[S1] 010 Trading

The magnificent bathhouse at Franz by the lake is magnificently decorated, modelled on the Roman Bath. The entire building is built on five levels, each floor has numerous suites and recreation rooms.

Spencer Ackerman had a passion for architecture and he put a lot of effort into building the Franz entertainment empire, six versions of the plans alone were discussed with the designer.

Every single brick in the Franz was made with the finest materials, all of which were purchased from Italian antique dealers in Rome. It is not so much a bathhouse as a entertainment kingdom, you can enjoy everything from bathing, entertainment, exercise, shopping to dining.

And because Franz is owned by the Ackerman family, although there were many guests, they were mostly Ackerman's close associates, staff and well-connected ministers, thanks to its location and Ackerman's reputation, business is booming.

On the first floor, in the VIP bathroom by the lake, a sturdy man is lying on a chaise longue next to the large bath, enjoying the services of his maids.

The beautiful maids are all no more than 17 or 18 years old, and their bathrobes are so short that they barely cover their hips.

One of the girls took the oil from another servant, opened the cap and applied it directly to her tender breasts, which had just been unbuttoned, then she pressed it directly against the pounding back muscles of the man in the recliner. The man was enjoying the girl's body massage while he rubbed and stroked the other girl's ass back and forth with his thick palms. At the same time, seven or eight pairs of delicate hands massaged the man's body. The man was sighing in comfort, his swollen cock almost bursting through the towel on his lower half.

"Are you satisfied, Major General Jeff?" A middle-aged man with a long beard, blue eyes and curly inky blue hair suddenly pushed his way through the door, while the young girls on top of Admiral JEFF were still working hard and unaffected in the slightest, looked like they knew he's coming in advance.

The middle-aged man took the tray of wine from the servant who was waiting next to Admiral Jeff, took a glass of tequila, chilled to perfection, then brought it to Admiral Jeff's face with respect.

The Major General JEFF gives one of the serving maids an unhurried squeeze on the buttocks, causing the girl to let out a squeak, then rose to his feet with a sigh of satisfaction. These girls changed positions and continued to serve him.

Major General Jeff took the tequila and took a careless sip of it, said: " This is Tequila's special tequila, best tasted within five hours of opening. I never thought I'd get to drink such a rare spirit today. This is not bad, thank you Lord Ackerman."

The corners of his mouth lifted, his emerald eyes seemed to smile, but it is as if they do not, like a cunning fox, made Duke Spencer unable to read his true emotions.

Duke Ackerman was a little confused, but still insisted on flattering, saying, "You are a young man with a great war record, my dear Major General JEFF, and all of us at the Duke's Palace admire you. Your arrival here in Franz today has made the place shine, what does it matter if it's a little tequila? I even would like to offer you the moon, if it pleases you, as long as it pleases you."

"Lord Duke Ackerman, what hospitality!", Major General JEFF laughed brightly, but then, tugging on the towel to hold back his large, newly erect penis, got up.

Ackerman's tall, strong body enveloped him at once, as the sole heir to the founding General Marshall family, JEFF was brought to the battlefield by his father before he was ten years old.

As a result, his body has been developed to its fullest physical capacity, the various scars of grow in every corner of his perfectly muscled body, and his naked, steaming body, fresh from the bath, was as powerful as a tough war horse.

The shocking image came out of nowhere, and all the people present could not help but suck in a breath, including the old Ackerman, his throat knot twitched up and down nervously.

The nobility usually in the deep house, usual sports are in various indoor entertainment venues, so he has rarely seen such a strong body, stunned speechless.

When he came back to his senses, JEFF had already walked to the door of the bathroom. The servant who was standing next to him had already put his hand on the door handle.

It seemed that JEFF had not listened to what he had just said, or maybe he was just playing dumb, so Duke Ackerman decided to speak frankly.

"Eh, Lord JEFF!", Duke Ackerman called out to JEFF and running over to him upside down.

"I invited you here today, not just to let you feel my bathroom."

"?" JEFF looked as if he hadn't expected, cocked his head, "So what does Duke Ackerman mean?"

Duke Ackerman winked at the surrounding people, then told all the attendants to get out.

"It's for my youngest daughter...", Duke Ackerman's face was full of smiles and

secretly observing every micro expression of JEFF," The youngest son of the Lancaster family has always been on bad terms with us Ackermans. Now my daughter Elaine has been caught by Lancaster. So I hope Lord jeff can..."

"You mean for me to offend Duke Lancaster?", JEFF laughed out loud and said "You think too highly of me."

Duke Ackerman waved his hand, for the sake of his precious daughter, willing to do anything, "No, no, it's just that I heard from a close friend that Elaine will be exiled. So I mean that, can you protect Elaine on her way to exile?"

JEFF smiled politely, "If I remember rightly.

"If I remember rightly, I was present at that trial. Your lady confessed that she had gotten a group of social loafers to 'teach' Chad's son's fiancée a lesson, as a direct result of the rape and miscarriage of that poor lady. Miss Elaine, who looked like a pale orchid. How dare she use such dirty tricks? I'm really impressed... ... Should I say it was well taught by my father?"

Duke Ackerman left a cold sweat on his face, but he calmed down immediately, "Elaine was at fault, but she's not guilty to death..She's just a child." Duke Ackerman excused his daughter by any means necessary, "Lancaster obviously wants her dead.v She's too innocent, just a victim of a family struggle, only 17 years old!"

There was an old saying that 'Father a lion, son cannot be a dog', but he never thought that he as a tiger to raise a cat, a cat even didn't have claws.

He thought Elaine was so cowardly, at the trial that day, if she had refused to confess, he didn't have to rack my brain to help her think of a solution.

Alas (sigh).

It's his own daughter after all.

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Orville listened for a long time from the tree outside the window. To what Ackerman said, he only found it ironic to laugh.

It seems that in his eyes, as if the young pregnant lady who had been abused and killed was not innocent, the young Chad who jumped into the river for the love of his life was not innocent, Duke Chad, who lost his son, is not innocent.

Only his family's culprit, the arrogant and domineering Miss Elaine, is innocent. How ridiculous.

He was not familiar with JEFF-DANIEL, because the young major general had been on the border before. Recently, there is no war in the border area to calm down, before returning to the Imperial City, but only three months.

He admired his war achievements and experience, and intended to draw him in, so he invited him to sit in on the trial of that girl Elaine. But he have a lot of things to do at home and in the palace lately, haven't had a chance to see Jeff in private, didn't expect that Duke Ackerman would be one step ahead of him, wanted to take Major General Jeff under his wing.

Orville was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he had become a habit of grinding his teeth. Without thinking, he rattled his teeth.

Suddenly a strong gust of air came straight at him. He dodged sideways but was struck by a dagger in his left arm, he knew that he had been exposed.

Orville looked up and JEFF's relaxed, smiling face appeared on the window, who had withdrawn his dagger-throwing hand and was holding his arm to watch the action, while Duke Ackerman sharply summoned his guards.

This is not a place to stay for long, so Orville covered his arm with a dagger and jumped down from the tree, and ran into the forest before his pursuers came.

"It seems our conversation was overheard by our uninvited friends.

JEFF actually gloated at the Ackerman, who was on fire. When he looked down, the guards downstairs belatedly came to, while the little thief had already gone missing. So the guards had to separate several ways, respectively, to find.

The soldiers in the city were really a scattered mess, JEff puffed out a laugh in contempt

"It must be Lancaster's men, dammit." Duke Ackerman was shaking with anger, while he must not have thought that the man was Orville himself, "How did Orville's people know about today's trip? There must be a spy in this house."

His head started to hurt again, No matter what, he was a poor parent. He loved his daughter, so urly blue hair had grown a few gray hairs.

Jeff is not interested in these fights between the nobles in the imperial city. He has been at the border for a long time and never got involved in such matters.

Which one of the nobles in the city who took the tax money for free fell, will not affect the country. So he just wanted to watch the action.

"But, Lord Jeff. I only hope that you will protect my daughter during her exile and get her out of town safely," Duke Ackerman looked at Jeff with a nervous expression, "My men will meet her after she leaves the city. So just protect her and get her out of town safely."

In the land of England, Orville had a thousand ways to put a man to death, although Duke Ackerman's soldiers are about as capable and numerous as his, but it's hard to guarantee 100 percent safety. That's why he needed Jeff's strength.

"I'm sorry, Lord Duke. I don't want to get involved in your business." JEFF withdrew his smile and showed his cards to Duke Ackerman, "I'm going back to the border again in a while. How can I, a Major General, be involved in the affairs of your two great families? You should make up as soon as possible."

Reconciliation? This is not that simple. Duke Ackerman thought to himself. The feud between their two families, will only end if they fight to the death.

Seeing that Jeff was leaving, Duke Ackerman stopped him, again, "Lord Jeff's family does not have any property in England, right?"

Jeff froze, "What? It seems that Duke Ackerman has investigated me?"

Duke Ackerman hastened to smile, "I've been running this bathhouse for a long time, and every year hundreds of thousands of gold coins are coming, and I will give it to you as a gift, including the beautiful maids and the staff, and I'll also give you free water for ten years. You don't have to worry about anything, just sit back and wait for the money to come in."

"Ah this..." Jeff was a bit dumbfounded.

He didn't expect Duke Ackerman to make such a big sacrifice for his daughte, but he has been guarding the border for many years, didn't know anything about business, and also do not bother to consider, so he rejected, again, "Lord Ackerman, I am only a military man. I don't want to be involved in either side of your two families."

"I understand, Lord Jeff, I understand." Duke Ackerman insisted, persuading Jeff.

"I just want to buy my daughter's life, that's all we're dealing with. After this is done, I won't bother you again, Major General"

Jeff rubbed his smooth chin, he considered the fact that he had lived on the frontier for many years, in fact, he had no contact with these nobles nearly. If he had agreed to this job, it would have no effect on him . So why not take the money and go back to the border?

"Running a bathhouse, I really have no experience in this field. I would like you to exchange the payment for gold coins," Jeff said with a fox smile.

Jeff smiled his fox smile again, "I will only charge you 30 million gold coins. As for the baths, I don't need it. I'll make sure your daughter gets there 100% safe."

Duke Ackerman gritted his teeth, thirty million gold coins is not a small amount, thought to himself, "This damn boy is really asking a lot. "

Ackerman's smile was so stiff that a crack appeared on his face, but he tried to keep his composure, this is all for his daughter, "Lord Jeff is more thoughtful. Then it is settled, I will pay you half of the deposit in advance, after my daughter is safe and sound, I will make up the other half!"