Chapter 313

“What are your plans, Lady Eliza? Do you need me to purchase more farmland?” Malaki asked from the side.

He had rushed over to Saint Grace Nunnery with Lawrence after hearing the news, wanting to see what Eliza intended to do.

Eliza shook her head and replied, “No, don’t bother buying any. If they want to buy it, let them. We can’t beat them on this front.”

Hearing that, Malaki felt a sense of relief and thought, ‘Our lady truly is wise.”

But Lawrence didn’t understand and probed, “Hm? Why? If you let them buy it all, what will you do?”

Malaki warmly explained on Eliza’s behalf, “Powerful forces back the farmland and manors near Hasen City. The tangled interests are as complex as those in the imperial court. Every manor is likely tied to a government official–more than likely, a civil official. And who do civil officials align themselves with Naturally, no one other than the Duke of Mowbay.”

As soon as Lawrence heard that, he understood and thought, ‘Her Grace’s father is the top–r

Most of those civil officials work under him.

top–ranking civil official

Although the Duke’s estate had taken a hit recently, even getting chastised by the young king, chopping off a few branches didn’t topple

the tree.

Unless it were uprooted entirely, it wouldn’t fall so easily.

the civil officials under the Duke wouldn’t leave his side just like that.

And th

With just a word from him, the officials backing those manors would never agree to sell their land to Eliza.

officials are full of dirty tricks!”

thought, ‘She’s such a

could compare with her?”

that whole faction of civil

and asked, “Then what will you do? Judging by the Duke’s estate, they clearly plan to get

you have?”

Hasen City isn’t the only place with farmland. Just because they won’t sell

she had already picked two perfect locations where no one could compete with

suddenly caught on, his eyes lighting up as he asked, “Are you

But

he said it, he frowned and added, “But

Plutonville from Hasen City, and about ten days

Won’t that be too much of a hassle to go all the way out there to buy farmland for herb cultivation?

comes with its own advantages, Eliza said with a

everything she did would be under the Duke’s constant watch.

Setting things up there would completely escape the

Of course,

didn’t mean she had

needed to remain in

pleased, and second, she

movements in Hasen City to

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would notice what

she would select someone to go to Plutonville and Noganlul

would be her trump

a while and

and praised. That’s a brilliant

our lady’s reputation in Plutonville and

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