The Extraordinary Earl

At this moment, a sound of wheels came. Luther and others looked up and saw a group of people and horses surrounding a golden carriage slowly coming towards them.

This carriage was similar in style to Alice's carriage, and it was obvious that they were from the same source. In addition, the coat of arms on the outside of this carriage.

Two upright tigers, holding a crown.

Luther knew that it should be someone from the Habsburg family.

I just don't know if it was Mrs. Smith, the main person in power in the Habsburg family, or someone else.

Soon after, the carriage stopped. A knight came to the carriage, opened the door, and helped a lady down.

Her exquisite makeup and well-maintained figure made her look like a beautiful woman in her forties, but the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes betrayed her age.

It was Mrs. Smith.

"Grandma." However, Luther had never seen Mrs. Smith. He was guessing and looking at her, and Alice ran over with her skirt lifted and gave Mrs. Smith a hug.

Indirectly confirmed the identity of this lady.

"My dear." Mrs. Smith kissed Alice's face and stayed with Alice for a while. Mrs. Smith came to Luther.

"I am Luther Pompeii, the acting lord of Pompeii. Hello, honorable lady."

Luther touched his chest with his right hand very appropriately and bowed to Mrs. Smith.

"Hello, handsome Mr. Pompeii Knight." Mrs. Smith also smiled politely. After meeting, she looked at Luther's appearance carefully with a fascinating smile on her face.

As if looking at her grandson-in-law?

Luther was frightened by this look.

"You can come to Pompeii, I guess because you are very interested in my proposal?" Luther quickly opened the topic and said.

"You plan to provide us with land for building factories at a low price with a preferential tax plan, and sell us a piece of land for real estate development at a low price. I am indeed more interested in this." Mrs. Smith nodded and said.

She wore a pair of white gloves. Older women always value their skin very much. She pointed to the land below with her right hand wearing a white glove, and asked, "Is this the land that Pompey sold to my lovely granddaughter to build a ranch?"

"No, your granddaughter's ranch is still about five kilometers to the west." Luther smiled and shook his head.

"It seems that your plan for Pompey is very grand." Mrs. Smith was obviously more experienced than Alice. She guessed the scale of Luther's construction of the Pompey metropolis and was slightly surprised by it.

It might be a very large metropolis.

"You are too kind." Luther bowed gracefully.

"What is this place?" Mrs. Smith asked again.

"This will be an industrial park. If nothing goes wrong, the Habsburg family's factory will be built here." Luther said with a smile.

"You are very confident that Habsburg will move its industry to Pompey." Mrs. Smith showed a half-smile on her face.

"Since you are so wise and interested in Pompey, I believe you will make up your mind to move here." Luther bowed again.

"Can I have a word with you?" Mrs. Smith suddenly said.

"Please." Luther was a little surprised, but still said.

As they spoke, the two had left the crowd and came to a remote place where even the knights could not hear them.

"Please speak." Luther said.

"You also know the origin of our Habsburg family and the purpose of our Habsburg family. Although I cannot judge the future of Pompey, I can see from your handwriting and ambition that your future must be more brilliant than Viscount Silver Wing and Baron Barton, and even become a great noble in the upper reaches of Orange. So I hope you will agree to Habsburg's request that there is no need to sign an agreement or even guarantee."

Mrs. Smith's face suddenly became extremely serious.

Thinking about the origin of Habsburg, plus Mrs. Smith's tone, Luther probably guessed something.

"The former Habsburg dynasty has collapsed, and a new kingdom has been established on its ruins. The power of this kingdom is even comparable to that of the Kingdom of Prussia. You think too highly of me, Mrs. Smith."

Luther said that he was powerless.

Luther understood very well the determination of a group of royal descendants who had lost their thrones to restore the throne. He admired the resilience of the Habsburg royal family, but expressed regret for their success.

Unless Luther became the King of Prussia, he could not help the Habsburgs at all.

Besides, if Luther really became the King of Prussia, he would not mobilize the whole country to attack a kingdom for a previous agreement.

If a war really started, Luther would only do it for himself.

"This is just a verbal agreement, you don't even need to abide by it." Mrs. Smith's face changed slightly. She didn't expect Luther to be so determined.

Luther shrugged and said, "It is because you said so that I am honest. The Pompey family will not help you do something impossible. If you really want the Habsburg family to return to the throne, you might as well devote yourself to the development of Pompey to gain more benefits and form a stronger knight group. Only with strength can you accomplish great things."

Luther could not give Mrs. Smith better advice, because no matter what kind of economy Mrs. Smith gained in this metropolitan development.

But it is impossible to contend with a kingdom.

But this is indeed a hope, a more tangible hope than a politician’s illusory promises.

As a politician, Luther could have just opened his eyes and told lies and agreed. But since he wants to cooperate with the Habs family, he should be honest about it. To avoid any unpleasantness in the future.

Luther was always kind and tolerant towards his partners and friends.

"Thank you, the next generation of Pompeii Knights." Mrs. Smith bent towards Luther, her face looking better.

But there was still confusion in his eyes from time to time, obviously he was very confused about the future of his family.

Luther could only express his helplessness.

The Habs family thing is a deep hole, a big hole.

Soon after, the two men ended the conversation and returned to the crowd. Alice grabbed Mrs. Smith's arm and asked curiously: "Grandma, what did you talk about with Luther?"

"The Habbs family decided to move their main business to Pompeii." Mrs. Smith did not reveal anything in front of her granddaughter. She pinched Alice's smooth and elastic face and said with a smile.

"Mr. Viscount will definitely be mad." Alice gloated.

The Viscount is of course referring to Mr. Silver Wing Viscount. This contemporary Silver Wing Viscount and Mrs. Smith are of the same race and are relatively close by blood.

The Habs family's industry has always been in Silver Wing City, which has provided Silver Wing City with a steady stream of tax revenue, created jobs, and made Silver Wing City more prosperous.

The departure of the Habs family will definitely be a big blow to Silver Wing City.

Miss Alice and Viscount Silver Wing were having some trouble getting along.

hehe.