Chapter 174 Jonathan's Aftermath

When Jonathan, in the name of the head of the family, ordered the private soldiers deployed near the family's exclusive area to take down the disguised Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs mobile forces and rush to the manor for support.

Although the number of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' rapid mobile forces that control the manor area is not too small, they also have mechanical units including heavy power armor and HCP.

But after the private soldiers of the Ains family took out more HCPs and main battle tanks and heavy multi-legged tanks as fire support.

And rushed over with a posture of "You dare to touch my master!".

These soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' rapid mobile forces still chose to lay down their weapons.

After all, the cost of main battle tanks is relatively low compared to HCP, so the major nobles have deployed a lot of them in their own nests.

And the main battle tanks of the Ains family are still the newer T-89 "Ghost".

An electromagnetic reconnection gun is installed on the diamond-shaped turret.

Although this type of main battle tank is currently used as the surface defense force of the planet and the auxiliary unit in the brigade-level armored combat team in the battle sequence of the Star Dragon Empire regular army.

But for the nobles' private soldiers, it was enough.

If the number of them piled up like now, the electromagnetic reconnection guns would be used to focus fire on the HCP, and the latter would not be able to bear it even if the deflection field was turned on.

What's more, the mobile forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were in the encirclement, and there was no defensive depth at all.

It was normal to lay down weapons and surrender when attacked from both sides.

We are all imperial people, there is no need to fight to the death.

"No matter how you are regarded by the high-ranking officials of the Empire, Mr. Amber, I still want to thank you for rescuing Isabel and taking the risk to rescue me and my family."

After temporarily detaining Barlot, Bierwater and the soldiers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and issuing a one-week curfew to the entire planet.

Jonathan Irons pulled Amber to have a private conversation.

"These are what I should do, Lord Earl, Miss Isabel's business is my business"

Amber responded with a smile, not caring about the twitching corners of the Lord Earl's eyes.

"So what's your relationship with my daughter?"

"Steel-like comradeship, sir."

"That's all?"

Jonathan's face was full of 'disbelief'. His old father's intuition made him believe that the guy in front of him had a close relationship with his daughter.

"Of course not." Amber hesitated for a rare moment and scratched her head embarrassedly.

"Miss Isabel is also a shareholder of our company."

Amber didn't intend to hide this from Jonathan.

After all, he is Isabel's father. Theoretically, it's only a matter of time to know these things.

"Company? Shareholder?"

Looking at Jonathan's suspicious face, Amber told the Earl about the situation of Atlas.

"Even Ms. Yu Ge invested in you. Mr. Amber, it seems that I still underestimated you."

Earl Jonathan leaned back in his chair. He originally wanted to talk to Amber alone to learn more about this young man and ask about his situation with Isabel.

But after chatting, he found that he seemed to understand Amber less and less.

But since even Alanita has invested in Amber, it means that he has indeed won the recognition of the female elf.

In terms of investment, this female elf has always been famous for her sharp vision.

"I can understand the mining company. After all, it is a rigid market demand and the profit margin is guaranteed."

Count Jonathan looked at Amber's eyes seriously, paused and continued:

"But at this juncture, opening a private military company, it seems that Mr. Amber is also a person with ideas."

"No, no, just to make a living."

"With the strength and knowledge you have shown, I believe that Mr. Amber is not just a small fight, but everyone has their own secrets, and I don't intend to ask about these."

Hearing this, Amber also breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, some things are not suitable to be discussed in detail with the earl, and he has not had time to make up this part of the story.

But the next sentence of Count Jonathan was beyond Amber's expectation.

"I have always admired Ms. Yu Ge's investment. There is no problem following her footsteps. Our family happens to have some spare funds now, so I plan to invest in your company."

"Ah?"

Amber did not expect that this conversation would eventually lead to investment. He had never thought about it at the beginning.

"Well, Lord Earl, our company is not listed yet, and the equity structure is relatively fixed."

"How many shares does Mr. Amber hold?"

"54.5%."

"15 million Imperial Gold Dragons, in exchange for your 4.5% shares, what do you think?"

Jonathan spoke with a demeanor of a 'boy who brings wealth'.

"Well, Lord Earl, you are a pure sucker."

Amber did not hide anything when she spoke, after all, this deal was indeed a bit of a scam.

You can even publish a book called "Three Sentences, Let the Imperial Earl Give Me 15 Million".

Not to mention that the other party is Isabel's father. If this guy knew, he might be torn to pieces at night.

"I don't really care about this 4.5% stake. If I didn't want to go through the formalities, I would have just transferred the money to you."

"No, what are you trying to achieve?"

"What? Of course, I want Isa to have a good home."

Earl Jonathan's tone was full of the old father's worry for his daughter.

"After this incident, I realized that the party struggle in the empire has entered the most intense stage. Even if I want to stay out of it like before, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

And your and Isabel's identities are still too sensitive in the empire. Whether it is the Regent or our respected Princess, they will want to use you.

So I don't want you to stay in the empire, it's too dangerous.

I also recognize your ability. I think you really have the potential to create a world.

Based on the above circumstances, instead of letting you stay in the empire and worry all day, it's better to let you make Atlas bigger and stronger in the Thousand Star Empire, so that I can rest assured."

After Jonathan said these words, Amber also understood the old father's thoughts.

It was purely because he saw that the empire might be in chaos, so he quickly sent his precious daughter out of this increasingly dangerous vortex, and then paid a living allowance of 15 million.

Amber's current strength also made him believe that it would be safer to keep Isabel with her.

However, as the old saying goes, "no reward without merit", Amber was still a little unsure about suddenly taking 15 million from others.

Just when he was a little entangled, he heard Earl Jonathan continue to add a sentence.

"Hehe, in fact, Mr. Amber doesn't need to be too entangled. This 15 million imperial gold dragons is equivalent to selling a favor to you, a psychic. If our Ains family encounters any difficulties in the future, I hope you can help us again."

"Deal!"

Hearing this, Amber said without hesitation.

That night, in addition to negotiating the investment of 15 million imperial gold dragons.

According to the "Basic Law of the Star Dragon Empire Nobles", which grants the nobles the power of self-defense and trial, Jonathan directly executed Barlot and Billwater.

Then, in the name of the Ains family, the incident was made public, and the cause and effect were specially presented to the emperor, the regent, and the princess.

A week after the incident, the reaction of the Regent was the same as Amber had guessed at the time.

There was no way to clean up this matter. A minister of the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs showed up in the fiefdom of the Ains family with his troops without any formalities, and even placed members of the Ains family under house arrest.

Who would want to clean up this matter if they wanted to die?

So Norton II issued a statement, saying that he was completely unaware of the incident, and sympathized with the Ains family's experience, and at the same time expressed his support for the Ains family to severely punish the perpetrators according to the imperial law.

The Princess Party took this opportunity to launch a new round of verbal attacks on the Regent Party.

As for the emperor who had been lying in bed for a long time, Amber even doubted whether he had seen the news at all.

However, his current chief eunuch still passed on his oral instructions to the outside world.

While the emperor was angry about the incident, he also agreed that the Ains family should deal with the matter on their own according to the "Basic Law of the Star Dragon Empire Nobility".

To be honest, Amber felt that the emperor's remarks had exposed that his control over the empire had reached a dangerous edge.

He can't command any department, and he just talks a lot of empty words.

"What's wrong with this country? I'm confused."

"Amber, what are you talking about?"

Isabel, who was standing on the balcony and watching the fireworks in the distance of the manor, rubbed Amber's cheek.

Today is New Year's Eve. Amber, who had planned to leave a few days ago, stayed after Isabel's soft and hard persuasion.

"It's okay. Have I contacted Alanita for my nonsense?"

"Yes, she told us to have a good rest and will come to pick us up in a few days."

"Okay, your family affairs have been dealt with, and you have to go back to the company. I guess there are still a lot of things to deal with there."

Amber sighed, hugged Isabel in her arms tighter, and whispered in her ear:

"After this incident, I feel that the chaos caused by party disputes in the empire may accelerate again"

"Oh, it's rare to see you worry about the future of the empire."

"You're wrong, I'm not worried about the future of the empire, I'm worried that the chaos is too fast, Atlas's strength has not grown, and it can't get more benefits in this chaos."

"You are worthy of it."

Isabel turned around and held Amber's cheek.

"Don't think about these things today, let's go out and set off fireworks~"

She didn't want to waste her rare rest time.

"Fireworks are boring, I'll take you to something more interesting."

Amber shook her head and showed a malicious smile.

"What?"

"New Year's Eve Cannon~"

Amid Isabel's screams, Amber carried her on her shoulders and walked back to the room.

I believe everyone has also seen that the second volume currently does not describe much about the battlefield, mainly because the second volume was originally arranged for the protagonist to start developing strength, planting crops, and then wait for the internal conflicts of the empire to ferment.

After all, I want the protagonist's strength to grow, and it still looks operational, not the kind of plot where the fleet is built by clicking a few times on the panel.

If you like to watch the battle part, you can keep it in mind. The third volume is full of big fights!