Ten minutes later, everything that had just happened reached the ears of "the girl", Victoria de la Normandy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info For William's anger, William's anger, William's good luck, William's access to a series of production equipment at the Riga shipyard All these things, Victoria behaved very indifferently, she just said lightly:

"yes, I see. ”

No taunts, no return fire, not even disdain. It's just a simple "I know" and then there's no follow-up.

This made the people of Breton, who accompanied Victoria to Polotsk, very strange. They were curious and wanted to ask why, but after thinking about it, they felt a little afraid to ...... The noblewoman of Breton, who had the surname "Normandy", did not have a good temper.

"Because I don't have to. Victoria thought to herself, "He'll soon understand." The world is more complicated than he imagined. It's not that if you have talent and ability, you can win. It's not that the army is strong and can fight, so it can do whatever it wants.

The power that drives this world is, in the final analysis, desire. And the most concentrated expression of desire is money.

Poor Earl, let me teach you a good lesson. Although it will seem very tasteless to oppress people with status. But it's interesting to take a little bit at some point. ”

Thinking of this, Victoria couldn't help but smile beautifully, which made the servants and maids around her all look stupid......

Things turned out no differently than Victoria had expected. After returning to the temporary office building, William's Cheka were fully operational. In a short period of time, all the information about Victoria and the Briton Company was gathered.

However, it is also a matter of course that the Briton people are a large multinational public organization. At the same time, Victoria was a well-known public figure, and their intelligence was not difficult to gather.

Or rather, they wish everyone knew they existed.

"A huge multinational group with its headquarters in London. The fields covered include textiles, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, munitions and railways. At the same time, it also manipulates the financial and bond markets of many countries. With a history of hundreds of years, the number of wealth, connections, and even military power are incomparable...... There is even a saying in the outside world that the Briton Company is more representative of the kingdom than the royal family of Briton......

And that Victoria is the representative of this generation of this company. A super genius born with a golden key in his mouth. Whether it's finance or industry, whether it's politics or economics. Even though her title was merely an earl. Her position in the Briton Company is only one of the executive directors, but in fact, she has been able to mobilize many more resources, wealth, and even troops than the average executive director. Rumor has it that if it weren't for her age, she would have been the chairman of Briton Corporation......"

After understanding who his opponent was, William was in a trance for a while.

He was speechless, and he really didn't know how to solve this situation.

Obviously, the strength of the other party is much stronger than his own. The Briton people have dominated the old world for a hundred years, and the Briton company has been established for hundreds of years. Its background is by no means compared to the little family background accumulated by himself for several years. At the same time, the army of the Briton Empire, the major fleets of the Briton people, are by no means comparable to the five thousand new troops in his hands.

This war was doomed from the beginning, absolutely unfair, and absolutely difficult. The difficulty level is even higher than defeating Tartaria, and it is much higher.

At least when it comes to playing against Tartaria, William knows he has his strengths. Its advantage lies in the army that is stronger than the opponent for an era, and in the strong fortress built with the strength of human science and technology. It lies in its own cooperation in diplomacy and in the general trend of the human world itself......

With so many advantages, William was able to turn things around and defeat the strong with the weak. Finally defeated the Tartarya Khanate.

However, when facing the Briton company, all of his "advantages" disappeared.

The other party's technological power is higher than his. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, the Kingdom of Briton had the world's first steam engine.

At the same time, the strength of the other side, the army of the other side, and the navy of the other side all completely crushed the Duchy of Mystia.

At the same time, as an isolated island nation, the Kingdom of Briton has a good set of diplomatic skills. At the same time, there are plenty of allies and your own cards to play on the Old Continent. William wants to take advantage of the situation, and there is no way to combine vertical and horizontal.

"Moreover, not about the Polotsk Sea, but about the North Sea and the North Atlantic...... These places are home to countless Breton pirates with official backgrounds. At the same time, there were also countless Breton merchant fleets. Their power is too strong. If I send a fleet to sea in the face of a bad relationship with the other party. It's sending sheep into the tiger's mouth. All the investment has to be wasted...... In this case, I buy those shipyards, buy equipment, buy ...... Aren't they all doing useless work?!"

Thinking of this, William felt very depressed. I only feel that there is a breath in my chest, and I can't stretch it.

"Damn it......" William muttered for an unknown number of times.

"I ...... What should I do?"

Give up? No competition, take back the assets. At present, the other party has only shown interest in the shipbuilding industry, but has not extended much to other aspects. So if you give up the shipbuilding industry, the other party should not have a conflict with you......

"But can I really give up the sea and develop Mystia into a land power state in peace...... Or is it that after some competition, I reluctantly opened a shipyard and built a fleet at a heavy price, but I could only sail in the waters of Polotsk, and could not continue westward to explore and trade in the North Sea, the North Atlantic, and other wider seas?

What are you kidding......"

That night, William couldn't sleep well, unwilling to accept defeat, but after thinking about it, he didn't even have a solution. I also feel upset while lying in bed. In the end, I didn't sleep all night.

In this way, the next day, William dragged his tired body into the dining room, and his decadent appearance startled Charlumi and Elise.

"What's wrong with you, William. The two people who were still staring at each other just now, who didn't look at anyone, hurriedly walked over and greeted William.

"It's fine. William shook his head with a forced smile. Although he could be upset in his heart, he didn't want to spread this emotion to others.

Speaking of which, in recent times, while William was busy in Polotsk, Charlumi and Elise did not move. Or rather, nothing serious.

Although they looked at each other and did not deal with each other, Charomi and Elise were surprisingly unanimous in their views on the trip to Polotsk.

They all regarded this trip as tourism and entertainment, and every day they either visited the scenic spots of Riga City or went to the business district to sweep the goods. Otherwise, he is tired of being by William's side, using "help" as an excuse to be jealous. This made William a little helpless.

I have the heart to take care of them, but if I think about it, it's not easy to manage.

Xia Lumi had just followed her and broke out of the sea of corpses and blood. At this moment, William, as a man, continued to work hard for the sake of his career and his wishes. But as a girl, and a girl studying military majors, it would be a little unkind for her to continue working.

As for Elise, it's a different story. She's good - that's what William has come to after spending a lot of time with Elise in recent times. Elise has enough brains and some wrists, but her mind and wrists are only relative to the old-fashioned aristocracy. And the education she received was also an old-fashioned aristocratic education. The main students are theology, oratory, and rhetoric. There may have been some courtiers, governesses, and the so-called imperial art that her father had taught her.

These things mean nothing to William. If Elise was to be useful, William felt that he would need to wait at least a year or two for Elise to master at least one or two modern subjects.

But for this matter, Elise herself did not have much self-awareness. She still felt good about herself, believing that she could use her mind to be William's helper. As for Xia Lumi's cynicism or something, she was completely treated as a wailing dog of defeat, and she didn't take it seriously at all.

William felt a bit of a headache about this...... Although it is good to marry a vase to decorate the family. But if he could, he still hoped that Elise would be really smart and contribute to his own career. So William thought hard about finding a suitable opportunity to have a showdown with Elise and make her accept the cruel reality that "she is a good-for-nothing fool".

Then it dawned on William that - and this seemed like a good opportunity - that since there was nothing he could do to solve the matter, Elise could not do it. This is a good opportunity for the other person to recognize himself.

So William told Elise and Charlumi the whole thing about the girl named Victoria who he met yesterday, her identity, what she did, and the conflict with himself.

Just as William had thought, after this, Charlumie had a pensive, sad expression. But Elise didn't look the same.