Mysterious, but Naruto

Despite news that the carriage factory was temporarily not accepting orders, the buzz surrounding this new type of carriage only increased.

Especially with the increasing number of new-style carriages on the street, everyone was speculating about who had bought them.

This was exactly what Louis wanted to see. In his opinion, the best course of action at this time would be to find a nobleman who was influential in Backlund, or at least had a distinguished reputation.

Let this nobleman appear in public riding in one of their family's newest carriages.

With this nobleman's public pronouncement, coupled with the hype generated earlier, the influence will spread, and he will only need to sit back and count his money from now on.

However, before Louis could even go to find the nobleman he admired, someone came knocking on his door.

The person who came was his investment broker.

When it comes to understanding the changing preferences of the people of Backlund best, no one knows better than these investment brokers. They are constantly monitoring market changes and calculating which industry will become the next big thing.

Therefore, while others were still observing, these investment brokers had already begun to look up information about the carriage factory.

This broker, who helped Louis with his investments, knew more about Louis and the owner behind the carriage factory beforehand, which is why he approached him.

Inside the reception room, Louis and his maids served tea and refreshments to the two of them before casually asking their questions.

"Mr. Green, this is some Desishire tea that I recently purchased. You can try it."

As an investment broker managing the Hall family's investments, he had seen countless good things in his daily life, but he didn't care much about them. He simply exchanged routine pleasantries with Louis.

After exchanging brief pleasantries, the two got down to business.

"Mr. Green, may I ask what brings you here today?"

Is there something wrong with those invested assets?

The agent took out a pre-prepared document from his briefcase.

"No, Mr. Helmet, there is no problem with your investment."

The reason I'm here is that I've recently come across several assets with promising potential, and I'd like to ask you to take a look and see if you're interested in investing in them.

Louis took the documents handed to him, feeling somewhat curious.

"Oh? These things are still your area of ​​expertise. Having me look at them would only be for entertainment."

Although he said the same thing, Louis's actions were different; he flipped through the documents in front of him one by one.

Upon seeing the contents of the third document, Louis couldn't help but smile.

He finally understood why the person opposite him had come; it turned out to be about his carriage factory.

Seeing this, Louis stopped flipping through the documents and put the materials he was holding back on the table.

"Mr. Green, just say what's on your mind. I'm a straightforward person and don't like to beat around the bush."

I imagine your purpose in coming here today isn't to make any additional investment, but rather related to the factory under my name.

When William Green saw Louis's reaction, his heart skipped a beat. He thought the other man was unhappy with his behavior and was about to explain when Louis stopped him.

"There's no need to waste words. Let's keep it at business. We can just talk things out directly."

Seeing that Louis's attitude wasn't as bad as he had expected, William Green spoke up.

"Mr. Helmet, since you've put it that way, I won't refuse. When I was looking for investable assets, I noticed the factory under your name."

Therefore, I would like to inquire whether you are willing to sell your shares.

Louis raised an eyebrow and glanced at the man in front of him out of the corner of his eye: "Sell? Mr. Green, don't you see the potential of my factory? Why would I sell it?"

Or is it that the funds I invested before were too small, making you think I'm short of funds and need to sell my own shares?

William Green was clearly a little nervous after what Louis said. Despite having many investments in the Hall family, he was essentially just a broker. He might be considered quite good among the middle class, but he was worlds apart from true nobles and big businessmen.

"No, no, sir, please don't be angry. Since I'm managing your investments, I will naturally consider the growth of your assets."

The reason I asked this is because your carriage factory is highly valued in the current investment circle, and it can be sold for a very high price if you are willing.

"As long as you're willing to sell, even at ten or twenty times the price of the factory's existing assets, there will be someone willing to take it over."

Louis waved his hand: "The reason they are willing to pay dozens of times the price is because my factory can bring them hundreds of times the profit in the future."

I know what you're thinking, but I'm not a short-sighted person, and I'm not just looking to make a quick buck.

Moreover, even if you're looking to make quick money, selling at only twenty-odd times the price is far from enough.

At this point, Louis rubbed his fingers on the teacup beside him: "I'm not afraid to tell you, I've already been making connections and preparing to contact our prince."

According to my plan, all I need to do is wait for the prince to ride in my carriage and appear on the streets of Backlund…”

Louis didn't finish his sentence, but William Green already understood his unspoken meaning and was also quickly calculating in his mind.

Indeed, given the current popularity of new-style carriages, coupled with the information that the prince rode in one, people would buy it even at forty times the price, let alone twenty times.

However, thinking of this, William Green couldn't help but feel curious, because as far as he knew, although the royal family had always supported and promoted industrial reform, they rarely got involved themselves.

"Sir, please forgive my intrusion, but I really can't imagine what method you intend to use to persuade His Highness to cooperate. Of course, if it's inappropriate, just pretend I didn't ask."

Louis shook his head: "That's nothing, and my stake is simple: 10 gold pounds."

"What?"

"You think 10 gold pounds isn't enough? Indeed, I'm worried about that too. So my bottom line is 20 gold pounds. Just for the prince to go out for a ride in a carriage, that should be enough, right?"

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William Green couldn't help but swallow hard; he was truly astonished by Louis's extravagance.

To understand this, Louis's approach was tantamount to taking out all the profits from his factory for the next few decades, just to gamble on an uncertain future.

As for other investors who are prepared to pay dozens of times the price to buy, that is actually many people buying shares together, sharing the risks together, and the risks are not the same for both.

Of course, this is not surprising to Green, since there are countless businessmen willing to go all in.

Thinking about this, William Green suddenly realized something: "Mr. Helmet, since you're willing to spend a lot of money to invite the prince to act, why not cooperate with someone else?"

"Oh?"

"Since it was Miss Hall who introduced me to you, I suppose you are also acquainted with the Hall family."

Even though Earl Hall is not as high-ranking as His Highness the Prince, he is still one of the most prestigious figures in Backlandre today.

If the entire Hall family were to switch to your new carriage, I imagine the effect would be no less impressive than a single public appearance by His Highness the Prince?

Louis took a sip of tea: "You have a point, but I don't really have any connection with Count Hall. I'm only acquainted with Miss Hall. It would be a waste of talent to bother the Count with something like this."

William Green's eyes lit up: "Mr. Helmet, didn't you say before that business is business, and this matter is mutually beneficial? There's no need to make a fuss about it."

You see, our Earl is a master at investing in new things; his investments in finance and industry are so extensive that you won't find another like him in all of Backlund!

William Green went to great lengths to secure this deal and the huge commission it entailed.

He explained the pros and cons to Louis in great detail, emphasizing that the 20 gold pounds Louis gave to the prince, if converted into a ten percent share given to the count, would be equivalent to decades of profit.

And over these decades, how much profit could be generated from that 20 gold pounds?

In short, after being persuaded by William Green, Louis was actually convinced: "Alright, since you say so, I will temporarily stop having someone talk to the prince."

However, for the sake of my factory's development, I absolutely must have someone step forward to provide a platform for my new horse-drawn carriage in five days.

Therefore, I'm only giving you three days. If Earl Hall can't manage, I'll have to go find His Highness.

"OK!"

William Green gritted his teeth and agreed, after all, the commission Louis gave him was indeed high. His bottom line was to give Earl Hall 5% of the shares, with a maximum of 10%.

On this basis, for every 1% less of the shares given to the other party, Louis would give Green an extra 100 gold pounds. If a deal could be reached for 5% of the shares, Louis would give him 1000 pounds.

After speaking with William Green about the matter, Louis turned to his private lawyer, told him about it, and asked him to keep an eye on the follow-up.

As for himself, he once again locked himself in his study, not allowing outsiders to disturb him.

In reality, Louis entered the Divine Tree space and began to study the extraordinary properties of the Divine Tree that he possessed.

Looking at the three lively rabbits in front of him, Louis reached out and stroked their heads one by one.

Then he reached into the study in the manor and beckoned a notebook, on which he recorded the situation of the three rabbits.

All three rabbits had consumed the extraordinary property of recrystallization.

According to Louis's original memories from the fake carpenter, taking extraordinary properties was clearly a very dangerous thing, but all three rabbits succeeded.

Even after the first rabbit successfully acquired the "Apprentice" extraordinary trait, Louis immediately replaced the remaining two rabbits with "Seer" and "Thief".

However, it wasn't without its flaws. After Louis's investigation, he discovered that although these three rabbits had also become extraordinary beings...

When Louis controlled their consciousness, he confirmed that each of them possessed unique abilities, but he found that their spirituality was very weak, only slightly more than that of ordinary rabbits.

Although this represents a significant increase compared to their original size, the number is still far too small, possibly not even exceeding that of the rabbits that are naturally more intelligent.

This is completely different from when Louis investigated Susie. The intelligence that big dog possessed was not just beyond the level of a normal dog, but directly beyond the realm of ordinary people.

However, Louis also noticed that the three rabbits' intelligence was increasing at a very slow rate over the past few days.

According to his diary entries over the past few days, he estimates that given these rabbits three or four years, they will be able to rival Susie in her prime.

Thinking of this, Louis caught three more rabbits and fed them the three remaining Sequence 9 "Apprentice" Extraordinary Abilities he had.

In a short while, these three rabbits also became new "apprentices".

Louis reached out and examined each of the rabbits, confirming that they were no different from the previous ones.

Immediately afterwards, Louis reached out and scooped up two more rabbits, examined them, and confirmed that they were just ordinary rabbits.

Only then did he take the two ordinary rabbits, along with two of the newly "apprentice" rabbits, to the roots of the divine tree, allowing the divine tree to devour them.

During this process, Louis did not forget to place his hand on the sacred tree to examine how well it absorbed the four rabbits.

The results of the investigation were no different from what Louis had imagined, but they still left him quite disappointed.

Because the amount of chakra provided to Louis by the two rabbits who had just become "apprentices" was not much different from that of the other two ordinary rabbits, that is, less than 10% more.

Although it's all free benefit, the time and effort spent for this one tenth of chakra is completely not worth it.

After this period of research, Louis has come up with the idea of ​​raising rabbits, deer, chickens, bamboo rats, guinea pigs and other creatures in the Divine Tree Space.

After that, as long as feed is purchased from the outside regularly, the normal reproduction of creatures in the Divine Tree space can be guaranteed.

Once the number of creatures in the space reaches a certain level, the Divine Tree can completely devour them and eventually transform them into chakra.

Although the amount that a single organism can provide is extremely small, it is still quite considerable once the numbers rise to a certain level.

Of course, if one were to rely solely on the livestock raised within the Divine Tree's space to produce Divine Tree Fruit that could transform a person into an Otsutsuki, even if it were possible, it would probably take hundreds or even thousands of years.

However, if it only produces the kind of Chakra Fruit that is similar in size to a date and contains only a portion of Sequence 9 potion energy, then there is absolutely no problem.

Louis even had an idea: if this path proved feasible, he would not only raise livestock within the Divine Tree Space, but also engage in large-scale breeding in the outside world.

Once he has enough livestock to supply the divine tree, it will probably produce several small divine tree fruits every day.

At that time, Louis could have used these fruits to give chakra seeds to the people of this world, and then let them refine chakra on their own, further increasing the total amount of chakra in this world.