Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 16 If You Can't Reject, Then Lie Down and Enjoy It
Hastur said with a dark face, "Greek, you should trust my aesthetics and morals."

This kind of inexplicable pot must not be carried back!
"You really have nothing to do with Mrs. Germany?"

"no!"

"But when someone asked Madam Germany about you, she said with a satisfied face: You are a man who is far more mature and reliable than he looks on the outside."

"..."

Hastur didn't know what to say for a while, Mrs. Gemani's answer is really the art of speaking!

Even if she was dissatisfied, she couldn't take issue with this matter, after all, Gemani was praising herself in a literal sense.

But coupled with a satisfied expression, it is easy to cause reverie and misunderstanding. He does not believe that Mrs. Gemani is not aware of this.

Hastur didn't want to discuss this issue anymore. In this kind of matter, he was no match for Mrs. Germani at all.

"Greek, don't you have to deal with things today?"

"After lunch with you, I will go back to deal with those things in the afternoon."

"I don't have a chef here yet..." Hasta was a little embarrassed.

Greg smiled and said, "I just wanted to try Intis's lunch."

"...Greek, are you trying to add to my finances, which are not rich?"

"As a qualified nobleman, in order to maintain the necessary decency, it is worth paying a little price." Greg smiled even brighter.

"Greek, do you know where there is a place that sells blood?"

"The Eastern District should provide this service."

"Ugh……"

……

The two chatted for a while, during which many wealthy businessmen and nobles living nearby came to visit.

Greg also had no intention of avoiding suspicion, but warmly received the visiting guests together with Hastur.

Hastur knew what he meant, and this was to let others understand that even though the Campbell family had fallen, there was still Greg Negan as a solid backing.

Near noon, the two sent off all the visitors and rode Greck's luxurious carriage to the luxurious Intis restaurant.

Greg is obviously a frequent visitor here, so he ordered a large table of luxurious dishes very skillfully, and Hasta ordered two desserts as a supplement.

This Intis restaurant is said to have inherited the tastes of Emperor Roselle's hometown, and the cuisine it makes is different from the gourmet desert of Loen.

Hasta liked the taste of these dishes very much, especially with a few dishes of delicate side dishes and a bowl of rice, which made him very satisfied.

After enjoying the lunch, Gregor naturally sent the accompanying attendants to pay the bill, without aggravating Hastan's fragile financial situation.

"I'll arrange a legal counsel position for you at Bavat Bank. You don't have to go to work on weekdays, and you can go when you want to go."

"As for the weekly salary, well, it's 10 pounds for the time being."

"You don't have to rush to refuse, I have my own selfishness in this arrangement."

Greck has realized that Hastur's financial situation is far more difficult than he thought. As a friend, he must provide help within his ability.

"No, Greck, you still overestimated my financial situation. I really didn't want to refuse..." Hastur sighed in his heart, his eyes were complicated, and he remained silent.

He has already figured it out, since he can't refuse, then lie down and enjoy it.

With a weekly salary of 10 pounds, the annual salary can be more than 500 pounds, which is enough for a family of three to maintain a relatively decent life, and they can go to work when they want, and if they don’t want to work, they don’t need to ask for leave in advance and say hello.

This kind of work is like bringing a bowl of soft rice to him, and feeding him carefully.

Seeing that Hastur did not refuse, Greg had a smile on his face, and at the same time regretted that he should have increased his weekly salary several times just now, so as to better help his good friend through this period of poverty.

But in doing so, Hastur may not easily accept his kindness.

Well, Hastur is good everywhere, but he can't keep his face.

Otherwise, I can give him another house in Queens and a plantation that can generate fixed income every year.

……

After Greck left, Hastur checked the time, it was [-]:[-], and he still had time to go to the court to hear the trial.

But before that, he still needs to buy two stained glass windows, and he is still used to sleeping in his original bedroom.

After shopping around, I bought it, and it cost him 6 pounds 8 soli in total!

No matter how expensive you have to pay for it.

After paying the money, he led the two workers home to install the glass, and then he locked the doors and windows and went out.

Sitting in the carriage, Hastur thought about what he was going to do next.

Digesting the lawyer's potion is the top priority.

Listening to Professor Wayne's lectures and going to the court to observe and learn, although it can speed up the digestion of potions, it is not as fast as playing a lawyer by yourself.

The reason why he didn't refuse Greg's arrangement today is because of this consideration.

Bafaite Bank is one of several big banks in Loen, and as a lawyer consultant there, it is obvious that they can contact and handle some commercial cases.

Moreover, he is also planning for his own future. For him, the real way to make money should be the investment industry.

After all, I know the major events that will happen in Loen and other countries in the Northern Continent in the next few years, and there are few places where it is easier to obtain the latest news than the bank.

It is time to complete the confirmation of the barbarian potion formula, let's do it tonight, the sooner you confirm the authenticity, the better you can start collecting extraordinary materials earlier.

Listening to the latest news from Sheriff Reed, that Andrew Wilson was not caught. This is a place that needs attention.

He had a hunch that Andrew Wilson was very likely to be an Extraordinary.

Once you have a stable weekly salary, you should also hire a suitable housekeeper to arrange all the chores at home. As for the maids, you can only have three or two, and the cook is the most important thing.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the gate of the court, and after paying the money, Hastur took out his pocket watch to check the time, and then waited in a place away from the crowd according to past experience, until the judge's familiar voice came from inside the court, He walked in slowly.

"what……"

Hastur glanced at the back row and saw that all the vacant seats were taken.

This time the people who came were no longer mostly noble wives, but also many male nobles.

Looks like something big is going to happen today.

Hastur looked and eventually found an empty seat in the third-to-last row.

After listening for a while, Hastur understood why so many nobles came to the court today, because both the defendant and the plaintiff were nobles.

One is the Conservative Party representing the interests of the established aristocracy, and the other aristocrat is the Liberal Party representing the interests of the capitalists.

With this level of relationship, no matter how small the friction occurs, it may escalate into a major event.

The issues on both sides revolved around a coal mine.

The reason was that a coal mine appeared in the territory of the Conservative aristocrats, and he leased the mining rights of this coal mine to capitalists to open factories to make a lot of profits. This was originally a matter of mutual benefit.

But the problem arises in the rent of mining rights.

The nobles of the Conservative Party had hired professionals to survey the size of the coal mines in advance, and based on this, they set the corresponding rents for the mining rights.

Later, with the mining of coal mines, the size of the coal mine was twice as large as expected. Now the nobles of the Conservative Party no longer want to lease at the original rent, while the nobleman of the Liberal Party took out a contract and believed that it must be respected. In the spirit of the contract, work in accordance with the contract, and the rent cannot be raised at will.

The two parties negotiated many times, but they were unable to reach a settlement on this issue. In the end, the Conservative Party nobles directly sealed off the coal mines in the territory, while the Liberal Party nobles took the Conservative Party nobles to court with a lawsuit.

This case is like a landlord renting a house to a businessman to do business. Later, seeing the rapid rise in housing prices, he wanted to increase the rent significantly, but the businessman was unwilling and asked the landlord to implement the previous contract.

In terms of the key contract period, because the businessman is very shrewd, he directly rented the house for 20 years, less than ten years have passed since now.

Naturally, the landlord didn't want to lose such a large amount of money for nothing. If the communication failed, he locked up the businessman's shop and prevented the businessman from continuing to operate. The businessman was not easy to bully, so he directly sued the landlord to court.

After figuring this out, Hastur already had guesses about this dispute in his mind.

Basically, it is a judgment with Ximu, each side hits [-] big boards, and then compromises until both parties accept it.

It's a normal solution to calm things down and turn big things into small things.

But what Hasta did not expect was that the judge directly declared the Conservative Party nobles as the winners in the end. The reason was: "The nobles own the ownership of all property in the territory. This right comes first."

In a word, the rights of nobles override everything.

When the verdict came down, some people were happy, some were sad, and some looked solemn. They already had a premonition that there would be more fierce competition between the two parties in the future.

The conservative aristocrat had the happiest smile. Such a judgment means that he can re-lease the coal mining rights at a substantial price increase.

The nobleman of the Liberal Party had an ugly face. He naturally refused to accept such a judgment, but he was powerless to change the judgment. Now there are only two ways left for him.

One is to obediently admit defeat, end this transaction, and close the coal mine factory, and the other is to find the Conservative Party nobleman to admit his mistake, accept it softly, and agree to the other party's previous price increase.

But no matter which choice he chooses, he must give up more benefits.

In the end, he chose the second path.

Closing the factory directly will wipe out his previous investment. It is not a rational choice to sacrifice his interests because of a momentary dispute.

Hastur, who listened to the end, also had a clearer understanding of the nobility and the law.

Right now, the conflict between the old and the new nobles will give way because of interests, but in the future, the old nobles will inevitably be cleaned up. This is the trend of history.

The law, after all, serves the tide of the times, and it will inevitably increase the gold content of the spirit of the contract in the future.

If a dispute like today's occurs again, it may declare that the businessman wins, and let the landlord strictly abide by the content of the contract.

"It was a full and fun day."

Feeling that the potion in his body was melting, Hastur walked out of the court gate with a smile on his lips.

(End of this chapter)