"What is this?" Harriele asked as she turned to the stack of papyrus Yuri handed over.

"This is a plan!" Yuri's identity at the moment is Merlin's male secretary, and he has deduced the main points and details of this meeting no less than ten times before stepping into the City Lord's Mansion again.

Merlin sat across from Harrell, holding a cup of freshly brewed green tea in his right hand, without the slightest intention of taking over the conversation, at this time the actual owner of the City Lord's Mansion was having afternoon tea with her aunt at the Michel Abbey, and she would not come back until the sun went down, and Yuri had plenty of time to convince a man who had been suppressed by his wife for many years.

Judging by Harrell's massive body and his four-layered chin, this is a middle-aged man with a very good life, but the occasional glint in his eyes shows that his ambition is being buried little by little. However, Merlin believes that as long as men have ambitions, but they have been suppressed for too long, and ambitions are consumed in the gentle country.

"Plans?" Harrell asked.

"Yes, a plan," Yuri said with a sunny smile on his face, the obscenity in his bones was gone, as if his previous decades of life had been spent on this moment. Some people are like this, they have been in a state of confusion, and when they encounter something, they will suddenly bloom with brilliance that surprises everyone around them, and it is obvious that Father Yuri is in such a state at the moment.

Seeing Yuri's performance, Merlin became more and more confident in his plan.

"This is a plan for Lord Harrell to return to the reins of Hippo. "Yuri is definitely fit to be a lobbyist, and he's doing impeccable at the moment.

"I don't understand what you mean!" Harrell sneered as he put down the papyrus in his hand, and he knew that none of them contained more than a hundred gold coins at that time, so he was a little reluctant to hold the sedge in his hand.

"Haha, haha," Yuri smiled slightly, "Even I, a stranger, know that the actual controller of Hippo City is Lord Rand of Michel's Monastery, and as the lord of Hippo City, don't you have any ideas?"

"Caesar's to Caesar, Satan's to Satan, why is the hand of the Arius Academy stretched out so long, hasn't the city lord thought about it?" "Yuri, as the priest of the church, although his status is not high, is still very clear about some secrets in the church, especially when it comes to some principled things, which is much more thorough than ordinary nobles, "The cardinals of the church are not allowed to meddle in secular affairs, why are these different when they arrive in Hippo City?"

"Lord Rand is Catherine's aunt, and she doesn't save a lot of trouble?" said Harrell.

"It's a pity that Sister Rand didn't all go to Hippo City, the Arius Academy built a new monastery in Ashfurnace Village, and all the money was taken from Hippo City. Yuri said.

At this moment, Merlin put down his cough twice, then put down his teacup.

"Lord Castle, you can take a look at this plan first," Yuri stood up a little reluctantly, and then said, "If your lord agrees, we can give up the benefits of the sixth floor." ”

Yuri saw Harrell's puzzlement, "This East and West City Lord can take a look first." ”

Merlin stood up, greeted Harrell, and left without looking back. Behind him, Yuri couldn't help the smugness in his heart, and he walked a little lightly.

**

After nightfall, the sky has already darkened, and the heat on the ground has not completely dissipated, and the alleys of Xiaobo City are slowly walking in twos and threes, some of them are mercenaries who have just finished their work on the docks, and some are free people who have finished eating and started to wander around. In short, it is much livelier than the ash furnace village.

Merlin carried a bottle of chilled old cellar aging and took a big sip in one gulp, although he didn't say a word in the City Lord's Mansion just now, he was much more nervous than Yuri. Getting the rocky beach outside of Hippo is only the first step, and convincing Harrell is the key to the whole thing.

Merlin took small sips of the cellar with a preference that was completely incompatible with his age, and generally teenagers his age liked to drink the sweet mead and wine, like Yuri, who was now carrying a bottle of chilled wine.

"Your Highness, Yuri doesn't quite understand," Yuri was completely impressed by Merlin at the moment, "Why gave the sixth layer of the proceeds to Harley, that guy doesn't seem to have to do anything." I think both floors are enough. ”

"If I divide him into two tiers and I take eighty percent, then this matter is my business," Merlin smiled, "It will be different if he is divided into six tiers, this matter will become his business, and he will have to work hard to do this matter well, so that he can make more money?

Yuri nodded, then thought about it and shook his head, he had the impression that the lord would make money, but the speed at which he could spend it was faster than the rate at which he could earn it. In the blink of an eye, 50 Amethyst coins were spent. Yuri was distressed for a long time.

The city of Hippo is far more prosperous than Adrianople, and the central street is dotted with women or children carrying baskets along the roadside selling boiled beans. However, the most popular ones are oyster sellers, and the city of Hibo is close to the endless ocean, and the seaside oysters are abundant, and half-grown children can catch a full bucket in half a day.

Fresh oysters are pried open and drizzled with a little lemon juice for the most delicious. In the Empire, this item was a luxury, especially in the inland areas far from the sea, and this food that could improve men's abilities was sought after by men. However, oysters in Hibo City are very cheap. One copper and one for each juicy.

"This thing can improve a man's ability, you better eat less, anyway, you don't have a wife. Merlin ate one and then stopped, he couldn't stand the strong fishy smell. He couldn't enjoy such a delicacy.

Merlin didn't say that Yuri was going to stop, and after hearing that it could improve a man's abilities, Yuri stopped the whole bucket of oysters, and then said to the little boy who sold oysters, "It's all open, add more acid, and add more salt." ”

"You don't have a wife, you eat so much tonight, aren't you afraid of dying?"

Yuri smiled, with an extremely lewd expression on his face.

Merlin underestimated the priest's shamelessness, and after eating all the oysters, he couldn't wait to go back into the alleys of the central street.