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Chapter 172 - 172 115 Master Pie Drawer_3

172: Chapter 115, Master Pie Drawer_3 172: Chapter 115, Master Pie Drawer_3 Eat when you need to eat, drink when you need to drink, sleep when you need to sleep— as long as you don’t think too much, debt is just a pile of numbers.

There’s no way you can work your way out of debt.

Belsden here isn’t a hardworking bear, providing security for its debtor is its biggest contribution.

No matter how the debt changes, it’s impossible to mistreat the bodyguard.

The bear’s standard of living is guaranteed.

Even magical beasts know to choose what’s best for themselves.

In comparison, the intelligence of orcs is truly worrying.

Of course, this also has to do with the fact that Hudson only has a bunch of trash orcs, which represent the lowest level of orcs.

The orcs representing the upper limit of the species, with high intelligence, are no less than humans.

It’s a pity these highly intelligent orcs, not only have a good mind but are also very strong.

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Only in Dardiel City, once Baron West finished busy with his territory matters, did he have time to consider how to deal with the relationship with the Mountain Domain.

Playing with a set of golden horses in his hands, he accidentally used too much force and the golden horse revealed its true nature.

It turned out to be just iron coated with gold, no wonder something felt off when he held it in his hands.

“Hudson, you miserly and dishonorable rascal!

You don’t even know how to be generous when giving a gift.

You dare to give such junk.

Aren’t you afraid of losing face…”

Baron West, boiling with rage, couldn’t help but curse.

It was too much of a bully.

He covered iron with a layer of gold skin and dared to send it as a gift.

He clearly didn’t give a damn about him.

“Young Master, see if there is any secret mechanism or inscription on the golden horse.

Baron Hudson isn’t a boring person.

Whether he is trying to please you or provoke you, he wouldn’t send a meaningless golden horse.”

Steward Faren reminded him.

This is the experience that has accumulated over the years.

Hudson and West each represent the interests of different camps, and their respective identities are not suitable for private friendship.

Whether he wants to ease the relationship, or stir things up.

He should send something symbolic, at the very least something you could understand.

What does sending a pair of golden horses mean?

Golden javelins and iron horses?

Upon examining the iron horse in hand, Baron West finally found a few lines of small print under the horse’s belly.

The dark cloud on his face began to lift as he finally eased his mood.

“You’re right, Hudson does want to soften our relationship a bit.

But it’s not just a normal appeasement, it’s a plan to keep a hard exterior but loose interior.

According to his meaning, on the surface our two families should keep fighting.

But we must control the scale of our conflict, it would be best to keep our disagreements to just words.

It looks like Baron Caryo’s arrival has truly put him under a lot of pressure, otherwise he wouldn’t have thought of play-acting with us.

Theoretically, this should be a good thing.

However, whether or not to work with him, I’m hesitant about it now.

In the two counties, there are so many clever people who’ve been making a fuss for several months.

The only one who never loses out is the Mountain Baron.

Looking at his every move, it seems that he is always being forced, but in fact, isn’t he just intentionally manipulating?

Although easing the relationship between our two families now can greatly reduce our pressure.

But being led by the nose by him all the time, I’m afraid…”

It’s not that West is indecisive, it’s just that he lost too much to Hudson before, so he couldn’t help being more careful when dealing with him now.

“Young master, it doesn’t matter if Baron Hudson has other calculations.

The key is whether easing the relationship at this moment is really beneficial for us.

As long as it is in our interest, even if he has other calculations, we don’t need to delve into it.

Baron Caryo’s arrival has diluted his appeal to native nobles.

Maybe this doesn’t affect Hudson’s military power much, but the political impact is enough for him to bear.

It is natural to take countermeasures.

As for Baron Caryo, the birth of the Dalton family destined us to be strangers.”

The old man calmly analyzed.

After all, he had mixed around Grand Duke Cavadia, though his ability might not be very outstanding, his insight couldn’t be compared to ordinary people’s.

The human mind is the most unpredictable.

If you want to fully understand the other party’s calculations, it is too difficult.

Rather than blindly guessing, you might as well not care.

As long as it is in your best interest, collaborate; otherwise, destroy it.

To not to make decisions based on personal preferences is a necessary quality for a mature noble.

After a moment of silence, Baron West slowly nodded: “You’re right, I shouldn’t think too much.

It seems that I came to the right place this time.

If I hadn’t encountered so many opponents and didn’t suffer so many failures, I wouldn’t have noticed so many of my shortcomings.

This Mountain Baron is not simple!

A few days ago, he was tough on us, but now as the situation changes, he can turn around and make amends.

It’s as if nothing ever happened.

Just the ability to change faces, I’m ashamed to say I can’t match him.

This disposition, combined with his terrifying luck, it’s probably hard to suppress him.”

There is a thick dislike for Hudson, this is the sequelae left by the Orc slave incident.

Even though Hudson tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, the arrival of so many serfs into the mountain domain can’t deceive anyone.

Without spending a gold coin, he opened up a new market and gained the labor force he wanted, thereby smoothly dividing the Northern aristocracy’s camp.

This type of opponent makes Baron West can’t help but guard against him.

“Young Master, if you can’t hold him down, then don’t!

Luck can’t always be with him, some things are destined not to be rushed.

After some years, look back.

You will find that the sparkles of the past mostly became dust in history, and a bunch of seemingly ordinary guys stood until the end.

The Grand Duke has encountered similar opponents in the past.

But those lucky ones can be successful for ten or twenty years, but they rarely succeed for a lifetime.

To deal with this kind of person, you need to arrange slowly.

If young master is willing, you can start arranging now.

The thing that the rising little nobles are most lacking is talent.

Within their circles, it’s simply impossible to recruit enough talents.

Therefore, when they develop to a certain degree, they must inevitably introduce external talent, and we can arrange people to go there.

In the short term, these people will hardly gain their trust.

But, lengthen the time to ten, twenty years…

then, the situation will change.

Time is the easiest to deceive, continuous success is the easiest for people to lose themselves.

When all the luck is consumed, it is time for the foundation to collapse.

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