Chapter Ninety-Seven: To Each His Own Heart
"My lord, in this case, we will lose a lot!" After listening to the transaction between Meng Han and Francis, Alice couldn't help but call out. When it comes to money, especially when it comes to her own interests, Alice can't help but behave like this.
"It sounds like a lot of losses, but for us, it's just a small profit, not a loss. Meng Han smiled: "We have no manpower, no connections, no sales, we can only do this." ”
"But, my lord, we could have earned more gold with this. Hearing Meng Han's answer, Alice realized that the lord had not been hot-headed to curry favor with the inspector, but had thought it through. But I always felt as if I had lost something, and I felt uncomfortable.
"The question is, do we have enough gold coins to last us now?" Meng Han directly laid out the problems facing the territory: "If it weren't for Francis's money, next month, we would have to go hungry collectively." ”
"But, but ......" But after a few moments, Alice didn't know what to say, but not saying it was not enough to express her sadness that she was like a piece of meat in her heart being poached, and it was very uncomfortable.
"No, but. Meng Han smiled: "Do you think we still have the manpower to do these things? If we do it, will we only accept the commission of one nobleman at a time? Dozens of people do a project, and then can't do a few things a year? This can make a lot of money?"
"We can squeeze money and always find available people. Alice immediately came up with a solution, in the past, Huangsha Town didn't eat or drink and earned three silver coins a day, there is no reason why the business is so good now, the town is so prosperous, but there is no reason why it can't live.
"Well, even if we can find available manpower, even if we can train them in a race against time, then I can still get an order with Lord Earl for the time being. Meng Han smiled and continued to ask Alice: "But, have you ever thought about what kind of project we are going to do?" Meng Han was also very hard working when explaining.
"Isn't that what you said about going up and going into the water, my lord, it looks very simple!" Alice watched Meng Han direct those people to build, build a water tower, and then dig a place to lay pipes underneath, and finally concentrate the water into a septic tank, which is not complicated, so she said this.
"You mean, build a bathroom for those nobles outside their homes?" Meng Han laughed, this is the difference between those who have seen real modern architecture and those who have not: "Let our respected noble lords, who originally went to the toilet in the room, are now going out?"
Alice had never thought that there was such a complicated matter, and she was reminded by Meng Han's words, and she was stunned on the spot, not knowing what to say.
"The reason why it was pushed to Francis is because these things were to be built in the original aristocratic rooms, which involved the transformation of the entire aristocratic rooms. Meng Han was still smiling, looked at Alice and asked softly: "Once our people destroy the original room of the noble lord a little during construction, or accidentally break some valuable works of art, what should we do?
Alice has never considered this problem, so she simply thinks that a modern bathroom is very easy to do. However, I never imagined how difficult it would be to add such a facility in a building that did not have a pre-planned water supply and drainage. I didn't think about how to solve problems once they went wrong.
"Besides, if one or two of these people we are looking for are killers who have other intentions for those noble lords, and they hurt or kill people, then what should we do?" Meng Han then threw out another, more serious question: "Resist my life, or yours?" or Grace's?"
When Meng Han said this, his tone was a little tough. Alice's head was already oozing with sweat. She really never considered these questions, but simply felt that the lord had given all the work of making money to His Excellency Viscount Francis, leaving only the smallest part of the money for herself, which was a little unbalanced. Only now do I realize that it is really not so easy to make money, especially to make money from the aristocracy.
"Grace, Alice, although we have made some money recently, you must remember that no matter what money you make, you need to take risks. Meng Han warned his two housekeepers very seriously: "Within the range of risks we can bear, such a business can be done." However, once we exceed the risk we can take, then, resolutely do not do it, it is looking for death. ”
"For example, taverns, inns in our territory, we can do that. Because I'm a lord, and the most we have to risk is that someone gets drunk and fights like crazy, and maybe even gets robbed. We take care of this. Meng Han was still tirelessly educating the two butlers, and he didn't want them to invite trouble because of their lack of greed, or because they were unwilling to lose in some aspects.
"But, my lord, isn't it easy for you to earn money from elves?" Alice accepted Meng Han's admonition, but she still seemed to be a little unconvinced, and couldn't help muttering.
Meng Han's ears are good, the lord's mansion is small, and Alice's words, Meng Han heard them clearly. Meng Han didn't want to say anything more about the elf clan, but just smiled faintly and said to Alice: "If you go and ask Gavin, you will know if it is so easy for me to make money from the elf clan." ”
"If the elves' money is not good, adults can not make it!" Alice immediately became curious and asked quickly. Grace didn't speak, but her eyes also revealed the same meaning, as if she wanted to know why Meng Han was still doing the business of the elf clan.
"Because if you don't do it, you'll die immediately. Meng Han smiled bitterly: "I haven't prepared to die yet, and I don't have the courage to die now." ”
Listening to the lord's wry smile and explanation, Alice stuck out her little tongue mischievously and said nothing more. Just instructed the people to take this batch of gold coins away and store them in a safe place. With these thousand gold coins, it is definitely possible to hold the territory for a long time, and even the White House has hope to start construction.
After convincing the two somewhat unwilling butlers, Meng Han finally got through the difficulties in front of him. And it kind of made a good ally, although the current relationship is only maintained in business cooperation. However, Meng Han believes that as time goes by, when everyone's interest chain becomes more and more entangled, this relationship will become more and more stable. To put it bluntly, even if Meng Han lost some money and made some less, it was equivalent to using these gold coins to invest in the future.
If the power is weak, there must be an ally who can rely on or help each other. The Inspector is a good target. After negotiating business, Meng Han was very relaxed, and under the personal massage of the two little maids, he enjoyed the life of the nobles leisurely. But in the luxurious camp built by the inspector's own guards, it was a different story.
"You mean, his magic shield blocked half of your sword?" His Excellency Viscount Francis now had a serious face, talking to his captain of the guard, the guy who was trying to hold Meng Han hostage outside the model room.
"Yes, my lord!" replied the captain of the guard with the same seriousness, "There are three magic shields in total, and they should be different magic shields of the three systems. I didn't have much effort on the first two sides, but on the third side, I directly blocked my sword. At that time, I used eighty percent of my strength, but I couldn't break through that magic shield. ”
"What kind of magician should be able to release your magic shield that you can't break with your strength?" Lord Francis was very surprised, even more surprised than when he heard that Meng Han could still release magic.
"At least it should be the magic shield released by the junior great magician, so that is possible. "The captain of the guard is very confident in his own strength, and when he makes his judgment, he is also very sure. After thinking about it, it seemed that there was something that should be said, and the captain of the guard hesitated for a moment: "In addition, my lord, the two magic shields in front seem to be instantaneous. ”
"Instantaneous magic shield?" Lord Francis stood up on the spot, "That can't be. He's just an outcast of magic, and he can't do it instantly. "I had just come to this conclusion, but I remembered the Austin Grand Magician of the Academy of Magic. There's no reason why a great mage would care so much about a magic outcast, is that why?
His subordinates thought so, too. The captain of the guard completely agreed with the judgment of Lord Viscount: "Even if it is a magic shield, if it is instantaneous, it is at least the cultivation realm of a magic master, this lord of Huangsha Town, at such a young age, it is absolutely impossible." Unless ......"
"Unless what?" Viscount Francis was unusually anxious now, and as soon as he heard that there were other possibilities, he immediately asked anxiously. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want Meng Han to have such strength, otherwise, it would not be a good thing for him to take such a big advantage in cooperation with him.
"Or maybe this lord's magic wand is very advanced. The captain of the guard seemed to have some understanding of magic, so he directly expressed his suspicions: "Maybe two magic shields have been sealed on the magic wand, as long as he urges the magic power, it can be instantaneous." ”
"No, it's impossible. A soft voice answered the captain directly. With the voice, a glamorous maid who had just taken a shower, her hair was still wet, and her clothes were half-untied, appeared beside the viscount and leaned gently against him. Master Francis directly stretched out his hand, hugged a fragrant delicate body in his arms, greedily sniffed the fragrance on her body, but his two hands wantonly groped around the beautiful woman's body.
The captain of the guard turned a blind eye to this scene, and there was no strange expression in his eyes, as if he was used to it. Because he liked the feeling of the bathroom, when the Viscount asked these people to set up camp, he directly asked people to camp around the model room, rest at night, and use the facilities inside more completely. The beautiful woman just came out of the bathroom bath.
"Why do you say that?" asked Viscount Francis, softly, while enjoying the warmth of the beauty.
"His magic wand, I don't know where I got it, it's just a branch, and even the magic fluctuations are not very strong, where can the seal be instantaneous. "The glamorous maid is actually a magician. Her words seemed to directly announce Meng Han's poor family background, and he couldn't even have a high-grade magic wand. Of course, it also shows the illiteracy of the beautiful magician, after all, the tree of life of the elven clan is not something that everyone has the opportunity to see.
"Is it a magic scroll?" The use of magic scrolls can also be instantaneous, which is why the beautiful magician asked.
"No way. The captain of the guard shook his head: "He didn't even pull out the scroll. ”
"You tell me what happened at that time, tell me carefully. "The beautiful magician, who is soft to the bone, is now in the arms of His Excellency the Viscount, but it seems to have become a person who gives orders.
The captain of the guard didn't dare to slack off, and directly told the scene that happened in Bai Yueli as it was, and didn't dare to add or delete it at all.
"In this way, it seems that this lord is not as simple as a magic outcast. After listening to the description of the captain of the guard, the beautiful magician also fell into deep thought, and didn't care about the hands of the viscount who was raging on his delicate body: "Instant magic shield, and the last magic shield released by yourself can also block a sword of eighty percent of your strength, it has the level of a junior great magician, interesting guy." ”
"Whether he's interesting or not, now he's our partner, and he's able to bring me thousands of gold coins. "Lord Francis is confident, and he doesn't seem to care about Meng Han's strong background.
Early the next morning, the excited Viscount Francis bid farewell to Meng Han. Yesterday he stayed overnight to fully experience the effects of the new bathroom, and now that the purpose has been achieved, he doesn't want to stay in this dilapidated town. Besides, the sooner you go back, the sooner you can arrange for people to come over, the sooner you can make money, and the sooner you can get closer to some big nobles, which is the top priority.
Of course, Meng Han was sending people away. His Excellency Viscount Francis is now very close to Meng Han, and calling Meng Han is also called Meng Han's nickname, not his official title and name.
"Don't worry, Tony, the first thing I will do when I go back is to repay Your Majesty how good you are here. Francis almost patted Meng Han on the shoulder and promised, "Don't you already have a city here?" I will propose to Your Majesty that you be promoted to the lord of the city. ”
(To be continued)