Chapter 234

In the courtyard, the sun is spread on the green lawn and on the round table under the shade of the trees. The attendants have put hot tea and cakes on the table. They sit in chairs, drink hot tea leisurely and enjoy the sparkling lake not far away. This life is envied by many people, but how do they know who can really have these, But I have no free mood to enjoy the scenery?

"I've been waiting."

Frank interrupted Donne's thoughts and sat down next to him.

It was the first time Donne saw Frank outside. His clothes were very simple. He couldn't see that he was a high-ranking Duke. However, when he looked carefully, he found that the clothes that looked very simple were not simple.

The cloth is a specialty velvet imported from Ryan empire. It is fresh and breathable. Because the output is very small, it is very expensive. After careful sewing by craftsmen, this dress is only worth tens of thousands of gold coins.

Frank took a sip from his tea cup, looked at the lake and said, "Baron Donne, it is said that Ellington has developed very well recently, and the Datang chamber of commerce is more vigorous and making progress every day. Why do you waste your time here?"

Donne raised his eyebrow: "waste of time? If you still have this attitude, I don't think we need to talk."

It's fun to pretend to be stupid when you know what's going on?

Frank gently knocked on the table. He was holding a temper in his heart. No matter how well restrained he was, he hadn't met a person like Donne who didn't play cards according to common sense for many years. It was just the last time. This time he was still like this

However, he is a master level wild mage.

Frank also wants to win him over.

"Baron Donne, I think there may be some misunderstanding between us."

"There is no misunderstanding, only the transaction."

Donne ignored Frank's idea: "I don't have time to argue with you. Just say it. You sent someone to assassinate me. How do you want to solve this?"

Frank frowned and said it directly? Whether he wants to negotiate or not.

Donne patted the table and said casually, "actually, if I didn't want to follow the rules of the game with you, I'd have solved it now."

Frank didn't quite understand what Donne meant.

But he didn't ask, but thought about it and said, "it's a misunderstanding, but Baron Donne, our cadier family is happy to solve this misunderstanding with you..."

"I repeat, it's not a misunderstanding. Your son wants to assassinate me. It's a fact."

Frank's face is a little stiff. Is this guy a fool? I want to play down hatred deliberately, but I can't see it!?

"If you want me to put it down, you can show sincerity. You know what I mean."

There seems to be no way to beat around the bush.

Frank took a deep breath. "Well, what do you want?"

In the negotiation, whoever exposed his cards first lost. Frank wanted to know what Donne wanted.

"Refreshing!"

Donne finally smiled. "I want Winchester."

Frank laughed angrily at the speech: "Baron Donne, this joke is not funny at all!"

Winchester mine fortress, more specifically, Winchester refined gold mine, is a refined gold vein belonging to the cardier family. The cardier family has only explored part of its reserves for nearly a century. It is expected that this vein will be the largest refined gold vein ever discovered by the Ilus Empire, and its value is immeasurable!

It can be said that the refined gold produced by Winchester refined gold mine alone accounts for 30% of the total profit of Kadir mineral sales!

Don't you think they're going to die if he opens his mouth!

Donne grinned. "Duke frank, do you think a Winchester family is important or the Cadillac family is important?"

"After leaving the cardier family, Winchester is still Winchester, but without Winchester, the cardier family is not necessarily the cardier family."

Frank narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "so, Baron Donne, you'd better not let the lion talk. Be careful that you're too greedy to eat and die."

The secret language of calling the guard almost blurted out several times. If Donne hadn't been a master magician, Frank would have wanted to turn against him now.

"Whether I can eat or not is my business, so I won't bother you."

Looking at Donne's casual expression, Frank was in a very bad mood. Sure enough, he still wanted to kill him

"It's impossible, Baron Donne. Change the terms. You should know that just those assassins can't prove anything. The value of this information is not worth the price."

"Well..."

Don smashed his mouth: "then I can't help but take the magic iron ore west of Preston."

Preston is located in the southeast of the ladia hills, and the distance from Ellington is almost the same as that of Bain. In the west of Preston, there is a medium-sized magic iron ore controlled by the cadier family. Although it can not be compared with the Winchester fine gold mine, it is also valuable.

"Bang!"

Frank put the teacup heavily on the round table, stared at Donne and said faintly, "Baron Donne, it seems that you have been staring at the magic metal mine of our cadil family a long time ago..."

"Ha, who doesn't know about the entire ilrus Empire? Your Kadir family and the spade family jointly occupied 90% of the magical metal mines of the whole empire. Among them, the spade family is even more exaggerated, occupying more than 60% alone."

Donne grinned, "but I haven't dealt with the spade family, and they haven't assassinated me. If I want to own a magic metal mine, I can only find you."

Frank said coldly, "do you think our cadier family is easy to handle?"

"No."

Frank looked a little slower.

"It's quite easy to handle."

Frank's face froze, he clapped the case and got angry: "don't you believe I'll leave you here today?"

"Oh."

Don said casually, "remember to tell the cook that I don't like arlinks."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you want to leave me for dinner? Since you are so enthusiastic, I won't refuse."

Frank almost vomited blood: "what Duke Ben means is to leave your life here!"

"Oh, oh! I see!"

Donne clapped his hands: "I just want to fight? Tell me! Don't worry first. When I greet obery and Adrian, they must be flustered at leisure."

Frank froze there. Is shit in this fool's head?

He felt that his thinking and Donne's thinking were completely two parallel lines, and there was no possibility of intersection at all!

"Wait a minute!"

Frank stopped Donne and took a deep breath: "change the condition, you don't have to think about the magic metal mine! It's absolutely impossible!"

The spade family occupies 60% of the magic metal mines. The cardier family originally had few magic metal mines. How can it be transferred to Donne because of this?

The value of magic metal ore is very high. On the one hand, it is an expensive war preparation material due to the superior performance of magic metal. On the other hand, the total reserves of magic metal ore explored in prandal are very small, so the value is naturally high.

Donne frowned: "Why are you cadillans so stingy..."

Is this a question of being stingy or not?

Frank almost roared out.

Can't he see the strategic significance of magic metal?

Or are you pretending to be stupid?

"Well, in that case, just give me some magic crystal mines."

Donne looked very dissatisfied: "you don't have many magic metal mines, but you don't have many magic crystal mines? If you talk nonsense with me again, I'll doubt your sincerity in negotiation."

Donne didn't have the idea of magic metal mine at all, because the emergence of universal alloy led to Ellington's desire for magic metal is not so strong. Instead, it is the magic crystal whose supply exceeds demand, which is very important for the future energy layout.

From the beginning, Donne's goal was the magic crystal mine monopolized by the Kadir family.

The consumption of magic crystal is very small. The consumption in the market is mainly magic crystal lamps and magic devices used in some rich people's homes, and even the consumption of maintaining various magic arrays. The sum of this consumption every year is not enough to be one tenth of that of magic crystal minerals.

Almost all the remaining 90% magic crystals of prandal poured into the silver city for those magicians to use, but there is a biggest problem here.

The growth rate of the number of magicians in the silver city is very stable, and the consumption of magic crystal basically maintains a constant number, so the price of magic crystal is also very stable. However, the consumption capacity of the silver city for magic crystal is far less than the output capacity of various countries, so the supply far exceeds the demand.

Once the city of silver stops importing magic crystals, a large number of magic crystals will be unsalable, even if the price is reduced.

Therefore, although the potential value of the magic crystal mine is very high, the Kadir family still has a headache about the problem of the magic crystal mine. The profits from so many magic crystal mines are not comparable to the profits of a magic metal mine. Every time he sees the annual report, Frank will envy Mandel spade. He must make a lot of money.

But jealousy is useless, because it is the result of the distribution of interests among several families after the war

In those days, the head of the Kadir family, who would have thought that gene would integrate all the mages with his own prestige to build a silver city? It is precisely because of this that the development of external magic civilization has stagnated, and the value of magic crystal has been greatly reduced.

Limited by the unequal vision and information, Frank didn't know what a huge treasure his family had. After hearing Donne's request, he didn't refuse at the first time, but seriously considered it and weighed the gains and losses

"Yes."

Finally, Frank nodded: "however, the mine can't be given for nothing. Although the magic crystal mine is not as valuable as the magic metal mine, it is also a mine at least, so take the money to buy it!"