“What a strange night.”

Hastur sighed and left.

Open the Hall of Stars.

……

the next day.

In the morning, Hasta went to inspect the newly opened factory. With the management of the Harley manager, everything started to go on the right track.

According to Harley’s manager’s estimate, the first batch of mosquito repellent powder will be completed in a few days. As for the smoker that matches the mosquito repellent powder, it still needs to be customized from outside.

Making such a smoker yourself would be too time-consuming and the development costs too high.

Hasta came to inspect today. In addition to seeing the operation of the factory, he also wanted to discuss the selling price with the Harley manager.

After final discussion, Hasta set a different price for each product to reflect differentiation.

Currently, they only sell to the aristocratic group, so they have to be particular about the materials used, and the smell must be good.

For nobles, this is more important than the effectiveness of repelling mosquitoes.

Hasta decided to raise the initial price a bit. After all, the output is limited and things are rare and expensive. The higher the price, the better the room for decline in the future.

After finishing all these things, Hasta rushed to the lawyer’s office in the afternoon.

He asked Butler Neil to prepare some gifts in advance before heading there with the gifts.

Bribes are given in the name of gifts.

This was a very common and common approach in his time.

Although later on, gifts and bribes could not be given openly and openly, but the behavior of using gifts in lieu of bribes only went to the dark side.

Hastur’s arrival and the gifts he gave quickly established a bribery link with the members of the law firm, and he could clearly sense the emotional fluctuations of each of them at the moment.

As long as he wanted to, he could influence their mood at any time.

This experiment allowed him to conclude a truth: money is the best bribery bargaining chip.

As long as there is enough money, enough benefits can be given to complete the bribery act.

There is no way, the charm of money is too tempting, no matter whether you are poor, rich or powerful, you will not find it too much.

Unfortunately, Lecturer Foulun and these people are just ordinary people. Bribing them is too simple and cannot effectively promote the digestion of the potion.

Therefore, Hastur set his sights on Will again.

This snake of fate who likes to eat ice cream has a high enough status that it is very easy to bribe. All he has to do is be willing to spend money.

With this realization, Hastur asked people to prepare more and more delicious ice cream for Will to enjoy.

With Will’s wisdom, he should know what he is doing.

But Hastur soon discovered that this kind of acting was only on the surface. The real bribery was a special solution that bypassed the law and used brute force when encountering difficult problems.

His behavior of sending gifts and ice cream is more like a purposeful attempt to win people over, and it is not a real bribery.

Hastur thought for a long time and finally set his sights on being promoted to a peerage.

In the aristocratic power game, the matter was resolved through bribery.

This should be considered a qualified briber role.

Chapter 111 Game of Thrones, Drawing of Hell

Inside Greco Villa.

Hastur tasted the fine wine from Grek’s collection while listening to him talk about how to promote his title in the current environment.

Among the people he knew, Greg was the most proficient in this kind of thing, so when he decided to digest the potion through the process of being promoted to a peerage, he naturally listed Greg as his first choice.

After sending a thank you note and waiting for a day, Greg had free time.

“The fastest way to advance to your title is to donate enough gold pounds. This is the current mainstream trend in promoting your title, but I don’t think you will choose this method.”

Grek said, giving Hastur a thoughtful look.

Hasta coughed lightly and said, “Grek, my current financial situation is much better than before.”

“Oh, so you chose to be promoted to a peerage by donating gold pounds?”

“No, I choose another way.”

Hastur directly vetoed this path.

Greco was not surprised and said with a smile: “In addition to this promotion method, there are three other ways.”

“The first is to gain enough credit. For example, when you solved the workhouse incident, you can accumulate a certain amount of credit.”

“Of course, the fastest way to accumulate merit is to go to the battlefield and make meritorious deeds. Many earls and dukes have been promoted because of their major meritorious service.”

“But this method is too dangerous. You are still young and have no experience on the battlefield. In addition, there have been no large-scale wars recently. It is better to stay in Backlund and wait for other opportunities.”

Greco drank a glass of wine and gave Hastur some time to think before continuing: “The second way is to become a vassal of a great noble.”

“This is the fastest and easiest way for you to be promoted. As long as you can convince my father, you will have the opportunity to become an earl. This is the greatest limit of power in his hands.”

“Becoming a vassal of the Negan family means that you will lose a certain amount of freedom, and in the future your family will advance and retreat together with the Negan family and maintain consistent interests.”

Greco said in a gentle tone: “From my personal perspective, I very much hope that you will choose this promotion path.”

“Grek, you know me.”

Hastur smiled and rejected the proposal. He wanted to strengthen the Campbell family, but he did not want the Campbell family to become a vassal of the Negan family.

Moreover, becoming a vassal of the Negan family is the only way to be promoted to earl, which is not in line with his pursuit of the future.

By then, unless he is willing to bear the crime of betraying the Negan family, there will be basically no other opportunities for promotion.

Of course, there is an extreme way.

That is to put the Negan family on the throne, establish a new kingdom, and become a prince or grand duke with their own contribution in the new kingdom.

Then he will overthrow the royal rule of the Negan family and achieve his own path as the Black Emperor.

Unless he has no choice, he would prefer to directly overthrow the current royal family.

After all, when he reaches Sequence 2, he will inevitably become their enemy.

“Hasta, I acknowledge your pride.”

Grek smiled and proposed the last way: Hastur obtained the recognition of the powerful people with real power in the Kingdom of Loen, including the royal family represented by the king.

After all, he was promoted to a noble

Whether you get a position or not, all you need is a nod from the people above you. As for how much merit you have made and how big a contribution you have made, those are all excuses you can make up for later.

Many people tend to fall into a misunderstanding, which is to reverse the order.

It’s not that you make merit first and then get promoted, it’s that the small group of people with top power recognize you first and then look at your merit.

If your merits are sufficient, you will be promoted directly and openly, and no one can find fault.

If the credit is not enough, then work a little bit to add a few more credits to your resume. It doesn’t even need to be to this extent. Anyway, it will only attract a few insignificant criticisms.

Hastur also agreed with Grek’s words, but when he heard others say it, he still felt a little sad.

He did not forget his simple character, and asked in surprise: “Can the game of power still be played like this?”

Grek was silent for a while, then said with a smile on his face: “Hasta, it is precisely because this is a power game that we can play it like this.”

……

After leaving Greco Villa, Hastur sat on the carriage with an extra piece of information in his hand.

It was a gift given to him by Grek. It contained basic information about several powerful nobles in the Kingdom of Loen, and even recorded their likes and dislikes.

This was a very heavy gift, and even Greco specifically told him to remember to destroy this information after reading it.

He finally chose the last promotion path, which was also the one that best met his needs.

But when it came time to start implementing it, he was still a little hesitant.

Once the power game begins, it must be followed to the end, and there is no room for turning back halfway.

At the moment, he only needs bribes, but in the future, there will be two sequences, Corrupted Baron and Corrupted Earl, waiting for him.

“In this regard, my awareness is far inferior to Russell’s.”

Hastur sighed, closed his eyes and was silent for a while. When he opened his eyes again, there was no hesitation in his heart.

There is a saying that goes well: Those who keep moving forward may not necessarily die, and those who keep hiding behind may not necessarily die, but those who hesitate halfway will definitely die.

Now that you have chosen to move forward, you can no longer hesitate.

Back home, Hastur asked the chef to prepare a midnight snack and asked the maid to send it to the study.

study.

Hastur sat at the desk and began to look through the information on the powerful people given by Grek. After memorizing all the contents, he burned them all with a candle.

Taking out a pen and paper, he wrote three names on the blank paper.

Prime Minister, Earl of Hall, Duke Georgina Augustus.

According to Greck, as long as he can establish a good relationship with these three powerful people, it will not be difficult to be promoted to earl, let alone viscount.

Among them, the prime minister represents the Negan family, and Earl Hall is Audrey’s father. He is a powerful nobleman with equal emphasis on power and wealth, and has recently been deeply trusted by the king.

The last Georgina Augustus was an important member of the royal family and the only woman among the three nobles.

Hastur had a reasonable suspicion that Gleick had deliberately mentioned Georgina Augustus for amusement.

After thinking for a while, Hastur put Georgina Augustus last.

, the person at the front of the line is the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Agushed Negan is the younger brother of Duke Negan and Gleik’s uncle.

Based on his relationship with Greco, Greco can help introduce him. He is the most accessible powerful person.

Because of Greg’s relationship, it shouldn’t be difficult to successfully bribe him as long as he finds out the prime minister’s likes and dislikes.

Earl Hall, it’s a bit difficult.