Chapter 235: Sophia V

Of course, Ethan didn't believe that Sophia took over as speaker because of the overall situation.

However, since she can solve the tax problem, is willing to work for the government at her own expense, and clearly supports solving the Marlow City problem, Ethan certainly has no reason to stop her.

I didn't even dare to ask another question about the reason.

I'm afraid that Sophia will make various demands on the grounds that she took over the mess.

So he told Sofia about the underground corridor of the Duke's Palace to change the subject.

After hearing this, Sophia was most concerned about not [Locust Favor], but asked: "Do you still remember what the dice Leon rolled?"

Ethan suddenly frowned: "Why do you care about the dice?"

"Tell me first, how much is it?" Sofia insisted.

Ethan recalled: "I didn't pay much attention at the time, but if I remember correctly, it should be 5."

When Sophia heard this, she smiled as expected: "When I first entered the underground corridor, the statue was in Corridor No. 2."

Ethan heard something: "Can I understand that there are many underground corridors in the Duke's Palace.

And each side of the die represents a certain corridor? "

"Smart! That's what it means." Sofia nodded: "When the old Duke took me into the underground corridor, he told me that each number represents a story.

Obviously the stories he told were referring to different corridors.

In other words, they moved the statue, which proves that they did have the intention to cause disaster! "

Ethan didn't quite understand what Sophia meant by these words, so he tried to ask: "You want to say that you want to sanction the Duke's Palace."

"No!" Sofia shook her head: "I mean, we have to negotiate with the Duke, and we have to let them hand over the treasure no matter what.

Otherwise, they can really do anything, even if they both lose. "

Ethan smiled: “I don’t want to talk to them.

However, that Noble Phantasm must be destroyed.

If they don't agree, I will tell the Holy Light Religion about the matter and let them handle it.

I believe that the Holy Light will punish them. "

When Sophia heard this, she was shocked and said: "Don't!

The Holy Light Sect can indeed force the Duke's Palace to hand over the Noble Phantasm, but once the Noble Phantasm falls into the hands of the Holy Light Sect, do you think they will destroy the Noble Phantasm for the sake of the people?

If their guess is correct, they will definitely make a big fuss out of this.

The Holy Light Tax and the Harvest Tax must come as soon as you open your mouth.

At that time, we will be even worse off than during previous planned tax periods. "

"Uh..." Ethan was speechless for a moment, and even broke into a cold sweat.

Because the meeting ended today, he originally wanted to use the Holy Light Cult to force the other party to hand over the Noble Phantasm in front of everyone.

But because of Sophia, he gave up this idea.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

While Ethan was happy in his heart, he also started to have a headache on how to get the other party to hand over the Noble Phantasm, so he said:

"Okay! You are right! But how to negotiate?

If I were the Duke's Palace, no matter what the outcome of the negotiation, I would not take out the Noble Phantasm. "

Sophia smiled: "Negotiation requires skills, why should we force them to hand over the Noble Phantasm?

We just need to make them feel that handing over the Noble Phantasm is more beneficial to them.

Let them decide the rest. "

After hearing this, Ethan's first reaction was that Sofia regarded the Duke's Palace as a fool.

But thinking about her previous strategy to deal with the tax exemption bill, she felt a little guilty, so she asked weakly: "What are the specific methods!"

Sophia raised her head and held her chin as if thinking. After a while, she smiled slightly: "We might as well analyze the current situation first.

You see, Aflian has been encouraging us to attack the Duke's Palace. Can we deduce that the Duke's Palace is targeted by the [Deceiver]?

Judging from the reaction of the Duke's Palace, they obviously knew that someone was going to be detrimental to them.

Maybe they already know that the other person is a [fraudster].

In this case, we just need to make a fuss about it.

For example, tell Leon that the [Frauder] is targeting the [Harvest Goddess Statue]. This is entirely possible!

Let him choose when the time comes, or he can hold on to that precious phantom and live in fear every day.

Either cooperate with us and use that Noble Phantasm to fish out the [Deceiver] and solve the trouble once and for all.

Of course, when speaking, you must focus on the [fraudster].

Emphasize how dangerous that person is and show that the fraudster is our common enemy and that we have the ability to get rid of the fraudster.

I think, in this way, even if he knows our ulterior motives, there is a high probability that he will be willing to cooperate. "

"This is a good idea. As long as they dare to take the treasure out of the Duke's Palace, it will be impossible for them to take it back." After hearing this, Ethan couldn't help but nodded: "Do you have any information about the [Deceiver] here? Let me preview it first, and I happened to have an appointment with Leon to talk alone tonight, so we can talk about it.”

When Sophia heard that Ethan had made an appointment with Leon again, she immediately frowned: "What's the reason for your appointment with Leon?"

Ethan pursed his lips: “Originally, I wanted to talk to him and work together to clean up the Austin family’s affairs.

The original plan was for him to take over the Austin family's weapons business, and I took this opportunity to knock down our allies while further controlling the Parliament.

However, once you run for Speaker, this plan becomes meaningless. "

"The Austin family?"

Sofia couldn't help but think of this family's information.

This family owns several large metal smelters and many skilled blacksmiths. It has always been the largest weapons dealer and iron product supplier in Maro City.

Since their ore is supplied by the Stein family, they have always been the staunch ally of the Duke's Mansion.

However, after the establishment of the parliament, the parliament first took action against them. First, it banned the Duke's Mansion from mining on the grounds that the minerals polluted the environment.

This cut off their source of ore.

Then a bill was passed to significantly increase the iron product transaction tax.

The two bills almost destroyed their family's industry.

The Austin family was angry but dared not speak out in the face of the parliament's difficulties. Seeing that the Duke's Mansion had abandoned its allies, they immediately changed camps and stood up against the Duke's Mansion with a clear banner, and spent a huge amount of money to buy free seats in the parliament.

Remember, every member of the fixed seat received gifts from their family at that time.

After receiving the money, everyone naturally returned the favor and let them win a free seat.

And the first thing they did when they came to power was to promote the public ownership of minerals.

This bill sounds vague, but to put it bluntly, it means that all the minerals owned by the Duke will be taken back by the parliament.

This was originally a very ridiculous bill, after all, no one dared to openly rob the assets of the Duke's Mansion.

But when everyone saw that it was a proposal from the Duke's former staunch ally, it was an internal fight in the Duke's Mansion, so how could they not be happy?

At that time, the parliament was in a big fight because of this matter, whether it was the Duke's Mansion, the Austin family, or other members of the parliament.

Now Sophia saw that Ethan was going to use this family to establish his authority. To be honest, she was not optimistic about this plan.

Because she thought Ethan was taking it for granted.

Maybe Ethan thought that the Duke's Mansion had broken up with the Austin family, and the Austin family was a fence-sitter, so it was just right to use it to establish his authority.

But is this really the case?

From the current situation, the Austin family has won a lot of sympathy for him by joining the parliament and taking the lead in resisting the Duke's Mansion.

Now his smelter has resumed the supply of ore, and his tax has returned to normal levels. However, the public ownership of mineral resources that he called for every day has never been implemented, and there is even no possibility of the bill being passed.

There are many lies in this world, but the facts never lie!

Today's facts have proved that this may just be a self-torture trick!

Of course, Sofia is not going to tell Ethan about this.

In her opinion, Ethan has just seized control of the parliament by controlling the situation, and this is the time when he is in high spirits.

At this time, even if he does something stupid, he must not be hit.

Instead, he should be encouraged, so that he will continue to make progress.

Sofia said with a slightly ashamed expression: "It turns out that you have planned it long ago! It's me who is nosy!"

"What are you apologizing for!" Ethan sighed: "You did much better than me."

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