Chapter 182 A love that is equal

Chapter 182 A love that is equal

The fourth floor of the Bavart Bank.

The largest shareholder of this bank is Earl Hall, who is currently managed by Hibbert. The Negan family also owns a certain share in this bank.

It seems normal that Greg chose this place to talk.

But Hasta knew that this was definitely not normal.

Greg and Hibbert must have taken the opportunity to find out some information and satisfy their desire to eat melons.

"Hasta, let me introduce you. This is Viscount Abel from Southwell County. He was originally an idle noble in Southwell County and came to Backlund in the past two years."

As soon as Hasta came, Greg briefly introduced the basic information of both parties.

After the two exchanged a few words, Hasta began to look at Viscount Abel in front of him. He was between 40 and 50 years old, with hair the color of the sea. Compared with the local nobles in Backlund, his skin color was dark and rough. At first glance, he lived in a place where the sea breeze blew all year round.

"The thing is, I have decided to settle in Backlund. In addition to the territory I belong to, I am willing to sell all the other lands in South Wales."

Viscount Abel is very direct. He made it clear what he was going to do today. This kind of personality is very likable.

"I know that the price of land has been falling recently, and I am really eager to get rid of those lands, so I won't beat around the bush. The price is 15,000 gold pounds."

"You only need to pay this money, and then the land I have managed in South Wales for many years will be yours."

Frankness, no beating around the bush, this style of behavior is generally the believers of the storm.

Hasta did not agree immediately, but looked at Greg, who handed Hasta a document and a map.

With a slight smile on his face, he nodded.

Hasta took the document and map and carefully checked the land that Viscount Abel wanted to sell.

At this glance, he realized how worthwhile the 15,000 gold pounds were.

If the Corn Law had not been introduced, the price of these lands together would have been at least 80,000 gold pounds.

Now it's only 15,000 gold pounds, which is already a big discount.

According to the current normal transaction price, although these lands are not near Backlund, they should be worth about 30,000 gold pounds. Viscount Abel directly cut the price in half.

This is indeed a very cost-effective deal.

In addition to the low price, most of these lands are located near his territory. If he only needs to acquire a few other noble lands in the middle, he can connect them into a large area.

It can leave an area the size of a thumbnail on the palm-sized map of South Wales.

"With such a price, I naturally have no reason to disagree."

After Hastur carefully checked it, he agreed to the deal of 15,000 gold pounds.

Viscount Abel sighed and said, "If I hadn't made up my mind to stay in Backlund, I wouldn't have chosen to sell these lands."

"Excuse me, why are you in such a hurry to sell these lands?"

"Because no one is willing to take over the land in Southwell County. Most of the land transactions in the market now are around Backlund. In remote places, no nobles are willing to pay, even if the price is extremely low."

For this reason, Hasta chose to believe that there is a price but no market, which is reasonable.

"Viscount Abel, I have something to ask about Southwell County."

"Ask."

After completing the transaction, Viscount Abel's attitude was much more relaxed than at the beginning.

"What is the current situation in Southwell County?"

"I have been away from Southwell County for two years, and I don't know much about the latest situation. I can only talk about the general situation there when I was still in Southwell County."

Hasta expressed his understanding and signaled Viscount Abel to start the introduction.

"Southern Wilshire is located in the southeastern coastal area of ​​the Kingdom of Loen. Although there are no famous ports there, maritime trade is also very frequent."

"It can be said that half of the people in Southern Wilshire are supported by the maritime trade. Unfortunately, as the activities of pirates become increasingly rampant, some fishing villages and ports in coastal areas are often looted by pirates because of insufficient guards."

"Those bastards raised by bitches rely on the sea being right next to them. Whenever the army is besieged, they take boats to hide in the sea and then move around the entire coastline."

"The garrison is limited and it is impossible to defend the entire coastline. If the defense is strengthened here, there will be empty spaces in other places, which will give those pirates the opportunity to take advantage of the situation."

"In addition to the pirates, the Duke of Will, who is responsible for assisting in the governance of Southern Wilshire, has a bad reputation in the local area. Apart from collecting taxes, they are no different from a curly-haired baboon."

Viscount Abel obviously has a great grudge against the Duke of Will and does not hide his hatred for them.

"Their reputation is indeed not very good. Even though I am in Backlund, I have heard about it. But the contemporary Grand Duke Will has one advantage." Greg also commented.

Although he did not say it explicitly, Hastur and Viscount Abel also knew that the only remaining advantage was loyalty.

Because of his loyalty, as long as they did not gather together to rebel, the royal family would turn a blind eye to many things.

That Grand Duke Will was also very smart. He only stayed in South Wilshire, only enjoyed himself, and had no ambition.

Such a minister, although incompetent, made the king feel at ease.

Then, Hastur asked many more questions, and Viscount Abel answered them one by one, and also promised to send him a map of the power distribution in South Wales.

Under the witness of Greg, Hastur finally paid 15,000 gold pounds in exchange for a lot of land.

The money was paid in three installments, 5,000 gold pounds each time, after all, Hastur still needed to send someone to South Wales to verify the specific situation.

Paying in batches can reduce his risk a lot.

With Greg as a guarantee, Viscount Abel had no objection.

After all, the heir of Duke Negan, the wealth in his hands is definitely not comparable to these 15,000 gold pounds.

After finishing the business, Hibbert, who happened to be handling things at the Bavart Bank today, invited Hastur to go out and play tonight.

"No, I still have things to deal with."

Hastur would not be fooled by Hibbert and Greg, these two people must want to take the opportunity to ask about the things between him and Earl Hall and Audrey.

...

At about nine o'clock in the evening, Hastur finally left on the pretext of something.

He still couldn't fight against the combination of Greg and Hibbert. He had originally agreed to have dinner and leave, but was later dragged to drink a lot of wine, and only got away now.

During the period, facing Greg and Hibbert's question about eating melons, he could only avoid answering and pretend to be stupid.

He really had nothing to say. After that day, he hadn't met Earl Hall and Audrey again.

"It's still a little early."

Hasta looked at the time and decided to go to the Brave Bar. He hadn't been there for several days.

The distance was not far, and it only took more than ten minutes to arrive by carriage.

As soon as he entered the Brave Bar, Hasta saw Leonard's figure.

He wanted to go up and say hello, but when he saw the woman Leonard was talking to, his steps stopped.

If he remembered correctly, the woman in a black dress was the Black Saint who saved the witch that night!

An immortal witch of Sequence 3!

If he had known that he would meet this witch here, Hasta would rather choose to continue drinking with Greg and Hibbert.

Even if he was teased by them, it was better than facing an immortal witch directly.

But he had already come in, he couldn't just turn around and leave.

In front of an immortal witch of Sequence 3, any movement could not be hidden from her perception.

Fortunately, when he went there as a spirit, he was wearing armor condensed by the war emblem, and the immortal witch did not discover his true face.

Hasta slowly walked into the bar, sat at the edge of the bar, ordered a glass of Golden Wheat Wave cocktail, and drank it silently.

Leonard also noticed Hasta's arrival, but he was talking at a critical moment, so he naturally couldn't split himself, and could only give Hasta an apologetic look.

In response, Hasta turned sideways and couldn't help but give Leonard a thumbs up in his heart. This guy actually wanted to pick up an immortal witch of Sequence 3!

With his immature means, how could he be a match for this immortal witch.

It seems that he tried every means to win the beauty, but in fact, she is the real master of fishing.

She just pretended to be an ignorant girl, appreciating Leonard's performance and satisfying her extraordinary hobby.

Eh, strange.

Leonard could not detect the identity of the immortal witch, but the old man in his body should be able to see through it all.

Did He deliberately not remind Leonard?

Tsk tsk, this is to let Leonard experience the taste of a witch!

Hastur wanted to laugh a little, and mourned for Leonard for a second.

Then, he also became a person who silently ate melons.

Even if he sat on the edge, he could still hear Leonard's pretending to be vicissitudes of life.

And the immortal witch's crisp and sweet voice was like that of a 17 or 18-year-old girl.

What should this scene be called?

A playboy in the love field vs. a veteran in the flower world?

Or a romantic poet vs. an immortal witch?

Tsk, one wants a young calf to drive a big car, and the other is an old cow eating tender grass.

In this wave, both sides are evenly matched.