"Well, anyway, please feel free to say what you think about the current situation."

"Duke," Essin said suddenly. All the participants focused their attention on him, and many showed obvious displeasure - for them, a last-place participant like Essin was the first to speak, which was a manifestation of Menglang.

However, Duke Byron did not look special. He nodded slightly and signaled Essin to continue.

"If I talk about other things, I may lack experience and dare not boast, but I and I were colleagues for a while, so I had some understanding of that person. I think everyone might find something strange... Our little queen is naturally young, and it is possible to do anything inexplicable. But the man named Asu Ruffat was not a fool. We already know, first of all, he is

An excellent swordsman, secondly, he is a magician, and finally, he is a monster. How could such a man be a fool? Why would he accept such a ridiculous appointment? Even if he was blinded by the desire for power, he would not arrogantly think that he could do all the work alone. Let’s talk about other things, just the work pressure brought by these positions... Unless he does not need to eat, excrete, and especially sleep, he will never be able to do so much work alone. There must be problems with such an obvious contradiction!”

"This appointment will not last long," someone said. "There is no shortage of candidates suitable for these positions in the Eagle Falcon City. At least it is easy to find someone who can make do with it... As long as you get help from those who are considerate and prepared, you can get all the vacancies in one month... and divide these "part-time jobs". Then again, this is just a stopgap for the Duke to delay time. As for that Ashu Rufate, the speaker smiled, "it is just a guy from a countryside. If you want to talk about reckless adventurous spirit, you may not be short of such a person, but what threat can he have?"

"He used to be a mercenary," said Essin. "If it weren't for the mercenary business, who had just quit after being too old... but who could retreat bravely, he would probably not be an ordinary person."

No one understands this better than him. In fact, although mercenaries are a high-income and high-risk profession, to be honest, it is difficult to leave after working for a long time. This is a profession that can be escaped, indulged and degenerate. In addition, in the mercenary industry, an excellent warrior is always easily revered and can be promoted quickly with talent. As long as you can attract a group of people to follow you, you can easily become a captain. This is actually anesthetic. He uses short-term success to cover up the long-term future. Usually, mercenaries end up with three results, one is death, the other is disabled or old, and spend the rest of their lives in a remote place with pain. There is also the third result, that is, he retreats in a burgeon when he is in his prime. This is not an easy decision. For example, after leaving this industry, he once fell to the arena to participate in the bloody performance.

And that Ashu Rufate...

"This sounds like a boast." Someone said maliciously.

"Enough," Duke Byron spoke before Essin had time to refute. "I know you are cautious, but you may be too cautious in this matter. That Ash Rufate is just a rich man. He has no connections or foundation. What can he do? As for Eagle City... not to mention anything else, it is a miracle that they have the ability to solve the debt problem. The key problem now is Rafa..."

Essin shut his mouth and looked back at Cleo. Cleo shook his head slightly at him.

"There is no movement on Rafah." Someone said according to Byron's opinion. The speaker was in the chief position next to Byron. Although Essin had never seen the other party, the person's appearance was very similar to Byron. Even a fool could tell that this was the eldest son of Duke Byron. "This is unreasonable."

"Yes, why is this?"

"There is any movement in the barbarians of White Castle?" someone asked.

"No, we have eyeliners over there too... White Castle has been very quiet recently."

People were talking, and almost no one noticed Essin sighing and leaning hard on the back of the chair.

"Esing, do you think they can solve the financial problems?" Clio next to Esing asked in confusion.

"No." Essin replied. Having said that, when it comes to using power to embezzle public funds, probably no one can do more thoroughly than Duke Byron. Now Essin already knows that during his years in power, he has actually made so much money from the treasury, which has led to a new army of 30,000 people in his territory, the city of Fornoros. This army is well equipped and well-trained. With a little practical training, it is worthy of being called an elite soldier. You can guess how much it costs... The mess he left behind with such unscrupulous corruption... is simply terrible.

Of course, this was not originally intended to deal with the little queen, but to deal with Rafa. It was just that the plan did not change quickly.

"What's there to worry about?" Cleo asked.

"I have a...strong intuition," Essin replied. "I'm worried...Assus Ruffat might not play cards according to the rules we prepared."

"Don't follow the rules? He declared that all the debts are invalid?" Cleo was a little curious. Indeed, the little queen (or Asu Ruffat) could do this, but in this way, he would destroy his credit. Not to mention anything else, from today on, which guy who is not very eyebrow will lend him money? Besides, those regional chambers of commerce with weak strength are not easy to mess with. Such things have not happened before, and the chambers of commerce will inevitably take revenge measures - in this regard, these merchants who usually fight openly and secretly with each other seem to be easy to unite and form an invisible but tight commercial blockade. This is not a joke. At least in the past ten years, none of the lords who have tried to rely on debts can persist - the tentacles of business have long reached all aspects of the entire society without realizing it. Once these forces are withdrawn, they can cause huge damage.

As for Eagle Falcon City, merchants do not even have to use any other means. Using commercial blockade can directly put Eagle Falcon City in trouble and become a dead city.

"Not that," Essin wanted to describe it, but found it difficult to express it. "It seems to say... Essus Rufate may use a means beyond our imagination."

"You mean, he may reach an agreement with the guys in the Chamber of Commerce to defer payment?" Clio replied. "You can even borrow a large sum of money as military expenses? To be honest... this matter is too difficult. Why don't you tell me directly that all the gold in the world will turn into soil tomorrow."

Essin did not answer. His reason told him that the powerful logic was on Cleo's side. He really couldn't think of what else could Asus Rufate do in this situation.

At this time, the discussion on General Rafa had reached its climax. Someone had proposed to send a secret envoy to the north to contact and negotiate with Rafa. Anyway, everything has been put on the table, and sending an envoy is no longer a sign of "expressing weakness".

Of course, when Byron was in the coup in the Hawk City, he killed a large number of Rafa’s allies and supporters. He really had no face to negotiate with Rafa. But it is necessary to get in touch with him one by one. As for whether Rafa would hang the messenger immediately - that is not a question that Duke Byron needs to consider.

"Ash Rufate..." Essim murmured in a voice that he could only hear. For some reason, he suddenly remembered the bold declaration of Ash Rufate when the soldiers in the palace were facing each other.

""Garunas? How is he worthy of comparing with me? My name is Ashurufat, I can do everything!"

...

"Ash Rufate, I'm glad to see you." Ajin looked enthusiastic. The face of this honest businessman was like the face of a completely happy person. Ash Rufate knew the source of Ajin's sense of happiness very well: he already knew that Ajin's business was developing very smoothly, even better than anyone expected.

They are now in a mansion in the noble area. To be more specific, they are in the mansion of Duke Byron. Although this mansion is not as large as the palace in terms of area, it has advantages in its internal structure. So Ashu Rufate simply convinced the little girl to close the palace and live here. Unlike the palace, this mansion is actually more simple in structure. If you put aside the garden and grass, it only requires a very small manpower to clean and maintain it.

"I'm also very happy to see you again." Ashu Rufate said. The two of them took the seats separately.

In a sense, Ajin is the kind of person full of courage. At least he did not show any trembling with Ash Rufate, who was nominally holding the power. In other words, the greed in his heart had exceeded his fear. With a friend like Ash Rufate, it would be of great help to his business.

"Ashu Rufat, I heard you are now making a fortune?"

"Ah, I should say I'm in deep trouble." Ash Rufat sighed. "Ajin, where are you?"

"The business is better than I imagined." Ajin replied with a sarcastic brow. "Ashrufate, two years, at most, we can generate dividends. Alas, if you are willing to take out your shares for auction..." He noticed Ashrufate's expression, "What's wrong, Ashrufate, you look like..."

"Ajin, I know you are familiar with people in the business world." Ashu Rufat asked. "I hope you can help."

"Of course, good friends will get 20% off for life." Ajin replied immediately. "If you want to borrow money, I can introduce the one with the lowest interest rate to you."

"Let's get the money later...A Jin, do you remember the transaction you told me in the past? It's about the elves' products..."

"Ah, of course I remember. Ashu Rufat, you wouldn't have suddenly thought of doing that business, right?" Ajin was a little surprised. "To be honest, if you have more spare money, it's better to invest and invest here. I promise you won't suffer any losses."

"This... is not actually what it means... How do you say it? I remember you said that the trade with the elves is almost monopolized in the hands of the Tulan people... The Tulan people make a fortune, and the others can only... eat some leftovers."

"It's true." Ajin replied. "Unfortunately, isn't it? Because of racial prejudice... humans and elves have lost more opportunities to make money... Ashu Rufate, although your name is Ashu Rufate, it's a pity that you are just a human, not an elf prince."

"If... I'm just saying... if... if... the elf prince with the same name as me issued a business license... and gave this license to a human businessman, what would happen? Will that businessman make a fortune?"
Chapter completed!