Not a Witch

"Yes."

"Oh, when will it be your turn to help me make up my mind."

"I just don't want you to be seduced by beauty."

"So, you can decide for me at will? Then throw the whole family into the fire? You are very kind, my brother."

He remarked heavily on the words "Brother" that Wick was not a parent of the Tisifone family. He was only brought back by the old family's owner. .

It's usually fine, and his own abilities are also good. He often handles family affairs and has his own group of subordinates, but this action touched something that Adeley couldn't tolerate. It wasn't that he sent someone to assassinate Lacey, but the assassination of Lacey. He hadn't told himself about it at all.

A knife in his hand is naturally a good knife, but if he has his own ideas and does not obey orders, the knife will have no value in existence.

If it weren't for so many years of brotherhood and Wick's true loyalty, Aidley would have had the door cleared.

"I'll tell you again, I'm the heir of the Tisifone family, and any action will only be allowed after my permission, rather than sending someone to do it if you think it's okay, this will only bring great danger and conflict ."

"Understood, my brother." He repeated the word 'brother' again.

"I don't want to see one day when we can't be brothers." Aidley slammed his fingers on the solid wood desk, warned Wick, and slammed out the door.

Wick leaned back on the sofa, looked up at the ceiling, covered his eyes with the backs of his hands, and remained silent.

After Aidley left the study, he asked the attendant to lead the carriage out.

"Where are you going, Master Adley?"

"Go to the alchemy workshop on Daffodil Street."

"Good."

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"Sorry, the agreement proposed by your country is too harsh and we cannot accept it."

Roland Hill put down the contract paper in his hand, and a light voice spread throughout the quiet hall.

"Why not? Don't you know how excellent such technology is. If you cooperate with us, you can at least guarantee that your Karites family will be in the leading position in the shipbuilding industry for a hundred years."

"But it doesn't mean that you can get [-]% of the profit by white."

"However, you are not the only chamber of commerce that can build ships, and we, Ruerna, are the only ones with such advanced technology." Master Braunton didn't care about Roland Hill's refutation. I can't figure out the key.

"We, Carrites, pay all the costs of raw materials, labor, facilities, etc. and manufacture, and if you assign a small number of personnel to provide technical guidance, you will get 70% of the pure profit, and you will not take any risks and take the big money. It's great, isn't it?"

"Miss Lacey, please pay attention to your words. Now the Green Empire is showing signs of war again, and the seven countries of Xuehua must unite and work together to overcome the difficulties. Why are you still so greedy, indulging in the immediate interests, and disregarding the overall situation of the century ." A middle-aged male mage said.

"Once the Green Empire captures Luerna, Verga will have no danger and will fall into the hands of the enemy at any time. What's the use of having tens of millions of family properties at that time?" Another mage next to him also began to help.

"If it wasn't for Cang Cui's idea of ​​going to war, you wouldn't be able to get in touch with Luerner's advanced technology and design concepts for 20 years. You should be lucky."

Roland Hill was so angry that he laughed. How should I put it? Sure enough, mages who have no business acumen dare to say this during negotiations. How confident is this, how lowly they see the other party, and they are so insulting and expect the other party to promise?

"Then I'm even more embarrassed to take advantage of you. Look for whomever you like. Let's see which chamber of commerce is so lucky to be favored by you."

She stood up and left the conference hall through the corridor in the middle of the seats. Hundreds of people from the Karites Chamber of Commerce also followed the eldest lady and left the venue neatly.

Looking at the suddenly cold conference hall, Braunton's old face was a little bit unbearable. The previous good impression of this Miss Carrites was gone. How dare she do this?How could she just leave like this?Isn't it just to earn a little less money, to make myself seem noble.It is simply unreasonable, and sure enough, women are irrational animals no matter their age.

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Unexpected things happened. Rourna's delegation left after only 2 days in Hopelander. They went to Green Water Port, which is the headquarters of the Dayas Chamber of Commerce, and the one who used to work with Karite. The loser of the competitive shipbuilding industry in Sri Lanka.Although the market share has been greatly reduced, it still exists tenaciously.

Three days later, the Dayas Chamber of Commerce happily accepted Rourna's delegation, and then began to laugh at the short-sighted and irrational Karites family.

Lorraine Hill didn't regret it at all. Although he had never seen the actual product, from the drawings introduced by Luerna, their so-called new technology was just replacing the wooden boat with an iron one. After the propeller is changed, the structure of the entire hull will be greatly changed.

Moreover, their design ideals are too conservative. The hull is only about 80 meters long, and the weapons they carry are the cannons that are fixedly arranged on the side of the past, which is not much new.

If Lorraine Hill designed it, the final battleship Iowa-class, which was the culmination of World War II, was 270 meters long, had a displacement of about 50000 tons, and had a 406 mm 50-times caliber main gun with a single shot, it would be able to hold the small boat of Lourna in the middle. Break into pieces.

Although the current craftsmanship in the world of Ivar is not standard and accurate, the existence of extraordinary magic, the power of explosions and cannonballs, will only be greater than in the previous life.

With the current technology, Roland Hill deduces that Dayas will not be able to produce a test ship in a year at the earliest, and it is estimated that a mature design will be available in three years.And three years is enough for her to do too many things, and the kingdom of mages doesn't just refer to Ruerna, doesn't it?

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ps: Thanks to Chenyu 666 for the reward, I have sorted out the outline today

Chapter 82 The New Owner

The Helis family had been silent for several days since Loren Hill visited that day. Miss Meilu ordered that the entire headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce be completely closed, and no one could enter or leave at will.

A few days later, the door of the Helis Chamber of Commerce headquarters opened, and it seemed to outsiders to be the same as usual, but the staff inside found that some faces had disappeared, and it was said that they had been assigned to work in a branch far away.

Later, the main stewards of the various branches of the Helis Chamber of Commerce, especially those uncles and relatives of Meilu, received invitations from the master's house. The invitation said that due to the excessive enjoyment of the Hoth family recently, the priest of the Temple of Angels After the diagnosis, he said that he would die soon, so he invited everyone to discuss the successor of the Chamber of Commerce.

If there are some meetings in ordinary times, these relatives of Helis are fond of going, and there are not many present, but when it comes to the transfer of the chamber of commerce and the distribution of property, they are like flies that smell fishy, ​​swarming, afraid to go. No soup at night.

In this way, in just one week, these distant relatives arrived one after another and gathered together.

Hallis' House, Main Chamber.

Hoss sat at the top of the hall, his face was a little pale, his fat body was like a ball of soft white bread, and from time to time there was a medicinal soup brought by a maid next to him. On his right was the eldest daughter Meilu, and next to him. It is the youngest son Bell.

Among the many stewards in the audience, all kinds of eyes looked at the house owner in the middle. There were envy, jealousy, fear, greed, and desire. All kinds of eyes looked at these members of the master family. It didn't start, they whispered underneath, exchanged temptations with each other, trying to know what each other was paying attention to.

Mei Lu looked at the group of people below. The faces were so familiar, yet so unfamiliar. Since when did everyone get to this point with each other? Without the warmth of the past, there is only one pair left. The greed for money, as if this is the only value and meaning of life.

Or maybe this is the normal state, people are volatile, only the interests are long-lasting, soul-stirring, and unable to extricate themselves.She sighed silently in her heart, and then there was a slight pull on her arm.

"Bell, um, don't be afraid, just sit there obediently, my sister will protect you."

Meru took her brother's hand to soothe his unease, and the meeting finally officially began.

The host first clapped his hands to calm everyone down, and briefly introduced the reason for calling everyone this time. Due to the unwellness of the head of the family, Huo Si decided to abdicate and let the virtuous.

"I'm sorry, I'm calling everyone at this time." Huth said, his speech was not fast and his voice was a little weak.

"The owner of the house is worrying too much, your health is the most important thing."

"Yes, don't worry too much, everyone is here."

"Yes, don't worry."

Some stewards responded below that although they were all concerned, their excited eyes did not look like they were concerned about Hoss. I am afraid they were more secretly happy. After all, Hoss was the son of the previous generation of patriarchs. Seniority can still hold them down.But once he retires, who can be replaced?

Bell is only 14 years old, and no one cares about him at all. Although the eldest daughter Mei Lu has a certain strength, she is a daughter and will marry sooner or later.At that time, it is not necessary to entrust them to handle the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, hahaha.

"So, I am going to hand over the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce to my daughter, Mei Lu, to handle it."

When Hawthorne said this, there was an uproar below, and one after another showed unbelievable expressions, and the face that was kind before suddenly became ugly, and all kinds of doubts sounded.

"Patriarch think twice, Mei Lu is just a little girl, it's too much for her to be in power."

"Yeah, why give the Chamber of Commerce to a daughter."

"Chambers should be led by experienced people"

"I think Lord Vito is right."

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The voices below suddenly became noisy, and many people started to make noise. Everyone expressed their opinions and said the most suitable leader in their minds, and some simply recommended themselves.Hoss sweated on his head and said a few more words, but unfortunately no one listened. They only wanted to vent their dissatisfaction and argue about who is qualified to lead the chamber of commerce.

Mei Lu stood up and patted her father's back, and whispered a few words in his ear. Only then did Hoss' anxious face slowly ease. After that, several guards escorted him and Bell away from the nearby small side door.Under the cover of the clamor in the council hall, the sound of the collision of armors outside the door seemed so inconspicuous.

Some people noticed the departure of Hoss and were about to step forward to question them, but they were stopped by the attendants who had been prepared.

thump—

thump—

The big bell in the conference hall was rang, and the metal vibrato of the copper bell clearly spread throughout the venue. At this time, the scene gradually quieted down. When everyone saw that there was only Mei Lu on the rostrum, they finally felt that something was wrong.

"Miss Meilu, what about Lord Hoth?"

Several stewards began to ask, and the others looked at Mei Lu, waiting for her to answer.

"My father is not feeling well, I have already gone back to rest, and I will take care of the rest."

"Mei Lu, get off the stage. How could you let a girl like you take on such a heavy responsibility?"

An uncle said loudly, some other people began to agree, and more people watched from the sidelines, but at this time, no one stood up to speak for Mei Lu.

Mei Lu slowly stood up from her seat. She was wearing a dark green long dress, with a bright yellow camellia pinned to her shoulders. She could not see her face in the dimly lit chamber, only the chestnut-gold long hair. Hair on the chest.

"Does Uncle Vito also think I'm inappropriate?" Her voice was a little cold.

"Yes."

"But I still want to do it, what should I do?"

"Don't act like this, we're doing it for your own good too."

"But I'd rather."

Looking at the familiar uncle in front of her, Mei Lu's voice became colder and more determined.

"you......"

Before the uncle could finish speaking, Mei Lu directly picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on the other side.

"You are just a member of the Helis family branch, what qualifications do you have to yell in front of me."

"I usually call you uncle, does it make you forget your duty!"

Everyone looked at Mei Lu in shock. No one expected that Mei Lu, who was usually docile and pleasant, would dare to say such a thing.

"From today, the Helis family will be unified again, everyone and all branches must obey the orders of our master family!"

"And I will become the new owner of the Helis Chamber of Commerce. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can tell it here."

The voice was categorical, Mei Lu looked directly at the relatives and elders present, her black pupils slowly swept across the audience, as her words fell, groups of heavily armed guards entered from the side door, they There was silence, and only the sound of metal collisions could be heard. A total of 300 guards in steel armor will completely seal off the venue, and no one can escape this silent hall.

Chapter 83 Magic Steam Turbine

After the rain, the air in Hopelander is very fresh. There are still small pieces of water on the bluestone streets, reflecting the blue sky. The autumn wind is wet and cool, bringing a touch like water mist.