Chapter 271: 271
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Finance minister Joel was in a good mood as he had just concluded his deals with the various ministers and nobles the same day after he met Minister Plato .
Joel murmured as he was planning to visit the ministers who were under Prince Hector, “Now only the real troublemakers of Prince Hector and Felix remain . I should first try to convince some of them of the benefits of this deal so they don’t oppose it . If they are still adamant to oppose me I might bring up their Tax evasions later on in the court and their role in the previous war \u0026 its effects on Aelius . And from the information, it seems they have lost quite a bit of money in the previous war . Their only consolation is the land acquired by Duke Norman during the previous invasion of wildlands . However, I have to move carefully to not give them more information than that is required . I can only reveal the whole deal in the court tomorrow . “
Joel murmured as he thought about the contract in his hand, “This deal with the Sky is quite good for us but only the point of selling of people is giving me some hunches . Maybe I should ask them to re-negotiate when it comes to Political News in their News Papers or set up another Newspaper called Aelius times capital via their Printing Press . Yes, I can exploit these 2 weaknesses, They anyway have a shortage of people and abundance of land currently . “
Meanwhile, Alistair sighed as he sensed the people who were still tailing him all day long .
He muttered as he saw the people, “From the looks, Plato’s men are tailing me quite brazenly and there are some individuals who are hidden quite deeply . It seems I really can’t do anything or meet with anyone with them chasing me . Should I really use force? Nah, It will expose myself . Most likely the People from Radiant church have either completed their job or they either failed by now . I better check out the situation and report it to Prince Hector immediately . From the looks, Plato is prepared to move against Prince Hector . I better be prepared for some scolding by Master . “
Currently, Plato was preparing to dispatch Antonio with General Gilden and a team of escorts to Dolores .
Plato spoke to Gilden before he left, “You better be hiding your identity before you reach Baron Mendez’s domain . This time a lot of factions are involved in this power struggle, among all of them I have chosen to go with Sky or else know that madman’s way he would certainly try to again humiliate us . It was good that we had already made a deal with them before or this assassination would have been all over northern states and then the whole kingdom . “
General Gilden nodded, “I understand the importance of this mission Milord . I will certainly fulfill it without anyone doubting our identity . We are anyway using a special channel to go to the North so there won’t be a problem . “
Plato nodded as he left for his office .
Plato thought as he saw rushed footsteps by various people at the Capital where ministers lived, ‘I guess we just have to wait for the show tomorrow at the Imperial Court . Hector’s wings will be cut but the main problem of Radiant Church and Prince Felix will still exist . I guess his Majesty should be prepared for other princes to take the throne in the future . ‘
Currently, Maeen was having talks with her Grandfather Amon who was the head in the Ministry of Transport and Logistics at Lumeria,
Maeen’s Grandfather, Ziggoroth Amon was quite amused as he heard his grand-daughter, “It seems you met quite an interesting character in Aelius for the first time . However, you have to be careful of humans . The Radiant church’s influence is not to be underestimated . A lot of people hide their intentions . “
Maeen nodded and reported, “Yes, that guy certainly is interesting . It is not Aelius now, it is Sky kingdom where I am currently . They seceded after a rebellion broke out because of the Imperial family’s greed . Lord John was quite different from what I expected I think he and his countrymen looked at us quite differently as compared to the other people of the continent however not all of them had the same eyes . However, from the way he made contracts he was alike us devils . It seemed he liked playing with words and teasing the other party on a later date . “
Ziggoroth was quite stunned as he heard Maeen, “A human who is comparable to us in making contracts? Can you tell me about the peculiarity of one of his contracts he made with other parties . “
Maeen nodded as she showed the Laws of Aelius and the Laws of the sky before they seceded, “Grandpa, please look at these Laws of Aelius and Laws of Sky before they seceded . They even clobbered a noble previously who was abusing commoners using these laws in their own domain previously . However there is one thing I noted, Lord John looked at the contracts from a long term perspective unlike the other humans we encountered . What do you think?”
Ziggoroth was surprised as well as stunned as he read both of the law decrees, “It seems, he planned to secede from the day he was made a Lord . Damn, this guy is quite sinister and cunning in circumventing the laws just to clobber those Nobles, hahaha, now this man seems quite interesting . Okay, tell me from start to finish about his rebellion . I want to understand his nature first before we proceed to do business with him . Just from looking at these, I can see that he abhors the idea of Slaves and hates those Nobles . “
After hearing about John’s rise and his rebellion, Ziggoroth nodded seriously and spoke, “From this, I am certain that this guy was a commoner previously . He most likely lived in a village where other species lived jointly but in poverty . Well, it seems his overall nature is good from the way he treats his people . From the way he has shunned off the Slavery law in his domain It can be seen that he is quite determined . Determined enough to fight against the whole world if he has to . However with this, Gods will take notice of him as they consider the rule of hierarchy as very important, Well, he seems quite compatible with us devils . We once shunned Gods because of their stupid hierarchy system as we preferred power . “
Maeen nodded as she came to the same conclusion and spoke, “Now that you speak about him there were quite a lot of joint villages which were routed by the Royal family and the Radiant Church during Prince Lukavv’s fiasco all those years ago . Lord John’s origin may have come from these villages and also this guy has always distrusted other people whether it was the Imperial family or the Radiant Church or anyone who showed slight malicious intent . And most importantly this guy cares quite a lot about his people and has never broken his contracts with his partners before he was noble or after he became one . “
Ziggoroth was surprised as he heard Maeen, “He has never broken any contracts? Now, this is surprising . It seems I will have to personally meet him at a later date . As far as the ships are concerned you should buy it from them at any cost since it will be beneficial for trade and for the Amon family since we will dip our hands in the first pot of gold . I will arrange preparations on our ports for the same when your ships arrive with the goods . And since he likes to keep his word you can start the preparations and buy offices for the Amon family at his domain, you can discuss with him for this cooperation later on . As for the crowning ceremony, Prepare a good gift and you should formally introduce yourself to the other countries . As Sky is quite superior to others in the military as seen in previous war you shouldn’t worry about your operations in Sky at least . I will just need to keep the Diablo Clan at our arm’s length and not let them get any news on the new developments at Aelius and Sky before full preparations . “
Maeen nodded as she asked, “Grandpa what about the free trade he asked us for? Won’t we benefit because of our superior products?”
Ziggoroth Amon smiled as he sneered and spoke, “As far as free-trade is concerned, tell him to piss off, it is more like a bait he is throwing at us . Those other guys might be naive . But I am not . Just from watching his confidence, we can’t agree to free trade since he has never broken a contract . You can have a wait and watch attitude as well when it comes to free trade . From my point of view, it will be equal trade additionally I don’t want other families to get any news on this development . If you are worried that he won’t agree to sell his ships, you don’t need to worry . Since he is willing to sell his ships to other countries he would naturally agree to sell his ships to us and if he wants to open up markets and since he wants to start a diplomatic relationship he will certainly cooperate . Never agree on the free-trade of ALL products . you can go case by case basis when you start making deals with him . Do you understand?”
“Okay, I will go according to plan . “
Maeen nodded as she stopped pouring energy in the communication crystal . Maeen thought, ‘I wonder how lively the Imperial Courts at Aelius would be right now . ‘
Maeen nodded as she orders Cain, “Keep your watch at Aelius’s Imperial court, for now, I don’t want to miss anything . As for the Crowning ceremony which will be held in a month, prepare our people . I will be going to meet Taylor and settle some deals with him . “
Cain respectfully nodded and spoke as he left to give orders, “Yes, Milady . “
