Kane made a beeline for the Mayor of London's office.

The male secretary who failed to stop the successful Wen Crepe ran over and whispered in Crossland's ear with a look of shame and anxiety.

After hearing this, Crosslan snorted, waved his hand unhappily at the secretary, and pointed at Sang and scolded: "Now it is getting more and more difficult to find a suitable subordinate, anyone can break in." ”

Kane winked at Maria, who stepped forward and grabbed the secretary and pulled him out like a chicken, closing the door by the way.

Kane laughed, "This shows that Mr. Crossland has a bad eye for people, and my servant is quite suitable." ”

Ignoring Crossland's unkind gaze, he found a chair to sit down, took out a cigar from the humidor on Crossland's desk, looked at it, sniffed it, and put it back again.

Then I took out a box from my pocket, put it on the table, took out one, opened the oiled paper package used to ensure constant temperature and humidity, woke up, and then cut it with a cigar scissor, preheated it with a burning maple strip as a whole, and then smoked, every 30 seconds or so, without entering the lungs, and tasted in the mouth......

Just look at this set of smooth practices, you know that this is really exquisite.

But the more Kane was like this, the more depressed Klosslan became, and seeing that his face was cloudy, he couldn't help but break out, so Kane could not help but say:

"Mr. Crossland, I have not wronged you, your trusted partner, who has not brought back a penny of profit in three years, except for helping you to spend all your investments. Further up, there are also many examples of investment failures, so I won't go into them all. ”

When Crossland heard this, his face was no longer cloudy, but hideous.

"Relax, I'm not here to uncover your scars, Thomas. If I have to give any advice, I think so, there is a specialization in the art industry, and your specialization is diplomacy, not making money, so I am always coaxed by those who seem to be very skilled. ”

Of course, it doesn't make much sense to say that. After all, there is no substantial help for the upcoming mayoral elections. The mayoral election is expensive, and I don't mind if you use up all those important love cards, which will leave you with no cards to play in times of crisis, and will also make your opponents see you weak. ”

Kane's face straightened, "Money, I have it." But funding you directly is not very effective, far less effective than you becoming a major shareholder in a gold mine. Send a telegram to Fred, who is still in a hurry in California, and ask him to contact my people, and the Crossland family will prosper. ”

Gold was discovered in 1848 by a carpenter in Sutt Place, northeastern California, in January, when California was still Mexican territory, and in February, Mexico was defeated in the Mexican-American War, and California became American.

In 49, the California Gold Rush really began, and it was this year that the 49 people who poured into San Francisco and wanted to get rich overnight.

The Crossland family jumped into this pit in 1950, and it seems that it is not too late, after all, the logistics and so on in the mid-19th century are far from being compared with the 21st century. At that time, getting from the developed East Coast to the West Coast of the United States, whether by boat or crossing, was not an ordinary labor.

It's a pity that gold panning is risky, Crossland was pitted for two years, and he lost all his money, and Thomas's younger brother Fred personally went down to supervise the work, which was useless.

Then, a wonderful event happened here, and I don't know if it was because he was poor or because he believed in something, Fred actually believed a gold digger's pruning, and ran to Seattle to find a gold mine, and then he was really found.

It's no secret that if it weren't for the Klondike Gold Rush, Seattle wouldn't have Microsoft, Boeing, Starbucks, and Amazon.

But the Klondike Gold Rush in the 90s of the 19th century ended up with very few people getting rich. And if there is one big winner, it is Seattle, which repeated the history of the rise of San Francisco due to the gold rush.

It has been pointed out that the gold rush to the Klondike River in the Yukon Territory, Canada, in search of gold mines, was a conspiracy of Seattle, which was then the sole fulcrum of the region's supplies.

And the truth is that there is real gold there, but it has already been eaten a lot first, and this is the Crossland family.

It was not until the collapse of the Crossland family due to a political scandal that the truth was revealed, and then there was the Seattle conspiracy.

Visitors from the historical downstream, who had been well prepared in advance, Kane certainly had to make the most of this secret.

The Nuggets who gave Fred Crossland a favor have blown a wave of bulls, except for successfully fooling Fred, he has not achieved anything in history, and he has not even been able to rub some soup and drink.

And when he uses it, Thomas Crossland, can use his strong connections and social energy, as well as his authority, to help him clear the way and return to high society.

This is opportunistic and self-aware. Kane admits that he doesn't have the level of communication of the fake Ted, especially the on-the-spot performance of human nonsense, which is definitely an Oscar-like statuette. Nor is it possible for him to spend all his time and energy on one social event after another.

So how to make Baron Wellingborough regain recognition in London's high society, it is natural to find such a reliable person to pave the way, and he is responsible for pretending to be forced at the right time.

Identifying and securing key people to serve their goals is the basic skill of an exploiter.

Kane is not bad in this regard, it can be described as reverse thinking, you are all polite, humble and courteous, Lao Tzu is not, Lao Tzu is hanging, so he won't play those vain things, and go directly to dry goods, take you to harm, the world is bustling, and I haven't seen anyone escape the two concepts of love and profit.

Thomas, who had only spoken one sentence from contact to now, stared at Kane with burning eyes: "What do you want?"

Kane smiled, "Thomas, you don't know me very well. I don't put forward conditions until I make the other party satisfied. It's too early to discuss what I want, but I'm sure you can guess a thing or two, just to what you're good at. It's like you use my strengths and earning power. Well, try the cigar from my estate, how good it is I can't describe, the only thing I can guarantee is that it smokes one less. ”

It's true that one is one less to smoke, and the magic tears are added to it, and then the cost of using the sands of time is calculated, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is tens of millions of dollars.

In fact, just by smelling Kane's spitting smoke, Thomas already knew that it was a good thing, and after smoking it, he was completely obsessed with this little thing.

With the latitude of Britain and the climate of the island, rheumatism is easy to get diseases, tobacco and wine are inseparable, wine has whiskey, but good tobacco leaves cannot be produced by themselves.

After the meeting with the Mayor of London, Kane did not engage in any social activities worth mentioning.

Usually, nobles do not need to introduce each other to each other, and socializing is one of their main jobs, including getting to know the other nobles in the circle.

I've come to see you, and you don't know who I am. This is considered disrespectful and rude.

If a foreign nobleman visits, someone will introduce him.

Therefore, the situation of self-introduction is unimaginable, and it does not conform to the code of conduct.

In this context, Baron Wellingborough, an aristocrat who had faded out of frequent social activities because he had become a poor ghost, wanted to return, and in addition to finding a way to make a noise himself, it was also important to leave enough time for other nobles to obtain information.

At this time, not long after Queen Victoria ascended the throne (51 years), her chamberlain, the duchess Anna, was not so pretentious that she felt hungry every afternoon, let the servants take small tea snacks to eat, and did not have the prestige and power of the later, so that every move was imitated by the noblewomen, so that afternoon tea became a routine ritual.

This makes it all the more necessary to allow some time for the word to circulate.

In fact, gossip was the main content of the aristocracy's social activities. Not many people like to listen to serious things, it's official business, you can go to the study or make another appointment if you want to talk, don't spoil everyone's interest on the fun occasion.

Therefore, it will take at least half a month for the news of Baron Wellingborough's return to rich and large-scale consumption before it can be widely disseminated.

Taking action during this time period is half the effort and may even be despised.

This is also an important reason why Kane asked the mayor of London to pave the way. He didn't have that much time to waste, Thomas helped him with mundane tasks, and he devoted his energy and time to preparing for the main action.

For example, explore the old mansion that hides secrets.

In fact, a wizard's safe house is not enough for an old bird like him to play, it is nothing more than that he now has low means, which is time-consuming and laborious to operate, and even needs to be divided into several stages and take several days to complete.

During this time, he meets John Flint, played by Carol Flint.

John is a Squib and Carol is his bloodline, and these two things ensure a smooth requirement.

The first time the two met, Carroll brought Kane 34.

It's all on the death list.

Kane killed 32 on the spot, leaving the remaining two to serve as servants.

Carol is a visual insight into the brutality of Kane's horror.

All those killed by him died in extreme pain, sucking their lives and drawing their souls, and piling up ashes that scattered when they touched when they died.

The two servants were not lucky, and Kane's current mental control was not good, so a taper the thickness of his index finger was inserted into his brain and chiseled through the almond body. And in the way of magic radiation, he did an operation similar to the frontal lobotomy of the brain, there was no emotion, no fear, only said that the goal was achieved, and hundreds of millions of people died in front of their eyes without being touched, this is no longer human.

Kane doesn't need 'them' either, he wants 'them', improvised swarm war bugs that are almost puppets, and he himself doubles as brain worms.

Brain control, biochemical and magical modifications, and putting into combat or production, this is the initial stage of the Death Star Lord's humble state.

"I need more of these magical materials, you can make them up. ”

"Yes, Mr. Shafiq. ”

"Call me Ted, or Auston. ”

"Yes, Mr. Alston. ”

Kane's harvest in the secret realm of the old building is very limited, and the purchase of magical materials can only rely on the squib John Flint.

The wizarding world is a microcosm of secular society, and the wizards of this era are old-fashioned and xenophobic, and there is serious discrimination against mudbloods.

Muggles are not allowed to appear on Diagonal Lamp Wizarding occasions.

If a new student has a shopping need and needs a guardian when he is young, then the professor will follow.

The Squib's peculiarity gives it the power to enter and leave the wizard's premises.

Of course, being despised is inevitable, and even mudbloods join in the ridicule.

Comparison, showing off blood and wealth, the British wizarding world in this era is materialistic and shallow.

In Kane's words: the inevitable process of development, the real aristocracy is also from the mud legs, hillbillies, nouveau riche, and shallow people step by step. Otherwise, there will be no three generations of precipitation, and it can be called noble.

Anyway, he wouldn't pretend to be a wizard at such a time to touch that circle, it doesn't match his identity, and then the benefits are not obvious, and there is a lot of trouble.

"By the way, servant, you take one with you, it's convenient to do things, Lincoln or Kennedy, which one do you choose?"

The corners of Carol's mouth twitched, and her heart said that you really know how to name it.

"Kennedy. Carol added the second half of the sentence in her heart: "At least this is not famous now." ”......

In early November, the Kanes moved into the old building, which had been renamed Wellingborough House.

After nearly half a month of renovation, it has become a qualified baron's residence. This kind of house is originally focused on charm, and it is not beautiful to be full of new objects that exude the light of thieves.

After more than ten days of raising, Hanni and other masters and servants basically disappeared from the miserable and embarrassed color on their bodies, and the exquisite and exquisite costumes and high-end jewelry gave their masters brilliance and dignity.

In fact, the aristocracy is not the more paddle and the more ornate the dress, the better, and there are unspoken rules behind the scenes, and it is regarded as a provocation to dress more luxuriously and eye-catching than the host or guest of honor on social occasions. Especially in this era when upper-class people are scrambling to do face-saving projects.

The embodiment of wealth mainly depends on the style of clothing. Paris, France has always been the vane of women's clothing, and if you don't have this year's new clothes at the event, you will be considered out of touch with the times and can't afford to spend it.

Hanny and Lydia also went to Paris, where they made up for their fancy clothes and jewelry. The process is described in one sentence: it's good to be rich.

So although Kane and Kane played their own games during this time, when they met again, the attitudes of the two women changed significantly.

At least when communicating, it is already very natural, and when calling him no longer hard, it seems that he is really a family.

Money has always been very face-saving.

Kane doesn't particularly feel anything about it. Human nature is like this, and superfluous exclamations are like picking your feet and putting them in front of your nose to smell and then saying that they stink.

According to the big plan, Dumbledore and Laura were about to arrive, and he had to do a good job of reception......