naval battles is only 30% at most, and every shell fired is money, and it is the wealth accumulated by the people with hard work, which cannot be wasted at will. ”

Master Felix saw that in private, Aldrich still cared about the interests of the people, and couldn't help but look solemn, and he had respect for Aldrich, who successfully became Baron Triss.

"Entering the Gushan family, inheriting the status of the Eye of Vigilance, do you have any plans to enter the Senate? Think about your marriage, after all, a man with a family gives the impression of being more mature, stable, and trustworthy. By the way, speaking of which, Firiosa has complained to me many times, what the hell are you up to?"

"Master, your questions are endless, and I can't resist it. Aldrich's face finally showed bitterness, "I have a lot of credit for entering the Senate." However, the qualifications and connections are still somewhat insufficient, and I plan to let the retired old patriarch in, of course, there is no problem with the funds. ”

"After the asset restructuring of the debt-to-equity swap, the Gushan family got rid of the debts and interest accumulated over the years, which is really a amount that makes people tremble when they see their teeth trembling. Fortunately, those creditors are very interested in investing in the property under my name, and they are probably waiting for me to make a call for peace. ”

Felix nodded lightly in relief: "Debts are converted into shares, and they are quite optimistic about the profitability of the industry under your name...... It should be said that it is the Triss family business, and the accounting staff introduced to you by the second son of Baron Federi have built a rough framework for the family bank, which should be due to them. ”

"Hmm...... Hmm" Aldridge replied casually, neither denying nor admitting it, he certainly wouldn't say that it was all his own idea, and the three certified accountants of the city hall were just responsible for counting the total value of the Gushan family's property, so they were busy enough.

Master Felix stared at the Fourth Horseman, "Tris, tell me honestly, are you hiding anything?"

Aldrich's face turned solemn, and he thought to himself, "Have you finally shown your true intentions? ”

"I don't understand what you want to know, Master, if you think I must make all my privacy public, then you are challenging the bottom line of a nobleman. Do you really want to do that?"

"It was a mistake not to question you before you entered the Gushan family, I have to say that your luck is too good, every time the Grand Duke wants to do it, there will be emergencies that will affect and obstruct your censorship. ”

Master Felix sat down again: "As you may have guessed, from the beginning of Thor's hammer's whereabouts, you are like a fish hidden in the depths of the mist, flickering in your whereabouts, unpredictable decisions, and occasionally revealing your extraordinary wisdom down to the scales of your claws. The Yatsuba organization has a high opinion of you, and Master Edmundo guesses that there is a think tank similar to the Grand Duke behind you, and it is more likely that there is a group of people with extraordinary backgrounds and insights standing behind you. From the moment you leave the knight and enter the city, every step of the way is like a carefully calculated blueprint. ”

Aldrich smiled dumbly, it seems that many people have paid attention to and studied his rapid rise and success in just two years, but they certainly don't think about his true origins.

"I'm a time-traveler!"

This sentence must not be said, except for the Taling, who bound each other by contract, suddenly thinking of Christine, and her doppelganger Skyfire ship spirit, Tris's brain quickly stirred, condensing into a silk thread that could connect all the shining and dazzling beads.

"I have a secret that has been hidden in my heart for a long time, and I haven't confided in the second person, and now that you are asking, master, then I will reveal a little bit of the inside story to you. ”

Felix secretly said in his heart as expected, but his expression did not reveal the slightest abnormality, the kind of confidence that everything is in his hands is very similar to Aldrich.

"I am fortunate to have inherited the legacy of the old era, a mage tower that has been very damaged by the war, but the core is extremely intact!"

Speaking of which, Tris was silent, believing that he had given enough hints, and that the next interpretation would have to be completed by the masters of Yaba.

Felix was shocked and immediately came to his senses, "Proof! I need definite evidence, not you talk with empty teeth, who knows if it's true or not." ”

With a "snap", Aldrich broke the ink dipping pen in his hand, and then put the neat sections together, the source of the spell was mobilized, the dark green light unique to the restoration flashed, and everything returned to its original state, like a magician who had completed a trick.

A muffled voice came from the corner of the room, and Tris's discerning eye immediately activated, staring fiercely at the past, seeing the faint gray figure twist into a rat and quickly sneak into the wall and leave.

"Whew!" Master Felix exhaled a long breath, obviously he had good attainments in body tempering and martial arts, "All doubts have been explained! The core is preserved intact, which means that the tower spirit, which inherits most of the wisdom of the mage, has a huge knowledge warehouse, no wonder it is ...... like this"

Sent away one of the eight leaves, Master Felix, a qualified examiner, if it weren't for the hole cards he exposed were too amazing, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to find the inspector hidden in the dark, and he was able to push the stealth technique to a situation where his wild intuition didn't find it, and he also had a terrible animal transformation technique, and he was probably not a member of the eight-leaf organization, and I was afraid that he also had the identity and strength of a master.

Two days later, the "armored airship" of the 333 formation slowly flew over Eastwood City, and the huge hull of the 300-meter-long ship cast its figure in the eyes of every citizen.

After a brief period of shock, everyone could not help but burst into cheers when they learned that it was the air fleet owned by the Grand Duke, and then the people, who were no longer satisfied with the victory of the Customs Union over the three North Sea countries, rushed to buy the third batch of war bonds, optimistic about the prospect that the final victory would inevitably belong to us.

The merchants' federation was a little sluggish after learning the cause of the incident, and the banks offered to underwrite, but unfortunately the people who ran on it almost ran out of cash, and missed the great opportunity to make a fortune in vain.

After successfully issuing war bonds and having a large amount of liquid capital on hand, orders flew like snowflakes into the hands of arms suppliers, among which Aldridge's relocation to the factory of the knights' territory was due to high efficiency and strict secrecy measures to obtain most of the ammunition orders.

Not necessarily elemental shells, after the explosion shells with a large number of fragments have passed the military inspection, they are more sought-after due to their low price.

Aldrich's unique granulation process and the smokeless fire medicine formula made of nitrocellulose have already been cracked by alchemists, but unfortunately they can only be made in the laboratory and cannot be produced in large quantities, so no one interferes with his unique business for the time being.

"The black fire medicine is really good, but unfortunately there are too many residues, even if the pipe wall must be cleaned after firing more than ten rounds, how can it compare to my smokeless fire medicine, not only is it powerful, but it also doesn't have to be stopped often and handed over to someone to clean up. The fleets of the three countries in the North Sea have won steadily, not to mention the barrage bombing of the Zeppelin. ”

In the new round of order competition, Aldrich Triss won by monopolizing the majority, and his competitors closed down due to broken capital chains, and the union butler came to visit with cheques, poaching people, buying machinery, and even buying entire factories together.

Among them, there are many opponents who are unwilling to give in, especially Irel Duponte, who is rumored to be a disciple of Master Anto Laurent Movohi, who established a fire medicine factory on the banks of the Spirits River, with the convenience of the master's close relationship with the Grand Duke as one of the eight leaves, not only received some orders, but also received golden tickets that could be exchanged for hard currency, so as to maintain the capital chain will not be broken.

However, when most of his peers fell for various reasons, Du Ponte had no money to participate in mergers and acquisitions, and he could only watch as the Tris Fire Potion Factory flourished, and the knight domain surrounded by high walls that he could not see grew stronger and stronger.

"With so many factories and so many skilled workers, how can he be able to eat? Sooner or later, he will be killed by his own greed because of indigestion. ”

Irel Dupont complained to his friends in private, but unfortunately no one was willing to go against Baron Aldrich Triss for him, and now the Fourth Knight, who has a huge network behind him, is in high demand to enter the Senate.

Aldrich, who was still not satisfied with his achievements, quietly fell asleep with the faint smell of gunsmoke, and once again came to the secret realm between the unreal and the real, and tried to remove the thunderhammer as usual.

The verdant cypress trees shine brightly, revealing a bright moon-like brilliance, and when they fall to the ground, they quietly turn into a reindeer with horns and intricate roots like the taproot system of ancient trees.

At the moment of seeing such a mysterious scene, Aldrich, as the Grand Knight of the Eight Virtues, learned his true identity, humbly and respectfully knelt on one knee, and the withered tree behind him, the pumpkin head hanging between the branches fell on the holiday island with a pop, and was stunned by the change in his allies.

"Your Royal Highness, the Reindeer King, have you successfully transformed while sleeping with the Thunder Hammer in your arms?"