THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

chapter 31's

Marchioness Aine was a middle-aged woman with pretty features, it seemed like she was maintaining her beauty regularly with potions, potions, and other items. She is a brunette with brown eyes that are 5 feet and 9 inches tall. He also had a son named Julius who was 18 years old recently but he was in the imperial capital's knight academy completing his initial training.

“Greet to the Marchioness, as you might expect this time we came to meet father and Marquis because we wanted to finalize the deal regarding the soap we are providing at the moment, he said, but lucky to meet you today,” Joseph greets Aine and then mentions his intentions.

“Hmm .. I heard from Steve that you were the one supplying Rose soap in town this time. Good luck with your efforts. In the meantime, who are your friends who are there?” The Marchioness said to Joseph.

“Let me introduce to you, these are John, Eva, Jay, Josephine, and Sally. As for Phillip, you already know him. It was John who made new soaps that were circulating among the upper nobles at this time.” Joseph introduces friends and waves to Phillip so he can give the prepared gift to Aine. While John and the others greeted Aine.

Marquis Ray was a tall man with blond hair and a sharp face. He had a tight and carefree air around him. He looked like a man who had been through a war but understood the importance of life. During his youth he had followed the royal army in war and had made great achievements for himself and his territory and hence he had the air around him. Today he wore black robes, black shoes, and white gloves luxuriously. He wore a full sleeve leather shirt with a fur sleeve coat on it with a white shirt inside that could only be seen on the neck and border of a leather shirt with black pants. The borders of his hands were handcuffed like most noble clothes. And it seems like recently the nobles started using buttons and new designs from the snake family and have become very popular because of its comfort.

Marquis Ray deeply understood the importance of trade and commerce and hence he promoted trade and merchants in all his domains, but there are certain norms like slavery that he cannot fight because it will require a lot of money, power, power, and the political will to achieve his goals so that he never expressed his intentions to anyone and acted like most nobles. But certain businesses like the Food and Pearl industry are under the control of their families because they are very strategic to them. Most of the nobles also controlled the food circulating in their territory.

As they spoke, the Marquis and Frank walked into the room with the butler leading them in.

Laughing, the Marquis walked into the room and said to everyone in the guesthouse, “Alright, everyone is talking happily this time. You may be John who was talked about earlier when I spoke to Joseph last time and you may be friends of John and Joseph, he said, Aine please show us their home while we discuss our business affairs for now. Well we can talk later ”

Aine led Eva and the others and let them discuss their business matters as she understood from previous years of experience.

Aine turned to Eva and the others and offered to lead them in the mansion.

“Why don't you guys join me and drive around the house while they handle their own issues”

“OK, it won't be a problem,” Eva replied without much thought and letting John and Joseph settle their affairs first.

Only butler Phillip and Marquis Ray remained while the others left the room.

“It seems you've been very jolly lately, Joseph asked Joseph after he finished watching from the sidelines.

Both the Marquis and Frank were surprised but thought they were just bluffing and so they decided to investigate them a bit.

“So, who might target you and the soap you produce?” Frank asked in a probing tone.

“Alright, let's sit down and drink first,” Marquis beckoned to his butler and decided to have a conversation in a relaxed environment, unlike a tense one.

Phillip then handed over some documents to Frank and the Marquis that had been prepared by him.

“This is some information we collected after coming to Pearl city. So what do you think, dad?” Joseph knew that his father would ask him most of these questions and so he was ready.

Both the Marquis and Frank looked at the documents one by one and they were very surprised as a lot of information matched while there was some information that even they did not know. Like how one of Joseph's brothers conspired with a Duke from the west. Coupled with the authenticity of the information, they knew that Joseph's eldest brother, Max, had recently been in the Duchy of Blackwolf in the western part of the Kingdom of Aelius. Max and some of his cousins have allied with the Blackwolf duke as the duke is also involved in the soap business and hence their interests match so it seems Max has enough ambition to hide his goals all along while allied with the Duke at the same time.

“I think the information they have at the moment is very credible because most of the facts match our information while some of them need to be verified. What do you think, Frank?” The Marquis asked Frank in a serious tone after looking through the paper.

“Well, 3/5 of the information has matched us and it is not troublesome as there must have been leaks from your brothers sooner or later. Yet Duke Blackwolf supporting Max and your cousin from behind the scenes would be troublesome However, that won't be a problem for now as Duke can only help them in the form of his own funds and connections since his domain is quite far in the west while we are in the south, he said, also with our support you guys are not “We have to worry a lot if our deal is done.” Frank thought and gave his opinion to everyone present in the room.

“Hmm .. Joseph told me one thing how do you get this much information about the people who are watching you? Or do you always hide your spies and decide to show your cards today?” The marquis was very curious and therefore decided to ask them.

“Well, John got this information from one of his partners this time, so we thought at least we should make preparations in advance and reveal it to you guys.” Joseph thought and decided to throw it all over John's head when he didn't want to reveal John's deal with Vlad and Diana.

“However it is also expected that Duke Blackwolf will move on us sooner or later because our interests are at odds with each other, but it's a good thing that we get preliminary information about Max and your cousin so that we can take preventive measures this time around,” the Marquis told Joseph and John while he did not investigate further John's source of information. The marquis did not hold back whether it was Frank's son or not because after using the soap this time they both decided to support them and it would be a good opportunity for them to claim the market and another source of income meanwhile is inevitable that there will be betrayal and betrayal in the extended family where everyone hopes to gain more power.

Frank shares the same opinion as he had experienced the same thing with his brothers when he was young and decided not to interfere in the rivalry and betrayal between siblings and cousins.

Both Marquis and Frank looked at John curiously this time because they did not expect John to have a partner who had such a detailed network in terms of information gathering and decided not to investigate further because everyone has their secrets and come back for business.