Chapter 1283 Hesitation

The torture process was long, but the result was good.

Unexpectedly, the jewelry store owner’s willpower was stronger than I imagined.

But it's only slightly stronger.

After repeated torture, he broke down and revealed everything he knew.

He is indeed connected with the nobility, but it is not a big nobility, but a group of small nobility and several medium-sized nobility.

It turns out that the so-called great noble is actually an alarmist out of fear.

If it is just a small noble or a medium-sized noble, then there is no need to worry.

The so-called small nobles are just noble titles bought with money. After some businessmen or adventurers obtained large sums of money, in order to satisfy their thirst for status, they gave gifts to the big nobles to build relationships, or became their vassals, or obtained The small fiefdom suddenly became a member of the nobility. However, because they were not born aristocrats and the fiefdom was small, they were also called small nobles.

The same is true for medium-sized nobles. However, some of the medium-sized nobles are evolved from the declining great nobles.

Even so, after becoming a medium-sized noble, it means that you will lose a large number of former friends, and you may even become a loner for a time.

It is understandable that people tend to be strong and avoid weak.

A declining nobleman without friends is no different from a medium-sized nobleman built with money.

They are all stronger than the small nobles, but far less powerful than the big nobles, and because their sphere of influence is not large, even if they mobilize troops, they still cannot turn over the tide.

Now that his background is established, this person is of little use.

The next step is to find a way to annex his jewelry store.

There are two reasons why I am interested in jewelry stores.

First, the jewelry store is in a good location and occupies a large area. You can see many passers-by coming and going. It can be used to check the surroundings and hide people.

Secondly, Boss Ren personally investigated and said that there are several secret rooms in the jewelry store, two of which are filled with gold, silver and jade belongings of the store owner, and several others where tables and chairs are displayed, presumably for secret conversations.

I guess that these secret rooms are most likely the space where the lending organization and the owner of the jewelry store discuss matters. If you want to understand the movements and intentions of the lending organization, these secret rooms must be mastered.

After leaving the owner of the jewelry store to Boss Ren, I left the New Heroic Guild and went to Arnold's house.

I entered the study room with him, closed the door, and said, "Is there any way you can help me get that jewelry store?"

"This." Arnold was speechless, silent for a moment, and said: "It's difficult, that jewelry store is not all owned by him alone, there are also several small and medium-sized nobles involved. People like me can't fight with the nobles. "

"How much does it cost to become a minor noble?" I asked him.

"I have to sell my fighting arena to get a very common minor noble title," Arnold replied.

"It's a bit expensive." I frowned and said, "If I interview a big noble who has jurisdiction over the jewelry store, how certain is my chance of success?"

Arnold thought for a moment and said: "The big nobles are all deep holes that can't be filled. If it's just an interview, I'm afraid it won't be enough."

"What if I intimidate them?" I said, "or use their children as hostages?"

"I'm afraid I won't even get a point," Arnold said. "Although I haven't had the opportunity to climb up to the big nobles, I have had some superficial contact with them. Especially the big nobles in Dashai City. I'm afraid none of them are willing to intimidate me." The method is cold, and once you use this method and offend these guys, you are likely to receive terrible retaliation."

After a moment of silence, I said, "Aren't there people among the great nobles who are afraid?"

"Yes," Arnold said, "They are afraid of the royal family. In any case, the real ownership of these fiefdoms belongs to the royal family. The royal family is the real master of Dashai City. If they are happy, they can promote several new nobles at any time. No If you are happy, you can destroy any great noble at will."

"Royal family"

I pictured that strong and majestic figure in my mind, as well as the graceful and graceful figure following him.

I have only met these two figures once.

They are the highest authorities in Dashai City and the queen and queen of this country.

"My lord, my lord" Arnold called me repeatedly.

"Huh?" I came back to my senses: "What's wrong?"

"I advise you to give up that jewelry store, it's too tricky," Arnold said sincerely.

"I'm a little unwilling to give up like this." After a pause, I continued: "I decided to give it one last try."

"You, you really don't want to go to the big nobles for an interview, do you?" Arnold said hurriedly: "I'm afraid even the big nobles may not be willing to see you!"

“If you don’t try it, how will you know?”

After leaving Arnold's house, I went to the adventurer base of Dashai City, found out the mansion of the nobleman who was in charge of the jewelry store, bought gifts, and went to the door in person.

Sure enough, just as Arnold expected, I couldn't even get past the gate guard after coming here because of the reputation.

In desperation, I handed the gift to the doorman and asked him why the nobles refused to see me.

The guard who received the gift was very talkative. He told me that the nobleman was angry.

I was confused as to why such a big nobleman could be angry with him.

The guard chuckled and said, "You don't know something. Master, he had prepared a room for my king to stay in a month before the Zephyr Hegemony Tournament was held. He also gave it a lot of gifts and begged the Lord of the City to help with his kind words and arrange for my king to stay. He stayed in my mansion, but as a result, the city manager ignored him and arranged for my king to live in his own mansion. This is a good thing. Money wasted and hope was lost. Do you think he can't be angry?"

"That's right." I also laughed.

After leaving the nobleman's mansion, I began to think about whether I should go find the Orc King.

However, I have nothing to do with the Orc King. The only thing that I can be considered kind of is probably related to the goblin assistance team.

But will he remember this little favor?

I smiled bitterly: Forget it, a person like this with a big family and a big business might have forgotten about the goblin assistance team early in the morning. It's better not to ask for trouble.

Moreover, I am afraid that the Lord of Balaam City cannot be found either.

They are currently trying their best to curry favor with the Beastman King. How can they have time to pay attention to a common man like me?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh.

Because the shares do not belong to one person, it is not feasible to buy the jewelry store with the land deed.

Moreover, it is definitely not possible to ask the owner of the jewelry store to come forward to transfer the shares. We are not related to each other and have no connection with each other. Why should he transfer it to me? This will definitely make other people confused and may even cause confusion. To cause unnecessary trouble.

It is impossible to summon all the nobles who hold shares and negotiate with them, because they will not benefit from this, so they will definitely not cooperate with me.

It is not an option to kill all the medium-sized nobles and small nobles who own shares and then take over the store. Moreover, doing so will probably arouse the anger of the big nobles who govern this place.

I'm not afraid of the big nobles, but the new Heroic Guild is still immature, and I don't want it to be destroyed by wind and rain as soon as it takes root in the land of Balan City.