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Leonard smiled and said, "Your approach will always disturb people's hearts. I can only restrain myself, but I cannot avoid it."
"You're very good at talking, but it's too late tonight. Tomorrow night, if you're still here."
The woman in the black dress left these words, paid the money, and turned around to leave the Brave Man Bar.
At this time, many paying attention to the drinkers in the bar gave Leonard a thumbs up, and some even whistled obscenely.
Leonard had a faint smile on his lips and acted very calmly, but he felt inexplicably happy in his heart, an unprecedented sense of satisfaction filling his heart.
He was already looking forward to their reunion tomorrow night.
Late at night, Leonard left the Brave Bar after paying 2 gold pounds and 3 sole for his drink.
After walking for a while, he stopped a carriage.
After returning to the North District, where he lived, Leonard took a shower while humming a proud ditty.
After returning to the bedroom and lying on the bed, Leonard's mind was filled with the graceful figure of the woman in black dress.
Finally, he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart and said:
Old man, out of 10, how many points do you think my performance tonight is worth?"
"very."
A voice sounded from deep inside.
Leonard was shocked: "Old man, you actually gave me full marks! Was my performance really that good tonight?"
"Of course, with just a few words of conversation, you managed to leave a deep impression on her and even made an appointment to meet again tomorrow night. Such performance is definitely a perfect score."
Leonard said happily: "Old man, I'm not as good as you said, so I only rated myself 9 points."
"Oh, where's the missing point?"
"Alas, I couldn't win her down in the first meeting. This proves that my abilities still have room for improvement."
"It's really rare that you learned to be humble."
After Leonard was happy for a while, he came back and said, "Old man, are you trying to laugh at me in a different way?"
"You have too much heart. I am very optimistic about you. Come on."
"..."
Leonard always felt a little strange. Usually the old man was not so easy to talk to.
But tonight, he was uncharacteristically positive about himself. Could it be that he had discovered the shining point in himself?
"It's a date tomorrow night."
Leonard giggled for a while, then pulled the quilt to cover his head, and several more uncontrollable laughter came from inside.
"Hey, I seem to have forgotten to ask her name. How rude."
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Hillston District.
Hasta came to the law office today, but Professor Fo Lun was not here. He said that he was busy dealing with some school matters and asked him to come here to take a look when he had time.
Everything in the law firm is on track. There are very few things that really need to be decided by Hasta. Most of the matters can be solved by a few lawyers brought out by lecturer Foulun.
With nothing to do, Hasta looked through the financial statements of the law firm for the past month.
From no fluctuation at the beginning, to a slight twitching of eyelids, to a look of shock.
This law firm is really making money!
In just one month, excluding the wages of lawyers and assistants, the law firm made a net profit of about 3000 pounds.
Today, the factory managed by Harley's manager has nearly two hundred employees, and the profit it creates is only this amount.
But the total number of people in the entire law firm is less than twenty, and they can create such a huge fortune.
Knowledge can really turn into wealth.
In the afternoon, Hastur went out for a trip. Greco said that a nobleman from South Wales recently wanted to sell his land in South Wales.
That piece of land happened to border the territory owned by Hastur.
Hasta, who is in good financial condition, will naturally not let go of this acquisition opportunity.
Moreover, he also wanted to take the opportunity to learn about the situation in South Wales.
Although the Campbell family's territory was there, his knowledge of it was limited.
"I need someone who can help me manage the territory temporarily."
Hastur sighed. Currently, he still needs to stay in Backlund to work on the promotion of the title and cannot leave.
Otherwise, he also wants to be a local emperor in his own territory with high mountains and far away emperors. That feeling should be very good.
Chapter 182 Evenly matched love
Bavart Bank, fourth floor.
The largest shareholder of this bank is Earl Hall, who is currently managed by Hibbert. The Negan family also has a certain share in this bank.
It seemed normal that Gleick had chosen this place to hold the conversation.
But Hastur knew that this was definitely not normal.
Greco and Hibbert must have wanted to take the opportunity to inquire about information and satisfy their desire to eat melons.
"Hasta, let me introduce to you. This is Viscount Abel from South Wales. He originally only stayed in South Wales as an idle nobleman. He only came to Backlund in the past two years."
As soon as Hastur arrived, Greck briefly introduced the basic information of both parties.
After the two exchanged a few words, Hastur began to look at the Abel Viscount in front of him. He was between forty and fifty years old. His hair was the blue of the sea. Compared with the local nobles in Backlund, his skin color was It looks dark and rough, and it looks like it lives in a place where the sea breeze blows all year round.
"The thing is, I have decided to settle in Backlund. Except for the territory to which I belong, all other lands in South Wales are intended to be sold."
Viscount Abel is very direct and clearly points out the business of the day as soon as he opens his mouth. This kind of character is very endearing.
"I know that land prices have been falling recently, and I am really eager to sell the land, so I don't beat around the bush and offer it for 15000 gold pounds."
"You only need to pay this money, and then the land I have been operating in South Wales for many years will be yours."
Those who behave frankly and without beating around the bush are generally followers of Storm.
Hastur did not agree immediately, but looked at Grek, who handed Hastur a piece of information and a map.
With a slight smile on his face, he nodded.
Hastur took the information and map and carefully checked the land that Viscount Abel wanted to sell.
After looking at it, he realized how worth the 15000 gold pounds.
If the "Corn Law" had not been introduced, the combined price of these lands would have been at least 80000 gold pounds.
It is currently only selling for 15000 gold pounds, which is already a lot of discount.
According to the current normal transaction price, although these lands are not near Backlund, they should be worth about 30000 gold pounds. Viscount Abel directly discounted the price by half.
This is indeed a good deal.
In addition to being cheap, most of these lands are located near his territory. If you only need to buy a few other noble lands in the middle, they can be connected into a large area.
About the size of a thumbnail can be left on a palm-sized map of South Wales.
"With this price, I have no reason to disagree."
After careful inspection, Hastur agreed to the deal of 15000 gold pounds.
Viscount Abel sighed and said, "If I hadn't made up my mind to stay in Backlund, I wouldn't have chosen to sell these lands."
"May I ask, why are you in such a hurry to sell these lands?"
"Because no one is willing to take over the land in South Wilshire, most of the land transactions in the market are around Backlund and the remote areas.
There is no noble willing to pay for this place, even at a very low price."
For this reason, Hastur chose to believe that there is a price but no market, which is very reasonable.
"Viscount Abel, I have something to ask about South Wales."
"go ahead."
After completing the transaction, Viscount Abel's attitude was much more relaxed than at the beginning.
“What is the current situation in South Wales?”
"I have been away from South Wales for two years, and I don't know much about the latest situation. I can only talk about the general situation when I was still in South Wales."
Hastur expressed his understanding and motioned to Viscount Abel to start the introduction.
"Southern Wales is located in the southeastern coastal area of Loen Kingdom. Although there is no well-known port there, maritime trade is also very frequent."
"It can be said that half of the people in South Wales are supported by the maritime trade line. Unfortunately, as the activities of pirates gradually become rampant, some fishing villages and ports in the coastal areas are often attacked due to insufficient guards. The pirates plundered everything."
"Those bastards of bitches rely on the sea right next to them. Whenever the army encircles them, they take boats to hide on the sea, and then start moving around the entire coastline."
"The defenders are limited and cannot defend the entire coastline. If the defenses are strengthened here, there will be emptiness in other places, which will give the group of pirates an opportunity to sneak in."
"In addition to the pirates, Archduke Will, who is responsible for assisting in the governance of South Wales, and his family's reputation in the area is not good. Apart from collecting taxes, they are no different from a curly-haired baboon."
Viscount Abel obviously had great resentment towards the Archduke Will and made no secret of his hatred for them.
"Their reputation is indeed not very good. Even I heard about it in Backlund, but the contemporary Archduke Will has one advantage." Greco also commented.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, both Hastur and Viscount Abel knew that the only remaining advantage was loyalty.
Because of their loyalty, the royal family would turn a blind eye to many things as long as they did not gather a crowd to rebel.
The Archduke of Weir was also very smart. He only stayed in South Welshire and only had pleasure and no ambition.
Although such ministers are incompetent, they are very reassuring to the king.
Then, Hastur asked many questions, and Viscount Abel answered them one by one. He also promised to send him a map of the distribution of power in South Wales.
Under the witness of Gleick, Hastur finally paid 15000 gold pounds in exchange for a large amount of land.
The money was paid in three installments, with 5000 gold pounds paid each time. After all, Hastur still needed to send someone to South Wales to verify the specific situation.
Paying in installments can reduce his risk a lot.