The Ogre’s Food Box

There is a very quiet place in the North Ring District of Low Tide Harbor. There are no bustling commercial markets, no messy nightclubs and bars, and no drunk lazy people. In addition to the delicate and elegant garden fountains, there are only dozens of very beautiful small villas. The North Ring District only accounts for 1% of the total area of ​​the ebb tide port, but it holds more than two-thirds of the wealth of the ebb tide port.

The North Ring of Low Tide Port is a place where only wealthy merchants with noble status or wealth that has reached a certain critical standard can stay. There are not many villas here, but every villa is beautiful, and it is not The kind of upstart luxury, but an elegant building designed and decorated by people who really understand the taste. Every piece of furniture, every set of utensils, even every brick and tile here may not be the most exquisite, maybe not the most Expensive, but definitely have history, and in the eyes of the real upper class, only things with long enough history are the things that a tasteful person should use. Everyone who lives in the inner ring will distinguish themselves from the vulgar creatures of the outside world, such as Sir Bello.

Sir Bello, who is over fifty, has a very kind and kind appearance. Even at home, he still wears a wavy hair set that has been two hundred years old. Although it cannot be cleaned up, it is an honor of the Bello family. As a symbol of pride, no one dares to laugh at this dirty hair cover in the low tide.

Old Bello ’s knighthood is not hereditary. Each generation of knighthood needs to pay a huge amount of knighthood inheritance tax to the empire. In order to inherit the knighthood from his father, Sir Bello will save the family for decades. Several properties were smashed in, and his son wanted to inherit the title from Sir Bello. The same, and even higher, costs are also required, which leads to Sir Bello's home not looking luxurious at all, and many tables and chairs are old and out of date. Of course, it was in the eyes of those vulgar people, and in the eyes of truly tasteful people, such as Sir Bello himself, he could tell the hidden history and stories of every piece of furniture in the house.

Sir Bello is entertaining guests at home. Several people sat around the corners of the black coconut wood table, smoking cigarettes while playing bridge.

Smoking, playing cards, and talking about current affairs politics are exactly what a nobleman should do. Although Old Bellow is not very satisfied with his players, their identity is too different from himself. But here is after all a low tide port, a harbour town with a history of less than two hundred years. Although the economy is developing rapidly, the wealth is no longer lost to those cities with a long history, but in the eyes of the upper aristocrats of the empire, it is still here It is a remote country. The residents are just a group of uncivilized country folks. So how old can the old Bello demand from his brand friends, they are already the mayor of the tide port, the godfather of the underworld / dao, and the president of the business alliance.

"Dear Sir Bello, even if it will be laughed at as a compliment and flattery. I still want to say that I want to defeat you at the poker table. It is simply an impossible thing ..." Mr. Nitero in the hat opened the card in his hand and spread it on the table to show his defeat. Although his fart skills were very bad, in his capacity as the mayor of the low tide port, he had already said this publicly. It is the highest flattery. The other two at the table immediately smiled bitterly and conceded, but they did not show the bottom card. However, on this occasion, the real card win or lose is naturally not important. What is important is how they can coax this poor. The old nobleman who died to face again was happy.

"It's not too early today. Dear Sir Bello, the thing we just mentioned ... you, what are you thinking about?" The chairman of the General Association of the Low Tide Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce is obese The old man, in Sir Bello ’s home, there was no chilled drink, no four maids who kept fanning him, plus the small and sultry chess room, the grown up had already been sweating and suffering. After playing the bridge with the old jazz who spoke deeply and unpleasantly for many hours, his physical condition has reached its limit.

It seemed to be able to see the embarrassment of these people. The old Jazz had a look of indignity on his face. He was silent for a while before he said lightly, "I really can't understand why you have to talk to those people. Poor little girls can't get through? Cassandra is a good boy, and she has the blood of nobles anyway ... That girl bought Lao Cai with my permission to do business for men At that time, you did n’t even say anything. At that time, the old street was nothing more than an annoying slum, but now, it ’s already run by the girls. The top three are now, you are greedy, and you want to take it over, this is a bit unreasonable ... "

The old man's words made Mayor Netero and the president of the chamber of commerce cold and sweating. Although the old man had only one title left, he was actually the most important person in the low tide port.

The last person at the same table, a very young person with a cold and deep look, the fourth generation parent of the Nobel family, "Godfather" Piero Nobel, he clapped his palms expressionlessly, suddenly Two women dressed in black came in. They placed a large wooden box on the card table. After opening the wooden box, it contained an antique vase.

"This is porcelain from the mysterious kingdom of the East." Piero said: "I think there is exactly one such thing missing in the respected Sir Bello's house."

The old jazz smiled, but did not react, because he knew that Piero must have the following. Sure enough, the young man continued: "Originally, this vase is not very valuable, and its workmanship is not the best. For a vase like this, it can only sell up to 1500 gold coins in shops in Low Tide Harbor."

Although 1,500 gold coins are not a small number anymore, the old jazz is fooled by this public goods that everyone can buy. The mayor and chairman of the same purpose as Piero pinched a cold sweat at the same time, they all It was after Piero made an absolute guarantee that he came here with him and asked the old jazz to withdraw his refuge from the old street. I did not expect that Piero was not as ambitious as he was supposed to be. Once the shot is taken, there must be someone who gains.

Not paying attention to the remorse in the hearts of the two peers, Pieru continued: "But this vase is a little special. It was brought back by the first merchant ships engaged in trade with the Eastern Kingdom, which was still in forty years. In the past, the merchant ship encountered a tsunami midway, and the entire ship sank into the sea. It was not long ago that it was salvaged by a famous adventure team. In other words. This piece of porcelain has been sleeping on the seabed for decades. "

Speaking of which, I noticed that the expression on Sir Bello's face had loosened a little, and Piero smiled lightly, but continued: "But there are hundreds of pieces of porcelain that were salvaged at the same time, so in order to guarantee the 'Nothing else', I have broken all the other porcelain and thrown it back into the sea. I can now assure the respected Sir Bello that this vase is the only one in the world and should be barely qualified to be placed in Bello Jazz's home. "

The expression on Sir Bello's face was finally completely relaxed, with a slight smile, but he still said nothing and kept silent about the things in the old street. The old **** was smoking a cigar.

Piero's eyes flashed with lightness, and he smiled faintly, and said, "Dear Sir Bello, have you heard of a major event in the empire some time ago? The ancient Sundrose family accidentally angered the Seven Beast The northern bear cool bear family, one of the principalities, resulted in the Sunde Ruth family being forcibly deprived of the status of nobility. The males of the entire family were killed by the brutal northern bears, and the women were sold to slave traders. The year-old bear family was arrogant and arrogant, and even the imperial royal family was not willing to easily provoke it, and finally acquiesced in this case of injustice. Although the Sunde Ruth family is over, but their youngest daughter, Louise? Sunde Ruth survived It ’s worth mentioning that her mother ’s family has a line of blood from the Cretan bull family that also belongs to the seven principalities. ”

Piero's inexplicable mention of this matter was certainly not boring gossip, and not long after he gave a high-five gesture, the two housemaids walked in with a girl who looked at most 11 or 12 years old. The girl didn't look pretty, she was pale, she was a little fat, and she had some freckles on her face, but these were not important, what was important was her identity.

really......

"This distinguished young lady is Miss Louise? Shande Ruth, and the blood of the Chander Ruth family and the Cretan bull family is flowing in her body at the same time. This unfortunate lady fell into the hands of rude and humble slave traders. At that time, I finally found her in time and rescued her. Since she had not been branded as a slave, nor had she ever been to a slave auction house, she could not be considered a slave now, but it ’s a pity that people like me who were born in underworld did not Qualified to provide a place for this distinguished lady, after thinking about it, only the same distinguished Sir Bello can provide a 'home' for Miss Louise ... Thing, may I trouble Sir Bello, will you take care of Miss Louise? "

Speaking of which, the old jazz finally couldn't sit still. In the aristocratic world, the bloodline is above everything else. The reason why his family can barely maintain the current knighthood is also because there has been a baron in the family history of the family . This is also the fundamental reason why those rich and wealthy people cannot set foot in the aristocracy no matter how much wealth they have. Even if they do n’t spare their blood, they can only attain the status of an "heritable lord of honor".

But the bloodline will gradually become thinner with the number of inheritance and the passage of time. It is this problem that has always troubled Sir Bello. If there is no other noble bloodline integrated into the Bello family, then at most another two or three generations, the empire will He will no longer recognize his nobility status, and then the Bello family will truly lose everything and completely decline. However, in the current status of Sir Bello, although it can still swell in the tide port, in the eyes of other nobles, it is no different from the decline, and it is impossible to marry it. And those nobles who are in a similar position to the Belo family have blood value close to zero, and even marriage is useless, and old Belo is no longer in sight.

In this case, nobles like Sundelus, who had just fallen, and even a hint of a chance to come back, became the best tool for inheriting the blood of the Belo family. Even if Sundelus fell completely, there was no possibility of rising. Belo The Jazz can also claim that his descendants have a blood of the noble Cretan bull family. Of course, this requires Miss Louise to successfully give birth to an inheritor for the Belo family.

It must be said that Piero is a true gift-giving master, and his gift Sir Bello can never be rejected. The "unique" oriental porcelain, the noble noble with precious blood ... Compared with it, What can the poor women in Lao Cai count ... And the only thing the old jazz hesitates now is whether he or his stupid son should accept Miss Louise to complete the important task of the rise of the family .. ....

After walking out of the old jazz house, the mayor, president, and the father of the underworld all have satisfied smiles on their faces. Sir Bello has officially promised to give up the refuge of the old street, which means that the big boss Cassandra has renewed Change back to a lowly prostitute // female.

Although Piero paid a great price this time, as long as he can take down the old street and completely enslave the women who are comparable to the money-making machines, then this sale must be profitable. But at this moment, a Nobel family beater suddenly rushed and whispered in Piero's ear: "Mr Bellamy is back."

Piero frowned, only then he knew through the secret signal that this assassination failed, but he had already prepared his backhand, so he didn't care, but Bellamy, the man he expected to die without doubt It was a little unexpected for him to come back alive. The reason why Piero chose Bellamy to carry out this assassination mission is precisely because of his loyalty to the family and the madness of fearing death.

But those who should n’t have survived survived. Piero inevitably raised doubts in his eyes. He shone with a dangerous light in his eyes and asked: "Bellamy ... Is his sanity clear? Bitch says something that should not be said? "

Xiao Zhuo's expression suddenly became weird, and his eyes were full of unspeakable fears, which should never have appeared on the face of a desperate beater who was born and died all day long.

"I ... I really don't know how to tell you ... Lord Patriarch, still ... or please go back and see for yourself ... Bellamy Sir, he ... he ... he ...

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