Chapter 303 Your elder brother is still your elder brother
At night, Russell stayed in Mel's cousin's independent small castle, and complained to Mel about the greed of Marquis Arnold.
"Eighty percent profit!" Russell gritted his teeth. "To be honest, if it were not to reduce the burden on the Grand Duchy and prevent the Kingdom of Blazing Torrent from plundering food resources from the Grand Duchy, I would not be doing this business at all!"
Of course he wants to sell Yulong cigars abroad, but if the profit is too small, he might as well sell them within the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy.
Anyway, the territory's cigar production is enough for the Grand Duchy to absorb.
However, Earl Merlin proposed that he send one hundred boxes of Wind Frost cigars to Marquis Arnaud, and add Yulong cigars to the trade list between the two countries. The purpose was also very clear. If you sell more Yulong cigars, you can sell less food.
So even though there was only 20% profit left, Russell still agreed.
"This is the price of being weak." Mel sighed, "Grandpa also used Marquis Arnold to teach you a lesson."
"This lesson is very worthwhile and will be remembered by me day and night." Russell said, "The person who bullied me was Marquis Arnold, but in the future I will definitely make the entire Kingdom of Blazing Torrent pay for Marquis Arnold's greed!"
"Okay, you are ambitious, you are worthy of being my Mel's brother!" Mel patted Russell's shoulder heavily, "When you have time, go to the mouth of the Sancha River, get close to Mr. Medikalen, and try to ride the Medica as soon as possible Your Excellency Lun!”
After a pause, Mel said with high spirits: "When the two of us brothers and the two dragon knights join forces, we must rectify the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame, help His Highness Shadow Flame recover, and regain his glory as soon as possible!"
Russell glanced at Mel: "Cousin, I rode Lord Medikalen, what are you riding?"
"Of course I ride a Mercedes!"
"Then we can't wait until a few decades later?"
"Uh..." Mel suddenly became embarrassed, "In principle, that's the case, but my grandfather has made it clear that after the selection of the young master is over, he will step down and terminate the contract with Mr. Mercedes... He feels that he is in debt. That kid Kunstein..."
"Let me tell you, you'd better attack Lord Medikalen by yourself." Russell smiled, "You don't need to worry about me riding the dragon!"
"You are so confident that you actually look down on His Excellency Medikalen."
"It's not that I don't like him, it's that I have the confidence to ride other wyverns."
"Come on, don't be unable to ride Mr. Medicalun. If you cry, you will come to me in the future." Mel said with a smile, "Of course, who calls you and me brothers? When the time comes, the two-legged flying dragon in the Dragon Garden will , I’ll let you choose!”
"Brother enough!" Russell laughed.
Although both sides were quarreling, Russell was still very touched. Cousin Mel really hoped that he could ride a dragon.
"By the way, cousin, are you confident that you can beat Queenslai and Augustus now?" Russell asked.
"Of course I have confidence." Mel was full of confidence, "Quenslai is currently trying to win over the branches of the Shadow Flame family, and Augustus is busy trying to win over Baron Davis, but they can't compare to the influence of his uncle's promotion to the Dragon Knight! "
The uncle he spoke of was Baron Roman.
Baron Roman was a blessing in disguise and was promoted to Dragon Knight, which really shocked a bunch of important officials in the Senate. After all, Baron Roman had shined in the Red Castle as a genius when he was young, but he had been unable to ride the dragon in these years, and he became lonely.
Once you succeed in riding a dragon, your strength will definitely improve by leaps and bounds. Among the eleven dragon knights, you will definitely be ranked at the forefront.
The influence naturally increases.
"Augustus is fighting for Baron Davis?" Russell frowned, "Are you sure he can win?"
Baron Davis, who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, enters the Senate.
"It stands to reason that Baron Davis is your uncle, but... the situation in the Golden Fields is quite complicated, especially since there is no direct heir..." Mel said hesitantly, "It is really possible for Augustus to win over him."
"Why?"
"You know that Baron Davis has a younger brother, Lord Deckardby."
"Know."
"Lord Dekaby's daughter, Dai Wen, is the wife of Augustus. And Lord Dekaby's son, Dai Wen's younger brother Dyson, is the most likely candidate to inherit the Golden Fields." Mel shrugged shrug.
Russell's uncle, Davis Goldenrod, had no sons, only a daughter.
Even as a dragon knight, not having a son is still a disadvantage. For the sake of family inheritance, the best way is to choose his nephew Dyson to inherit everything in the Golden Fields.
For the future of the territory, there is no doubt that Baron Davis is very likely to choose to support Augustus.
"I don't think so." Russell said, "Baron Davis is in his prime, and there is no need to consider heirs so early. If it were me, I would definitely hope that my daughter will live well in the future. Maybe Baron Davis thinks so too, and will Come closer to us!"
"I find it difficult."
"Why?"
"Territory, territory is so important to the nobles. For the sake of the inheritance of the Golden Dome family, Baron Davis will definitely not act out of emotion." Mel said, and there was one more thing he did not say clearly.
The entire nobility of the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame basically knew about Baron Davis's romantic affairs outside.
Lots of lovers.
That is to say, no son was born, but if a son was born, Russell's aunt Robbie might not be able to secure her status as a baroness.
"Forget it, don't worry so much." Russell didn't like these nonsense things. He waved his hands freely and said, "When I take off in the future, I will definitely support you. Cousin, this position of the Grand Duke belongs to you, I said so! "
"Haha, good!" Mel laughed.
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Without staying in the Red Castle for too long, Russell and Roland prepared to set off for the northern Poplar Gobi territory.
"Yawn." When they set out in the morning, Roland looked like he hadn't woken up yet, with dark circles under his eyes.
Russell frowned unconsciously: "Brother, we are about to go to Poplar Gobi to meet our future sister-in-law, can't you restrain yourself a little?"
Roland was stunned for a while before he smiled awkwardly: "No, no, I just met a few friends and drank too late."
"Would I believe it?" Russell was speechless.
Walking weakly, his face was pale, his eyes were blank, and his reaction was slow. All this showed that Roland was simply squeezed dry, not drinking until late at night.
Roland knew that Russell didn't believe him, but he still said with all his strength: "Don't worry, we still have a few days to reach Huyang Gobi. I'll get enough sleep today and I'll be full of energy tomorrow. There won't be any problems. I'm a fantasy beast knight now!"
"Come to think of it." Russell suddenly narrowed his eyes, "Brother, we two brothers haven't fought for many years."
"Yes, for many years." Roland also sighed.
When Russell was a child, he just came into contact with fighting spirit, and Roland could often use the excuse of fighting to beat Russell up. But as Roland was promoted to a great knight, the gap between him and Russell was too big, and even the excuse of beating him up was hard to find.
"When we get to the post station, shall we compete?"
"Wait for two days." Roland felt a little guilty for some reason. "I've been feeling a little unwell these days. I'll compete with you after I've recovered my strength."
"Okay."
"You should practice well too. Don't blame me for not reminding you. I've never fallen behind in fighting skills!" Roland was quite high-spirited when he spoke. He was promoted to a great knight before the coming-of-age ceremony. He was also a genius boy at the time!
Although he has not contracted a fantasy beast knight in these years, he has never stopped honing his fighting skills.
He is confident that he will not lose to Russell.
Even if the time he has contracted a fantasy beast is shorter than Russell's.
Moreover, Russell is about to ride a dragon, so he also wants to prove one thing to Russell before he rides a dragon - your brother is still your brother. Don't think that you can jump in front of your brother just by riding a little flying dragon!
"Contracts are about fate, and cultivation depends on talent!"