The Black Duke of the Pirate

Chapter 102. The "Tribute" of the Tianlongren

After a while, Li Xiao looked at the brightly lit hall, and the hall with only one person seemed extremely deserted at this time.

"Lord Reinhardt, Lord Barron is here." At this time, a guard walked into the hall and bowed towards dawn.

Li Dawn hummed slightly, and then the guard retreated. Holt Barron looked at him for a moment with a scrutinizing gaze, and finally bowed to the ground: "See you, Barron...Master Reinhardt."

In the middle of his speech, he paused for a moment, which seemed extremely unaccustomed to him, but as a smart nobleman, Barron was naturally able to quickly review the current situation. If he wanted to save his life, it would be fine to kowtow to him three times and nine times.

"Baron, why is that so?" Li Xiao turned around and sighed slightly, "You and I are old friends, and I will trouble you with many things in the palace in the future."

With the help of dawn, Baron got up slightly trembling. Although he was not in the King's Hall during the day, he was very clear about everything that happened in the King's Hall. Reinhard's attitude towards himself now is completely different from that of other ministers during the day.

"Tell me, is it right for me to give up the king's position to Fiona?" Li Xiao suddenly asked, which surprised Barron, but he didn't stay silent for long. He naturally understood Li Xiao's position. The reason for supporting Fiona as a puppet, and asking himself right now, should be to confirm from the nobles how close the connection between the World Government and Polkaya is.

Only the World Government frightened Reinhardt at this time.

"Correct." Baron nodded, "Polkaia is a member of the world government after all, and the royal family is naturally connected with the world government. If the civilians rebel and eventually the civilians take the king's position, the world government may send troops to support it or use other methods. come to sanction."

"But if it's a coup within the royal family, the world government won't bother to take care of it."

After hearing what he said, Li Xiao felt a little relieved. He only asked these words to confirm the truth of what Fiona said. He still can't fully trust Fiona.

In fact, so far, there are only a few members of the Reinhardt Work Club who he can fully trust.

"Do you want to take the initiative to contact the World Government?" Li Xiao asked again. He never liked to wait, and he was even more unwilling to wait until the situation became passive before attacking.

"It's best to wait until after Princess Fiona's succession ceremony tomorrow, and use the king's one-line phone to contact me to inform you of the coup in the royal family." Barron thought for a while and said, as Clovis' playmate since childhood, when he grew up He was once an aide of Clovis, so he has a better understanding of the situation in the royal family.

"By the way, there is one more thing that needs to be reported to you urgently." Barron said suddenly, "The world government's heavenly funds have not been raised yet."

Gold in the sky!
At dawn, he was stunned. He didn't expect that the matter of Tianshangjin would not end easily, but all of today's events came because of the opportunity of Tianshangjin. The commercial industry and armed forces he planned step by step were all expropriated from the nobles of that day. At this time, Barron said that the collection of the heavenly gold has not been completed, and there is a strange feeling.

"How much gap is there?" Li Xiao asked. Before Ke Toke was not dead, he had already sent people to collect a lot of wealth.

Barron shook his head. Li Xiao remembered that he should ask the Minister of Finance about this matter.

"But I heard that the total amount of gold in the sky is about 50 billion Pele!"

The Polkaya Kingdom has no precious specialties, so it is replaced by money, but it is difficult to gather 50 billion Baileys.

"What will happen if you don't hand over the heavenly gold?" Li Xiao asked with a smile, this made Baron hesitate, and then hurriedly dissuaded him: "My lord, every joining country has to pay tribute to the world's nobles every year" Tianlong Wealth of "people" must not be handed over."

Li Xiao nodded, and then told the guards outside the hall: "Let the Minister of Finance come to the King's Hall to see me immediately."

The guards ordered to leave.

After a while, the Minister of Finance returned to the King's Hall. After seeing Li Xiao and Barron, he quickly knelt down and said, "Colin sees Lord Reinhardt!"

Colin is 58 years old this year. He was the minister who was single-handedly promoted by Marlie back then. Although he did a lot of things for Ketok because of his despotic power, those were all self-protection.

"Colin, how far has the collection of gold in the sky progressed?" Li Xiao said to him, but did not signal him to get up.

"It's still 30 billion Baileys short." Colin replied in a deep voice.

"Then what should we do with the 30 billion?"

Colin was silent for a while, seeing that Reinhardt seemed to be asking for his opinion, so he thought for a while and said: "My lord, continue to solicit from the common people. It will take less than half a month to guarantee that the full amount will be handed over."

"Baron, what do you think?" Li Xiao didn't look at Colin who was kneeling on the ground, but turned to Barron and asked.

Barron shook his head, but didn't speak either.

"Are you recruiting from the common people..." Li Xiao couldn't help laughing, "Colin, you really gave me a good idea."

"Thank you sir."

He had just finished speaking, but suddenly saw Li Xiao's eyes piercing his body like knives, and he panicked. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Reinhardt had rioted many times because he resisted the solicitation of gold from the sky.

Colin couldn't help but blame himself for making such a low-level mistake at such a time, and immediately crawled to the ground crying for mercy: "My lord, I was wrong."

"Since it's wrong, let's find a way to solve the 30 billion Bailey gap tonight." Li Xiao snorted coldly.

Colin looked up at Barron, as if he was asking him to help him intercede. Barron knew that it was impossible for the money to be collected from the common people, but it was impossible not to hand over the money from the sky, so he understood in his heart that Lixiao was real. the meaning of.

"My lord, there are still many nobles in the palace. It should be no problem for each noble to collect hundreds of millions of Baileys."

Li Xiao glanced at Barron in amazement. He was really a smart man. He knew that the matter of the gold in the sky had to be resolved, and he could not solicit it from the common people. Most importantly, he guessed why he was trying to get the nobles in the court to take out the money. idea.

"Colin, what do you think?" Li Xiao asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

How dare Colin have any objections. It is not easy for nobles like them to keep their lives. The young man in front of him is a murderer without blinking an eye.

"No...no...Master Baron is right. As aristocrats, everyone contributes a little, which is enough for 30 billion Baileys." Colin said in a panic.

Li Xiao nodded, but he was always thinking about the 50 billion Baileys in his mind. It would be a waste to hand over the wealth to the Tianlong people for no reason. It is a boost that can quickly promote the domestic economy.

Thinking of this, he suddenly thought that the gold in the sky can be replaced by special products. For example, the Maple Leaf Country next to it uses exquisite maple leaves as a tribute to the gold in the sky.

Since there is no special product in Polcaria, try to find a way to create a special product that is novel enough for Tianlong people.

He thought of an idea, so he immediately told Barron: "Call all the craftsmen in the country immediately."

He wants to create a wine bottle that is more exquisite and luxurious than the storage hero white, and it is specially used as a tribute to the Tianlong people. In order to quickly hype it in Beihai, he will limit the output to a very small amount every year. Thinking of this, he immediately contacted After leaving Chitila, I am going to start the layout from the news first.

(End of this chapter)