Lords go left, Emperors go right

"I can't believe that the president of the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce is not an old man or a middle-aged man, but..."

"Your Highness Margaret, you may have a misunderstanding of the impression of the Chamber of Commerce president. It is not only men, old men or middle-aged people who can be the president."

"That's true. You came to see me for something important, so there's no need to bring any gifts."

"Your Highness Margaret, I have a plan here, please take a look."

"Plan? You should go and discuss your plan with that kid. Whether he wants to establish himself or succeed the throne is his freedom. I will not interfere."

The mysterious visitor handed over a thick stack of documents, the contents of which were related to independence. The other party wanted to invest in the Central Continent and support some lords to become kings. At that time, the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce could transfer its power and focus to the Central Continent. There were few lords sent to the Central Continent from various human continents who dared to openly break with their suzerain countries and declare themselves emperors. A certain gentleman prince was one of them.

"Your Highness Margaret, you hold a special place in his heart. I want to know your opinion on this matter."

"Girl, I don't like the style of those new noble groups in the Northern Continent. What you do in the Central Continent is not within my jurisdiction."

"I understand, Your Highness Margaret. I will find time to talk to Your Highness Aosta. Please excuse me and take my leave first."

"By the way, if you are going to meet that guy, it is best to show your true face. Then there is a high chance that you can reach an agreement."

"Your Highness Margaret, I will remember your advice."

Chapter 93 Edward Cruise Party Banquet

St. Louis, an important port town in the coastal area of ​​Bloomfield Territory. On the luxury cruise ship Edward, which was docked near the pier, a luxurious party banquet for local celebrities was being held. The guests invited were mainly guests. Except for the lord, Prince Aosta, there were no other politicians, only businessmen.

The organizer of the celebrity banquet party, the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce, was helpless. When the third prince of the Obelix Empire, Osta, came to the Central Continent to take up the new position of lord, he did not bring any staff members with him. He only brought three exclusive battle maids, Chris, Yulia and Sophia.

After Prince Osta became the new lord of the Bloomfield area, his administrative team was composed of the indigenous people of the territory, those beautiful clan leaders from various local primitive clans and tribes. These beautiful clan leaders were relatively simple themselves. According to the request of a gentleman prince, they did not accept any invitation from people outside of Osta. This effectively eliminated the possibility of being wooed by hostile forces and did not give the other party a chance to win them over.

The tricks used by the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce were no longer effective, and they were unable to win over the administrative team of Aosta. Because of the language barrier, they were unable to talk to the beautiful clan leaders, and finally had to choose to talk directly to the lord, Prince Aosta. Most of the beautiful clan leaders did not know the human language, and the few who knew the human language were all completely recognized by a certain gentleman prince and would not talk to outsiders casually.

The Edward luxury cruise ship is now close to full. On this luxury cruise ship that can accommodate thousands of people at the same time, the number of passengers currently on board is close to saturation. After Aosta led people on board, their attention was quickly attracted by the lively party banquet held on the cruise ship. The event was held on the deck, and many guests who came to participate in the event toasted and celebrated here, drinking and talking happily. It seemed that both the host and the guests were happy, and it was a win-win situation.

The organizer of the party, Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce, was sincere and willing to spend money. The delicious dishes on display at the party were carefully selected and cooked on site by famous chefs. The ingredients were purchased from authentic places and were not perfunctory at all. When Osta arrived, he could smell the delicious aroma in the air and felt the sincerity of the other party.

Many of the guests present knew Osta, and when they saw the Lord coming, they all came forward to greet Osta enthusiastically. The guests who came to greet Osta were basically all male guests. The three exclusive maids following Osta were more beautiful than all the female guests present. Even if they were only wearing ordinary Gothic maid outfits, they could not hide their beautiful faces.

These female guests dressed in gorgeous clothes were all dressed up gorgeously, but unfortunately, they were still no match for Chris and the other three special people. The other party's standard maid uniform was similar to work clothes, so there was no need to deliberately change into evening gowns for banquets.

The ladies at the banquet were shocked and were too embarrassed to come over and talk to the gentleman prince. The male guests, on the other hand, didn't care and were not affected. After all, they were all gentlemen and maybe even people of the same trade, so there was no need to worry too much.

Compared with other lords, Aosta was one of the few lords who was friendly to merchants, besides the lords of the northern continent. He understood and supported business activities, and enjoyed a high reputation among merchants. This gentleman prince was particularly tolerant of merchants. Whether they were legitimate merchants or hidden illegal merchants, they could move freely in his territory, the coastal areas of the Bloomfield area, and the important port city of St. Louis, without restrictions on trade.

Ostalian acquiesced to the slave and arms trade. However, the merchants involved in these two lucrative businesses were very shrewd. They paid a large deposit to a gentleman prince through the private financial institution run by the lord of the Blom Vault, which was equivalent to protection money.

Among the three lucrative trades, Osta only does not allow the trade of special medicines. In his territory, the entire Bloomfield area is drug-free, and this is the bottom line that will not change. The trade of special medicines is the most profitable of the three lucrative trades, but it is a business controlled by the New Business Group of the Northern Continent behind the scenes. As a time traveler, Osta despises other suspected time travelers who secretly engage in drug trade.

"Your Highness Aosta, long time no see, I am the president of the Moshilai Chamber of Commerce..."

"Yeah, long time no see, last time we were at..."

"Your Highness Aosta, I heard that the port will be blocked recently. I wonder if this news is true."

"It is true, but this time it is due to tariff negotiations. Only ships from the Coverdale area are restricted. Ships from other areas are not affected. You can still enter and exit the port as usual."

"Your Highness Aosta, there won't be any problems with our ship and cargo, right?"

"Of course not. The Port of St. Louis is a free trade port. As long as the lord is still here, this policy will not change. You can do business with confidence."

"Don't worry, everyone. This is a temporary restriction. It mainly targets ships in the Coverdale area. There is no other reason. Don't believe the rumors that are circulating."

Aosta was busy with socializing all the way, and after a long time, he finally finished most of the socializing. The guests who came were basically businessmen. When they greeted the lord, they asked about the recently announced port blockade measures during the conversation. These businessmen were all the same. Even though the announcement had clearly stated it, they still had to confirm it with the lord himself and get a promise or something like that before they felt relieved.

Osta felt that he was almost as busy as a press release officer. It seemed that in the future, it would be necessary to set up a position similar to a spokesperson in the territory and Bloomfield area. This would help the gentleman prince reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles. There was a need for a spokesperson.

Osta did not reveal too many details, nor did he tell the truth completely. There may be a mutant plague outbreak in the Coverdale area, or it may be a mutant infection. Osta did not disclose the fact that a locust plague had already broken out in the Bridges area, fearing that it would cause panic and cause businessmen to withdraw their investment.

These troubles all came from the neighbors next door, and had little to do with Osta's territory. His territory, Bloomfield, was an innocent victim, affected by these disasters. While Osta was free, his exclusive accompanying battle maid Yulia came forward and whispered in Osta's ear.

Yulia whispered to Cairns, a member of the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and one of the twelve deacons, about his abilities. It turned out that the blond handsome guy's abilities were very well hidden. Cairns was able to rise from an ordinary member to a member of the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors in a short period of time, which was closely related to his special abilities.

According to the information provided by Yulia, Keynes is a hidden master of hypnosis who is good at using hypnotic water. This indirect method of mental control has helped him negotiate many important deals and solve many difficult and thorny customers and business partners who deliberately made things difficult for them. As a result, Keynes was able to quickly improve his status in the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce.

Keynes had visited the Obelisk Empire before. When he visited the Queen Margaret III, he tried to use hypnosis to influence the Queen's decision. However, Keynes' hypnosis was half-baked and could only influence some of the other party's behaviors, but could not achieve a real hypnotic effect. Osta estimated that this hypnosis technique should come from those hypnosis techniques on Earth, which do not rely on magic. The source is the heritage of prehistoric civilization that has a great relationship with the time traveler.

At that time, Aosta's mother naturally did not fall for it. Among the special beautiful guards around the Queen Margaret III of the Obelisk Empire, the beauty codenamed "Mirror" was also present at the time. Playing hypnosis in front of her was simply a suicidal act.

Mirror not only thwarted Keynes's attempt, she also played some tricks to embarrass Keynes for a while, and the crime was almost exposed on the spot. Mirror is now the supreme commander of the San Diego Black Hawk Force, helping Osta command his secret police force.

"That guy is really not simple, Yulia. It seems that we have to make a blacklist in the future. These special guests are prohibited from visiting my lord's mansion, so that they don't want to cause any big trouble again."

"Lord Osta, you worry too much. As long as the mirror is in our territory, Keynes will not dare to act recklessly."

"Lord Osta, Keynes wanted to come to the lord's mansion in person before. After hearing that your subordinates had a mirror, he changed his mind temporarily and no longer visited in person, but arranged for his subordinates to come."

"Sophia, that boy is quite self-aware."

"Lord Aosta, it seems that there are uninvited guests on board. When we set out from our carriage, those guests were secretly staring at us. Do you think we should take action now?"

"Chris, don't worry about them for now. We are not the owners of this luxury cruise ship. Besides, we have to give those guys some hope and expectations!"

After a while of whispering with Chris beside him, Osta knew that there would be assassins at the party. It was not yet certain who these assassins were targeting. Chris felt that these assassins and killers were obviously divided into several different groups. They belonged to different forces and had different targets.

Among those attackers, some assassins were targeting Aosta, while others were targeting others, not only the gentleman prince, but also others. It just so happened that the local business elites and famous businessmen were all gathered on the Edward luxury cruise ship. With so many important targets gathered together, it was undoubtedly the best opportunity for the killer to act.

If the assassination was carried out on land, it would be much more difficult. Since the last midnight purge, the entire port town of St. Louis has been almost completely under the control of the San Diego Black Hawk Force. It would be extremely difficult to complete the assassination mission under the noses of these secret police forces.

Osta picked up the wine glass, put it to his lips for a moment, but didn't really drink it. The wine and malt liquor used in the banquet were all high-end goods. Osta didn't drink them because he was afraid that drinking would cause trouble. When the assassin appeared, the show was about to begin. This gentleman prince was not an alcoholic. He was not fond of drinking. If he could avoid drinking, he would try not to drink. He couldn't drink much.

Osta looked at the deck of the Edward. There were indeed many important businessmen among the guests attending the party. The foreign policy currently adopted by the Bloomfield Territory was relatively relaxed, and they did not investigate the merchants who came to the territory to do business. Osta generally did not investigate the origins of certain merchants or whether they had done any illegal business.

Those merchants also had something to hide. They knew that the Port of St. Louis was a free port and did not need to bear any customs duties and business taxes, but they still paid a lot of business taxes and customs duties to the lord's mansion. It was obvious that they had something wrong with their hearts. Aosta did not ask any further questions and chose to accept it. Both sides tacitly agreed not to discuss this issue, avoiding many possible embarrassing situations.

Aosta had already made its position clear to the public, stating that the trade of special drugs was prohibited in the Bloomfield area. At the beginning, some traders who did not believe in evil took risks and tried to smuggle special drugs. However, their ship almost did not dock at the port of St. Louis, but encountered various accidents and sank. The cause of the accident was unknown. After several times, no illegal traders dared to smuggle special drugs, and they lost their money without making money.

"Your Highness Aosta, sorry for the long wait. This is not the place to discuss matters. Let's go somewhere else."

"Mr. Keynes, there are things that cannot be discussed in public. Otherwise, let's talk about it in a more appropriate place another day!"

"Your Highness Aosta, this matter is rather special. The fewer people who know about it, the better. It's not a bad thing."

"Okay, Lord Cairns, then you lead the way. I don't have much time. I have to go back to the lord's mansion to deal with some important matters."

"Your Highness Aosta, don't worry. I won't take up too much of your time. I know you are very busy."

"It's not too busy, Lord Cairns. I have important things to deal with tonight. If it weren't for this, it would be fine to attend the banquet party here and go back tomorrow morning."

The organizer of the party and banquet, Keynes, a senior member of the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce board of directors and one of the twelve deacons, came over soon. Although this handsome guy with blond hair and blue eyes still had a sunny expression on his face, Osta already knew a lot about this gentleman and seemed a little wary.

Keynes originally wanted to reach out his hand to shake hands, but after hearing the caution in Osta's tone, he finally chose to withdraw his hand. The hand he stretched out stayed in the air for a while before quickly withdrawing it to avoid an embarrassing scene.

Led by Keynes, Osta came to the special cabin on the Edward cruise ship, which was a private customized occasion. Ordinary guests could not come in because they were not qualified and had not received relevant invitations.

Osta was the first politician in the Bloomfield area to be invited to enter this exclusive area. The Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce does all kinds of business as long as it can make money, and does not care whether the business is legal or not. Osta has reservations about this chamber of commerce and remains neutral for the time being, not wanting to get too close to avoid being affected. As long as the other party does not engage in special drugs and the sale of contraband, Osta will not care.

The special cabin has a very good sound insulation effect. This special cabin is located in a relatively remote area under the deck of the Edward cruise ship. It is separated from the deck and the bottom of the ship. If there is no one to lead the way, it is difficult to find this special cabin that is hidden very deeply.

Even the door to the room is disguised as a door for storing sundries. Even if someone passes by here accidentally, they will most likely think that this room is used to store sundries and will not pay close attention.

There are special waiters in the special cabin. The graceful snow-white phantoms and the red candles used to illuminate the special cabin emit a faint red light. The combination of the two makes the atmosphere of the room instantly become extremely ambiguous, and also invisibly increases the charm of those snow-white phantoms, making it even more tempting to commit crimes. It is difficult not to imagine in those terms.

These phantoms are tall, with curvy bodies and charming curves. Almost all of them are in their original state without any equipment. The only equipment they have is a black eye patch and a red spherical prop. Apart from that, there is no other equipment. Just looking at them makes people have wild thoughts.

The waiters, who had different hairstyles and colors, had obviously undergone a lot of special training beforehand. Even when equipped with black cloth tactical goggles that sealed their vision and made their eyes invisible, they were still able to hear and identify their positions and accurately perform their duties as waiters. Their speech abilities were also sealed by the red sphere, and they were temporarily unable to speak. Currently, only their hearing was still usable.

The unequipped state is to prevent assassins from lurking among the waiters. The sight and speech restrictions are to prevent him from seeing people he shouldn't see and not to speak nonsense. Although the original intention is good, Keynes' selection criteria make it hard not to suspect that he is a senior gentleman who hides himself deeply.

Those snow-white phantoms all have white and slender legs, with extremely saturated peaks, an average elevation level of D or above, a large enough size, and a very perky butt behind. The attractive figure with curves and the sweat flowing down the white skin make it difficult for the gentlemen who see this scene not to imagine those indescribable evil aspects.

"Mr. Keynes, you have a very special taste. You specially invited me here this time. It's not just for..."

"Of course not, Your Highness Aosta, if you like, you can take any one of them. Just take it away, I will give it to you."

"Mr. Keynes, I won't try to win your favor. Let's get down to business!"

"Your Highness Osta, I was abrupt just now, please forgive me. This time I want to ask you to agree to a project, you just need to agree, and please help me say hello. The rest of the expenses will be borne by our Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce... No, I will be responsible for it alone, and I will give you a share of the profits."

"Sir Cairns, what project requires my personal approval? You can find someone else in the lord's mansion to bear all the costs and give me a share of the profits. This is obviously not worth it for you! Is it worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it. After the deal is done, we will discuss the details of the profit sharing. Your Highness Aosta, you may not know this! To be honest, in Grantham, near the sea of ​​your territory..."

Cairns originally planned to give these waiters as gifts to Osta, and the waiters were still intact. However, Osta directly declined, and Cairns was not surprised by Osta's refusal. When Cairns saw the three exclusive accompanying combat maids accompanying him, he knew that Chris and the others were not as good-looking as his gifts, so he naturally would not accept them.

If it was an honest gentleman like the seventh prince Aosier, who was not picky in his choices, Keynes' proposal would have been successful long ago. Giving money would not work either. According to the intelligence obtained in advance, the territory of this gentleman prince, the Bloomfield area, had received investment from the human race in the northern continent. The biggest sponsor and investor behind the Aosta territory was a group of rich women and girlfriends in the northern continent.

In terms of financial resources, the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce is definitely not as good as those real chaebols in the human northern continent. Many of their business models and operating concepts are learned from the chaebol groups in the human northern continent. The other party has reached the scale of a consortium. The Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce has only been around for more than a decade since its rise. Compared with the long-standing business groups in the human northern continent with a history of more than a hundred years, it is not of the same size.

After careful consideration and a brief weighing of the pros and cons, Keynes decided to state his purpose first, get straight to the point, and then see what kind of reward the other party needs. If that doesn't work, the businessman still has an important trump card in his hand, and that information is definitely worth it to Aosta.

Keynes's goal was to organize people to salvage an ancient shipwreck in the Grantham waters near the coast of Blomfield in the Aosta Territory. Keynes was somewhat evasive about what was on the ancient shipwreck, but he could not give a direct answer. According to the speculation of the era, it should be a shipwreck from the prehistoric civilization period, and there may be relics of prehistoric civilization on the shipwreck.

Cairns wanted to salvage the artifacts, which was similar to the offshore underwater archaeological activities on Earth. The gentleman wanted to salvage the artifacts secretly at first, without telling Lord Aosta. However, the coastal areas were firmly controlled by the pirate fleets under the Pirate Queen Belus and Lianna, so it was impossible to salvage the artifacts secretly.

Keynes had sent generous gifts to the two pirate queens, but they refused to accept them. After paying a large sum of money and arranging the pirates under them, Keynes obtained unexpected information. The boss behind the pirate fleet turned out to be the lord, Prince Aosta. Without Aosta's consent, the two pirate queens would not give face. In this case, Keynes had to ask Aosta for help, and he could not escape the expense of arranging relationships.

"Salvaging the sunken ship is no problem, but, Sir Cairns, you are being too insincere not to reveal what is on the sunken ship."

"Your Highness Aosta, I cannot reveal the contents of the shipwreck for the time being. However, as a token of my sincerity, I have other valuable things to give you. Please take a look!"

"Mr. Keynes, is this map a treasure map? No... this building should be..."

"Your Highness Aosta, to be honest, this blueprint is the floor plan of Culliver Prison, with detailed markings of the conditions of each part of the prison."

"Coliful Prison seems to be newly built in the territory of Osdu (the Sixth Prince)... Sir Keynes, where did you get this design? What does it mean to give it to me..."

"Your Highness Osta, when His Highness Osdu built the Culliver Prison, he commissioned our Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce to send a designer. Although the designer was secretly dealt with later, we still have a backup of this design, so we kept it. In fact, not long ago..."

Keynes did not speak this time. He took out the prepared paper and pen, wrote quickly and handed it to Osta. Osta took the paper and quickly read it, and soon understood the general meaning. When the Sixth Prince Osdu built the Colliver Prison, it was to detain important prisoners and to deter the mobs in the territory who were dissatisfied with his rule.

According to the important information Keynes obtained from the prison guards through secret means (hypnosis) not long ago, Prince Aosta secretly detained a prisoner with a special identity. The other party was said to be a special envoy of the Obelisk Empire who was originally going to visit Aosta. He brought with him the imperial edict written by the Emperor Augustus VIII to Aosta. The content of the imperial edict was said to be able to influence the power layout of several imperial princes in this area.

The Obelisk Empire's envoys had encountered a shipwreck before, and their ship was destroyed on the way to the Central Continent. The envoys who were supposed to go to the Blomfield area of ​​the Aosta territory did not arrive as scheduled. Fortunately, the envoys were rescued in the end and received help from a fishing boat and arrived at the Aosta territory.

When the imperial envoy was about to go to the territory of Aosta, he was secretly detained and arrested by the Sixth Prince. At present, the envoy is in that special prison, and the content of the imperial edict is temporarily unknown. Aosta speculated that it was related to the appointment of the highest military commander in this area. The treatment of the latest batch of imperial envoys was much worse than that of the previous batches of imperial envoys. It is estimated that the envoy was not killed by Prince Aosta for some special reasons and has been detained until now.

Osta didn't expect that his sixth son would be so bold that he dared to detain the envoy sent by his father. Although he was detained secretly, if the situation was made public, it would be a rebellion against the empire. This information and region were very important to Osta, and he couldn't openly ask Osta for someone, after all, there was no direct evidence, only hearsay.

A certain gentleman prince was not qualified to accuse his younger brother, as he had secretly hijacked the personal guards that his father had trained for many years. As a senior member of the Obelix Empire Secret Guard, Osta himself was more outrageous than his brother in detaining the imperial envoy, and he was even more disrespectful to his father, so it was not easy for them to accuse each other.

Osta took the map in silence, then placed the paper Keynes had written to him on the burning red candle next to him and burned it with the candle. Osta nodded slightly, confirming that he had accepted the information, and did not discuss related matters.

Both parties tacitly agreed not to discuss these matters. Although the intelligence was obtained, how to find Osta was another matter. Osta needed to reconsider.

"Sir Keynes, I wish you a smooth operation. I will send a carrier pigeon to Belus and Lianna to tell them to mind the affairs of the Greensom Sea."

"That couldn't be better, Your Highness Aosta. It's a pleasure to work with you. After the sunken ship is unearthed, we will discuss the next step of the division of profits."

"It seems like the deck is a bit too lively, isn't it..."

"this..."

Osta was having a pleasant conversation with Keynes, and when they were about to sign a further agreement, there were bursts of terrified screams from the deck of the Edward, as if there was a sudden attack. The guests' running noise was so loud that it was heard in the special cabin hidden below.

Chapter 93: The whole story of the luxury cruise ship assassination (Part 2)

The deck of the Edward luxury cruise ship was in chaos at this time. The high-class banquet party held by the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce on this luxury cruise ship became quite chaotic because of the intrusion of the assassin.

The Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce had already arranged a lot of guards when hosting the event. With this in mind, the organizers did not make any obvious omissions in security. Moreover, many of the wealthy businessmen who came to attend this upper-class gathering were also wary of assassins and were accompanied by bodyguards, all of whom were hired at a high price.

Although the parties were well prepared, there were too many assassins in this attack, divided into several groups, with different targets and various means of attack, and there was almost no pattern to be found. The guards were caught off guard for a while and had no time to react.

Many important businessmen were assassinated on the spot, and died directly without even rescue. The assassination took place on the Edward cruise ship, which was only docked at the coastal pier of St. Louis Port, without landing.

The event was also exclusively organized by the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, as the lord, Prince Aosta did not need to bear any joint liability for the assassination. He could easily pass the blame to the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce, without any responsibility or obligation to compensate for the loss of life.

Osta and Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce's on-site person in charge, senior member of the council Keynes, were all hiding in a hidden special cabin. There was no need to worry about being affected. Keynes remained relatively calm and immediately ordered his men to block the passage to the deck and lock the door.

The screams on the deck continued, which made people feel quite uncomfortable. However, the two gentlemen acted too calmly. After sitting down, they continued to discuss cooperation matters, obviously not taking the attack seriously.

As the organizer of the event, the host, Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce, was not in a hurry, and as a guest, Aosta naturally had no reason to be nervous. The three exclusive accompanying combat maids beside him, Chris, Sophia and Yulia, were still calm and composed, and there was no trace of nervousness on their beautiful faces. Their relaxed state undoubtedly gave the gentleman prince a reassurance.

Osta was not afraid and continued to talk to Keynes. The meeting continued. On the contrary, the special waiters in the special cabin were extremely nervous, and the white phantoms were trembling. Fortunately, all of them were in the invisible state, and their speech ability was temporarily sealed by the red ball props with holes. They could not see the fear in their beautiful eyes, nor could they hear the screams of fear. The impact on Osta and Keynes was minimal and almost negligible.

"Sir Keynes, the dead at the banquet party on the deck..."

"Your Highness Aosta, I understand. We, the Nathaniel Chamber of Commerce, will issue a statement later. We will just pay you some money and that will be the end of it. We will not embarrass you."

"Mr. Cairns, many of the guests are not ordinary vendors, but well-known businessmen. Are you sure you can pay the money and let this go?"

"Your Highness Aosta, you will pay for what you have done sooner or later. Assassination is an emergency, an unavoidable accident. We can only express our regret. Besides, as long as we pay enough, the families of those merchants will agree. They are all merchants, and we can settle the matter if the price is right."

"Mr. Keynes, I'll trouble you to deal with the aftermath. In case you encounter some disobedient people..."

"Your Highness Aosta, this is no problem. As long as the gold coins are in place, these are not a problem. Not many people would have a problem with gold coins. Our Chamber of Commerce has dealt with many incidents and has a lot of experience."