I Became A Black Merchant In Another World-Chapter 404: Money can even summon ghosts (8)

On my way back from my audience with the Emperor, I met an unexpected guest.

"Your Highness, It’s been a long time. How are you?"

Teresa smiled mischievously as soon as she saw me.

"I haven’t been feeling well lately."

"Has something bad happened?"

"I really enjoyed talking to you, ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) Viscount, but I haven’t been able to talk to you lately because you’ve been so busy."

"You’re being a bit too mischievous, Your Highness."

No matter how much the times change, high-ranking people can never have free love.

That’s because if we make a mistake in free love and our son or daughter decides to marry some rascal, tens or hundreds of billions of won will evaporate into thin air on the spot.

That’s why in modern European countries, it’s customary for a wife and husband to marry for political reasons, have an heir, and then ignore the ‘love.’

I don’t know what kind of absurd methods they’ll use in the 21st century.

As time progresses, the world becomes more bizarre, so it may have become a bit dirtier than in the modern era.

In any case, it is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable that there is a rumor going around between me and the princess.

‘Our family’s fate could be in jeopardy, right?’

"Does it seem like a joke?"

"It has to be a joke. Otherwise, we would both be in trouble."

"I really enjoy talking to you, Your Highness. Other people, especially men, don’t like women who are smarter than them. Some even find them disgusting, like maggots. Don’t you know why, Your Highness?"

"There is no man in this world who wants to be controlled by his wife."

When I was in graduate school, a friend who majored in Korean history said that Shin Saimdang may have been a good mother by Joseon standards, but she wasn’t a good wife.

No, to be more specific, she wasn’t a good wife.

The reason was that she was too much better than her husband and lived tightly by him.

So, even Song Si-yeol, who greatly admired Yulgok Yi I and Shinsaimdang, only said that Shinsaimdang was a great mother, and never mentioned that she was a good wife...

The Tuscan Empire was no less than that, if not more.

A wife who is of a higher status than her husband but is much wiser than her husband is honestly burdensome.

‘How can it feel good to nag your wife about something?’

"That’s why I just act like a slightly smarter woman in front of other people."

"Is that so?"

"I told you one of my secrets, so now tell me one of your secrets."

"What are you trying to say that I’m hiding?"

"I think Abama’s goal is to seize the hegemony of the Albanian continent, but I think you see a future that is even further away than that, so I’m asking."

Unless Teresa had some kind of psychic power, she probably wouldn’t have noticed the existence of the New World.

And if you speak so vaguely, you probably have no confidence at all.

‘You can’t just stick your neck out, right?’

"The territory called the Holy Empire will belong to His Majesty the Emperor. But what will happen to the real estate there?"

"There will be no owner at all."

"I plan to go ahead of the Tuscan Empire and grab some real estate. In addition to that, I also want to completely take over the trade hegemony in the North Sea. The Mediterranean is quite rich, but I’ve heard that the interests in the North Sea are enormous."

If there is oil in the 21st century, there is herring on the Albanian continent.

To us, herring is a fish that we don’t eat much, so some people think of it as food for large aquarium fish...

Admiral Yi Sun-sin also mobilized his navy to catch herring to avoid food shortages, and the common people of Europe were able to consume a minimum amount of protein through herring.

If I could completely take over the herring trade in the Albanian continent, I could make a lot of money.

‘If the New World is the first priority, this would be second.’ freewёbnoνel.com

"You are very greedy, my Count."

"Appropriate greed advances humanity. Didn’t St. Augustine also explore the gospel and, through his exploration, create the theological doctrines that have been handed down to this day?"

"It is really fun to talk to you, my Count. I don’t have to act in front of you."

Teresa smiled at me.

"I don’t know what you are hiding, but I won’t tell anyone that you are hiding something more. Your greed has always enriched the empire."

I look at the world using knowledge born from the brainstorming of countless geniuses throughout history, and the wisdom of humanity.

Teresa often sees the same places I do.

‘Will there be anyone among my wives who truly understands me?’

Chris is like a capable secretary who relieves my discomfort, and Erica is a woman I can trust with small tasks such as taking care of the family’s social activities and helping with managing the estate so that I can focus on big things.

Chloe has always been my first love, giving me peace of mind, and preventing me from unfolding forbidden wisdom that goes beyond the path of humanity.

I am truly a happy person with three wives like this...

But there is no one who can perfectly understand and sympathize with a person’s actions.

Even if I tell Erica, Chris, and Chloe that I split the Holy Empire, their attitude toward me will not change.

I wish there was a woman who could look at me from the same perspective and talk to me.

In that sense, Teresa could be my friend.

Maybe we could maintain a slightly closer relationship.

‘My wife is the Duke’s daughter anyway, so there’s almost no chance of scandal.’

If I take Erica with me, there’s no room for problems.

Think about it logically, how can a man who takes his wife with him cheat on her in front of her?

"The Masai Union has recently started growing coffee. The beans grown there have a good aroma, so I’ll take some. It’s coffee brewed with precious beans that even His Majesty has never tasted, so I’m sure it’ll taste good and smell good."

"I’ll think about a dessert that goes well with the strong coffee, Your Majesty."

With those words, the two of us parted ways.

**

Immediately after parting ways with Fabio, Teresa felt her face get a little hotter.

If she looked in the mirror now, her face would be as red as a ripe apple.

"Honestly, I didn’t fall in love with you at first sight, but..."

Teresa had been interested in him since a few years ago, when the Viscount Rothschild came into the spotlight.

Common knowledge, the political landscape that moved within the expected categories, the petty squabbles between the nobility and the royal family, etc...

And even more boring than that, the petty gossip of women, the life of discussing how to be more loved by men at night, the romance that didn’t even exist in reality.

It was something completely new and different from these things.

‘At first, it was just interest.’

If she had been very active in getting what she wanted like the other young ladies, she even thought that maybe it would have been herself, not Erica, who was by Fabio’s side.

Of course, she didn’t want to make Erica cry, who was noticeably less politically minded or approached than the other maids around her...

"There’s no reason to use the power of the royal family to take away my sister’s man."

No, Teresa herself couldn’t imagine what would happen if she took Erica away from Fabio.

She would go against a man who sent accountants, labor inspectors, and health inspectors to the faction that was opposing her and beat her up with a reasonable excuse that she couldn’t even refute?

‘The Viscount would do anything for his woman.’

"Instead, you just need to approach him little by little."

Teresa’s extraordinary insight wasn’t limited to simply seeing political things.

It was also very helpful when it came to capturing people’s hearts.

So she thought that if she put in just a little more effort, she could capture the heart of the Viscount Rothschild.

No, she really wanted to capture him.

As I had said to him half-confessedly, in the end, there was no other man who would accept and understand her as she was, except Fabio.

"Haven’t you often said this to me...?"

Even if a scandalous situation arose between the royal family and the Viscount Rothschild, I would embrace the Viscount who had devoted himself endlessly to the Tuscan Empire.

That was the duty of a monarch.

"...... It was approved by the Viscount."

Teresa quietly licked her lips.

To make a friend who would truly understand her her own.