"Of course, as you can see, this is the third phase of the development plan proposed by His Highness for the Winter Lord."

Annan smiled.

Old Parkin was silent for a while, and suddenly said with a complicated expression: "Have you finally spoken out?" ”

"Oh? What did I say? ”

Annan's expression remained unchanged.

What was said? You just opened your mouth and admitted that the Territory is the Winter Territory, not the Winter City!

As a machine advisor in Winterfell, Parkin Sr. had long since discovered that something was wrong with the city and the territory, and that Cyris, as a god's favorite, did not promote fanatical belief in the god of knowledge in the territory.

This is obviously a direct area demarcated by the Church of Knowledge, but the residents sometimes sigh that it is still the Seven Gods!

At the same time, after learning more about some secret factories and seeing the teachings of the students of the Truth Academy, the old dwarf felt that this was not at all to raise these people and sacrifice them, but that Seris was really cultivating talents.

Today...... Is it finally time for a showdown with him!

Old Parkin snorted coldly, then his beard shook, his stout body seemed to have become a trembling wine vat, forcibly holding back his excitement, he first looked at the left and right, and after making sure that there was nothing wrong with his perception, he said to Annan incredulously: "Don't you find more people to watch me for such a big thing?" Or are you actually a fake from His Highness Seris? ”

His eyes widened, as if he wanted to see through Annan.

In a way, you're right.

As an ordinary puppet clone, Annan felt that the old dwarf's intuition was still very powerful, but in order to prevent the old dwarf from lurking in his mind, the little story of turning the old dwarf into pieces was continued by the old dwarf after listening to his order, so Annan deliberately showed helplessness.

"Well, my friend, you can say whatever you want...... Please rest assured, there is no one else here, and I am not a fake of Your Highness, look at my folds, and my appearance as a Putton, and then use your great knight-level magic perception to perceive my barren and non-existent magic, and you will know how exaggerated you are. ”

"Really, the flames erupting from the dwarven Chujin Mountain are not as magnificent as your little story of victimization."

Annan had a sad look on his face.

"Hmph...... You make me feel like I'm not taken seriously! ”

Old Parkin's beard trembled, and his stomach was almost wiped out by Annan, but in the end he still muttered unwillingly.

"But you cunning fellow like an elf really has nothing to do with Your Highness, and he doesn't like to enjoy as much as you do, nor does he use your pompous tone."

Old Parkin hurt Annan.

Annan's expression remained unchanged, he just picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, which came from the elven leaves next to the elven holy lake, which was said to have been plucked from the ancient tree of life, just a sip of tea into his stomach, his spirit felt as easy as breaking free from the shackles, and a warm current flowed in his stomach, so that his barren magic power had some growth.

As a doppelganger made by Seris with a "dead body", although Annan is not a living person, the internal structure of his body is no different from that of a normal person, and he also has all kinds of senses.

As a doppelganger of Seris, he and the rest of the clones do not regard material pleasures as nothing, just like the ontology.

Outside of work, they don't mind enjoying something good, which will make their spirits more energetic, which will lead to a longer lifespan.

And Annan is also notoriously extravagant, but this is also for a reason, as the president of the original Winter Chamber of Commerce, he has huge interests in his hands, and naturally there will be a large number of people who want to give him benefits, and in order to coordinate interests, and in order to create an image of himself as shrewd but also weak, he naturally eats all these benefits.

After all, a smart person who does not accept the exchange of interests will not be able to integrate into the interest group.

And this image has been maintained until now, even if Annan is hung up as a tax book maker, after Essen's iron-blooded management of the Chamber of Commerce, there are still a large number of people who come to the door, hoping to let Annan help them tide over the difficulties.

And a lot of these people's black materials were handled by Annan, naturally some of them can be let go of the arrangements that can generate greater benefits for the business, and those with little interests directly let Essen squeeze the oil and water dry, and then say to the outside world that Essen, a stupid boy, does not listen to persuasion, and I also tried my best.

And for those who survive, Annan will also maintain a relationship, privately revealing the future development direction of some chambers of commerce, and asking them to buy relevant materials in advance, but in fact, they will use other chamber of commerce projects, as well as bank financial management and other excuses to swallow these materials.

In the end, these people will definitely make money, but the most they earn is the Chamber of Commerce as a whole.

Maintaining such a large number of contacts, Annan eats and drinks with great luxury, and it is naturally extremely extravagant because of various gifts, and if it is sold for hundreds of thousands of gold, it will not be enough.

And after living for so many years, he can be regarded as a knowledgeable old dwarf Parkin, every time he sees Annan drinking the best elven leaves, eating fragrant meat made of wurm demonic beasts, and wearing magic robes made by elven alchemists who don't even have many pieces of kings, he wants to beat up this old profiteer in his mind.

It's infuriating! He had never enjoyed it like this!

"What the hell do you want to do, at first I thought that you were going to make a great sacrifice to the gods and expand the authority of the gods, as your human church used to do. But then I realized that this territory was different from the previous territories, there was no fanatical belief in the gods, and the undisclosed 001 factory, the gunpowder weapons and magic weapons developed in it, and the machine that could use alchemy on its own, made me feel like I was going crazy......"

"And you just admitted that this is the Winter Collar...... So, did His Highness really plan to take this territory for himself? ”

There was no fear in the old dwarf's expression, for him, who was already dying of old age, taking risks was exactly what could stimulate his enthusiasm.

With a smile, Annan said calmly, "We still believe in the gods...... But we can do it in a more gentle way, and as for the rest, we just want more people, like those outside of the nobility, to live a little better. ”

"Of course, that's not the reason I'm going to persuade you to join in, my friend Parkin, do you want to see what the truth is? As a devotee of the dwarven gods, do you want to leave the most magnificent masterpiece in this world? I can assure you that His Highness will fully support everything in this Steel Soul Plan that you see. ”

"Think about it, in the midst of a steel giant city that can move and change shapes on the earth, out of the steel giants like titans, their steps can make the earth tremble, and the mountains can only become insignificant mounds compared to them!"

"Even, let's go one step further, so that this giant city of steel, like the mythical elves never fall on the Sky Island, let this great city rise, become a giant city in the sky, and become the undoubted crown of the earth! Isn't that enough to make your heart tick? ”