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Chapter 629 - 629 153 The Game Behind the Scenes_3

629: Chapter 153, The Game Behind the Scenes_3 629: Chapter 153, The Game Behind the Scenes_3 Without any surprise, Earl Piers became the biggest loser.

As a member of the Southeastern Province Nobles, he has a horde of relatives and old friends.

Naturally, Hudson would not fail to take care of him.

Earl Piers reaped the benefits and so did his subordinates.

As cool as it was to profit from the resale of strategic materials, that’s how miserable it now is to cover the losses.

Suddenly having to raise a large amount of funds to cover the deficit, even the major nobles would have to move heaven and earth, not to mention the small and medium nobles.

The subordinates with no money had no choice but to let things go.

The task of covering the hole fell onto the head of the gang.

The pit dug by the Southeastern Province Nobles was too deep, and the hole left was too large.

Even the powerful Dalton Family couldn’t shoulder this responsibility.

With no other choice, Earl Piers had to stubbornly latch onto the Rocknard Family, hoping to have these directly responsible parties share the loss with him.

The herd mentality was evident.

After someone took the lead, the other nobles present jumped out one after another, demanding compensation for their losses from Duke Pias.

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“Everyone, please calm down for a moment.

It’s true that the Rocknard Family cannot shirk its blame for this matter.

It’s natural to let them take responsibility.

But we also have to take into consideration the present reality.

The current biggest problem is that the profiteers are hoarding goods, causing prices to skyrocket.

To solve this problem, I believe that Earl Hudson should have a better solution!”

From the moment Duke Cavadia stood up, Hudson knew that what should come would eventually come.

He just hadn’t expected it to come so crudely and simply.

“Don’t look at me like that.

Everyone should know what the trading platform represents.

If anyone has the confidence to handle it, go ahead.

I don’t think I’m ready to die just yet.

Whether it is a profiteer or not is secondary, where the goods on the black market come from, you should be clear about.

After such a long period of fragmented trading, most of the strategic materials leaking from the military have been sold off to mercenaries, I guess by now most of it has already been consumed.

Merchants are not fools, even if they have hoarded goods, it’s unlikely they have much.

Before this, no one knew that someone would be stupid enough to report to the Alliance Council.

The little goods on the black market can’t possibly fill the holes for everyone, they might not even be able to fill a quarter of the holes.

To balance the accounts, there must be new sources of goods.

It is already too late to transport from the rear, everyone should know who can sell strategic materials now.

There are two choices in total, either you activate your own network and try to purchase strategic materials from them; or let the merchants act as intermediaries.

Of course, if anyone thinks their power is strong enough to ignore the will of the Allied Forces, they can also consider a certain idiot’s proposal.”

Hudson mercilessly taunted.

Daring to operate in the black market, how could he possibly be unprepared?

This kind of underhanded trading is destined to be hidden in the dark and cannot be verified.

False and true, true and false.

How many powers are truly behind the trading platform, as long as Hudson himself does not say, no one can figure it out.

Just like now, he can brazenly use the power of the Allied Forces.

Anyone who wants to take this opportunity to put pressure on him is purely joking.

Major nobles have the key characteristic of having big families and big businesses.

When doing things, they need to look before and after and cannot just act on whims.

Even if they want to overturn the table, they need to first see who is sitting at the table.

The sources of goods on the black market are numerous and Hudson is using pseudonyms and pulling in merchant associations, who can tell?

Even the employees responsible for the sale at the trading center don’t know who they are actually working for.

Without even figuring out who the real owner of the goods is, naturally, no one dares to act rashly.

If someone accidentally picks on the wrong person and hits a hard rock, they would have to pay the price in blood.

After staring fiercely at Hudson, Duke Cavadia forcefully suppressed his anger.

Reason told him that now is not the time to fall out.

In his heart, he had already silently cursed his own stupidity.

He blindly stood up for his allies without understanding the enemy’s bottom line.

The topic now was successfully shifted, but the way people looked at him also changed.

The look of pity for the mentally challenged was truly irritating him.

Without a doubt, today’s incident will greatly damage his reputation.

Having been labelled “stupid,” his influence in the circle of nobles would surely greatly diminish.

Unfortunately, figuring out the consequences did not mean he was able to retaliate.

The attack he had painstakingly prepared was defused by Hudson before it could even ferment.

The problem that everyone will consider next is not whether to shut down the black market and recover the previously sold goods; but to try to get the dealers on the black market to continue sourcing for materials to consume.

The issue of price is secondary.

The key is to have sufficient strategic materials in the market to help them cover the deficit.

To squeeze strategic materials from the hands of the Allied Forces, it takes more than just money.

Falsifying battle losses also requires them to take responsibility.

Especially in such a short period of time, the risk increases significantly.

The self-loving nobles won’t even bother with them.

After all, engaging in this kind of trading is exposing their own handle.

The most suitable operation is still to let the well-connected merchants act as intermediaries.

It doesn’t matter how they operate, as long as there are strategic materials.

“If none of you have a better suggestion, then from now on, let’s act as per Earl Hudson’s proposal!

In short, everyone has to quickly fill the holes they’ve created.

This is His Majesty the King’s intention.

The investigation team sent by the Kingdom will arrive in ten days.

I hope that everyone will have filled their deficits by then, to avoid us all losing face together.”

Marquis James, who was by his side, quickly chimed in.

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