Chapter 162: Brilliant Schemes One After Another

“Of course!” Old Xie said with a smile: “This is too simple, it’s not even a problem!”

“Oh, tell us quickly, what should we do?” Fatty immediately said excitedly. When the Duchess heard this, she also quickly quieted down and listened carefully.

“First, it’s you!” Old Xie pointed at the Duchess and said: “You immediately go to the palace, find your brother the Emperor, and tell him that your idiot son lost his private seal because he was drunk, and as a result, someone used the seal and a letter imitating his handwriting to transfer 5,000 bows from the warehouse some time ago, and their whereabouts are now unknown. You beg your brother to use the Royal Secret Agents to investigate this matter!”

“Snap!” After hearing this, Fatty immediately slapped his thigh and said excitedly: “Good idea! 5,000 bows, that would take more than a dozen large carts to hold. Without cover from above, it would be impossible to easily leave the Imperial Capital. As long as the Royal Secret Agents take action, they can definitely find that umbrella of protection. As long as they follow the clues to find the black hand behind the scenes, we can clear our relationship. Plus, since we reported it ourselves this time, no one will believe we are the culprits. When the time comes, even if there is that bastard kid’s handwritten signature, heh heh, we can deny it!”

“That’s great!” The Duchess immediately said excitedly: “I will go to the palace to report to brother Emperor right now. But, what about the extermination case?”

“Hmph!” Old Xie glanced at her and sneered: “Since it was an extermination, naturally there are no surviving victims. In fact, the only witnesses who can expose this matter are those bastards who did the killing personally. As long as they are killed, who can prove that this matter has anything to do with the Stephen Family? Don’t tell me you don’t even know this!”

“This~” Fatty couldn’t help but smile bitterly after hearing this: “Those few kids must have been protected by now. The Augustus Family isn’t easy to mess with either. To kill people under their protection, I’m afraid only Grandpa in the family has that strength, but with his status, how could he do this? However, if~” Fatty said, looking at Sven sitting on the side, and didn’t continue. The meaning was obvious, if Sven the Sword Saint took action, there would be no problem.

Old Xie thought for a while, then said helplessly, “To have my people take action to wipe this bastard’s ass, it’s really depressing!”

“No way!” Fatty hurriedly persuaded: “This isn’t just his business now! If this matter is exposed, the entire family will be implicated. Just do it for the sake of the family, take action once!”

“Mhm!” Old Xie nodded and suddenly said: “Alright, actually, even if I didn’t care about anyone’s face, just because this was done by the Augustus Family, I have a reason to play a game! However, I’m not familiar with this place, you still have to find the location for me!”

“Don’t worry!” Fatty immediately said: “Two days, at most two days, and I’ll find out where those bastards are hiding!”

“Good then!” Old Xie nodded, then smiled at Sven: “Sven, did you hear that? We have work to do. This isn’t a robbery this time, it’s to kill a few murderers, to avenge those innocent dead, for the justice of the gods, and for the peace and tranquility of the Continent, you can’t stay out of it!”

“Duty bound!” Sven, who had a brain full of justice instilled by the Deity, agreed very simply.

“Very good!” Old Xie said with a smile. He was extremely satisfied with Sven’s reaction.

When Fatty saw this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly thanked Sven, and then waved his hand to the Duchess, signaling her to go to the palace.

After sending the Duchess away, Fatty still had a worried look on his face. Seeing this, Old Xie smiled and said: “What, still worried about the Formula?”

“Of course!” Fatty smiled bitterly: “After all, it’s a big business of 100,000 Gold Coins a year. If I lost it due to other reasons, I would accept it, but the Augustus Family’s actions this time were too insidious, I can’t swallow this anger! Moreover~”

“Moreover what?” Old Xie asked curiously.

“Sigh, moreover, the Military Department’s bidding meeting is in just over ten days. By then, the Clan Heads of the major families will be present to support the bidders for their family businesses, so they won’t be bullied. If at that time, under everyone’s watch, our family’s archery project, which has maintained an advantage for 200 years, gets a fat chunk bitten off by the Augustus Family. Where can I put my old face?” Fatty said extremely depressively.

“Hehe, simple!” Old Xie immediately laughed: “I’ll help you win back your face!”

“Ah?” Fatty immediately perked up and hurriedly said, “Then tell me what to do?”

“It’s very simple, just get another kind of better bow!” Old Xie laughed.

“God, don’t joke!” Fatty immediately said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: “Do you think this is just talking? That Formula was created by a Grandmaster Alchemist among our ancestors with great effort. I heard he specifically referred to the Elves’ bow-making methods, and then went through 200 years of practice and improvement in our family workshop. To surpass it, how could it be easy?”

“Hehe, wait a moment, I’ll show you something!” After Old Xie finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Not long after, when Old Xie came back, he was holding a package in his hand. He put the package on the table and signaled Fatty slightly.

Fatty immediately went over curiously to open the package, and found that inside was actually a strange metal bow, a style he had never seen before. Fatty’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly picked it up to examine it carefully, and then tried to pull it, only to find that he couldn’t even pull it open. Fatty then immediately turned around and handed it to his Chief Steward, saying: “Let me see, how is this thing?”

The Chief Steward was obviously an expert. He took the bow, compared it carefully, and pulled it a few times, then said in surprise: “Good bow, not only is it powerful, but it’s also extremely stable. Especially this bow has a strange feature: it takes a lot of strength to draw the bow, but once it’s fully drawn, it only takes a part of that strength to maintain it. This makes it so that one doesn’t have to waste too much energy when aiming. It’s really wonderful, how can this be? Is it because of these two strange wheels?” As he spoke, he pointed to the pulleys on the bow.

“That’s right, this is called a Pulley Bow, the secret lies in these wheels!” Old Xie laughed: “In terms of overall performance, this bow is a level higher than traditional bows. And it has many benefits. Apart from the point you just mentioned, there are the following points. One is that you don’t have to worry about the influence of weather. The previous situation where you had to worry about the bowstring getting damp as soon as it rained can be completely avoided. The second is the raw materials. This bow is made of all metal, and materials are widely available. But your bows require beast horns, beast bones, and beast tendons. These things are not easy to collect, and most of them have to be bought from Orcs, and the quantity isn’t much. So the production of bows is restricted. Finally, there is one last point you need to note, the service life of this metal bow is very long. Generally speaking, a few decades is no problem, but your bows will be done for in ten years at most. The difference between the two is huge!”

“Ah, truly a good thing!” Fatty heard this and immediately realized the business opportunity contained within. This was obviously a revolution in the history of bows? If his family could mass-produce it, he feared it would make even more money than the previous bows. So he hurriedly asked: “Then what is the cost of this thing?”

“This one is a Magic Bow I specially made, so the cost is naturally high. However, if it were made with ordinary materials, it should be within 1 Gold Coin!” Old Xie said.

“Ah, isn’t that cheaper than the current bows?” Fatty immediately said in surprise.

“Nonsense!” Old Xie rolled his eyes at him and said: “How much money does your bow spend just to buy materials from thousands of miles away? And my metal bow can be made as long as there is iron ore. Can the cost be the same?”

“Great!” Fatty hurriedly said: “Then what about the Formula? Give it to me quickly, I’ll have my men do it right away!”

“Cough, cough!” Old Xie coughed twice, then said directly: “Can I give you the Formula for free? When this bow is mass-produced in the future, you have to give me half of the profit!” Obviously, Old Xie wasted so much breath, the ultimate goal was still to get a share of the profits.

“Haha!” Fatty immediately looked up to the sky and laughed: “You really know how to do business. Alright! As long as this bow can be mass-produced, let alone half, I’ll give you the entire bow workshop! Anyway, this Duke’s Mansion will be yours sooner or later!”

Fatty actually didn’t really care. Although the bow workshop had an annual income of 100,000 Gold Coins, it wasn’t particularly important to the entire Stephen Family. In comparison, Fatty actually cared more about his own face. As long as he could deal with the Augustus Family this time, giving a workshop to Old Xie didn’t matter.

Naturally, Old Xie wouldn’t be polite, and immediately laughed: “Okay, then it’s settled. I’ll write out the Formula later!”

“Mhm?” Fatty heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked curiously: “Did you invent the Formula? The people below said that you even have direct contact with Master Thunder. I say, you wouldn’t happen to be Master Thunder himself, would you?”

“Hehe, you guess!” Old Xie said with a mischievous smile.

“Haha!” Fatty immediately laughed out loud, obviously he already had his answer.

“Alright!” Old Xie suddenly interrupted Fatty’s wild laughter, and then said: “Let me ask you, are you interested in tricking the Augustus Family?”