My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

After all, in this era, those who could provide a large amount of money to the nobles were not farmers working hard in the countryside, but big businessmen in the cities.

They do business in various places, adhering to the business principle of buying low and selling high, and carry out commercial activities.

Part of the money earned from doing business went into their own pockets, and the other part was handed over to the lords who protected them.

In addition, in order for the lords to help them with their affairs, the Chamber of Commerce will also regularly pay a batch of "obligation funds" to the lords.

At the same time, in this society, although the merchants have money, one thing is always tightly strangled by the lords.

That is right.

The number of guards that the Chamber of Commerce can hire is limited, and there is no way to challenge the lord. At the same time, local judicial power was also in the hands of the lord. As long as the lord was offended, the businessman would often have to suffer.

For this reason, his father, Louis Bonaventura, wanted to use his only daughter as a bargaining chip for marriage with a nobleman.

As long as Chelinina is married to a duke-level noble, the Bonaventura family will have a backer and the safety of doing business in various places will be guaranteed.

After all, no matter how arrogant and domineering the local nobles are, they still have to give the Duke some face.

A year ago, during the family banquet, Louis wanted to introduce Donny Florence, the son of Duke Giovanni Florence, the largest lord of the Duchy of Naples in his hometown, to Chelinina.

Seeing a man with a fierce and ugly appearance suddenly appear next to her, but pretending to be gentle and gentle, Chelinina knew without even thinking that it must be arranged by her father.

Chelinina was not stupid. She knew what her father meant, so after the banquet, she talked to her father overnight.

"I know your ambition, Chelinina." At night, her father Louis sat in the study and looked at her.

"Since you know, why are you going against my wishes..." Chelinina looked at Louis in confusion.

"Duke Giovanni is a good man. Although his son Donny has a bad personality and average appearance, and there are many romantic topics about him, he is the heir to the future Duke after all."

"By marrying him, you can contribute far more to the family than if you go into business."

"Your two brothers are not bad at business. They can

The branch is in good order, now we need political help. "

"Promise your father that you will make your last contribution to the family."

"Contribution?" Chelinina looked at Louis with red eyes. "In your opinion, your daughter's happiness is nothing compared to the business at hand, right? Do you regard me as a commodity?"

"Chelinina!" Louis said in a harsh tone. "I raised you up and gave you the best education, not just for you to talk back to me here!"

"Father..." Chelinina lowered her head and pondered for a long time. Finally, she finally made up her mind, raised her head, and said decisively.

"Grandpa once said that every child in the family wants to have equal inheritance rights. Whoever is most capable of leading the Chamber of Commerce will inherit."

"Isn't this sentence established in the clan rules?"

"You?" Louis looked at Chelinina in disbelief. "You want to disobey me?"

"I'm not disobeying you, father. It's you who pushed me to this point."

"Okay, okay, okay." Louis said, laughing angrily. "Okay, I'll give you two years. Within two years, if you can't bring the branch of the Duchy of Antica to the top position in terms of income, you can give up the idea of ​​inheritance and come back and marry Mr. Downey." !”

So, six months ago, Chelinina took Louis' letter of appointment and took office in Antica City, becoming the head of the Antica regional branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Chapter 14: Giving and Returning Gifts

Sitting on the carriage, Orson looked at Li Te at the side and gently tapped the armrest to attract his attention.

"Li Teuk, the person we are going to meet next is a big one. If you behave better in front of her then, it will be very helpful for you in the future."

"Eh?" Li Te was a little confused. "To me?"

"Well, she is the eldest daughter of the Bonaventura family, Chelinina Bonaventura."

Then, Orson told Li Te about the status of the Bonaventura family and the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in the empire.

In the original work, Chelinina is also one of the heroines. In the early days, when Lite was not favored by everyone, she resolutely spent a large amount of investment in Li Te and cultivated Li Te.

When Leeteuk was financially strapped and did not dare to ask for money from his family, Chelinina was able to provide financial assistance to Leeteuk.

When Leeteuk was injured, Chelinina took the initiative to send good medicine to Leeteuk.

In the subsequent overt and covert fight with Orson, Chelinina also chose to intervene in the family secretly and support Li Te.

The reason for her doing this is very simple. People who are the icing on the cake and people who are helping someone in times of need are treated differently.

Just like what she mentioned to Lorenzo before.

If she wants to make an investment that will make her rich overnight, she must not choose a product that looks very stable.

This is why she asked Lite as soon as Lorenzo arrived.

As a businessman, Orson didn't know why she wanted to get involved in the affairs of the noble family.

Maybe it's ambition.

Orson also had his own ideas when bringing Li Te to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce this time. He wanted Chelinina to meet Li Te in advance so as to advance their relationship faster.

After all, she was originally one of Lee Teuk's harem.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped outside the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce.

Orson and Leeteuk got out of the car, and Leeteuk glanced around.

She had never been to a big city. The only time she went to a city was when she was ten years old when she and her parents went to the city to celebrate her birthday. They went to a nearby small town with a population of several thousand.

Although the city of Antica is not one of the largest cities in the empire, it is still the capital of the dukes and is naturally much more prosperous than other cities.

As the largest chamber of commerce in the empire, the branch of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce is naturally one of the most prestigious and beautiful buildings here.

Seeing Li Te's curious look, Orson stood with him at the door for a minute before leading him into the Chamber of Commerce.

"Seeing the clan emblems on their chests, the waiter of the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce made way for them knowingly."

Walking into the Chamber of Commerce, a middle-aged man greeted him.

"Mr. Orson, long time no see, welcome to your visit." Lorenzo said, walked up and shook hands with Orson.

"Deputy Lorenzo, long time no see." Orson nodded with a smile and stretched out his hand to shake Lorenzo's.

"Uh..." Lorenzo then looked in the direction of Li Te. Seeing the clan emblem on his chest, he understood the identity of the other person.

"This must be Mr. Li Te, I have admired his name for a long time." With that said, he also stretched his hand towards Li Te.

Take action.

"Thank you, thank you..." Although Li Teuk had finished studying the theoretical knowledge, he immediately became timid when it came to practice.

He even forgot to take off his gloves when shaking hands with others, so he just shook hands with Lorenzo.

Lorenzo was stunned, and Orson was also stunned for a moment.

"Master Li Te is really different." Lorenzo said this, taking the initiative to relieve the embarrassment.

When Orson heard this, he also smiled.

"The eldest lady is waiting upstairs. Let's go upstairs to talk." Lorenzo said, pointing to the stairs, and then led the way for the two of them.

"Didn't Duke Lucius say in his reply this time that he would send you, Mr. Orson?" Lorenzo asked on the way, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.

"Haha, I am Li Te's teacher now. He will be able to handle this kind of situation in the future, so I brought him here to let him experience it in advance."

"It seems that Mr. Orson is really a good role model." Lorenzo said with a smile.

Then, they came to the exquisite and gorgeous box on the second floor. Lorenzo opened the door and stood respectfully outside.

It was inconvenient for him to go in on such an occasion, even if he got the master's order to keep an eye on Chelinina.

In the exquisitely decorated private room, a girl with red hair and golden eyes was sitting on the sofa, watching Orson and Lite enter the room, her eyes stagnant.

Then she stood up again with a smile on her face.

"Miss Chelinina, long time no see." Orson said this and introduced Lite beside him.

"This is Lite next to me. Lite, this is the Miss Chelinina I mentioned to you before."

Seeing that the other party was a woman of similar age to himself, Li Teuk relaxed a little, and then took the initiative to say hello:

"Hello, Miss Chelinina."

"Yes." Chelinina nodded, "You two, please sit down."

After inviting the two brothers to sit down, Chelinina took the initiative to go aside and pour a cup of black tea for each of them.

"I didn't expect that the Duke would value me so much and send all two sons here. I'm really flattered." Chelinina kept a business-like smile, but her eyes were secretly looking at Li Te.

"Miss Chelinina, you are being too modest." Orson said, taking a sip of tea. "My father likes the gift you gave me very much. As the mainstay of the Antica Duchy's economy, it can also take the initiative to help the lord when he is worried. This kind of chamber of commerce is simply a model in the industry."

Chelinina's "gift" to Lucius was three thousand sets of weapons and armor.

Recently, the orcs on the eastern border have begun to move frequently again. For this reason, Lucius had to organize an army to resist.

But the army is a huge beast that swallows gold. Not to mention the long-term investment in military pay, food and grass, just the equipment needed to arm the soldiers costs a lot of money. The economy of the Duchy of Antica is not good, and many active soldiers have weapons and equipment. They are all old-fashioned and in urgent need of upgrading. How can you spare the money to purchase new equipment? Even if you can raise the money, it will take a while to build the equipment.

And this gift from Chelinina can be said to have solved Lucius's urgent need.

Although Lucius was not good at politics, he was not a fool. He naturally knew that the Silver Moon Merchant Association would not engage in loss-making business, so he asked Orson to come over and talk to Chelinina.

This can be considered as training for Orson.

"We, the Duke of Antica, have always respected and admired Chamber of Commerce leaders like you." After finishing his official words, Orson took out a box from his storage ring.

Lee Teuk was shocked when he saw something appearing out of thin air in Orson's hand.

"This is my father's gift in return." Orson said, placing the exquisite and gorgeous box on the table, and then pushed it in front of Chelinina.

"My father is ready to hand over the entire expansion of Antika's new city to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce."

Chapter 15: Is it a warning?

Time returned to noon. After eating, Orson was called to the study by Lucius.

When Orson came to the study, not only was Lucius there, but Mary was sitting next to him.

"Father, mother, do you have anything to do with me?" Orson bowed respectfully and then asked.

"Yes." Lucius nodded, and then waved to Orson. "Orson, come here."

"Okay." Orson nodded and walked to the desk.

Lucius took a piece of paper from Mary and handed it to Orson.

Orson looked at the contents on the paper and his eyes widened.

"

Father, this is..."

"The gift given to me by Silver Moon Merchant said it was to celebrate Li Te's return." Lucius smiled.

"It's just a gift in the personal name of Chelinina's agent." Mary added on the side. "Orson, what do you think about this?"

Is this a test for the parents?

At the same time, seeing the familiar name on it, Orson began to recall information about Chelinina.

Orson thought for a while, and then said:

"Go back to my parents, in my opinion, this is a good thing." Orson raised his head and looked at the two of them.

"This means we can cooperate with the largest Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce in the empire."

"But will we have cooperation with the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce soon? They established a chamber of commerce in our territory to conduct business and trade. Isn't this cooperation?"

"Is there a possibility?" Orson said. "Are they looking for deeper cooperation?"

Lucius looked at Orson, confused.

Mary, on the other hand, had a penetrating gaze.

…

"As we all know, the city of Antica has been established for hundreds of years. Over the centuries, the city has continued to develop, but the urban area has never expanded." Orson took out the map of Antica and said.

"Therefore, the old city is already very crowded, and all the originally planned reserved land has been occupied. If we want to continue to develop, we must open up a new urban area."

"I don't need to say more about how much profit the new city construction can bring to the Silver Moon Chamber of Commerce." Orson looked at Chelinina and said with a smile.

Contracting construction projects is quite profitable no matter what age it is.