Seeing the "allies" retreating after being scolded, Prince Albert on the side couldn't stand it anymore and stood up.
"Lady Sophia, aren't you being a bit harsh when you say this? We are all colleagues. We meet each other when we look up and down. Think before you speak."
"Ha!" Sophia turned his head and stared at Albert, like an annoyed cat, "Now you know how to call me madam? Didn't you just call me by my name?"
"You say I'm sarcastic, so I'm sarcastic! There's no conflict between me and Count Pulan. If he hadn't provoked me, I wouldn't want to talk to him. The conflict between you and me is huge! How dare you jump out?!"
Prince Albert was stunned and speechless. Just as he was about to speak, he was stopped by Sophia.
"Last time I cooperated with you, I originally thought that I would be able to earn more money by recruiting someone who was about the same size as me! I didn't expect you to be so cowardly that you would quit the business at the critical moment! Do you know how much I lost that time! A total of five billion!"
"It's okay if I smash up your shop. If you hadn't hidden it well enough at that time, I would have blown my head off! You coward!"
Prince Albert's standing up did have an effect, attracting Sophia's firepower against Pulan, and he was even scolded without being able to stop talking.
All the nobles present knew more or less about that matter. At that time, Sophia discovered that there was a huge amount of Magic Ore on a piece of land in a neighboring country, worth more than tens of billions.
So he started planning, trading with neighboring countries under the banner of friendly trade, and then buying the land use rights for two hundred years around that place, announcing that he was going to build a trading city connecting the two countries. People from neighboring countries sent people to explore the land and found that there were no problems and that it would be of certain benefit to their country, so they sold the right to use it to Sophia.
But at that time, Sophia had insufficient financial reserves after buying the surrounding land, so he found Prince Albert and planned to join forces to gradually buy the land that really contained Magic Ore. Come on, because after the previous behavior, the people sent by the leading country will no longer investigate carefully. Sophia will send mages to use some methods. If you want to win the land rich in Magic Ore, there will not be too big a problem.
Prince Albert agreed well at first, but after Sophia submitted the application, Prince Albert suddenly regretted it. Sophia's capital chain suddenly broke, and she was unable to deliver enough money to buy the land that was truly rich in Magic Ore, so she went around selling properties in exchange for funds, and her move was discovered by spies from neighboring countries who were stationed in the royal capital.
After the news spread back, the neighboring countries suddenly became suspicious and sent people to re-explore the entire land. As expected, they discovered the huge Magic Ore contained under that piece of land. Therefore, the application submitted by Sophia was rejected. The five billion Gold Coins that Sophia paid before were all in vain, leaving some worthless open space. They could only build a trading city between the two kingdoms according to the plan announced at the beginning. It was impossible to put those lands there.
It has been several years now, and one-fiftieth of the cost of 100 million has not yet been earned back. This is the only business that Sophia has made a loss since he took charge of August. It can't be said to be a loss, but it can still make money. It's just that over time, a hundred years or so, the cost can be recovered.
Albert suddenly became embarrassed. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "But what you said is really inappropriate. I think the risk is too great. If I am discovered, all my money will be lost."
Sophia is getting more and more angry as he talks, and now he wants to go up and give him a big mouth, "If you think it's inappropriate, don't agree to me in the first place! At the critical moment, it will succeed and you say you quit! I am really blind. I didn't know who to look for in the first place, but I found you. No one here would have done such a thing."
Albert was so shocked that he was speechless.
After Albert had attracted the firepower, Count Pulan finally replenished his blood and stood up, "Now we are talking about whether this kid can serve as a logistics officer. Don't talk about it elsewhere."
"Except for the personal grudge between me and him, how can he, a seventeen-year-old or eighteen-year-old kid, be able to gain our trust? If we leave our supplies to him to transport, who will be responsible for the mistakes except for the mistakes? I don't worry about it myself! Everyone present is worried too!"
"Not entirely." Count Norton said quietly, then stood up and walked to Claire's side, putting his hand on Claire's shoulder. "I'm quite relieved about him. We Ansier Family's supplies are given to him. I believe he can do better than anyone else."
Count Pulan's eyes widened. He didn't expect that someone would come out to swim in this muddy water at this time.
Prince Albert repeated with a look of shock. His little daughter is going to marry Count Norton's young master. Aren't we in the same camp? Even if you don't help me, you won't side with Sophia.
Sophia smiled like a flower when he saw Count Norton standing over, and looked at the other two provocatively, "What now? Two versus two, our numbers are even."
"What number of people! We are not comparing who has more people." Prince Albert shouted with a red neck, "We are just stating the facts. He is just a child. Let him take over such a big project for the first time. It is very likely that something will go wrong."
The other nobles present were also a little worried. Claire looked a bit young, so they were afraid of being unreliable.
"If something goes wrong, I'll be responsible!" Sophia shouted.
Pulan shouted, "Responsible? Can you take responsibility! This is war, not playing house!"
The situation suddenly came to a standstill, with neither side willing to give in.
"Little friend! Why are you here?" A peaceful voice came over.
Everyone turned their heads, and after seeing the person clearly, they all stood up from the sofa, bowed slightly, and said in unison, "Archmage Merlin!"
Then he saw Edith next to Merlin, and said hello again, "Hello, Miss Edith."
Count Pulan and Prince Albert instantly put away their ferocious faces because of the quarrel, and they greeted with the friendliest smiles, "Archmage Merlin!"
Edith nodded politely, while Merlin completely ignored the greetings of those nobles and walked straight towards Claire. He had lived for so many years, and these groups of nobles had changed one after another, and he was not in the mood to get to know them.
Merlin pressed Claire's shoulders and said excitedly, "I originally planned to find you after finishing my work, but I didn't expect you to come to the capital."
"Busy? "Merlin said again.
Claire looked around the scene and said slowly, "It should be... not busy."
"If you're not busy, find a place with me to chat. "Merlin took Claire's arm and walked out.
Count Pulan opened his mouth, but did not dare to say anything. Instead, he was a little glad that Claire was gone.
"Wait a minute. "Claire suddenly stopped shouting. Merlin turned his head in confusion. Claire replied, "I'll say something, and I'll follow you after I finish speaking."
Count Pulan and Prince Albert's hearts suddenly lifted, Master! You hurry up and leave! We know we were wrong. You had already said you knew Archmage Merlin! How dare we provoke you!
Claire glanced at the frightened two people and said with a smile, "Actually, you have been wrong all along. I am not seventeen or eighteen years old, I am only sixteen now."
Merlin felt something was wrong when he heard it, looked at Count Pulan, frowned and said, "Karl's son, right?"
Count Pulan was so frightened that he lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Merlin, "Yes, Archmage Merlin."
"I haven't seen Karl for a long time. Tell him when you have time and ask him to come see me."
Count Pulan's heart was trembling as he listened, thinking about what this sentence meant and whether he was beating himself up.
He quickly said, "My father is at Blazing Flame Plane. He already knows the news of your return. When you go to Blazing Flame Plane, my father will definitely come to find you."
"Well, that's good. "Merlin said, grabbed Claire's shoulders and took Claire away.
When others looked at this, they didn't know that Merlin was supporting Claire. Count Pulan's face was covered with sweat at this moment, and he almost collapsed and couldn't stand.