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Chapter 24(1/2)

Countless candlelights scattered bright and gorgeous light through the curtains of crystal glass beads. The quaint hall and these huge and bright crystal chandeliers form a strange scene.

When the music sounded again, the men and ladies who had already stood neatly in two rows danced along with the wonderful waltz.

Ribo was not interested in all this, he enjoyed the unique supper.

Fresh oysters that have been peeled off are mixed with thick cream. The fragrance of lemon increases the original taste of the oysters. The oysters are accompanied by oysters that are slowly fried over low heat, and the oysters exude the rich cheese fragrance.

In early spring, these seafood are not delicious foods that are often seen on the dining table. I believe no one except this little heir of Sethburg can enjoy such special care from the owner here.

The unique taste and his strength and wisdom of the little heir of Sethburg are also known to everyone in the capital.

Sitting with a group of old men, the little heir of Sethborough holding a plate in his hand was obviously the most conspicuous figure in the dance. Even the masters of the soon-to-be-engaged dance party who were leading the dance in the center, the glory that originally belonged to them was now deprived of clean by the boy in hunting suit.

The Duke of Pernet did not intend to make their conversation unknown to others, and the Marquis of Farule and Marquis Mag hoped to spread the topics they discussed as soon as possible through the mouths of these listeners. Because of this, they chose the most noisy and noisy hall instead of the quiet living room or study room that would not be disturbed by others.

When I looked around, I saw the people standing around, my eyes were filled with envy and jealousy. Marquis Faru and Marquis Mag were secretly relieved. This was exactly the effect they needed.

They also read deep fear and admiration from the eyes of the crowd. Obviously, this was not directed at both of them. What made them regret was that the only boy sitting next to them was qualified to enjoy all this.

Swallowed the last oyster, Ribo picked up the napkin and wiped the corner of his mouth. The dinner was not rich, but it was not easy to prepare these fresh oysters in a hurry.

"Don't you go and dance?" asked Marquis Farror.

Ruibo glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but there is obviously no suitable dance partner here."

"If you want: I can introduce you to a dance partner of your age and relieve your misunderstanding of her by the way." Marquis Farour leaned closer and said softly.

Ruibo could guess which one the Director of Law and Political Affairs said, but he was not interested in the girl who teased a man for duel for her at such a young age. He quickly refused and said, "I'm really sorry, I'm really a little bit about that lady..."

"Oh, I must apologize to you. My daughter is too willful. It seems that my education is indeed a problem." Marquis Faru said helplessly, shook his head.

Ribo was startled when he heard this. He did not expect that the annoying and proud girl was the daughter of the dear ally, but what surprised him even more was that the annoying young lady was really not very much a blood relationship with the Director of Law and Political Affairs.

"I should also apologize." Duke Pernel said suddenly and solemnly: "One of the children is my nephew. I originally planned to let him inherit the title of the family in the future, because in my opinion he is the most motivated and promising among the children."

Marquis Faru smiled and interrupted, "I guess that child has lost his original value in your eyes now. Knowing how to improve is certainly an advantage, but being easily provoked is a fatal weakness. What's more, it's too dangerous to hand over the family to such a person without a pair of eyes that know how to look at people."

Ruibo naturally understood why the two adults said this. He felt sad for the young man, because his future life would be destined to be extremely bumpy and ups. In the dance venue in Beijing, which closely revolves around fame and fortune, even children cannot make mistakes.

Lubour thankfully, he did not belong to the dancers, he just stood beside him and watched coldly.

"Earl Medin, I must admit that I deeply admire your strength and courage. Mr. Lomel has troubled us for many years, but we have no choice but to deal with him. You have caused his almost unshakable force to collapse. The most powerful and terrifying killer under his command was even killed by you." Duke Perner said with a smile. As the Prime Minister, he knew more or less about the inside story, but he also just knew that the killer died at the hands of the little heir of Sethborough.

"It's a pity that I still don't know where Mr. Lomel's whereabouts. As long as there is no news from him for a day, the battle between us and him will not end." Ruibo said with a serious expression. He was not the only one who thought so, and even Mr. Hyde was equally difficult to be at peace. After all, he had fought with that person all his life and knew the terror of his best.

"I am extremely amazed by your calmness and caution. I really hope that you can take over my position one day. The Legal Affairs Office needs a director like you." Marquis Farule immediately complimented beside him.

"By the way, I have always wondered how you plan to deal with the gentlemen who had been closely connected with Mr. Lomel. As far as I know, many people were once ally of Lomel Wusheng in the northwest, especially near Norman." The Director of Law and Political Affairs finally expressed his true intention.

Mr. Hyde and Eckert had long made careful plans for this matter. Rebbo said: "Those people have now become our allies. In my opinion, it is better to try to get as much as possible from them than to get rid of them."

After a pause, Rebow continued, "Mr. Marquis, have you forgotten? It is crucial to find Mr. Lomer, and you should know best how much we have paid to deal with Mr. Lomer."

Seeing the Marquis Farror nodding slowly, and the others obviously knew nothing about it, Rebow decided to disclose the secret because it is undoubtedly the season of harvest, and the nominal interests can all belong to the Department of Law and the Bureau of Supervision, but the real interests must be firmly grasped in their own hands. This is the basic policy that Mr. Hyde and Eckert have long established.

Rebow smiled and said, "In order to buy the allies near the Norman coast who had stood firmly on Mr. Lomel's side, we spent a full half a million gold coins, and we paid a huge amount of money. Our harvest was equally extraordinary. In the week of the attack, all ships were sealed up, and those who strictly carried out all this were Mr. Lomel's former allies.

"But this is not enough. Mr. Lomel's real reliance is not on many cities on the Norman coast, nor on the thieves who have been tragic in the dark alleys, but on the isolated island, the king who ruled the island and his ministers. In order to make Mr. Lomel completely desperate, Lord Eckert went to that island country. At the cost of a full million gold Francs, we finally successfully opened this island that had always been hostile to us."

Hearing such a huge number, there was a burst of exclamation around him, and even the Duke of Auburn and the Prime Minister were moved. Although they had a deep understanding of the financial resources of the southern territory, they spent 1.5 million gold coins for a battle, and such a large amount of money was not often seen.

"I finally understand the real reason for that Mr. Lomel's failure. Although his strength is enough to challenge His Majesty the King's authority and the glory of the Paladin, he mistakenly chose his opponent. He must have intended only to have a small-scale conflict, but Lord Hyde, Lord Eckert and Earthyn, you gave him a full-scale war." The Duke of Perner sighed a long sigh.

"One.5 million gold coins, such a huge expense is hard to imagine, but won't the merchants in Nangang be dissatisfied with you?" Duke Auburn asked with a frown. In the eyes of this duke, the expense was undoubtedly transferred to the merchants.

"No, in fact, most of the gold coins were taken out by myself. My father left me a huge legacy, and now is the time to use this legacy." Ruibo said with a smile.

"Will your loss be huge?" Marquis Faru asked in confusion. In fact, it was hard for him to imagine this. No one knew Ribo's background better than him. This genius boy was undoubtedly a thief walking in the dark world, just like Mr. Lomel. How could the thief make such a huge sacrifice?

"This is also an investment. You should be very clear about what the return of Lord Eckert means. Mr Eckert has gained the trust of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of England and obtained the trade licensing. In addition, the cities on the Norman coast in the northwest are relatively rich, and Mr Eckert is confident enough to control that place. I think it will take less than a few years to recover the investment. In addition, the meeting will also bring me a lot of profits." Ribo said.

The Director of Law and Political Affairs believed in these things, because he knew very well what a smart person that Mr. Eckert was.

In fact, that trade franchise has already made many people jealous. If it weren't for the unshakable alliance between the Lissburg Heirs and the Supervision Office, many people would have attempted to make a shady move behind the scenes to obtain this mouth-watering franchise.

"You have those glass factories, which are one of the most profitable goods." Marquis Farrul said with a smile, his smile full of envy and jealousy.

But beyond his expectations, Ruibo shook his head and said, "Marquis Marquis, I plan to lower the price of glass products bit by bit. Of course, this matter must be discussed with Lord Peineil. I hope the tax imposed on glass transactions will be reduced to one-third of the current one."

"Why?" the Prime Minister sat upright and asked in confusion, and the others around him were also incredible.

In everyone's opinion, this is simply incredible. It can create perfect glass. Sethborough undoubtedly found another gold mine with abundant storage. Reducing the price of glass would not be the use of gold mines as copper mines. Only fools would do such things, but no one would think that Sethborough's little heir was a fool.

"Sir Pei Neil, you should be very clear that glass transactions account for the proportion of the treasury revenue. Just like porcelain, spices, tea, and silk, glass has extremely high profits and a lot of taxes, but the total amount is definitely not more than the amount of wool, cotton, and wheat transactions." Ruibo said Leiran, this was a strange theory he had just learned from Mr. Dumilier, and Ruibo believed that this theory would definitely easily disrupt everyone's minds.

"That's natural. Wool, cotton, and wheat are necessities of life, and people always need food and clothing." The Prime Minister nodded and said.

"It's not exactly the case. Cattle and sheep can also replace wheat, and silk can also be used to make clothes, but why does the transaction amount of cattle and sheep be much less than wheat?" Ruibo asked.

"Of course it's because it's expensive, it's good for the poor to fill their stomachs." The Prime Minister replied.

"Mr. Peineil, I once had the same idea as you, but someone changed me." Ruibo leaned on the back of the chair and said leisurely: "The reason why wheat, wool and cotton transactions are huge is that they are irreplaceable, and for ordinary people, both in terms of price and in terms of practicality. Therefore, the best form of transaction is to make a certain commodity an irreplaceable commodity, which forces others to buy without any choice.

"The best example is nothing more than the dining plate in front of me. This precious porcelain from the far east is probably not something that everyone can own. The plates placed on the dining tables of ordinary people are either rough utensils carved from wood or cast from tin.

"Why? Because they are irreplaceable. In fact, if you want to be cheap, iron plates will be the best choice, but iron can easily rust. After a layer of gold and silver, such plates can only appear on the dining tables of people with some wealth.

"If a plate is made of glass and its price is affordable to ordinary people, who would choose a wooden plate that would be damaged after two or three years and a tin utensil that would turn into a pile of powder in the cold winter?

"In addition, every family and every post station carriage must be willing to replace the opaque wooden boards or the screen windows with cold air in it. Therefore, as long as the price of glass is reduced to a certain level, they can become irreplaceable materials. Although the profit of irreplaceable commodities may not be very high, their amount must be extremely large."

Looking at the surprised people around him, Ruibo said slowly: "I really hope that glass can become the largest trading project like iron, salt, wheat, wool and cotton. This is much more profitable than it is now."

"You are undoubtedly a genius, and you just said that your wisdom comes from the teachings of another gentleman, and that gentleman must be Lord Hyde." Duke Perner asked sincerely. Although he still did not fully understand the clever insights that Rebow had just said, since the little heirs of Sethburg were highly praised by this, there would definitely be no mistakes. Everyone in the capital knew how smart these southerners were, and the little heirs of Sethburg were among the best.

"Sorry, you guessed it wrong this time. Mr. Hyde also received his teachings. He was once the rescuer and funder of Mr. Hyde. He can also be called one of the earliest investors in Nangang. Mr. Hyde and Mr. Maier, two important figures who control the lifeline of Nangang's economy, were his apprentices at that time." Rebbo smiled and said. Although it was a bit exaggerated, Rebbo believes that neither Mr. Hyde nor Mr. Maier would deny all this.

"Who is that wise man with a deep vision? I want to recommend him to be the advisor to His Majesty the King, just like the respected Marquis of Keen." Duke Perner said in surprise.

"This man has a very close relationship with His Majesty the King." Rebow nodded and said, looking forward to the expression that everyone would look when they hear the name Dumilier, and he believed that it must be very exciting.

"This is impossible. If there is such a person, I cannot know nothing." Duke Perneer said in confusion, and the others were also incredible, because they were the closest figures to His Majesty the King, and there were not many wise figures around the King, and Marquis Keen's wisdom was not in the management of wealth.

"That person is Mr. Dumilier." Rebow said with a smile.

The extreme shock made everyone look disgusted. They stared at the little heir of Sethburg.

"You're not kidding, are you?" Duke Perner asked with a serious expression.

Everyone's reaction was originally expected by Rebbo. In order to enhance the atmosphere, he said solemnly: "This is the fact. You just need to send someone to investigate. The business agents selected by Mr. Dumilier in Thor, Yile, and Nangang have now become great people in charge of the lifeline of the economy. You can write a letter to Mr. Mail Dowfen of Nangang. He is the chairman of the Nangang Commercial Federation, and you can also ask Mr. Boerme Fallon that he is the former Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Yile, and you can even find out the situation from Mr. Baguas Moxihan. He is the chief financial officer and court comprador of the supreme Emperor Thor."

Nothing else has been heard of these names except Lord Hyde, but no one would doubt what the little heir of Sethborough said. Duke Perner said blankly: "I absolutely do not mean that you do not believe what you said, but this really surprised me. To be honest, Mr. Dumilier is indeed a little crazy, and it is hard to imagine that he was so wise."

"Maybe this is because Dumilière Wusheng has an incomprehensible and profound understanding of the world. You should be clear that several great philosophers and thinkers in history were regarded as madmen by their contemporaries. Even His Majesty the Fifth Emperor once joked that he was lonely because he lived in a world that did not belong to him." Rebow sighed and said.

This was his sincere thought, just as he admitted that Mr. Dumilier's wisdom and erudition, and he also knew clearly that this wise man was an absolute madman, and his view of Mr. Dumilier was almost exactly the same as that of Kelle's madman Pitt.

"But as far as I know, Mr. Dumilière owns a considerable fortune, his wealth should be much less than you and any of those you just mentioned." said the Duke of Pernel, who had intervened in the lawsuit for the division of Dumilière's property, and therefore had some impression of this matter.

"That's because Mr. Dumilière is not good at turning the theories he discovered into real wealth. Like most thinkers, he lives in another world, a world that belongs only to him, so he becomes increasingly indifferent to this real world, especially in the later stages, his theory has been far away from the category where a businessman can use and make profits. As I just mentioned, for the way glass products are managed, no businessman will do this, because doing so will lose huge profits and immediate benefits." Ribo said.

"Then why did you follow Mr. Dumilière's advice?" asked the Duke of Perner in confusion, his mind gradually getting confused.

"Because I am not simply a businessman, I inherited a huge legacy from my father and a vast territory from my mother. The theories discovered by Mr. Dumilier later were of no use to merchants, because these theories did not tell merchants how to gather wealth more quickly, but how to distribute wealth more effectively."

Seeing everyone's faces showing a deep confusion, Ribo knew that it was time to find one or two threads of thread when these brains, which seemed to be messy, could find one or two threads. Although this might not necessarily help them understand the whole thing, it would at least make them believe in what they said.

He waved and ordered the waiter to bring thirty glasses of glass and a silver-necked kettle filled with clear water.

He picked up the kettle, and the clear dew poured out, and Ruibo filled one of the wine glasses, and then more or less divided into other wine glasses, with only a little bit of water in most wine glasses.

"I count this cup of water as the annual income of Francis 100,000 gold. This figure is almost the average income of those big businesses in Nangang, and the water in most cups is counted as one hundred gold coins per year. This is the rich income that an ordinary person in Nangang dreams of."

Speaking of this, Ruibo was slightly choked because he was one of the many people living at the bottom of society with such a dream.

"They are already considered happy people living in heaven." Ruibo said, with a hint of sadness in his tone.

Ribo picked up the kettle and poured some water into the wine glass and said, "Of course these people can also create some wealth."

He brought the water into one of the cups, pointed to the cup and said, "This is the sum of the agricultural, wool and cotton transactions in the three southern counties, a very pitiful number."

Ruibo picked up the kettle and poured clear water into a wine glass and said, "This is the glass industry of Serthborg. The glass industry can indeed bring rich income, but it can only add a few wealthy families to the south."

Ruibo looked at everyone around him and said slowly: "The wealth in your hands limits the profits that glass can bring, because only you can enjoy these expensive goods."

Pointing to those wine glasses, pointing to the glasses with only a little bit of water, Rebow said, "This is Serthborough, this is the South."

He seemed a little excited, after all, that was a true portrayal of his life until a year ago.

He evenly divided the full cup of water into each cup. After the partition, he filled the cup with clear water again. After repeated over and over again, the water in the other cups gradually increased.

Ruibo gently raised the wine glass full of clear water and said slowly: "This is the wealth I have, which can make my descendants live a rich, even luxurious life."

Suddenly he put down his wine glass, wrapped his hands in the neatly arranged wine glass and said, "This is the soil for wealth to grow, the real wealth I have. As a businessman, I care a lot about the water in the cup in my hand, but as a lord, I care more about the wealth that is shared with everyone."

Rebow stared at the wine glass in front of him and sighed. This time it was not Mr. Hyde's arrangement or Eckert's plan, but his dream, the real dream of a poor boy who had nothing.

"You are a great man who is compassionate!" Marquis Faru sighed, and he could not tell from his tone that this was a heartfelt word or just a beautiful compliment.

"Marquis Marquis, don't you understand me yet? The one who can truly be called a philanthropist is my father. I think no one will regard me as a person full of kindness and kindness, whether in Sethborough or here." Rebow said with a smile.

After hearing this, everyone was speechless. People's views on the little heir of Sethborough, there was never a philanthropist saying that if such a devil who could take anyone's life at any time could be called a philanthropist, then hell and heaven would be separated by only one piece of paper.

"For every profit-oriented businessman in Southport, at least ten people are fortunate to have a bright future, at least they don't have to worry about hunger. Similarly, every addition of a qualified captain means at least fifteen young and strong men can find work on a new ship, and there is a high possibility that five strong workers will be added on the dock." Rebow pointed to the wine glasses with more water, which was also the knowledge he gained from Mr. Dumilier, but he had felt this from Southport before.
To be continued...
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