Black Sail

"In the games of the upper echelons, many regulations will loosen and relax. It's just the right time to plot affairs."

The lawyer with the gold-rimmed glasses adjusted his frames, believing that Ox should agree to Chandler's proposal.

Regarding the lawyer sent by Celeste, Ox showed him respect and was willing to listen to his opinions, as those present weren't very cultured, and this person graduated from a high-level institution and came from a noteworthy background.

Due to the battle of Mulong, the faction Celeste belonged to was flourishing, and even internally, people competed for this résumé-building task. Clearly, this lawyer was the one who succeeded.

However, there was a hurdle in Ox's heart. Back at Heaven Port, such industry naturally thrived to the extreme, and when Liszt took over, he made no intervention, letting it proceed naturally.

But now the situation is different. The so-called street queen of Heaven Port is doing platform business in Liszt's territory, as the basis for establishing the port is unconditional berthing and free market, which cannot be touched. Just don't get into something catastrophic that backfires.

Now Black Sail is being asked to actively pursue such business. People like Rein Archer naturally don't care about reputation, but Ox doesn't want news spreading when he returns to Mirror Sea that he started with a brothel business in Western Continent.

"Let's talk specifics."

The gang of Rein arrived, Ox's identity as an alien race makes many actions inconvenient, but he remains the current supervisor of Narrow Sea, holding the greatest decision-making power.

The gold-rimmed glasses lawyer laid out the pros and cons, "Now people from East Sea are all stuck inside this cramped Phantom Sea No.1 Hotel, if not on the ships docked at the port. These strong external forces emitting signals will create unease among local merchants and give the impression of being unsustainable. Local industry must be developed, which is an occurrence that Celeste's party allows and tacitly consents to. Ordinary industry quickly gaining a foothold is difficult, currently, Chandler's resources and business level can indeed rapidly integrate the market and squeeze Whitman out."

Only then, can the signal that I've taken control of the situation be released locally. It's only a matter of time before Whitman is pushed out. Moreover, yesterday we've already used force for deterrence, and once this happens, it will inevitably become a prairie fire.

The glasses lawyer temporarily takes on the role of a dog-head strategist.

Shadi, although he is the idea king, limited to clever wordplay, sometimes his ideas explode with brilliance but professional matters still need professionals to handle them.

"You are such a goddamn elegant degenerate."

Looking at the lawyer standing there with charisma, talking about opening a brothel with such sophistication, Shadi's gaze turned toward Chandler, "You better really be the incapable Emperor husband, we have money, but how are we supposed to believe that you have so many wives?"

Because it's a field completely unfamiliar to everyone, casinos have been opened, skimming and lending are straightforward, and personnel only need to be hired to watch the place, but foot therapy, that's too fantastical.

"I previously engaged in high-end custom services, and in my place, earnings are the highest. My wives are all there, scattered across places, just waiting for me to hoist the flag with a click."

Chandler's wives were all charming.

Wind Anchor is popular with many red envelope girls hopping older men, but many are students taught by Chandler, anywhere else aside, even the Magic Banquet has his wives.

"Foot Bath City, it must be done. Daiyu Qingwen, hurry and bring it up!"

Rein originally intended to seek Ox's opinion, but Chandler has spoken like this, what else is there to say? Heaven Port is yours, Hat King's disposition.

"I disagree!"

Morison said, arms crossed.

Rein flew two meters back, why did your moral standards suddenly elevate!

"Trying the clock, wouldn't it kill you?"

Morison considered it disgraceful, damn it, open it, then people like Rein would be testing the clock daily, "No need to open Foot Bath City, it would damage our reputation. Instead, your wives, just leave them all to me, I'll handle it, I'll find the money, I'll take it on alone."

Shadi almost spat blood at these words! I'm a custom order! Goddamn it's all up to you, but Morison, never having worked a day, achieving financial freedom for zero dollars, the solution he came up with is robbery, does he really like being a bull-head man that much? This is fake, bro, people have said it's role-playing, it's a money-making scheme.

Ox saw the others excited, with no moral compass, felt like saying something, but couldn't bring himself to speak.

"I know what you're worried about."

Chandler furrowed his brows, seemingly everyone else agreed, yet Ox, as an outsider, faced a moral barrier.

He could only share a past event.

"Back when Lostra was first reforming its constitution, serving as a testing ground for the Magic Energy Industry, massive foreign capital flooded in, opening factories all over the country.

The old nobles were toppled, but the new prime minister and his formed team became the new powerful class, but since it was the old king who took the initiative to reform the constitution, rather than a court coup, the descendants of the old king, the current Empress, still hold strong grassroots appeal.

But only limited to grassroots appeal.

It appears that the statue of the first-generation prime minister erected in Cross Alliance's Forgotten Port is the greatest contributor to today's freedom and democracy. In reality, not so; the old king regretted giving him power in his later years.

Today, the prime minister's power, though not overshadowing the Empress, his actual control over the country surpasses the Empress.

At that time, Lostra's national strength was far weaker than Gureg Pedan's, workers' incomes were extremely low, and women, physically weaker than men, held no advantage in factories. Many women chose to sell themselves for survival.

Wind Anchor was one of the industrial centers, filled with numerous brothels, Lostra's women yielding to merchants from all over the world who came to open factories and invest, men worked like oxen in the factories, women acted as prostitutes.

The government certainly knew this situation, but they too chose to turn a blind eye."

Chandler spoke smoothly.

This speech directly bewildered the lawyer with the gold-rimmed glasses, "How do I not know?"

Chandler supplemented, "You can say you don't understand, but you can't say you haven't seen. Of course, now is different from then, Lostra is already a strong nation in Western Continent, even able to rival Emperor Aran, not outsiders' turn anymore, it's our own turn. You think I'm just prostituting? I have people above protecting me, so I only got a ten-year sentence, in fact, through commercial activities back then, I hold scandals and dark secrets of numerous Lostra officials; my 'wives' can testify for me."

Chandler dropped a heavy bombshell.

"Honestly speaking, I know you're transporting Alicia to Wind Anchor, it's also someone above asking me to help you. It's known that the Overlord Bloodline can be granted elector titles, and must not fall into the hands of anyone except the Empress."

Chandler explained the necessity of this trip.

"Anyone else?"

The lawyer with the gold-rimmed glasses suddenly felt a bit bewildered.

"Hell, what a yearly drama!"

Rein's CPU was running at full throttle, Aran producing anti-imperialist factions, plenty of fellows losing their heads in Lostra; is this a struggle between the Empress and the prime minister or is there another faction involved? What's the deal with the Intelligence Bureau Celeste is part of?

"First, put these glasses and Hat King under custody, quickly call Liszt!"

Shadi made a quick decision.

After sorting out the situation, it turns out the Hat King fiasco actually concerns Sister Ai; certainly, the news leaked from somewhere, Lostra's local forces are causing trouble, maybe there are still soldiers outside the hotel.

Liszt knows Sister Ai is transitioning, Celeste knows too, then Celeste's faction knows, the leak from her party, it must be because the key figures can't be the ones leaking.

Wait a moment!

Could it be Archer blowing hot air in the slammer again?

Real! Fucking! Hell!