Blackstone Code

Lynch is a very special person.

Mr. Patu's real willingness to become friends with Lynch was based on the fact that Lynch was personally canonized by Emperor Gaevra.

Because he is a noble, a real noble, a noble without any fictitious elements. Although the Akin family is also a "noble family", its authenticity is doubtful.

The legends circulating outside are the biggest proof of doubts. No one has ever pointed at a certain Gaevra noble and said that this guy's noble title is wrong.

Because everyone knows that their noble title comes from the emperor's personal canonization.

Yes, or no, there is inheritance.

Who is the successor of each generation, and under the witness of which nobles, they have obtained the emperor's permission to ascend to the title of nobility. These are all inherited and recorded.

This is true for every generation, so who is a noble and who is not cannot be fake.

But the Arkin family was different. They just kept talking about their ancestors. The first Earl of Arkin was the first pioneer and the only nobleman on this continent.

They can also list who the head of each generation of the family is, when they succeeded to the throne, and when they passed the throne.

But... you just say it's true for this kind of thing?

Without more noble witnesses and no royal canonization, sometimes you say yes, but it may not be!

People would rather believe that Arkin was originally a low-status guard for the nobles. In order to seize the nobles' property, he killed the real Earl Arkin and replaced him. They are also unwilling to believe that the blood of the Arkin family flows in the blood of the nobles. It is a true noble bloodline!

Therefore, Mr. Patu needs some Austrian assistance. He once tried to open up the situation from Gaevra, but it was obvious that he was born and raised in the Federation and did not understand the brain circuits of the nobles.

Those poor nobles would rather starve to death than prove something they don't know. The Akin family has noble blood!

Yes, they were unwilling to admit it, and those nobles who really had the power to judge disdained Mr. Patu, so the matter was dragged on.

Lynch became the second noble of the Akin family outside the Federation Continent, and was canonized by the emperor himself. As long as he recognized the Ajin family as a noble, many rumors would end!

This is also the core of Mr. Pattu's true acceptance of Lynch as his equal. In fact, in the final analysis, it is still related to some interests.

It wasn't until the silver case broke out and Lynch ended so brazenly that Mr. Patu salivated as he looked at the countless benefits. In the end, the expression on his face, like ice that would not melt for countless years, finally changed.

It is better to say that he joined forces with Lynch than to secretly output from behind, but this also allowed him to gain a lot of benefits.

Both parties have made great progress in the pursuit of interests, so they have the foundation to truly become good friends.

Like Mr. Lynch and Mr. Wardrick, there has to be something that bridges the gap between them.

Facing Lynch's question at this time, Mr. Patu pondered for a while, and his tone did not seem to be stormy, but in fact he said softly like a thunderstorm, "You know, there are always many mining accidents every year."

"There are mining disasters in mines, and there are mining disasters in oil fields..."

When science and technology were not developed enough, underground mining was indeed a very dangerous job. It could be said that everyone was just playing with their lives.

Although the structural designers told the mine owners and miners every day that there was absolutely no possibility of collapse in the internal tunnels they designed, and the mine owners also realized at this time that they had used high-quality materials.

But when a mining disaster occurs, the mining disaster will never stop.

Landslides and water penetration are the most common situations. Every mining accident can take away many lives and cause resource companies to suffer huge economic losses.

They need to pay various pensions, heal the scars they have caused to society, and pay various fines and various payments.

The mining area will be temporarily closed for safety assessment until the investigation team responsible for the investigation believes that it no longer poses a great threat, and then it can be reopened after certain supervision and rectification.

This period is likely to last for several months, which is enough to cut off the large amount of cash brought by the oil fields.

As for why there are problems in the oil fields and even the oil tanks, that is another question.

Mr. Pattu told Lynch without any secret that he could use some tactics to deal with these industries that were not allowed by legal rules, which was to show that he was willing to cooperate with Lynch on a deeper level.

In fact, looking at the upper echelons of the entire federation, "plunder" is often illegal, but the law gives them a legal cloak.

Just like before the Great Depression, the federal government, known as the "capital engine", had overcapacity, growth began to decline, problems began to be exposed in all aspects of society, and a large amount of funds began to withdraw.

In order to prevent this money from leaving the federal government, the federal government and large enterprises in various regions have tried their best to "keep" these enterprises.

The methods are a bit underhanded, nothing more than various lawsuits, various penalties, and various methods of capital and political collusion. Everyone knows that these methods may not be legal, but at this moment the law turns a blind eye to these, then they will It's all legal!

To a certain extent, this sentence is actually correct.

The purpose of the law is to protect the rights and interests of ordinary people. Keeping these foreign-funded enterprises is also to protect the rights and interests of ordinary people.

Only this time, the federal government's target is not those foreign-owned enterprises, but the Duncan family. With the help of the federal government, Mr. Patu's idea will definitely be realized.

Lynch nodded, "You are an expert in this area. You must know how to avoid these tragedies from happening."

It was a very cautious statement, but fortunately Mr. Patu understood it, and he also expressed some additional thoughts of his own.

"Actually, I'm not too interested in these resource businesses."

Seeing the appropriately puzzled expression on Lynch's face, Mr. Pattu explained.

"Now our family and the group company have many resource industries. We own two of the five major oil fields in the federation, the Duncan family owns two, and one belongs to Northern Energy Company."

"If I, or the group company, gets these two oil fields again, it means that we have the right to allocate the source and price the oil output in the federal territory. You know, this has violated federal laws..."

The Antitrust Law is designed to resolve these matters. As long as the federal government and the Department of Justice believe that you have actually gained control over the industry in which you operate, then there is monopolistic behavior.

If you check again and find that there is indeed a monopoly, then the next step is to open a case for investigation, then impose huge fines, and finally split up the relevant companies to allow more investors to take shares.

This is the law of the federal game. You can make money, but you cannot close the door and make money alone. You must open the door and let everyone make money together. Only then can you legally "monopolize" this industry.

The Anti-Monopoly Law looks like a joke in a way. It cannot be said that just because a company is split into several companies and then recruits a group of investors from society, continuing to operate in this industry is not a monopoly.

As long as the core controlling members of a company remain unchanged, even if it is split into a hundred or a thousand companies, it will still be a monopoly.

It's just that its monopoly has become less conspicuous, and people will be masked by the "internal competitiveness" they see.

This is like a monopoly of political resources by Congress, but politicians use the rules to legally protect themselves, preventing people from realizing that Congress is always an absolute manifestation of political monopoly!

This is what Mr. Pattu means. He operates two oil fields and the business he is doing now is legal.

But if he runs four oil fields, then his business becomes illegal. It's funny, but that's the reality.

Sometimes big shots have to abide by the rules of the game, because they set the rules. If they want more people to abide by them, they must first abide by them themselves.

If you don't even follow the rules you set, how can you get others to follow them willingly?

"so?"

Mr. Patu smiled, "I am very interested in their security company, as well as some other industries, some emerging industries."

"Families and consortiums like ours are actually facing a problem that is difficult to transform. This incident is an opportunity for us."

“We can get the best possible results at a lower price and cost!”

Directly plundering some mature emerging industries from the Duncan family is equivalent to helping his family avoid many failures in the transformation and innovation process and directly enjoy the fruits of success.

If these industries do not shrink, then Mr. Patu will increase investment to build these emerging industries into future pillar industries of the family and improve the scale and chain around these industries.

In this way, they can persevere even if they encounter a financial tsunami like the previous years.

Lin Qi thought for a while, "Just contributing in this area is not enough. You have to understand that the more we give, the more we get!"

"Honestly, anyone can do what you said, so you have to come up with something real, money, resources, or something else!"

If you set a few fires and do some damage, you can get millions of industries, there will be no poor people in this world.

Lynch discussed with Mr. Patu for several hours before leaving. Before leaving, he noticed that there were a lot of concentrates in Mr. Patu's horse farm, including soybeans, and he asked for some.

Those dried soybeans are yellow in color, and some people call them soybeans.

Soybeans have always been a high-quality crop and can be used in many places.

Even in supermarkets, you can see various canned soybeans.

Even among the relief foods currently distributed by the government, soybeans will always account for the largest proportion of crops.

Cheap and high in nutritional value, these are enough!