A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 172 Second Shot

Soon, Catherine Brewster received a reminder from the bank.

Originally, this matter had been informed by Arthur in advance, which theoretically would not have surprised Catherine, and she had already prepared the money to repay by all means at her disposal.

So when she got this notification letter, she acted very calmly.

However, after she saw clearly the repayment amount written on it, she was stunned. After confirming the repayment amount again and again, she still couldn't believe the number she saw.

How could it be all of them? !

The angry Catherine pushed everything on the desk to the ground.

This movement directly frightened Bartholomew Braithwaite who was on the side, and he hurriedly asked worriedly:
"Mom? What's wrong with you?"

Although Catherine was caught off guard by this sudden change, she quickly calmed herself down again. She slapped the notification letter in her hand heavily on the desk, and then said to Bartholomew:

"We are in trouble. You should immediately take Gareth and Gerald to find Waldford and ask him to come back with you to see me immediately."

While talking, Bartholomew had also finished reading the notification letter on the table, and he said angrily:

"These robbers, damn thieves! They violated our contract, can we sue them?"

Listening to her son Bartholomew's words, Catherine said irritably:
"Don't be naive, Bartholomew! We can't win this lawsuit in Lemoyne. Who do you think is behind this?"

"The Grays?"

"Since you know, then you should understand that the female cousin in Lemoyne State Court wears the same pants as him. Now, go and do what I tell you to do. Don't worry, no one can snatch it from us. No one can walk on our land and house, let alone this piece of paper!" Catherine said firmly.

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"Boss, I don't understand. I am a southerner. I have known that the Bravest family is a powerful and wealthy family since I was a child. Why do I feel that they are weak now?" Martin asked seriously.

Since he found Arthur, a person willing to answer his random questions, Martin asked Arthur more and more questions, and became more and more frequent.

Although Eamonn had spoken to Martin several times in private, Martin blocked him by saying, "The boss has no objection, why are you so worried?"

Arthur, who was sitting on the horse, thought about this problem for a moment and said:
"If I really want to answer your question, I might have to start with the Civil War..."

Martin heard Arthur mention the Civil War and said excitedly:

"I'm familiar with the Civil War, boss, you can simply say it."

Well, as a veteran of the Confederate Army, Arthur believed that Martin was indeed familiar with it, but Arthur could also guess that Martin's understanding of the Civil War must be very one-sided, otherwise he would not have asked this question. "Then you can think about this question together first, that is, what is the essence of the Civil War? I can tell you first that the essence of the outbreak of the war is definitely not simply to liberate slaves."

Arthur's words made Martin, who originally wanted to answer that it was to free the slaves, be stunned. Although he also felt that the reason for freeing the slaves was unreliable, he actually did not understand why it was unreliable.

Arthur looked at the few people who were quietly waiting for his answer. He did not embarrass them, but continued:
"Let's put aside the factor of division, because it has nothing to do with the weakness of the Brewster family we want to talk about. First of all, economically, the North and the South are completely different. You can simply put him They understand that one is a factory owner in the north and the other is a plantation owner in the south. On the one hand, the goods produced by the factory owners are not competitive in the face of more mature production lines imported from abroad. Well, the plantation owners hope to export their cotton raw materials in large quantities to Europe, where the market is larger..."

"Well, boss, can you make it simpler?" Martin interrupted.

Arthur smiled and nodded, and continued:
"To put it simply, between the north and the south, one wants to erect tariff barriers to protect domestic products, and the other wants to be a cotton warehouse for the British Empire. And these are just the beginning of the different policy requirements of two completely different industries. The contradiction between the north and the south is natural. The founding of the country existed, and the outbreak of the Civil War was more like the inevitable result of this irreconcilable contradiction.”

"I'm a little confused, boss, so what does this have to do with the Bravests?"

"The relationship is, of course, that in this war, the South lost, and the Bravest family lost all the soil that allowed them to make a fortune."

Martin suddenly sighed and said a little disappointed:
"It would have been nice if we had won."

Arthur was amused by Martin's words, and said:
"If you had really won back then, then I guess there would have been a second and third Civil War. Okay, okay, let's not talk anymore. We are almost there."

Seeing that Arthur finally ended the conversation with Martin, Eamonn confirmed:

"Boss, do you really want to go with us?"

Arthur, who was sitting on the horse, neatly took out a long gun from the side of the saddle. While inspecting it, he said:
"Of course, don't worry, Eamonn, even if you look at Charlie, he didn't persuade me to go back."

Charlie on the side rolled his eyes silently in his mind. He had obviously tried to persuade him before, okay?It's just that Arthur never listens, but fortunately Arthur is very skilled, so there is really no need to worry about his safety.

Eamonn glanced at Charlie who didn't speak, and he didn't try to persuade him any more. Although he hadn't seen Arthur's skills yet, but he heard that Charlie said it was good, so it must be really good, so Eamonn slowed down. Ma Su and the other team members behind him explained the arrangements for a while.

In this operation, Sean also came with him. He had been deceived by Arthur into staying in the office to 'sit in charge'. Later he figured out what bullshit sitting in charge was. The rhetoric was clearly used by Arthur to deceive him. So no matter what Arthur said this time, Sean was going to follow him, and he hadn't spoken to Arthur from just now until now, and he had been acting petty.

But now that he was about to arrive, Sean finally couldn't help it anymore. He opened his mouth and said to Arthur:

"Arthur, do we really want to take action against this group of Lemoyne raiders? Isn't this just really helping the Gray family? I remember that you are planning to deal with them together."

Arthur looked at Sean who finally spoke to him. He didn't say anything about finally not losing his temper. Instead, he smiled and explained:
"If we don't force Catherine Bravest any more, I'm afraid she won't be able to bring herself to play with the Gray family."

To be honest, this is not a unnecessary worry. After all, these two families have been fighting for more than 100 years before Arthur. In such a long time, Arthur has not seen which family really Died.

(End of this chapter)