Chapter 281: Forty Thousand Gold Coins
"Butler?" asked the eldest prince of Barot, who suppressed his anger.
The old butler had brought him up since he was a child, and was an old man who had followed his father, so the Grand Duke of Barot had always had great respect for the old butler.
"Grand Prince, if this batch of gold coins is spent, we will not be able to maintain the operation of the manor, and we will not be able to purchase even the daily necessities and ingredients supplied to you, Grand Prince!"
There was a little more depression in the old butler's voice, when did the Barot family worry about this?
When the eldest prince Barot heard the old butler's reply, his face turned red, and the slightest bleakness in the old butler's tone stung him.
"Then reduce those expensive things and replace them with ordinary things, I am the eldest son of Duke Balot, for the sake of the family, it doesn't matter if you suffer a little!"
An almost roaring order made the old butler and the head of the firm look at each other, and then quickly retreated.
"You can only spend 40,000 gold coins, this is the limit, the operation of the manor is not just a matter of the eldest prince alone, there are hundreds of servants here and a private knight regiment of two hundred people stationed!"
"Moreover, if it is not added to the accounts within a month, the Barot family may have to face the situation of selling assets!"
The old butler said to the supervisor in a deep tone.
After loading bags of gold coins into the wagon, the two watched as the last of their fortunes in Barot's Manor were gone.
The director bowed slightly and said:
"Butler, if possible, I think the direction of the flow of gold coins will always be from the Barot family's trading house to the Barot family's manor, this is the meaning of the existence of the trading house, to earn a lot of gold coins for the master, this is my ideal trading house!"
The director said it very sincerely, which made the old butler, who had violated the financial rights of the manor, look much better.
"However, butler, the eldest prince has withdrawn the liquidity in the business bank to a limit level, which makes the business bank's anti-risk ability become zero, and some people have seen these and achieved the results they want with a little action!"
The Director's words were full of hints.
"They?" the butler made his brow furrow, hearing the superintendent's pronoun.
"You mean, Madame and Miss?"
The supervisor raised his eyes and glanced at the old butler, and seeing that his expression was really suspicious and surprised, he exhaled and said:
"Steward, almost all the mineral resources on the market come from Van Dyse's territory, and all kinds of luxury goods that were originally sold in Barot's territory have also been purchased in large quantities by the merchants in Van Dyse's territory, I think, you should understand what this means!"
The old butler was surprisingly angry, and his wrinkled old face was full of anger.
"How dare they, why do they do this, at this time, unite with the Van Diese family to suppress the Barot family's estate, don't they know that the Van Diese family is the supporter of the platinum king?
This is simply unacceptable to the old butler who has been loyal to the Barot family for more than ten years.
The director lowered his head, waiting for the old butler to finish venting his anger before he said:
"The eldest duke has just mastered the knights, and he forced the duchess to leave the manor, although the lady is not his mother, but she is the real Duchess of Balot, the eldest prince does this, he can't blame the original Miss Balot, the current Mrs. Van Dyse for her mother!"
The old butler's words made the old butler startled, and he grabbed the director's shoulders with both hands.
"The eldest duke is the eldest son of the duke, he has a natural inheritance, he is the reasonable heir of the Duke of Barot, tell me, you approve of this!"
The Director's waist bent even more.
"Of course, I agree with this, but the little son born to the duchess also has the inheritance of the dukedom, and it is not only reasonable, but also legal, after all, the little prince is the son of the duke and the duchess, and the mother of the eldest duke does not have the title of duchess!"
Although the posture was respectful and fully showed respect for the old housekeeper, the supervisor's words made the old housekeeper's heart cold.
"What do you want to do? Don't forget, the knights are still in the hands of the eldest prince, if you don't want something to happen to the whole family, don't think about it!"
The old butler is very loud!
The Director slowly straightened his back, his expression filled with despair and struggle that the old butler had never seen before.
"Butler, you don't know the current business situation, with the financial resources of the Van Diesel family, it only needs to last for two months in the current way, I don't know if the finances of the Barot family are going to collapse, and eighty percent of the nobles in the entire Barot territory will be unsustainable!"
"And Mrs. Van Dyse, our eldest lady, almost dominates the finances of the entire Van Dyse family, and she can do it as long as she wants!"
"Instead of letting the little prince accept a broken Duke of Barot at that time, it is better for us to take refuge in the past now, anyway, the little prince of Barot is also the blood of the Duke, and he is more liked by the Duke, it is not a betrayal for us to do this!
"This is the best choice, otherwise, even if everyone is loyal and continues to be loyal to the eldest prince, but in the state of financial collapse and unsustainable life, they will eventually betray, and no one will follow a lord who makes their lives unstable and has no gold coins to support their wives and children!"
The butler grabbed the supervisor's hands and trembled.
"How can you say that, how can you ...... like this"
Little by little, the director moved the butler's hands off his shoulders and whispered:
"Butler, you know that I can't complain about this, I can only blame the eldest prince for mistrusting the group of nobles in the imperial capital, and blame the eldest prince for underestimating his sister too much!"
"In fact, I didn't expect that the gentle and generous eldest lady would now become so resolute, and she is so clever that she would rather knock the economy of the entire Duke of Barot to collapse, and put her half-brother on the throne of the duke!"
"This ruthlessness and methods are frightening at the same time, but also make those of us in business feel broken!"
"Butler, I admire your loyalty to the eldest prince, but please forgive me, I don't want to watch the old duke's estate decay day by day, and I don't want to see the beautiful Barot family trapped in grain and rice, so I want to choose again!"
With that, the Director quickly left Barot Manor and returned to the city as fast as he could.
The old butler stood alone in the open space of the manor, full of confusion.
Suddenly, the old butler suddenly became excited, turned around, and ran towards the castle in the manor.
"Eldest Prince, immediately order the Knights to chase the gold coins that were taken!"
Even though the old butler was panting violently, he finished this sentence as quickly as he could.
Grand Duke Barot swore that he had never seen the always steady and serene old butler in such a gaffe, and asked with a frown:
"My butler, what's wrong?"
The old butler's old face was flushed.
"There is a possibility of betrayal by the comptoirs!"
In a word, the eldest prince of Barot suddenly stood up from his seat, turned his head and ordered loudly:
"Do you hear what the old butler said?
The knights of the Ebarrot family guarding the gate acted quickly, this knight group cultivated by the Duke of Barot himself, although it was vulnerable and vulnerable under the power of the Platinum Knights, but objectively speaking, it was definitely an elite.
"Butler, what's going on?" asked Prince Barot as he watched the knight begin to move.
The old butler gasped and said:
"The price of mineral resources in the territory has been suppressed, and the price of consumer goods has been too high, all of which are the fault of the Van Diesel family firm. ”
Van Diese Family Firm!
At the mention of the name, Grand Duke Barot understood what was happening.
"It's her!" there was a bang, and a teacup was shattered.
"What is she going to do, to make her mother, who is a duchess, die quickly, or is she arrogant enough to help her brother compete with me for the dukeship?"
Grand Duke Barot's eyes were red, and he roared in his study.
At the same time, in the Barlow Special Hospital, the middle-aged fat butler was reporting the good news to Mrs. Van Diesse.
"There is good news from the Barot Manor, the director of the trading house who is familiar with the current affairs has transferred the little cash left in the Barot Manor to our trading house!"
Mrs. Van Dise smiled when she heard this, looked approvingly at the middle-aged fat butler, and said:
"Very good, this is really an unexpected surprise, I didn't expect that after my father's death, the hearts of people in the territory would be so vain, this is really good news for us!"
Even Mrs. Van Dyse did not expect that the head of the business house, who had served the family for more than ten years, would be so resolute and so wise to come to him!
And Mrs. Barot on the side frowned, the gold coins belonging to the Barot family were transported to the Van Dyse family's trading house?
This made Mrs. Barot's feelings extremely delicate.
Mrs. Van Diser saw her mother's thoughts, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, mother, as long as the gold coins are put into the warehouse, the people from the trading house will immediately send the equivalent amount of the withdrawal token, I don't want to fall into the reputation of swallowing my mother's assets!"
Mrs. Barot was seen through by her daughter, and said with some embarrassment:
"Don't say that, my daughter, I have seen everything you have done for Barot's territory, and the cost you have paid is far higher than the value of these gold coins, mother, I am just worried that your eldest brother will do something irrational under the blow!"
This reminder made Mrs. Van Dysse frown and asked:
"Would he dare to use the Knights to attack his nominal mother and the wife of the heir of the Van Diese family?
Mrs. Van Diser disagreed, but the middle-aged butler's heart jumped and said:
"Madam, if this kind of thing really happens, as long as you don't leave a living mouth, you can say whatever you want afterwards, and push the illegal organizations in the underground world of the king of things, even if no one believes it, there will be no evidence!"
Mrs. Barot nodded worriedly, and Mrs. Van Dise thought in silence for a moment, and then asked:
"Don't be afraid, we have the protection of five hundred soldiers of the Van Diesel family, even if we are not defeated by the knights of the Barot family, but there is still no security problem in a short time, if we can't get rid of all of us in a short time, he will definitely not get rid of the crime! ”
Hearing his wife's analysis, the middle-aged fat housekeeper was a little calmer, but Mrs. Barot was still worried:
"What you're talking about is that your eldest brother is still sensible, he has always been smooth since he was a child, and he has not suffered any setbacks, this betrayal of the head of the trading bank, I am afraid that he will go crazy, for a madman, he does not consider the consequences!"
At this moment, Soth strode in, and the sonorous sound of metal combat boots attracted everyone's attention:
"Madam, someone from outside has come to the housekeeper and said that there is an urgent matter. ”
The butler glanced at Mrs. Van Diese, and when he got permission, he quickly came out with Soth.
It was a young man from the Fandiese firm who reported the news, and after seeing the housekeeper, he hurriedly said:
"Butler, it's not good, Duke Balot's knights have surrounded our firm, saying that they want us to hand over the 40,000 gold coins that have just been put into the warehouse, and the guards and supervisors of the firms are confronting the knights, so send the little one to let the butler get an idea immediately. ”
The middle-aged fat butler's real face was folded into a big bun in an instant, and Soth almost laughed when he saw it.
"That's really bad news, you wait, I'll go and ask Madame. ”
When Mrs. Van Diesse heard the news, she also fell silent, and this matter needs to be handled carefully.
"Do you have any opinions, butler?" said Mrs. Van Diese, who was momentarily undecided, began to ask the butler.
middle-aged fat butler says:
"This matter must be handled carefully, and the knights must not be given a chance to make a move, and of course, the gold coins in hand must not be returned, so that after giving the Grand Duke of Barot a chance to breathe, I don't know what will happen!"
The butler's meaning, Mrs. Van Dise understood that now that they had been exposed, if the money was taken back by Grand Duke Barot, then it was likely that Grand Duke Barot would have room to fight back, which would be equally detrimental to them.
"We can temporarily plant the Merchant House under the banner of the Platinum Merchant Order, so that the Knights of Barot will definitely not dare to offend!"
The butler had a bad idea.
"This is not feasible, although the Van Diesel family business house was at that time, but who doesn't know, the Van Diesel family business house is run by the eldest daughter of the Barot family, and the people who go out of the Barot family are going to be protected by the power of the Platinum Duchy, what will others say about the Barot family?"
"The glory of the Barot family is still waiting to be revived, and this kind of thing must not be done! I would rather return the gold coins!"
Mrs. Van Dise's tough objection silenced the middle-aged fat butler.
Then Mrs. Barot spoke:
"I'll go, I think, the Knights of Balot, will not do anything offensive to the Duchess of Barot!"