When the lunch was over, Gustav followed Arthur to the study. Leah brought mint tea, water and some after dinner berries.


    Leaning against the soft chair, Arthur looked at Gustav, who was full of wine and food opposite, in a lazy and casual tone: "so Damon Bilson is ready to catch up with all the civilians and resist the wild people together?"


    "That''s what elif''s guy guessed, otherwise he didn''t have to buy such a long spear. It''s said that the soldiers lost more than half," Gustav replied.


    "Did you agree?"


    "I asked the Bilson family to pay the gold coins first."


    Arthur nodded and said, "most of these weapons will fall into the hands of the wild people. There are not enough soldiers. Civilians holding spears are unlikely to block the attack of the wild people."


    The reason why the army is an army lies in its strong organizational ability and psychological quality. Arthur is not optimistic about the back water battle of the Bilson family.


    Gustav shrugged and said, "who knows, this is probably the last struggle of the Bilson family. Think about it, my friend. I guess when civilians see giants, they will be scared to soften their legs, and then turn around and run away. But it does no harm to us. We can not only earn gold coins, but also collect more refugees. Our weapons fall into the hands of wild people. It''s not us who should have a headache."


    "Mr. Gusta, you''re more and more like a weapons dealer!" Arthur smiled. "Tell me, how many refugees you expect to come to the river."


    "Hey! I knew you''d ask this." Gustav sat up straight and said proudly, "I don''t and can''t guarantee how many refugees there are, but I''ve asked torio to build a house for 10000 people to sleep in the south of the town. My friend, it''s not just averier county that''s panicking now. The businessmen in our chamber of commerce are going to be of great use!"


    "It seems that they don''t have much confidence in the Bilson family." Arthur sighed and turned to say, "what about the territory? Has there been any progress during my departure? The God of light taught those guys that they shouldn''t miss such a good opportunity."


    Arthur''s main purpose of going out is naturally to inspect, but in addition, he also wants to borrow the space to give those troublemakers some room for development.


    The temperature north of the Tunguska mountains has begun to drop, and the defenders of the sharp blade fortress have changed into cotton padded clothes. According to the bachelor''s estimation, snow should begin to fall north of the mountains after the wheat harvest this season.


    Gustav said with a smile, "of course they won''t miss such an opportunity. My friend, you can''t imagine what those guys did to deal with you - refugees, slaves and mercenaries. A troupe came early this morning and brought a lot of weapons!"


    "All the people of the God of light?" asked Arthur.


    "That''s right!" Gustav said excitedly. "These guys are so attentive that even slaves are willing to do it! You know, I sent them all to the iron mine and told my men to give these guys the most tired work."


    Arthur smiled and several groups asked, "in that case, let them dig there forever. What about the Green family? They have nothing to do? This is a good opportunity to show their loyalty, or is Kiel green going to invade the river again?"


    "My friend, if they hear what you say, those guys will be desperate - you''re almost right!"


    Gustav took a big sip of mint tea and gushed: "They intend to start a war after the winter. After the soldiers of the first army and the knights in the castle go out to fight, the people of the God of light are responsible for seizing the castle and controlling the town. There are 63 people of the God of light who are now installed in the town, and they will continue to increase in the future. After successfully seizing the castle, they will Send you the wrong message, then attack back and forth, and plan to let you die on the battlefield! "


    "These guys are taking great pains!" Arthur sighed. Looking at Gustav with an excited face, he joked: "don''t guess, the person responsible for helping them capture the castle and control the town must be you traitor! Tell me what good they promised you."


    "Count!" Gustav said, "my friend, you can''t imagine that those guys promised to make me count of Lingfeng Castle except the iron ore mountain!"


    Hearing the speech, Arthur raised his eyebrows, stared at Gustav and said, "I can see that in order to win over our Lord Gustav, the other party is sincere. Don''t you like it?"


    "My dear friend Arthur, it hurts me so much to say that!" holding his hands on his chest, Gustav lay down in a chair, looking devastated.


    "Those guys are sincere. They think I''m an idiot!" Gustav said angrily. "Count, hey! Those bastards really dare to promise! But they don''t despise me too much. In order to make me believe, they deliberately added some conditions. They want the formula of wine besides the iron ore mountain."


    Then Thorne said, "what if what they said is true?"


    "Really?" Gustav glanced at Thorne. Leah stared at him seriously, waiting for his answer.


    "When I was very young, my father told me that if you want to be a qualified businessman, you must be greedy enough and try your best to earn the most gold coins in every transaction."


    "Your father was right," Thorne said.


    "That''s right!" Gustav looked back and sighed, as if trapped in some memory. "I''m a good and obedient boy, and I always do that. But you know, my father also told me that as a businessman, the most important thing is to learn to bid. No matter what, there should be a price suitable for it. The standard for becoming a qualified businessman is never to forget your price."


    "Yourself?" Arthur asked.


    Gustav nodded and said, "my friend, I never thought I could be so valuable, count. Ah! This is not the offer given to me by those guys, but you. You gave me such a value and made those guys dare to promise such chips. Therefore, you should understand that the true and false promises of those guys are no different to me."


    Gustav looked at Thorne and Leah.


    Arthur smiled, looked at him and said, "I thought you would say something philosophical. It was flattery!"


    "The only thing in the world that can''t be betrayed is trust. Moreover, those fools won''t understand what is the most precious to Shanghe collar."


    "If it''s still flattery, I already know."


    "How could it be? I have to study hard!" Gustav said solemnly, "It''s a system! I know that all our reform plans for the territory, whether abolishing farms, establishing schools or recovering the vassal territory, are to establish a new and more effective system! This system can unite everyone and solve some problems together."


    "For example, Warcraft, the annual animal tide is like an unbearable debt to Shanghe collar, but if we divide the debt equally among everyone, it is only a small sum. If we work hard enough, we may still have a surplus!"


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