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There was a knock on the door, and a male voice came from behind the door.

"Your Excellency. ”

"Come in. ”

The cardinal restrained his unhappiness at being interrupted, and the door opened after he answered, and a middle-aged man flashed in through the crack in the door, with a well-trimmed beard and a shrewd face with a hint of undisguised excitement.

"Your Excellency. ”

The bishop's confidential secretary, Michel Fouquet, bowed his head and asked:

"There was a merchant from Agen who wanted to see ......"

"Let him come from and go back. ”

Richelieu's cold voice was extremely ominous, and Fuquet, who had served the cold-faced prime minister for many years, felt that the bishop was on the verge of an out-of-control outburst.

It is entirely conceivable that after working in a row of intense tension and resentment, it is impossible for anyone to be in a good mood to meet guests. The person who asked to see him was only a businessman from the countryside, and the bishop would not hesitate to refuse.

Interrupting his train of thought and wasting precious time for such trivial matters?Was that clever Fouquet so stupid that he didn't even know that he was busy? Richelieu could not help but begin to consider whether it was necessary to find a new secretary.

Fouquet shuddered at the bishop's intimidating gaze, and he was tempted to leave, but the deerskin bag containing 50 large gold coins in his arms helped the secretary overcome his fear with its heavy weight.

Again, the secretary lowered his eyebrows and confirmed to the bishop:

The person who came claimed to be the president of the V.E consortium Ltd. - Siegfried Otto Lilin. He claimed to be able to assist His Excellency the Prime Minister in the matter of epidemics. ”

Richelieu, who was writing at his desk, stopped, raised his eyes and stared at the secretary who had followed him for many years without saying a word, and after a minute of silence like death, the bland words that could not observe the feelings of the person concerned began.

"I gave him five minutes. ”

Richelieu, who understood that the secretary had accepted a large bribe, and that it was difficult for him to leave his talents for a while, said.

"Good day, Your Excellency the Great Prime Minister, Your Excellency the Cardinal and Lord Richelieu, Pillar of the Kingdom, a thousand times I offer you the blessings of the Mother Goddess. ”

The young man in the gray wheat robe took off his hat and bent down to salute, Richelieu only slightly chwed, and his cold blue-gray eyes looked at him as if he were not interested.

Nowadays, as long as he is a member of the social circle of high society. There is no one who does not know and does not use high-quality porcelain produced by V.E, and the elegant and luxurious curves with a luster different from that of gold have become an indispensable part of the life of the aristocracy. Outside of this luxury circle, the cotton, glass, and food products produced by the company also had an impact on the burghers, and even in the countryside, the iron ploughs of the same V.E company were selling well.

In just 5 years, it was able to defeat many strong enemies and rise to become a first-rate trading company. It's all about the whimsy and management skills of this 21-year-old young man. But Li Lin, who lacks such an achievement, is too young, and of course will attract all kinds of jealousy and ridicule, and the indecent title is also called out from the disgruntled person, and then called out in the social circle.

The aristocracy had a tradition of despising merchants. In the eyes of noble magicians, merchants are money bags. It was their honor to be able to provide sponsorship and service to the nobles. The smiling businessman, still emaciated in a wide wheat robe, did not seem to be the one to come to the stage, but Richelieu was staring at the ...... who claimed to be able to turn the tide of the epidemic crisis that was sweeping the country Crazy gambler.

If Richelieu was interested in or agreed with what the president of V.E said, Li Lin might be profitable, and if he would lose everything because of his stupidity.

"You have 5 minutes. ”

The cardinal took out the hourglass from the drawer, and the sand began to flow into the lower half of the hour for a minute. The bishop paid attention to Wen Jiàn with his grim face, and did not look at the kind visitor.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, 2 weeks ago. Some of our employees sent to the eastern region began to experience dizziness, nausea and hallucinations when they returned to Agen Tolatong. ”

The eastern region - that is, the area where the epidemic is concentrated. At present, countless people and patients have poured out from the eastern and northern regions. It's not surprising that infectious diseases have been picked up from there.

The Bishop looked over and felt that the hourglass was slower than usual, and that it had only lost a quarter of it.

"We put them in quarantine and after that, just over a week without any treatment, they miraculously recovered. ”

The young businessman laughed. It was as if it was a really magical thing.

"Out of curiosity about this phenomenon, we made a bold assumption -- could it be that there was something special in the eastern region that caused the people of zhì to get sick, and that they were able to recover on their own bodies without continuing to come into contact with that kind of thing after returning to Agentolatong?"

The quill, which galloped on the white paper, slowed down. The hourglass that leaked all the sand to the bottom was turned upside down.

"I sent the company's employees to the east to collect everything that the sick people had touched, and brought it back to Agen to let his men touch it one by one, and then observe the reaction and record it. ”

Richelieu put down his letter and watched as the gaze of his fellow citizens shot out of his narrowed eyes.

That's undoubtedly crazy, and there's no morality at all. But the health of a few employees is nothing compared to the potential windfall profits from discovering the cause and the number of people that could be saved.

The typical shallow morality of a businessman, the brazenness of a politician, the eloquence of a lawyer, and the cunning greed of a usurer.

The same cruel and ruthless host bishop, the head of the crisis management bureau, muttered so in his heart.

"Although it took a little time and some expenses, with the blessing of the Mother Goddess, we were able to find the cause of the disease. ”

The audience, who had not bought it much, did not discourage Li Lin, with a cheerful smile, took out a small pocket from his pocket, and announced happily and with a little banter like a child showing off a toy:

"This is where all the disasters come from. ”

The granular object was poured out of the pocket, the quill pen was inserted back into the ivory pen holder with gold trim, the spider-like gray and slender fingers clenched together, and the cautious, vigilant, puzzled gaze moved back and forth on the grain of wheat and the young man's sincere smiling face.