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His residence in the Upper Nest.

Lino sat quietly on the second-floor balcony, with a pre-bedtime snack brought by the servitor Brandy.

The neon lights of the downtown area tore through the city's skyline, making this garden villa even more secluded.

The communication connected, and the voice of Pamir, the manager of White Fruit Manor, came from it, sounding somewhat tired.

"Boss, in the past 10 days, the manor has sold about 50 tons of White Ridge tobacco leaves. After deducting costs, the estimated pre-tax net profit is about 250,000 credit points."

A pre-tax net profit of 250,000 credit points, after deducting 10% of comprehensive taxes, the profit waiting to be distributed is 225,000.

According to the equity structure dividend, and paying 20% dividend tax, the credit points I get are about 120,000.

As far as White Fruit Manor is concerned, I earn nearly 120,000 credit points every day, which is equivalent to 120 Throne Coins.

A Terra year is about 44,000 Throne Coins in net profit!

"Good job, Pamir. With your family here, I am very relieved about the production and sales of White Ridge tobacco."

Pamir chuckled awkwardly, somewhat embarrassed:

"However, boss, we have also encountered some troubles. Several companies selling cigarettes in the Lower Nest have complained that our prices are too low, causing a serious impact on them. They have sent a representative and want to meet with you in person."

Lino asked:

"How much do they want us to raise the price to?"

"At least double it, which is ten ration cards per cigarette." Pamir said cautiously:

"I suggest we talk to them. These companies are backed by the Levey family. They may not be able to beat us on price, but they can make sure that the private workshops in the Lower Nest dare not purchase from us."

Lino frowned slightly, "Why don't the private workshops dare to purchase from us? Did the Levey family threaten them?"

"Yes, boss. The representative sent by the Levey family hinted to me that any private workshop that dares to buy our cheap tobacco will be forcibly closed for privately making and selling cigarettes."

"Oh, is that so…" Lino asked thoughtfully:

"What about the Kram family? Don't they also sell cigarettes in the Lower Nest? Why didn't they come to you?"

"I'm not sure about that." Pamir paused:

"However, I heard that the Kram family's market in the Upper Nest has been severely impacted by the Levey family. I guess they can't take care of the Lower Nest market in a short time."

The Kram family can make up for the lost share in the Upper Nest from the Lower Nest.

This may be an opportunity for me to cooperate with Isabel.

While Lino was thinking, crackling noises came from Pamir's side.

Someone was snatching Pamir's communicator.

"What are you doing?! I have already conveyed your words to the boss! Take your hand away!"

"Crack crack…"

The noise in the microphone was constant, and suddenly there was a muffled bang, followed by Pamir's low groan of pain.

The crackling noise disappeared, and this time the voice in the communication channel came from another person.

"Hello? Are you Lino, who recently bought White Fruit Manor? Our Levey family has already investigated your background thoroughly."

The speaker's tone was frivolous, with a mysterious self-confidence, as if everything he knew was a certainty, giving people a sense of superiority:

"Lino, you just got rich by relying on your parents' inheritance. Don't you really think you can pick up a bargain and buy White Fruit Manor? Do you know why this manor was so miserable before?"

Got rich by relying on parents' inheritance?

Lino was stunned for half a second when he heard this description, and then he remembered that this was the background information of his Upper Nest identity.

The so-called parents, inheritance, and windfall are all fictitious, arranged by my superior Delton, simply used to explain the house and Throne Coins held by the Upper Nest identity.

Judging from the other end of the phone, the other party regarded himself as a lucky person who picked up a leak.

Heh, interesting.

Lino remained as indifferent as ever, without refuting the other party, just listening quietly.

He naturally knew the reason why White Fruit Manor was in such a dismal situation before. Wasn't it caused by the young master of the Levey family instructing illegal psionicists to destroy the manor?

What, does your Levey family now want to buy the manor from me?

Lino's guess was soon confirmed.

But he still underestimated the greed and ruthlessness of the nobles.

The Levey family didn't want to buy the manor, but wanted to seize it by force in an almost open and blatant manner.

The person on the other end of the phone said in an unquestionable tone:

"You spent 50 million credit points to buy White Fruit Manor. We are willing to offer 10 million more. 60 million will be paid in six installments, with an initial payment of 3 million. I will contact you in three days. I hope you can make a wise decision then."

"Pa." The communication was hung up.

Lino was not anxious or annoyed. After waiting for a while, he called Pamir.

Pamir was punched in the stomach, and he gasped from time to time when he spoke:

"Bo… Boss. Before the psionic mold spread, that person was in the manor. He is a manager of the Levey family. He proposed to buy White Fruit Manor for 80 million at the time, but we didn't agree. Looking back now, I strongly suspect that the psionic mold was released by the Levey family."

Don't suspect it anymore, this is the truth, it's just that the Levey family sealed up their own scandal, which is why you didn't know the truth.

Lino said gently:

"You go and rest first, I'll deal with this matter."

"Okay, boss." Pamir hesitated for a moment and advised:

"You must not agree to the deal. The Levey family's 60 million will be paid in six installments. Who knows when we will be able to get all the money."

"Yeah, I understand. I won't step into the trap they dug."

After hanging up the phone, Lino thought again and again, selected Isabel's communication code, and sent a new short message.

Private workshops are threatened by the Levey family and dare not buy White Fruit Manor's cheap tobacco leaves.

Since this is the case, let's try to cooperate with the Kram family and sell the cheap tobacco leaves to Isabel.

She happens to have a cigarette production line there, which can directly process the tobacco leaves into cigarettes for external sales.

For myself, it's just a matter of sharing a portion of the profit with Isabel, which is not a big problem.

After sending the message, Lino couldn't sleep because he had just completed the simulation, so he planned to go to the communicator to check the news.

"Di di di."

A prompt tone came, it was Isabel's message.

"Lino, I only found out about your purchase of White Fruit Manor a few days ago. I originally wanted to remind you to be careful of the Levey family. But your communicator couldn't be reached before, and I was too busy, so I accidentally forgot about it. If it's convenient for you, I'll send someone to pick you up tomorrow, and we'll communicate in person. The Levey family's forced purchase of the manor is not that simple."

Lino gladly accepted the invitation.

That night, he checked the news until the second half of the night before going to sleep.

The next morning, the Kram family's car came.

This time the car was a new one. It was estimated that Isabel was worried that her brother would eavesdrop on her again, so she specially changed her ride.

Not long after getting in the car, Lino arrived at the headquarters building of the Kram family in the First District.

In the office overlooking half of the city, Lino met Isabel, who was dressed in formal attire.

Today, Isabel was not wearing a waist-tied black dress and a small round hat with a veil.

An ordinary white lab coat for experimenters was put on her, and her long hair was tied into a single ponytail and hung behind her head, revealing her slender neck.

After Lino entered the door, Isabel brought hot tea, and the two sat down face to face.

"Lino, perhaps you don't know, the Levey family has bought 8 manors in one go during this period. Your White Fruit Manor is very likely to become the 9th."

"What are they buying so many manors for?" Lino looked at the curling white mist in the teacup, quite puzzled:

"Do they want to control the entire raw material production area of tobacco leaves?"

"No, it's not like that. They are planting Ghost Mushrooms." With a wave of her hand, Isabel projected a holographic screen onto the desk between the two.

The holographic screen presented a map of the Second District and the Third District.

These two districts are the concentration of manors, mainly responsible for producing the crops and economic crops needed by the entire Nest City.

The social production structure of Nest City - Epimetheus is unique in the entire human empire.

Other Nest Cities rely on the Lower Nest and the Middle Nest to support the Upper Nest.

Epimetheus is just the opposite. The Upper Nest's Second District and Third District support all other districts.

Such abundant productivity is based on extremely advanced agricultural technology.

The manor in the Upper Nest is the essence of agricultural technology.

This can be seen from the planting cycle of White Ridge tobacco.

In the world before the transmigration, the planting cycle of sun-cured tobacco leaves was half a year, or even a year.

But in White Fruit Manor, a batch of tobacco leaves matures every 45 days.

As long as the planting cycle is arranged properly, tobacco leaves will be planted and harvested every day, realizing uninterrupted delivery.

It can be seen how powerful the agricultural technology mastered by Epimetheus is.

Using manors to transplant Ghost Mushrooms is a bit bizarre.

It's not that Ghost Mushrooms cannot be planted, but there is simply not enough nourishment here - that is, corpses.

Lino immediately grasped the key to the problem:

"Isabel, I seem to have guessed what you are going to say. The production capacity of 8 manors is based on a huge supply of nourishment. The number of people who die in Nest City every day cannot meet the needs of 8 manors at the same time. So, do you suspect that the Levey family has mastered other ways to obtain corpses, or have they discovered new nourishment to replace corpses? Is that so?"

Isabel was taken aback. She had only just opened the holographic map, and Lino had already analyzed so much key information.

Could it be that the gene modification project of the Director's special agents can also enhance thinking ability?

"Yes, you're right, Lino." Isabel covered her heart and calmed herself:

"However, my invitation for a face-to-face meeting isn't to investigate the source of the Le威 family's corpses. What I want to discuss is whether you'd be willing to sell me Whitefruit Manor. I'm offering seventy million credits, and it would be a full cash transaction."

"Seventy million?" Li Nuo narrowed his eyes, sensing that things were not so simple.

After considering it, he asked:

"Isabelle, allow me to ask one more question. Has your 克拉姆 family also found a way to obtain a large number of corpses?"

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Isabelle pursed her lips and nodded slightly. "I don't mind you knowing. That's indeed the case."

Li Nuo asked again:

"Could it be that the Le威 family told you? Aren't you worried it's a trap?"

Isabelle slowly shook her head:

"No, the channel for obtaining corpses wasn't told to us by the Le威 family."

"Then who?"

Isabelle fell silent, her slender eyebrows furrowed, her expression somewhat conflicted, her hands clasped together on the table, her thumbs intertwined and rotating.

Li Nuo wasn't in a hurry, waiting patiently for a reply.

The fact that she didn't reject him outright indicated that she was willing to reveal the truth, but not without reservations.

Someone or something was preventing Isabelle from speaking her mind.

After a long while, Isabelle gently rubbed her forehead and sighed softly:

"Li Nuo, too many things have happened in this one day after the cleanup operation. I'm… I'm feeling a little lost right now. I need someone to help me sort things out."

"If you're willing to talk, I'll listen and keep it confidential," Li Nuo replied solemnly.

"Alright, come with me to the secret room. You're the only person I can find to confide in right now."

Isabelle stood up and removed all her electronic devices, such as her data pad, hair clip, pen, bracelet, and necklace.

Li Nuo understood and also took out all electronic-related items from his body.

Isabelle gave a soft "hmm":

"You know the rules of a confidential talk?"

"Yes, I know. I learned about this from a water merchant when I was discussing business with him before."

Isabelle brought over a locked box, "That's even better then. Put your things in here. The box has two locks and two keys. You and I will each take one key."

Li Nuo put his belongings into the box and handed it to Isabelle to lock.

And so, the two entered the secret room and sat down again in the completely enclosed space with electromagnetic shielding.

Isabelle cut straight to the chase and laid out the key point:

"The new source of corpses is provided by 彼尼斯, the chief merchant representative of the Coin Guild. 彼尼斯 told my father that the Coin Guild of 艾皮迈特 and merchant representatives from several other Imperial worlds have reached an agreement that, with the permission of the Imperial Department of Justice, they will steadily provide corpses."

Li Nuo's pupils constricted, and he immediately retorted:

"Isn't corpse trading illegal?"

"Yes, corpse trading is illegal, but 彼尼斯 exploited a loophole in the Imperial law."

Isabelle explained 彼尼斯's clever maneuver, and Li Nuo felt as if his eyes had been opened.

Corpse trading between two independent entities does indeed violate Imperial law, and the Imperial Department of Justice would never tolerate it.

But if the same entity is transporting corpses, it might not be a violation.

In simple terms, the local Coin Guild will jointly establish a cross-planetary company with other Imperial worlds.

The company's production base will be located on 艾皮迈特, which is the second and third districts' manor.

In order to transport production materials to 艾皮迈特, it's reasonable to use cargo ships to transport corpses, right?

Reasonable as it may be, the Imperial Department of Justice isn't stupid.

This behavior is undoubtedly exploiting loopholes, and all that needs to be done is to close the loopholes.

However, closing them is useless.

In the Human Empire, there exists a group of extremely special beings.

They can establish countries within countries, rule several planets at the same time, and even take a sector of space into their grasp.

They can also establish fleets and build their own kingdoms outside the territory of the Human Empire.

They are the nobles among the Imperial nobility, and even the Hive World Governor must bow down to them.

They are, Rogue Traders.

This privileged group has great autonomy.

To date, more than one Rogue Trader has become interested in the trade of Ghost Draught.

With a Rogue Trader taking the lead and establishing a Ghost Draught production line within his own dynasty, the Imperial Department of Justice can only stare blankly.

At that time, the Imperial worlds that provide corpses will continue to provide corpses, and 艾皮迈特 can provide agricultural technology and spores, or even move the entire manor to the Rogue Trader's planet.

Anyway, given the reputation of the Rogue Traders, they wouldn't be so bad as to steal 艾皮迈特's due profits.

If the flow of Ghost Mushroom mycelium isn't controlled, it won't be long before many Imperial worlds follow suit, using similar methods to bypass the supervision of the Department of Justice and produce Ghost Draught on a large scale.

The direction of the situation's development is chilling.

"There are great divisions within our family."

Isabelle rubbed her temples, her face full of worry:

"Some people believe that the artificially created psykers made by Ghost Draught can make the Astronomican brighter, expand the territory of the Human Empire, and coincide with the Emperor's Great Crusade, so the Department of Justice will not determine Ghost Draught as a prohibited item.

"Others believe that the circulation of Ghost Draught will shake the industrial foundation of the Human Empire, causing Imperial worlds that should produce food to instead produce Ghost Mushrooms that cannot be used as food. The Department of Justice may set Ghost Draught as a controlled substance, only allowing 艾皮迈特 to produce a small amount of draught each year, which would not require so many corpses."

Isabelle sighed a long sigh:

"The place where I feel particularly conflicted right now is this. Both sides have a point. If the family doesn't make a decision as soon as possible, it may miss the trade wave brought by Ghost Draught, resulting in incalculable losses. But I always feel uneasy in my heart…"

Li Nuo tapped on the table, making a crisp "tuk tuk tuk" sound with his fingertips:

"Isabelle, I can't say anything about other things, but on the matter of Ghost Draught, you can absolutely trust my judgment."

"Your judgment? What do you mean?"

Li Nuo sat up straight, emphasizing his tone:

"Don't believe the Coin Guild's nonsense. Ghost Draught will definitely be judged as a prohibited item, and from now on, research, production, and sales will not be allowed, and neither will Ghost Mushrooms. Anyone who touches this taboo industrial chain will suffer the Department of Justice's devastating blow."

Isabelle was slightly stunned, and subconsciously wanted to use the "needs of the Great Crusade" as an example to refute, but when facing Li Nuo's piercing eyes, she didn't have the confidence to refute.

"Can you tell me why you're so sure?" Isabelle leaned back in her chair, feeling a force called "greed" leave her body, allowing her tense nerves to slowly relax.

The reason is simple.

As a Cloudhammer player, I've watched so many Warhammer 40k explanation videos, and no blogger has ever praised Ghost Draught so much.

If this thing could get the approval of the Imperial Department of Justice and become a draught that everyone can use, how could it disappear in the short video industry?

It would have been taken by different Up hosts to make videos and attract traffic!

Only a flash in the pan, a niche thing that was quickly banned by the Empire, would be let go by short video Up hosts.

For example, the fungal alien 阿克·海雷斯.

And for example, the Ghost Draught being discussed now.

So, don't ask too much, don't inquire too much, the water in this transmigrator industry is very deep, you can't grasp it.

Isabelle, just listen to the advice obediently.

In a flash of thought, Li Nuo changed several sets of arguments in his mind, and finally said:

"Assuming that the Warp is stable, it takes a full two months to half a year of Terra time to travel from Terra to the edge of the Empire. If you encounter Warp turbulence and storms, the travel time is very likely to increase to more than ten Terra years.

"If you were the Emperor, would you want the request for help from the frontiers of the Empire to arrive in Terra nearly half a year later?

"Isn't this Human Empire big enough?"

Li Nuo hit the nail on the head, and Isabelle fell into silence.

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