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Chapter 930 Awakening at the Banquet Hall ([-])

This feeling is like being caught in a situation called a conspiracy in a TV or movie. My heart is like being pressed by a huge stone, and it is difficult to breathe out. Stoke The Duke is not an idiot. In fact, he can be regarded as a thoughtful person. The reason why he has been tolerant of the Duke of Humington is that he has carefully analyzed his situation. If he becomes an enemy of the Duke of Humington, the Duke of Stoke will not There are not so many resources and energy consumed by the other party, and without the support of the Eagle Queen, no matter from which point of view, it is of no benefit or significance to the Stoke family to openly fall out with the Duke of Humington, so He would rather suffer a loss, would rather tolerate, than the two big ships of the Stoke family and the Humington family turned their bows and collided sharply against each other.

But now it is different. The other party has sublimated from a simple contradiction to an enemy-our relationship. It seems that he has a deep hatred for the Duke of Humington, and he spares no effort to retaliate. Seeing myself constantly biting, if it is simply because of the enmity I forged with him for grabbing the railway operation rights many years ago, and now the railway operation rights are clearly in his hands, if all these motives for suppressing myself can only be used To describe it as revenge, then this person's desire for revenge is too strong, and if his desire for revenge is so strong, why are the other dukes who have conflicts with him living in peace now? ?

The Duke of Stoke felt that he was wrong, and he was really wrong. He overestimated the vengeance of the Duke of Humington, but underestimated his character.He frowned slightly, cursing himself for being an idiot, he is also a duke after all, if the duke of Humington just suppressed himself for revenge, is his enemy too big? Well, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, anyway, he is still a duke, and his prestige is still there, even if it has weakened, but no matter who is against him, it cannot be an easy task.

The eighteen dukes on the table in front of them are all wary of each other, and their companies and economic empires are all colliding with each other, but they still cooperate and join hands together, because the reason they hold hands is because of a common interest, The relationship of interests has been established, and the separation of enemies and friends is extremely clear.

Similarly, the reason why the Duke of Humington may keep suppressing himself is also because of interests!The Duke of Stoke faintly felt that he had grasped a trace of the knot, he had grasped the crux of the matter, from the moment the unknown master attacked Li Sansi, the Duke of Humington felt something strange, the opponent was well organized The Duke of Stoke also consulted the secret information in the Manchester area afterwards, and found that none of the gangsters or killer groups that could be a threat had any actual interest relationship with Li Sansi, and there was no gangster who could To organize the ability to assassinate Li Sansi like this.According to Li Sansi's explanation, although the other party was targeting Li Sansi, they seemed to be heading towards the Duke of Stoke, and Li Sansi recognized that the aura of a master was from the collusion of the Duke of Humington. The master.

At that time, the Duke of Stoke naturally would not believe what Li Sansi said. To be precise, he did not believe that the Duke of Humington would sublimate the conflict between the two into a relationship between the enemy and ourselves. For the Duke of Humington, Not the slightest bit good.But now, all kinds of signs have shown that the Duke of Stoke has reason to believe what Li Sansi said at the time. Li Sansi left the Stoke Manor and was attacked in Edinburgh. They are all under their surveillance, and they are all around them.

"I heard that one of the Duke of Stoke's new subordinates is a pirate leader. I wonder if this is true?" The Duke of Humington suddenly spoke at the banquet hall. When he said this, many people around The voice of the Duke, who was communicating with the people around him, suddenly became quieter. Even the Eagle Queen was taken aback for a moment, listening to what the Duke of Humington wanted to say, while the Prince of Luxembourg and the Prince of France were at a loss. A Duke His subordinate is a pirate leader, isn't this a bit funny?

The Duke of Hemmings opened his eyes wide, and asked as if he had heard it for the first time, "Oh? There is such a thing? I know that the Duke of Stoke's family used to be admirals of the navy, and they defeated the pirates of the Eagle Empire. Fleeing, it’s so prestige, calling pirates will always be the sworn enemy of the Stoke family, why, now that the Stoke family has changed their nature? They can actually take the pirate leader for their own use?"

"If there is such a situation, then maybe it is funny. The duke of a country expresses his public image, how can he be so indifferent? Brother Stoke, you are confused!" Duke Benjamin The interface said, with a regretful look.

The people around turned their heads to see how the Duke of Stoke would answer.

The Duke of Stoke held his wine glass tightly, then let go of his hand, and smiled slightly, "Just like politics, there are no permanent enemies or permanent friends. This is our special policy of Manchester Shipping. It is better to restrain than to eliminate. They were originally a group The poor are forced to choose pirates. I believe that no one is born willing to be a bandit, so I will give them a chance. Instead of wasting time and effort to attack pirates, it is better to guide pirates Let them carry out legitimate business and contribute to the development of Manchester’s GDP.” This theory belongs to Li Sansi, and was once rejected by the Duke of Stoke, who asked Li Sansi to draw a line with the pirates, but now, Stoke Duke Ke seemed to understand Li Sansi a little bit.Now when the other party pressed him for questioning, the first thing he thought of was the benefits of subduing pirates that Li Sansi had said, so he just pulled it out.

Originally, Hemmings and the Duke of Humington thought that as long as the Duke of Stoke denied the pirates, they would produce evidence and give the Duke of Stoke a difficult step in front of the Queen, and let the Duke of Stoke The image in front of the queen and many people went to a higher level, but they didn't expect the Duke of Stoke to admit it directly, which was beyond their expectation.

The Queen gave Duke Stoke a slight look, and there seemed to be some inexplicable look flashing in her eyes.

The surrounding dukes all showed approval to the Duke of Stoke's policy, and some dukes were even silent, thinking about the policy of the Duke of Stoke, whether they should also change their usual policy of suppressing pirates.

"Hehe, the Duke's magnanimity towards pirates and his foresight in doing things are really admirable. For so many years, our French sea borders have also been frequently harassed by pirates. We have used many methods of suppression, but no one thought of the Duke. This method of suppressing is worse than subduing, eliminating is worse than restraining, a good method, a good method, after I return to France, I will recommend it like His Majesty, and let France implement such a policy against pirates!" The French Prince Seymour seemed to have picked a treasure Same, rolled his eyes with a smile.

Hemmings, Humington, and seven other dukes, including Bill and Benjamin, all looked at each other. Unexpectedly, they wanted to humiliate the Duke of Stoke, but instead gave him a stage to perform .It's all a bit unpleasant.

(End of this chapter)