In the courtyard, the sun spreads on the verdant lawn, and on the round table under the shade of the trees, the attendants have put hot tea and pastries, sit on chairs, leisurely drink hot tea and enjoy the sparkling lake not far away, this kind of life makes many people envious, but how do they know that the people who can really have these things no longer have the comfortable mood to enjoy the scenery?

"I've been waiting."

Frank interrupted Donn's thoughts and sat down next to him.

It was the first time that Don had seen Frank outside, and the clothes he was wearing were very plain, and he couldn't tell that this was a high-ranking Grand Duke, but after a closer look, he realized that this very simple and simple clothes were actually not simple.

The fabric is a special velvet imported from the Rennes Empire, refreshing and breathable, because the output is very small, so the price is very expensive, and then after the careful sewing of the craftsmen, this dress is only worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

Frank took a sip of his teacup, looked at the lake and said, "Baron Don, it is said that Ellington has been developing very well recently, and the Tang Chamber of Commerce is even more vigorous and making money, why do you want to waste time with me?" ”

Don raised an eyebrow: "Waste of time? If you're still in this way, I don't think we need to talk about it. ”

Knowing what's going on, is it interesting to pretend to be stupid?

Frank tapped lightly on the table, he was holding back a breath of anger in his heart, no matter how good his cultivation was, he hadn't met someone like Don who didn't play cards according to common sense for many years, and the last time was just that. This time it's still like this......

However, he is a grandmaster-level wild mage.

Frank also wants to woo him.

"Baron Donne, I think there may have been some misunderstanding between us."

"There was no misunderstanding. Only trading. ”

Don ignored Frank's thoughts: "I don't have time to argue with you, just say it, you sent someone to assassinate me, how do you want to solve this matter?" ”

Frank frowned, and actually said it directly? Whether he wants to negotiate or not.

Don patted the table and said casually, "Actually, if I didn't want to follow the rules of the game with you." I've settled this matter now. ”

Frank didn't quite understand what Donn meant.

But he didn't ask, but pondered it for a moment and said, "It's a misunderstanding." But Baron Donne, we in the Kadir family would be happy to clear up this misunderstanding with you......"

"I repeat, this is not a misunderstanding, your son is going to assassinate me. It's a fact. ”

Frank's expression stiffened slightly. Is this guy stupid? Lao Tzu wants to deliberately downplay hatred, but he can't see it!?

"You want me to put this thing down, you can, show sincerity, you know what I mean."

It seems that there is no way to go around in circles.

Frank took a deep breath: "Well, what do you want?" ”

In the negotiation, whoever reveals his cards first loses, and Frank wants to know what Don really wants.

"Refreshing!"

Don finally smiled, "I want Winchester." ”

Frank laughed angrily when he heard this: "Baron Don, this joke is not funny at all!" ”

Winchester Mine Fortress. More precisely, the Winchester Concentrate Mine. It is a vein of pure gold belonging to the Kadir family, and the Kadir family has only explored a part of the reserves in the past hundred years, and it is expected that this vein will be the largest vein of pure gold ever discovered in the history of the Ilrus Empire, and its value is immeasurable!

It can be said that the Winchester Pure Gold Mine alone produces 30% of the total profit from the sale of Kadir minerals!

Don is going to dig out the hearts and minds of the Kadir family with one mouth, isn't this going for their lives!

Donn grinned, "Duke Frank, do you think it's important to be a Winchester, or is it the Kadir family?" ”

"Without the Kadir family, Winchester is still Winchester, but without Winchester, the Kadir family is not necessarily the Kadir family."

Frank squinted his eyes and said very coldly: "So, Baron Don, you still don't want the lion to open your mouth, be careful that you are too greedy and can't eat to death in your mouth." ”

The code words calling the guards almost blurted out a few times, if it weren't for the fact that Don might be a grandmaster-level magician, Frank would have wanted to turn his face with him at this moment.

"It's my business whether I can eat or not, so I don't have to worry about you."

Looking at Don's casual expression, Frank was in a very bad mood, and he really wanted to kill him......

"It's impossible, Baron Donn, on another level, you should know that those assassins alone don't prove anything, and the value of this piece of information is not worth the price."

"That's ......"

Don smashed it and smacked his mouth: "Then I can reluctantly take the magic iron ore west of Preston." ”

Preston is located in the southeast of the Ladian hills, about the same distance from Ellington as Bein, and to the west of Preston is a medium-sized magic iron mine owned by the Kadir family, which is not comparable to the Winchester Concentrate Mine, but is also very valuable.

"Boom!"

Frank put the teacup heavily on the round table, stared at Don and said lightly, "Baron Don, it seems that you have been eyeing our Kadir family's magical metal mine for a long time......"

"Ha, who in the entire Illuth Empire doesn't know that your Kadir family and the Spard family have joined forces to occupy ninety percent of the magic metal mines in the entire empire, and the Spade family is even more exaggerated, occupying more than sixty percent alone."

Don grinned, "But I haven't dealt with the Spard family, they haven't assassinated me, and I want to own the magic metal mine, so I can only find you." ”

Frank said coldly, "Do you think our Kadir family is easy to handle?" ”

"It's not."

Frank's expression softened slightly.

"It's pretty easy to handle."

Frank's face froze, and he was furious: "Donne! Will you believe it or not, I'm going to leave you here today!? ”

"Oh."

Don said casually, "Remember to tell the cook that I don't like to eat Alink-style rice." ”

"What do you mean!?"

"Aren't you going to leave me for dinner? Since you're so enthusiastic, I won't shirk it. ”

Frank almost vomited blood: "Duke Ben means - to leave your life here!" ”

"Oooh! I see! ”

Tang En clapped his hands: "You just want to fight?" Say it earlier! Don't worry, wait for me to greet Aubery and Adrian, they must be in a panic. ”

Frank froze there, is this idiot shitting in his head?

He felt that his mind and Donn's minds were completely two parallel lines, and there was no possibility of intersecting at all!

"Wait a minute!"

Frank stopped Don and took a deep breath: "Change the conditions, you don't have to think about the magic metal mine!" Absolutely impossible! ”

The Spad family occupies sixty percent of the magic metal mines, and the Kadir family doesn't have a few magic metal mines in the first place, how could they be transferred to Don because of this matter?

The value of the Magic Metal Ore is very high, on the one hand, due to the superior properties of the Magic Metal, which makes it an expensive war material, and on the other hand, because the total reserves of the Magic Metal Ore that have been explored in the whole of Plandar are very small, so the value is inherently high.

Don frowned: "Why are you Kadir family so stingy......"

Is this a question of being stingy or not?

Frank almost roared.

Can't he see the strategic significance of magical metal?

Or are you playing dumb?

"Okay, in that case, then give me a few magic crystal mines."

Tang En looked very dissatisfied: "There are not many magic metal mines in your Kadir family, but you have a lot of magic crystal mines, right?" If you talk to me again, I will doubt the sincerity of your negotiations. ”

Don didn't have the idea of fighting magic metal mines at all, because the emergence of universal alloys caused Ellington's thirst for magic metals not so strong, but the magic crystals that are now in oversupply are very important for the future energy layout.

From the beginning, Donn's goal was to be monopolized by the Kadir family for the Magic Crystal Mine.

The consumption of magic crystals is very small, and the consumption on the market is mainly magic crystal lamps, as well as the magic devices used in the homes of some rich people, and even the consumption of maintaining various magic arrays, which adds up to less than one-tenth of the output of magic crystal minerals every year.

Almost all of the remaining ninety percent of Plantal's mana crystals poured into the Silver City for the mages to use, but there was one biggest problem here.

The growth rate of the number of magicians in the Silver City is very stable, and the consumption of magic crystals basically remains a constant number, so the price of magic crystals is also very stable, but the consumption capacity of the silver city for magic crystals is far less than the output of each country, so the supply is far more than demand.

Once Silver City stops importing mana crystals, a large number of mana crystals will be unsalable, even if the price is reduced, it will be useless.

Therefore, despite the high potential value of the Mana Crystal Mine, the Kadir family still has a headache about the problem of the Mana Crystal Mine, the profit produced by so many Mana Crystal Mines is not comparable to the profit of a Magic Metal Mine, and every time he sees the annual report, Frank will be jealous of Mandel Spad, he must be making a lot of money.

But jealousy is useless, because this is the result of the distribution of interests among several major families after the war......

The patriarch of the Kadir family back then, who would have thought that Jean would actually use his own prestige to integrate all the mages together to create a silver city? It is precisely because of this that the development of magical civilizations in the outside world has stagnated, and the value of magic crystals has been greatly reduced.

Limited by the asymmetry of vision and information, Frank didn't know what a huge treasure his family was sitting on, and after hearing Donn's request, he finally didn't refuse at the first time, but seriously considered it and weighed the benefits and losses......

"Yes."

In the end, Frank still nodded: "However, the mine can't be given for nothing, although the magic crystal mine is not as valuable as the magic metal mine, but it is also a mine, so take the money to buy it!" (To be continued.) )