This knight is too perfect

Chapter 61 Calculation [44]

The southern border of the Principality of Morton, the Emerald Territory, Adrian Harbor.

As the largest city in the Emerald Territory bordering the Thorn Territory.

Adrian Harbor is not only larger than any other city in the Territory of Thorns.

It has a permanent population of over 300,000.

In addition, the wealth of the city of Adrian Harbor alone is several times, or even dozens of times, greater than that of the entire Territory of Thorns.

Because next to the Adrian Harbor, there are two important trade routes connecting the imperial capital of Morton and the Kingdom of Akkad.

Thanks to these two routes, Adrian Harbor has now become a veritable "city of wealth" in the Principality of Morton.

However, before Count Randy took over, Adrian was just an unknown fishing village.

The Emerald Territory is just a remote, bitter and cold place that no one is willing to take over.

There are even rumors that when Grand Duke Panshi was rewarding his subordinates according to their merits and dividing the territory.

Emerald Earl Randy was originally supposed to get a territory with a larger area, a larger population, and a geographical location closer to the royal capital.

However, he actively rejected the reward and asked to change his territory to the current Emerald Territory.

At that time, many people thought that Randy was being stupid for taking over a shabby territory that no one wanted.

But the facts proved that Randy was not stupid at that time. Instead, he made a decision that everyone thinks is extremely correct now.

But as time went by, Randy, who was only at the bronze level, gradually began to feel overwhelmed.

It is no longer possible for me to personally handle all affairs within the Jade Territory and manage them in an orderly manner as I did in the past.

There was no way out. Count Randy, who had lost to time, could only slowly distribute the power in his hands to his two sons and one daughter.

It's just that Randy's children have not experienced the baptism of the 'Battle of Moonstone' and the accumulation of years.

It is obvious that he has not grasped the essence of Randy's ability to create the 'Emerald Collar'.

Even though their current starting point and the resources they have are much higher than Randy who started from scratch.

Late at night, in the center of Adrian Harbor, at Count Randy's Emerald Manor.

In a room in this magnificent manor, Randy's two sons were sitting around a valuable mahogany dining table.

Served by a group of maids, they enjoyed a luxurious dinner while discussing recent major events in and around the Emerald Territory.

But the atmosphere between these two people doesn’t seem like that of brothers at all. Instead, they seem more like two enemies.

"Brother, I heard that you not only messed up one of Father's businesses recently, but also caused Father to lose goods worth 100,000 Morton gold coins."

"If you ask me, you are good at being a knight, but you have no talent at all as a businessman."

"How about this? You hand over the route to the Kingdom of Akkad that your father gave you to me, and I will give you one tenth of the taxes I collect every year to support your current extravagant and wealthy life. What do you think?"

Ian, the second young master of Count Randy, spoke to his eldest brother Remi, who was sitting opposite him, with a seemingly caring but actually sarcastic tone, with a forced smile.

And facing the 'sarcasm' of his younger brother.

Remi, who has a hot temper, naturally won't be spoiled.

He suddenly overturned the grilled foie gras in front of him, stood up, put his hands on the table, and looked at Ian fiercely.

"Ian, don't think I don't know about your tricks. How did those pirates know the exact route of this batch of goods in advance? Why didn't the nearest warship provide timely rescue? I think you know the problems here better than I do."

"Pray, pray that I won't catch you, otherwise I will put the musket into your mouth that can only kiss the red lips of a lady, and blow your head off with one shot, understand?"

Facing Remi's threat, Ian's fair and feminine face not only did not show any fear, but he even said in an exaggerated manner: "Wow, wow, wow, listen, all of you listen, the eldest master of the Emerald Territory actually threatened his brother in front of so many people, saying that he would put a musket in his brother's mouth."

"My dear brother, if my father who has already gone to bed heard you saying this, I dare not imagine how sad he would be."

"After all, father hates to see us brothers quarreling, doesn't he?"

When Remi heard Ian, the sinister guy, bring up his father, although he was angry, he also understood how negative an impact it would have on his father if he let his father know about it.

So even though Remi wanted to punch Ian's head off, he still suppressed his anger and sat back down.

Seeing this scene, Ian couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, as if he was proud of himself for having won a small victory again in the confrontation between the two brothers.

However, even though the two of them are currently at loggerheads, it doesn't mean they won't cooperate.

Seeing that the situation was almost settled, Ian immediately talked about a recent important matter. "Okay, my dear brother, it's just a loss of 100,000 Morton gold coins. It's nothing to the entire Emerald Territory."

"You don't have to worry that I will make a fuss about this. After all, the money you spend on the bellies of those opera dancers every year is far more than this amount."

"Compared to this little thing, I'm actually more concerned about the things happening in the nearby Thorn Territory."

"After all, I heard that when the unfortunate Baron Thorn was visiting my father, a group of crazy people from the Holy Communion took the opportunity to massacre his territory and killed the original heir to the territory."

"As a result, our poor Baron Thorn, who has lost his family, can't even find a suitable successor."

"And you also know that I have always been kind-hearted. So after I learned about this from other nobles, I immediately found my father and persuaded him to reject Baron Thorn's request to change his heir and let him reconsider a more suitable candidate."

"After all, how can such a dirty person without any noble blood in his body be worthy of sitting at this noble table and sharing dinner with us?"

As Ian spoke, he elegantly cut the foie gras in front of him and placed the fattiest part in the center of the plate.

Then Ian picked up the piece of foie gras with a fork and held it in front of Remi.

"Brother, let's join forces. As long as you and I join forces, I and the Emerald Territory nobles behind us will be able to prevent father from changing his mind easily."

"After all, as long as my father doesn't agree, our poor Baron Thorn will never be able to obtain the legal inheritance rights for his chosen successor."

"As long as we are stuck at this step, all we have to do is find a way to make that lowly fellow give up his inheritance rights. Then this huge Thorn Territory... will be yours and mine."

"How about this big deal I'm going to propose to you tonight? Its value should far exceed a mere 100,000 Morton gold coins, right?"

Hearing this, Remi's originally furious expression gradually subsided and he began to think seriously.

After a moment, he looked at Ian with a serious face and asked, "Are you really sure that you can snatch the inheritance rights of this territory from Baron Thorn?"

In response, Ian immediately waved his finger and said, "Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's not about robbing, but about letting a person of noble blood that we all recognize inherit this territory."

"After all, we are helping poor Baron Thorn, not harming him, right?"

Looking at Ian's signature, hypocritical smile.

Remi couldn't help but say, "Ian, sometimes I really wonder if you are the reincarnation of the devil. Otherwise, how can you always say so many vicious but irresistible words?"

Hearing this, Ian ate the piece of fatty foie gras on the fork.

He said with a fake smile: "Brother, compared to me, how much better can a rude guy like you be?"

"Don't think I don't know where those maids in your manor came from, and don't tell me that your wine cellar contains only various expensive red wines."

"After all, I've never heard of a wine cellar that requires the use of all kinds of cruel 'torture instruments'."

"So we two brothers, we are the same."

Hearing this, Remi fell silent for a moment.

After some thought, Remi spoke.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Seeing that his elder brother Remi had agreed to his plan, Ian immediately smiled confidently, as if everything was under his control.

"It's very simple. Just give the country bumpkin who is about to come to Adrian a little warning and let him know that there are some things that a lowly guy like him cannot touch."

"So simple?"

"Of course it's not that simple. After all, our poor Baron Thorn was lucky enough to meet Her Highness Lilitha, who is known as the Pearl of Arkad, from some unknown source."

"With His Highness here, it's hard for me to carry out my little tricks."

"But at times like this, you and your knights can be of great use, brother."

"After all, if a knight doesn't even dare to accept a challenge from another knight, he will be looked down upon by the nobles and other knights."

"And once that country bumpkin is defeated and severely humiliated in front of Her Highness Lilitha and the nobles, I think he will no longer have the courage to stay in Adrian, and will no longer be qualified to continue to fight for the inheritance that does not belong to him, right?"

Hearing this, Remi narrowed his eyes slightly and said meaningfully: "Ian, you are really a devil."

Ian smiled and said, "If I am the devil, then you are the devil, the devil who eats people without leaving any bones, my dear brother Remi."

After the words fell, the two brothers looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

PS: This chapter is to make up for yesterday's. I'll see how much I can write today...

(End of this chapter)