Chapter 525: Take Refuge
Having seen so many different kinds of people, Dagu was more and more emotional.
Life is like this, experience is a precious wealth.
The more you see and understand, the wiser you will be.
These will become the foundation and settle in your heart.
Now, he roughly understands His Majesty's thoughts. This trip to inspect Canad on behalf of the emperor is also a special training for himself.
Dagu's thinking gradually changed, and he began to consider more political influences from a simple military officer.
So, he reminded Gude because of the same origin.
He vaguely felt that the empire needed balance, so it was imperative to suppress the aristocratic faction.
Similarly, people are complicated.
Take himself for example, he is a military officer, a bureaucrat, a new aristocrat, and even a civilian bureaucrat.
Multiple identities may represent different positions.
Now that His Majesty has given me a chance, I have begun to promote people like Gude.
This is the choice.
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Gude is not yet aware that his trip has caught the eyes of the angel.
Of course, he is just one of many alternatives.
After returning home, he locked himself up for a day and a night, and finally made a decision.
"We want to go back to our homeland!"
Olik thought his brother might be crazy and couldn't understand: "Didn't you say that our homeland belongs to the nobles, and we have no way to survive if we go back?"
This is what Good said before. When he was a child, he saw how the old nobles oppressed the people, and when he grew up, he also saw the majesty of bureaucrats riding horses in the countryside.
So he almost ingrained the idea that the homeland is the territory of the nobles, and there is almost no way out for people like him who are born in the countryside.
In fact, he has also seen the nobles' style of doing business in these years. I don't know how many people want to swallow up the Goode Company with skin and flesh.
Fortunately, this is Canard, and any accident can happen if he is forced into a corner.
Facts have proved that order is the umbrella of the nobles, otherwise it is definitely not just the civilians who are wailing.
Everyone has a gun, no one is nobler than anyone else, and you can be knocked down with a shot from a hundred meters away.
He has always pursued a policy of retreat, and this is how he taught his brother.
Olik has always regarded his brother's words as the truth, but he didn't know that the truth would be overturned one day.
Goode's eyes were red, and he explained tiredly that he was not trying to convince his brother, but to convince himself.
"Ganadu is also the territory of the empire. As it is developed more and more, local nobles will flock in sooner or later.
Our business will only gradually shrink, and finally linger on and lose its current status.
Go back... Go back while the business is at its strongest, and we must also walk in the imperial capital openly."
Survival is no longer a problem for the two brothers, but how to live with dignity has become a higher-level need.
Olike was convinced, and he felt that his brother must have considered it more comprehensively than himself.
Of course, he was also a little worried: "But we have offended so many nobles, will we be retaliated?"
In Canad, they are members of the gentry class, members of the local powerful faction, and can face most troubles calmly.
In particular, the pressure from the local area will prompt everyone to stand together.
But once they go back, in the opponent's home court, whether they have a grudge or covet the industry of Goode Business, they will definitely not stand idly by.
Don't talk about the law, the officials have countless ways to make you bow your head.
And they have the power of judicial interpretation. The same thing may have completely different results.
If it doesn't work, they can accuse you of a panacea, arrest you first, and then hide and seek or die in sleep, there are many ways to deal with you.
Once a person dies, the Goode Company will certainly lose its backbone. Is it difficult to split it up?
Goode also considered these, so he had a way.
"Don't be afraid, I have thought of a way.
Wait until I meet with the gentlemen of other companies, and you will know."
Goode took a quick rest for a day and started to get busy again that night.
He has been doing business in the colony for so many years, especially in the transportation industry, and he really knows a lot of people.
He knows all about those who have no background, are rich, and have ideas.
Everyone has similar worries, so they huddle together for warmth and call themselves gentlemen.
In fact, it is just a sense of crisis among a group of nouveau riche.
Now, there is a great opportunity in front of him, and he doesn't believe that everyone is indifferent.
So, after half a month of communication and connection, the last part of the silver gentlemen reached an agreement to advance and retreat together.
With this confidence, Good visited Angel Dagu again.
Nobles, right? We can also find a backer.
The emperor is of course not reliable, but Angel Dagu is right in front of us.
And he is not a bribe, but a fair investment.
Good knows Dagu's resume and knows that this person really doesn't love money.
When they met again, Dagu's face and smile were more enthusiastic.
Obviously, he knew some news in advance.
"Lord Dagu, our merchants in the Silver City want to return to their homeland to invest. I wonder if they can follow you on the road?"
"Of course, do you have any investment ideas?"
"No specific ones yet, but it's always right to follow you and see. If you are willing to give us some pointers, we will also take you to participate."
Good still tactfully expressed his intention to pay tribute, even though he knew that Dagu would not accept it.
But whether to accept or not is their business, and whether to give or not is your own business.
I can refuse, but you have to have the attitude, otherwise how can it be called respect?
Sure enough, Dagu directly refused: "Forget about participating in the shares. His Majesty's annual rewards are generous enough. There is no need to compete with you for money."
Goode was a little disappointed. He felt disgusted when officials were greedy for money, but he felt empty when he didn't.
He now realized that it was really only a small problem that could be solved with money.
Otherwise, I don't know how to please this angel.
Fortunately, the first step has been achieved, and Dagu has accepted the limited approach of the group of silver gentlemen.
The close minister of His Majesty the Emperor is willing to provide protection until he returns to the imperial capital.
As for further surrender, of course it depends on the attitude of the silver gentlemen. No one wants to support a group of mud.
When Dagu set off for Gem Harbor, Goode and others had prepared the staff, and several silver gentlemen accompanied him in person to perform the duties of the surrenderers in advance.
It just so happens that the most comfortable way to travel is by the Good Company's ship.
Good emptied several passenger ships and used them exclusively as angel vehicles.
Dagu followed the inland river and saw large tracts of farms along the coast.
This large plain, after ten years of reclamation, has matured and become a veritable granary.
This is a spectacular sight that is hard to see locally, especially in the recent harvest season, the golden color is extremely spectacular.