Inauguration Dinner for the New Governor.

Like other similar gatherings, it was a social meeting place for the upper class and a great opportunity for nobles to exchange information, and a dinner party was held here to demonstrate the power of the governor and promote "goodwill".

In addition, it was just in time for the completion of the Governor's Palace, which can be regarded as a completion ceremony, saving a lot of expenses.

Having said that, looking at the Governor's Mansion in front of him, which was so brilliant that it was enough to dazzle the eyes of a kryptonite dog, it really made Roland uninterested.

It is not known whether it was due to the interest of the previous governor, or if, as rumors say, this was actually the palace built by the second prince in the name of his subordinates. In short, the former owner of the Doge's Palace was a man of vulgar taste, which is why he spent 5 million eccus, equivalent to 35 tons of gold, to build such a luxurious building that tried to imitate the Winter Palace of Versailles and St. Petersburg, but with all kinds of ugly and discordant elements. Covering an area of 11.2 hectares, this custard cake Doge's Palace has 285 rooms, 46 halls, 4 swimming pools, 3 open-air baths, 6 steam rooms, 2 tennis courts, 68 toilets, and is decorated with a lot of gold, marble, mahogany, velvet, silk, including 14 tons of gold for the gilding of the ceiling alone. The Doge's Palace also has a large number of crystal artifacts, including a 4.5-ton crystal chandelier and a baroque staircase made of crystals......

(The so-called extreme desire for poverty and luxury is nothing more than that.) ）

Roland maintained a friendly smile and sighed inwardly.

More than half of the banquet hall was occupied by the black uniform of the Titans. A large number of silver oak leaf collar badges dangled in front of me, and occasionally there were oak leaves with a diamond-shaped star emblem. In a high-class meeting place like this, the flag captain, that is, the officer below the rank of colonel, had no chance to enter, so the diamond-shaped emblem of the lieutenant rank was rare, let alone a skull of the lower rank. Most of the people gathered here are the commanders of the garrisons of nearby towns, or the commanders of field troops, based on the good relationship between the consortium and Titans, who specially rewarded Roland for the show, in fact, it is just to sell face to the president of the consortium and the royal family.

The rest of those who were dressed in ceremonial clothes were not the heads of the companies affiliated with the consortium. It's government employees. Then there are the so-called "sustainers".

The first two are subordinates who directly obey Roland's orders, so they naturally want to tie up with this little young master. As for the latter type of person...... The "exemplary citizens" who are devoted to "goodwill between the two countries" and "co-prosperity and coexistence" are chattering endlessly around the heirs of the consortium.

"Your Excellency the Governor, 'Will the Shikoku Railway Company really go out of business?'

"Your Excellency the Governor. Our clan will quickly quell rebellions within our realm. Please do your best to restart the construction of the railway!"

"Your Excellency the Governor. I would like to ask you to inform Your Excellency the President on your behalf, and please tell me if there is any trouble. We'll be able to settle it. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor......"

Anxious and excited voices continued to sound in Roland's ears, looking at a group of old nobles who could be grandfathers for themselves in a low voice, Roland was polite and perfunctory, and at the same time mourned silently for the old grandfathers in his heart.

They are all shareholders of the "Shikoku Railway Company", and some of them have spent almost their lives on railway stocks, making a lot of money in the previous stock boom. Just as they were about to make further efforts to fill the newly built treasury with gold coins, the "Shikoku Railway Company" collapsed under the watchful eyes of all the stockholders......

No, there was no official announcement of closure. It was only a month after Titans invaded Castile that the smash hit investment firm was suspended indefinitely—almost indistinguishable from bankruptcy. Without warning, it was as disillusioned as a sand castle washed by the waves, as fast as if the Mother Goddess had come to cast a spell last night to make it disappear.

Of course, corporations didn't collapse under supernatural forces. The consortium had long prepared all sorts of rhetoric: first, the obstruction of the Castilians. As a result of the brazen invasion of Titans, patriotic peasants and landowners stubbornly refused to allow any "Charlemagne's monsters and rails" to pass through their land, and there have been many bloody incidents of bloodshed. As a result, the progress of railway construction has been slow, and unnecessary expenses have increased significantly. Second, since all engineering materials had to be imported, the consortium had to pay for transportation out of its own pocket, and the poor traffic and security environment in Castile further increased this expense. Thirdly, the construction of Castile's special terrain is far more difficult than expected, and the company is trying to make "special equipment for working in complex mana environments", but it is not urgent, and the research and development cost is high. Fourth......

The above is basically nonsense, the most crucial and worrying is the last one: there are people within the railway company who embezzle funds to invest in other projects, or to squander, and it is very unfortunate that all the investments - roulette, gladiatorial fights, horse betting, cockfighting - all failed, and those funds that were squandered ...... Naturally, it was squandered.

Quite a reasonable statement, but it doesn't mean anything to investors, who are concerned about their money, but the glittering mountain of gold coins is gone. Some want reparations, but no one will do it, others want justice, but the Castilian administration and security forces have no control over the occupied territories and Charlemagne, and the management of the railway company will either disappear, or abscond in fear of crime, or commit suicide, leaving the rest of the little shrimp that doesn't matter......

As always, justice will not come, more precisely, justice will never come.

Roland could fully imagine that Li Lin was sipping red wine in his office, and making caustic comments with grace.

This is not the first time, nor is it the last, that the consortium has always done this kind of thing, but it has never been judged. According to Li Lin, no matter how great the crimes committed by investment companies, even if they plunge the hope of mankind and the beacon of freedom into a financial crisis that will never recover, and countless people go bankrupt, they will not be judged, and they can still enjoy a leisurely retirement life with high salaries and various dividends, and at the same time instruct the government and the police to drive away and suppress the 99% who dare to protest against it.

Now, it is time to witness Li Lin's correctness again.

Investors can only bear their own losses. Bear the consequences. These people once had some beautiful ideas for the future, but now all the beautiful dreams, plans, and even the lives of them and their families have come to naught, and they have disappeared silently.

It's a bit ironic that people finally ushered in peace, but they received two big gifts one after another, the first was the invasion of Castile by Titans, and the second was the instant destruction of the wealth of tens of millions of Eju gold coins...... The former gift only tortured the Castile and Charlemagne, while the latter plunged thousands of people into hell - whether they committed suicide or were killed.

These nobles in front of them have not yet been reduced to the point where they need to turn their guns on themselves or find a high place to jump down, but they are having a hard time, in order to get out of this predicament. In order to recover losses and make a fortune in the new wave of stock investment. They could only tie their lives to the interests of the foreign invading army, and at the same time begged the heir of the consortium to inform his adoptive father that the construction of the railway would be restarted as much as possible.

Will Li Lin restart railway construction? The answer is yes. He needed a strategic railway with access to Castile, and he also intended to continue squeezing people's wallets. As long as the situation is a little more stable, he will definitely issue railway shares again. Once again, the myth of getting rich overnight was created. Then countless people rushed to the stock exchange again with their dreams. It was once again looted by the consortium. After a while, a new cycle begins......

Cherish life and stay away from stocks - Li Lin's joke. Roland was convinced.

The tragedy of these people is all self-inflicted. The stock market is no different from gambling, it is a risky speculation. In fact, according to the results of Roland's private investigation. Nearly 75% of the shares on the market are issued by V.E., but at least 60% of them are the same as Shikoku Railway - the only point of depositing zài is to commit fraud, sweep away all the money, and then leave the high debt to investors who want to cry.

Because these companies are all unlimited liability companies, every stock holding is liable for all of the company's liabilities - or in other words. Fools who buy shares in railroad companies don't just lose their money. All investments are in vain. At the same time, they will owe a large sum of money to the banks opened by the consortium, and the consortium will be more than happy to loot everything they can exchange money for.

In fact, they can buy shares in an LLC. It's safer, it's safer, and it doesn't bankrupt stock investors because of a company failure. But because the dividends are so low and the company is prone to failure, few people buy this safer stock.

High risk, high return, high thrill - compared to safety, gamblers prefer the "three highs", even if they send themselves to hell.

Deserve......

But he couldn't get those thoughts out of his mouth, or he would be greeted by countless white gloves and rotten eggs demanding a duel, followed by a mass riot.

He could only smile, with impeccable grace, perfunctory these people with nonsense that sounded like "inside information", while his facial muscles stiffened a little.

As his facial muscles were about to spasm, several Castilians approached.

"Your Excellency the Governor. ”

The middle-aged man at the head bowed deeply to Roland.

"Down there is the knight Hou Perero de Baldis. ”

Knight Marquis?

Roland was stunned for a moment, the person who could talk to him at this banquet was either the general of Titans, or the staff of the Governor's Palace, or the higher lord.

The people who deliberately take the initiative to come up are not worried about any etiquette and strong places with strong backgrounds. Otherwise, it is a careerist who knows that it will incur the displeasure of the governor, but still actively climbs the relationship.

Knight Marquis, Local Tyrant, Careerist, Baldis.

Four sets of keywords automatically formed in Roland's mind, forming a family name on the report that was repeatedly marked as "need attention".

"Oh, Baldis, is there anything you can do to your subordinates?"

Roland held the crystal wine glass and said the man's name.

In Castile, the Baldis family is famous. The current head of the house, Diego Flores de Baldis, is the glorious Knight of San Diego, the guardian of the Strait of Magaliaes, and the head of the General Staff Headquarters of the Armada Fleet. A villain who snatches the credit of his subordinates and uses it to promote to a high position, and is also a traitor who secretly communicates with Titans.

Charlemagne, with the support of the Chief of Staff, was well aware of the disposition of the Castile army, the movements of the Armada, and the movements of the princes and nobles, and he also developed a number of friendly people in Ursalia who were in favor of the "goodwill between the two countries" - Charlemagne's military and political leaders naturally wanted to be more friendly with such powerful dogs.

Even if it is just an insignificant knight, it represents the intention of this family and needs to be treated carefully.

"Yes, there is actually a gift, please accept it, Your Excellency. For this reason, even if you know that it is rude, you still make a noise to disturb. It was a trivial thing, but it would be a great honor for the Governor to accept it. ”

With a smile that didn't look like flattery, Perero puffed out his chest.

The hall fell silent, the guests stopped talking and laughing, and countless interested eyes were focused. Roland, who felt these sights, endured some kind of ominous premonition, and let out a "Oh, that's really exciting" unwillingly polite.

"Your Excellency's most important duty, apart from governing the Governor's jurisdiction, is more important than the continuation of the sacred bloodline. Then, Lord Roland, after giving birth to an heir who inherits the royal bloodline with Her Royal Highness, she will inevitably give birth to a child who can inherit the business of the consortium. ”

The polite and hypocritical smile was petrified instantly, and cold sweat continued to pour out of his body.

(This...... These troubled bastards!!)

What is this? Do you think he is not chaotic enough, and want to stir up a riot by sending a woman so that he will die from a firewood knife? Do these people want to rebel?!

Roland, who was covered in a cold sweat, was about to excuse himself, but the red face of the Pellero knight Marquis did not give him a chance. The offensive continued openly.

"Speaking of which, our Baldis family is not talented, although the bloodline cannot be compared with the blood of the divine and noble golden irises, but also inherited a little bit of the blood of the Castilian royal family, the sister of the house is here with the next today, the opportunity is rare, I want to introduce the sister to Lord Roland. ”

Even if a brothel recommends a woman, it will say a few words first, but the knight of Perero recommends it so straightforwardly.

"So, allow me to introduce. This is my sister, named Mary. ”

"The little girl Maria Baldis, Lord Governor, is terrified to meet you. ”

Standing out from behind the knight of Perero, bowing with perfect etiquette, was a young girl who tied her long blonde hair into a ponytail. The skin is healthy and rosy, with a slight lack of plump breasts and buttocks, but a very slender waistline. Whether it is body or appearance, it is not inferior to the girls Roland knows.

But this is too explicit!

was thinking about how to block the surging enthusiasm, and the few people behind the knight Marquis also surrounded him.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the despicable daughter is also honored to be here today......"

"Lord Roland, this is my granddaughter......"

"Young Master Roland, this is my sister......"

Roland, who was under the surging blind date attack, lamented in his heart that he didn't know how many times.

(Spare me, really, please.) (To be continued......)