Four hundred and eighty-six chapters the beginning of the hereditary duke
Everyone looked at William's pajamas and found nothing unusual, "What's the problem with this?"
"Would a person's pajamas be so smooth without any wrinkles after taking a nap?" The church directly stated the doubt, "Of course not."
Trump interjected, "But this only shows that he is lying to us and does not take the safety of Benjamin and the United States into consideration."
"Yes, of course William may not have our interests at heart, but if he really doesn't, he can not tell us the news about Benjamin and Banning and act like he is completely unaware, so as not to accuse him of rescuing us afterwards.
If you don't do your best, you will cause trouble for him.
But the fact is that he directly told us the news about Benjamin and Banning. What does this mean?
Gad, this bastard is waiting for the opportunity. When the time is most dangerous, he suddenly tells us that he knows where Benjamin is and can even save Benjamin. What can we do?
Watching Benjamin die, no, no one dares to do anything. The result is that as long as it does not endanger our interests, William Devonshire can raise whatever conditions he wants.
We must also agree to him, otherwise what will happen to us is that we will be torn apart by the entire nation."
"Okay, that's a good guess," Trumbull said dubiously, "I hope your guess is right, tell me what we should do."
"Negotiating conditions with him, I believe that as long as he gives him real benefits, William Devonshire will be able to safely rescue Benjamin Cask. Even if he delays for a while in order not to arouse our suspicion, it must be because he is sure that Benjamin
It’s safe for now”.
Everyone couldn't help but fell silent when they heard about the terms. Of course there was no problem in talking, and if the church's speculation just now was true, then they would have a head start to a certain extent.
Of course, this is also an intelligence opportunity. If you really want to impress William, who dares to use the safety of the leader of the United States as a bargaining chip, it will definitely not work without tangible benefits.
But in exchange for their own interests, not to mention what benefits they offer, if it is not appropriate, people like them will definitely face criticism from their opponents and scrutiny from some departments afterwards.
Seeing that everyone was hesitating, the church smiled and said, "Maybe we can make William's heart fall in love without using our own interests at all."
"What do you mean?" the people present asked in surprise.
"Does Amir Barkawi have many assets in England or other countries?" Church asked with a smile.
"Of course, we just found out that the shares of industrial companies in London related to Barkawi are worth no less than 400 million U.S. dollars."
"If it's only 400 million U.S. dollars, it's a bit small." The church looked embarrassed, then thought about it and said, "What about the total assets of these industries or companies?"
"About 2 billion."
Everyone was smart and immediately understood what the church meant. Trumbull hesitated and said, "Even if we can get the evidence, it will be very troublesome to confiscate these properties and companies, and the English official will not let this go to save themselves."
opportunities for loss”.
"This is a problem."
Church strangely put his hands in his trouser pockets, and said after a moment, "Then if we take the initiative to hint to King Philip and the English officials that we hope to grant William Devonshire the title of hereditary Duke,
In recognition of his outstanding contribution in this crisis that threatens the entire capital society, this should not be difficult for us, and it will not lose any of our interests."
After saying this, the church lowered its head and thought for a moment, "At the same time, I suggested that the fiefdom should be on the tens of thousands of acres of land around Oxford City. Anyway, it has all been bought by William. Being a fiefdom will save a lot of trouble.
I don’t think William will refuse this kind of thing that can bring glory to the Devonshire family, and he can even use this as a condition to force him to take less of the assets of the Barkawi family.”
Trum shook his head and sighed, "This is a good idea, but in this day and age, granting a hereditary title to a duke, gad, how many years has it been since the English royal family has granted a hereditary title?"
The Minister of State, who was looked at by Trum, shrugged, "Not to mention the Duke, there is not even the lowest hereditary baron. There are even titles that have been taken back by the royal family in the past hundred years when there is no heir.
Thinking about it gives me a headache, we are actually thinking about how to promote a boy under 20 years old to the title of hereditary duke."
"Hahaha", everyone laughed.
"It is indeed a bit ridiculous, but if things can work out, then all we have to do is publicly say something beneficial to William Devonshire, and then put some pressure on England privately, and let the English people have a headache for the rest."
"Hahaha"
After laughing, another person answered, "As long as William Devonshire agrees to this condition, even if he only loses 100 million U.S. dollars in wealth, it will be a victory for us.
And considering that he saved the leaders of France, Germany, and Italy, King Philip and half of the upper class of England, and with our support, this thing is not difficult in my opinion.
Even if we try our best to report his merits to the whole world, it is very likely that the ordinary people of England will support him. Just as the church said, the fiefdom belongs to his family, and he is the heir of a hereditary earl, so there is room for maneuver.
It’s still pretty big.”
"Okay, gentlemen, these are just our guesses. Let's talk to our future Duke first."
Trump-Bull asked people to use the satellite channel to connect to William again. This time, Trump-Bull and others didn't have to wait long, and the video link was connected in just ten seconds.
To everyone's surprise, the place where William appeared this time was obviously a weapons room. The wall was not only covered with various long and short guns, large and small pineapples, more than a dozen models of sniper walls, and even several military personnel.
I recognized the various portable guide eggs placed in the middle of the weapons room.
"Mr. Devonshire, what are you doing?" Although Trumbull is the deputy general manager, he has never seen so many light and heavy weapons of all kinds.
"Nothing, I just received some bad news. Four commercial buildings near Devonshire Square were bombed. I am preparing to take my guys to find trouble with those who bombed my building."
William answered while taking out a warhead painted with red paint from the weapon rack, "Fortunately I still have some status in England, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to get such a big guy."
"Fire-tube temperature-pressure egg, gad, you are crazy," an old man in military uniform said urgently, "There is no need to use such powerful weapons to retaliate against the airborne elements, and I advise that these weapons be transported immediately
Let’s go, it’s too dangerous to leave it at home.”
"Huh?" Weili looked up at the old man who was speaking, "Who told you this is my manor?"
After speaking, William showed a weird smile on his face, walked out of the weapons room with his cell phone for half a minute, and took pictures outside. Everyone immediately saw that the secret weapons room was in a forest.