Elvin did not expect that he would "see" Wright, the family's enemy, in this way at this time.
He also did not expect the young man named Hawkins.
Not only was he from the Garriott family in the Ilya Kingdom, but he also mastered the same transcendent swordsmanship as himself. He was also an employee of the Egret Chamber of Commerce under Wright.
Because of this series of coincidences, for a moment, Elvin even thought that this guy might be a spy or even a killer sent by his enemy, so he wanted to make the first move.
However, the memories of Hawkins that appeared in front of Elvin proved that Hawkins wasn't close to Elvin's enemy, Count Wright.
To be more precise, Hawkins' impression of the Chamber of Commerce and Wright might not be more "friendly" than his own.
Although the unforgettable memories in the deep dream were a little messy, they were deep enough. Elvin even experienced the strong emotions contained in those memories of Hawkins!
Among them, there was joy.
The delight of a young child standing behind the helm of a merchant ship, and caressing the wheel with his hands;
A young man who was still a little young compared to now stood on the podium of the business school and was the center of attention.
Holding hands with a young girl whose face was already blurred, they walked hand in hand in front of the campus under the moonlight.
There was also the boundless pride when he received the employment notice from the Egret Chamber of Commerce that his father worked for after graduation.
The approving gaze of his parents, the admiring gaze of his girlfriend, the great success of his first business merger …
Of course, there were also sad memories.
The heart-wrenching pain when he heard that his father's merchant ship had been shipwrecked and had been buried at sea.
The deep-seated hatred when the Egret Chamber of Commerce took away Hawkins' "home" that carried countless memories on the grounds that his father's mistake had caused great losses to the chamber of commerce.
And … the depression and loneliness when his girlfriend left him.
“.....”
Hawkins' life unfolded in front of Elvin and Milan like a picture scroll.
Some of them belonged to Hawkins' real life, which Elvin wanted to know by entering the dream. However, there were also many things that he did not expect.
Through these very important moments in Hawkins' life, Elvin had pieced together the main experience of Hawkins' life for more than 20 years.
He was born in a middle-class family and belonged to a wealthy family with an upper-middle income in the Ilya Kingdom.
Moreover, his father was a captain of a merchant ship, a very respectable and honorable occupation in the Age of Great Navigation.
Hawkins was an outstanding student, and he was a famous figure in the Gorse Business School of the Elia Kingdom, where geniuses gathered, and he received a full scholarship every year.
After graduating, he immediately entered the kingdom's leading private business organization, the typical representative of the emerging nobles — the Egret Chamber of Commerce. He also had a beautiful lover who had already reached the stage of marriage.
It could be said to be a blissful life!
Then … Everything was destroyed by an accident.
His father was a captain of the Egret Chamber of Commerce. During a trade with the New World, his father disappeared with his ship in the vast Black Sea.
Based on the search and rescue conditions of this era, the difference between missing and dead could be directly drawn.
Then, before Hawkins and his mother could recover from the great grief, a voice rang out.
Hawkins, who also worked in the Chamber of Commerce, was kicked out of the Egret Chamber of Commerce because of the huge losses his father had caused to the Chamber of Commerce.
At the same time, the management took away the house that his family had lived in for many years and the two shops that his father had risked his life to accumulate, using the excuse that his father had borrowed money from the Chamber of Commerce.
Hawkins had long known that the Egret Chamber of Commerce was backed by Count Wright and had always been domineering. Those who dared to go against them in the Elia Kingdom would never have a good ending.
In the past, he did not feel anything, but when such a domineering target fell on his head, he experienced the helplessness and despair.
Soon, his sweetheart, who was about to marry him, left Hawkins for a laughable reason and fell into the arms of someone else.
Furthermore, an employee who had been fired by the Egret Chamber of Commerce could no longer get a new job from any Chamber of Commerce or company in the Elia Kingdom.
Hawkins had no choice but to bring his mother to the countryside and live in his uncle's house.
However, Hawkins, who had ideals and ambitions and had seen the outside world, was unwilling to resign to his fate and become a farmer, living a few acres of wheat fields.
But at this moment, a shocking piece of news was like the dawn of dawn, instantly illuminating his extremely difficult life.
The Tulip Alliance had issued a call to encourage the citizens of the Alliance to plunder Shilius!
At the same time, the heroic "White Knight" who had successfully plundered Shilius's Golden Courier Road and earned himself a huge fortune was also imprinted in Hawkins' mind with a radiant image of breaking through all power.
How similar was the powerful Shilius that suppressed the other countries and the Egret Chamber of Commerce that covered the sky in the Elia Kingdom?!
Thus, with his desire for wealth and pursuit of his idol's footsteps, Hawkins resolutely stepped onto the ocean-going merchant ship that headed to the New World.
Finally, he arrived in front of Elvin.
"Although Hawkins himself didn't pay much attention to it, the Egret Chamber of Commerce seems to have other tricks up their sleeves."
After piecing together Hawkins' complete life, Elvin fell into deep thought.
At this moment, the emerging noble forces led by the Egret Chamber of Commerce, in addition to normal development, were also using all sorts of methods to desperately seize the wealth of the Elia Kingdom.
Mines, forests, farmlands, national industries, colonial resources … Even the Elia Kingdom's royal central bank.
Their greedy appetite was never-ending, and they were also extremely bold!
At least the guardian of the Elia Kingdom, the titled "Tempest Tide", was still alive. And if a new titled "Knight" was born in the kingdom in the next few years, were they prepared to deal with it?
However …
In Hawkins' memory, Elvin also found that there were many strange people with pale skin under Wright's command with a cold temperament that seemed to be able to freeze people.
He guessed that these guys might be the new nobles' reliance.
Although Hawkins had the inheritance of extraordinary swordsmanship, he might not be able to recognize those people, but Elvin and Milan could easily see their essence.
It was … a group of ghouls in human form!
.....
He got the answer he wanted.
The mist-like gray robes on their bodies instantly spread out, enveloping their bodies and disappearing from Hawkins' dream.
But in the shallow dream, only one bird monster disappeared with them, and the other was left behind by Elvin.
In the real world, in Elvin's residence, the two people sitting on the sofa slowly opened their eyes. At this time, the coffee on the table was still warm.
Elvin picked up his quilt and took a sip.
"Although this guy's experience is surprisingly rich, there's really no problem. The most important thing is that his ability is outstanding and he has great potential. He should be competent as my agent. "
"It's your own property, you have the final say.
But the results of the divination show that the stars are inverted, so he will be a good assistant. "
Opposite him, Milan was quickly switching a deck of tarot cards in her hand, giving her divination results from the perspective of a prophet.
Before this, because the rise was too fast.
The only civilian department under Elvin's command was the privateer fleet's command room, the most central command center, and the place he had the most strict control.
Because the command room inevitably had to exercise the privileges of the privateer fleet, managing the core secrets of the privateer fleet.
Most of them did not know the true identity of the "White Knight", but they knew that the captain must have a deep background and was inextricably linked to the Tulip officials.
After returning from Yuanfan, Elvin had already concealed the sensitive parts of the draft of the Mercury Trading Company's establishment and handed it to the civilian staff in the command room to help him improve it.
In this level of business cooperation, after both parties reached an agreement, there were countless details that needed to be revised and perfected.
Otherwise, when it came to the specific implementation, there would be countless wrangling, destroying the friendship and tacit understanding that both parties had built up with great difficulty.
It was better to finalize the details before the real contract was signed, to ensure that the future cooperation would proceed smoothly and orderly.
And Elvin, who had no one at his disposal, could only use A and B to represent both parties to his command room.
Most of the civilian staff who could join the privateer fleet were not good people, although they were carefully selected.
Among them, there was no lack of accountants who falsified accounts, company clerks who violently beat up their superiors, bankrupt businessmen, and other "talents" from all walks of life.
If there were really outstanding people, they would not have come to this point to join the privateer fleet. After all, this was not a place for banks, consortiums, chambers of commerce, and other business talents.
For most of them, the limit of their ability was probably to manage this "Dragon Rider Pirate Group" of more than two thousand people.
Therefore, it was conceivable that even with the captain's personal order, they had no idea where to start in the face of such a draft.
However, just as they were about to ask their regiment commander to look for someone else, things took a turn for the worse.
The draft was easily straightened out by Hawkins, who had just joined the "Dragon Rider Pirate Group" not long ago. He was only promoted to the command room because of his literacy and numeracy expertise.
Board members, policy management plan, executive personnel, business scope, rights and obligations of both parties, management team composition, office location, and so on.
It only took a day for him to come up with a complete detailed plan, and even if he did not understand the actual situation, he made targeted suggestions.
Although this kind of business cooperation was far less complicated than the commercial prosperity of modern society, it was amazing to be able to straighten out this kind of document so easily. At least, it was not inferior to the Marquis's staff.
It immediately attracted Elvin's attention, which was why he spied on it in the dream.
At this time, with the bonus of being familiar with the internal affairs of the Egret Chamber of Commerce, Elvin had secretly made a decision.
.....
Early the next morning.
Hawkins, who had just woken up, was urgently summoned to the captain's office.
However, when Hawkins carefully tidied up his appearance, he was full of joy and thought that he was going to see his idol. He walked into the captain's office with his head held high.
However, he did not see the expected Lord White Knight. Instead, he saw another big shot who was famous in the Tulip Kingdom, a big shot who should never appear here under normal circumstances.
At first sight, Hawkins' legs almost turned to jelly and he collapsed to the ground.
It was a tall young naval officer in a brigadier general uniform with a gold-plated sword in his hand.
Just by standing there, a pair of eyes gave Hawkins a huge pressure like a mountain.
Although Hawkins had never seen the young brigadier general's appearance, during this period of time, the official newspaper and even the tabloids within the alliance were everywhere with news of this man.
It was the youngest brigadier general in the Tulip Alliance, born in his home country, Ilia, but affiliated with the Kingdom of Faletis – Elvin Garriott!
Thinking of the missing captain, Lord White Knight, the intelligent Hawkins instantly guessed the truth.
"Could it be …"
Then, Hawkins, who was holding back his excitement, heard a dreamy voice from the mouth of this man.
"Mr. Hawkins, in the name of Baron Garriott, Knight of God, Commodore General of the Kingdom, Vice Commander of the Kingdom Garrison in the New World, and Commander of the 'Dragon Calvary' Privateer Fleet, I invite you …"
"I'm willing, sir, I'm willing!"
Hawkins was already full of excitement, he knelt on one knee and lowered his head deeply.
Hawkins, who originally wanted to make a name for himself, joined the most famous "Dragon Calvary Pirate Crew", which was also licensed by the Tulip Alliance.
In addition to the idol factor, of course, he wanted to quickly accumulate his first bucket of gold.
Then, with this wealth and his own knowledge, he would join the tide of industry and commerce in full swing.
He vaguely saw an opportunity from the current situation, an opportunity to stand in the wind and let a pig fly.
Who would have thought that the heroic Lord White Knight was actually the youngest brigadier general in the Tulip Alliance? How could he be favored by such a big shot?
This situation was simply a win-win situation!
It was also an opportunity that every merchant sought. Even if it meant risking his life, he would seize it. Even if he had to be a manservant, he would be willing.
His original idea of being a smuggler instantly disappeared. If he chose that path, he might succeed, but if he clung to this man's thigh, he would have already succeeded!
Seeing that this recruitment went smoothly, Elvin could not help but smile. What was the most precious thing in this era? Of course, it was talent!
"Very well, from now on, you are a retainer of the Garriott family and a brigadier general's attendant. You start work today, any questions? "
Hawkins straightened up, his face still flushed with excitement, and replied loudly.
"Not at all, sir!"
Elvin glanced at him and nodded with satisfaction.
"Very imposing, but now you can salute me, Major Hawkins!"
"Ah?"
Hawkins' heart skipped a beat when he heard that term. He was so happy that he almost fainted.
In the Kingdom of Faletis, a general could already appoint a certain number of attendants by himself. The highest civilian attendant could be a major, and the highest military attendant could be a captain. Their salary was borne by the navy.
And because of Elvin's words, Hawkins had broken out of his cocoon and become a butterfly. He was no longer a commoner who could be bullied and humiliated by others.
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