My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

After all, in this era, those who could provide the nobles with large amounts of money were not the farmers who worked hard in the countryside, but the big businessmen in the city.

They do business in various places, adhering to the business principle of buying low and selling high in their business activities.

Part of the money earned from business went into their own pockets, and the other part was handed over to the lord who protected them.

In addition, in order to get the lords to help them with their affairs, the Chamber of Commerce will regularly pay a amount of "compulsory fees" to the lords.

At the same time, in this society, although the merchants are rich, one thing is always firmly controlled by the lords.

That is power.

The number of guards that the Chamber of Commerce could hire was limited, so they had no way of challenging the lord. At the same time, the local judicial power was also in the hands of the lord. Once the lord was offended, the merchants would often have to suffer in silence.

For this reason, her father, Louis Bonaventura, wanted to use his only daughter as a bargaining chip for marriage with the nobles.

As long as Celinina is married to a duke-level noble, the Bonaventura family will have a backer, and the safety of doing business in various places will be guaranteed.

After all, no matter how arrogant and domineering the local nobles are, they have to give the Duke some face.

A year ago, during a family banquet, Louis wanted to introduce Donny Florence, the son of Duke Giovanni Florence, the greatest lord of his hometown Duchy of Naples, to Celinina.

Seeing a ferocious and ugly but pretentious and gentle man suddenly appear beside her, Chelinina knew without a second thought that it must have been arranged by her father.

Chelinina was not stupid, she knew what her father meant, so after the banquet, she talked to her father that night.

"I know your ambition, Chelinina." At night, Father Louis sat in the study and looked at her.

“Since you knew that, why did you go against my wishes…” Chelinina looked at Louis in confusion.

"Duke Giovanni is a good man. Although his son Donnie has a bad personality and average looks, and there are many rumors about his romantic affairs, he is the future heir to the Duke after all."

"If you marry him, you can contribute much more to the family than if you go into business."

"Your two elder brothers are not bad at business.

The chapter is in good order, and now we need political help."

"Promise your father that you will make the last contribution to the family."

"Contribution?" Chelinina looked at Louis with red eyes. "In your opinion, your daughter's happiness is not as important as your business, right? Do you regard me as a commodity?"

"Cherinina!" Louis said sternly. "I raised you and gave you the best education, not for you to talk back to me here!"

"Father..." Chelinina lowered her head and pondered for a long time. Finally, she hardened her heart, raised her head, and said resolutely.

"Grandpa once said that every child in the family wants to have equal inheritance rights. Whoever is most capable of leading the Chamber of Commerce well will inherit it."

"Is this sentence included in the clan rules?"

"You?" Louis looked at Chelinina in disbelief. "You want to disobey me?"

"I am not disobeying you, father. You are the one who has driven me to this point."

"Okay, okay, okay." Louis said this, and laughed in anger. "Okay, I'll give you two years. If you can't bring the Antica branch to the top of the income list in these two years, you will give up the idea of ​​succession and come back to marry Master Donny!"

So, half a year ago, Celinina took Louis' letter of appointment and took office in Antica City, becoming the head of the Antica regional branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Chapter 14: Giving and Receiving Gifts

Sitting in the carriage, Orson looked at Litt beside him and gently patted the armrest to attract his attention.

"Leet, the person we are going to meet next is quite important. You should behave better in front of her. It will be very helpful for your future."

"Eh?" Leeteuk was a little confused. "To me?"

"Well, she is the eldest daughter of the Bonaventura family, Chelinina Bonaventura."

Then, Orson told Litt about the Bonaventura family and the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce’s status in the empire.

In the original novel, Chelinina is also one of the heroines. In the early days when Liteu was not favored by everyone, she resolutely spent a large sum of money on Liteu and trained him.

When Leeteuk was in financial difficulty and did not dare to ask his family for money, Cherinina was able to provide financial assistance to Leeteuk.

When Lit was injured, Chelinina took the initiative to send Lit the best medicine.

In the subsequent open and secret struggles with Orson, Chelinina also chose to secretly intervene in the family and support Lit.

The reason why she did this was very simple. People who add icing on the cake and people who provide timely help are treated differently.

Just as she had mentioned to Lorenzo before.

If she wants to make an investment that can make her rich overnight, she must not choose a product that looks very stable.

This is why she asked Litt as soon as Lorenzo arrived.

As a businessman, why did she want to get involved in the affairs of aristocratic families? Orson had no idea.

Maybe it's ambition.

Orson also had his own ideas for bringing Lit to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce this time. He wanted Chelinina to meet Lit in advance so as to advance their relationship more quickly.

After all, she was originally one of Leeteuk's harem.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped outside the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Orson and Litt got out of the car, and Litt glanced around.

She had never been to a big city. The only time she went to the city was when she was ten years old and went there with her parents to celebrate her birthday. They went to a nearby small town with a population of a few thousand.

Although Antica is not one of the largest cities in the empire, it is the capital of the dukedom after all, and is naturally much more prosperous than ordinary cities.

As the largest chamber of commerce in the empire, the branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is naturally one of the most prestigious and beautiful buildings here.

Seeing that Litt was very curious, Orson stood with him at the door for a minute before leading him into the Chamber of Commerce.

"Seeing the clan emblems on the two men's chests, the waiter of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce wisely made way for them."

As I walked into the Chamber of Commerce, a middle-aged man came to greet me.

"Mr. Orson, long time no see. Welcome." Lorenzo said this and walked up to shake hands with Orson.

"Deputy Agent Lorenzo, long time no see." Orson smiled and nodded, then stretched out his hand to shake hands with Lorenzo.

"Uh..." Lorenzo then looked in the direction of Litt, and seeing the family emblem on his chest, he knew the other party's identity.

"This must be Mr. Li Te. I have heard of your name for a long time." As he said this, he also stretched out his hand towards Li Te.

Took action.

"Thank you, thank you..." Although Litt had learned the theoretical knowledge, he was immediately afraid when it came to practice.

He even forgot to take off his gloves when shaking hands with others and just shook hands with Lorenzo.

Lorenzo was stunned, and so was Orson.

"Mr. Litt is really different." Lorenzo said this, taking the initiative to ease the embarrassment.

Orson also smiled when he heard this.

"The young lady is waiting upstairs. Let's go upstairs and talk." Lorenzo said this, pointed to the stairs, and then led the way for the two.

"Didn't Duke Lucius say in his reply that he would send you, Master Orson?" Lorenzo asked on the way, half intentionally and half unintentionally.

"Haha, I'm Leeteuk's teacher now, and he will be able to handle this kind of situation in the future, so I brought him here to let him experience it in advance."

"It seems that you, Master Orson, are really a good role model." Lorenzo said with a smile.

Then they came to the exquisite and luxurious box on the second floor. Lorenzo opened the door and stood outside respectfully.

It was inconvenient for him to enter such an occasion, even if he had received the master's order to keep an eye on Chelinina.

In the exquisitely and luxuriously decorated box, a girl with red hair and golden eyes was sitting on the sofa. She watched Orson and Litt enter the room, her eyes frozen.

Then she stood up again with a smile on her face.

"Ms. Chelinina, long time no see." Orson said this and introduced Litt beside him.

"The person next to me is Lit. Lit, this is Miss Chelinina whom I mentioned to you before."

Seeing that the other person was a woman of similar age to him, Li Te relaxed a little and took the initiative to greet her:

"Hello, Miss Chelinina."

"Yes." Chelinina nodded, "You two, please take a seat."

After inviting the two brothers to take their seats, Chelinina took the initiative to go over and pour a cup of black tea for each of them.

"I didn't expect that the Duke valued me so much that he sent both of his sons here. I'm really flattered." Chelinina kept a businesslike smile, but her eyes were secretly looking at Litt.

"Miss Chelinina, you are too modest." Orson said, taking a sip of tea. "My father really likes the gift you gave him. As the backbone of the Antica Dukedom's economy, you can take the initiative to help the Lord when he is worried. Such a chamber of commerce is simply a role model in the industry."

The "gift" that Chelinina gave to Lucius was three thousand sets of weapons and armor.

Recently, the orcs on the eastern border have become active again, so Lucius had to organize an army to resist.

But the army is a money-eating beast. Not to mention the long-term investment in military pay and food, just the equipment needed to arm the soldiers will cost a lot of money. The economy of the Duchy of Antica is not good, and many active soldiers' weapons and equipment are old and in urgent need of replacement. How can they spare the money to purchase new equipment? Even if they can raise the money, it will take some time to build the equipment.

And this gift from Celinina can be said to have solved Lucius' urgent problem.

Although Lucius was not good at politics, he was not a fool. He naturally knew that the Silver Moon Merchants would not do business at a loss, so he asked Orson to come and talk to Chelinina.

This can also be considered as training for Orson.

"We, the Dukedom of Antica, have always respected and admired Chamber of Commerce leaders like you." After Orson finished speaking in official language, he took out a box from his storage ring.

Litt, who was standing by, was shocked to see something suddenly appear in Orson's hand.

"This is a return gift from my father to you." Orson said this, placing the exquisite and gorgeous box on the table, and then pushed it in front of Chelinina.

"My father plans to give full responsibility for the expansion of Antica's new city to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce."

Chapter 15: Is this a warning?

Back to noon, after lunch, Orson was called into the study by Lucius.

When Orson came to the study, not only was Lucius there, but Mary was sitting next to him.

"Father, Mother, do you have something to talk to me about?" Orson bowed respectfully and then asked.

"Yeah." Lucius nodded, and then waved to Orson. "Orson, come here."

"Okay." Orson nodded and walked to the desk.

Lucius took a piece of paper from Mary and handed it to Orson.

Orson looked at the contents of the paper and his eyes widened.

"

Father, this is…"

"It's a gift from the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce to celebrate Lit's return." Lucius smiled.

"It's just a gift sent in the name of Chelinina's agent." Mary added. "Orson, what do you think about this?"

Is this a test for the parents?

At the same time, seeing the familiar name above, Orson began to recall information about Chelinina.

Orson thought for a moment, then said:

"My dear father and mother, in my opinion, this is a good thing." Orson raised his head and looked at the two of them and said.

"This means that we can cooperate with the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce, the largest in the empire."

"But didn't we cooperate with the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce recently? They set up a chamber of commerce in our territory and engaged in business and trade. Aren't these all cooperation?"

"Is there a possibility," Orson said, "that they are seeking deeper cooperation?"

Lucius looked at Orson, puzzled.

Mary's eyes were deep.

……

"As we all know, the city of Antica has been built for hundreds of years. Over the centuries, the city has continued to develop, but the urban area has never expanded." Orson took out the map of Antica and said.

“So the old city is already very crowded, and all the land originally planned for use has been occupied. If we want to continue to develop, we must open up a new urban area.”

"I don't need to say much about how much profit the construction of the new urban area can bring to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce." Orson looked at Chelinina and said with a smile.

Contracting construction projects is always quite profitable in any era.