Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 685 361: Inventory of Gains, Heading to the Battlefield

Unbeknownst, the royal ball had already concluded, and Louis once again departed for the battlefield of the Mermaid Empire.Beatrice officially took office, beginning to handle imperial affairs.

Fortunately, they were well-prepared; Beatrice had served as the Regent King for quite some time, and managing various affairs was already second nature to her.

Soon, each decision was successfully implemented.

With the new emperor taking office, the various forces in Ense feared becoming the proverbial "three fires", and thus they acted with remarkable compliance.

Both Beatrice and Louis were taken aback.

To put it this way, when the emperor was still in power, she and Louis would have to conduct three or four meetings just to negotiate decisions with the various factions.

The meetings grew so tedious that Beatrice began to quietly cultivate her energy to increase her prowess.

However, after she officially took office, seventy percent of the decisions didn't even require the nobles' approval and could be directly implemented.

The remaining thirty percent of the decisions took even less time than the previous twenty percent.

At one point, the significantly reduced workload even made her feel somewhat unaccustomed.

Yet, Louis did not linger much longer, quickly deciding to go to the battlefield of the Mermaid Empire, swiftly end the conflict, and then proceed to the Lokeshi Empire.

Before his departure, the two chatted in the Imperial Palace's bedroom.

Louis said, "The Mermaid Empire still requires my intervention, Lime's speed is already fast, but it's still not fast enough."

Beatrice nodded.

Even though the royal family was wealthy, they could not withstand the continuous influx of resources.

Heaven knows, Beatrice, from birth to now, had never actually seen a mine with such exponential growth.

No, it couldn't even be called a mine.

It was a categorized heap of metal.

Especially since yesterday, the United Legion has pushed the frontlines into the under-exploited wilderness areas of the Mermaid Empire, causing Olivia to almost jump with excitement.

The reason was that Lime, while stealthily mining underwater resources, inadvertently had a clone evolve into a giant slime.

Indeed, it was normal for Lime's clones to evolve into giant slimes during this period, so Olivia wasn't particularly elated.

But this particular evolved slime was a golden giant slime?

Yes, you heard it right.

Lime had discovered two gold mines.

Then among the clones, there was a golden giant slime.

The remaining gold could even fill an entire palace.

After Louis had handled internal matters of the empire in recent days, he took the time to visit a demi-plane.

He planned to build a group of palaces there. With the means to control all things, the constructed palaces truly were splendid to the point that even lighting magic lamps inside felt like light pollution.

Thus, he was forced to remove the ostentatious walls.

In simple terms, he had never waged such a luxurious war in this lifetime.

Beatrice said softly, "The Hall of Greed still requires large-scale purchases, I heard you sent Mayer Commerce Association people to the Fallen Star Sea?"

Louis coughed, showing a slightly awkward expression on his face.

To speak of it, he was a bit unscrupulous in this matter.

The materials needed for constructing the Hall of Greed were quite rare, and purchasing them with gold coins would be astronomical.

Thus, the Mayer Commerce Association had already begun secretly acquiring those rare and expensive materials in the market.

Even though the expenses could be passed on to the strong individuals buying the quotas later, it was still far from enough.

If the production channels of materials were not controlled, once countries discovered, it would be strange if they didn't take the opportunity to raise prices.

Therefore, while the Mayer Commerce Association was making large purchases throughout the continent, they also set their sights on the United Legion.

Do you really think that after the outbreak of war in the Fallen Star Sea, the commerce associations of various countries wouldn't swarm in like locusts to purchase war supplies there?

The buyer's rights were there.

The Mayer Commerce Association was also among them.

Currently, the Fallen Star Sea's front is a battlefield, seizing large quantities of supplies to be transported to the rear, to be sold in bulk to various commerce associations, which then act as intermediaries to import them domestically.

Due to the large flow of goods, a temporary market for trading goods among various commerce associations even formed behind the battlefield.

In the Hall of Greed construction materials, many main products originate in the Fallen Star Sea, under mass production, lowering the prices of some expensive materials, and the Mayer Commerce Association would be remiss if they didn't seize the opportunity to buy them in large quantities.

"Won't you incite dissatisfaction like this?" Beatrice teased, "Don't provoke them to desparation and sell expensive products on purpose."

Louis shook his head and said, "I have three strategies, top, middle, and bottom, to keep them pressed."

"Oh?" Beatrice asked curiously, "How so?"

"The lowest strategy is like what the Mayer Commerce Association is doing now, sweeping up most of the quality raw materials needed for constructing the Hall of Greed while the various forces haven't reacted yet."

Beatrice nodded, "That's the simplest approach, to prevent them from being cornered later and choosing to manipulate material prices, passing their quota purchase expenses onto us."

"Indeed, then there's the middle strategy," Louis said with a subtle smile, "The Mayer Commerce Association will continuously purchase the raw materials needed for the Hall of Greed from various countries over the long term, making them realize the issue after we officially start selling quotas."

Beatrice frowned, "Won't that give them an opportunity to raise prices proactively?"

Louis shook his head and said, "Beatrice, you forgot something. After the previous acquisitions, who is most likely to influence the value of raw materials in the market?"