The reception banquet of the ruling mansion was like tea, and Lin Qi's puppet was in the limelight at the banquet, and his every move, word and deed was full of the atmosphere of the mysterious and majestic ancient Oriental dynasty, which made these nobles of the Western Continent fascinated and gathered around him like crazy.

And Lin Qi, he put on the phantom puppet, and turned into a vicissitudes, debauchery, treacherous, flashy middle-aged man, wearing a set of red striped silk tights, riding a petite donkey, and slowly walking in the direction of the ruling mansion.

The donkey gritted his teeth and muttered, "Damn it, why do you all like to ride on my back?"

Lin Qi turned a deaf ear to the donkey's complaints. If you don't ride on the back of a donkey, can you let Lin Qi walk to the noble house of the ruling mansion? From the port to the noble house, this is a long distance, if you can not walk, why waste your body?

With his little finger hooked on a money bag made of silk, Lin Qi hummed a fishing song on the northern sea of the Gallic Empire, and looked at the street scene of the port city of Vias with a smile. Although there was a smile on his face, Lin Qi's eyes were as cold as water, revealing a solemn aura that people did not dare to approach.

Long before the Blood Dragon Ship approached the port city of Vias, the spies under Lin Qi'an had already infiltrated the city and found out the latest news

Caesar's Southern Governor, the Black Duke, Caron, brazenly used the Dragonwing Legion to invade the Vyas Commercial Federation without the authorization of the Emperor, which shocked the entire continent. However, the Caesar Empire did not seem to react to this, or that there were some changes within the Caesar Empire, so there was no news that the Caesar Empire had sanctioned the Black Duke Caron.

And the great changes within the Vyas Business Federation made Lin Qi feel worried.

Lin Qi's familiar Jin Fengfan family, Jin Shan family and other wealthy nobles of the original federation, including the Yunlong clan's disguised families, began to be sniped nine months ago. The commercial contracts they signed were scrapped one after another, more than ninety percent of the banks on the mainland refused to do business with them, the family's merchant ships were constantly taken captive at sea, and the family's working capital was greatly lost.

What's more, important members of the family were assassinated one after another, and all the strongholds of these families in other countries were uprooted almost overnight, and all personnel were lost. Finally, six months ago, the families of these families were destroyed by a fierce invasion of powerful enemies who did not know where to go, and all the clans disappeared.

There is no doubt that this is an extremely powerful force against the Vias Merchant Federation. Even the Dragonwing Legion is only part of this invasion.

"Yunjun, is that you?" Lin Qi looked up at the sky and took a deep breath.

The Vyas Commercial Federation is almost the self-reserved land of Yunlong, with that motive and strength to launch a sniper force against the high-level of a country, Lin Qi can only think of Yunjun's Acacia family when he thinks about it. As one of the Great Elders of the Dark Hall of the Church, it was obviously not difficult for Yun Jun to do this.

Gently patting the donkey's head, Lin Qi let the donkey twist. After a while, he went to the important stores of the Yunlong clan and glanced at the important stores of the families that used to control zhì. These shops have changed owners, and what appears on the guise of the shop pù is the family emblem of several new wealthy merchants in the Vyas Commercial Federation.

For example, the Valentin family of Zeppelin was originally listed as a second-rate family in this country, but with the sudden collapse of those top families, the Varland family expanded rapidly, and now Zeppelin is now the supreme consul of the Vyas Commercial Federation!

"Don't let me know you're Yunjun's man!" Lin Qi hummed a tune and rode slowly on a donkey into the House of Lords next to the Ruling Mansion. The officials here should have all gone to the ruling mansion across the wall to participate in the reception banquet for Lin Qi, and even the guards in front of the door ran to see the excitement, the huge aristocratic courtyard was empty, and there was no one in sight.

Frowning, Lin Qi took out a large gold coin of the goddess of wealth from his money bag and gently threw it into the sky.

Although the spring rain fell one after another, the light was very dim, but the huge gold coin rolled in the air, still exuding the gorgeous light that the gold coin should have. Grabbing the fallen gold coins in his hands, Lin Qi jumped off the donkey slowly, and smiled at the corners of his mouth at the three officials of the noble court, who were obviously not of high grade: "Look, what else can a promising businessman with an accomplishment do when he comes to the noble court?" I want to inquire, are there any recent discounts?"

The three officials blinked desperately, and since Lin Qi didn't shake hands with them enthusiastically, they simply took their hands back. The three of them stepped forward at the same time, and said with a bright smile in unison: "In order to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Vyas Commercial Federation, all titles will be 90% off, and the hereditary titles will be 8.5% off, if it is ......

Lin Qi stuffed the big gold coin of the goddess of wealth into the money bag, and then with a stroke of his fingers, he threw out the three ordinary gold coins.

Laughing so hard that his eyes narrowed into a line, the three officials stretched out their hands, grabbed a gold coin in their own right, and then bowed to Lin Qi diligently: "Then, with your generosity, with your status, and with your noble bloodline, you must inherit a family with an ancient heritage?"

Lin Qi laughed, he nodded implicitly and reservedly, and stroked the golden mustache on his lips vigorously.

"My grandfather said before he died that the ancestor of our family was a noble ...... Earl!" Lin Qi nodded thoughtfully: "I think I'm not mistaken, a noble earl, but unfortunately, because of the war, we have lost the glory of our ancestors, but the noble blood flowing in our veins has been calling, we, the unworthy descendants, must take back the glory that belongs to us!"

The three officials in front of Lin Qi snapped their fingers at the same time, and they sighed in an aria similar to an opera: "Aha, the ancient bloodline will regain its glory, the dusty family emblem will reappear in the sky, the noble will be noble, they are destined to be high!"

The three of them quickly turned around and left, Lin Qi patted the donkey's head and quickly followed behind the three of them.

With a hint of fanaticism, the three officials rushed into a huge office on the second floor of the noble house with Lin Qi. There was a huge desk in the middle of the empty office, one invited Lin Qi to sit down at the table, one served him tea, and then the three of them rushed to the aristocratic archive next door at the same time.

After just a few breaths, dozens of ancient books with thick cowhide covers were placed in front of Lin Qi. The covers of these classics all have gold family coats of arms, but with the invasion of time, these family emblems have been dimmed, revealing a smell of decay and aging.

In the Western Continent, even a family with the power of the Holy Realm will inevitably die suddenly due to natural disasters**, and in the Vyas Commercial Federation, such a family is even more innumerable. A financial upheaval could bankrupt dozens of once-high-ranking wealthy aristocrats overnight, turning them from nobles to worthless paupers.

In other countries, many nobles will live hard by the noble titles left by their ancestors, just like Lin Qi's brother Yu Lian, he stubbornly guarded the worthless title, and Lin Qi has been fighting in the Iron Fist Brotherhood for so many years, but he is just barely living.

But in the Vyas Merchant Federation, these bankrupt aristocrats, they can completely sell the last bit of value of their family.

The inheritance of the family, the history of the family, including the genealogy, bloodline certificates, etc., all the qiē can be mortgaged to the noble house of the ruling mansion. If one of the descendants is able to redeem the glory of his family within the appointed period, then they will be able to bring the family back to life.

But if the appointed time passes, then the family's (cut, will enter the ranks of the noble house to be sold at a clear price.

In the House of Nobles of the Vyas Federation, this kind of inheritance, history, and once prestigious aristocracy is not trivial. Unlike those new nobles who made up nonsense, these old noble names will also be respected as they deserve in other countries on the Western Continent.

Therefore, this kind of inherited aristocratic status is very valuable, and the price of selling it is very expensive.

"Meets your requirements, honorable sir!" an official stood beside Lin Qi and introduced him politely, "In the history of the Vyas Commercial Federation, there are a total of sixty-three hereditary counts who are unfortunate enough to fall into the middle of the road. According to their lineage and inheritance history, the highest price of their is only 9 million gold coins, and the lowest is only a pitiful 4.5 million gold coins!"

Another official added: "Of course, this price includes the title deeds of their fiefs and other immovable properties, but all the liquid assets...... You know, liquid assets, there's nothing left. ”

Lin Qi took a deep breath: "Higher than a duke's title?"

The last official laughed, "But, a 'new, duke, a noble priest like yours must understand the truth, a new duke may not be treated as well as an ordinary baron in their country in other countries!, and these titles are different, they ...... You will get all the treatment that a noble old earl family deserves. ”

Lin Qi carefully flipped through the genealogies and certificates in front of him that represented all the glory of the ancient families, and finally he chose a family emblem with a hereditary earl of a dragon trampling on a mountain of gold.

"Count Longshan, I want to know what it represents!" Lin Qi gently tapped the mighty, ancient family emblem.

"Nine million gold coins!

"Earl Longshan, an ancient family inherited from the Dark Calendar Era, according to the bloodline map, they are close relatives of the current royal family of the Caesar Empire!