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"What's wrong with asking for a little protection fee when I'm practically securing your national security by leveraging my contacts on your behalf?" Zhang Menglong continued shamelessly.
Wait, no, how could this be considered shameless? The arms he provided to the Tambat Kingdom were almost worth 100 billion US Dollars, not to mention the cost was still there.
But Zhang Menglong was certainly a cunning businessman; how much he'd profit from the markup and how to fleece them was entirely up to him, after all, he was now the only one who could help them out of their desperate situation.
"Not excessive at all, it's perfectly reasonable," Dalit had no choice but to agree, despite desperately not wanting to. They first tried to seize other people's assets, faced retaliation, and then sought alliances to kill Zhang Menglong. It seemed not too excessive for him to ask for some compensation for his troubles.
