"Lord Count, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Shakespeare said excitedly.

"I'm sorry, I've been really busy lately, and the president of the merchants' union has to talk to me about business in the afternoon. Arthur said apologetically.

It just so happens that Arthur is at home these days, and there will not be any big problems in a short time, yesterday Arthur went to meet Adamant the Great, he briefly talked about the recent situation, and wanted to go to the prison to pardon several criminals, hoping that the Emperor would agree.

The Emperor thought for a long time and agreed to this request.

Recently, many officials in the royal capital have been imprisoned for various reasons, and Arthur happened to take advantage of the infighting among several princes.

The eldest prince also invited Arthur to the banquet tonight, which was an unavoidable question.

And when the eldest prince and the second prince are rushing to various banquets recently, there will always be some small frictions, which are very unpleasant.

Arthur was invited early in the morning to perform an opera written by Shakespeare at the Royal Opera House, but due to some delays, he arrived in the middle of the show.

The two sat in a private room, and Shakespeare pulled out the outline that Arthur had forwarded to Miss Elizabeth.

"My lord, this work of yours is not finished yet. ”

Arthur raised his glass and took a sip of black tea and shook his head slowly.

"No, I've only done the first half, and I've been so busy lately. ”

"That's a pity. Shakespeare shook his head slowly. "Actually, I wanted to adapt this work into an opera. ”

"You have my outline, you can write it yourself, but I need you to grant me a request. Arthur said generously.

You say. ”

"In the future, you will follow me and become my retainer. ”

Shakespeare was stunned for a moment, a little hesitant, his father was a well-known wealthy merchant and held the title of baron. Although he doesn't have a fief, he is also a noble son anyway, and he is also the top master in the Falin scholar circle, and now let him be someone else's retainer, to be honest, he is not very willing.

It's not because it's bad to follow Arthur, but because of the word "freedom", if you lose your freedom, you will lose your creative inspiration.

"My lord, I can grant you other requests, but it is difficult for me to obey this because I only want words and art. ”

There was thunderous applause outside, and the show was an exceptional success.

"I know, but I rarely have time to write in the future, I need someone to ghostwrite for me in this regard, I am a person who puts interests first, and only looks at the number of gold coins. ”

"You mean, you have a new story?"

"I have a lot of stories, Mr. Shakespeare, and you should understand that scholars are present in every kingdom, but there has never been a true continental giant, and to be honest my writing is not very good, but I have the inspiration to innovate. If you agree, you will own the joint copyright, but not the wealth. Of course, if you make an adaptation of an opera, I will not encroach on your rights. ”

This time Shakespeare really hesitated. Arthur's words are very clear, Shakespeare has co-authorship in the published book, but he will not receive any reward, but Arthur will not interfere with him if it is an adaptation of the opera.

Back when Arthur met Shakespeare, he had this idea in his head.

Literature is always a treasure that has been passed down to the world, and the market is too big, and there is no real leader, it is better to launch Shakespeare than to become a real literary giant after publishing the four tragedies yourself.

Arthur needs a lot of gold in this market to accumulate wealth to expand his territory, and Shakespeare needs time to write a script and a good outline to inspire himself, and the two can kill two birds with one stone if they work together now.

"Deal!" said Shakespeare, gritting his teeth.

"Haha, thank you. ”

Later masters of art officially became Arthur's money-making tools, and the contract lasted until the end of Arthur's reign.

Immediately after Arthur left, he took a carriage to the branch of the Merchant Alliance's Farin to discuss the cooperation with the president, and the news of the clock that the branch president had also been delivered by the headquarters, and this wealth and practical significance were far above all else.

It can be said that it is a reform that spans the ages.

The higher-ups of the headquarters almost worshipped Arthur as a god, and even wondered if he was a demon who had lived for a thousand years.

The two discussed for nearly 5 hours before the final result.

Arthur asked the headquarters of the Merchant's League to launch the clock function at the end of the recent large-scale auction, and then let it dry for half a month before it was officially sold, which is called hunger marketing.

In the end, the two talked about Arthur's reformed underwear, hoping that Arthur would also hand over this kind of big business to them, but Arthur refused, and only agreed to join the merchant alliance, and finally benefited from 7%.

What is the concept, it is equivalent to 7% of their final income owned by Arthur, they are equivalent to doing day jobs, and they don't even have advertising fees.

In the face of Arthur's lion opening, he hesitated to replace the president of Falin this time, because this matter was too high, Arthur didn't want to hand over his business to the Merchant Alliance, he wanted to build his own merchant team and set up the Merchant Alliance.

Two days ago, Arthur sent Hans from the Flame Emperor back to the capital, and began to sow his own seeds under the nose of the Merchant Alliance, and Arthur delivered all 500,000 gold coins to him.

Hans's identity was thoroughly investigated by Arthur from the Adventurers' Alliance's guild using his identity, and it was discovered that this person was really not small.

Hans was a descendant of an earl from a fallen family of the Yan Emperor, and he was the only heir, and eventually gained a lot of wealth, but he was an adventurous and travelling enthusiast who rarely cared for his family. He came to Fallin out of curiosity, and also wanted to meet the legendary rise of Arthur.

When Arthur put Hans's information in front of him, the powerful swordsman of the wind was stunned for the first time.

Arthur gave him such a task, and he couldn't refuse. After all, he didn't want to leave a man who seemed interesting at this time, and he couldn't leave.

As for the reason, only Hans alone.

The sky was getting darker and darker when Arthur came out of the union, and the last trip today was the invitation of the Great Prince.

Sitting in the carriage, Arthur closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, he was indeed very tired, his heart was tired.

All the backlog during this time has been resolved for the time being.

The Sith is doing well, and a recent letter to Bedwell makes it clear that Arthur is more rich than they all have in the nearby territories combined. Now there is only one last task left, which is the project that Arthur has been delusionally trying to do, the academy!!

On the royal capital's side, his wealth is not enough to describe with daily income, and some things are really unenvious, at least nearly 8 percent of the businessmen in the royal capital are looking at Arthur with red eyes.

As the saying goes, wealth doesn't accumulate overnight, but some people get rich overnight.