Chapter 373: I'm Not a Demon
() If Xia Feng's Black Feather Chamber of Commerce is a reckless "nouveau riche", then Vena standing in the courtyard at this moment is a real 360-degree "big guy" with no dead ends.
In the country of Victoria, the status of the nobility is indeed high, as long as this title is hung, from the local guard bureau and the army, down to the gangsters and ruffians, no one dares to provoke casually.
But the principle is the same.
There is no absolute thing in terms of status and status, even if the fields are different, but when the gap is large enough, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and the rules specially formulated for those who cannot be disobeyed will be kicked to pieces.
If it was a first-class nobleman like the Capet family in the northern region, Vina might not say such things to her face, because the Capet family has a high voice in both business and political circles, and has a high status in the national parliament.
But a second-level nobleman like the Liye family who hugged a tree to death was a little sloppy and grabbed a lot of them in the whole of Victoria.
Aside from the title hanging on her head, there was nothing worth caring about in Vina's eyes.
............
After Vena finished speaking, Xia Feng's expression was flat.
"Actually, it's not that serious, how could I be an enemy of Lord Tangde, business, it depends on negotiation, and in the end it will definitely need a result that both parties are satisfied with."
Vena glanced at Don Tak with a cold gaze.
"There's nothing to discuss, isn't that obvious."
"Vena, don't be so fierce."
With the King of Advancement present, Tang De's words were forced back.
Since he unilaterally contacted the Glasgow Gang some time ago, the other party has not replied to Don De, he thought that the other party was thinking and preparing.
Don felt that even if the Glasgow Gang didn't want to interfere, he could use it as an excuse to deter Xia Feng.
It's like two elementary school students fighting, and one of them threatens to call out the eldest cousin, even if the eldest cousin doesn't really come in the end, the news will have a certain deterrent effect.
However, Don De can only purse his lips aggrievedly now.
Although the eldest cousin really came, he became the other party's eldest cousin, which is even more bloody than making a movie.
Xia Feng took out a few coins from his trouser pocket and dangled them in the palm of his hand to make a "clanging" sound.
"Lord Tangde, I don't mean anything else when I come this time, I just have the cheekiness to ask you again about the contract."
Listening to the "jingling" of the coins, Don De squeezed two words out of his teeth.
"Don't think about it."
Xia Feng stopped the movement in his hand and said leisurely.
"Lord Tangde, the Liye family has a big business, I know, you have made a lot of money by smuggling light manganese ore over the years, otherwise you can't afford to hire the mafia of Syracuse, but as the saying goes, sit on an empty mountain, rich and poor for only three generations, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking in this life, but you also have to think about it for future generations."
At this time, Tang Hua, who was kicked by Vina, also got up and stood next to his father with a dirty face.
Tang De glanced at his uncompetitive son, and his expression still maintained the last stubbornness.
"The light manganese mining area is an inheritance assigned to our family by the royal family, don't you think about it."
"Lord Tangde, you should see the reality clearly, maybe you have already seen it clearly but you don't want to accept it, you are not a businessman, because a businessman will know the timing of advance and retreat."
Throughout the Victorian aristocracy, almost every family is in a mixed mood, and they will have a very strong advantage in both business and politics by taking advantage of aristocratic privileges, and most nobles have several or even a dozen different properties in their names to ensure the financial stability of the family.
It's just that the Liye family is an alternative, in addition to the light manganese mine, their family only has a private hospital in the small city of Hapi, and it is also the credit of the light manganese mine to be able to live in such a large mansion, if the smuggling is cut off, then almost everything will be lost.
At this moment, Tang De's heart was struggling fiercely, Xia Feng was right, he was not a businessman, his reason told him that he was cornered, but the last respectful words made him unable to lower his head.
"Don't think about it, it's a big deal to spend it like this, and neither of you nor I wants to get benefits."
The smile on Xia Feng's face gradually disappeared.
The whole courtyard was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the two people in the center, as if they were witnessing a wild beast hunt.
Xia Feng had lost his tone of negotiation, and his voice became cold.
"Tangde, we are different, do you want to consume? Okay, then we will be wasted until we are old, do you really think that I can't live without the light manganese mine? The benefits brought to me by Notting City are several times that of light manganese ore, and I tell you, I will soon open up the shipping market, and I will even dabble in source stone smuggling, is it unexpected, I know that this is taboo, but I dare. ”
Summer Breeze spread out his hands.
"Dare to do and be able to do are two different things, I dare to do what no one else dares to do, and I can also do it, there is no eternal wealth in the world, including the light manganese mining area that you regard as your life, if a natural disaster comes, then everything will turn to dust, sometimes, people and natural disasters are the same, you should feel lucky, I have never regarded the Liye family as an enemy, the beast will not be angry with food, if I want, I can take everything from you like a natural disaster."
"You ......."
"From now on, you won't be able to make a penny of profit from smuggling, you will be forced to reduce production, it is enough to maintain only the offerings to the royal family, and receive the bounty from the royal family every month, including the hospital in your city, I can easily close you, how about it, didn't you say that no one wants to get benefits? Okay, then be thorough, from today onwards, your Liye family will become a benchmark nobleman of honesty and integrity, and I will send someone to send you a pennant later. ”
Xia Feng's every word hit Tang De's heart like a hammer, and his lips were pale, and he couldn't say a complete sentence.
"Demonic ......"
Demons, this is a very accurate interpretation, demons have no feelings, they don't care about other people's feelings, they just plunder other people's things mercilessly.
Xia Feng did look like a demon in Don De's eyes at this time, but as Lapland said, others could interpret him at will with subjective thoughts, and he could be whatever he wanted to be, and do whatever he felt worthwhile, as long as he thought it was necessary.
However, when Tang De thinks that Xia Feng is a demon, it also proves that he is not a demon, and if you can think about it, it proves that Tang De is still alive, he has not really lost everything, and he regards the light manganese ore that does not belong to him as everything that belongs to him, which is an obsession in itself.
It's not a cold and cruel plunder, it's just an unfair deal.
"The devil lives in my heart, but I am not the devil."