Explaining to his daughter the origin of the gloomy atmosphere in the cemetery, Sigmund glanced at Roland casually, and then added: "The clergy are more sensitive than ordinary people, and the mental pressure they experience is stronger.
Roland was relieved to listen to Sigmund and Palatina's father and daughter chatting.
Since Palatina and Sigmund also sensed that unpleasant aura, it was a common phenomenon in the cemetery, and it was not necessarily that some resentful spirit was deliberately targeting him.
The three of them returned to the main city by car, and Roland wanted to get off on the side of the street, but the prince and his daughter were too enthusiastic and insisted on sending him to the door of Fogel's house.
Roland was reluctant but enthusiastic, so he had to accept the honor.
When the carriage with the coat of arms of the prince appeared in front of the door of Fogel's house, it immediately caused an uproar within the empire's largest family of tax collectors.
It is well known that Prince Sigmund had no good impression of financiers, and rarely interacted with what he called "loan sharks", let alone drove to them.
This time the sun came out in the west, which startled the Fogel family, led by old man Jacob, and the heads of the family all went out to greet the marshal.
After a little greeting after the meeting, I woke up to a big oolong, it turned out that the marshal's father and daughter just dropped by to send Roland to visit.
But now that we have met, I will inevitably sit down and have a cup of tea and say a few polite words.
Knowing that the military, both radicals and conservatives, had little impression of the Fogel family, and even blamed the lack of military spending on the greed of the tax collectors, Sigmund declined Jacob's invitation to avoid being discredited, leaving his daughter to accompany Roland to the Fogel family's luncheon.
Roland had come to the dinner as a friend and business associate of Anthony, but apart from Jacob and Anthony Sr., the rest of the Fogel family did not pay much attention to his interview.
However, seeing that His Excellency the Marshal valued Roland so much, personally drove him to the banquet, and left his baby daughter as a companion, the Fogel family, who were known for their shrewdness, understood that they had underestimated the weight of this "Prince of the Far East", and they were doubly hospitable in hospitality.
During a luncheon, Roland befriended at least a hundred "Mr.
Fogel" and "Miss Fogel", and received countless toasts, which was a severe test of his memory and the amount of alcohol.
In the entire Fogel family, only two old acquaintances, Jacob and Anthony, can deal with Roland with a normal heart.
Businessmen are accustomed to talking about business in the staggered exchange of funds, and the old man Jacob also has such a preference, and he impatiently blasted the group of people who tend to be inflammatory, and in a few words negotiated with Roland the draft of the investment in the Far Eastern Railway, and the follow-up cooperation was represented by Anthony.
Roland stayed at the Fogel house until late in the evening, and refused to be warmly retained by his master because he wanted to visit Weinstein's house.
Leaving Fogel's house, Roland looked at his pocket watch, which was still an hour before the agreed time of visit with Alberton Jr.
He wanted to use this free time to go to Gregory Wallenstein, the former Archbishop of the Far East and now at home, and send him a "fund for activities".
However, Palatina's close defense like a shadow made it impossible for him to withdraw himself to walk alone, let alone expose Grigory's "dark chess" in front of her, so he had to give up his original intention and walk side by side with Palatina on the streets at dusk.
Along the way, Roland listened to Palatina's introduction to the customs and specialties of the Holy City, and the atmosphere was also harmonious.
Time passed imperceptibly, and when the two arrived outside the Weinstein mansion, exactly an hour had passed.
"You drank too much at noon, don't drink it again for dinner," Palatine didn't want to openly show her concern for Roland, and added arrogantly, "If you get drunk, I don't have the patience to drag you home, see that trash can on the side of the road, it's a good sleeping bag for a drunk, right?"
"Don't worry, my amount of alcohol says that a thousand glasses are considered modest if you are not drunk, and even if you are really drunk, I don't believe that you can really bear to abandon me on the streets."
"Hearing you say that, I'm hoping you're drunk now."
Palatina smiled maliciously.
The Fogle family and the Weinstein family are ranked as the top wealthy families in the Yashan Empire, but the styles of the two families are very different.
The history of the Fogel family can be traced back to two or three hundred years, and the family has a large business and a large population, and there are hundreds of relatives living together, which seems lively and cheesy.
The history of the Weinstein family is dwarfed, Alberton Weinstein was born in a poor family, created a huge industry from scratch, the three generations of the family are not prosperous, and there are only about 30 relatives and friends living in the family, plus most of the Weinstein family has an arcane heritage, which is quite suspicious of the Holy See, and deliberately keeps a low profile, from the home to the decoration is not as luxurious as the Fogel family, and there is a more scholarly atmosphere.
Roland and Palatine were led into the Weinstein Mansion by the butler, and as soon as they entered, they were greeted by three masters.
Roland first recognized Alberton Jr. and shook hands with his father, Mr.
Goodman Sachs.
Mr.
Goodman was a student and secretary to Alberton Weinstein and an important assistant to the old man in his life's work.
Old man Weinstein has only one only daughter, Mathilde, in these years, women are obviously not suitable to run the factory, in order to pass on the family business, it is a good way to recruit the secretary as a son-in-law, so Mr.
Goodman's full name should be "Goodman Sax Weinstein".
Fortunately, the Yashan Empire did not discriminate against sons-in-law, and Mr.
Goodman was indeed an industrialist with extraordinary talents, and the old man's health was not as good as day by day over the years, and he rarely cared about business matters, Goodman took on the burden of succession, and took care of the family business day by day, and has become the second generation leader of the Weinstein family.
Goodman and Mathilde married and had two sons and a daughter.
The eldest son, Alberton Jr., is the third generation of the family, Roland is already familiar with it, and the second son is named Raven, who is still a primary school student, lives in the backyard on weekdays, and rarely attends the family's social events.
The girl who accompanied little Alberton to meet Roland was his second sister, Brittany, a holy city lady on a par with Palatina.
This rich lady still looks like a young girl, her black and bright hair is braided into a thick braid, and she is casually placed on her chest from the back of her neck around her shoulders, with a slender figure, red lips and white teeth, and a pretty face, and a hint of childish naughty demeanor can be faintly seen between her eyebrows
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