Chapter 38 Negotiation (Part 2)
No wonder Judra reacted so strongly.
The content of the document is that Raven will provide Judra with 5,000 gold coins within two years.
The price is that once Judra becomes a baron, not only will the Eagle Beak Mountain Mine and Thousand Needles Jungle be returned, but the [Grey Mountain Mine] will also be transferred to the Eagle Territory!
The reason why Ironforge can support a third-level knight like Angel on the scale of a barony is that even the most elite 100-man [Ironforge Legion] can wear chain armor. , because they have their own iron mines, their own smelting and casting factories!
Exported weapons, chain armor, and plate armor are the most important source of income for the Ironforge Leader.
It can be said that once the Gray Mountain Mine is lost, the Iron Furnace Leader's income will plummet by half or even more, and the annual loss will be no less than thousands of gold coins!
Whoever signs this contract will undoubtedly be the biggest sinner of the Wharton family. It is not too much to say "selling territory for glory".
Raven accepted the paperwork and was not angry. Through the previous contact, he had completely figured out Judra's character.
Arrogant, conceited, with a high self-esteem, and at the same time a deep sense of inferiority. His regard for self-esteem and reputation is almost pathological. He clearly desires the title desperately, but he behaves as if he doesn't care at all.
If you use two words to describe it, it is -
Distortion.
To deal with such a person, you have to help him save face.
To put it simply, Judra wants to be a bitch, and Raven wants to help him erect the arch.
"How can this be regarded as sacrificing the interests of the family, Mr. Judra?" Raven sighed, with deep regret: "Baron Angel was indeed a qualified noble when he was young, but now He is already old, and what he did during my enthronement ceremony is, to put it bluntly, foolish. If you hadn't made a prompt decision, the Wharton family would have become the laughing stock of the entire Nord province!"
"As for your brother, Mr. Mark, with all due respect, he is not even a qualified heir."
There was deep sympathy in Raven's tone: "I have been pampered since I was a child, addicted to wine and beauty, not only He made the maid pregnant without being engaged, and even sent someone to Go to Goldsmith Town to buy Angel's Tears at a high price, completely ignoring the awkward relationship between our two families."
"Is such a person really suitable to inherit the title of Ironforge Territory? Isn’t it the greatest harm to the Ironforge Leader and the Wharton family?”
Raven's words hit Judra's pain point. The latter's originally angry face calmed down a lot, and he said with a sneer: "I don't know where you heard the rumors, but the reliability of this news is as good as It is as thin as the 5,000 gold coins on your document, even if all the eagles are searched You can’t afford that much money!”
“Then the news is probably true,” Lei Wen said slowly, “Although I don’t have that much money now, don’t forget it. , I still have Tears of Angels in my hand, and I recently took back Goldshire.”
Judra's lips pursed slightly. He had tasted the deliciousness of Angel's Tears. Mark would rather annoy Angel than buy it, which further confirmed this. Angel's Tears can indeed bring a steady stream of wealth to the Eagle Tie.
"...Even if what you said is true, what can I do?" Judela sighed helplessly: "Who will inherit the title, after all, it is my father who has the final say. .”
“That’s why I want to help you. ." Raven shook the document in his hand: "Mr. Judra, I think you already have all the qualities to be a lord. You are calm, elegant, and noble, but you are just because you have not been treated fairly. Couldn't show it in front of Baron Angel Show your ability."
He took a step forward, and his low and magnetic voice penetrated into Judra's heart like a whisper in a dream: "As long as you can show enough ability, everyone in the territory will be able to do it. Person - knighted, in charge The family, the head maid, and the soldiers are all impressed by your generosity and let them work for you, then I think Baron Angel will also change his mind."
Judra's brow. Jumping wildly, he had understood Raven's hint.
Money, lots of money.
In his opinion, there is no one in the world who cannot be bought with gold coins. If there is, then the offer is not high enough.
A large amount of gold coins were thrown down, and every important person in the baron was tied to his own chariot, making them realize who was the one who could bring benefits to them.
In this way, when Angel is dying, even if he wants to appoint Mark as his heir, no one will recognize his decision - a will is only useful if everyone recognizes it, otherwise Worse than a piece of waste paper.
At this moment, Judra was indeed moved, but he still shook his head: "Baron Raven, you are indeed a good lobbyist, but I still can't promise you. The Gray Mountain Mine is an iron The Wharton family cannot lose the foundation of the Hearth."
The most important thing is that once he signs the contract, his leverage will be in Raven's hands and he will be able to manipulate it.
At least before officially becoming a baron, Judra has no chance of resisting.
Leaven knew his concerns and said instead:
"How could it be a loss? You just leased the Gray Mountain Mine to me for fifty years! And the Gray Mountain Mine The output can be supplied to Ironforge according to the market price in the future. Although there will be more It’s a sum of money to buy ore, but it also saves labor.”
“But the income of the Gray Mountain Mine is not lower than that of Gold Flash Town.” Judra said with a sullen face. One thousand gold coins is still too low to obtain a fifty-year lease.”
Raven chuckled in his heart.
This Judra is quite capable of erecting memorial arches!
He just proposed the deal, and he knew how to follow suit. He limited the focus of the conversation to the Huishan Mine, completely ignoring the personal dependence attached to it.
Not only did he save face, he also started bargaining, which is really a classic aristocratic style.
Originally, 5,000 gold coins was a minimum price, but Raven had no intention of buying him off with this: "Then how many gold coins do Mr. Judra think is appropriate?"
"10,000 gold coins." Judra said without batting an eye: "I think this is a suitable price."
"If it were fifty years ago, it would be true, but the Gray Mountain Mine has been exploited too much. After a long time, no one knows how much reserves there are." Raven bargained: "7,000 gold coins."
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Judra's eyes.
No matter how nice it sounds, once this contract is signed, it will be his biggest weakness before he truly succeeds to the throne of Baron. It can be said that he has almost put his life on it.
But Raven, this gangster, refused to even pay 10,000 gold coins. This was simply a humiliation.
"It's not just a problem with the Gray Mountain Mine." Judra emphasized his tone: "It's about my 'reputation', 10,000 gold coins, no less!"
Raven almost laughed in anger, reputation? What kind of reputation is worth 5,000 gold coins?
The bitch has built a memorial arch, does she really think she is a good person?
Leaven sneered, shook his head and said, "Mr. Judra, if you insist on doing this, I don't think Mr. Mark's 'reputation' is worth so much, right?"
Qiu Della's face tightened: "What do you mean?"
"It's very simple." There was a sneer at the corner of Raven's mouth: "I have figured it out now. Instead of supporting you, it is better to invest in Mark, who has a better chance of inheriting the title. At least being a neighbor with a loser will not cause any pressure!"
"Sorry for wasting your time, Mr. Judra!" Raven made a decision immediately, turned around and left.
Seeing Raven threatening him so blatantly, Judra's breathing suddenly became heavy. He clenched his fists and almost wanted to rush forward and beat Raven up!
But he can't do this, let alone do it.
He was originally at a disadvantage in the fight. Once Mark received Raven's financial assistance, he would no longer have the possibility of inheriting the Ironforge Territory!
If Raven had threatened him like this before, he could have just walked away, but now his ambition was completely inspired by Raven, and he clearly saw his vision of sitting on the throne of Baron.
If you really want to give up right now, that would be really...unwilling!
"Baron Raven!" Judra suppressed the humiliation in her heart and took a deep breath: "9,000 gold coins!"
Raven's footsteps did not stop.
“8000 gold coins!”
Raven paused and continued walking forward.
Just when his hand was about to touch the car door, Judra shouted loudly: "7000! I agree!"
"Hey! How can this happen!" Raven turned his head, with a polite smile reserved for nobles: "I was just about to go back to the carriage and change the number on it to 10,000. I didn't expect you to be so considerate."
< br>"In this case, I’m not an unreasonable person, so what do you think of 8,000 gold coins?”
Judra knew that this was a concession made by Raven to appease his anger. , he didn’t want to bear the so-called kindness of giving away, but he was reluctant to part with the 1,000 gold coins, so he could only nod his head angrily: "Then 8,000, but this agreement must not be made public."
Raven blinked: "As long as you fulfill the contract, of course!"
Take out the prepared ink from the carriage, and the two of them signed their names on the agreement.
A small box of gold coins was placed in front of the two of them.
Lei Wen said: "This is the first fund, 200 gold coins. Starting from next month, on the 5th of every month, I will provide you with a fund, at least 200 gold coins, with no upper limit. In short Within the year, I will give you the same amount of gold coins as stated in the contract."
"If the amount is not enough by then, I will not acknowledge the contents of this document." Judra's expression was not very clear. It’s beautiful, but I was just staring at the carriage that hadn’t moved for a long time.
Raven didn't care about his attitude. He stood up and saluted with a smile: "Then I'll excuse you first, Mr. Judra. I hope you have a good time tonight."
"Wait." Jude La stopped Raven, who had just turned around: "Why?"
"What why?" Raven turned around and asked.
"Why spend money on me." Judra asked in a low voice: "Don't you need to build your own territory and improve your strength?"
Leaven He raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised that Judra could still maintain enough sanity at this time, and responded in a deep voice: "Because the Nord province will be in chaos by the end of the year at the latest, and I hope that there will be a solid foundation by then. Allies, share the pressure of the Eagle Territory with me.”
"What?" Judra looked at Raven and smiled angrily: "Baron Raven, I know you don't want to tell the truth, but there is no need to use such vain words to prevaricate me!"
" If you think so, I can't help it." Raven said. The scumbag said, turning back and walking towards the carriage:
"Time will verify my answer."
After saying this, Raven sat back in the carriage and followed An Qi Raising the whip, the carriage drove on the road back to Eagle Castle.
"How about it? I'll tell you that Judra will definitely agree to my conditions." Raven reached out and took Denise into his arms, leaning against the car's side with a smile on his lips.
Denise said nothing, but studied Raven.
She found that she could not see through this man more and more.
He is lustful, hypocritical, shameless and greedy, but since she returned to Eagle Castle, almost everything Raven has done has exceeded her expectations, but he has always been successful.
Especially the conversation today made her even more frightened.
The rhythm of the entire conversation was completely in Raven's hands. There were times when she thought the negotiation would end in a breakdown, but Raven's precise control of people's hearts firmly locked Judra in the original position. land.
From belittling, to complimenting, to the final manipulation, it was all done in one go. Judra was like a sparrow, trapped in it, thinking that it was flying, but never able to escape from Raven's grasp.
This move is precise and sophisticated - Raven, is he really only twenty years old?
“How did you do it?” A question flowed from Denise’s mouth.
“Want to know?” Raven smiled and pointed at his cheek: “Kiss me and I’ll tell you.”
“Or, I’ll kiss you?” He said He went up on his own.
What greeted him was Denise's soft palms and a low voice complaining: "Angel is still outside."
"Oh...I understand!" Raven A meaningful smile appeared on his face, and he leaned his head on the side of the car.
Denise rolled her eyes at him and asked in a low voice: "I still don't understand. Angel is still very strong and the Eagles' finances are so tight. Why do you have to do it at this time? Fund Judra? ”
"That's why, you can only be a businessman, but I can become a baron." Raven said with a smile: "Come on, Denise, if you can't figure this out, how can you do Meng City?" Where is the president of the Chamber of Commerce?”
At the same time, Judra was still sitting on the stone chair on Halberd Rock. " Sonofabitch!”
Damn Raven!
A gangster from a lowly background, because he accidentally obtained the title of baron, was able to boss him around and guide his life condescendingly.
"What!"
With a bang, fiery red vindictive energy burned on his feet, and with a fierce kick, the stone bench was turned into rubble.
It’s all Mark’s fault!
If it weren’t for him, why would a noble nobleman like myself have to be insulted by a guy like Raven and look up to such a scum! ?
At this moment, Judra looked at the gold coins on the table with hatred in his eyes. He pulled open his collar, swung his fist and punched it!
Bang!
The box flew out and landed on the ground. The golden coins were scattered on the ground, and some of them had even been smashed and bent.
After venting his anger, Judra's mind slowly calmed down. He walked over and squatted on the ground, straightened the box, and collected the gold coins back one by one like a defeated rooster.
If you want to inherit the title of the Wharton family, these gold coins are essential.
Only by becoming a baron can he wash away the shame of today, be proud in front of Raven, and regain his self-esteem buried deep in the dust!
The baron's son? So what, if you don't become a baron, you won't be considered a true noble.
In this world, only nobles are considered human beings.
The rest are cattle, horses, pigs, dogs, chickens and sheep!
Judra doesn’t want to be an animal.
While collecting the gold coins, he whispered to himself: "It is absolutely impossible to be Raven. A guy from a pariah background cannot have such a long-term vision and start planning to seek benefits for himself from now on. .”
"It must be Denise's intention. She must want to fund me. Raven just took the opportunity to get in the middle and extort money. That must be it!"
Remembering that the gold coins in front of him were provided by Denise, Qiu The movements of Della's hands suddenly became faster.
"Wait, Raven, when I seize the position of head of the family, I will definitely snatch Denise over!"
After putting away the gold coins, Judra shouted loudly Said: "Arden!"
Soon, there was a sound of footsteps, and Arden came up with a dozen soldiers: "Lord Judra!"
As the saying goes, you don’t feel bad when your son sells his father’s land. Since it was not his own money, Judra directly picked up ten gold coins and stuffed them into Arden’s hands: “This is for you.”
Arden said happily: “Thank you. Your reward, Mr. Judra!"
"Everyone, come here!" Judra shouted, and the remaining soldiers gathered around.
Judra took out gold coins and stuffed them into their hands, one for each person, no more, no less.
Amidst the constant thanks, these soldiers looked at Judra with eager eyes!
Judra said: "I don't care whether you heard what happened here today or what you heard. Otherwise, I will take back everyone's rewards. Do you understand?"
< br>Everyone shouted in unison: "Understood!"
Between the stars and the moon, Judra showed a proud smile on his lips.
Leaven, just wait, you will see what a terrifying opponent you have spent money to cultivate for yourself!
In the next few days, Judra's little life was very comfortable. Although he still guarded the city gate, the soldiers at the city gate looked at him with respect and admiration.
For these soldiers, they don't care who is orthodox, but it is too intuitive to see who makes their lives better.
Of course Judra did not issue a gold coin to every soldier. The iron furnace leader has a population of more than 30,000, and ordinary private soldiers have more than 1,000. Let alone not be able to distribute it, even if he can distribute it, he will No money will be wasted on these ordinary soldiers.
But take some out and improve their lives. More meat and a glass of wine for each meal is enough to make them grateful.
The three neutral knights and the elite soldiers [Iron Forge Legion] are the key targets to conquer.
Of course, Judra must also take into account the improvement of his own strength. If he can break through to the third level in a few years, then even Angel will no longer be so blatantly partial.
On the sixth night of Judra's return to Ironforge, something unexpected happened.
"My lord, Knight Rauch is here to visit!" Arden announced.
Judra's eyes lit up: "Let him in!"
Rauch is the only second-level knight in the entire iron furnace collar besides Judra, loyal to Mark, if he can be bought over, the balance between the two will tilt significantly.
Soon, heavy footsteps sounded, and Lauzi pushed the door open: "Lord Judra, please open the city gate. This is the order of the Baron!"
Judra took the order and did not check it. Instead, her eyes fell on the woman who came in behind Lauzi: "Are you... Finley?"
Finley, Mark's personal maid, That is, the woman who got pregnant.
Shouldn’t she have been secretly executed?
The woman trembled and nodded slightly.
"Lord Angel said that what is in her belly is the blood of the Wharton family after all." Lauzy said: "I will find a remote place to keep an eye on her until she gives birth. Please sir. Open the city gate.”
Judra felt that the blood in her body had gone cold for a moment, and only her heart was still beating.
Father, it was because of you that I was accused of treachery, and you didn’t even think of doing anything to restore my reputation!
But Mark, for his own quick pleasure, he did such an act that was degrading to the family tradition. Instead of punishing him, you shielded him in every possible way, even going so far as to protect his offspring.
They are both sons, is the gap really so big?
Is your preference so blatant?
"Lord Judra?" Lauchi's voice sounded.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I was a little distracted." Judra showed a broad smile on her face: "Do you need me to prepare another carriage? Fenli is pregnant after all."
"Thank you for your kindness, but no need." Lauzi was surprised by Judra's attitude and replied with some surprise: "Lord Angel said that the carriage is easy to be traced. I will take her away on foot."
"Then there is no need to open the city gate and send her down in a hanging basket." Judra said, "Of course, for safety's sake. It’s up to you, Knight Lauzi, to shake the rope yourself.”
Rauzi took Fenli away, and a few minutes later, the two figures moved away from the city wall and disappeared into the night.
Arden stepped forward: "Sir, do you need me to follow you?"
"No, Arden is a storm knight, you can't catch up with him." Judra said: "Go back and stand guard... ..."
"Sir, really..."
"I said go back and stand guard!" Judra turned her head, her voice was high, her nose was so red that it was almost bleeding, and her whole body looked like An angry beast!
Arden accepted the order solemnly and quickly left the house.
"Father..." Judra clenched his fists, and sticky blood burst out from his fingers: "Since you don't regard me as your son..."
Just when Judra was resentful of Angel When he was distracted, Raven was immersed in a peaceful sleep.
With the help of the temperature control array, he can sleep wrapped in a quilt on a soft bed in the summer, and will never be woken up by the heat in the middle of the night.
“Ah——” Raven yawned and got up from the bed, walked to the window, and saw the soon-to-be-completed workshop at the first sight.
At the capping stage, it is not only useful to have more people, but also requires the careful cooperation of masons and carpenters to create a stable structure without making the slightest mistake. Otherwise, it is likely to build a dangerous building that may collapse at any time. .
According to the current progress, it will be put into use in up to five days - in fact, some raw materials have been transported to the warehouse that has been capped and are ready for use at any time.
The door was opened, and Petty walked in with gentle steps: "Lord Baron."
"Change." Raven walked to the bronze mirror.
Petty began to put on Raven's clothes carefully, and said while putting it on: "Lord Baron, in the morning, Priest Lux sent a message, asking you to come over."
Raven frowned slightly. His Elvish language has indeed made some progress in the past few days, but it is not yet to the point where he can use it to recite a hymn fluently.
He didn't want to be embarrassed in front of Lacus, so he had been resisting meeting Lacus recently: "What's the reason?"
While tying Raven's belt, Petty said: "Say yes...
The matter of the mage’s potion has become clearer.”
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(End of this chapter)