The Lord of Another World: All Wasted at the Beginning, and He Made His Fortune by Taking in the Fem

When Aarons and Xia Ye rushed to the hotel where the prince was staying, he was stopped by someone unexpectedly.

"Oh, you are the new Marquis, right? Excuse me, my name is Ze Xiu, and I used to be an ordinary trader."

Before Aarons rushed into the hotel, a fat old man came out and stopped him outside the barrier.

"I have heard that the new marquis has an extraordinary demeanor. After meeting him today, I find that he is indeed a man of outstanding talent."

"You really are embarrassing me, Lord Zexiu."

Being stopped by this old man who kept stroking his beard with his hands and had a smile on his face, Aarons was so angry that even the corners of his mouth were distorted.

The Minister of Commerce just started boasting! It’s ok to boast, but you should let me in first! There are dozens of reporters outside filming the hotel!

"Why did the Marquis come all the way here? His Royal Highness the Third Prince has been very tired these past few days and is now resting. If you have anything to say, please talk to me first."

"...Can we go inside and talk?"

Aarons always felt that the look in the fat old man's eyes was a little strange - there wasn't much of the calculation that a businessman should have in them, but rather it was as if an old grandfather next door looked at a young junior... kind and doting?

No, this must be a trap!

"Hey, Lord Marquis, haven't you already sent people to negotiate in Marvell City? You don't have to ask for our opinions, just do whatever you want."

Wait a minute, I haven't even started asking and you're already answering! ?

"Come on, fellow journalists! The Marquis Aarons you're looking for is right here! The Marquis said he can answer a few of your questions!"

"..."

Although Aarons did want to hit someone, the old man in front of him was actually the Imperial Minister of Commerce, and his actual status was half a level higher than that of a marquis with a fiefdom.

Xia Ye, who was following beside him, gave him an expressionless look, asking him to cooperate first and see what was going on.

"……All right!"

As soon as Aarons said his agreement in despair, he was immediately surrounded by reporters who had been waiting there.

"Mr. Marquis! What do you think of the current situation in Marvel City?"

"Mr. Marquis! How do you plan to deal with those mercenaries?"

"Mr. Marquis! Have you signed any secret agreement with His Royal Highness the Third Prince?"

It's not you guys who have this problem! I don't even know what's going on! And the last person, why don't you just ask me directly if I'm behind this!

Aarons felt that he had been set up, and his mind raced. He quickly came up with a plan based on his past life experience.

——This damn old man wants me to take the blame! Then I will say something that will embarrass you!

"Ahem...please be patient and listen to me as I slowly answer your questions."

Now he was basically certain that the emperor was definitely trying to use his status to trigger a change in the situation. If he didn't want to be the first to come forward, he had to find a way to push the blame back.

Fortunately, Xia Ye had just rehearsed such a question-and-answer scenario with him before.

"First of all, the situation in Marvel City is just a test from the Empire."

"test?"

"That's right. It would be too simple to just have everyone go into each city and win over the citizens. I'm also a participant. If I go and tell everyone to support the Marquis Moti family, what do you think the result will be?"

...Actually, this won't be of any use. After all, the eldest master himself is a well-known loser.

"So... that's it? You mean, this is a test deliberately arranged for the contestants?"

"If you must say, this is just an example of a test, so I, a local noble, have to show you how to deal with similar situations in the future!"

"So the Marquis is in charge of teaching! That's amazing!"

After saying this, Aarons secretly glanced at the fat old man beside him, Ze Xiu. But when he saw that the old man was still smiling, he decided to add a little more explosive material.

"Yes, I will demonstrate how to pass this test in the most efficient way. But after this, the Empire will still set up various types of tests for you. When that time comes, please let my competitors use their own wisdom and strength to solve the problem!"

——This was clearly a blatant rebellion, but Aarons deliberately described it as a test set by the empire.

Aren't you, the Emperor, and the Supervisory Group not going to take care of this matter? If such a big incident happens again in the future, the honorary nobles will turn around and scold you.

Furthermore, no matter what actions Cardia or the imperial spies take in this territory from now on, the honorary nobles will treat it as a test and deal with it with all their strength.

This is a way of killing two birds with one stone - Aarons immediately shifted the outside world's attention to himself and shifted it to the supervision team.

"Well said, well said! You are worthy of being the only honorary marquis in the empire. If you hadn't signed up for the competition, I would have wanted to ask His Majesty to invite you to be an extra-staff supervisor!"

...This old man actually took the opportunity to bring up the subsequent arrangements?

"Lord Zexiu, do you mean that if the Marquis withdraws from the battle, he will also become a member of the supervisory group?"

"Oh, that depends on the Marquis's own wishes."

…There are actually agents among this group of reporters!

I was careless... Aarons never expected that this fat old man would not only use this opportunity to pave the way for what happened later, but also quietly turn the attention back to him.

This minister is indeed a big shot in the business world, and his experience in dealing with things is totally incomparable to that of a weakling like me who has only two failures in life.

"Mr. Marquis, could you please tell me how you plan to deal with the mercenaries hired by Marvell City?"

"Ah, this... the specific plan needs to be kept secret! But I assure you that I will use the most efficient and unexpected method!"

What should we do specifically? Let the Third Prince and the others figure it out for themselves!

"Alright, alright. The Marquis has some private matters to discuss with Your Highness, so we'll go in first. But please rest assured, although the Marquis is a participant in the war, he will definitely not take the opportunity to do anything behind the scenes."

...You're going to bring it up on purpose, aren't you?

This fat old man is indeed difficult to deal with - Aarons turned his head to look at the Aries beauty next to him and found that she just shook her head slightly.

It seems that I have to change my response strategy.

"The Marquis was so passionate and generous just now that I even thought it was Marquis Moti himself who was giving the speech."

"I am in no way comparable to my father. Master Zexiu has said too much."

After leaving Xia Ye alone outside and following the Minister of Commerce into the hotel, Aarons felt a little relieved.

If I continue to be questioned by those reporters, I might reveal some secrets that I shouldn't.

"But just now the Marquis actually said that he would solve Marvell's problem in an unexpected way. This really surprised me."

Yes, I said this just to make it difficult for you. If you have any solution, why don't you show it to everyone?

"...I really didn't expect that the Marquis had already predicted what was going to happen. In that case, how about asking the Marquis to come here early tomorrow and watch a good show with us?"

...What? You guys are prepared for this?