The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

At this moment, Sylvia, who has become the embodiment of greed in the eyes of the commissioner, was not affected by the other party's attitude at all, and said calmly and forcefully: "Mr. The biggest benefit for the couple, but Mr. Commissioner, have you ever thought about whether we are willing to expand the smelter?"

The commissioner restrained his emotions as much as possible, and said in a somewhat blunt tone: "Don't you want to expand the smelter into a group that dominates the federal smelting industry?"

"If we need this kind of thing, we don't have to live in Beirut at all. We can..." Sylvia deliberately stopped halfway through her words, giving some room for imagination, and then continued: "There is no doubt , The short-term and substantial expansion of the smelter is only good for the Federation. After the smelter expands, it can produce special steel faster and complete the army refit as soon as possible to cope with future wars..."

"Wait! You... What do you mean by war?" The commissioner interrupted Sylvia's narration, just about to ask a direct question, but quickly paused to make his words a little more tactful.

"It literally means that we also have our own intelligence channel, and the news will not be much worse than that of the federal government." Sylvia deliberately fabricated a false intelligence channel to make the other party fall into speculation, and then the other party has not slowed down. Before getting overwhelmed, he continued: "The expansion of the smelter is what the federal government needs, not what our couple wants."

"But you can also get huge benefits from it?" The commissioner said with a little confidence that he couldn't see through the two foreign settlers in front of him.

"But the problem is that we don't need this kind of benefit, and how does your federal government know whether we will care about these so-called benefits?" Sylvia smiled disdainfully and said: "It is no exaggeration to say that in your The huge benefits in our eyes are worthless in the eyes of our husband and wife, not to mention that your so-called absolute shareholding is just a piece of paper. The smelter is built on federal land and employs federal people as workers and managers. The federal government There is still a part of jurisdiction, do you think our couple can really control this smelting group?"

"The Federation will not..." the commissioner immediately argued.

Just before the commissioner finished speaking, Sylvia interrupted: "The federal government may not, but can you guarantee that those inside the government will not? You must know that once the smelting group is established, then this group will rely on our husband and wife His special steel formula will definitely be able to dominate the steel market of the entire Federation, and then spread its influence to neighboring countries, and even the entire new and old continents. The benefits are huge, absolutely beyond imagination. At that time, you can guarantee that no one will be tempted by us. Do the couple's shares do anything?"

The commissioner fell silent. Of course he couldn't give any guarantees, because he knew very well what those guys from the federal government were. This smelting group has developed to the extent that it affects the old and new continents, even if it only affects the Otter Federation itself. The guy will definitely make some moves. At that time, the couple in front of them, let alone the control of the group, can maintain the dividends of the shares they hold, which is already very good.

Sylvia didn't continue talking, but waited for a while, letting the commissioner in front of her think calmly for a while, and then continued: "As for asking my husband to help design weapons, shouldn't my husband be given the treatment and treatment he deserves?" Remuneration? If my husband designs a weapon that meets the requirements of the Federation and plays a decisive role in the Federation’s future wars, shouldn’t the Federation pay rewards for it? If the Federation government is really stingy enough that even a reasonable reward and If you are unwilling to pay the salary, then the federal government may find it difficult to attract foreign capable talents in the future."

The commissioner didn't speak, his gloomy face revealed his heart. Although he really wanted to refute Sylvia's statement, he couldn't find a suitable sentence to refute, so he could only keep his head down like a student being reprimanded by the teacher Head, don't mention how aggrieved you are in your heart.

At this time, the commissioner also regretted why he had spent so many means to take over this job. Originally, he thought that the special commissioner of Beiruk City was a beautiful job. Under such circumstances, it is enough to lie down and collect all kinds of benefits sent by all parties. After all, these political investments are acquiesced by the federal government, and there is no danger of being held accountable.

But now the main goal of his trip has given him a problem, making his good mood of the past two days completely disappear, because he knows very well that if this matter is not handled properly, his political career may come to an end.

He really wanted to deal with the people in front of him in the same way he dealt with some officials in Beiruk City, but this kind of thought only surfaced in his mind for a while, and then quickly faded away, not to mention Sylvia's elusiveness Leo's background identity, just the change in Leo's attitude is enough to make him feel frightened. If his behavior makes the other party feel dissatisfied, and then passively slows down on the smelter, then when he returns to the capital, what is waiting for him is definitely After a series of accusations, he was finally thrown into a low-level pension department and kept in cold storage. If his political opponents seized this opportunity to attack him, he would have a worse ending in all likelihood.

Thinking of this, the commissioner changed his serious and displeased expression before, and showed the most kind smile he could think of, and said to Leo and Sylvia: "You two have misunderstood, the content of this letter is just It’s just the first draft of the cooperation agreement. I’ll show it to the two of you. It’s just to let the two of you understand the situation. The specific cooperation agreement must be discussed with the two of you before you can make a final decision. A satisfactory cooperation condition."

"Is it just a first draft? That's right. I don't think any official and cooperative project can be decided with just one letter." Sylvia followed the other party's words and said.

"I don't know what specific conditions you two have for these two matters. I can report the conditions." The commissioner lowered his posture and said in a low voice: "The government's cooperation with the two must include You are very sincere, as long as the conditions are not too harsh, I believe there will be no problem in reaching a cooperation agreement in the end."

Hearing what the commissioner said, Sylvia showed a smile on his face, and then directly issued some conditions. These conditions seemed a bit excessive to the special commissioner, but they were not beyond the range of psychological tolerance, and he also asked himself , if he asks for conditions, I am afraid that he will offer even more excessive conditions in exchange for more benefits.

However, when Sylvia proposed the last condition, he was stunned, and looked at Sylvia with a strange expression, as if he was asking why such a condition was asked.

It turned out that the condition Sylvia offered was very simple, that is, the right to mine minerals on Emerald Island.

With the outbreak of the Emerald Island incident, the surviving villagers on Emerald Island have already moved to other areas to live. Tragedy and the like will only happen if the evil force curses, and now the Emerald Island has become a taboo existence, and the world hopes to forget the existence of this island as soon as possible.

But now Sylvia is asking for the mineral mining rights of Emerald Island, which is abnormal no matter how you look at it. The mineral deposits on the first Emerald Island have almost been hollowed out, and the remaining mineral deposits are difficult to obtain. Mining deep underground, mining these mineral deposits will not only consume a lot of manpower and material resources, but also pose a great safety hazard. More importantly, even if the ore is mined, it is difficult to sell it for a high price. So the mines on the island were abandoned.

Such useless mineral deposits are favored by others, which makes people unable to see through their intentions.

When the special commissioner was thinking about this condition, he immediately rejected Sylvia's idea of ​​re-activating the abandoned mine tunnel and continuing to mine, because the benefits of continuing to mine were too small, and he would even lose money. With the current situation on Emerald Island, it is difficult to recruit enough miners in the Otter Federation.

At this time, he thought of the jurisdiction of Emerald Island very keenly, because according to his understanding, the mining right of Emerald Island also involves part of the jurisdiction of Emerald Island. As long as he has the mining right, then the mining right If you master it, you can set up a sub-administrative village on Emerald Island, governing this village like an ancient lord, but Emerald Island itself is very barren, and no one with a little money is willing to stay in that place as a barren lord , just like the former owner of the mining rights of Emerald Island, he would rather give up everything in Emerald Island than leave there and become an ordinary small businessman in the capital.

The special commissioner believes that if Sylvia's intention is to go to the jurisdiction of Emerald Island, then she should not be for the barrenness and cleanliness of Emerald Island, but for other purposes, and this question also makes him Can't help but fell into deep thought.

Sylvia didn't disturb the other party, and she didn't plan to stay any longer. She winked at Leo who had been a bystander from just now, then stood up and said to the special commissioner, "My conditions That's all, your Excellency, please report these conditions truthfully, as long as the above can agree to these conditions, then we are willing to cooperate with the federal government to expand the smelter and develop a weapon for the federal government that meets your requirements."

At this moment, the special commissioner was still in deep thought and did not recover. He just ordered his assistant to send Leo and Sylvia off for him, and then ordered not to meet any guests, so he stayed alone in the study and thought about what to do. How to report this matter to the higher-ups, without letting the higher-ups think that he screwed up, and how to let the higher-ups hand over the power to continue to negotiate and cooperate with him, this will be a very critical test for him.

After leaving the hotel, Leo and Sylvia didn't go back to the manor immediately. Instead, they started to wander around the city of Beruk like two travelers.

On the way, Leo asked Sylvia who was holding his arm with some doubts: "Are you really planning to have the jurisdiction of Emerald Island?"

"Of course not." Sylvia shook her head and said with a smile: "It's impossible for them to let us manage Emerald Island, let alone what they did on Emerald Island, they will never allow anyone with a guilty conscience Getting involved there will only make it deserted."

Leo asked puzzled again: "Then what is your real goal for making this condition?"

"I'm actually looking at Trube Mountain." Sylvia said with a smile.

"Trube Mountain in Josh County?" Leo quickly thought of the location of the mountain and related information, and then said clearly: "Do you think there is value in exploring there?"

"Don't you think?" Sylvia smiled: "I remember that most of the stories about the Otter Federation involving mysterious legends are more or less related to Mount Trube, or the source of the mysterious power in the stories is in the Trube Hill, either the important characters in the story have some connection with the mystery of the hermitage of Trube Hill, and so many expeditions have been lost in the dense forest of Trube Hill, if it is said that it is easiest in this country When it comes to mysterious events, Truber Hill is definitely the first choice."

After Leo stopped Sylvia's narration, he nodded in agreement, and then said: "I remember that there seems to be no mine in Truber Mountain. What excuse are you going to use?"

Sylvia shrugged and said: "That's not easy, wood! Hunting ground! It's not difficult to find a suitable excuse. It's rare that those people recognize this statement and give us what we want."

Leo agreed with Sylvia's statement, and asked: "You are right, even if they agree with the excuse, I am afraid they will not be willing to hand over the jurisdiction of the entire Trube Mountain to you, after all, Trube Mountain It's an inland land, and it's a completely different situation from an island."

Sylvia seemed to have thought about it, and quickly replied: "So don't think about the jurisdiction, we can directly allocate a piece of land in that area and rebuild the villa."

Leo nodded slightly, and when he was about to continue discussing with Sylvia which land to choose at that time, he suddenly stopped and looked across the road at a night selling gold nest, with a look of surprise and disbelief on his face. He looked puzzled, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

Sylvia naturally also noticed Leo's situation, and she also looked over there curiously, but when she glanced at it for the first time, she didn't see any abnormalities on the pinhole that hadn't opened the door opposite. Based on her understanding of Leo, she naturally didn't think that Leo would show such a surprised expression for a flesh and blood field, so she felt that she must have not found anything that surprised Leo, so she looked at it carefully again.

This time, she finally found out what caused Leo's surprise and confusion, because when she saw that thing, she also showed the same expression as Leo, and she probably felt the same in her heart.

Hearing that she couldn't help being surprised, she couldn't help saying a name, and said, "Lady in the lake?"