Raymond hung up the phone, his mood still not completely calmed down, which caused Raymond not to realize that there was something unreasonable in Palmer's sentence of "getting wealth at risk".
Palmer is already the governor of Ten Thousand Islands County, how can he be "rich"? As mentioned above, neither Raymond nor Palmer had the qualifications to usurp the throne. Being a county chief was already the pinnacle of their political careers. Raymond's support for Sam Chapman was just a bet. After a hundred years, Joseph's successor, Sam, would be able to leave him the position of governor of Baoxiang County. That would be enough. But from what Palmer said, it seems that he can still give it another try and "make progress."
If Raymond could think calmly, he would realize it, but unfortunately there is no if: too many things happened in Baoxiang County in the past two days, and Raymond was confused; and when he finally understood Pal By the time I heard Mo's words, it was too late.
…
At ten o'clock in the evening on August 31, the Hurricane arrived in Apari, a city in northern Luzon.
"Are you really going to see Palmer alone?" Zhou asked worriedly.
The Hurricane docked at the shore, and everyone from the Renaissance organization was disembarking. Leonardo Da Vinci took the lead, followed by Day, Night, and Chen. Bai Fei and Wun are still on the ship. The Hurricane only stopped in Apali for a short time and will be setting off again soon. They both have other missions.
"Didn't I go to see Hughes alone not long ago? You didn't object either." Da Vinci asked.
"That's different," Zhou had obviously thought of the wording for a long time: "Seus can at least speak the truth in Cornflower County, and his family has been revived with us. You go to see Hughes, I don't Very worried.”
"But Palmer is different from Hughes. First, the foundation. Although he is the governor of a county, he is not very popular. He is not comparable to an ambitious man like Qian Jin. Qian Jin has a high status in Long County. And the two governors under Joseph were crushed by him."
"Second, strength. There are only two divine mist wells in the two counties of Southeast Asia, and the divine mist produced is not enough to support the cultivation of a large number of high-level ability users. Joseph has three dragon-level security officers and several ghost-level security officers. "Two governors are not enough. One person has three ghosts to support his appearance. Palmer can't win even if he thinks about it."
"It's precisely because Palmer has no confidence in his own strength that he came to us." Da Vinci took out a flask from his arms and took a sip: "He made it from Manila No. 5 Well Can’t we exchange it for the support of the revival organization?”
"Qian Jin can do this, but he can't." Zhou argued with reason: "Even if he overthrows Joseph, he can't be a cabinet member. After all, the help from the outside is not his own, Palmer Those without high-level abilities are not qualified to be on an equal footing with other cabinet members, even if Baoxiang County and Wandao County are in his hands."
"You two think so too?" Da Vinci asked Ye and Chen, the former nodded; but Chen, that is, Xia Yan, had a different answer:
"What Zhou said is absolutely correct. Palmer has no possibility of overthrowing Joseph. He is too weak and is not even qualified to imitate Qian Jin."
"I understand what Zhou is worried about. Since Palmer's matter is obviously not going to work out, then his deal with us is probably a trap. Palmer was instructed by someone, possibly Joseph himself, to contact us for the purpose of temporarily Unexpected, but it will definitely be detrimental to the organization.”
"Oh, you think the meeting I'm about to meet with him is the Hongmen Banquet, right?" Da Vinci asked, and the three of them nodded, day and night.
"As for you, your analysis is correct." At this time, the four of them were walking on the long gangway: "But why do you firmly believe that Palmer wants to make himself king?"
"Uh..." The three people were silent. Da Vinci was right, they had preconceived notions that Palmer was seeking a coup just to seek out the Renaissance.
"Palmer is very smart, at least smarter than Raymond. He discovered the hidden stakes we planted around him two years ago, but he kept it secret until he found us through the hidden stakes a few days ago. . But Raymond has deep faith in Bein. From this point of view, the two of them are at odds."
"How could a person with this kind of character be so poor in assessing the situation and think that with the help of the power of revival, he could replace Joseph in the federal cabinet?"
Ye, who had never spoken before, finally spoke: "But... apart from this purpose, I can't think of any other reason for him to contact us. Isn't it really a trap?" Ye's mind was slightly faster than the other two. Slow down, Zhou and Xia Yan are still thinking about other possibilities, and he has already thought of them.
"Haha, seeing these two, can you give you some ideas?" Da Vinci pointed to a place more than 20 meters ahead. While they were talking, everyone had already reached the bottom of the gangway. Two cars were parked in the direction pointed by Da Vinci, and two people were standing in front of the cars.
"Mr. Da Vinci!" One of them came up to him and said enthusiastically: "I've been waiting for you for a long time! The gentlemen behind you are three of the four masters of the Renaissance Organization, right? I've admired you for a long time!"
This man, who was estimated to be in his early thirties, showed excitement that was beyond his age. Xia Yan, who has a background in intelligence, can simply deduce some information about this man just from his movements, body posture, and clothing:
"Well... he is pampered and has lived a prosperous life since he was born. When he was born more than thirty years ago, the War of Fire was not over yet. Since then, he has been living comfortably. This guy has a good background... …”
Day and night, the three of them all had the same question in their minds: Who is he?
The man's next sentence solved their doubts:
"I, William Chapman, welcome everyone from the Renaissance Organization to Ten Thousand Islands County."
…
This William is none other than Joseph's fourth son, the target of Palmer's bet.
William is thirty-four years old this year. No matter how optimistic you estimate Joseph's remaining life, William should be less than forty after his death. This age is a bit too young to inherit the position of lord.
The four Chapman brothers and sisters are two generations apart in age: the eldest son, Trick, is seventy years old, the second son, Sam, is forty-five years old, the third daughter, Cecilia, is the same as Sam, and the youngest is William.
Except for Trick, the age difference between the other three children is not too big. What caused the age situation of the four brothers and sisters was actually the Tinder War.
Joseph had three children before the War of the Fire broke out, but only Trick survived until the end of the war. Although Trick was born with a disability, he was born to Joseph's first wife and spent the longest time with Joseph. Joseph was very concerned about his son, who was already an old man. If it weren't for Trick's health, I'm afraid the top officials in both counties would support him and there would be nothing wrong with his brothers and sisters.
Although the second son Sam and the third daughter Cecilia are the same age, they are actually not twins. Rather than saying that their mothers are not the same person, it is better to say that they have no "mother".
Forty-five years ago, Joseph, who was over 60 years old, had only one son, Trick. Moreover, Trick had a genetic disease and could not inherit the "incense", so Joseph took up the idea of in vitro fertilization. .
The development history of in vitro fertilization on this parallel earth before the 21st century is the same as that in our world: in 1978, British experts Steptoe and E. Dowrds customized the world's first in vitro fertilization, which is called a milestone in the history of human medicine. The world's first IVF miracle; in 1992, Belgian doctors Palermo and Dr. Liu Jiaen successfully applied ICSI in humans for the first time, which greatly improved the success rate of IVF technology and was called the second-generation IVF technology.
Joseph had stored DNA samples years before the War of the Spark. His wife, Trick's mother, suffers from a recessive genetic disease, and the three children they gave birth to also have the trait of the disease. However, the two were very much in love, and the disease did not separate them. Joseph's move was to obtain a healthy child through this method, which was a bit like "a rich woman spending a lot of money to have a child." Trick's mother agreed with this.
As time passed, his lover and two children were killed by alien fire. It was the beginning of the 21st century, when the alien invasion was at its peak and the earth was at its most desperate. Joseph resolutely found several healthy young women through certain means and insisted on bringing up the children. to this miserable world.
We have no way of knowing what Joseph was thinking at the moment he made his decision. In short, a year later, Trick, who was already twenty-five years old, had two more younger siblings. They are Sam and Cecilia, and their mother is the only two successful ones among the women Joseph found.
The fourth son, William, was different because he was a naturally born baby.
Some attentive readers may have calculated the time: Joseph is already over a hundred years old, and William is only in his early thirties. Judging from this age, Joseph can still "live" and have a child after he is over seventy. Is this possible?
The answer is: maybe, because of Shenwu.
Puche Shijia is in the Shenwu health care product business, and one of its products has the same effect as a certain blue pill. At this point, everyone should understand it; if not, forget it...
Pujia's products only contain a very small amount of Shenwu ingredients, but they can be sold like hotcakes. This shows that Shenwu is quite effective in certain aspects. But Joseph used a higher concentration of medicine, so his old strength makes perfect sense.
This is the situation of the four children of the Chapman family. Everyone has the possibility of taking over as the lord, and everyone has unavoidable flaws: Trick would have been the best candidate, but it is a pity that he was ill. If he was a healthy person, , Joseph probably passed the federal cabinet position to him twenty years ago, instead of the current situation of working until death.
Sam was in his prime and had abilities, but his background was a bit awkward. Although he was his biological son, Joseph could never get close to him. Cecilia has the same problem, and she's still a woman. Although Joseph himself did not favor boys over girls, if he wanted to choose an heir, it was obviously unlikely that Cecilia would take over as lord. But in terms of ability, this woman is better than Sam, and is the best among the four siblings.
William is the youngest, has the least skill, and has the least ability. In Raymond's view, the only reason why Palmer was optimistic about William was Joseph's preference for William.
This youngest son indeed received the most love from Joseph. I don’t know if this was a “cross-generational relationship” caused by age. Raymond felt that Palmer was taking too many risks. It was true that William was favored, but he did not think that Joseph would be confused about choosing an heir. After all, William had too few cards.
Raymond was wrong. William did have few cards, but he could cheat. A few days ago, a trump card called the "Revival Organization" was held by William and Palmer. When they will play it out depends on tonight's conversation.
