Synopsis
A developer explains how they built an aqueduct to bring water to their land, accidentally polluting a Viscount's dye workshop in the process due to lime exposure. The developer skillfully manipulates the situation, goading the Viscount into threatening legal action, knowing it will take a long time. He then forces the Viscount to sign a water supply contract with a very high price and no end date, essentially financially crippling him. The chapter ends with the developer receiving news that Count Cremo will purchase a valuable artifact from him.
Quick Summary
A land developer reveals their elaborate scheme of providing water to a town, causing damage to a Viscount's dye workshop, and then exploits the situation for a long-term water contract that will financially bleed the Viscount and his family. The developer then receives news of an interested buyer for an old treasure.
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