Lords go left, Emperors go right

Osta sat by the bed and tried to find the answer from Finia, but Finia was uncooperative at first and tried to delay until the end. However, this beautiful knight was no match for Osta.

Finia was simple and easily fooled by sweet words. She had been fooled by Baron Raymont's sweet words before. This time, facing the gentleman prince Aosta, Finia didn't hold out for long before she surrendered. Although the gentleman prince in front of her had no fighting power, he could give people a strong sense of oppression. In the momentum contest between the two sides, Finia had already lost.

"Phinya, my patience is limited. If you don't tell me now, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to tell me later. Let me ask you one last time. Do you really not know anything about Baron Raymont?"

"I...I said, don't...don't come over here, I'll explain the problem."

When Finia saw the two pirate queens behind Osta, Belus and Lianna, holding whips and some strange evil props, looking at her with meaningful eyes, she couldn't hold on any longer. She was mainly worried that Osta would temporarily replace her and hand her over to these two pirate queens who looked ill-intentioned for interrogation. If they were all girls, they would be able to come up with many new tricks.

Through Finia's confession, Osta finally learned the most detailed information. When the former lord of Fitzgerald Territory, Earl Rayland, ordered the massacre of the village to snatch the mysterious statue from the village of Cam, he was worried that his daughter, Miss Reina, who had a strong sense of justice, would come forward to stop it. Earl Rayland found a reason to send Reina out of the village. After the massacre was completed, Reina returned. By then, it was too late and there was no way to stop it.

As Baron Raymont's nominal girlfriend, Phineas was allowed to stay at the scene and witnessed the entire massacre. She also wanted to stop it at that time, but she couldn't resist Baron Raymont's sweet talk and finally didn't do anything.

The mysterious statue that was stolen came from the Naroth Plain. The original tribe members of the Kalimster people explained that the mysterious statue was obtained there, and they worshipped it as a statue after taking it back.

Osta didn't expect that after investigating for most of the day, everything would be back to square one. The source of the plague actually came from his own territory, flowing from Bloomfield's territory to the neighboring Fitzgerald's territory. In this way, as a lord, he also indirectly bears a certain responsibility, after all, the source of the plague is in his territory.

"Your Highness Aosta, this is all I know. The rest was planned by Lord Raymont... Baron Raymont. I don't know the details."

"Okay, take a rest. Finia, I will find a way to deal with your infection problem. Until then, stay well."

"Your Highness Aosta, you...you are..."

"Don't worry, Phineas. This is just a precautionary measure against sudden infection. Reina and the others have no objection. By the way, forget about that ungrateful person and start over."

"Your Highness Aosta, I..."

"Finya, if that guy really cared about you, he would have taken you down long ago. If I had such a beautiful girlfriend by my side, I would not just watch her, I would have eaten her up long ago. Remember, from now on, you are on my side."

After understanding the situation, Osta stood up and left the room, and before leaving, he put the black blindfold and gag back in place. Phineas had no way to protest, and could only continue to maintain this bad posture that tempted people to commit crimes, and waited anxiously in the cabin for the other party's arrangement. Although Osta promised to help deal with it, he still couldn't completely dispel Phineas's uneasiness.

Silencing someone is also an efficient way to deal with the situation. When there is no hope of dealing with the epidemic, the other party may use silencing to deal with the carrier of the infection source. Finia is concerned about this aspect and is worried that Aosta will not be able to deal with the problem of the carrier of the infection source and will choose to throw her directly into the sea to solve the problem. However, this series of concerns was quickly dispelled by Aosta, and the gentleman prince made it clear that he needed everything from her.

On the way back to the port of Bloomfield Territory, the "Golden Libra" separated from the pirate fleet. Pirate Queen Belus and Lianna returned to their fleet's flagship "Golden Raven" and "Crimson Ark" respectively, commanding their respective pirate fleets. According to Osta's prior arrangement, they were to blockade the important ports and docks along the coastal areas of Fitzgerald Territory.

This countermeasure of sea blockade is really a helpless move. Osta thought of it temporarily. It is mainly to prevent zombies from sneaking onto the ship and then taking the source of infection away from the Central Continent. The only way is to seal the port first. It would rather kill the wrong people than let any potential hidden dangers go.

Osta's plan was to control the source of the plague and the zombies in the Fitzgerald territory so that they could be dealt with in a centralized manner. As for the special punishment measures for the two pirate queens, Osta was a gentleman and chose to keep it for later.

"Lord Osta, those are our empire's warships. They are our own people."

"Chris, you have really good eyesight. You can see it from such a distance. This flag... belongs to our family!"

Before arriving at the port of Blomfield Territory, Osta's ship encountered "their own people" at sea, a fleet of the Obelisk Empire, which happened to meet the "Golden Libra" at sea. Judging from the direction of the ship, the other party was also going to land at the port of Blomfield Territory. The two sides were heading in the same direction and their destination should be the same.

The flag of the Obelisk Empire and the black dragon flag, which symbolizes the identity of the royal family, were hung in a very conspicuous position on the ship, allowing people to determine from a distance which empire the fleet belonged to. Chris had a better vision and was the first to see the friendly fleet from a distance on the deck, followed by Sophia and Yulia. Osta was the last to see the fleet, and was far inferior to the three beautiful exclusive combat maids in front of him.

The fleet of the Obelisk Empire had a total of fifteen ships, ten of which were warships, five were transport ships responsible for following up and providing maritime supply support at any time, and the flagship was the "Kingfisher". The Kingfisher was not as big as the Golden Libra, it was more than 200 meters long, two-thirds of the latter's length.

After the two flagships sailed side by side for a while, they finally got used to each other's speed. They met in a wide area near an island suitable for anchoring, where both sides dropped anchor and stopped at the same time.

"Brother Osta, are you planning to flee back to the Western Continent? Has the plague spread to such a serious extent?"

"Sister Delis, how could I run away! As a lord, I must live and die with the territory. A mere plague is nothing to worry about. But why are you here? Is my father planning to arrange for the princess to start sending female lords out?"

"Brother Osta, don't be so stubborn. I remember that you don't know any martial arts or magic. You have relied on Miss Chris and others for protection all these years. This time it has nothing to do with father. It was mother who specially arranged for them to come and help."

"Sister Delis, the times are different now. I have some skills now. Do you think I am still the prince who knew nothing back then?"

A member of the royal family of the Obelisk Empire, the sixth princess Audrey, appeared on the deck of the flagship "Kingfisher". She lowered the wooden board and walked to the deck of the "Golden Libra" to meet Osta who was waiting there.

This princess is Aosta's sister in terms of seniority, and they have the same father as her but different mothers. In Aosta's impression, one of Audrey's main occupations is a top pharmacist. Queen Margaret III sent her here, obviously to treat the symptoms, fearing that Aosta would be infected by the spreading plague.

"Okay, Brother Osta, it looks like you are not infected. You should be fine now. I will go back and report to the Queen Mother."

"Wait, Sister Delis, I'm just fine for now, and I don't know if I'll be fine in the future. By the way, there are patients on my ship, are you sure you want to go back like this?"

"Well...Okay, brother, where is the patient? Let me see if I can handle it."

The atmosphere of this meeting between the siblings was not harmonious. When in the Western Continent, Aosta was the only son favored by Queen Margaret III. The other princesses of the empire took this hidden relationship into consideration and kept smiling at Aosta in front of the queen.

It was different when they left the Western Continent. The princesses of the Empire didn't think highly of Osta, and thought the Third Prince was just a passerby. If both parties were not members of the Queen's faction, they wouldn't even want to take the initiative to greet Osta when they met.

Audrey didn't say anything on the surface, but her tone was a little perfunctory, and the impatience in her beautiful eyes was obvious. Her beautiful emerald green eyes looked around while she spoke, not at Osta at all.

Osta didn't care about Princess Audrey's contemptuous attitude. He changed his mind and thought that he could take this opportunity to change his impression among the princesses. He would start with his sister. After Audrey came to his territory, the Bloomfield area for a field trip, she might change her bad impression of her brother.

"These are the patients... Wait, Brother Osta, you...you guys are not playing some weird adult game! I...I'm just a child! Why do you want to show me such exciting pictures? Sorry to bother you, I'll go back now."

"Sister Delis, you misunderstood. They are really patients. You will know after a checkup. These are to prevent infection."

Osta overlooked one point. Miss Reina and her beautiful knights from the Thunder Knights were lying obediently on the bed at this moment, wearing only thin and seductive underwear and garters. In addition, because of the restraints of bracelets and anklets, as well as strange props such as the headband, the gag and the blindfold, it was easy for people to misunderstand that they were playing some indescribable and exciting game.

Princess Audrey, the younger sister of Prince Aosta, obviously misunderstood. After seeing the ambiguous and evil scene in the room, she even had an illusion. Isn't this something that the gentleman of the seventh prince Osser is good at? How come even the third prince Aosta likes this? These brothers are really bad, and each one is more gentlemanly than the other.

As soon as Princess Audrey entered the room and looked for a while, her face quickly turned red. She thought her brother was playing some strange adult game, and this time he was deliberately playing tricks on her and called his sister in to watch. It was simply too cruel.

Fortunately, Osta had foreseen this and stood at the door of the room, blocking the door and controlling the exit, blocking the retreat of her sister Audrey, so that this little girl could not escape. If she escaped now, it would be difficult to find a chance to explain it later. If Audrey went back and told the other sisters, it would be even more difficult for Osta to explain it clearly.

"Brother Osta, are you really not playing those weird adult games? This prop is different from the book I read... Sorry, I said the wrong thing. Anyway, I'll help check it."

"Thank you very much, Sister Delis. Also, what book did you just mention?"

"Stop, Brother Osta, you heard it wrong, absolutely wrong. It's all your illusion, there is no strange book, forget it quickly."

Chapter 92: Princess Jade's Thoughts and Decisions

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Chapter 93: Safe Return to Port St. Louis

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Chapter 94: Banknote Issuance Day and the Visit of the Caravan

In St. Louis, an important coastal port city in the Bloomfield Territory, notices were posted early this morning in various prominent places in the town, attracting the attention of dark merchants and pirates. The content of the notice was the latest decree issued by Lord Aosta, starting from today, a trial of paper money will be issued in the port city of St. Louis, with a new paper money unit of "Brown".

According to Lord Aosta's decree, the exchange rate of the circulating brown coins with the current currency is 1 brown for 1 copper coin, 100 browns for 1 silver coin, and 10,000 browns for 1 gold coin. It is roughly the same as the exchange rate between gold, silver and copper.

Brown coins were issued in seven denominations, namely one brown, ten browns, twenty browns, fifty browns, one hundred browns, five hundred browns and one thousand browns, for easy trading. Brown coins were more flexible in exchanging for metal currencies. Regardless of which human continent issued the currency, it was exchanged here at a uniform ratio of gold, silver and copper coins.

The dark merchants and pirates in the Port of St. Louis came from all corners of the world, from all human continents, and had different currencies in their hands. This measure was to facilitate their exchange for Brown Coins. However, the first month after the issuance of paper money was a preliminary trial. After careful consideration, Osta made additional regulations. During the regulation period, only metal currencies from other human continents except the southern continent were accepted for exchange. The currency of the southern continent must first be exchanged for the currency of other continents before it can be exchanged for Brown Coins.

This rule is not due to the conflict between the Western Continent and the Southern Continent, but mainly because the gold content of the currency minted by the Southern Continent is too different from that of other human continent currencies. If it is directly exchanged with the Southern Continent, Aosta will lose money. Before coming up with a specific countermeasure, Aosta will temporarily not open the exchange business between Brown Coin and the metal currency of the Southern Continent.

The circulation of Brown Coins is temporarily limited to the Port City of St. Louis. If you want to exchange Brown Coins, you can go to the newly opened Blom Vault to exchange them. Blom Vault is an official bank founded by Lord Aosta himself. The Lord promises to guarantee the safety of depositors' property. As long as you deposit gold coins into Blom Vault, you can get the equivalent Brown Coins from Blom Vault.

The Blom Vault supports exchange at any time. The depositor can exchange the amount of Brown Coins for the amount of gold coins stored. There are some restrictions on exchanging Brown Coins for gold coins. The exchange cannot exceed the total value of the deposited property. Aosta is similar to some measures of Swiss banks on Earth. It keeps depositors confidential. No matter the identity of the other party, no one will ask. At the same time, it also accepts the storage of jewelry and other items.

The dark merchants and pirates gathered at the Port of St. Louis were very satisfied with this measure. Due to their special status, regular banks generally did not dare to accept their deposits. The Blom Treasury in Aosta did not have so many concerns, especially those dark merchants, who quickly became interested in the Brown Coin. Although I don't know Lord Aosta's original intention, it is worth a try.

"Are the banknotes issued by the Lord reliable? If they are not exchanged, all our efforts will be in vain."

"I'm not sure about that. Paper money is much easier to carry than gold coins. Let's exchange a few hundred first and try. I heard that all transactions at the Port of St. Louis will be settled using Brown Dollars in the future, so gold coins won't work."

Outside the door of the "Blom Vault" building, there were already crowds of people who came to watch the excitement. Many dark merchants and pirates were watching. Some people had already exchanged Brown Coins and started using them in the Port of St. Louis market. The style of the Brown Coins was modeled after the paper money of countries on Earth, and there were many special anti-counterfeiting measures.

The Brown Coin is a thorny rose pattern in the middle of the banknote, which originally had a portrait of a great man. This pattern is the territory of Aosta and the flag of Bloomfield, indicating the origin of the Brown Coin. The color of the rose changes with the face value of the Brown Coin, one brown white rose, ten brown pink roses, twenty brown blue roses, fifty brown orange roses, one hundred brown red roses, five hundred brown purple roses and one thousand brown silver roses.

Osta was at the St. Louis dock area at this time. He arranged for people to clear a square overnight in preparation for trading with the Euphemias Chamber of Commerce. The square was already filled with a large amount of agricultural products, all of which were transported potatoes.

Chris and the other three exclusive accompanying combat maids accompanied Aosta the whole time. Aosta did not need too many guards, and only the three of them were enough as bodyguards. St. Louis City was Aosta's sphere of influence, a territory controlled by him, so there was no problem with security.

"Chris, is the carriage ready? After the transaction is completed, we will go to the town of Gerard to investigate again. This time, I will bring my sister Audrey with me. I'll leave the protection to you."

"It's okay, Lord Osta, we are ready. One more person won't be a big deal. We will definitely protect you and Princess Audrey's safety."

"Lord Osta, the caravan from the Euphnic Chamber of Commerce has arrived."

Not long after Osta talked to Chris and the others, the Euphronix Chamber of Commerce caravan arrived, and Yulia was the first to spot them. Looking in the direction Yulia pointed, they could see a large fleet of airships flying towards them. The flags and logos hoisted by the airships were the logos of the Euphronix Chamber of Commerce.

"Their Chamber of Commerce has so many airships that this place doesn't seem to be enough. It looks like they'll have to prepare to build an airport in the future."

"Lord Aosta, what kind of building is the airport?"

"Sophia, I'll find time to explain this to you later!"

Aosta couldn't agree with the way Euphronix Chamber of Commerce traveled, thinking it was too wasteful. If it was to transport crops, it would be more cost-effective to use ships. However, the Euphronix Chamber of Commerce was known as the Sky Chamber of Commerce, and all transactions were transported by airships. Even if it was a loss, they would not use ships to transport, knowing that it was more cost-effective. They were too concerned about their reputation and insisted on using airships to complete various transportation operations.

Osta looked at the luxurious fleet of Euphnic Chamber of Commerce airships and felt a little embarrassed. His business partner had flown a bunch of airships from far away just to transport potatoes, which seemed a waste. It was like using airplanes to transport ordinary agricultural products. On Earth, this business would be a 100% loss, and even the fuel cost would not be earned back.

"Excuse me, sir. Can you tell me your identity now?"

"Ms. Lanis, why did you come here in person? Didn't we just ask the housekeeper, Ms. Mary, to come over?"

"Mary is here too. This is the first time I'm starting a new business, and I want to see the strength of the supplier in person."

The flagship of the Euphric Chamber of Commerce's airship fleet, the Rainbow, was the first to land slowly, lowering the ladder like a plane landing. The president of the Euphric Chamber of Commerce, the granddaughter of Douglaster, the current head of the Douglas family, Miss Lanis, walked down the ladder. She took small steps, her pink hair fluttering in the wind, looking very beautiful. This elegant lady was the first merchant from the Northern Continent to visit the Aosta Territory and the Bloomfield area.

This time, Lanis wore a snow-white dress, which was a casual style, and a white beach round hat on her head, which was a standard casual outfit for a wealthy young lady when she went out for a trip. Not far behind her, the beautiful housekeeper Mary was still wearing the black housekeeper uniform, accompanying the young lady like a butler, and helping Lanis carry a heavy-looking pink suitcase. If you didn't know the details, you would think they were a young lady and a beautiful housekeeper who were traveling.

Osta was a little uncomfortable at first. He watched Lanis remain silent for a moment before thinking of a topic to talk about. This beautiful girl with pink hair and pink eyes had a huge contrast before and after.

Osta still remembers the first time he saw her, Lanis's white shirt and nude outfit had a huge impact on the picture. Compared with her current outfit, it was obviously too exciting, and it was like two different people. At first, if Osta hadn't heard the other person's voice, he wouldn't have recognized that it was the same person.

"Sir, don't dodge the question! Are you the lord of this place?"

"Lenice, I'm Osta, the owner of the Blom Vault. I know the lord here, and the lord is my friend."

"This friend is not you, is he? Sorry, I was just joking. I hope you don't mind. I am just here to do business. Whether you are a lord or a businessman has nothing to do with me, Mr. Osta."

"Lenice, if you can understand, we will have many projects to cooperate on in the future."

Lanis stopped talking and did not go into the details. She was a qualified businessman, and her main goal was business. As for the identity of the partner, it had little to do with Lanis. Osta had implicitly admitted that he was the lord. The lord had the same name as the owner of the Blom Vault. It was such an obvious answer that Lanis could not fail to understand the meaning of this answer.

As the host, Osta led the way and showed Miss Lanis the agricultural products on the square and some newly-bred sweet corn samples. He also gave her a detailed introduction to the potato production in his territory this quarter, so that the business partners could understand the actual situation of the supplier in detail.

Lenis looked at the potato and sweet corn samples carefully, and tried the fried potato shreds prepared by Aosta to test the taste. The main business of the Euphnic Chamber of Commerce is luxury goods trading, such as gold, silver and jewelry. This is the first time to try agricultural products. Lenis really wants to try a new business, so she decided to come and see the goods in person this time.

"It tastes good, and sales should be no problem. Mr. Osta, your production here exceeds my expectations. My old man doesn't believe that agricultural products can make big profits, so his support for me is limited. Now these airships are all the airships I can mobilize within my authority, and transportation may be delayed."

"Lenice, this is the problem I want to talk to you about. As long as we build an airport here, many problems will be solved."

After investigating the potatoes, Lanice was very satisfied. The quality and yield of the potatoes from Aosta were very high, and they could be sold as high-end agricultural products. What surprised her was that Aosta did not have any adulteration.

In the northern continent, grain merchants would mix inferior products into the agricultural products they sold to make a profit. Osta's products were all genuine, without any inferior products, which made Lanis a little uncomfortable. She felt that the man in front of her seemed too honest in doing business, which violated the principle that all businessmen should be dishonest.

On the issue of transportation, Lanis expressed her difficulties. The Douglas family was not optimistic about their eldest daughter's new attempt. She had a limited number of Euphnic Chamber of Commerce airships at her disposal, and now these airships were the limit.

Unless Lenise can make a lot of money in the new business and prove that the profit is not inferior to the family's traditional business, she can get more resource support from the family. The output and cycle of agricultural products in Aosta are beyond Lenise's expectations. With her current transportation capacity, she cannot guarantee the transportation cycle, and it is likely that there will be an embarrassing situation where she will not be able to transport the products in time.

Aosta had already thought of a solution for this, and proposed a joint venture to build a dedicated air port for airships at the St. Louis Pier. At that time, he would imitate a similar transport airship, so that the air transportation could be guaranteed smoothly.

Euphnic Chamber of Commerce insisted on not using sea transport. This was related to the dignity of the United Chamber of Commerce, and there was no way to compromise. Osta could only propose this compromise plan. Once the airport was successfully built, Lanis's airship would only need to prepare one-way fuel when it arrived at St. Louis Port.

The airship will refuel here and return, which greatly increases the transportation space. It does not need to carry fuel back and forth like it does now, which compresses the transportation space. The cost of refueling can be settled on a monthly basis, and you can calculate it later after refueling.

"Mr. Osta, your suggestion... To tell you the truth, in our northern continent, the airship plaza (similar to an airport) and airship-related technologies are all left by prehistoric civilizations and are kept secret on the continent. I have almost no way of understanding it, and even if I do, I can't sell the technology to people from other continents. Your suggestion cannot be implemented!"

"Lenice, I hope you don't misunderstand me. I have no intention of spying on the Northern Continent's commercial secrets. You just need to sponsor the funds. I have a way to get the technology. The technology of airships and airports is not the patent of the Northern Continent. I can do it myself. There are technologies from other places."

"Mr. Osta, if you can handle the technical issues yourself, I can fully sponsor the construction costs."

"Lenice, there is no need for full sponsorship. The proportion remains the same. However, I hope you can do me a small favor. I will be going on a long trip tomorrow and will go to the next door to do some work. Can I borrow an airship from you? I will pay the rental fee."

"Mr. Osta, there's no need to be so formal. We are partners. There's no need to rent the airship. You can just use my Rainbow. It has the fastest flying speed among all the airships here and has certain air combat capabilities."

Chapter 95: The airship returns to the town of Gerald

The plague crisis in Fitzgerald's territory had yet to be resolved, so Osta did not stay in his own territory, Bloomfield, for too long. After the port city of St. Louis received the visiting Eupheneix Chamber of Commerce caravan and airship fleet, Osta prepared to set off to return to Fitzgerald's territory to check the spread of the plague.

This time, he brought his sister, the "Emerald Princess" Audrey, with him. Princess Audrey insisted on going to the site to check the situation, and Osta finally agreed to his sister's somewhat willful request. Unlike the last time, Osta went there by airship, which was much more impressive than the carriage he used that time.

The eldest daughter of the president of the Euphnic Chamber of Commerce, Lanis, lent her exclusive flagship, the Rainbow airship, to Aosta. Even in the Douglas family, the performance of Lanis's airship is one of the best. Her willingness to lend the Rainbow is enough to prove her sincerity in this cooperation.

Lanis was interested in the new banknotes issued by Aosta in the territory, the Brown Coin. After lending out the airship "Rainbow", Lanis did not rush to bring the goods back. Instead, she stayed in Aosta's territory for a few days with the housekeeper, and went to the Blom Vault to visit and inspect Aosta's newly opened private bank.

Osta was very generous in arranging accommodation and reception staff for Miss Lenis and her beautiful housekeeper Mary, and did not hide their banking operation model. They were partners, and these things could be open and honest. Lenis herself was from the Northern Continent, had been in contact with similar financial institutions, had a certain understanding of this industry, and her acceptance ability was definitely better than that of people from other continents.

Before leaving, Osta made a special trip to visit Miss Reina who was staying in the lord's mansion. This beautiful girl knight with blue hair and blue eyes lived with her members of the Thunder Knights, the beautiful girl knights.

When Osta saw them, Reina and the others were still in the same terrible and seductive posture as when they were rescued. They were only wearing thin underwear, and there were iron chains on their wrists and ankles, which restricted their ability to move.

Although the collar was not removed, the black blindfold and gag were temporarily removed. When Osta came in, he saw the maids in his lord's mansion taking care of Reina and the others, feeding them food, which felt a bit like evil feeding. The sense of déjà vu was strong, and Reina was a little resistant at first, but now she has completely accepted this mode of being taken care of, and there is nothing wrong with lying down.

Finia, the vice-captain of the Thunder Knights who once betrayed Reina, was also housed in this room. The beautiful flaxen-haired knight kept her head down in shame, not daring to look at Reina and her comrades around her, her brown eyes full of guilt.

However, it seemed that Reina had chosen to forgive her former best friend and did not pursue her betrayal. It was just that the awkward atmosphere could not be completely eased in a short period of time, and both parties were currently too embarrassed to take the initiative to speak and say hello to each other.

"Reina, I will go to Jellal Town to investigate again later. This time I will definitely solve the problem of the spread of the plague. For the time being, you and your men will have to rest here."