A man stepped out from behind Toft, his whole body tightly wrapped in a cloak, unable to see his figure, and most of his face was wrapped in a black face scarf. The two of them entered the house, and Toft immediately closed the door. The man made sure that the door was closed before removing the face towel and cloak.

Samuel immediately recognized the comer—it was none other than Harnick, the leader of the merchant fleet he had rescued at the fortress of Hawa. It was only now that he remembered that Harnick's fleet belonged to the Yuanfan Group, the group that was preparing to buy most of the assets of Samuel and Toft. In this way, the person in charge that Toft is talking about is Harnick in front of him.

"General Samuel, we meet again. Hanik said hello.

Samuel didn't respond, quietly waiting for Harnick's next step.

Seeing Samuel's reaction, Hanik gave up his plan to shake Samuel's hand and went straight to the point:

"Toft has told you that Yuanfan Shipping Group has decided to abandon the acquisition of your company's assets, and I am the person in charge of this acquisition of Yuanfan Shipping Group. ”

"I'm sorry for this result. In fact, our group is still very keen to continue trading, and the reason why we abandoned the acquisition was entirely due to external pressure, to be precise, from the Luanweihua Group. ”

"Luanwei Flower Group?", Samuel raised his eyebrows, this is the first time he has heard this name in the past few days?

"Yes, that's exactly why I'm here to see you tonight. "In fact, not only our Yuanfan Shipping Group, but also several other groups have been forced to abandon their transactions involving armed vessels in the past few days under the pressure of the Luanweihua Group. ”

"The Luanweihua group wanted to take control of these armed ships in their own hands, so they used their influence to force other groups to abandon the deal and buy the ships themselves. Even some defence contractors who did not intend to sell their ships received takeover offers from Luanweihua to force them to sell their armed vessels. ”

Samuel couldn't help but sneer, the Luanweihua Group is really domineering, interfering with the normal transactions of other groups is already considered out of bounds, and now he actually has the idea of forcibly acquiring it, even if he has the support of Sikarin behind him, such an arrogant style of acting may inevitably attract resentment.

"Now Gureg can only compete with the Luanweihua Group, but the influence of the Tex Group in the Nurenta area is far less than the former, so the Luanweihua Group will be so domineering. It can be seen that Hanik also has some dissatisfaction with the behavior of the Luan Weihua Group, "Many defense contractors are very disgusted with the behavior of the Luan Weihua Group, but because of the strong strength of Luan Weihua, they dare not speak out, and do not clearly accept or refuse, but are passive and uncooperative." ”

Hanik sighed: "Originally, this was not a big problem, although these people had a negative attitude, but after all, it was a plate of scattered sand, and it was only a matter of time before they were broken by the Luanweihua Group, but at this time, you came, and you also had to trade armed ships."

Although Harnick didn't point it out, Samuel knew what the other person meant. Unknowingly involved in this kind of trouble, Samuel no longer knows what to say.

"As you may know, many of the defense contractors you were propped up during your administration, and if there's anyone else in the world who can unite these internally conflicted defense contractors, it's you. Your arrival has given them hope to unite against the Luan Weihua group. ”

"On the other hand, the Luanweihua Group also hopes to make an example of the monkeys and 'surrender' me first so that these people can be cut off?" Samuel replied angrily.

Harnick stretched his hands: "That's it. But before taking drastic measures, the Luanwei Flower Group should reach out to you about acquiring your group," Hanik added, "and not just the ships you're going to sell to us." Of course, they may be able to offer a fair price. ”

"In addition to the Luanweihua Group, those defense contractors may also be in contact with you in the near future, whether it is on the side of the Luanweihua Group or on the side of the defense contractor, you must plan ahead. ”

In fact, this plan is not difficult to do, the entire Nurenta area is already the only one of the Luan Weihua Group, even if they can unite all the defense contractors together, the strength is still not as good as the former. Perhaps this will create a three-legged situation with the Tyx and Luanweihua clique, but don't forget that Samuel has a very bad relationship with the current emperor Garba, so you can imagine his relationship with Garba's agent in Gureg, the Tex clique. If you offend the Luanweihua Group again at this time, I am afraid that I will die a very ugly death.

Compared with his own net worth and life, his plastic brotherhood with those defense contractors is simply not worth mentioning.

Moreover, Samuel has no ambitions to make a career right now, he just wants to retire as soon as possible, away from right and wrong. I don't want to go head-to-head with those two big groups.

Fortunately, Harnick revealed this news in time, otherwise Samuel would probably be caught off guard unknowingly.

"Thank you so much this time, Mr. Harnick", Samuel expressed his gratitude despite knowing that he had been grateful to him at Hawa Fortress.

"Thank you, no need, if you hadn't saved me at Hawa Fortress and sold me that batch of captured ships at a low price, I wouldn't be where I am today. Hanik put on his cloak and stood up, adding, "I hope you don't reveal our meeting tonight to anyone else, though, as it could cause a lot of trouble." ”

Samuel also stood up, shook Hannick's hand, and sent him out the door.

Finally, before leaving the door, Hanik looked Samuel in the eye and said sincerely: "General, you may have your considerations, but I personally recommend that you stay away from Carlin and all of Carlin's colonies, including Gureg...... In fact, our group has already begun to withdraw some of its operations from the colony of Carlin, and I have just applied to the group to transfer out of Gureg. ”

"A good captain doesn't just watch himself sail into a whirlpool," Harnick concluded.

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The door slammed shut, and Samuel felt a little complicated.

Carlin, a former global hegemon, has experienced many ups and downs, and was even besieged by Falais, Sistine, Alduin and other powerful countries half a century ago. But no matter how dire the situation, Carlin survived in the end. But no one expected that such an empire, which had experienced strong winds and waves, was now torn apart in the hands of its own people. The war spread to colonies around the world.

Samuel once thought that only the humble people like those laborers would be dragged down by the times, but now he seems to be too optimistic. Behemoths like Harnick, himself, the Yuanfan Group, and even the Anjou family were driven away by the flames of war, and had to flee in a hurry, from Carlin to Gureg, and then from Gureg to I don't know where. When faced with the fallen giant of Carlin, his people have little room to choose their own destiny, whether they are high or low.

Samuel spent his childhood and adolescence in the Gureg, and after enlisting in the army, he traveled around the world with the army, but he was eventually a colony of Carlin. He was already a Karlin by heart, accustomed to Carlin's customs, but now he had to stay away from Carlin and all his colonies, and Samuel didn't know where to go for a while.

Toft had the same confusion in his heart, so although Harnick had been gone for a while, neither of them spoke, and kept their eyes wide open.

In the end, Samuel opened his mouth first: "It's already the middle of the night, why don't you spend the night at my house?"

Toft immediately said that he had some urgent matters to deal with, Samuel originally thought it was something related to the company, but after several inquiries, he found out that this was not the case, but no matter how Samuel asked, Toft only said that it was a personal matter, and then said goodbye in a hurry. The haste in which Toft left—even in a hurry—struck Samuel as strange.

But in the end, drowsiness overwhelmed curiosity, and Samuel fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed.