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- Madame Samuel, welcome to Quebec.
The Galen ship docked at the simple dock outside Quebec City. The lady in musketeer costume boarded the dock surrounded by several guards.
The forty-six-year-old Leon, the administrator of Quebec, personally greeted him with several soldiers.
It can be seen that this woman has a lot of background.
The daughter, known as Mrs. Samuel, looked around after stepping onto the land, then raised her hand and touched the brim of the wide-brimmed hat on her head, and then tilted her head slightly to signal Leon.
"This is my husband's fiefdom. The main reason I came here this time is to see what's going on here."
Leon came closer, with a flattering smile on his face.
"Is the count okay now? I haven't seen him for five years."
A trace of sadness appeared on the fair little face of the Samuel woman.
"He passed away the year before last because of typhoid fever."
¡°Oh, it¡¯s such a shame, it¡¯s a loss for the country.¡±
Leon was very cooperative and showed a sad look, but only God knows whether he really thought so in his heart.
"So madam, are you here to take a look at the earl's fief?"
Leon asked.
Mrs. Samuel nodded, took off her black lambskin gloves, and handed them to a guard beside her.
"This time I come to take a look at my late husband's fiefdom, and take away the furs purchased this year. Our Samuel family only has this fiefdom now, so I have to come and take a look."
The Samuel family is a French aristocracy that has not been recorded in history at all.
They rise quickly and disappear quickly.
The first people to discover and come to Quebec were the seniors of the Samuel family.
It was precisely because of the establishment of Quebec City that the Samuel family was able to continue and made great economic improvements.
However, since the last man of the Samuel family died, the French royal family is now planning to nationalize Quebec.
And Mrs. Samuel, a widow, has also become the coveted object of some big nobles.
Although Quebec is not as prosperous as Europe, it produces furs and precious products. Although it is far away from mainland Europe, it is still very attractive.
The furs shipped back here every year are worth millions of gold livres, which is a huge fortune.
Therefore, whoever can control Quebec can control this huge wealth.
Today¡¯s imperial power is not that awesome, so even though the royal family is also interested in Quebec, the great nobles also want to participate.
How could Mrs. Samuel not know that now she is a golden sheep being watched by a pack of wolves.
This is the sadness of being a widow, especially a widow with huge wealth.
"Ma'am, you may have come at the wrong time. We are now preparing for a war with the Iroquois."
Administration Leon bowed slightly and said to Mrs. Samuel.
"The war with the Iroquois ended long ago, and my husband also signed a peace contract with them. Why is the war starting again now?"
When Mrs. Samuel heard this, a cold light flashed in her eyes.
Mrs. Samuel's husband was the architect of the war with the Iroquois a few years ago.
??And Earl Samuel and the men in his family all participated in this war and died in this battle.
It can be said that in order to protect their fiefdom, the men of Earl Samuel's family sacrificed their lives. Earl Samuel was also seriously injured and had to return to Europe to recuperate.
At that time, for the sake of long-term peace and stability, Earl Samuel signed an armistice agreement with the Iroquois after leaving.
Thus, both the Iroquois and Quebec were at peace.
After a few years, everything was peaceful, but now why is the war starting again?
Mrs. Samuel was very curious about this.
But as the heir to the earl¡¯s estate and fief, Mrs. Samuel is not stupid.
She knew there must be something hidden in it.
¡°And in the war with the Iroquois a few years ago, the men of the Samuel family continued to die. This in itself is a very strange thing.
You must know that the men of the Samuel family who participated in that war were not those aristocratic pretty boys in Europe. They are all strong and young warriors.
?Therefore, the deaths of these people are a bit strange.
It is precisely because of this that Earl Samuel decided to leave Quebec and return to Europe when he was seriously injured.
And, he told his wife all the doubts and confusions in his heart.
Therefore, Mrs. Samuel still understands the situation in Quebec.
And this time she came not only to take a look at the fiefdom, but also to avoid the nobles who were spying on her.
But after arriving in Quebec, Mrs. Samuel discovered that the situation here was not as good as she thought.
First of all, the administrators here are not sent by the family, but are directly affiliated with the royal family.
But those people sent by the family did not come to greet him.
" In this case, Mrs. Samuel still doesn't understand.
The managers sent by the family probably either betrayed the family or died inexplicably here.
¡°Let¡¯s not talk about the peace agreement between us and the Iroquois, but who started this war?¡± Mrs. Samuel, accompanied by Leon, got into the carriage and slowly marched towards Quebec City.
On the way, Mrs. Samuel asked a question.
"And I didn't see the administrative management dispatched by our family. On the contrary, you and I are not very familiar with it."
Although she is a widow, Mrs. Samuel is not an easy person.
You must know that noble widows in this era are not simple women.
Especially Mrs. Samuel, otherwise she would not have guarded the Samuel family inheritance for so long, and would have been swallowed up by those who peeked at her.
Therefore, under Mrs. Samuel's gaze, Leon felt a little bit of pressure and fear.
There is nothing wrong with L¨¦on belonging to the royal family, but the means he used to become the administrator of Quebec were not bright.
Because Quebec is so far away and information communication is so inconvenient, many people have found loopholes and opportunities.
So those people in Quebec City who were loyal to the Samuel family either died suddenly or disappeared.
In the end, those loyal to other forces took control of Quebec.
Although on the surface Quebec still seems to belong to the estate and fiefdom of Widow Samuel, in fact it has been divided up.
¡°What those people lack now is a superficial legal status.
As long as you have that legal status, you can attack other forces with all your strength.
After all, seizing the property of other nobles is highly despised on the European continent.
¡°If this spreads out, the reputations of those nobles will be ruined.
¡°Little girls, you are already a widow, what is there to be afraid of? No matter how strong you are, you are still a woman.
After Leon thought about the real situation that Samuel was facing now, he began to slowly no longer be afraid of Mrs. Samuel's eyes. He straightened his body slightly and looked at each other: "Mrs. Samuel, the situation here is quite special. Please let me explain it to you slowly. But I still advise you to leave here as soon as possible. After all, the war is imminent. It would be bad if I hurt you."
Facing Chi Guoguo¡¯s threat, the Samuel woman narrowed her eyes.
"Oh, thank you very much for your reminder. I will pay attention to this. But please try your best to ship the goods I need as soon as possible so that I can go back, right?"
Mrs. Samuel did not continue to dwell too much on the issue just now.
"Madam, since the war is approaching and it's still winter, we don't have much fur on hand, so we can't reach the quantity you requested." After thinking that he had seen through the situation of the widow Samuel, Lai Ang became careless.
In his opinion, how much trouble can a widow with all the men in her family cause?
He had no intention of giving those furs to Mrs. Samuel anyway.
He didn¡¯t believe that Mrs. Samuel dared to do anything to him.
¡°Besides, there really aren¡¯t that many furs here in Quebec, because those furs have been divided up by several major forces. A ship had returned from Europe five days earlier, and the hold of that ship was full of furs.
It can be said that because all the men in the Samuel family are dead, many ghosts and monsters have jumped out.
They blatantly used their power for personal gain, which many people would never have thought of.
Seeing Leon becoming careless, Mrs. Samuel showed no surprise. Because these were all within her expectations, she was not surprised at all.??.
"No, in February, 30,000 furs were shipped from Quebec and unloaded at the Port of Marseille. If I remember correctly, that ship should belong to the Oss¨¦ family. I'm surprised they paid for it. no."
"In May, Lady Esmeralda, representing the royal family, took away 150,000 furs from Quebec, loaded them on four ships and trafficked them to Manhattan. I want to know if these were also paid?"
"September" Mrs. Samuel looked at Leon with a smile, and kept talking about the things that happened before winter, making Leon's originally relaxed expression slowly become serious.
At the same time, following Mrs. Samuel¡¯s words, fine white sweat even oozed from Leon¡¯s forehead.
Damn it, how did she know these things?
Looking at Leon who was sweating on his forehead, the smile on Mrs. Samuel's face became even stronger.
"Leon, there are some things you can't hide for a long time. You must know that you can't be unaware of them."
"So what, madam, is there any way you can stop it?"
At this point, Leon knew that no matter how he tried to quibble, it was useless. Besides, there are no men left in Samuel's family, and he is just facing a widow.
What¡¯s so scary about this.
So, Leon suddenly became awesome and coaxed. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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