Chapter 109: The Puzzle (3)
"Fools whose ambitions are greater than their abilities!" Alec looked coldly at these excited, restless young people, unmoved.
He is indeed a descendant of the Smith family, at least in the eyes of outsiders, he is a descendant of the century-old nobles of Magnoria, and it is with the power of the family that he can master Balatan so securely.
Only he knows how much effort it took him to go from a poor worm to this level step by step.
Only Wang Du, who has experienced many setbacks like him, understands what kind of virtue those high-ranking young masters of the royal capital are.
"Everyone!"
Alec cleared his throat and said aloud.
"I don't know what His Highness Wes thinks, I'm just the manager of Baratan, if you don't mind, stay here, according to the information I received, His Highness Wes will arrive in Baratan today, and when the time comes, you can talk to His Highness Wes. ”
"Yes, yes...... Your Highness will be there soon......"
"It's still thoughtful ...... Aggreko-sama"
......
"Huh!
A sneer interrupted everyone's compliment to Alec, distorting everyone's faces with flattering faces.
Alec followed the sneer, and the same young man was sitting opposite Alec, his face unchanged in the face of everyone's fire-breathing gaze.
"This looks like Puran from the Ocaton family in Porphy City," Alec recognized the young man's origin at a glance.
As a southern city in the southwest, Balatan could actually reach the southern provinces by land, bypassing mountain roads, so Balatan also had many merchants from other places, and it was a small trading town.
Perhaps it was for this reason that His Highness Wess chose this place as his territory.
As the de facto controller of Balatan, Alec has a lot to do with the Ocaton family. Since receiving strong support from the city of Boer, the family has become a well-known merchant in the southwest.
The caravans of Lady Freya of Occaton were scattered all over the place.
I heard that a large part of the tobacco, tea cakes, and various specialties obtained from the Great Wilderness were transported to Erdos in the north through Freya's channel.
Many people may find it incredible.
The atmosphere of confrontation between Boer City and Erdos was very strong, and the two sides were close to fighting each other.
At this time, Freya, a woman, not only did not clear up the relationship, but actually smuggled goods to the north. At first, many merchants were afraid to do this, waiting to see Freya's jokes.
Gradually, the merchants discovered that the city of Boer had no indication at all.
And as soon as other merchants smuggled, the people of Bol City immediately thundered and wiped them out in an instant.
As a result, many people found out that Mrs. Freya was like an official smuggler! It seemed that because the profits from smuggling were too great, Mrs. Freya was a little unable to hold on, and I heard that she was preparing to establish a chamber of commerce and implement the sharing of goods channels recently.
As the owner of the southern commercial town, Alec naturally had contact with Madame Freya's caravan.
"Young Master Puran, what do you mean by that!"
A messenger not far from Puran asked suspiciously, his tone full of malice.
"Humph!"
Puran was young, about twenty years old, maybe less, and he didn't care about the eyes of the crowd. At a young age, he was the head of the Southern Business of the Ocaton family, and Puran was not one of those brainless fools, he was deeply trusted by his cousin Freya, and knew a lot of news, so naturally he didn't think that this group of fools could make it.
Looking at the eyes of these people who were about to breathe fire, Puran was very calm, not only thanks to the good family education, but also due to the few guards standing behind him.
The Okhadon family presided over a large part of the smuggling trade, and in addition to Freya's vision and ability, there was also the power from Bol City behind it, which Puran knew very well, and the few guards around him were used by his cousin for his own defense.
Don't look at these guards standing there silently and like a henchman, Puran has seen the terrifying skills of a few people with his own eyes.
Just like the tip of the iceberg revealed in the city of Boer, Puran is the head of commerce, and he is well aware of the influence and military power of Boer City in the southwest. It's like there are two legions in Bofi City.
And Maihina also made it clear that there were two flag groups, not to mention how much strength Boer City hid in the city of Boer and the Black Rock Town behind it, as well as in the more dangerous wilderness, it is impossible to know.
The power of Boer City is like an iceberg on the sea.
The nine-point iceberg is under the sea, and the power it shows is terrifying enough.
"Lord Alec, I'm here to invite you to the Chamber of Commerce held by our Okaton family in the near future, I didn't expect to meet such a group of fools, I don't know what you mean, my lord?"
Puran didn't look at the angry messengers, but at Alec.
During the period of contact between Puran and Alec, Alec has been very shrewd, perhaps blowing losses when he was young, Alec has been very meticulous in everything he does, and seems to be full of means.
Alec gave Puran a deep look.
"That Okaton woman!"
He took a deep breath, it was the impulsive character of his youth, Alec had endured a lot of hardships, polished for so many years, and it was not until he gradually got rid of Magnolia's influence that he came to prominence, and there were some things that he saw more deeply than Plan.
What is the color of the group of goods in the royal capital, he has more say than everyone here, this group of young masters in the ivory tower will definitely not be able to fight against these local snakes in Boer City.
But the wealthy family behind that group of young masters, their accumulation of wealth over a hundred years is absolutely amazing.
With intertwined blood marriages and all kinds of complex and strange exchange of interests, most of Magnoria's wealthy families are already inseparable. These people are the great nobles who control the violet soul, their energy is amazing, every Grand Duke changes, killing and bloodbathing are always indispensable, except for some extremely stupid wealthy families, most of the wealthy families will not be affected.
That His Highness Wes seems to be menacing.
But Alec knows very well that the group of wealthy people behind them definitely did not go all out, they are just a group of-stirring sticks, they are all left and right in the royal fight, and they will never completely favor one side, or rather, they are betting on both sides.
Otherwise, it would not have been possible to have only 20,000 well-prepared soldiers.
As far as they are concerned, His Royal Highness wants to go to the west and rise there, yes, they send troops, they contribute strength, they even come out of their own family. And the princess, if she goes to the north, too! They will do the same, or compensate for it enough, and will never offend one or the other.
Alec didn't believe that those cunning guys couldn't see the water clearly, so let this group of tender chicks come over, wasn't this a food delivery to the local warlords?
This may be a test for the royal family, or a test for that group of great nobles.
In short, in their eyes, the worst of these young children is to be defeated by local warlords, it is impossible to play cruel and dead, so it is a complete revenge, for the nobles who pursue interests, such a situation is very rare, and if these young people are opening up the situation outside, it is simply a hundred benefits and no harm, in this case, there is a situation where these two go north and go west.
Even Earl Andy Adams, he has deep connections in the royal capital, and these connections rely on something, not the usual interests, these nobles are rarely threatened in any situation.
Weighing in his heart, Alec looked at the Pullan Okhaton in front of him, and admired the woman named Freya in his heart. This woman was clearly betting on Bol City, and not only that, but the woman had to drag him into the water before the young man came to ask him about the Chamber of Commerce.
If he didn't agree, with so many people present, Alec would have completely offended Boer City. And he agreed to join the Chamber of Commerce, and it was Prince Wes who offended. As for the left and right, hehe, since ancient times, there has been no good end to the grass on the wall, unless it is the kind of wealthy family with capital, a weak person like him is just meat on the board.
Reality is stronger than people!
Just as Alec gritted his teeth and was about to make a choice, one of his henchmen rushed in.