Super Spender

Chapter 839: Chapter 833: The True Face of His Highness (Part 1)_1

As for why he made this choice, Finn Lewis did not want to overly contemplate, but made up his mind quickly and patted Marlon Murray on the shoulder, saying, “You know, that’s not what I mean. Although 300 billion star credits is a huge number, it’s not that important to me. Since you’re my brother, since you roll with me, it’s only natural that I take responsibility when you run into trouble.” @@novelbin@@

“Your Highness, this was a collective decision made by our clan, and moreover, Your Highness, it’s not just out of gratitude, though that may be part of it. Mainly, we’ve considered that without a strong backing in the Federation, we wouldn’t be able to develop much, so we’re willing to make the same choice as the Aitken Family and integrate all of our territories into Yours,” Marlon Murray hastened to say.

“Er, we should’ve handed over all of our assets, but there are still quite a few people in the family to provide for, so we’ve kept a portion of them,” Marlon Murray continued with some embarrassment.

“Haha,” Finn Lewis laughed twice before saying quickly, “You’re overthinking it; I don’t care about that amount of money. Let’s leave it at that. Since you’ve made your choice, I won’t fuss over it. Indeed, I currently need this type of territory to expand my domain’s influence. Rest assured, following me will not disappoint you.”

“In that, I believe,” said Marlon Murray, filled with confidence in Finn Lewis, not because of yesterday’s incident, but because of how Finn Lewis had initially handled what seemed to outsiders an extremely tough situation at the noble academy. With Prodigal behavior, he quickly turned things around, and now what Finn Lewis was doing was simply too good.

With Marlon Murray’s response, Finn Lewis knew this was a tremendous opportunity for himself, so from the next day on, he sent Marlon Murray to negotiate business with other families. Just as Finn Lewis had thought, this was a huge chance for him. Following the list provided by Luna Starfield, Finn Lewis achieved great success in his business dealings with these clans.

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While part of it was due to the significant benefits Finn Lewis offered, it also had a lot to do with his generous dealings, ensuring no one worried about being schemed against when doing business with him. As for the Aitken Family, it was their own downfall, not an issue caused by Finn Lewis.

Furthermore, when Mike sought him out for the first time, Finn Lewis took the initiative to hand over tens of millions of star credits for expenses. Where else could you find such behavior in a businessman? Who else would you do business with if not Finn Lewis?

After reaching agreements with these noble families, Finn Lewis immediately moved to the second step: he started to adapt a strategy formerly used by the middle-aged of Earth, uniting twenty-seven mid-to-small sized noble families under the leadership of Finn Lewis’s royal lineage to establish an Economic Union for the Third Spiral Arm of the Heritage System and the Orion Spiral Arm within the Galactic Federation.

To put it plainly, it was essentially an economic cooperation organization similar to an alliance, comparable to the Earth-based SCO. A common problem among these noble families throughout the Galactic Federation was their poor economies. Although they could sustain themselves, they were adequate in preserving what they had but deficient in pioneering new ventures.

For these families, expanding into new channels was necessary to improve, but truth be told, the Federation’s internal landscape was already set, making it difficult to carve out new ones. They neither had technology nor other resources on hand; even if some clans developed something new, they were still suppressed by more powerful royal families. How could it be easy to grow under such circumstances?

But Finn Lewis was different. With a vast amount of capital at his disposal and his stature within the royal family, he could directly sell the assets of his clan, thereby generating a circulation. It might seem that Earth’s population isn’t large now, but with Finn Lewis substantially increasing human lifespan, many who would normally be considered middle-aged at fifty or sixty are now seen as youthful, making childbearing an entirely normal occurrence.

In the short term, Earth’s population was set to grow exponentially, and this growth would necessitate a massive influx of materials. While Finn Lewis was protective of Earth’s domestic economy, the external demand was also significant, especially since he intended to build many space facilities within the Solar System—tasks that Earth’s nations could not provide for alone.

Finn Lewis could only turn to external markets, but he had a well-considered balance so the impact on Earth’s companies and industries was minimal. This was not a major concern for him.

With the Ashford Family joining Finn Lewis’s domain and nearby noble houses also reaching agreements with him, the expanse of nobility he could influence had grown considerably. Finn Lewis did not solely focus on expanding his territory; its development was important, but so was military construction.

Finn Lewis felt an urgency; although there seemed to be no significant conflicts with the Rochefort Clan for now, he always sensed that trouble was inevitable. Rather than wait to be reactively hit, he thought it better to strike first, to be prepared, and then see what came next.

Although Finn Lewis’s collaboration had just begun, it was already known by many outsiders. With the help of Luna Starfield, Finn Lewis continued to enlarge the boundaries of his domain, mainly by cooperating with more peripheral nobility. Most of these nobles had their own factions.

Each noble had cooperations with other members of the royal family. Of course, very small nobility were of little interest to the royals, and what Finn Lewis aimed to do now was to unite all these nobles together.

While Finn Lewis continued to collaborate with these surrounding nobles, he received a visitation request from another family: not just any family, but the Wren Clan, which bordered his own domain. So far, Finn Lewis had held an indescribable attitude towards the Wren Clan; he always felt like something was off with their line of thinking.

Based on what Finn Lewis knew, the Wren Clan could be described as the loyal lackeys of the Lewis Family. To put it unpleasantly, this was the reality. They were faithful allies to the Lewis Family, regarding it with utmost deference. Even though the Lewis Family had been absent for many years, fallen from grace, and its head had not appeared for so long, the Wren Clan still maintained its neutrality.