Chapter 28: The Man, the Woman and Her Mad Husband

  Ye Feng saw this and his heart was clear. He said: "So you're saying that stopping the grain embargo is inevitable?"

  Nina was somewhat reluctant, but still nodded her head.

  Although abolishing the grain embargo would allow Nia to sell off Sienia's surplus grain and solve the financial crisis that had plagued her for a long time, Nia did not feel any excitement, but instead felt a sense of defeat.

  As long as that person is alive, the empire lives in his shadow every moment, and her heart suddenly gives rise to an impulse to kill him on the spot.

  Ye Feng was so excited on the side that he almost jumped up.

  He thought to himself, what is this? This is simply the steel ingots of the early 80s! The stocks of the early 90s! These are all money! And they're bright yellow and shiny hard currency that will never become worthless like those printed papers that aren't even good for wiping your butt. It's so unbelievable, it sounds like a cosmetics ad.

  Ye Feng knew through his understanding: after the Empire's Circulation Act was promulgated, many nobles like Nia's family had a large amount of surplus grain that they could not sell, and the price of grain had been low. Although there were many people who engaged in smuggling, it was just a drop in the bucket.

  Now they can take advantage of this opportunity to buy in large quantities while grain prices are low. Then, when the Empire orders the abolition of the law, grain prices will definitely rise, and at that time...

  I would laugh so hard in my dreams that I'd wake up.

  He looked up at Aphrodite and began to calculate in his mind: when the time came, would she pay back her 1.5 million gold coins in cash or with grain? Of course, it would be best if he could owe her without paying back!

  Niya was not dazzled by these. She looked at Hannibal and asked coldly, "Why look for us? I think you could find anyone to do this, and they would be happy to accept."

  Hannibal said, "Because we are short of time, those grains arriving one day earlier can save a large number of people. Because those grains basically all need to be transported out through Sardinia. So, we must find the master of Sardinia to discuss this matter."

  "Last time you successfully repelled the pirate invasion, proving that you are the true masters of Xiniya. Otherwise, what qualifications do you have to talk to me?"

  He looked at Ye Feng with a sarcastic expression and said, "If our ship is also detained by you due to procedural reasons, wouldn't that be unjust?"

  Ye Feng knew he was being ridiculed for dying repeatedly in the level and losing money, so on the surface he remained calm, but in his heart he secretly seethed: If I don't turn this signed paper into a 1 million gold coin IOU, I won't be considered one of the top 10 outstanding youths of the 21st century.

  Niya sat there, thinking seriously about this good thing that had been delivered to her doorstep. Her right index finger lightly tapped the table, making a "tap, tap" sound.

  She had some hesitation in her heart, this cake looked really too good to be true, not only could it solve the economic crisis of Xiniya, but... according to her own estimate, she would be able to live a very comfortable life for several years to come. But precisely because of this, the cake seemed more like a trap.

  Hannibal saw Nia still hesitating and gave Aphrodite a look.

  Aphrodite smiled and said: "If you agree to cooperate with me, I am willing to unconditionally tell you who is colluding with the pirates within Xiniya!"

  Niya suddenly raised her head and Chen Sheng asked: "Who?"

  Afu Luo looked at her and smiled without saying a word.

  It wasn't until after a while that Nia came to her senses.

  She stood up and extended her right hand to Hannibal, saying: "Deal."

  Hannibal smiled and extended his hand, grasping her slender fingers, saying: "Deal."

  Nia let go of Hannibal's rough big hand, only to realize that she had actually sat down with such a world-renowned figure and talked about a big deal, and it was the other party who took the initiative to come to her door and ask for herself.

  She gazed at her own slender and delicate palm, and let out a soft sigh.

  Nia looked at Ye Feng with gratitude, understanding in her heart: she was able to achieve this step, completely thanks to Ye Feng. Compared to everything she had done diligently in Western Nia before, she still couldn't get recognition, and no one took the Yurius family seriously. It was he who single-handedly defeated the pirates, making the world that valued strength above all else have to acknowledge the Yurius family's power over Western Nia.

  Niya turned her head and asked Aphrodite: "Who is that traitor after all?"

  Aphrodite smiled and was about to speak when a commotion broke out outside. Cries of surprise and shouts continued to come, all mixed together in confusion.

  Aphrodite's face changed, and she asked loudly: "What is going on?"

  A voice came from outside the door: "It seems that Elder Dobella is leading a group of people to look for something?"

  Afura heard the noise and came over, she stood up and said to everyone: "I and General Hannibal are not convenient to meet people at this time, we need to hide first. Please help us block them."

  She led Hannibal and his attendants out of the room through a secret door.

  A moment later.

  Just then, a flurry of footsteps was heard from outside, followed by a loud crash as the door was kicked open. Dora rushed in without so much as a greeting.

  The three people present couldn't help but look at each other in confusion, unsure what was going on.

  Dobella turned around in the room and found nothing. He asked loudly: "Where is the Duke? Where is he?"

  The three of them stared at him in shock, his hair disheveled and hanging over his forehead, his face deathly pale, with bloodshot eyes. Not a shred of the courtesy or reserve that a noble should have was present.

  Diana frowned and said, "The duke is certainly watching the play in the room above."

  "He's not here at all!" Dobella exclaimed in exasperation.

  "Diana asked: 'What's up? Are you looking for him for something?'"

  "I...haven't!" Dolores exclaimed loudly after a moment of hesitation.

  He glanced at the crowd and found that they were indeed unaware of the duke's whereabouts. He turned around, furious, and walked towards the door, saying: "Don't let me find him, or else he'll be in for it."

  After finishing speaking, he led his subordinates and walked out.

  Three men heard him shouting loudly outside the door: "There's no one here, go search somewhere else."

  Then there was a gradually fading sound of footsteps outside the door, and it became quiet again.

  Diana got up and closed the door, turned around and looked at Ye Feng, as if asking him, but also as if muttering to herself: "What's going on?"

  Outside the door, another burst of footsteps sounded, and then the door was kicked open again. Oola appeared at the door, panting, looking at them and shouting loudly: "You still have the mood to fool around here, the old man is about to be hanged."

  Everyone was shocked.

  Niya slammed her hand on the table and stood up in anger, saying: "What's going on? Who is so bold, tired of living, to actually dare move against a provincial governor."

  Ye Feng looked at Oola's appearance and comforted her: "Don't worry, take your time."

  Ou La leaned against the door and panted for a long time before saying, "After all of you left, that woman with big breasts, a round butt, and dressed very...".

  Ye Feng interrupted him and said: "I know, it's Lao Duo's wife. What happened next?"

  Ou La said, "Right, Lao Du's wife. She came in and talked to the old man for a while, wanting him to issue an order to release the few ships of Lao Du that we seized yesterday."

  "What then?" Nia asked.

  "After chatting for a few sentences, somehow the old man suddenly recited a line of poetry, something like 'a bright pearl is thrown into the dark'. The topic of their conversation then turned to poetry."

  The two of them later got more and more into it, finally they found me annoying on the side, so they said they wanted to go out and find a place where no one would disturb them, to have a good discussion.

  Ou La said up to here, eyes some red, said: "Am I really very annoying?"

  "It's not that, it's just that they might have some things that aren't convenient for a little kid like you to know."

  "Really?" Euler asked skeptically.

  Ye Feng and Diana said in unison: "It's really, really true."

  Nia said impatiently, "And then?"

  Orale wiped his nose and continued, "Later, the two of them went out together. I asked the old man what they were going to discuss. He said they were going to discuss with Mrs. Dobra the necessary and accidental causal relationship between postmodern behaviorism and human primitive reproduction methods in the fourth stage of in-depth exploration and research."

  Oola said the long name in one breath and glanced at Ye Feng with a slanted eye.

  Diana looked at him in surprise and asked: "Such a long term, how did you remember it?"

  Ou La puffed out her chest and said with pride, "Of course, I just think this word sounds very scholarly, so I had the old man teach me three times. The old man also said that this word was told to him by Ye Feng."

  Oola turned her head to look at Ye Feng, complaining: "Ye Feng, you're really something. This word that sounds so scholarly and philosophical, you didn't even teach me. I'm the one who calls you teacher."

  Niya frowned and asked: "Yefeng, what does this sentence mean?"

  Ye Feng shrugged and said: "A man, a woman looking for a secluded corner. And a frantic husband, what else can these elements add up to?"

  Nina heard his implication, thought for a moment, let out a cry of surprise, and her face suddenly turned bright red. Diana beside her immediately understood as well.

  Oola looked over and came up to ask: "Nia, what does that sentence mean?"

  Diana reached out and gave him a loud slap on the head, saying: "Things that kids shouldn't know about, don't go around asking everywhere."

  Ou La covered her head with her hands, her eyes reddening as if she were about to cry. "I didn't ask," she said, "so how would I know what not to know?"

  Ye Feng couldn't help but shake his head, Diana and the others' education of Oola was quite problematic. But thinking about it in reverse, they themselves were still unmarried girls, probably even seeing their own ** would make them blush. Let alone teaching Oola proper physiological hygiene knowledge.

  Niya rubbed her forehead with her hand, muttering in a low voice like she had a toothache: "This old scoundrel, his old illness is acting up again. Every time he doesn't come up with some kind of scheme, he'll feel miserable all over."

  Ye Feng glanced at her lightly and pretended not to hear. At this time, he was already used to Nia's evaluation of his father and had long since become numb to it.

  Even so, several people were still afraid that the duke would lose his way and hastily left the room to find him ahead of time.

  As they approached the edge of the theater, a deafening commotion erupted from a nearby room. Women shrieked and men bellowed; the sound of fists and feet striking each other cracked through the air.