Urban Sims

Chapter 621 Opponents
The next two days.

Zhou Ming visited Duke Morat Hansen and Duke Harold Paris one after another.

In the Yadude Kingdom, Duke Rudolph, Duke Hansen, and Duke Paris are known as the "Three Pillars of the Kingdom".

The reason is that Duke Rudolf is the richest, Duke Hansen occupies the most land, and Duke Paris has the most troops.

For these three dukes, Zhou Ming couldn't afford to lose face.

However, after breaking up in Duke Rudolph's mansion, the other two Dukes, Zhou Ming did not talk very well.

Because the other two dukes also proposed to win him over, making similar demands to Duke Rudolph.

I also hope that he can help open a pharmaceutical production plant.

As for cooperating with the royal family, there is no such plan.

They all want to dominate.

But under the conditions of the Yadude Kingdom, they really don't have so many resources. To set up two pharmaceutical factories will only cause internal friction.

If he agrees to cooperate with one of the three dukes and sacrifices the interests of the royal family, Zhou Ming will not only end up with a reputation of treachery, but the power to put him on the "hostile list" will never be less than now.

So no matter which force Zhou Ming cooperates with, there will always be some people who will become his enemies and opponents.

And a little bit of petty profit can't be dismissed at all, and it's hard to turn an enemy into a friend.

so what should I do now?
How should Zhou Ming deal with the upcoming severe challenge?
It's still the same eight words: soldiers come to block, water comes to flood the soil.

Sure enough, but a week later.

An assassin broke into Zhou Ming's room.

Lina is nearly kidnapped by a gang member.

Zhou Ming himself was also followed and secretly observed in various ways.

After several near misses, although there were no casualties, Zhou Ming had already received the threat warnings from those forces.

As for who these forces are?

You don't need to guess Zhou Ming to know that it must be one or two of the three Dukes.

Or to prepare for the worst, it is not an exaggeration to set all three dukes as "enemies".

Facing such a severe situation, what should Zhou Ming do?
To deal with unruly hooligans, you can only be more hooligans than hooligans!
Through investigation, he found that the several assassinations and attempted kidnappings that happened around him were all caused by Earl Hill, the father of his classmate Martin.

It took Zhou Ming three days to kidnap his classmate Martin, the Countess of Hill, his family's nanny, the coachman, and the guard guarding the mansion, a total of five No. 60 people, all of whom were kidnapped without anyone noticing. .

In the end, even Earl Hill, who was in a panic, was kidnapped by a group of mysterious men just after he asked Duke Paris for help.

In the basement of an abandoned castle in the north of the city, Zhou Ming reunited Earl Hill's family.

Zhou Ming said to the general who commanded the [-] Kingdom Knight Legion: "It's okay to play tricks and tricks. I can use all my talents in preparing medicines for this. Let's see who has played it well?"

"Aristocrats have rules for nobles, and hooligans have rules for hooligans. Since you don't want the dignity of nobles and do what hooligans do, it's okay. Who are we more hooligans?!"

Zhou Ming listed many ways to torture the other party's family members, asked people to take out various tools, and introduced the functions of these tools. If the other party wanted to play, he could play with them to the end!

Earl Hill was afraid.

His job was to be a soldier leading a war. In terms of conspiracy and tricks, he only thought of kidnapping, assassination, and threats. He didn't expect that all of them failed, not to mention that the other party offered more tricks than him.

The other party's many "wonderful ideas" made him feel even more creepy.

"No, I won't ever again."

Earl Hill made a promise that he would never play tricks and tricks again to threaten Zhou Ming and the people around him... From now on, everyone will play conspiracy instead of conspiracy.

I don't know whether his promise was sincere or false, but Zhou Ming chose to believe it, and said that he would only believe it once, and the next time a similar thing happened, hmph...he will let Earl Hill see: what is a real devil!
After releasing Earl Hill's family, sure enough, the threats and harassment incidents around him have decreased significantly.

Many unfriendly forces were deterred by him.

For the first time, Zhou Ming dispelled the fantasies of a group of hooligans in a more hooligan way.

This is also the first time in all his dungeon experience that he used this method to deter his opponents and make them abide by the rules.

The effect is very significant... After all, the powerful and powerful have family members, and they are not barefoot bachelors.

Facing hooligans who don't play by the rules at all, they are sometimes afraid.

For things that can be solved within the scope of the rules, they will give priority to solving them in a more civilized way.

……

In a magnificent duke's mansion.

The two are having a conversation.

"My lord duke, that kid doesn't take hard things, he's quite smart, he's ruthless, he's not easy to deal with!"

Earl Hill said that after some confrontation, he had learned how powerful that kid was, and it was not a good thing.

"Master Duke, what should we do? How can we deal with him?"

The Duke of Paris is in his 50s and is in his prime. He has been stationed on the frontier all year round. He has a military demeanor, a hooked nose, vulture eyes, a gloomy and serious expression, and meticulous military attire. He can be seen as a ruthless character at first glance.

Hearing Earl Hill's words, Duke Paris stood in front of the window, meditating for a while with his hands behind his back.

a long time.

He said, "Let them jump around for a while first."

"In a short time, that factory will be mine, this kingdom will be mine, everything will be mine!"

"No one can defy the will of the Paris family!"

what?
Horror flashed in Earl Hill's eyes.

Although in front of him, the Duke of Paris often expressed his dissatisfaction with the royal family and other families, he did not expect that behind these dissatisfaction was the Duke's great ambition to replace him.

Earl Hill, who understood the Duke's true thoughts for the first time today, was very surprised.

Touching Lord Duke's cold eyes with murderous intent, Earl Hill knelt down on one knee and put his right hand on his chest:

"The subordinates are willing to follow the adults forever."

As the loyal confidant and vassal of the Duke of Paris, no matter what the Duke wants to do, of course Earl Hill can only follow.

The killing intent in Duke Paris's eyes disappeared, and he nodded slightly.

I thought to myself: This decayed and desolate kingdom should have a new owner long ago!
……

Xia Sui, mid-July.

The hottest season of the year.

The scorching sun smoked the dirt and stone road, and the light in the air was distorted.

In this hottest weather.

Magic Association.

Hall Gannis, the store manager of Gannis Pharmacy, is finally back.

After getting the news, Zhou Ming rushed to visit, apologized to him, and told what happened between him and Wei Ni during this period.

As well as the news that she left the Yadude Kingdom for more than two months... told the store manager Hall.

"Mr. Hall, I'm really sorry, I never meant to hurt Winnie at all."

"If you are very angry, please give me some punishment, I will never resist."

When Zhou Ming said this, he was very disturbed.

Manager Hall didn't speak, but just picked up the magic phone in the corner of the counter and made a call.

After talking on the phone for half an hour, the store manager Hall told Zhou Ming:
"Wini is fine. She went to the Waitrose Empire and is now with her parents. This child has not been worrying since she was a child. Her parents have no time to discipline her, so she can only be placed here. But I As a grandfather, he can't teach her many principles, and now that she grows up, his parents will take better care of her."

"But I did cause her a lot of damage." Zhou Ming said with his head bowed.

"It's better to be hurt than to stay in the greenhouse all the time. You don't have to blame yourself, child. You are much better than Winnie. I have also learned something about what you have done recently. It is far beyond my expectations. It is not only for the Kingdom of Yadu. It is of great significance, even to the entire wizarding world!"

Manager Hall said that he was very surprised when he learned about Zhou Ming's "pharmaceutical production plant".

Such a whimsical thing, this kid actually did it.

"Mr. Hall, don't you worry that the business of your pharmacy will be very difficult after the pharmacy factory goes into mass production?"

Zhou Ming said that the pharmacy production plant is probably like a pulverizer to various large and small pharmacies.

Manager Hall smiled and shook his head: "Magicians are not businessmen, and magicians never worry about money. The things you do will double the number of magicians in the future, and their average strength will also increase significantly. This is a good thing for the development of magic, and replacing pharmacists with machines is indeed something that geniuses can do."

"Leylin, do your job well, don't waste your talent, continue to make greater achievements in the field of pharmacists, and I will leave in two days, this Gannis Pharmacy also has an affiliated Medicine Chamber of Commerce , give it all to you, I’m old, I should retire, this pharmacy, let’s give it to the person who deserves it the most.”

Zhou Ming was taken aback: "The pharmacy...give it to me? The things in this store are worth at least a few million gold coins?"

Store manager Hall showed displeasure: "Leylin, I've said it many times, magicians are not businessmen, so don't worry too much about money. I give you the store in the hope that you can make good use of it and bring out the best in you." Role, I hope you can pass on this store, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand!"

Zhou Ming straightened his body, bowed deeply, and said, "I'm sorry, teacher!" At this moment, he felt very ashamed. He really couldn't compare to the selfless spirit of store manager Hall.

Manager Hall's wrinkled face showed a gratified smile, and he patted him on the shoulder: "You kid is finally willing to call me, a half-baked pharmacist, 'teacher'."

"Teacher~"

Zhou Ming scratched his head in embarrassment.

Two days later.

After handing over everything, Store Manager Hall left the Yadude Kingdom.

Also to the Waitrose Empire to the south.

Before leaving, Zhou Ming took off the 'Storm Staff' and 'Space Ring' from his hands, and handed them to the store manager Hall, saying that they belonged to Winnie, and asked him to return them to Winnie on his behalf.

"I took the Storm Staff, but you can keep the interspatial ring. It belongs to me. It is usually used to store some unstable medicinal materials and potions. It is very helpful to pharmacists. You should keep it."

Manager Hall handed the ring back.

"It's so precious!" Zhou Ming was taken aback and waved his hands back.

"Take it, and return it to me when you don't need it anymore."

"Then I will use it for a while, and I will definitely return it in the future!"

Zhou Ming took it and sent it for more than 50 miles before being driven back by the store manager Huoer.

I sighed in my heart: Store Manager Hall, this kind old man, was the person who treated him best after he came to this world.

(End of this chapter)