Luke was about to move forward, but Steward Moric stepped forward to stop him, and said, "Mr. Luke, please recognize that you are a human being, and in the Tedgar Hills, humanity needs unity. Baron Sergei was highly regarded by the Duke of Celts, and if you want to develop in the Holy Mountain, only Lord Baron can help you. ”

Luke said impatiently, "I'm just an adventurer, and I don't have much interest in developing in the Holy Mountain. You can go back and thank the Baron for your kindness. ”

But when the title of Lord Ben arrives as a marquis, can a baron be invited by a steward who is sent casually?

Sergey wants to meet, but not now.

After Luke finished speaking, he pushed Moric away, where could Moric withstand this kind of force, he leaned back without any reaction, and sat on the ground with his ass.

It caused a burst of laughter from the barbarians.

"Go back and tell Baron Sergei that Luke Hercules is a friend of our boulder barbarians, and that we will drink all night at Fekochik's house tonight."

"These days, we're going to have a drink with Luke Hercules every day, and let your baron wait in the back."

A group of barbarians taunted the Moric steward, and Luke staggered forward like a victorious general.

When they arrived at Fikochik's house, Mrs. Fikochik had prepared a grand dinner.

But the dinner was not meant to celebrate Luke's performance at Hercules, which Mrs. Fekochik did not like, believing it to be a barbaric game with no fashion aesthetics.

As a sophisticated fashionista, Mrs. Fisheczyk prefers the popular events of high society in the City of the Furious Waves, hosting drinking parties and doing business.

The dinner party was to celebrate a big deal she had just negotiated, a whole street of shops, and eighty percent of the deals.

This is the largest number of shops ever purchased at one time since Mrs. Ferkochik began to buy them. Although the owners of these shops are Luke, it is the Fikochik family that bears the name.

Mrs. Fekochik was so pleased that she drove all the boulder barbarians out to throw a pool party, and then pulled Luke to sit beside her, and the eager look in her eyes made Luke shiver.

Luke withdrew his hand from Mrs. Fekochick's grasp and asked, "Is there any shop that can be bought tomorrow?" ”

"Yes!" Mrs. Fikochik replied in the affirmative: "For some reason, there have been a lot of merchants who want to sell their shops lately. Tomorrow, I've made an appointment with a merchant on the other street to talk about the acquisition. It's just that those greedy humans saw me buying so many shops, so they greedily raised the price, do you continue to collect it? ”

Luke said with certainty: "As long as the premium does not exceed 20% of the market price, the direct cash transaction will be signed." If the other party is too greedy, skip him, and sooner or later he will not be able to help but sell the shop. ”

For a street shop, Mrs. Fikochik collected eighty percent in one afternoon. Listening to Mrs. Ficochik, most of the merchants who sell the shops are human.

This shows that it is not only Baron Sergei who is selling shops and workshops, but also human merchants who have received inside information that the factory restriction is about to open.

They all want to take advantage of this outlet and soar into the sky.

For Luke, this is a rare opportunity to buy real estate. No matter what happens in the future, the Holy Mountain will always be the Holy Mountain, and it is the political and economic center of the entire Tedgar Hills. When the factory restrictions were lifted, the first effect of industrialization was that a large number of people gathered on the holy mountain, and the price of land at that time would only rise, not fall.

According to the current land price of the Holy Mountain, even if it is purchased at a premium of 20%, it is also the price of cabbage.

On the other hand, this acquisition is a collection of shops and workshops, which are scattered throughout the area of the Holy Mountain, and are a direct-to-end sales channel. Small shops have no bargaining power in the face of large factories, so they can only do business with small profits and will go bankrupt if they are not careful. However, after the vast majority of small shops are gathered into a whole, the big factories will have to look at the face of the sales channel.

Eating both ends is an excellent channel provider.

Moreover, the factory restriction was lifted, and the humans of the Holy Mountain could build factories, and the barbarians could also build factories.

Isn't it money?

The last thing that Raging Waves lacks is money.

The procurement machine is better and cheaper than that of the Sacred Mountain Terran merchants, the procurement of raw materials is better and cheaper, and it is also a sales channel for the world.

The merchants of the Holy Mountain Terran thought that doing business was too simple, and this kind of fund-raising to build a factory was equivalent to putting a knife on their neck and giving the handle to someone else.

They have always faced the small-scale peasant economy, and they have not yet experienced the horror of monopoly.

Now Luke is actively investing in the purchase of shops in the hands of Terran merchants, giving them money, and making them more active in pushing for the lifting of factory restrictions. Once the Tedgar Hills opened up their markets, they showed their most fragile hearts.

The foundation of the Duke of Celtic's rule in the Tedgar Hills will also quickly collapse.

The economic fist ignores borders.

Luke and Mrs. Fekochik discussed how they could talk to more merchants about the acquisition tomorrow, as if they were uncomfortable if they didn't spend their money soon.

Luke said: "Madam, although you are bold in talking, we will collect as many shops as there are to sell." Tomorrow I will go to the World Bank's Holy Mountain branch for a loan, and I will guarantee that I will not be short of money!

Mrs. Fekochik and Luke had a very happy conversation.

In the Duke's castle at the top of the Holy Mountain, the Duke of Celts is summoning several Terran merchants with prestige and wealth.

The Terran merchants, led by Baron Sergei, sat on either side of the conference table.

On the throne, the barbarian duke Celtic Archduke wore a duke's crown, and his eyebrows were not angry and arrogant, which was extremely oppressive.

"I've heard that there was a great joy for the human race at this year's Hercules competition, a human Hercules defeated all the barbarian Hercules all the way to the final round."

Under the pressure of the Duke of Celtic, the human merchants all sat upright, and they didn't care about taking the initiative to talk.

At this time, Baron Sergei replied: "Return to the Duke." The human Hercules' name was Luke, and he was an adventurer from Raging Waves. He accepted the employment of the barbarian merchant Ficochik in Fury Waves, and delivered a letter and a sum of money to Mrs. Ficochik. ”

The Duke of Celt did not speak.

Sergei continued: "The Holy Mountain Adventurers' Association has confirmed that there is no problem with Luke's status as a B-class adventurer. He also had a mission related to the Abyss Temple, and was stranded in the Holy Mountain due to a problem with the handover of the mission. ”

That is to say...... There is no problem with his identity, he is not an agent of the Secret Service. ”

Sergey replied: "At least for now, there is no evidence that there is a problem with his identity." ”

Duke Celtic nodded: "Regardless of his identity for now." You are human beings, but you were born in the Tedgar Hills and you are one of us. You should know what Hercules means to the Barbarians, and if there is a human champion Hercules, it will cause a lot of chaos. ”

Sergei understood what the Celtic Duke meant.

The war against the empire left the barbarians with a sense of superiority over humanity to a strong physique. If even this sense of superiority is overpowered by humans, it will be a very big blow to the self-confidence of the barbarians.

Therefore, there must not be a human champion Hercules.

But Sergei, as a human, also knew what a human champion, Hercules, meant to the Terrans living in Tedgar. If the Terrans want to turn over in the Tedgar Hills and become an equal race to the Barbarians, this champion must be kept.

"Lord Duke, the Tedgar Hills are not only barbarians, but also humans loyal to you. Under the pressure of the Empire, the human power in the Tedgar Hills would be wasted if not harnessed.

A human champion Hercules can inspire us even more. ”

However, the Duke of Celtic was a barbarian after all, and now the main body of the Tedgar Hills is also a barbarian.

The Duke said in an undeniable tone: "In the coming period, I will issue many decrees, and some orders that will break with tradition will certainly cause great turmoil.

I don't want one more big event in this period to get out of control. Barbarians, especially those with traditional ideas, must be appeased! ”

Some will break with traditional commands......

The human merchants immediately thought of that, otherwise there would be no need to convene the meeting for the human merchants.

Baron Sergei sensed some excitement from the merchants, and he tentatively asked the Duke of Celtic: "My lord, have you decided to lift the factory restrictions?" ”

After waiting for a while, the Duke of Celt seemed to break through the psychological barrier and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, the strength of the empire does come from the industrial power behind it.

The supplies they consume in a day, we may need to raise for a month, this is not a fair war, and of course there is no fairness in war.

Our secret talks with the Northern Legion have been fruitless, mainly because we have not been able to come up with supplies to feed them.

I know it's a little late to lift the factory restrictions, but by opening the factory as soon as possible, my legion can be strengthened sooner. ”

Seeing that the Duke of Celtic showed a strong inclination, Baron Sergei immediately said: "Lord Duke! We, the human merchants, have been actively raising funds since we learned that you were planning to lift the factory restrictions, and have contacted many overseas factories. As long as you give the order to allow the Holy Mountain to open a factory, we will be able to ship the complete set of machines here in no time.

The Tedgar Hills, whether barbarians or humans, are much more physically qualified than the people of the Empire, and are more hard-working. Our factories will be able to put into production very quickly, and the production capacity will only be higher than that of the Imperial factories!

Your army will gain the same logistical supply capacity as the Empire. ”

Duke Celtic knew very well what these human merchants were doing during this period.

"But the factory would be devastating to the traditional economy of the Tedgar Hills," he said. Augustine was to open up industry, which led to the decline of a large number of nobles, and some nobles even starved to death.

I announced the factory restrictions to prevent the same thing from happening. Now undo it...... Many people will be affected.

Many of them are barbarians loyal to me. ”

The Terran merchants, who had already broken the kettle and were ready to make a desperate bet, absolutely did not want to see the Duke of Celtic back down in this matter.

Encouraged by the eyes of the merchants, Baron Sergei mustered up the courage to say: "The strength of the empire proves the correctness of the change!" If the Duke hesitates in this matter, he will miss his last chance to turn the tide.

As soon as the factory restrictions are lifted, you will lose a loyal number of Barbarians, but you will gain more loyal Terrans. Ask the Duke to follow Augustine's example and carry out the industrial revolution in the Tedgar Hills. Only in this way will the Tedgar Hills be able to withstand the invasion of the Empire, otherwise...... Otherwise, sooner or later, the Imperial army will attack the Holy Mountain! ”

Baron Sergei spoke very harshly.

If it had been before, Duke Celtic might have broken his neck on the spot, but now he just banged the table angrily.

The Duke of Celt glared at Sergei, but had to admit that he was right.

Change may die, but change will definitely die.

"I know you're all waiting for the factory restrictions to be lifted and make a good profit. The closure of countless businesses and workshops will pile up mountains of gold in your warehouses.

You will become the group of people I hate the most, but I have to rely on you. Your status will rise higher and higher in the Tedgar Hills, and many barbarian nobles will have to bow down to you, but you must be aware of ...... I'm not Augustine!

I will never allow 'Raging Waves' and 'Meteors' to appear in my Tedgar Hills! ”

The empire is now a closed door of the emperor and the empress is in charge of the country. After the meteorite entered the imperial capital in the bureaucratic system of Angry Waves City, he became a powerful minister, and even Gabriel, the first assistant of the imperial cabinet, avoided his edge.

In the eyes of outsiders, the imperial power has been overtaken by the meteor.

Meteorite can do this, dare to do this, because behind him is the Angry Wave City, which has huge economic power.

The Duke of Celtic was also afraid of his own industrial transformation in the Tedgar Hills, which eventually created a version of the Tedgar Hills of "Angry Waves" and "Meteorite".

That's why he deliberately beat this group of Terran merchants who were actively pushing for the lifting of factory restrictions.

Sergei and the Terran merchants immediately stood up and knelt down on one knee.

"I swear to the great Duke of Celt in the Duke's castle on the Holy Mountain. Whether we are rich or poor in the future, my descendants and I will be absolutely loyal to the Celtic family.

If the oath is broken, the Duke can take away our family honor and all our wealth at any time. ”

Duke Celtic was still very satisfied with the attitude of these Terran merchants, and he finally said: "I will announce the lifting of the factory restrictions in the near future, so that your factory can be built as soon as possible."

But that Terran Hercules ......"

Sergei, who was kneeling in front of the Duke of Celtic, raised his head and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Duke!" During the lifting of the factory restrictions, there must be no chaos in the Holy Mountain, and the impact of a Terran champion Hercules is too great.

For the sake of the smooth development of the Duke's reform, and for the sake of appeasing the people of the Holy Mountain, I will take care of this matter. ”

The Duke of Celtic nodded with satisfaction: "Very good!" A Terran Hercules who is qualified to participate in the final round is already a great honor for you humans.

Don't take all the benefits! ”

(End of chapter)