Many people could not understand why Viscount Rost had chosen to do this, but out of reverence for him, they raised no objections and said they would follow his instructions and make their move after some time had passed.
They understood Viscount Rost well enough. They knew he would certainly leave them some room for profit. If they simply followed him obediently, the money would naturally come rolling in.
Of course, they also knew the consequences of refusing to cooperate.
Though Viscount Rost was only a viscount, he was now more troublesome than some kings. Recently, the territories of several shortsighted nobles had somehow been attacked by dragons.
"Actually, if you feel you're taking a loss, you can buy shares in Dawn Southlands Development Company or Foster Mining Company."
Viscount Rost looked around at everyone's reactions and was quite satisfied. "All surviving nobles in the Southlands have accepted the Southlands Grand Development Strategy. You can understand it this way: at present, aside from the nobles' castle complexes, every other part of the Southlands belongs to Southlands Development Company, including their territories."
"The entire Southlands is under Southlands Development Company's control. Every place is planned and developed as one. To say something somewhat irreverent, if the Southlands were a nation, then Southlands Development Company would be its supreme king. Every resource here, whether land, mines, or people, belongs to this company."
"More importantly, the Ultra-High-Speed Hover Train system highly favored by the Technology God, as well as a certain project valued by the Agriculture Goddess that I cannot conveniently discuss, are both being carried out by Southlands Development Company... The Ultra-High-Speed Hover Train burns through money, so the figures on paper do not look very good. As a result, this company will most likely remain undervalued for quite some time."
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