"It was my father who beat him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but I won't be much worse than him. William continued quietly, correcting Victoria's statement.

"It doesn't matter. Victoria said, "But, in that case, do you still want to maintain the name 'Hereford Integral'? ”

"There was nothing wrong with that. William replied: "The so-called troubles are helpless when there is a lack of ability. At least, those things don't work for me. ”

"Very good, very good. Victoria nodded, "I think we can come to an agreement...... What title do you want to use at the end?Earl of Mystiatting, President of Hereford Synthesis, or Captain of the Mercenaries? ”

"Just a name. William replied.

"Very well, then, things are all right...... For the mercenary units of Hereford Synthesis, Briton has the right of first refusal. That's fine, right?"

"Absolutely. William nodded, and then breathed a sigh of relief - sure enough, the other party didn't want Mystia as an ally the most. Rather, he wanted to get the new Circassian army, which was the most capable of fighting under Mystia. What you want more is yourself.

Yes, yourself. Although it is a little narcissistic to say so. But in fact, this is true - after the other party broke the word that he was the biggest contributor to the Great Frontier War, William knew what she meant.

For this era, a good general is much more important than an army of five thousand. Especially when the Britons were so rich - they could raise an army of five thousand, or even more, at any time for a war, if they wished. But a good general like himself is not something that can be found casually.

"Well, happy cooperation, Earl William. Victoria said this as she stood up and handed William her hand.

"A pleasure to work with, Miss Victoria. William also took her hand. While being amazed by the delicate and soft touch of Victoria's skin, the collaboration was officially established.

Over the next spring, the newly formed Hereford Integrated Company spent the rest of its time negotiating with Briton. William completely abandoned the weak and powerless Polotsk middlemen. Contacts were made directly with Briton.

The Britons have more capacity, and the Britons are directly buyers, not middlemen. So whether it is to sell grain, oil or other materials to the Briton Company. Its price can reach 20% of the blue hat merchant group.

The latter, in the economic crisis in Polotsk, almost went bankrupt. Because the capital chain is broken, it is impossible to carry out large-scale acquisitions and economic activities in a short period of time. And in the course of this economic crisis. It's also hard for them to save face. All partners become as mean as they become in an instant. All transactions must be settled in cash. In this case, the blue hat merchant group had to sell a large amount of materials and real estate at a low price in exchange for funds to maintain the transaction, otherwise, the sky-high liquidated damages would make the entire merchant group bankrupt in an instant......

However, there are only a few business groups with such courage as the blue hat business group and those who dare to dig up meat and stop losses. And those "not a few" business groups have unexpectedly gone bankrupt. There are also some moments that turn into scoundrels. Broke the agreement with other collaborators. and refused to pay liquidated damages.

Although these people seem to have kept their property for a short time. But their credibility is completely ruined. No one will ever want to do business with them anymore. Even if you pay for it with one hand, you can't deliver it with the other. What awaits them is only slow decay, withering, and then death.

Of course, there are some more insidious and vicious people. Their first choice after an accident is to remit all the funds at their disposal, whether public or private, to other national banks. Then buy a ticket and escape from Polotsk as fast as you can......

In short, in this great economic crisis, there are very few business groups that can be completely unharmed. Barely maintained, there are still very few business groups that still have the ability to make a comeback. The huge economic vacuum left by Polotsk...... Then, in the shortest possible time, it was occupied by the Briton company.

Whether it is out of business, bankrupt and reorganized, or selling assets to stop losses like the blue hat business group. Eventually, most of the supplies, real estate, commercial inns, dock berths, merchant ships, ...... All were annexed by Briton...... William complained about this - all he tasted was the leftovers of the cake.

But this is also helpless. The capital of the newly formed Hereford General Company was only a thousandth or even a thousandth of the Briton Company. William really had no way to compete with that.

However, in the context of the "alliance" between Hereford General and Briton, William still barely got some of what he hoped for.

Among them is a full set of weapons and equipment plants. From smelting steel and casting blast brass to casting 32-pound super-heavy naval guns and siege guns.

In addition, there are a large number of excellent economic species collected from all over the world - even the Briton sheep and the Asturian sheep. Excellent wheat seeds, as well as potatoes and corn from the New World.

After that, there was the shipyard that William hoped for—a "state-of-the-art shipyard" capable of producing sailboats.

Although this caused a little unpleasantness for the Briton company, that is, Victoria. But in the end, Victoria decided to forgive William. He was generously allowed to keep such a shipyard, which was not very productive.

In addition, merchant ships, berths, docks, warehouses, real estate. William ate some of these things more or less. Of course, it's only a fraction of Briton's.

In this way, William's journey to Polotsk ended imperfectly. Next, he will set off for the return journey to Mystia. Add and expand the new Circassian army, and separate parts as future corporate mercenaries to deal with the hiring of business allies, or to do things that Mystia can't do on their behalf.

To William's surprise, Victoria and her men did not leave Polotsk directly after the negotiations were completed. She remained in Polotsk as if she knew what William was going to do next. This feeling made William very uncomfortable - in fact, he never felt comfortable in his association with Victoria.

"Unpleasant woman", Victoria in William's heart, has long been labeled as such.

And, after Victoria's visit, another thing happened in Polotsk. The visit of another group of people made William make new adjustments to his future plans......