"Whatever is fair or unfair, as long as you are happy." Mel Shaya poked her head with her finger and said, "You are just too honest, as my father said, just grab what you like, There is nothing in this world that cannot be exchanged for money and rights, um, except for great artists like Master Taiza."
Jenny sighed, and shook her head slowly. Although she and Melshaya were childhood playmates, and they shared similar interests in many aspects, she still firmly believed in some things.
"I'm going back first." Mel Shaya waved goodbye without saying much.
Jenny nodded, suddenly thought of something, and said, "You just said that you might see him? Then... can you bring me a letter for him?"
Mel Shaya raised her hand to touch her face, giggled and said, "I don't know how to be a messenger. If you have anything to say, just say it yourself in the future. Aren't you very brave before?"
After speaking, he blinked, turned and left.
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Yard Town, Lane Castle.
A carriage drove into the castle, the door was pushed open, Du Dian got out of the car, followed the servant's lead, and entered the castle.
It was dusk at this moment, and the smoke was rising from the back of Ryan Castle, and dinner was being prepared.
In the hall of the old castle, the servants stood respectfully on both sides. Although the Ryan family has declined, the etiquette that should be observed when eating is still maintained. In the spacious dining room at the back of the hall, the children and grandsons of the old patriarch Fulin all arrived ahead of time, sat in the dining room and went about their business, occasionally chatting with each other.
Hughton was talking to his sister, when he suddenly saw Du Dian walking outside, he was taken aback for a moment, got up and greeted him, and said, "Hello, Mr. Du."
Du Dian shook his hand briefly and said, "It's a coincidence that I came here."
Hugh Dun laughed, and said, "Yes, Mr. Du hasn't eaten yet, how about having dinner together?"
Du Dian didn't refuse, and said with a smile: "Then trouble to add a pair of bowls and chopsticks."
"Chopsticks?" Hugh Dun was slightly taken aback, but didn't ask further, and nodded with a smile.
Seeing his puzzled reaction when he paused, Du Dian knew that he had spoken smoothly, touched his nose, entered the restaurant, and smelled that the old patriarch Flynn was in the office on the second floor, and Barton, Kruen, and Joseph also Waited in the restaurant, sat in a corner, ignored.
Seeing Du Dian entering the restaurant, the three were pleasantly surprised and greeted him immediately.
Du Dian smiled slightly and nodded to the three.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a white beard next to him asked Hugh Dun, "Who is this?"
Hughton quickly introduced: "This is the hunter hired by Grandpa."
"Hunter?" The middle-aged man was stunned, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and soon he put on a smile, stepped forward to shake hands and said, "Hello, hello, I'm Flynn Lane's second son, Jike."
Du Dian shook it lightly, and greeted: "Hello."
Seeing this, the other people sitting in the restaurant also went up to greet Du Dian, while the third generation of Hughton stood beside him with hands down, full of curiosity, and wanted to come forward to say hello, but taking into account Being polite, he just nodded and called Mr. Du.
"Mr. Du is so young, which consortium did he belong to before?" Jike said with a smile.
"The Mellon Consortium."
"Melon?" Jike came to his senses, not surprised, and said with a smile: "My father recently established a new consortium called the Xinshi Consortium, and it is really gratifying to be able to attract a young and promising hunter like you. "
Du Dian smiled slightly. Although he said it with joy, when Mr. Fulin founded the consortium, most of these children tried their best to stop them. Fortunately, although Fulin is old, he can still hold them down.
After a while, the old patriarch Fulin came to the restaurant. After seeing Du Dian from a distance, he was not surprised. There was a smile on his face, and he said, "Mr. Du came really early."
"The early hunters have birds to eat." Du Dian got up and said with a smile.
The old patriarch Fulin waved his hand and signaled everyone to sit down. With the support of the middle-aged maid, he came to the position of the patriarch and sat down. He said to everyone: "All take your seats, Mr. Du, sit next to me."
As soon as this remark came out, Jike and everyone else were shocked. They didn't expect the old patriarch to value Du Dian so much.
Du Dian nodded slightly, and sat down according to his words.
And it happened to be Jike who was sitting in his position. The smile on his face was a little stiff, but he squeezed out a smile and moved back a position.
"Let's serve dinner." The old patriarch Fulin ordered to the middle-aged maid next to him.
The middle-aged maid nodded, turned around to greet a maid, and passed on the message.
After a while, the servants brought the dishes to the table one after another.
The old patriarch Fulin smiled at Du Dian: "I don't know that Mr. Du is coming today, the dinner is a bit simple, please take it slowly."
"Save and get rich." Du Dian replied with a smile.
The lights were shining, and the dinner table seemed to be full of joy. Halfway through the meal, the old patriarch Fulin wiped his mouth with a towel and said, "Mr. Du, our Ryan family has established a new consortium. Tomorrow night is the opening ceremony of the consortium." , Many nobles from old acquaintances will come to congratulate, let’s take a look at the situation of our consortium, you are the only hunter in our consortium at present, I hope you can attend then.”
Du Dian nodded: "No problem."
"Grandpa, can I go too?" Hugh at the end of the table shouted.
The old patriarch Fulin looked up at him, and said: "You are not old enough, so you should focus on your studies. When you get the knight's certificate of honor, it will be a credit to our family."
Hugh's face was livid, and he snorted coldly.
After dinner, the old patriarch Fulin greeted Du Dian into the study to discuss matters.
"The nobles who will be present tomorrow are all in the same situation as the Ryan family, relatively declining nobles." The old patriarch Fulin waited for the middle-aged maid to leave, and said to Du Dian straight to the point: "Some of them came to participate because of sympathy and etiquette. Some want to see the situation of our consortium, and want to join in to share benefits, anyway, this is the first time our consortium has shown up, and I hope to have a good impression."
Du Dian said: "It's not just them who are paying attention to this party. Your entire aristocratic circle should look sideways."
"That's right." The old patriarch Fulin nodded deeply. Seeing that Du Dian was able to get through with one point, he felt less effort, and at the same time secretly looked at the young man twice, and said: "There used to be many declining nobles who wanted to establish a consortium. To attract other declining nobles to join the group, to bring together the industrial chains of various families, but this kind of declining nobles gathered together, after all, it is a mess, and it will be broken if it is crushed by other financial groups."
"Over time, very few declining nobles are willing to establish a consortium. After all, the establishment fee for applying for a consortium is not low. Now that our Ryan family is desperate, other families should investigate clearly. Anyway, since we have taken this path, I hope You can get off to a good start, so I plan to declare to the outside world that you are an intermediate hunter, in this case, it can somewhat improve the background of our consortium."
Du Dian pondered a little, nodded and said, "OK."
"In the future, we are likely to be suppressed by the Mellon Consortium." The old patriarch Flynn sighed: "It will all depend on you at that time. Our Ryan family can't stand the toss, and we can't stop this giant sword."
Du Dian smiled slightly and said: "When our funds accumulate enough to rent the passage outside the wall, our wealth will roll faster than the snowball."
The old patriarch Fulin smiled bitterly. Although he didn't know where Du Dian had such confidence that he was stronger than a senior hunter, he was powerless to refute anything. Now he can only live with prayers.
"Is there an alchemist behind some big nobles?" Du Dian asked suddenly.
The old patriarch Fulin was stunned for a moment, silent for a moment, and said: "Yes, a master alchemist can create much more wealth than a hunter."
Du Dian nodded slightly. When he saw various alchemy materials in the square of the Dark Holy See, he guessed. After all, it is difficult to obtain these rare materials by private individuals, and can only rely on the various mining areas controlled by the nobles. .