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He went to the bathroom to wash up, and then went downstairs to enjoy breakfast. Butler Neil was still by his side as usual, reminding him of what happened at home recently and what noble invitations he had today.
"Help me reject the invitations from other nobles. I'm going to visit Duke Negan's mansion today."
"I obey your instructions."
After breakfast, I got on the carriage, opened the curtains, and admired Backlund in the early morning.
Also in Queens, it's only ten minutes away from Duke Negan's mansion.
When Hastur arrived, Greco was already waiting for him in the hall, and did not see Duke Negan.
"Hasta, come here and talk first. My beloved father still has some things to deal with."
Grek smiled and called Hastur over.
Hastur walked over, sat down and said with a smile: "Grek, do you have anything happy to tell me today?"
"My guess is correct. Why don't you guess again what it is?"
"That investment of mine?"
Grek glanced at Hastur and sighed: "Hasta, you really should act a little stupid sometimes."
"I can't help it. You also know my financial situation. That is my largest investment so far, so naturally I am quite impressed."
"Then you can go ahead and guess how much total income you will get from that investment."
Hasta leaned back slightly on the back of the luxurious sofa. After thinking for a moment, he smiled and said: "Based on what I know about you, this investment will not be less than five times the return, so I guess it will get ten times in total." Profit left and right.”
"..."
Greg was silent for a while and didn't speak. He just waved for two orders.
Hasta took it and looked at it. One of them was the various investment projects that Greco had made with his investment, and the other one was the income from various investments.
His eye quickly fell on the amount of total investment income.
53580 gold pounds!
Compared with the initial investment of 5000 gold pounds, it has increased ten times!
This is a huge fortune for him!
This is the first time since his birth that he has obtained such a huge amount of wealth!
Although this was not something he earned through his own efforts, a useful network of relationships was originally a shortcut in life.
With this money, he can hire two more chefs to cook some delicacies from other countries.
They can also redeem part of the territorial rights of their Campbell family, which is located in South Wales.
The territories are connected into one piece, which will make it easier to manage in the future.
You can also set aside some gold pounds to purchase extraordinary materials for the Corrupted Baron in Sequence 6 in advance.
Hasta stared at it for a long time, and counted the number several times. After confirming that there was no decimal point, he looked back and chuckled: "It seems that my guess of the amount is very accurate."
Greg sighed: "It seems that I need to keep a certain distance from you in the future, otherwise you will always see through my thoughts."
The two chatted happily for about an hour, and then the housekeeper came and invited them to a large open-air balcony on the third floor.
Duke Negan, Pallas Negan, leader of the Conservative Party, the largest landed aristocrat besides the king, the brother of the current Prime Minister, and also a Sequence 6 Beyonder.
He looks old, with a bloated waist and all kinds of fat on his body. There is only turbidity and desire in his sharp and shrewd gray-blue eyes. The only thing worthy of praise is that his black hair is still very dense, not even at all. There are no signs of hair loss.
Hastur's emotions towards Duke Negan are a bit complicated. On the one hand, he is Greco's father, and he has a good relationship with Greco, but on the other hand, Duke Negan represents the Conservative Party.
Of course, Duke Negan does him far more good than harm at this stage.
"Are you Voltaire's son?" Duke Negan opened his eyes slightly, as if he wanted to see clearly what Hastur looked like.
Hastur took a step forward and then spoke: "Yes, Hastur Campbell, now the last heir of the Campbell family."
"Voltaire, he was a very good young man when he was young, but later he did a lot of ridiculous and ridiculous things. You should not imitate him."
"Of course I will take this as a lesson."
"Yeah, very good."
Duke Negan expressed his goodwill, and then mentioned the assassination that night.
"Where did you get the information that night? Gray Lint, it is impossible for him to know anything related to Vice Admiral Hurricane."
Although he is getting older, it does not mean that he has become stupid.
If Audrey, the precious girl of Earl Hall's family, didn't know about this, then the first person he would suspect was Hasta.
After so many years of ups and downs in the circles of powerful people, he has never encountered anything.
There are always some people who want to achieve ulterior purposes through him.
Especially now, it is a new era of alternation between old and new nobles.
It is undoubtedly impossible to stop those who are ambitious and capable.
"My news comes from the sea."
"On the sea?"
"I like to study things in the extraordinary world, and naturally I have met some extraordinary people, including some from the sea."
"Who?"
"I won't reveal her origins, it's a basic trust issue."
Duke Negan thought for a while. There was no emotion or anger on his expression, but he did not continue to ask. He just waved his hand and asked Greco to lead Hastur away.
Chapter 149 The Silent Thief’s Performance
After leaving Duke Negan's mansion and on the carriage, Hastur was thinking about how to use the 53580 gold pounds reasonably.
This time, Greco helped him earn 5000 gold pounds from 53580 gold pounds. There must be a lot of behind-the-scenes operations.
A cheating operation like this will definitely not happen again in a short time, otherwise Greco would not terminate the investment.
This is already the maximum limit within the scope of his power to open a back door for himself to make money.
Next, how to invest the money is your own business, and you must be responsible for your own profits and losses.
The most stable investment is to invest in some steel plants and banks. The profit is not too big, but the advantage is stability.
If you invest in some emerging industries, your personal vision will be tested, and you may make big profits or big losses.
Hastur thought for a long time and felt that he could do the opposite.
Nowadays, with the introduction of the Corn Laws, the land of nobles has become increasingly worthless. This is the best time to acquire large amounts of land.
If you buy a large amount of land and use it to grow food crops, you will have an advantage in future turmoil.
When the war begins, the prices of food crops will inevitably rise.
The only disadvantage is that the cycle is too long and it takes a long time.
The war should start in two years. If you invest in land now, the return rate will be very low.
Hasta thought for a while and decided to divide the money into two parts, one for steady investment and the other for investment in emerging industries.
When the carriage returned to his home, Hastur had already planned the use of the money.
A fraction of 580 gold pounds was given to Butler Neil to be used for normal household expenses, of which 3000 gold pounds was stored in his own small vault and could be used to purchase extraordinary materials.
As for the bulk of the 50000 gold pounds, 20000 gold pounds are invested in banks and the steel industry respectively. The annual return rate should fluctuate between 15% and 25%, and the remaining 30000 gold pounds are used for investment in emerging industries.
This is considered a relatively high-risk proportion of wealth investment.
At first, he wanted to swap the investment proportions of the two, but in the end he chose this more radical investment method.
After all, he is familiar with the upcoming changes in the situation, and high risks also mean high returns.
After returning home, Hastur asked Butler Neil to help him prepare an investment project for various industries in Loen, and also asked him to recruit two chefs. As for other needed manpower, Butler Neil made the arrangements himself. .
It's past ten o'clock at night.
Hastur took a carriage to a bar some distance away from the Russell Memorial Exhibition to drink.
He planned to take action tonight, sneaking into the Russell Memorial Exhibition to steal the Black Emperor Card.
He had already surveyed the routes nearby and was very familiar with them.
After drinking at the bar until nearly two o'clock, Hasta staggered out of the bar door.
He had already asked his carriage driver to go back, and no one got in the carriage, so he was walking drunkenly on the street.
After walking a certain distance, he pretended to be drunk and vomited, turned into a dark alley, and then walked in the dark in the alley.
Unfortunately, my luck was not very good, and I was followed by
Three little tails.
She probably had her eye on him as early as when he was drinking in the bar. Seeing him drunk, she wanted to take a risk and make a fortune.
Hastur glanced behind him out of the corner of his eye. They were not carrying weapons. They probably only wanted to make money and not kill anyone.
After walking for a while, Hastur had already gone deep into the alley, and the three people following him were eager to take action.
"Okay, let them be my witnesses tonight."
Hastur paid attention. If he was found here, these three thieves could take advantage of it.
Of course, basically no one would suspect him.
After passing a corner, Hastur stopped, and then used his extraordinary ability to obtain the dark path from the third hidden chain, directly putting the three thieves into a state of slumber.
Taking advantage of this time, he hurriedly came to the position he had set up earlier, preparing to sneak into the Russell Memorial Exhibition.
He first hid his body in a hidden place, and then established a large-scale alert rule nearby to prevent any accidents from happening.
Then, in the spirit state, he quickly passed through the many walls here and came to the corner outside the Russell Memorial Exhibition.
His body blended into the wall like a ghost, and he followed the wall along the route he had planned.
As he walked forward, he saw the members of the Heart of Machinery who were responsible for guarding this place, but the other party could not see him.
The secret authority cooperates with the formulation of relevant rules, and the invisibility technique used is difficult for even Sharon to see through.
His spirit body flowed unimpeded and soon reached the second floor of Russell's manuscript storage room.