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Chapter 400 The Earl and Son

The outside Jin Liuniang attracted the interest of the noble lady circle, and the "treatment" of the Earl of the Governor's Office has also been completed.

Wang Zheng walked out and closed the door before he waited for the countess outside, his son and the housekeeper nodded and said softly: "The count is nothing serious. The sudden coma this time is also caused by fatigue. It is probably because of the long-term labor of the boat and the train has consumed too much energy. After all, the count's body is not as strong as before. Just take a little more rest!"

The three nodded, without doubting Wang Zheng's statement. After all, with the transportation conditions of this era, it took about one or two months to come here from the UK. In this era when nautical technology had just developed slightly, there were many people who had unacceptable reactions when taking a boat for a long time. Moreover, the Governor had just returned to Canada for a few days, so this reason was very reasonable.

"In addition," Wang Zheng continued: "The Count asked Mr. Carlos to come in."

"Okay, thank you!" The son stepped forward and nodded to Wang Zheng, then couldn't wait to open the door and walked in.

Wang Zheng smiled faintly and said, "Then I will say goodbye tonight! I will live in the Oak Hotel on Kazia Street. Please be polite if you need it!"

The Countess thanked him with gratitude and ordered the housekeeper to send Wang Zheng out.

Wang Zheng smiled and declined. He joked that he had to go to Jin Liuniang to watch the count's control situation. Can you ask you to follow him?

Not to mention the success of Wang Zheng and Jin Liuniang, he turned to see the scene of Carlos entering the room.

Carlo originally thought that his father had already lay down, and told him to come in just to tell him not to neglect the guests. However, after coming in, he unexpectedly found that his father was no longer half-dead just now. He was looking at a map in front of the desk with great enthusiasm.

"Father!"

Hearing Carlos's call, the governor raised his head and looked at his son. He smiled and said, "Do you have any questions?"

"Yes!" Carlos nodded without hesitation. He never concealed his thoughts in front of his father, because he knew that concealing it was meaningless in front of a man who had been wandering in the dirty and difficult pool of the nobles for a lifetime. His eyes that had covered their sharpness were sharper than before.

"Very good!" The Count nodded with satisfaction and said, "Questions are the best teacher of mankind! Only when doubts arise can human beings make progress, be smarter, and... bring more wealth!"

Carlos hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, do you mean that the actions tonight have other meanings?"

"Do you think Sir Richard is really here to treat me? Just his unknown medical skills and a little self-righteous pharmacist?" the Count asked with a smile.

Carlos's eyes lit up. The count's attitude reminded him of his mentor who was often tempted when he was in school. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and an unstoppable idea quickly grew.

"That's right!" The Count nodded and smiled, "You are not young anymore, and it's time to take over some family matters. Be familiar with the abilities you have learned. When you return to England, I will force the Queen to let you inherit my title in advance and become a new generation of nobles!"

Carlos became excited, and his breathing air became significantly thicker.

"Come on, come and see!" The Count seemed very satisfied with his son's reaction. He reached out and patted his shoulder, pointed to the map and said, "What can you see?"

Carlos quickly looked down, raised his head for a while, and asked in confusion: "Copper Mine?"

The Count nodded and smiled, "That's right. It's a copper mine, and it's an undiscovered copper mine. Although it's deep in the Rocky Mountains, it's not a problem to transport it out!"

"What's the copper mine? It's not a valuable thing!" Carlos shook his head. He didn't understand very well.

The Count slapped the table and shouted: "What are you talking about? Isn't Sir Richard a valuable thing to meet me in such a secret way?"

Carlos looked up at his father, but he still didn't understand!

The Count glared at him in anger and said, "Think about it carefully. The empire is in the period of full development, and all resources are given priority to the direction of war. War requires a large number of weapons, and there is a copper-free weapon in the weapon? And you don't know what the price of the bronze ware in the folk is now. Don't you understand it now?"

Carlos nodded and said, "I understand roughly. Sir Richard discovered a copper mine and hoped to sell it to us."

The Count shook his head and said, "No, they hope to develop with the Metcalf family. They promised to give us 30% of the shares. And I have agreed!"

Carlos frowned and said, "Father, I don't understand it very much. Although Sir Richard is a noble, he obviously has no way to compare with the Metcalf family. Why would you agree to cooperate instead of buying it directly, or occupying 80% or 90% of the shares and giving them a fraction?"

The Count nodded and smiled, "It's good that you can think of this. The development of the family requires such a spirit of continuous progress. However, most things still need to consider realistic factors. First of all, Sir Richard is a nobleman, and this copper mine was discovered by him. According to the laws of the House of Lords, this copper mine will be the private property of his Logan family in a short time."

"I know this." Carlos nodded and said, "But as your governor of Canada, you can completely refuse to sign the proof."

"It's theoretically, but don't forget. My Governor will have less than three months in the county. Three months later, the new Governor will take office, and it will not be so easy to resolve if there is another dispute. Moreover, Earl Logan is very local, a Duke, and even if there is nothing, we won't be too much. What's more, Logan is very sensible and took the initiative to hand over one-third of the shares. So for this matter, cooperation is the best way!"

Carlos lowered his head and thought for a while, nodded and said, "This is indeed the best way! So what do we need to do? Do we need to pave the railway? Or do we find slaves to mine?"

The Count smiled and shook his head, saying, "No need is needed. Mining, refining, or even transportation does not require us to take action. We only need to be responsible for the sales!"

Carlos narrowed his eyes slightly and continued, "And when someone covets it, provide appropriate protection?"

"That's right!" the count said with a smile, "Although the three years of governorship have brought a lot of benefits to our family, in order to maintain its reputation in the local area, the expenses are also quite large. Even if it can get a long-term income at the last moment!"

Carlos nodded and added: "And even if you don't sign the certificate for Sir Logan, he can directly claim that the exploration has failed. When the next governor arrives, Yuzhi cooperates."

"So," the count nodded, "The current method of handling is the most suitable at this stage!"

Just as the Earl Metcalf and his son were talking in the room, Wang Zheng's carriage had already arrived in front of the Oak Hotel on Kazia Street.

Wang Zheng actually didn't know much about this hotel. He just heard people nearby talking about the food here at the banquet at the Governor's house. He happened to have to leave an address for free bodyguards, the guide and sales classmate Carlos, so he reported the name casually.

Oak Hotel, like the legendary Yuelai Inn, is a super hotel that dominates the fantasy and foreign continent novels. Almost every magic novel will have an oak bar, a hotel and other things. I didn’t expect that the source was actually here.

After opening the window and looking at it for a moment, Wang Zheng was slightly surprised.

This oak hotel covers a very large area. If the hills behind are included, it can be about 30 hectares. Three large three-story buildings are arranged in U-shaped shapes, forming a wide flat ground with the archway at the gate to facilitate the parking of the carriage.

The car walked around the gate and slowly stopped at the main gate. Immediately, the elementary apprentice ran over with a strong Indian slave, said hello in a standard London voice, and then scolded the Indian slave to climb in front of the car door.

Wang Zheng slowly got off the carriage on his solid back and reached out to help the noble lady dressed in Jin Liuniang. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The owner of this family is really good at doing business. He used his hometown accent to evoke the beautiful memories of the British nobles' hometown, and used slave services to remind people of the beauty of their current life. No wonder they were popular with the nobles.

Wang Zheng threw a shilling casually, and the primary apprentice's eyes lit up, and the smile on his face suddenly became three points again. He bowed and said loudly: "Thank you, Mr. generously!"

"Take good care of my horse!" Wang Zheng gently patted the shoulder of the primary school apprentice who was obviously only eleven or eleven years old and said, "Do you know, that's my baby!"

"Sir, don't worry! When you see it again, it must be the most energetic!" The apprentice loudly promised that his daily salary was only two pennies, which made Ding Shou's grand reward, so how could he not perform well?

At this time, most British colonies used British currency. Although French currency was also circulating here in Canada, the most popular one was the British currency. Especially after the British government introduced the British pound policy in the early 19th century, the British pound replaced Guinea and became the main circulating currency.

According to the amount of currency and the value of gold at that time, a pound is about 5,000 yuan now (of course, it is only after the inflation wave in 2008), and a pound can be exchanged for twenty shillings. Therefore, a shilling can be about 250 yuan.

Think about it, when a Poussan entered the hotel, he took out three red ones and threw them to the parking lot. No one should be as kind as if he had seen his own father. Needless to say, he just asked you to wash the car, even if you asked you to repair the car, he would probably just pat your chest and make sure you would!
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