Chapter 657 Gulf Trading Company

Joan looked in the direction of the laughter, and saw Hyrule Green standing at the door of the firm, smiling and waving to him.

Hailar still wears double ponytails, and the tight leather armor is replaced by a blue skirt with a snow-white shirt, and a bow tie in a serious manner. Compared with the violent girl wielding a giant sword in Joan's impression, she is a bit more dignified and intellectual. Lady temperament.

Joan waved her hand and said good morning to her, and followed the Zion siblings to the gate of the business house, looking at the gray-haired, well-dressed old gentleman beside Hailaer naturally, who looked like Hailaer's elder, maybe it was her The "relative" in question.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Mr. Garcia Newman, the manager of the Gulf Commercial Bank, a friend of my father when he was alive, who has been taking care of my daily life all these years, and treats me like his own daughter."

When Mr. Newman saw that Hailaer introduced himself to his friends so solemnly, his eyes flashed with emotion. He took off his top hat and bowed slightly to the three of Joan.

"Welcome gentlemen and ladies to Haiwan Trading Company. Please allow me to explain a little bit. Miss Green just raised my status too much. In fact, I am not the manager of the firm. I am just a servant of the Green family. After the master and wife passed away, they My best friend, Mr. Herrell from Freeport, adopted my young lady and entrusted me to manage the daily affairs of Gulf Commercial Bank. For important business, I still have to ask my lady and shareholders to make up their minds."

After listening to Mr. Newman's explanation, Joan couldn't help casting a surprised look at Hailaer. It sounds like Hailar's parents are no longer alive, and her adoptive father is from Freeport, named "Helal", can't it be such a coincidence?

Holden also found the same doubt, and tentatively asked Hailar: "The Heral that Mr. Newman mentioned just now, could it be... the storm giant lord of Freeport?"

Hailaer nodded without changing his expression: "What's so surprising? When we drank and ate together in Freeport, I told you and Joan frankly that the Lord of Freeport is my father—of course, it's accurate. It is said that it is the adoptive father."

"Damn it! Who would take you seriously on that occasion? I thought you were bragging!"

"It doesn't matter. At that time, you called yourself the Prince of Canaan, so I still thought you were bragging? Let's make it even." Hailaer said with a smile.

She said this lightly, but Audrey was startled when she heard it. She immediately stopped and cast a scolding look at her younger brother.

Holden stomped his feet anxiously, shouting for grievances.

"Sister! You can't blame me! I was just making a joke. At the time, Hailaer didn't believe it at all. God knows how she took it seriously..."

Audrey waved her hand to signal her younger brother to shut up, and turned to look at Hailaer with a displeased expression: "Miss Green, if I'm not mistaken, you probably spent a lot of effort investigating Holden's background."

"Actually, it doesn't take much trouble. Let's sit down and talk."

Hailar invited Joan and Zion into the living room on the second floor of the business, and signaled the guests to sit down.

"Miss Zion... maybe I should call you 'His Royal Highness' to be polite?"

"If you treat me as a friend, you don't have to be so polite." Audrey took a sip of the coffee from Mr. Newman, and looked deeply at Hyrule who was sitting opposite her with her sapphire-like eyes, as if to see through her heart. Thought: "Can you tell me, how did you find out the identity of me and Holden?"

"With the help of a certain organization's intelligence network, the intelligence network that spreads across the New World and even the entire Vales world is so huge that it is beyond your imagination." Hailar smiled and let it go.

Audrey was very curious about the mysterious organization she mentioned, but out of reserve, it was inconvenient to ask immediately. While hesitating, Joan, who was sitting next to her, suddenly placed a golden badge on the table, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the living room.

"The organization you mentioned, do you mean the 'Sons of Liberty'?" Joan asked Hailar, pointing to the badge on the table.

The emblem depicts a golden snake cut into eight segments, which is the emblem of the "Sons of Liberty".

"Joan, why do you have this thing!" Now it was Hailar's turn to be surprised, his eyes wandered back and forth between the badge and Joan, and he asked tentatively, "Are you also a member of our association?"

"I am not a member of 'Sons of Liberty', but I am familiar with the two high-level members of the association. They gave me this badge and this letter."

Joan also put the recommendation letter given to him by Ms. Miranda on the table. Judging from Hailar's reaction just now, she is obviously a member of the "Sons of Liberty" association, and it doesn't hurt to show her Miranda's letter.

Hailaer quickly opened the envelope, glanced through it in a hurry, and when he looked up at Joan again, there was a little more respect in his eyes.

"I really didn't expect that you have such a high status in the minds of Mr. Adams and Ms. Fisher, especially Ms. Miranda Fisher, as the highest leader of the association in the Alfheim area, the status in our organization is second only to Yu Adams and the other two founders."

"Ms. Fisher said in the letter that you are her benefactor, and I repeatedly asked my colleagues in the association to take care of you and provide convenience as much as possible. With her letter, even if you have not formally joined our association, you can still enjoy senior membership. The treatment, to be honest, I'm kind of jealous of you!"

"Excuse me, please allow me to interrupt," Holden couldn't help but said, "I have been in the New World for almost two months, and I have heard about the 'Sons of Liberty' association, and people say it is a An illegal organization that makes its fortune by smuggling and selling stolen goods... Hailaer, are you really like this?"

Hailaer shrugged and replied lightly: "Smuggling and selling stolen goods is a fact, but you ask me whether these businesses are illegal? Then I would like to ask you, the laws enacted by the imperial government to monopolize the import and export trade of the colonies have no effect on our colonies. As far as the residents are concerned, is it really fair and reasonable? I can’t answer your question without first clarifying this issue.”

"Well, I have to admit that the law always intentionally or unintentionally protects the interests of some people, and at the same time inevitably harms the interests of another group of people. Standing on different positions, they have different opinions on this issue."

"It doesn't matter to me, a foreigner, whether the laws and regulations implemented by the imperial authorities in the colonies of the New World are fair or not, whether your smuggling activities are forced to resist or deliberate crimes, and I don't want to judge what is right and wrong. Whichever side you stand on is enough."

Holden replied nonchalantly.

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