The Original Vampire

After leaving Lion’s Roar Castle and returning to his residence, Earl Evan immediately packed his things and prepared to go to Huayu City.

Thinking back on it now, he felt more and more that this was Colin’s deliberate attempt to drive him away from Winter City.

Earl Evan was not too surprised by this.

When Joyce came to visit Knight Weber before, he realized that he would definitely be feared by Colin.

Of course, there was nothing he could do about it.

Thalia is going to find Prince Lehi, and Earl Evan, even as her fiancé, cannot stop him.

Moreover, this is actually what Earl Evan himself must do.

Prince Leahy had already given him a choice after the incident in Yulong City. Since he had chosen to believe in Prince Leahy’s innocence, Count Evan could only go down this path.

Only by finding Prince Leahy and clearing his name can Earl Evan himself gain the support and status he wants.

For Earl Evan, this is the first priority. As for causing some chaos in the north and planting a few nails, that is just a matter of convenience.

After finishing his gift as quickly as possible, Earl Evan found Salia who was still sorting it out and said, “You continue to pack, I’ll go out and be back soon.”

“Okay.”

Say goodbye to Salia, Earl Evan changed into low-key clothes and walked out of his residence.

After wandering aimlessly on the streets of Winter City, he walked into a tavern seemingly casually.

In the tavern, Earl Evan went straight to the second floor, took a seat in a gorgeously decorated private room, and drank the wine sent by the attendant alone.

But the strange thing is that there are two wine glasses on the table even though there is only Earl Avon.

Not long after, Arnold, the president of the North Wind Chamber of Commerce, walked into the room quietly and bowed to Earl Evan.

“Please sit down.” Earl Evan poured Arnold a glass of wine.

Arnold sat down to thank him, drank the wine in his glass, and then asked, “Your Majesty, what are your orders for coming to me this time?”

Earl Evan sipped the wine in his hand and said lightly, “I’m leaving Winter City.”

Arnold’s eyes flickered, and he quickly asked, “So soon? Are you going back to the East?”

“No. I will go to Flower City. So, if you have anything, you can go there. Find me.”

“Okay.” Arnold nodded in agreement.

Earl Evan glanced at the businessman in front of him, and then asked: “I asked you to contact the major businessmen in the north; how did you do?”

Arnold frowned, a little embarrassed: “Your Excellency, you also know that, knowing the current situation in the North, although I worked hard to win over, Oliver relied on the support of Count Angele and used the position of the Northern Foreign Trade Company as bait to win over a large number of influential people. A powerful northern merchant.

So…”

Seeing Count Evan’s expression of concern, Arnold quickly added: “Your Majesty, actually, I think it is too difficult to compete with the St. Hilde family on the matter of the Northern Foreign Trade Company. , and the target is too obvious, and it is easy to expose yourself. You must also know that Count Angele is not a soft-hearted person.

Especially now that Master Joyce’s situation is not good, I am worried that if he angers the other party…”

Earl Evan tapped the wine glass lightly and fell into deep thought.

He knew that recent events had brought the businessman back.

For a while, Earl Evan couldn’t come up with enough reasons for Arnold to continue to work for him.

Seeing that Count Evan was silent, Arnold suggested again: “Your Majesty, I think we can find another way and use a more covert but more deadly strategy to cut off the Saint Hilde family’s attempt to control the North. The hands of the business world.”

Count Evan’s expression changed, and he immediately said: “Tell me about it.”

“Sir, the goal of the Northern Foreign Trade Company is too big, and Count Angele takes it too seriously. We can’t compete with each other in this regard. It is unwise to

go head-on. I have thought hard for a long time, and I think it might be more appropriate to start with bonds.”

“Bonds?”

“Yes, this is also a policy that Count Angele is planning to implement in the north recently. Didn’t you listen? Tell me?”

“I know what the bond is; just tell me your method.”

“Yes.” Arnold cleared his throat and explained with some excitement, “My lord, have you noticed that the bond that Earl Gle is planning to issue actually does not limit the qualifications of the purchaser?

In other words, even merchants from the East could exchange grain with the Saint Hilde family for bonds.

If you are careful, you don’t even need to alert Saint Hilde. The Hilde family exchanged grain for bonds through a trusted middleman.”

Earl Avon’s eyes lit up, obviously realizing something.

Seeing this, Arnold seemed to be inspired, and immediately said more vigorously, “In this way, you can safely use the funds from the East to intervene in the business community in the North.

Once we accumulate a large number of bonds, we will have control. An important handle for the St. Hilde family.

When the bond maturity date is approaching, you can purchase large quantities of grain and push up grain prices. By then, these bonds will become a huge crisis facing the St. Hilde family!

If you are willing to pay the bond, you must buy grain at a high price, so you can make a lot of money anyway.

And if they go back on their word or are unable to buy enough food to repay the bond in your hand, it will seriously damage the credibility of the St. Hilde family and even trigger a new round of unrest in the north.

Of course, Eastland will also suffer losses in this way, after all, the bonds you hoard will become waste paper.

But with the wealth of the Eastern Territory, Lord Earl, do you think it is worth spending a small amount of money to disrupt the Northern Territory?

“Of course it couldn’t be more worthwhile! ” ” Count Avon immediately said, and then he picked up a glass of wine and exchanged it with Arnold, his face full of approval.

In Count Avon’s view, this strategy is indeed very good, covert enough, but also very insidious.

Regardless of whether the De family is willing to honor these bonds in the future, the Eastern Territory will definitely make a profit.

To be honest, if you want to compete for military strength, the Eastern Territory is really inferior to the Northern Territory. The long years of stability and no threat from foreign enemies have passed away. According to the will of the knights of the Eastern Territory, Earl Evan would never want to fight to the death with the people of the Northern Territory on the battlefield unless he had to.

But compared with its economic strength, the wealth of the Eastern Territory is beyond the reach of the Northern Territory.

Therefore, even in the North Territory because the price of food is too high, Count Evan doesn’t feel bad when he chooses to let go of these bonds.

Spending a little money to destroy the reputation accumulated by a Paladin family for thousands of years is really a good deal. The more

Count Evan thinks about it, the more he gets. Excited, he exchanged glasses with Arnold and quickly drank up a bottle of red wine.

Arnold was about to ask the attendant to bring more good wine, but fortunately, Earl Evan still remembered that his fiancée was still waiting for him, so he quickly stopped:

” No, you can’t drink any more today. I will go to Huayu City later. ”

Arnold looked regretful but did not persuade him much.

Count Evan patted Arnold’s shoulder affectionately and asked him to come to Huayu City to find him at any time, and then have a drink with him.

Naturally, Arnold was flattered and nodded repeatedly. Earl Avon sent him out.

Returning to the room, Arnold found that another person was already sitting on Earl Avon’s seat.

However, he was not surprised or panicked at all. He stepped forward and saluted respectfully and said, “Count Angelet.” Sir, I just did what you said. Colin

played with the wine glass that Earl Evan had just drank from, and said with a smile:

“Mr. Arnold, you made the right choice, which makes me very happy.”