In fact, many things are easy to analyze for Li Ang...
Gaius is an honest person. If he had cash, he would definitely use it to help his father rebuild Siyuan City.
He also has no private army or slaves - Emperor Marius has been trying to change the slavery system. Of course, a decent person like Gaius will not go against his father's will.
Therefore, he can only participate in the auction by exchanging land, and Box No. 1 has indeed been evaluating the land value from the beginning.
Sava Fortress was originally granted to Titus by Emperor Marius, but Titus, an outsider, naturally could not get much farmland - Bacchus Empire's farmland was all in the hands of Baxian, and a general like Creon, who was born in Pende, did not have much farmland.
But Gaius is the purest Baxian, and he is also the eldest son of Marius - of course, he is the easiest person to get "land affiliation". Although Bacchus Empire does not have the term "eldest prince", and Gaius is not regarded as the heir by Marius, no one can take the initiative to provoke Emperor Marius's son.
In addition, Titus has the habit of scraping the land, so most of the landowners south of Sava Fortress will seek help from Gaius, an upright nobleman.
Therefore, Gaius owns a large amount of land in his name, and it is indeed all legal.
But now, Sava Fortress has been smashed and occupied by the Lionheart Kingdom, so the land south of Sava Fortress is no longer safe.
In addition, Shira Yuzas's rebels have been entrenched in that area last year, and it is estimated that all the cultivated land has been abandoned - then, these lands are just suitable for bidding Aishikeman.
Moreover, in this way, those lands can become isolation zones. Regardless of whether it is Dexian people or Xingar who finally gets those lands, at least Bacchus Empire does not have to directly face Lionheart Kingdom who is in full swing, which will be very helpful for the Bacchus Empire's recent recuperation.
Therefore, Gaius must have been instructed by Emperor Marius. Trading a piece of abandoned farmland for a prosperous seaport is a good deal anyway.
After hearing that Alina has been bidding, it is easier to judge this - Alina must have been sent by Emperor Marius. She is the real representative of Marius. The two 'princes' are probably just investors, providing principal for Alina's bid.
In fact, originally Emperor Marius could directly exchange Aishikeman with Li Ang, but he did not agree to Li Ang at that time. He just said at the time, 'Let's talk about it after we capture Aishikeman'...
Now, after occupying Aishikeman, Li Ang understood the meaning of Emperor Marius - the emperor had probably been planning from the beginning how to let people from other countries go to the south of Sava Fortress to cultivate the abandoned land.
For this reason, he even tricked all the bandits in the area into Dexia to get horses...
If Emperor Marius successfully counterattacks after a period of time and retakes Sava Fortress, then that land will return to the Bacchus Empire - as long as Emperor Marius provides some generous policies for that land, such as three-year tax exemption, the people who cultivate those lands will even help Bacchus Empire resist the enemy.
And now Sava Fortress has lost the support of Seven Forks Fortress...
Thinking of this, Li Ang admires him from the bottom of his heart - Emperor Marius is a truly smart person. He basically does business without spending money... As an emperor, of course he cannot use his land to trade, but it is definitely no problem to let his two sons do business with the land that will be occupied by the Lionheart Kingdom.
At this time, Xingar was full of discussion and noise, and Ramon's ability to create heat was extremely prominent in this era.
Ramon's Lordship Auction has come to a successful conclusion.
Auction City Master, this kind of news full of gimmicks made the entire Xingar boil, and most Xingar had a kind of gloating excitement on their faces.
For Xingar, they are very happy to see this kind of thing happen to Duchy of Dexia - in fact, civil strife in any country is something that Xingar is happy to see.
Anyway, no matter which country nominally owns Xingar, it will not really identify with Xingar, so naturally Xingar will not care which country it belongs to.
They care more about their business and dinars.
And the more chaotic Pande Continent is, the better Xingar's business will be...
If it weren't for their incompetence, I'm afraid many Xingar would be willing to take the initiative to create some war.
Anyway, no king will attack this chaotic place Xingar easily. There are so many different forces in this city, and most of them are unscrupulous. If you are really provoked, anything can happen.
At this time, a huge crowd gathered outside Ramon's hotel, probably the entire Xingar crowd gathered here.
But these guys didn't intend to cause trouble, but were whispering to each other to find out the final results of the auction.
After Ramon's hotel opened its doors, the crowd began to surge.
The first few fat-headed guys who came out of the hotel took a look outside, and then immediately shrank back - they probably thought there was a riot in the city, and the streets were full of people...
After confirming that the people outside were just there to watch the fun or inquire about news, he carefully held his wallet and summoned his followers, asking them to protect him and leave the hotel.
It didn't take long for the news to spread - the bidding for Aishikeman, the final transaction price was as high as two million dinars!
The successful bidder for Aishikeman was Miss Alina from the Bacchus Empire!
"Hey? This Alina is a woman, right? How can a woman marry Miss Ruha?"
"Ahem, it is said that Miss Alina has not dated a man even when she was twenty years old - you know, don't restrict gender so tightly..."
"Hiss... Do Bacchus Empire people have such a good time?"
"Look what you said... there's nothing these nobles can't do..."
Xingar There were discussions everywhere in the city, and the topic soon turned to things like "how two women will get married"...
And Li Ang was also in the suite on the top floor of the hotel, waiting for Ramon with a smile on his face.
"Cheers, good brother!"
Li Ang and Ramon stood side by side on the hotel balcony, looking at the chattering crowd downstairs, and clinked the wine glasses in their hands.
"One million dinars will be delivered to Long River Town in a few months. I will cash out those land deeds as soon as possible... but how will Aishikeman be delivered?"
Ramon explained settlement-related matters to Li Ang.
"I will handle the delivery. Don't worry, Alina and I have some friendship."
Li Ang turned around, leaned against the balcony, and asked Ramon another thing, "I would like to ask you about that flying knife... Ramon, are you Grand Commander of Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood?"
Ramon was silent for several seconds before speaking, "... I did once do Scorpion Assassins, but I am not Grand Commander. Since the predecessor Grand Commander was assassinated by his brother, Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood no longer has Grand Commander..."
Then Ramon shook his head and smiled unnaturally, "What? Good brother, don't you want to be this Grand Commander?"
"No, no, no... I don't want to be assassinated by my own brother..."
Li Ang shook his head, then turned around and looked downstairs, no longer staring at Ramon, and said to himself, "Ramon, I can guess... you are the ex Grand Commander who was assassinated by his brother..."
Ramon's smile froze.
"Good brother, I didn't mean to hide it from you... I just..."
Ramon shook his hand holding the wine glass, seeming a little nervous and even a little panicked.
"I can understand... Everyone has their own secrets. I probably shouldn't have mentioned this. I'll punish myself."
Li Ang drank all the wine in the cup and then put his arm around Ramon's shoulders. "But you have to understand that since I can guess it, others can also guess it..."
After all, Li Ang also has a lot of secrets buried in his heart. Of course he can understand Ramon.
Ramon faked his death to escape and hide his identity, which must be hidden from everyone.
However, Li Ang deliberately mentioned this topic to remind Ramon that he was really expressing goodwill as a good brother.
Ramon also drank the wine in his hand, then dropped the wine glass and took out a strange throwing knife from his arms.
"Good brother, I understand what you mean, you accept this..."
Ramon turned the flying knife around, held the blade, and handed the handle to Li Ang.
This is an extremely simple straight-edged flying knife, about the same length as the palm of your hand. There is a black coat of arms in the middle of the blade, and the black coat of arms is embedded in ebony.
The heraldic design is a scorpion, a black Scorpio.
"What is this? Scorpion Assassins's token?"
Li Ang took the flying knife and touched the black scorpion emblem with his fingers. The tentacles were cold and extremely smooth. They were indeed embedded in ebony - the workmanship of this flying knife was much more exquisite than the one previously auctioned.
"No, this is a family token. It can mobilize Scorpion Assassins within a certain limit..."
Ramon said softly, "I have never told anyone my last name. Everyone thinks that I am a villain from a civilian background... Good brother, my last name was Akalab. Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood. To me, it was originally called 'Scorpion Guard Knightly Order'."
Akalab...
This is the family name of the former Duke of Dexia who promoted Dexia's independence - that duke's name was Balta Il·Akalab.
Balta is the name, Il is the clan name, and Akalab is the family name.
Balta was the one who founded Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood. Of course, at that time, Scorpion Assassins was the guard knight of the Akalab family.
"So that's it... Ramon, if that's the case, then you can completely replace it..."
Li Ang realized that Ramon actually possessed the legal principles of a Dexia ruler, and he was the most orthodox one!
"No..."
Ramon interrupted Li Ang's unfinished words, "Good brother, maybe I would be disrespectful to the gods by saying this - I don't believe in God Vata. Moreover, I am a sinner... When I was still Scorpion Assassins, I killed a person who shouldn't be killed... Therefore, I am no longer qualified to use the surname Akalab."
After saying this, Ramon seemed to feel much more relaxed.
Li Ang was stunned for a moment, patted Ramon's shoulder and didn't ask any more questions. He didn't want to touch his friend's pain again.
Everyone has their own sorrow.
Although Ramon didn't say it explicitly, judging from the way he asked Scorpion Assassins to 'assassinate' himself, the person he once killed who shouldn't be killed was probably his close relative.
"Huh... don't mention these unhappy things. Ramon, we still have a lot of things to be happy about. Where are Emil Xixis and Brigi?"
Li Ang carefully put the Scorpio Flying Knife into his arms and changed the topic.
"Just downstairs - they are on the fourth floor, room 401... Your elf assassin is watching them from room 403 next to them."
Ramon pointed to the ground. "They all came in disguised as slave traders. Emil Xixis had been in contact with Yunes before. He originally wanted to seek support from Baxian."
"Of course he should seek support from Bax, but he may have found the wrong person just like Ikram..."
Li Ang sighed, "Dexian people despises women too much... But most of the things in the world are actually caused by women..."
Ramon also sighed, "Yeah..."
Room 401 of the hotel is right at the foot of room Li Ang. It is also very large, but not luxurious.
The rooms on the fourth floor are all large suites separated by many small bedrooms. Generally, these are suites provided for big businessmen or small lords who bring many followers.
Right now, room 401 seems to be on fire, and even a trace of smoke is floating out of the gap in the door. You can imagine what the scene is inside the room...
It seems that this guy Brigi is very good at deceiving people into smoking opium - if he didn't have a pipe, he would definitely not be able to create such a scene.
In room 403, which is only separated from 401 by a wall, Risadiran is eavesdropping against the wall.
"I didn't expect that the successful bidder was actually Alina...Yunes just came to join in the fun as an individual?! Our previous efforts were in vain..."
This is the voice of a middle-aged man, it should be Emil Xixis.
"Who would have thought that Bacchus Empire would let a woman make the decision... But I couldn't get in touch with Alina. That lady never saw anyone."
This voice sounds sharp, probably Brigi.
"Then what should we do? Kidnap Alina?"
"Khan, if you are willing, we can give it a try..."
"Brigi, are you planning to become an enemy of Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood? Ramon's intention at the auction was very clear - whoever dares to use force against the successful bidder will be hunted by Scorpion Assassins for the rest of his life!"
"Then... Great Khan, what do you think we should do? Kadan's troops are just outside the city of Xingar. He must have been pursuing us! If we can't get a suitable base, we won't be able to fight against Kadan."
"Sigh... compared to Aishikeman, I prefer that Ramon auctions Toba City..."
There was no more conversation in the room, and the people inside seemed to be thinking.
At this time, Risadiran, who was listening to the wall in Room 403, turned around and said softly, "Sir, Emil Xixis and Brigi still don't know about your arrangement in Toba City..."
Li Ang nodded, went out with a large group of tough bodyguards, and knocked directly on the door of 401.
"Who!"
"Is there a fire inside? I'm here to put out the fire!"
Li Ang looked at the smoke seeping out from the crack in the door and pouted, and simply put on a mask.