"Teacher, Grand Duke Kaveh is here." The apprentice who hadn't seen her for a long time, the dark-haired and brown-skinned girl Kaya said expressionlessly. But what is different today is that Lin actually saw a trace of uneasiness on the face of his always calm apprentice, as if he had something to say.

The old duke is also a noble man in the holy city of Estari, so as long as Lin meets him, there is no reason to refuse. He could only put aside the idea of his apprentice for the time being, and said, "Take the Grand Duke to the meeting room." At the same time, he put the box cut on the table, and the scabbard that was originally under the left shoulder did not fit the current shape of the box cut. To put it in the sheath, you have to remake the scabbard.

The home of the holy city of Estali originally had only two living rooms, which were distinguished by size. But since the Marquis of Baran moved in and the home was expanded, the living room was added, the size was between the first two, but after all, it was run by a genuine nobleman, so in terms of layout and layout, it was more suitable for communication between the nobles than Lin's brain.

After all, it is his own relative, and he is still one of the few people who are willing to get close, so the Marquis of Baran, who has always been close to people, rarely appeared. But it's also like a vigilant kitten, sitting far away, keeping a certain distance from everyone. The old man just wanted to rub and hug, but he didn't dare to approach, so he could only shush and ask for warmth from afar.

As for Lin in his own home, he doesn't have to use flashing magic to be ghostly, or he walks on two legs and is down-to-earth. It's just a matter of looking at his mood at the time and how he wants to get by. This time, he walked on his legs to the west reception room, and in the process asked his apprentice about anything he had missed during his time in the eye of the storm.

Speaking of which, now that the time series has entered the summer, there are indeed several things happening around us. It's just that someone has been hiding in the eye of the storm to do research for his own multi-dimensional damage at that time. What happened in the lost land, as long as it wasn't the kind of life-threatening thing, it was ignored, and it has been delayed until now. Now, the old duke is here to collect debts.

But it's not quite right to say it's debt collection. From the moment he saw a certain magician enter the parlor, the old duke jumped out of the mode of spoiling his granddaughter, looking at someone with a constipated look on his face.

The old duke's expression was not at all surprising to Lin, who had just learned about the bad things during this time. The crux of the problem lies in the automotive manufacturing and R&D center. In a word, the nobles of the Gwanne Empire were red-eyed.

If it's just a general business transaction, the eyes will be red. Doing business depends on their ability, and if they can't afford it, it's difficult for the nobles to grab it. However, the identity of Grand Duke Kaveh is enough to stop a lot of non-trivial thoughts, but the car also has military use!

If this is a specialty of the territory, such as crops, minerals, etc. Unless the Grand Duke of Kaveh is deprived of his territory, no one else will want to get involved, and there will not be so many things to do later. It's not like that! It's just an industry where a group of magicians and craftsmen gather together and can complete the crafting. People are the key. People, on the other hand, can move at will.

No matter how honorable the status of the Duke of Kaveh is, there are still fifteen people in the Gwanne Empire who can be equal to him, not to mention that there is an emperor above them. When the emperor of the empire was down and the other grand dukes worked together, a grand duke really couldn't withstand the pressure of this level.

Who asked this old man to show off a wave, and the show made others tremble. Originally, the journey of one month was shortened to three days, and he led half of the duke's guard from his own territory to the national capital. This means that with enough vehicles, the old man can appear in any corner of the empire within a month. And this speed far exceeds the number of troops that others have gathered enough to resist.

In fact, to accomplish such a feat, it is necessary to be able to cooperate in terms of roads and logistics. But I can't stop others from understanding! Even those who understand must pretend not to understand, otherwise how can they unite with others to exert pressure and cut off a piece of this delicious big cake.

So in the past few months, there has been a wave of tragedy for the Grand Duke. All kinds of overt and covert means are endlessly applied to him and to the people around him.

Although the car center has another partner, the Nguyen family from the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce. But this family that is rich and rivals countries is only rival to those small countries. The wealth, power, and force of the Chamber of Commerce are far less than the height of an empire. In addition, their roots are not in the territory of the Gwanne Empire, so they have little strength to resist in the face of pressure from the Empire.

As for the third partner of the center, a magician...... This one was directly ignored by the nobles. A mere magician, even if he has reached the height of the Dharma Saint and has his own magic tower, is not a matter in the eyes of the 'big' nobles. The pride of the empire makes them confident enough to crush everything in the world!

So the request from the Empire was simple, that is, to relocate the automobile manufacturing and R&D center. There was also a good reason for choosing the location, which was a city near a large mine.

The mine mainly produces high-end magical materials, but there are also quite a few common metal minerals that cannot be used to support them. Together with the timber from the adjacent forest farms, it can basically meet all the needs of making an ordinary car, effectively reducing the cost of transporting materials.

Sounds like a great location. But! Within the territory of Grand Duke Kawi, or the area controlled by the Jialong Chamber of Commerce, there is no shortage of such mineral concentrations. So why was the Empire's request to relocate the automobile center to the territory of the Grand Duke of Risa?

In fact, as early as the beginning of the automobile industry, the Empire once tried to send someone to confer the position of Empire's magic advisor and ask someone to go to the national capital. It is unknown what the follow-up plan will be, but before it was implemented, it was just that he was scared off by the demon prince Azad.

According to someone's post-mortem investigation, the envoy who came, the Marquis of Aga, was the eldest son of the Duke of Rissa. In terms of identity, such a person to convey the emperor's edict is definitely an over-standard treatment.

Now the intention behind the request to relocate the automobile center to the territory of this grand duke is quite interesting.

Incidentally, the reason why someone came into the sight of such a person on the clouds was not how promising the car was at that time, or the profit that someone could make made the big nobles red. It's just that Lisa Gong wants to fight the forces of Kavi Gong, because he can't directly target the Kavi family or its territory, so he shifts his target to these peripheral auxiliary forces.

To put it simply, someone has swept to the tail end of the political storm.

It's just that in the past, the two archdukes fought each other, although it ended with one staying in the center of the empire and the other returning home to retire. But as an emperor who can make a decision, there is actually no obvious bias. At least, it didn't give Risa Gong a chance to kill the Kaveh family. The latter is still under the protection of the emperor's wing.

But this time, the military use of the car has made things completely different. The Emperor had to straighten his position and seek the path that was most beneficial to the Empire. The first step was to let Risagong take the lead in seizing the automobile industry, and the next step was to expand this new technology throughout the empire.

From the Emperor's standpoint, he could not agree that this strategic technology would be monopolized by a mere vassal, but he didn't mind if one person took the lead. This is where we are today.