The headquarters of the Krevan Chamber of Commerce is not in Degara City, but in the city of Murjek, which is more west. Yes, it is the city of Murjek under the jurisdiction of Li Huailin's second wife, Sisi. As the most developed commercial city in the south of the empire, the headquarters of the Krevan Chamber of Commerce is also naturally established here.[23[w]x

At the headquarters of the Clivan Chamber of Commerce, President Stantin Gordonbam had just received a message that surprised him for a long time, that is, the only duke of the Nasser Empire, the Duke of Aquitaine, has now arrived at his branch in Degara City, and is waiting for him inside. It seems that he is preparing to meet him. This news gave him a headache in an instant. This is definitely the worst news.

Needless to say, Stantin here can almost guess the purpose of Li Huailin's trip. As a very strong emerging competitor now, the relationship chain of the Dean Chamber of Commerce here has naturally been investigated by Stantin. The relationship between other ministers is easy to say, but it is this Duke of Aquitaine, and Stantin here is very troubled. The Clivan Chamber of Commerce is a long-standing chamber of commerce. All families in the empire can basically speak, but it is Li Huailin, the new powerful who suddenly jumped out, and there is no family at all. Naturally, he has nothing to do with him, but this guy is the backer of the Dean Chamber of Commerce, which makes Stantin really have no choice but to do with the Dean Chamber of Commerce.

What Stantine now hopes is to use commercial competition to squeeze out the De'an Chamber of Commerce here by relying on his power here, but it is obvious that the other party did not give him this opportunity, and now he comes to the door with his backer. The most troublesome thing is that even if Stantine knows that the other party has bad intentions, he still has to come over to meet, because the other party is the Duke of Aquitaine, and it is impossible to say that he will not meet.

There was no way, Stantin here quickly teleported from Murjek to Degara City. Then he came to the branch here. As soon as he entered the door, Stantin here saw several familiar people. Polit, the president of the Dean Chamber of Commerce, naturally knew him. The two had met many times, and Akola also knew him. He had met many times recently, and the other was Li Huailin. Although he had never talked to him, he had seen him many times before.

"Goddenbaum, President of the Lower Clevan Chamber of Commerce, pay homage to the Duke." Stantin here quickly saluted. Although he also paid a donation to a lord, he still did not dare to claim to be a noble in front of the real nobles, as this would arouse the aristocrats' disgust.

Before Li Huailin could reply, Stantin here shouted at Mohf, the branch president next to him: "What's going on? Why didn't you invite the Duke to the VIP room?"

The shout seemed quite polite, but in fact he was secretly indicating that this was his chamber of commerce and showed his master's identity slightly. However, Li Huailin completely ignored the other party's little thoughts and smiled and said, "President Stantin, right?"

"Yes, Lord Duke, may I ask if I have any instructions for coming this time?" Stantin said immediately lowered his head.

"It is said that you are competing with my chamber of commerce. I am the one who doesn't like fighting the most. So let's mediate and see if you can deal with this matter directly." Li Huailin said.

"Mediation?" asked Stantin here.

"Yes, President Stantin, when I see you, you think we are quite close. Otherwise, you can just join us directly. In this way, we are all a family and there is no need to compete at all. In this way, I will not let the people from the Dean Chamber of Commerce come in in the south of the empire. All of you will be responsible for the Krevan Chamber of Commerce. Isn't everyone happy?" Li Huailin said with a smile.

It turns out that way... Although Stantin here has already been prepared. But I didn't expect that Li Huailin here would be so straightforward. He was indeed a strong figure as rumored. After hesitating for a moment, Stantin here tried to say: "This... Although the Duke's proposal is very good, we have always been taken care of by Earl Qiu Meier... Now we are directly separated from joining the Duke's team, which is a bit unreasonable..."

"Earl Qiu Meier?" Li Huailin was a little stunned, "Who is it?"

"Duke." Politt here quickly reminded Li Huailin's ear, "Earl Qiumeier refers to Heidrich Qiumeier, the director of the Ministry of Urban Construction, and the biggest backer of the Clivan Chamber of Commerce."

"General Director of the Urban Construction Department?" Li Huailin thought for a while. It was estimated that Li Huailin had met this guy in the palace hall, but he really couldn't remember which minister it was. He thought about it and said, "Earl Qiu Meier, right? That is to say, if this guy suddenly disappears tomorrow, you will agree to join us, right?"

"Suddenly disappear tomorrow?" Not only Stantin, but even Polit was stunned. When he thought about Li Huailin's meaning, everyone's sweat immediately stayed. This threat was a little too nasty.

It was only then that Stantine realized how powerful Li Huailin was. His backer was already a high-ranking official like the director of the Ministry of Urban Construction and one of the best cadres in China. People said that he would disappear if he wanted him to disappear. He looked relaxed and freehand, and he didn't take him seriously at all. This also further reflects how powerful Li Huailin's side is.

Although it sounds a bit like a lie, Stantin here dare not really be a lie. After all, there were precedents before. Both dukes were dismissed by Li Huailin. The reason was that Li Huailin here fell in love with someone's wife and killed all the two dukes. Moreover, His Highness the King really didn't punish him. Thinking of this, Stantin here felt that he should not struggle and would really trap Earl Qiu Meier here in a while. No matter what, Earl Qiu Meier is still good to him. If you explain the situation to him, he probably won't be hard-steel with Duke Aquitaine.

Thinking of this, Stantin here quickly said, "Wait, Lord Duke, I figured it out, I'll join, I'll join."

"Oh? So easy to deal with?" Li Huailin said in a little surprised, "Have you really thought about it?"

"Yes, Lord Duke, I have decided to join yours. Really." Stantin said immediately.

"Oh, okay, welcome." Li Huailin on this side nodded. To be honest, he really thought about killing Earl Qiu Meier here directly. Unexpectedly, Stantin here suddenly figured it out, which saved a lot of time. It was also considered that Earl Qiu Meier here was lucky. "It would be best if President Stantine could figure it out. Since this is the case, as agreed before, the south side of the empire will be left to you Clivan Chamber of Commerce to take charge. Polit, your Dean Chamber of Commerce should not develop here. All the things here are handed over to President Stantine and others. You can go directly to other places to continue developing."

"Yes. Duke." Politt said without hesitation. Although Dean Chamber of Commerce has lost a lot in this way, after all, it has spent a lot of money to lay the foundation here, and now it has almost given it to the Clivan Chamber of Commerce. However, for the Duke's plan, Politt still agreed without saying a word.

"Let's... Thank you, Lord Duke." Stantin here didn't know whether he should cry or laugh. He calculated based on the interests that he should have made a profit, but in fact he also paid the entire chamber of commerce to the other party. Because Li Huailin's attack here was too sudden, Stantin had not yet figured out whether he would make a profit or a loss now.

"By the way, President Stantine, since they are already their own people, I'll ask you something." Of course, Li Huailin is not mainly here to deal with the Chamber of Commerce or something, but just solve it by the way, and it is mainly the issue of recruiting people.

"Please tell me, Lord Duke." Stantin said immediately.

"I heard that the Clivan Chamber of Commerce is doing slave trade recently..." Li Huailin asked.

"Yes, Duke." Stantin here also admitted it immediately. There is nothing to hide. After all, basically the larger chambers of commerce are doing this business. After all, they make a lot of money and are not illegal. The Empire also recognizes this business.

"So have any slaves been arrested here recently?" Li Huailin asked immediately.

"Near here?" Stantin was stunned and immediately said. "Of course not. Duke, it is illegal to capture slaves in the empire, so we naturally cannot do it. Please rest assured that our Krevan Chamber of Commerce is also a formal and established chamber of commerce. All business is legal and there is no business that violates the law."

"Is that true?" Li Huailin nodded slightly, "But I heard that you seem to have done something you shouldn't do recently."

"What?" Stantin looked a little strange. "This is impossible. I don't know what the Duke heard. Please tell me to defend myself."

"About a month ago, a female knight took about a dozen civilians from Mariana to Degala City. As a result, all of these people disappeared halfway. Later, someone saw the carriage of your Clivan Chamber of Commerce entering the city. The time was similar. What's going on?" Li Huailin asked.

"Is this kind of thing?" Stantin here was a little stunned. It sounded a little strange. After looking at the branch president Mohf next to him, Stantin immediately said, "Mohf, what's going on? Do you know this?"

"This... President, this..." Mohf here seemed hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't say it.

"What's wrong? Did you really do something you shouldn't do?" Stantin said suddenly and sternly. This matter was really not instructed by him. Although the situation in the Clivan Chamber of Commerce is not very good now, and he has to face the strong competition from the Dean Chamber of Commerce, Stantin, as a veteran businessman family, still has the minimum moral integrity. He will not do such illegal things. Looking at Mohf here, Stantin thought he had done something illegal without hiding it, and immediately shouted angrily.

"No...no president." Mohf said immediately, "Of course we didn't do those things, but... we really saw the things about the female knight and a few civilians that the Duke just mentioned..."

"Hmm?" Stantin was stunned, and immediately said, "What the hell is going on?"

"It's... the snake king Malev..." Mohf said here after thinking about it.

"Snake King Malev?" Everyone was stunned, but Akora and Stantin here seemed to have heard of this name, and they sounded a little surprised. Li Huailin and Polit here seemed to have never heard of it, and they didn't know who this guy was.

"Yes, I happened to be back from outside the country to get goods. On the way back, I met the female knight and a dozen civilians that the Duke had just mentioned, not far from the east of Degala City. They were fighting with the people from the Snake King Club here..." Mohf continued.

"Wait..." Li Huailin quickly stopped, "Wait a little bit, what is going on with this snake king Malev and this snake king, let me explain it first."

"Duke Duke." Akora here said actively. "This Snake King Club is a large organization nearby. It can be said to be a relatively underground organization. Basically, even if it is done with everything, of course, many organizations that do shameful things."

"Simply put... it's the underworld?" Li Huailin thought for a while and said.

"What is the underworld?" asked several people here.

"Uh... it's okay, I almost understand anyway." Li Huailin waved his hand, then pointed to Mohf here, "You keep talking."

"We originally planned to see the situation, but the people from the Snake King Association came over and warned us not to meddle in other people's business. Of course, we were still carrying goods at that time. If we were targeted, we would probably not even be able to keep our own goods, so we didn't meddle in other people's business. Of course, I still felt a little strange when I saw that female knight. After all, there were not many female knights, and they usually had backgrounds, but I never heard anyone ask about this matter since then, so we never talked about it." Mohf said.

"In other words, this female knight encountered an attack from the underworld organization Snake King Association on the way here, and then suddenly disappeared. In this way, it was related to Snake King..." Li Huailin said, "What is the background of this Snake King Association?"

"Dude, we don't know much about this for the time being." Stantin on the side of the speech seemed to hear the name of the Snake King Club, and Stantin on the side also said with a headache, "This Snake King Club is a very huge organization in the south of our empire. Almost every city has their figures. Not to mention this, their abilities are also extremely powerful. It seems that they can speak anywhere, not only our Chamber of Commerce wants to give them face. People in Zhengfu are also very proud. Although basically everyone knows what they are doing, they actually don't see anyone in Zhengfu checking them."

"Not only that, their background is also very mysterious." Aikola next to him also said, "They already knew when our De'an Chamber of Commerce came here to develop. Soon they took the initiative to come to the door. They also knew that our background was His Highness, the Duke, and they still charged us participants, and they didn't seem to worry about this problem."

"Yes, to be honest, we have been doing business here for so many years, and have been dealing with people from this Snake King Club for a long time. We still don't know where the other party's backer is... But we can't help but cooperate with them because there are too many things involved. If we don't cooperate with them, it will be too difficult for us to do business here." Stantin said here.

"Oh? It sounds very powerful." Li Huailin nodded. It was very obvious that it was a gangster organization. According to the current situation, this female knight Lisa was probably attracted by the gangster leader named Snake King Malev, and then directly asked someone to arrest her. This was not good news for Li Huailin. After all, Lisa now has the secret of being the leader of the undead tribe, and he was also captured by the gangster boss, and it has been nearly a month since now. It is not ruled out that Lisa has told the Snake King Malev that this matter is possible.

This makes things a bit complicated. If the Snake King knows about his affairs, it would be unlikely to hide it based on the number of this guy's younger brothers. However, if this guy is a little smarter, he may not have spread this matter casually. Maybe he is going to threaten him with this matter. Anyway, they are a gangster, so this kind of thing must be done.

Of course, if this is the case, it is naturally what Li Huailin wants to see the most. No matter what, Li Huailin always wants to meet this person named Snake King Malev, and then ask what the situation is. The situation is a bit complicated now, and Li Huailin can only take one step at a time.

"I understand. Since that's the case, let's break through directly." Li Huailin stretched and said.

"Oh? I seem to have heard this before." Akora next to him murmured.

"President Stantin, I will help meet this guy named Snake King. I will see him now." Li Huailin said.

"Really?" said a few people here at the same time.
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