After Luke finished speaking, he was about to move forward, but Steward Morich stepped forward to stop him and said: "Mr. Luke, please recognize that you are a human being. In the Tedga Hills, human beings need to unite."

Baron Gai is highly used by the Celtic Dukes. If you want to develop in the Holy Mountain, only the Baron can help you."

Luke said impatiently: "I'm just an adventurer, and I don't have much interest in developing in the Holy Mountain. You can go back and thank the Baron for your kindness."

My Lord's title is that of a Marquis. Can a baron just send me a steward?

Sergey wants to meet, but not now.

After Luke finished speaking, he pushed Molic away. How could Molic withstand such force? He leaned back without any reaction and sat down on the ground.

It made the barbarians burst into laughter.

"Go back and tell Baron Sergei that Luke Hercules is a friend of our stubborn barbarians. We will drink wine all night at Fekchik's house tonight."

"In the past few days, we are going to drink with Luke Hercules every day. Let your baron wait behind you."

A group of barbarians mocked Steward Morich, and Luke, who was surrounded by them, swayed forward like a victorious general.

When they arrived at Fekchik's house, Mrs. Fekchik had prepared a grand dinner.

But this dinner was not prepared to celebrate Luke's outstanding performance in the Strongman competition. Mrs. Fekchik did not like the Strongman competition and thought it was a barbaric game without any sense of fashion and beauty.

As an exquisite fashionista, Mrs. Fekchik prefers the popular activities of the upper class in Raging Waves City, hosting cocktail parties and doing business.

The dinner was to celebrate a big business deal she had just negotiated. Eighty percent of the shops on a whole street were settled.

This is the largest number of shops purchased at one time since Mrs. Fekchik started buying shops. Although the owner of these shops is Luke, they are named after the Fikochik family.

Mrs. Fekchik was very happy. She kicked all the stubborn barbarians out to hold a pool party, and then pulled Luke to sit next to her. Her eager eyes made Luke shudder.

Luke took his hand out of Mrs. Fekchik's grasp and asked, "Are there any shops that can be acquired tomorrow?"

"Yes!" Mrs. Fekchik replied affirmatively: "I don't know why, there are so many merchants who want to sell shops recently. Tomorrow, I have made an appointment with merchants on another street to discuss acquisitions. It's just that those greedy humans see

I have acquired so many shops and have been greedily raising prices, will you continue to charge me?"

Luke said with certainty: "Take it, as long as the premium does not exceed 20% of the market price, sign the agreement directly in cash. If the other party is too greedy, skip him. Sooner or later he will be unable to help but sell the store."

Mrs. Fekchik sold 80% of the shops on one street in one afternoon. From what Mrs. Fekchik said, most of the merchants selling the shops were human beings.

This shows that it is not just Baron Sergei who is selling shops and workshops, but also human businessmen have received inside information that the factory restrictions are about to be opened.

They all want to take advantage of this opportunity and soar into the sky.

For Luke, this is a rare opportunity to buy real estate at a low price. No matter what happens in the future, the Holy Mountain will always be the Holy Mountain. It is the political and economic center of the entire Tedga Hills. When the factory restrictions were lifted, industrialization first brought

The impact will be that a large number of people will gather in the Holy Mountain. At that time, land prices will only rise but not fall.

According to the current land price in Holy Mountain, even if it is purchased at a 20% premium, it is still a cabbage price.

Another point is that this acquisition is for shops and workshops. The shops are scattered throughout the Holy Mountain area and are sales channels directly facing the terminals. Small shops have no bargaining power against large factories and can only do business with small capital and small profits.

If you are careful, you will go bankrupt. But after most of the small shops are gathered into a whole, the big factories will have to look at the sales channels.

Only those who eat both ends are excellent channel providers.

Moreover, the factory restrictions have been lifted, humans in the Holy Mountain can build factories, and barbarians can also build factories.

Isn’t it just money?

The most indispensable thing in Nutao City is money.

The purchasing machines are better and cheaper than those of the human merchants in the Holy Mountain. The purchasing of raw materials is better and cheaper. It is also a sales channel for the world.

The human merchants of the Holy Mountain think that doing business is too simple. This kind of desperate effort to raise funds to build a factory is equivalent to putting a knife on your own neck and giving the handle of the knife to others.

They have been facing the small-scale peasant economy and have not yet realized the horror of monopoly.

Now Luke is actively investing in buying shops from human businessmen, giving them money, and letting them be more active in pushing back the lifting of factory restrictions. Once Tedga Hills opens its own market, it will show its most fragile heart.

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The basis of the Celtic Duke's rule in the Tedga Hills will also quickly disintegrate.

Economic fists ignore territorial boundaries.

Luke and Mrs. Fekchik were discussing how they could meet more merchants to discuss acquisitions tomorrow, as if they would feel uncomfortable if they didn't spend all their money as soon as possible.

Luke said: Ma'am, you can talk boldly. We will sell as many shops as there are to sell. Tomorrow I will go to the Holy Mountain Branch of the World Bank for a loan, and I guarantee that I will not be short of money!

Mrs. Fekchik chatted with Luke very happily.

In the Duke's Castle at the top of the Holy Mountain, the Celtic Duke was summoning several prestigious and wealthy human businessmen.

The human businessmen, headed by Baron Sergei, sat on both sides of the conference table.

On the main seat, the Duke of Barbarians and the Grand Duke of Celtic wear a ducal crown, with a calm and authoritative look on their brows, which is very oppressive.

"I heard that something happened in this strongman competition that makes us humans extremely happy. A human strongman defeated all the barbarian strongmen along the way and advanced to the finals."

Under the pressure of the Celtic Duke, all the human merchants sat upright and did not take the initiative to talk to them.

At this time, Baron Sergey replied: "Report to Your Majesty the Duke. This human strongman's name is Luke, and he is an adventurer from Raging Waves City. He accepted the employment of Fekchik, a barbarian merchant in Raging Waves City, and worked for Feikochik.

Mrs. Kechik sent a letter and a sum of money."

The Celtic Duke said nothing.

Sergey continued: "The Holy Mountain Adventurers Association confirmed that there is no problem with Luke's status as a B-level adventurer. He also has another mission related to the Abyss Temple, and was stranded in the Holy Mountain due to problems with the mission handover."

"That is to say... there is no problem with his identity. He is not an agent of the Secret Service."

Sergey replied: "At least there is no evidence to prove that there is a problem with his identity."

The Celtic Duke nodded: "Never mind the issue of his identity. Although you are human beings, you are one of us because you were born in the Tedga Hills. You should know what the strongman competition means to the barbarians. If a human appears,

Champion strongman, the one who caused a lot of trouble."

Sergey understood what the Celtic Duke meant.

The war against the empire reduced the barbarians' sense of superiority to humans to only their strong bodies. If even this sense of superiority was overtaken by humans, it would be a huge blow to the barbarians' self-confidence.

Therefore, there must never be a human champion Hercules.

But as a human being, Sergey also knew what a human champion Hercules meant to the human race living in Tedga. If the human race wanted to turn over in the Tedga Hills and become a race equal to the barbarians, this championship must be retained.

"Your Majesty, there are not only barbarians in the Tedega Hills, but also humans who are loyal to you. Under the pressure of the empire, it would be a waste if the human power in the Tedega Hills is not utilized.

A human champion, a strong man, can inspire us even more."

However, the Celtic Dukes were barbarians after all, and the main body of the Tedga Hills is also barbarians.

The Duke said with an unquestionable tone: "In the coming period, I will issue many decrees, and some orders that will break tradition will definitely cause great turmoil.

I don’t want one more big event during this period that will get seriously out of control. Barbarians, especially barbarians with traditional ideas, must be appeased!”

Some commands that will break tradition...

The human businessmen immediately thought of that matter, otherwise there would be no need to call all the big human businessmen to the meeting.

Baron Sergei felt some excitement among the businessmen, and he tentatively asked the Celtic Duke: "Sir, have you decided to lift the factory restrictions?"

After waiting for a while, the Celtic Duke seemed to break through the psychological barrier and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, the strength of the empire does come from the industrial power behind it.

What they consume in one day may take us a month to raise. This is not a fair war, and of course there is no fairness in war.

Our secret talks with the Northern Army have not made any substantial progress. The main reason is that we cannot provide them with the supplies.

I know it is too late to lift the factory restrictions, but by opening the factory as soon as possible, my army can be strengthened earlier."

Seeing the Celtic Duke showing a strong tendency, Baron Sergey immediately said: "Your Majesty the Duke! After we, the human businessmen, learned that you planned to lift the factory restrictions, we have been actively raising funds and contacted many

Overseas factories. As long as you issue an order allowing Shengshan to open a factory, we will be able to ship complete sets of machines here immediately.

Whether they are barbarians or humans in Tedga Hills, their physical fitness is much higher than that of the people in the empire, and they are more hardworking and hardworking. Our factory can be put into production quickly, and the production capacity will only be higher than that of the empire's factory!

Your army will have the same logistical capabilities as the Empire."

The Celtic Duke knew very well what these human merchants were doing during this period.

He said: "But the factory will cause a devastating blow to the traditional economy of the Tedga Hills. Augustine opened up industry, which caused the decline of a large number of nobles, and some nobles even starved to death.

I announced the factory restriction in the first place to prevent the same thing from happening. Now that it is lifted...many people will be affected.

Many of them are savages loyal to me."

The human businessmen, who were already desperate and ready to make a desperate move, were absolutely unwilling to see the Celtic Duke back down on this matter.

Encouraged by the eyes of the businessmen, Baron Sergey took courage and said: "The strength of the empire proves the correctness of the change! If the Duke hesitates on this matter, he will miss the last chance to reverse the situation.

As long as the factory restrictions are lifted, although you will lose a group of loyal barbarians, you will gain a human race that is more loyal to you. Please follow the example of Augustine and implement industrial changes in Tedega Hills. Only in this way can Tedega Hills resist

Avoid the invasion of the empire, otherwise...otherwise the imperial army will invade the Holy Mountain sooner or later!"

Baron Sergei put his words very seriously.

In the past, the Celtic Duke might have broken his neck on the spot, but now he just slammed the table in anger.

The Celtic Duke glared at Sergei, but had to admit that he was right.

You may die if you change, but you will definitely die if you don’t change.

"I know you are all waiting for the factory restrictions to be lifted to make a lot of money. The closure of countless businesses and workshops will pile up gold mountains in your warehouses.

You will become the group of people I hate the most, but I have to rely on you. Your status will become higher and higher in the Tedega Hills, and many barbarian nobles will have to bow to you, but you must know...

…I am not Augustine!

I will never allow ‘Raging Wave City’ and ‘Meteor’ to appear in my Tedega Hills!”

The empire now has the emperor recuperating behind closed doors, with the queen supervising the country. After Meteor entered the imperial capital through the bureaucracy of Raging Waves City, he became a powerful minister, and even Gabriel, the chief minister of the imperial cabinet, avoided his influence.

In the eyes of outsiders, the imperial power has been eclipsed by the meteor.

The reason why Yue Xing can do this and dares to do this is because behind him is the huge economic power of Raging Wave City.

The Celtic Duke was also afraid that he would carry out industrial changes in the Tedega Hills, which would eventually create a Tedega Hills version of "City of Raging Waves" and "Meteor".

That's why he specifically targeted this group of human businessmen who were actively promoting the lifting of factory restrictions.

Sergey and the human businessmen immediately stood up and knelt down on one knee.

"I swore an oath to the great Celtic Duke in the Duke's Castle on the Holy Mountain. No matter whether we are rich or poor in the future, my descendants and I will be absolutely loyal to the Celtic family.

If we break our oath, the Duke can take away our family honor and all our wealth at any time."

The Celtic Duke was still very satisfied with the attitude of these human businessmen. He finally said: "I will announce the lifting of factory restrictions in the near future and let your factories be built as soon as possible.

But that human strongman..."

Sergey, who was kneeling in front of the Celtic Duke, raised his head and said: "Don't worry, Duke! During the period when the factory restrictions are lifted, there must be no trouble in the Holy Mountain. The impact of a human champion Hercules is really too great.

In order for the Duke's reforms to be carried out smoothly and to appease the people of the Holy Mountain, I will handle this matter properly."

The Celtic Duke nodded with satisfaction: "Very good! A human strongman who is qualified to participate in the finals is already a great honor for you humans.

Don’t take all the benefits!”
Chapter completed!