Section 182: Open and secret fighting

As for the military leader of this bidding meeting, it is the Wind Sword Saint Skaz, he himself is an archer, although he is also a strong man in the Holy Domain, but his strength is still the bow and arrow, so it is not so much that he is a sword saint, it is better to say that he is an arrow saint.

The whole tender meeting was held in an eerie atmosphere. Because the Augustus family successfully deceived the Stephen family's bow and arrow manufacturing formula, it had already been leaked out when the two sides were fiercely competing for bow and arrow manufacturing materials. Everyone, including the Wind Sword Saint Skaz, knew that today would be a battle between dragons and tigers, and that from today onwards, the two families would officially break up and embark on a path of mutual hatred.

In fact, Tempest Sword Saint Skaz knew more about the grievances between the two families, because when he came, the emperor personally called him to teach him in person, so that he must be impartial in this bidding, and it is best to let both Augustus and the Stephen family keep the price to the lowest. At first, he wondered why the Emperor had to mention the Augustus family today, and why the Emperor had to mention the Augustus family in the past.

It turned out that since the fat man's wife reported the matter of the 5,000 bows to the emperor according to what the old evil had taught, the emperor was furious and urgently ordered the royal secret agents to investigate. Thanks to the efforts of the spies, they soon found out who was behind the smuggling, and it turned out to be the Augustus family.

However, just when the emperor was angry and wanted to clean up the Augustus house, the empress, who had already noticed something, suddenly appeared. With a three-inch tongue and the temptation of beauty, the matter was finally settled.

Of course, there is also a price to pay for letting the emperor let the Augustus family go, and this price is the 5,000 bows, which the Augustus family originally bought from that bastard, but now they have cheapened the emperor for nothing.

In addition, the Augustus family also promised that as long as they could master this technique and participate in the bidding of the military department, they would guarantee that the price of bows and arrows would be reduced by at least 3%.

The emperor thought about it, this is a good thing. In the past, the Stephen family had a monopoly operation, and they offered whatever they wanted, and the profits were too big, and they were blushing when they looked at it. But if there are more Augustus families competing now, the offer of bows and arrows will definitely fall, wouldn't it be equivalent to cheapening themselves?

Under these circumstances, the emperor finally decided to remain silent and no longer pursue the smuggling of the Augustus family.

And in the whole thing, the most satisfying thing for the emperor is that the Stephen family has obviously suffered a loss, but they dare not speak out at all, because if they dare to make a big scene, then the first person to be blamed is their idiot child. Therefore, the emperor can enjoy the profits brought by this incident with peace of mind, but he does not have to worry about any dissatisfaction from the Stephen family, can he not do such a cheap thing?

As a result, with the joint efforts of the emperor, Stephen and Augustus, the smuggling case of 5,000 military bows and arrows disappeared silently. The emperor made a lot of money, and although the Augustus family had some money on the surface, they actually earned the bow and arrow formula, which was considered to be a advantage. Only the Stephen family, the big companion, not only lost the secret method, lost the foundation of the monopoly, but even the payment for the 5,000 bows was lost by that idiot, and it was returned to others. And the most frustrating thing is that they don't dare to speak out, and they can't find someone to reason, so they can only admit it, it's a loss.

So in this case, as soon as the fat man and Frank, the patriarch of the Augustus family, met, they couldn't help but have fierce sparks in their eyes.

"Ha, Dear Duke Stephen, I thought you weren't coming!" said Frank with a smug face.

"Ou, it's so lively here, why don't I come?" the fat man sneered, "My esteemed Duke Augustus!"

"I thought you would be educating your children at home now!" Frank scoffed with a sneer.

"Haha!" The fat man laughed angrily: "It doesn't matter if the child is at fault, just say a few words, I'm a very generous person." But it's you who are here to puzzle me!"

"Well, what's strange about me here?" asked Frank, immediately puzzled.

"I thought you would take care of your son with a broken leg at home!" The fat man sneered very contemptuously: "But then again, I really admire the courage of your Augustus family, you don't even pay attention to the Sword Saint, it's just too kind!"

"You~" When Frank heard this, his face turned green with anger. The fat man obviously exposed the shortness of this scolding, and it stabbed the deepest scar in his heart at once, can you not be angry? If it weren't for the public, he might have gone over and beat the fat man directly.

"Alright, alright, two, two!" Seeing this, the Wind Sword Saint Skaz hurriedly came over to dissuade him, "Don't hurt the harmony, everyone!"

"Hmph, I'm too lazy to bother with such tasteless people!" Frank snorted, and then walked in angrily.

"Only thieves are the most tasteless!" said the fat man, chasing after him.

Frank didn't reply this time, pretended not to hear, but sneered in his heart: 'You can be arrogant, wait a while, I won't be able to cry when you cry!'

"Alright, alright, Duke Stephen, you can also discourage. Let's get in!" said Tempest Sword Saint Skaz as he hurriedly took his hand.

"Alas!well!" the fat man sighed depressedly, and then followed the Wind Sword Saint Skaz in, and said with a helpless wry smile: "The family is unfortunate, and it was calculated by that bastard. I'm a little out of shape, and I'm going to make you laugh!"

"Hehe, don't dare, don't dare!" What else could Skaz Kaz say, although he was also a duke, or even a sword saint, but it was all because of his strength. As for himself, he used to be just a poor boy in the countryside, and he had no roots in the upper class at all. So even if he has a certain status now, he still doesn't dare to offend these old nobles, so he can only laugh and pretend to be stupid, but he doesn't dare to make any comments.

The fat man also knew his difficulties, and did not think so. Instead, he enthusiastically began to introduce him to the old evil. The old evil was originally reluctant to have such a reception, but seeing that the strength of the Wind Sword Saint Skaz was good, he still reluctantly said hello. The Wind Sword Saint Skaz naturally saw the reluctance of the old evil, but he didn't say anything, but praised the old evil, showing the hypocrisy of a nobleman to the fullest. He didn't know that although this pretentiousness was useful to others, in front of the old evil, it could only backfire, and he had been despised to death in the heart of the old evil.

Without further ado, in a luxurious private room, everyone sat on the left and right. Frank and the fat man were naturally separated, lest they fight.

The Wind Sword Saint Skaz sat in the middle, first according to his previous experience, and said some clichés, but he was very interesting, and did not go into a long speech, but quickly ended it, and then went directly to the topic, this kind of practice with a practical taste, but how much made the old evil have a good impression of him.

At the beginning, the bidding was a few small bids, which were nothing more than the bows and arrows needed by the garrison forces in a certain area, and the number of bows and arrows they took out was generally not a few thousand, and the samples of bows and arrows they took out were not good, at first glance, they were ordinary goods, but they were cheaper, and the power could threaten ordinary people without any protection, and it was enough to maintain local law and order.

These are all appetizers, not very eye-catching, it seems that everyone also knows that there is going to be a wonderful business war behind, so they all unconsciously speed up, and they will finish it all in a short time.

Finally, when it came to the last item, that is, the bow and arrow procurement of the regular army of the kingdom. This is a big business of hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and everyone present invariably widened their eyes to see how the two great families competed.

Wind Sword Saint Skaz smiled first: "Now is the last item, I don't know, who wants to take this bid?" His words were not for the fat man and Frank, but for those who bidd. As dukes, the fat men are only here to supervise today, and they will not directly participate in the bidding, so it will be too cheap, and naturally the following manager will be responsible for this matter.

However, after the questioning of the Wind Sword Saint Skaz, he was treated coldly, and he waited for a while, but no one answered him. It turned out that the fat man and Frank were closing their eyes and recuperating, and neither of them gave a signal to their subordinates, and without their nods, the managers certainly did not dare to speak.

The Wind Sword Saint Skaz didn't expect such a thing to happen, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked again: "Everyone, please don't delay everyone's time, okay?"

But after waiting for a while, no one still paid attention to him, and the Wind Sword Saint Skaz's face was a little unbearable, and he couldn't help but say unhappily, "If you don't hurry up, then I can only declare the bid failed!"

Finally, after hearing this, Frank couldn't sit still. There's no way, who told him to be more anxious than a fat man, you know, he has eaten a stomach full of bow and arrow materials now, almost all of them have been piled up, occupying a lot of the family's funds, if he can't recruit the bid this time, then he won't have to pay for death?

(To be continued)