Chapter 586: Retreat

For Lorist, the passage of the Malek Defence plan means that the dust has finally settled on one of the family's most recent events, and he can return to his quiet days. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As for the excavation of artificial rivers and the construction of embankments, as well as the miscellaneous matters of mobilizing the three main field regiments of the family's armed forces to carry out the vigilance mission in Punshan Province, the family's armed forces department and engineering department were naturally responsible for arranging and implementing them.

Malek was relieved that Lorist was appointed as the head of the chief, and only discussed privately with Malek for a long time, adjusting the order and time of the dispatch of the family's armed legion. Lorist believed that there was no need for the three main field corps to be piled up on the border of the province of Punshan, and that it was completely possible to cover and guard only the part of the project that was being carried out, so that there would be no need to advance the entire defensive line thirty miles forward from the border line, which would not only reduce the strength of the defensive guard, but also rotate the corps performing the mission. In terms of military spending, we can save about five or six million in five years.

Such a troop adjustment was also made out of desperation, and the Iron Guard Corps is currently building the Liechtana fortress in the province of Yungeshandra, which is expected to be completed by the end of next year. The Hunter Legion was stationed in Makinogahara Province and became the family's only mobile legion. After the Rock Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion left for the Side Mountain Province, the rest of the entire Northland was Telman's Angry Bear Knights, and if something happened, they needed to go up as soon as possible to buy time for the family to respond.

Although Lorist believes that there should be no changes in the family territory in the next few years, it is still mainly for recuperation, and it is unlikely that there will be any war in the empire. However, after the completion of the fortress of Liechtana next year and the Iron Guard Corps also left for the province of Punshan, the family territory was really at its most empty, and the three family territories of Winston, Delemke and Yungeshandra could only rely on the garrisons of the reorganized provinces to defend themselves.

I hope that the Second Highness who is focused on the Norton family not making any trouble in the past few years, Lorist has already made up his mind and will no longer entangle with the Second Highness. In the past few years, I have stayed in the family territory and lived a comfortable life, no matter what national affairs as long as they do not damage the interests of the Norton family, I am not ready to deal with them, whoever pulls the shit and wipes his ass, Lorist doesn't want to come forward again.

It's August 10th, and tomorrow Lorist will take Princess Celivia, her four concubines, and the children to Beihai City, and then take a boat to the Platinum Beach of the Kenmas family for a summer vacation, which is Duke Kenmeth's efforts to redevelop the Platinum Beach, and it is said that he invited all the nobles of the empire to prepare for a lively summer party.

However, people always can't stand the chatter, and it was only in the morning that Lorist thought of the Second Highness, hoping that he would not cause any more trouble, and in the afternoon he got the news of the Second Highness. The Duke of Kenmäth sent an urgent envoy to deliver a letter, saying that the Duke of Kenmax had also invited His Royal Highness to come as a courtesy. Generally speaking, His Royal Highness will not join in this excitement, as the emperor of the empire, His Majesty went to the platinum beach to strip naked and play in the water, which is indeed unworthy of the emperor's demeanor. Originally, His Royal Highness also refused the invitation under the pretext of busy government affairs, but he didn't expect that after only two days, His Royal Highness changed his mind and replied to Duke Kenmax again to declare that he would also go over for a summer vacation.

Therefore, the Duke of Kenmax hurriedly wrote to ask His Royal Highness Lorist II if he was coming for a summer vacation, and what precautions he should take......

With the temperament of His Second Highness, he would not do such a meaningless thing, because he was very busy, and there were countless big and small things to deal with every day, so how could he have the leisure to go on a summer vacation? Lorist rolled his eyes, and he had a rough guess in his heart: "Genolio, you go and inform Madame and ask her to take the four maids and children to Platinum Beach for summer vacation, and I will not go." If someone asks and says that the family's newly established province of Panshan has been invaded by the mountain barbarian tribe, I will deal with this matter urgently. ”

"Your Highness, you, are you deliberately avoiding His Majesty the Emperor?" Genolio was a little surprised, in his opinion, even if he had a bad relationship with His Majesty the Emperor, there was no need to deliberately avoid it, didn't that fall into the prestige of the Norton family?

Lorist understood at a glance what Genorio was thinking, and immediately gave him a chestnut: "Hun boy, haven't you read the secret report sent by the imperial capital a few days ago, since the Qilin Port Market has greatly increased the purchase price of raw materials and mineral resources, the Antitario Chamber of Commerce has been forced to increase the purchase price as well, but this means that the more they buy, the greater the loss, didn't that young master Selig go to the palace to meet His Majesty the Emperor several times, it is likely that he is discussing countermeasures."

Now that His Majesty the Emperor has suddenly said that he wants to come to Platinum Beach for a summer vacation, I suspect that His Majesty is trying to negotiate with me to reduce the purchase price of raw materials and mineral resources, so as not to lose both. You must know that he invested 800,000 gold fords in the Antitario Chamber of Commerce behind the scenes, which is related to the profit and loss of this investment, so he will personally come out. I didn't want to be forced to accede to His Majesty's request for the sake of face, so I decided to avoid it, and let the Antitario Chamber of Commerce continue to lose. ”

"Is that really going to be the case?" said Jenorio, touching his forehead with some suspicion.

"Of course. Lorist replied affirmatively: "During this time, the empire was peaceful and peaceful both inside and outside, and nothing important happened at all. Except for the White Lion Legion, which is still trapped in Fabusia Province and entangled with those bandits, the rest is that our family is ready to spend a lot of money to build the Malek defense line. His Majesty the Emperor of the White Lion Legion will not allow our family to intervene to help, and he can't control the Marek Line. Then what has to do with our family is the purchase price that was raised only last month, and His Majesty the Emperor happened to meet me under the pretext of a summer vacation, so as not to cause a storm in Nuoda......"

"I understand, since His Majesty the Emperor said that it is normal business behavior and commercial competition for the Antario Chamber of Commerce to set up an acquisition site in Liushui River and block the road to buy the materials transported by the caravans of the imperial nobles who are going to Qilin Harbor for trading, then it is also normal business behavior and commercial competition for our family to raise the purchase price. There is nothing the Antillio Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty the Emperor can do about it, and they can only negotiate privately with us to reach an agreement to avoid a long purchase price war with our family.

It's only been more than a month now, and the Antillio Chamber of Commerce can't hold on anymore, so our Emperor His Majesty has personally stepped out to prepare to negotiate with His Highness. And His Highness avoided it because he wanted to continue this commercial war. As His Highness said, our Norton family has the advantage of sea freight and can maintain a small profit or no loss at such a high purchase price, while the more acquisitions of Antillio Commercial, the greater the loss. Because it wants to maintain the land trade route with the business alliance, it also needs to pay a lot of transportation costs. Genorio understood.

"Yes, that's the reason, His Majesty the Emperor began to refuse the invitation of Duke Kenmeth, and two days later decided to go to the summer, apparently to take this opportunity to meet with me and negotiate the purchase price. You know that our Emperor has always been fond of wielding power and busy with all kinds of affairs all day long. If it weren't for his private investment in the Antitario Chamber of Commerce, he wouldn't have had the leisure to go to Platinum Beach to escape the summer.

I suspect that His Majesty the Emperor wants to negotiate with us this time, but in fact, he privately asked us to divide the acquisition area with the Antillio Chamber of Commerce, for example, the northwest region will be purchased by the Qilingang Bazaar, and the two southwestern provinces will be under the responsibility of the Antitario Chamber of Commerce, so that mutual compromise can reduce the purchase price. It's a pity that the purpose of this price war is not to reach a compromise with the Antillio Chamber of Commerce, otherwise such terms would be very good.

I don't go to Platinum Beach to avoid meeting with His Majesty the Emperor, and I don't want to get tangled up in negotiations with him over the purchase price. It doesn't matter whether the Antario Chamber of Commerce and His Majesty's investment is profitable or loss-making, what matters is that we stop the continuation of the trade routes with its business alliances. For our family, anything that would help the business alliance regain its strength must be forbidden, and I refuse to consult with His Majesty the Emperor and the proprietor of the Antitario Chamber of Commerce, the Young Master Selig, until they understand this. ”

"Genolio, you write a letter to Duke Kenmax for me, telling him that as long as the presence of His Majesty the Emperor is treated according to normal etiquette, there is no need to make a fuss. At the same time, I apologize for not being able to make it. Lorist commanded.

"Yes, Your Highness. ”

Although she was not going to go to Platinum Beach for a summer vacation, Lorist still sent Princess Celivia and her four other concubines, as well as her own children, to North Sea City, so that they could board a ship and set sail for Platinum Beach, and asked Princess Celivia to bring a letter of apology to Duke Kenmax that she could not go as promised. When the ship was gone, Lorist turned his horse's head and galloped with Genolio and the guards to Nicol's Academy.

This time to Nicol Academy, Lorist has a lot of people to visit, first to see his lover Miss Theresty, then the two little princesses born to himself and Miss Theresty, and the eldest son born to the concubine Diliana, Schrobel, who is studying at Nicol Academy, and finally to take away the second son of the graduating Fat Man, Frerid, who will replace Genolio and become Lorlist's new attendant. If his performance satisfies Lorlist, perhaps he will become Lorlist's fourth disciple.

It's just that Lorist has been at home in Nicol Academy for more than ten days, and he received a secret report from Beihai City, and His Royal Highness has brought a guard team of only one hundred people to Beihai City on the merchant ship of the Kenmasse family, and is now heading to Angry Bear City.

It seems that the Second Highness is unwilling to give up if he doesn't find himself, and when he finds that he hasn't gone to Platinum Beach, he simply comes to the door. Lorist smiled bitterly and made arrangements for the letter eagle summons, and Shi Fatzi came forward to entertain the Angry Bear City, and said that he had gone to the side mountain province. If you want to go to the Second Highness to go to Punshan Province again, let Bodfinger, Tiger Ross, and Malek come out and tell the Second Highness that they have gone to Hiloas Island to deal with a business dispute urgently.

Lorist took Genolio, Freed and his guards to North Sea City after dark, and boarded a transferred ship and set off for the island of Hilois. Although the Northlands are the domain of the Norton family, Lorist is not sure if His Royal Highness has sent spies to lurk in the Northlands. If His Royal Highness finds himself hiding in the North and refuses to meet him, and finally is blocked by His Royal Highness in Nicol Academy, it will definitely be very shameless. Therefore, it is better to take a trip to Shilovas Island, and Lorist does not believe that His Royal Highness will chase after Shilovas Island.

In any case, His Royal Highness is also the Emperor of the Empire, as long as he arrives in the territory, then Lorlist, as the Grand Duke of the Northland, must go to greet him in person to conform to the traditional etiquette of the nobles, instead of playing hide and seek with His Royal Highness like Lorlist. Unless, as Lorist said, he went to the island of Hilois, then the Second Highness had no choice but to go to the Northland, and no one was there, even if he was the emperor, he would have nothing to do with Lorist, after all, he wanted to negotiate privately with Lorlist, instead of formally convening a court meeting to discuss the purchase price with Lorlist, then he, the emperor, would be very embarrassed.

It's just that Lorist didn't expect that His Royal Highness was extremely persevering, and he only stayed on Hilowass Island for five or six days, and Lorist received a summons from Tagger. When His Royal Highness learned that Lorist was not in the Northland and had gone to the island of Hilowas, he also ordered the upper echelons of the family to provide him with ships, and he also rushed to the island of Hilowas.

How could this man be so cheeky? Lorist felt that he had been defeated by His Second Highness, and it seemed that he had to find himself. Since he did not stop doing this, Lorist ordered himself to prepare a ship, and he was to go to the city of Morente. He didn't believe that the Second Highness could chase down the city of Moldente, now is not the year, when the Norton family controlled the city of Moldant with arms, the second highness can come and go freely, now the city of Moldent is the territory of the Freedom Alliance, and the second highness, as the emperor of the empire, is impossible to come to the city of Moldent as lightly and simply as back then.

Five days later, His Royal Highness arrived at Hiloas on the ocean liner Shiratori, and Viscount Camorra, as Governor of Hiroas and Governor of the Port of Chirin, stood on the pier to greet His Majesty the Emperor with courtesy. He told His Highness that Lorist had gone to the city of Moriente in order to settle the commercial dispute. Because this commercial dispute is related to trade with the Kingdom of Chigeda in the south of the mainland, it may take a lot of time for Lorist, and it is uncertain when he will return to Shirowas.

His Royal Highness finally knew clearly that Lorist was avoiding a meeting with him, and after staying on Hiroas Island for five days, he was ready to return to the imperial capital, and before leaving, he had a very in-depth conversation with Viscount Camorra, pointing out that the Norton family's increase in the purchase price of raw materials and mineral resources in its Lingang Bazaar was an act that hurt people and hurt people, and the gains outweighed the losses.

But Viscount Camorra's answer almost made His Royal Highness vomit blood, Viscount Camorra said that although raising the purchase price has reduced a lot of profits in the purchase of raw materials and mineral resources, it is also the same that those imperial nobles have money in their hands, and they have more demand for the goods and luxury goods sold by the Norton family in their Lingang bazaar, and they are willing to spend more money to purchase the items they need. In terms of transaction volume, this year has increased by about half compared to last year, and the Norton family has gained more.

Well, according to the agreement reached between Lorist and His Royal Highness, the port of Linlin will be under the jurisdiction of the Norton family to create a large bazaar, and the proceeds of it will be divided equally between the Norton family and the Second Highness. However, the Norton family sold goods and goods produced in the family domain here, and the bazaar only collected normal transaction taxes. Only the raw materials and mineral resources purchased here can be divided into half of the profits after being transferred to the city of Morente and sold.

In other words, His Royal Highness supported the Antitario Chamber of Commerce behind his back to intercept the transactions of the Lingang Bazaar, and all that was damaged was his income, and the Norton family increased the transaction volume of the sales of goods and goods in the family territory after raising the purchase price, which was compensated for on the other hand, how could the Second Highness who got the news not be so aggrieved that he almost vomited blood......

His Royal Highness finally left in a huff. Viscount Camorra calmly ordered: "Send a message to His Highness, His Majesty the Emperor has returned to the imperial capital, and he can come back." ”

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