"Sir, is there anything that makes you unhappy?" Even Joseph noticed that Clayton was in a bad mood, probably because he saw Clayton's face reflected in the glass.
Clayton waved his hand. He didn't intend to let the child know the truth.
"It's just a small matter. Go and rest first. After I leave, the maids here will take care of you for a few days. Don't refuse them to help you. I've paid for you."
He ordered Joseph to rest, but the boy did not obey. Instead, he insisted, "My mother said that if you share your happy things with your friends, more people will be happy. If you tell your sad things to your friends, your sadness will be reduced by half. So if there is anything that makes you unhappy, you can also tell me, and you will feel much better."
These words surprised Clayton. After thinking about it, he simply expressed his concerns.
"My doctor is probably visiting that building right now. The owner isn't very friendly and probably won't let him leave. I do have a way to get in, but it would be dangerous to leave if I did so."
"You want to see your friend, but he can't come out?"
Clayton nodded reluctantly.
The boy turned his head and stared at the building with innocent eyes.
"I have an idea."
"There used to be a lot of mice in my house, running around in the walls every night, keeping us awake. Then we came up with this solution."
Clayton narrowed his eyes.
It may be called a rebellion, but the purpose was definitely to gain political privileges.
Eliminating the Darkin is just an excuse. Since most of the Darkin are connected with associations, they are just prioritizing clearing out those unstable factors that are easiest to find excuses for. Not everyone can sit at the negotiating table, and in this process, those associations that are naturally hostile to the Darkin will also become their allies.
But this doesn't seem like something a nouveau riche coming into contact with the real world would come up with.
On the other hand, the Sacred Heart Fraternity wanted to deal with the Conleone family, a move that Julius could not understand.
These werewolves were originally nobles and had been operating in the Weiodi region for many years. Now that the Sacred Heart Fraternity had already seized many powers in the local government and preserved its own position, it would be much easier to win over the werewolves than to make enemies with them.
At least in Julius's opinion, an alliance with this werewolf clan is more valuable than making friends with those who are hostile to the darkspawn.
There are "old guys" in the Black Claw clan. Even if we don't consider their strength and the threat that may be posed by the network of relationships built up over hundreds of years, their experience and knowledge are extremely valuable assets.
But Jeremy Busby was extremely hostile to them.
Hazel, who worked for him, ordered the guards to kill Nightingale and then put the blame on Conrionay. At the same time, he deliberately used legal weapons to attack their social status.
What’s even more interesting is that even at this point, Basbey was still trying to conceal his role as the mastermind behind these attacks.
The Sacred Heart Fraternity and the werewolves of Conlionay have clearly stated that they want to compete for the position of ruler of Weiodi. Is there any need to continue to conceal their hostility at this time? Since they have already formed an alliance, what is the difference between Basbe and Hutton in suppressing the Conlionay family?
Or is it a personal habit?
The Kebasi family only moved to Weiodi in the last two years. Before that, they should have had no contact with Konglione.
Julius's point of view is also supported by common sense - if the Basbes had already had a grudge against Conrionay, how could they move to Weodi to be neighbors with the werewolves?
As an emerging wealthy family, the Basbe family is still quite weak. Any accident to any one of them would be a major blow. They should not be so stupid.
So the feud between Jeremy Busby and the Conrionay family must have been concluded not long ago.
Or maybe he also received orders from some superiors hiding behind the scenes.
Julius' intuition told him that the reason for this incident might not be due to some kind of interest relationship. He was sure that most of the families, big and small, that made up the Sacred Heart Fraternity, as the important driving force behind the seizure of Wei Aodi, might not be able to sense the intention behind this movement. Precisely because Julius was an outsider, he could sense a hint of personal will from these seemingly collective collaborations of different forces.
At this moment, he also felt that someone had been silently watching the development of the situation.
Julius began to investigate on his own initiative, hoping to find evidence to confirm his point of view. With the permission of the guard, he learned about Jeremy Busby's resume from the staff here.
His resume is nothing short of brilliant. At the age of just over 40, he has already reached the pinnacle of achievement for a commoner. From ancient times to the present, there are three main ways to get promoted and make money, one is to be loyal to the royal family, the second is to convert to Christianity, and the third is to go overseas to do business. However, Jeremy Busby has none of these. He has reached the current scale by doing business only in the country.
This is absolutely impossible.
Julius believes in the existence of fate, but he believes even more that everything is in the hands of man.
Even if luck plays a role, the chosen person needs to be qualified to seize the opportunity. If someone can accurately seize every opportunity thrown by the goddess of fate, then the scary thing is not fate, but the person himself.
But Julius didn't think that such a terrible person really existed. There must be something helping Jeremy Busby. He was not alone.
Opportunities can be faked, but character habits are hard to fake. It was not difficult for Julius to further investigate Jeremy Busby's private life. The employees here knew their immediate boss very well. They were all afraid of this person, but also admired him. They read his deeds and aspired to achieve the same success.
Jeremy Busby was a legend in their eyes.
Among the three major families in Weiodi, only the Basbe family has reached its current height through one generation of accumulation. It was Jeremy alone who led it to rise, so even his father and cousins were in awe of him.
This legendary man went out to sea to do business at the age of seventeen, but he did not make any name for himself. He also encountered a shipwreck and was missing for seven years.
Seven years later, he returned to China, penniless and with nothing more than he had seven years ago, with only his mature appearance, tanned skin and modified accent to prove that his time abroad had changed him.
Jeremy didn't make any money overseas, but the time there sharpened his mind.
According to him, he was stranded on an island for a long time during those seven years and was forced to live with some pirates exiled by his own team. He was later rescued by a passing merchant ship, but that merchant ship belonged to a councilman of the Republic of Milenti, whose main business was slave trade. He was put in shackles and sold by the group of Nords, and he was passed around the hands of different owners several times before he escaped again. Finally, he accepted the financial support of a kind-hearted gentleman from his country and got the opportunity to return home.
Jeremy's amazing experience won the unanimous sympathy of the audience, but he did not use this story to win the sympathy of his hometown people or make money by writing an autobiography. He refused the newspaper interview, then borrowed some money from his grandfather, determined to start over, and then slowly stepped into that incredibly smooth business career a few years later.
Putting aside his company and achievements, and just looking at his private life, Jeremy has been married for several years. His wife is a famous lady from a noble family. Their union certainly has nothing to do with love, but is based on considerations of interests. The woman's generous dowry is also one of the important factors that contributed to Jeremy's success.
After being married for many years, Jeremy still has no children, but this is only on the surface.
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Miss Morgan, who had come to recruit Julius before, was Jeremy's illegitimate daughter. No one knew who her mother was, and she and her father kept silent about her origins. She was no longer a girl, and was over 20 years old. People speculated that she was the child left by Jeremy overseas, or simply the result of a secret union with his original lover before he went to sea, and was later secretly found by Jeremy.
However, Jeremy does not seem to value his daughter very much, because he has not arranged a marriage for her yet.
Julius continued to ask the staff in the building about Jeremy's family relationships. In addition to Morgan, it was said that he had some illegitimate children, but they did not work in his company. His wife was very disgusted with the existence of these young people, but because she had not been pregnant, she could only let them exist.
When the Bathby Railway Company reached its peak, the Jeremys reduced their public appearances, lived a secluded life, and left most matters to their subordinates.
It is said that they purified their bodies and minds through spiritual practice under the guidance of the church bishops, hoping that Heavenly Father would grant them a legitimate heir.
This is quite reasonable. For people of their status, having illegitimate children is a very shameful thing.
It was only after investigating this that Julius began to care about Jeremy's illegitimate children.
The identities of their mothers are unknown. Even in rumors, not even a single word about them has been left. Perhaps the mothers of these illegitimate children are the same person. The wizard couldn't help but connect this matter with Jeremy's inexplicable hostility towards the Conleone family, and his face became a little strange.
"Could it be that Jeremy Busby's old lover was killed by the werewolves of the Conrionet family?"
Emotion is really the most wonderful substance in the world. It can make people laugh wildly in an instant and cry the next moment. All unreasonable things can be explained by it.
But if this is used to explain everything, Julius will inevitably find it boring.
After investigating for most of the day, he felt a little tired, so he returned to his "cell" and took a quiet nap on the sofa.
Until a series of gunshots downstairs awakened him.
When the gunfire subsided, one of his many guards walked out. It was Stone Fist Li Ang. Ten minutes later, Stone Fist came back with a relaxed look on his face.
Julius asked the returning man, "What happened just now?"
"How should I know?" Li Ang said frankly.
"So where did you go just now?"
"bathroom."
The green-haired wizard's face turned dark, and then his pupils suddenly became blank. His five senses were squeezed together and expanded outward. He observed the outside world from a spiritual perspective, intending to solve his doubts on his own.
But before his spiritual awareness could reach under the floor, there was a sudden panic downstairs.
Julius could tell with his own ears that, probably on the faraway first floor, a few vague words were being shouted, followed by the harsh sound of the legs of tables and chairs rubbing against the ground, and a chaotic and overlapping sound of footsteps, as if many people were running, and then the same noise began to repeat not only on the first floor, but also on the second floor.
This level of commotion immediately alerted his guards.
They held Julius down and looked at each other, but before they could say anything, someone knocked hard and frequently at the door.
"The house is on fire! Get out and take shelter!"
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
Clayton waved his hand. He didn't intend to let the child know the truth.
"It's just a small matter. Go and rest first. After I leave, the maids here will take care of you for a few days. Don't refuse them to help you. I've paid for you."
He ordered Joseph to rest, but the boy did not obey. Instead, he insisted, "My mother said that if you share your happy things with your friends, more people will be happy. If you tell your sad things to your friends, your sadness will be reduced by half. So if there is anything that makes you unhappy, you can also tell me, and you will feel much better."
These words surprised Clayton. After thinking about it, he simply expressed his concerns.
"My doctor is probably visiting that building right now. The owner isn't very friendly and probably won't let him leave. I do have a way to get in, but it would be dangerous to leave if I did so."
"You want to see your friend, but he can't come out?"
Clayton nodded reluctantly.
The boy turned his head and stared at the building with innocent eyes.
"I have an idea."
"There used to be a lot of mice in my house, running around in the walls every night, keeping us awake. Then we came up with this solution."
Clayton narrowed his eyes.
It may be called a rebellion, but the purpose was definitely to gain political privileges.
Eliminating the Darkin is just an excuse. Since most of the Darkin are connected with associations, they are just prioritizing clearing out those unstable factors that are easiest to find excuses for. Not everyone can sit at the negotiating table, and in this process, those associations that are naturally hostile to the Darkin will also become their allies.
But this doesn't seem like something a nouveau riche coming into contact with the real world would come up with.
On the other hand, the Sacred Heart Fraternity wanted to deal with the Conleone family, a move that Julius could not understand.
These werewolves were originally nobles and had been operating in the Weiodi region for many years. Now that the Sacred Heart Fraternity had already seized many powers in the local government and preserved its own position, it would be much easier to win over the werewolves than to make enemies with them.
At least in Julius's opinion, an alliance with this werewolf clan is more valuable than making friends with those who are hostile to the darkspawn.
There are "old guys" in the Black Claw clan. Even if we don't consider their strength and the threat that may be posed by the network of relationships built up over hundreds of years, their experience and knowledge are extremely valuable assets.
But Jeremy Busby was extremely hostile to them.
Hazel, who worked for him, ordered the guards to kill Nightingale and then put the blame on Conrionay. At the same time, he deliberately used legal weapons to attack their social status.
What’s even more interesting is that even at this point, Basbey was still trying to conceal his role as the mastermind behind these attacks.
The Sacred Heart Fraternity and the werewolves of Conlionay have clearly stated that they want to compete for the position of ruler of Weiodi. Is there any need to continue to conceal their hostility at this time? Since they have already formed an alliance, what is the difference between Basbe and Hutton in suppressing the Conlionay family?
Or is it a personal habit?
The Kebasi family only moved to Weiodi in the last two years. Before that, they should have had no contact with Konglione.
Julius's point of view is also supported by common sense - if the Basbes had already had a grudge against Conrionay, how could they move to Weodi to be neighbors with the werewolves?
As an emerging wealthy family, the Basbe family is still quite weak. Any accident to any one of them would be a major blow. They should not be so stupid.
So the feud between Jeremy Busby and the Conrionay family must have been concluded not long ago.
Or maybe he also received orders from some superiors hiding behind the scenes.
Julius' intuition told him that the reason for this incident might not be due to some kind of interest relationship. He was sure that most of the families, big and small, that made up the Sacred Heart Fraternity, as the important driving force behind the seizure of Wei Aodi, might not be able to sense the intention behind this movement. Precisely because Julius was an outsider, he could sense a hint of personal will from these seemingly collective collaborations of different forces.
At this moment, he also felt that someone had been silently watching the development of the situation.
Julius began to investigate on his own initiative, hoping to find evidence to confirm his point of view. With the permission of the guard, he learned about Jeremy Busby's resume from the staff here.
His resume is nothing short of brilliant. At the age of just over 40, he has already reached the pinnacle of achievement for a commoner. From ancient times to the present, there are three main ways to get promoted and make money, one is to be loyal to the royal family, the second is to convert to Christianity, and the third is to go overseas to do business. However, Jeremy Busby has none of these. He has reached the current scale by doing business only in the country.
This is absolutely impossible.
Julius believes in the existence of fate, but he believes even more that everything is in the hands of man.
Even if luck plays a role, the chosen person needs to be qualified to seize the opportunity. If someone can accurately seize every opportunity thrown by the goddess of fate, then the scary thing is not fate, but the person himself.
But Julius didn't think that such a terrible person really existed. There must be something helping Jeremy Busby. He was not alone.
Opportunities can be faked, but character habits are hard to fake. It was not difficult for Julius to further investigate Jeremy Busby's private life. The employees here knew their immediate boss very well. They were all afraid of this person, but also admired him. They read his deeds and aspired to achieve the same success.
Jeremy Busby was a legend in their eyes.
Among the three major families in Weiodi, only the Basbe family has reached its current height through one generation of accumulation. It was Jeremy alone who led it to rise, so even his father and cousins were in awe of him.
This legendary man went out to sea to do business at the age of seventeen, but he did not make any name for himself. He also encountered a shipwreck and was missing for seven years.
Seven years later, he returned to China, penniless and with nothing more than he had seven years ago, with only his mature appearance, tanned skin and modified accent to prove that his time abroad had changed him.
Jeremy didn't make any money overseas, but the time there sharpened his mind.
According to him, he was stranded on an island for a long time during those seven years and was forced to live with some pirates exiled by his own team. He was later rescued by a passing merchant ship, but that merchant ship belonged to a councilman of the Republic of Milenti, whose main business was slave trade. He was put in shackles and sold by the group of Nords, and he was passed around the hands of different owners several times before he escaped again. Finally, he accepted the financial support of a kind-hearted gentleman from his country and got the opportunity to return home.
Jeremy's amazing experience won the unanimous sympathy of the audience, but he did not use this story to win the sympathy of his hometown people or make money by writing an autobiography. He refused the newspaper interview, then borrowed some money from his grandfather, determined to start over, and then slowly stepped into that incredibly smooth business career a few years later.
Putting aside his company and achievements, and just looking at his private life, Jeremy has been married for several years. His wife is a famous lady from a noble family. Their union certainly has nothing to do with love, but is based on considerations of interests. The woman's generous dowry is also one of the important factors that contributed to Jeremy's success.
After being married for many years, Jeremy still has no children, but this is only on the surface.
The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!
Miss Morgan, who had come to recruit Julius before, was Jeremy's illegitimate daughter. No one knew who her mother was, and she and her father kept silent about her origins. She was no longer a girl, and was over 20 years old. People speculated that she was the child left by Jeremy overseas, or simply the result of a secret union with his original lover before he went to sea, and was later secretly found by Jeremy.
However, Jeremy does not seem to value his daughter very much, because he has not arranged a marriage for her yet.
Julius continued to ask the staff in the building about Jeremy's family relationships. In addition to Morgan, it was said that he had some illegitimate children, but they did not work in his company. His wife was very disgusted with the existence of these young people, but because she had not been pregnant, she could only let them exist.
When the Bathby Railway Company reached its peak, the Jeremys reduced their public appearances, lived a secluded life, and left most matters to their subordinates.
It is said that they purified their bodies and minds through spiritual practice under the guidance of the church bishops, hoping that Heavenly Father would grant them a legitimate heir.
This is quite reasonable. For people of their status, having illegitimate children is a very shameful thing.
It was only after investigating this that Julius began to care about Jeremy's illegitimate children.
The identities of their mothers are unknown. Even in rumors, not even a single word about them has been left. Perhaps the mothers of these illegitimate children are the same person. The wizard couldn't help but connect this matter with Jeremy's inexplicable hostility towards the Conleone family, and his face became a little strange.
"Could it be that Jeremy Busby's old lover was killed by the werewolves of the Conrionet family?"
Emotion is really the most wonderful substance in the world. It can make people laugh wildly in an instant and cry the next moment. All unreasonable things can be explained by it.
But if this is used to explain everything, Julius will inevitably find it boring.
After investigating for most of the day, he felt a little tired, so he returned to his "cell" and took a quiet nap on the sofa.
Until a series of gunshots downstairs awakened him.
When the gunfire subsided, one of his many guards walked out. It was Stone Fist Li Ang. Ten minutes later, Stone Fist came back with a relaxed look on his face.
Julius asked the returning man, "What happened just now?"
"How should I know?" Li Ang said frankly.
"So where did you go just now?"
"bathroom."
The green-haired wizard's face turned dark, and then his pupils suddenly became blank. His five senses were squeezed together and expanded outward. He observed the outside world from a spiritual perspective, intending to solve his doubts on his own.
But before his spiritual awareness could reach under the floor, there was a sudden panic downstairs.
Julius could tell with his own ears that, probably on the faraway first floor, a few vague words were being shouted, followed by the harsh sound of the legs of tables and chairs rubbing against the ground, and a chaotic and overlapping sound of footsteps, as if many people were running, and then the same noise began to repeat not only on the first floor, but also on the second floor.
This level of commotion immediately alerted his guards.
They held Julius down and looked at each other, but before they could say anything, someone knocked hard and frequently at the door.
"The house is on fire! Get out and take shelter!"
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”
