Mysterious, but Naruto

The next morning, when Louis went downstairs for breakfast, he looked completely listless.

"Oh, sir, you haven't had enough rest? Are you going to the East District to check on the factory today?"

Louis put down the newspaper in his hand: "It's nothing. I just studied that painting again last night."

Well, that painting gives me a bad feeling. Take it from the study later and lock it in the storeroom.

"Yes, sir, please have your breakfast first."

Louis pointed the silver fork in his hand toward the study on the second floor, then gestured for the butler to come to his side and whispered to him, "When you go there to paint, pay attention to the box under my desk. It's full of 10-pound gold coins."

Originally, I preferred these glittering gold notes to paper money, but since I'm planning to invest in building a factory, when I go out to look at the factory, you can take this box of gold pounds to the Central Bank of Backlund and deposit it into my account.

In addition, you should withdraw another 1000 pounds from your account as payment for the items on that list that I asked you to purchase. Any excess can be used for daily expenses.

Furthermore, once the factory is up and running, I will begin inviting other gentlemen to my home for banquets, or other banquets.

Remember to ask the tailor to prepare more formal dresses for me. When you have some free time, you can also go out and look at some suitable accessories. I'll be busy with work lately and probably won't have the energy to focus on these things.

As Louis spoke, he pretended to rummage in his pocket, but actually reached into the spatial rift and took out his golden seal, handing it to the butler.

"Yes, sir, I will handle it."

Louis was very busy last night.

First, they studied the extraordinary characteristics they had obtained within the Divine Tree Space, but naturally, they gained nothing.

Louis wasn't disappointed, after all, this was a completely new power system, and it wasn't so easy to crack.

In the latter half of the night, Louis went so far as to create a rift in the space, with the other end resting a few centimeters above the surface of the Tasok River.

Unfortunately, although Louis's villa is very close to the river, there are many servants living in the house, and even gardeners and grooms are working outside.

Therefore, if Louis wants to collect gold dust from the river, he can only do so late at night, after everyone in the house has gone to bed.

Thinking that he couldn't keep sneaking around like a thief, mining gold in the middle of the night, Louis went all out last night, refining it until dawn.

The box of gold coins under the desk was only part of the total. To avoid appearing too conspicuous, Louis also placed three more boxes, also filled with gold coins, on top of the bookshelves in the study.

When the butler went to the study to get the gold coins, he would surely have noticed the box on the bookshelf, and even if he didn't know what was inside, he would still have that impression.

That way, when money is needed in the future, the housekeeper can simply take it from the box on the bookshelf, and it won't give people the feeling that a box of gold coins keeps popping up in the house.

After all, the people in the mansion arrived later than Louis, so it's understandable that they don't know how many gold coins he moved in back then.

But after everyone had spent a long time together and become familiar with the general layout of the house, it seemed a bit unreasonable for them to suddenly produce a lot of gold coins.

While placing those boxes, Louis had to admit that the company that renovated the house was truly reliable and hadn't cut corners at all.

At least the bookshelf was quite sturdy. Each of the four chests contained 5000 pounds of gold coins, and the chests and gold coins together weighed about 40 kilograms.

The bookshelf didn't shake or wobble at all, and the wooden planks didn't show any obvious dents, which made Louis White, who had initially worried that the bookshelf wouldn't be able to withstand the weight, worry for nothing.

After breakfast, Reed helped Louis pick out what to wear for the day. Luckily, the clothes Louis had made at the clothing store last night had been picked up, giving him more options and ways to put things together.

Just when Louis thought he would be spending another day looking at factories in the East End, about a while before lunch, he received a message from Audrey saying that she had found another copy of Roselle's diary.

Louis was quite interested in this time traveler, so he made an excuse that he hadn't slept well the night before and said he would rest in the carriage after lunch.

Reed and the others naturally didn't say anything. At this moment, Louis informed Audrey through the ring, and then opened a spatial rift to get the diary.

Miss Audrey's collection of diaries is still full of sincerity, with pages on both sides.

Louis looked at the handwritten contents in his hand and felt his eyes hurt. The words were all legible on their own, but when put together, they looked very messy.

Although it was difficult to read, the contents of the book intrigued Louis.

"As expected, I guessed right. The strength of the Church of the Seven Gods is definitely not what it appears to be. I didn't expect they also have powerful sealing artifacts."

The fact that someone could be considered powerful by a time traveler, especially one who became an emperor, shows that their strength is extraordinary.

However... I remember Audrey saying before that the Fool asked about the Antigonus family at the meeting.

Here, Rosell also mentions that a man, also of the Fool's Path, asked him to retrieve an artifact from the Antigonus family.

Based on this, the Antigonus family should be highly associated with the Fool's Path. Perhaps they possess a high-sequence recipe for the Fool's Path, or a corresponding extraordinary trait.

Well, if that's the case, then it makes perfect sense that the Fool also wants to find the Antigonus family.

After all, based on my previous deductions, he wasn't actually an angel, but rather a Saint who had just advanced to Sequence 4, which would require recipes and extraordinary traits from higher sequences...

With this in mind, Louis began to consider whether he could use this approach to lure the other party out through the complete Fool's Sequence recipe.

Despite his concerns about potential pollution, Louis was still quite envious of the portal that would actively impart knowledge to him.

As for the so-called breakdown, he was careless that time and didn't expect such serious consequences.

Next time, he can make full preparations beforehand, and even if there is still an impact, it shouldn't be as serious as before.

However, the other party was extremely cautious, and so far, the clones he had hidden in the spirit world to monitor the situation had not found any useful clues.

Then there's no need to even find the other party and communicate with them directly.

Thinking of this, Louis suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Although he couldn't communicate directly with the Fool, there were other ways!

He could easily use Rosell's diary to hide some of his own thoughts, and since Rosell was a time traveler, doing some rather inappropriate things wouldn't seem out of place.

With this in mind, Louis suddenly had an idea. He immediately put away the diary in his hand and told Audrey through the ring that he would return the diary to her the next day.

Seeing Louis step down from the carriage, Reed quickly went over to him.

"Sir, aren't you going to rest?"

Louis looked up at the foggy sky above, which was gray with a hint of yellow.

"Never mind, I feel much better after resting for a bit. Let's get back to work so we can go home earlier today. It's more comfortable to rest at home."

Perhaps it was because he was in high spirits, but after Louis came up with a brilliant idea, he found all the factory buildings pleasing to the eye that afternoon, and he even considered buying several of them outright.

However, Louis ultimately did not do so, feeling that such a major investment required caution.

Just then, he also needed to organize the patent catalogs he had retrieved from the patent office to see how he could avoid the existing patents in the carriages he would manufacture later.

If it's truly unavoidable, then how can one effectively select the cheaper patents to maximize future profitability?

Just when Louis thought he had seen enough for the day and could go home after seeing two more places,

As a result, they came across a carriage manufacturing factory that was up for sale, and the most crucial point was that this factory had just declared bankruptcy the day before.

So much so that when Louis arrived in his carriage, there were still sixty or seventy workers gathered outside one of the factory buildings.

Upon seeing this, the coachman outside quickly said to the two people inside the carriage, "Sir, we'd better not go over there. We might get accidentally injured at this time."

Reed also leaned most of his body out of the carriage to carefully observe the situation outside. However, this time he was smarter and firmly gripped the window frame of the carriage with both hands, while pulling on the assistant next to him.

"Yes, sir, why don't we just go to the next one?"

Louis's hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people. With a little listening, he immediately knew that those people were outside demanding their unpaid wages.

Today is Thursday, while payday here is usually Friday night.

These workers had worked for five days before the factory declared bankruptcy yesterday, and many of them may go hungry for the next week if they don't receive this payment.

Even if they find other jobs right now, because it's so close to payday, the wages they receive won't be enough to cover their expenses for the next week.

Upon learning this, Louis immediately signaled to his entourage that they should not leave, but instead drive the carriage over in a high-profile manner.

After all, Louis considered these workers gathered outside as valuable bargaining chips.

Although the carriage only passed by briefly, Louis had already gotten a general idea of ​​what the factory looked like from the outside.

It was probably one of those factories that, after only a few months of operation, was forced into bankruptcy by Backlund's various high-end consumption practices.

Louis noticed that the paint on some of the equipment was still intact, indicating that none of them had been used for very long.

In addition, the warehouse was filled with a large amount of materials, many of which he could use directly later.

"Make way, make way! Is this how you treat gentlemen who come to inspect the venue?"

Although Reed was somewhat puzzled by Louis's insistence on barging in at this time, he still obediently followed instructions and shouted to the people outside.

The group of workers who had been making a ruckus outside the office building stopped when they heard the sound of a horse-drawn carriage behind them. They then realized that it was people who had come to inspect the factory and were preparing to acquire it.

They all quietly made way, after all, they weren't stupid and knew the situation inside the factory.

That boss probably really doesn't have much money left, so if someone can actually take over the factory, it would be a good thing for them.

After all, even though the boss had already sold the factory, as long as he hadn't left Backlund, he wouldn't dare offend so many workers who were about to go hungry with a large sum of money.

As long as they keep a close eye on their former boss, they'll be able to get their wages back.

And so, Louis, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, gracefully stepped down from the carriage.

As for the previously closed door inside the office building, it was opened by the people inside.

After all, for safety reasons, the people inside dared not relax for a moment and kept a close eye on the movements outside the gate.

Therefore, he was very aware of what was happening outside, and immediately asked Louis to come in.

As for the workers outside, they were eager to get started when they saw the gate open.

However, seeing Louis's retreating figure, no one actually dared to make a move.

After all, these people weren't going to abandon their normal lives to commit crimes, especially since Louis had brought them new hope.

"Thank you so much, sir/madam..."

Louis Helmet.

"I really appreciate Mr. Helmet's help. I am Austin White, the old... temporary owner of this factory."

Please come upstairs with me for a chat. I think that since you've come to the factory at this time, you must be somewhat interested in it.

My office contains all the documents here. Please...

The owner of this White business looks quite young, probably around thirty years old.

Unfortunately, Backlund doesn't give any preferential treatment to those who are young; everyone has to struggle in this brutal financial game.

Upon entering the other party's office, Louis immediately sensed that the original renovation must have cost a great deal of money and involved a lot of thought.

Clearly, the other party initially had lofty ambitions in building a factory here, but unexpectedly ended up in the current state.

At the other party's invitation, I sat down on the leather sofa, in front of me was a booklet of factory information compiled by the other party.

These materials were compiled in great detail and categorized, showing that the person who prepared them was very meticulous.

After reviewing the documents from beginning to end, Louis put them down.

Aside from the fact that he couldn't understand much of the specialized content and would need to hire a professional accountant to audit it later, he was mainly interested in his former boss.

He thought that perhaps he could go even further and buy everything here.