Chapter 654 (1/2)
The empty mansion, which was given by the Ryan royal family to Sean, the empty Duke who is now one of the seven new Dukes of Ryan.
The house has always been cleaned by servants from the palace, so when Sean took over the house from King Ryan, the house was not only unusually clean, but also had everything it should have. Sean didn't need to spend extra money to add any new furniture or decoration.
So when Sean moved into the mansion, the only thing he needed to do was to ask a housekeeper to help him manage the mansion.
Because Sean can't live here all the time.
For him, the mansion is only a symbolic meaning. At least as long as the mansion is still there, no one will forget his empty Duke. Of course, if you are an ordinary traditional aristocrat, you will certainly choose to stay in the palace here in the king's capital rather than return to the fief. After all, compared with the two, if you want to obtain first-hand information, the closer you are to the intelligence center, the better.
But Sean is not an ordinary traditional aristocrat.
Although it has been assimilated by the world today, the adventurous hot-blooded gene in the player's body still hasn't weakened. In fact, if he hadn't been dragged here by some things, Sean would have wanted to leave the king of Ryan for a long time. He didn't want to waste even a minute and a second in such a place.
And that's why Sean will choose a housekeeper himself.
As for the servants, they were the servants originally sent from Ryan palace. Sean was still very satisfied with these experienced and quick servants, even if they had to be paid three times as much as ordinary servants. But in this way, the housekeeper's salary can't be too low. To be a housekeeper who can afford this salary, he must be an experienced veteran and at least have excellent abilities in many aspects.
Now the housekeeper, who is in charge of the whole empty mansion, is recommended by yasna. His salary is 50 gold coins a month - enough for the monthly expenses of seven to nine ordinary families.
But a housekeeper with such a high salary is naturally worth it.
Therefore, when Sean opened the door of the conference room, what he got was not a Hello, but a heartfelt praise from Flores, one of the big three of Ryan's dark Giants: ”although you spend a lot on servants, the whole residence was really cleaned up, and your housekeeper was not simple These expenses are still worth it. ”
Hearing Flores's praise, Sean just smiled politely and didn't reply.
In fact, he almost let the housekeeper go just now, because he disrupted a dead bone transformation scheme that Sean managed to find out.
As an excellent housekeeper, it is natural to have a basic understanding of those powerful people in China. Even if you don't know their appearance, you must at least know symbols such as family emblem. However, the Marquis of Flores is the most mysterious marquis in Ryan, and this visit has not used a carriage with a family emblem, so it is very normal for the housekeeper not to recognize it. If he does not recognize that the momentum of Flores is really different, the housekeeper recommended by Athena will certainly not disturb Sean.
Unfortunately, Sean doesn't know these things.
In a sense, the housekeeper is indeed a little innocent.
”This time, there are actually two things.” Seeing that Sean didn't answer, marquis Flores didn't care much. He sat casually on the sofa in the reception room and didn't look like a guest at all.
But Sean, who was so close to his face, felt an invisible pressure coming face to face.
In his vision, it was endless darkness, like a bottomless dark abyss. With the breath of the abyss spreading out, and the endless bloody breath spreading out, Sean is sure that Flores is also a hidden strong man, at least definitely a real strong man in the golden realm. Because these smells emanating from the Marquis Flores are full of surface, and there are not a thousand people who died at his hands, at least 800.
Like William, there are almost no guys who have killed people by hand. Although their momentum will become unique, dignified and powerful due to long-term command, they will never exude an amazing smell of blood like Flores. No matter how he suppresses and hides, for those who have a keen sense, he can still feel this breath.
Of course, for Sean, another reason to judge that Marquis Flores is a strong man is that he has no flaws.
Although it's just a casual sitting, it seems that there are flaws all over the body, but if you look carefully, you will find that these so-called flaws are actually traps. If someone thinks Flores doesn't understand anything and rashly attacks, the end will be very tragic.
This is a strong man who really lives in the dark world.
”Which two?” Sean was silent for a moment before he finally spoke, but his back was imperceptibly soaked with sweat.
”Oh.” Flores suddenly chuckled.
As a mature middle-aged man, Flores still has great charm, especially the dangerous smell emitted by him, which is naturally terrible for people with keen perception, but it will be very charming for people who don't understand anything, especially women. Just now, Flores's smile may be charming for some women, but it's nothing for Sean, because his breath hasn't weakened at all.
”Don't be nervous.” After a slight smile, Flores said again, ”I have no hostility or malice towards you Your strength is still a little insufficient, so you will also be affected by the natural pressure of my breath. When you step into the golden realm, you will be able to feel the change of my real breath. ”
”I know.” Sean took a deep breath and then said, ”I mean, you don't have any hostility or malice to me. Otherwise, I won't come here alone to meet you. ”
”Oh?” Flores raised his eyebrows, and his face became interested.
In fact, when Sean first met the Marquis of Flores, the light color he saw from him was green representing goodwill, not other colors, so Sean knew that the Marquis of Flores had no hostility to him from that time on. Of course, the color that King Ryan exudes is also green. As a result, Sean felt a little embarrassed about killing several of the Marquis Flores' men, but the dark king didn't seem to care about those things at all.
Sean didn't know the past of marquis Flores, but from his attitude towards King Ryan, Sean can at least be sure that the external evaluation of marquis Flores is wrong. This is not a person who is only loyal to the throne. In fact, it should be said that the person who is really loyal to him is the current king Ryan - Angus Ryan. From this point, Sean knows that there must be a very important and strong fetter between the dark king and today's King Ryan.
”It's just an intuition.” Sean sat on the sofa next to him. Although he tried his best to calm his inner resistance to the dark atmosphere, perhaps as Flores said, there are still some gaps between the two sides, so he still showed some conditioned physical behavior. ”Let's talk about business.”
”Good.” Flores nodded and then said, ”the first thing is private.”
”Private affairs?” Sean was also very curious to be able to say such a word from Flores.
”I just want to make a deal with you.” Flores nodded to confirm that Sean had heard correctly, and then continued, ”I know that this time the chamber of Commerce Alliance made a deal with you. Although I don't know the specific transaction items and contents, some of my transactions are about the slave trade...”
Sean had no doubt about why Flores knew this, because he had learned from lodsk the route of the slaves of the chamber of Commerce Alliance - from the Agkistrodon Gobi. In terms of the scale of the team of the chamber of Commerce Alliance, let alone the dark king like Flores, I'm afraid the slightly capable nobles in China have already received the news.
So Sean didn't speak, but continued to listen quietly.
”... so I hope you can transfer at least 5000 barbarians to me. For some reasons, I urgently need a mercenary regiment to complete the task in the near future, but if hired, it may cause intelligence leakage, so I need to form a team to complete the task, and barbarians are the most suitable quick soldiers. ”
In fact, for a big man like Flores, there is no need to explain anything to Sean, but at this time, he opened his mouth to explain why he needed barbarians. Although important information is still not said, it is actually a way to show respect. At least Flores thinks Sean is qualified to be on an equal footing with him.
”I see.” Sean nodded. ”What about the deal?”
”In the next year, you can get any information I know for free from me.” Flores said in a deep voice, ”I know that my condition is not very good. After all, with your intelligence gathering ability now, it's only a matter of time before you want to be equal to me in intelligence. But if I provide it directly here, you can definitely accelerate progress in this regard. ”
”Indeed.” Sean nodded, ”but in that case, why not change to intelligence sharing?”
”Intelligence sharing?” Flores gave Sean a thoughtful look. ”If you ask, I can accept it.”
Intelligence sharing and free access to any known intelligence are two distinct concepts.
The former is an unreserved way of information exchange, which is naturally a way of mutual benefit when both sides are on the same basis, but for completely unequal sides like Sean and Flores, Flores will suffer, because it is only the information currently available to Flores, At least it took him more than 20 years, accompanied by countless sacrifices.