Duke of Herrington

Chapter 183 Execute the task by the way~
When the surrounding nobles received the news from the family territory, their expressions all changed!It's like a dung beetle met a dung collector and watched his lunch being taken away.
Regarding this, Ted complained while drinking an iced drink!He didn't understand why this group of nobles valued money so much?

"Hey, if you go bankrupt, you go bankrupt. There's no need to make a fuss. It's just some money, things outside of your body. There's no need to make it look like constipation. It's so exaggerated."

Money is such a thing, if you don’t bring it with you, you won’t have cubs if you throw it in the warehouse. It’s better to spend it, or buy some useless luxury goods to support the facade, or build a castle to compare with other nobles .
If you don't take it out and spend it, who knows how much money you have?

Just like the Lannister family in a certain movie, it seemed to be one of the wealthiest families in the world view at the beginning, but it actually had to borrow money to maintain its dignity!

So. Take out the money and spend it, and everyone will know how much money you have
According to the report obtained by Ted, most of the nobles are actually not as rich as imagined.

Especially the nobles under the First Prince's camp, without exception, all went bankrupt!The reason is that they were held back by religion, and all their money was used to honor God, or it became funds to support the eldest prince's ascension to the throne.

There is not much left for myself.

In contrast, the remaining ones that are not bankrupt are almost all militant factions under the Second Prince's banner!

After such a trial, Ted can be considered to have figured out the foundation of each family in the empire.

The first prince is strong on the outside but powerful on the outside, but he is actually very poor. In terms of military strength, he is not half as strong as the second prince. If there is no support from the church
It's like the third bubble after a bad stomach!Clear soup with little water!The dung beetle shed tears when he saw it.
When Ted turned to the second page, when the nobles, titles, and consumption amount of each family came out, Ted shook his head slightly disappointed.

Those who support the eldest prince are almost all minor nobles who are not very famous. Most of them are here to make up the number. There is no duke and only one marquis. They are also the party who is married to him politically. There are 1 earls in the entire empire. Ted himself, there are only 12, and among the 11, only three support the eldest prince.

"It really can make up the numbers! If you look at it this way, if the eldest prince doesn't use the power of the church in the later stage to seize the throne, he will look completely defeated."

But if there is a real fight, who cares about what kind of power or power, what can be used to strengthen oneself is a good thing!At that time, the eldest prince will definitely not talk about martial arts, and will send the church's elite assassins around the clock to carry out assassinations
This is especially fatal to the second prince, but to Steve, it won't have much impact.

What happened last night was completely accidental, because Steve killed himself and called the plane to send the guards and himself back.

If Steve wasn't stupid and his IQ didn't drop, assassins would hardly get close. He didn't need to live in the palace to take risks.

It's impossible to sneak into Steve's bedroom under the eyes of the Iron Fist Guards!

Because these guards are extremely xenophobic who have been screened out and will not accept any benefits from anything other than the North!

If the assassins planned to forcibly sneak in, they would soon be beaten out of their original form.

Not only in terms of living habits, but also in terms of clothing habits and hygiene habits, they are like Africans among the white people. As long as they are not blind, they will immediately find this group of melon skins.

But such a good guard, Steve actually has a low IQ limit.
Thinking of this, Ted would hold his head and sigh!
After he stuffed the last bite of the hamburger into his mouth, he took out a wet tissue, wiped off all the filth on his hands, and turned to look at the smart Steve.
Steve thought he didn't wipe his hands clean, so he took out another wet towel to wipe his hands.
He is also used to this kind of life, but, as a foodie, he will not stop after eating the staple food!

Because of Vadina's relationship, Steve's daily exercise volume soared, and three meals a day could not meet his daily needs!

So. After the meal, it must be served with some high-calorie snacks. For example, potato chips!

For the convenience of portability, what Steve brings are large packages, or barrel-shaped potato chips.
Ted thought that Steve would keep a low profile, take out the potato chips in the barrel without making a sound, and eat them quietly without being noticed by others.

But he has a problem that is hard to get rid of, that is, he is very snarky about certain things!
He doesn't mind others being richer than him, and he doesn't mind being a tool man, but he definitely minds a strange sense of ritual!
For example, now. When everyone is sighing and starving, Steve must do something!Be sure to let those around you know that he is full!
The next moment, he took out from his clothes the extra-large one-kilo pack of Texas barbecue-flavored potato chips that were only sold in the northern border!
"Just a potato chip! Drink iced Coke, the sun will go down in a while, so I can play against the enemy"

Seeing that Steve was going to eat a big bag, Ted quickly raised his hand to organize: "Hey, don't eat it! Steve! You are going to a duel this afternoon! If you eat like this, you won't be afraid of getting sleepy?"

"What are you afraid of? I have 550 rounds of ammunition, what vicious prisoner can stop me?" Steve shook his head, and lifted his cloak to reveal a P90 submachine gun and 10 magazines full of bullets
"Okay! But you have to pay attention, we are not here for vacation."

Ted sat aside, although he said so, but his hands were dishonest, he took out a handful of potato chips from the plastic bag of potato chips and stuffed them into his mouth!
Immediately afterwards, there was a crisp 'click' sound, which immediately attracted the attention of Emperor Leicester in front!

Just when he was about to reach out to ask for food, the old iron who only served nobles took out a small package from the goods he ordered
Compared with the small package in front of him, as the emperor, he wants bigger and more big bags!

"Why is the one in Steve's hand so big and mine so small?"

Faced with this problem, the waiter was in trouble. He pinched his fingers for three seconds, not daring to neglect the emperor, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, you can't blame us for this! Our chamber of commerce was acquired by Beijing Minsheng Group. The supplier is They, but they are only willing to provide us with the largest 300g package, that kind of large package is exclusive to the North, and they don’t sell it.”

Since it is a matter of the northern border, Lester has to ask Ted why!Immediately turned around, looked at him and asked: "Ted. What's the matter? You're still picking and searching for something to sell? This small bag looks very shabby! There is no noble version?"

Ted is also very sad about this, because the place of production of this thing is in the northern border, and if you want to sell large packages, the profit will be reduced. Adding in the shipping cost, you will hardly make any money selling a package, and you can only make money by selling small packages: " Your Majesty, you can’t blame me for this, I also have to consider the transportation cost, I also want to make money.”

As an emperor, what annoys him the most is the stench of copper on other people's bodies, and he can't wait to snatch all other people's money and put it in his own pocket: "Cut it! That's fine. Just pay attention to the money! Anyway, when the time comes, you have to Pay your taxes!"

"Pay taxes?" Ted made a small tactical back, and then spread his hands to express his incomprehension.
Lester thought Ted was pretending to be stupid, so he brought out the imperial law to explain the matter! "Even if you are the Earl of the Empire, you have to pay taxes if you do business in other people's territories! At least 2%!"

Lester couldn't remember other laws, but when it came to taxes, and money, he remembered even better than the Chancellor.
However, Ted is not a fool. In order not to pay taxes to the empire and not to strengthen the enemy's power, he has long thought of a solution.

At this moment, he put his hand on Steve's shoulder and said with a suppressed smile, "But Your Majesty, I'm just the person in charge of the chamber of commerce. The 'actual' owner of the chamber of commerce is Steve, who is a member of the royal family."

"Huh?" Originally, he planned to take this opportunity to make a lot of money, but when Lester heard that the owner of the chamber of commerce was his son, his expression changed instantly.
Because according to the laws of the empire, members of the royal family and religious organizations enjoy the privilege of tax exemption.

That is to say, he can't even get a copper tax.

Hearing this, Lester turned his head viciously and looked at the fifth prince Steve, who was originally quite pleasing to the eye!Inadvertently, a comparison heart suddenly popped out!

"Steve, how much is your current property converted into gold coins?"

"Huh? I don't know either! I have to take a look."

As Lao Tzu, to some extent, he must be richer than his son!If she was really photographed on the beach by Houlang, at the very beginning, she would definitely feel sorry for her face!
Only when the son far surpasses the father, the father will slowly accept it, and gradually turn from losing face to being proud of the son
When Ted came into this world, his parents were gone, so he didn't have the opportunity to experience this kind of thing.

Therefore, he honestly took out the financial report given by the city hall and gave it to Steve Kangkang. He didn't expect this.

As the boss of the Northern Territory, although the chamber of commerce belongs to Steve in name, Ted holds 50.00% of the shares, and the dragons, as the landlord, hold 20.00% of the shares. Steve, because he donated his own All properties, get [-]% of the shares
As for the rest, because I don't know who to give it to, Ted packed it up and gave it to Chris.
After being a vassal for so long, I must give some benefits, or I will be ashamed of my ancestors!

In this regard, Chris did not refuse, but pretended to be calm and raised his trembling hands, took the documents, and put them in the safe at home
Even if Steve only owns [-]% of the shares, the final share is very scary!
According to the semi-annual financial report, the total revenue of Beijing Minsheng Group alone from the beginning of the year to the present, plus 3 precious metal feces from awakened dragons, are all converted into gold, which is about 1500 million tons.

In a while, it will exceed the total amount of gold that has been mined on Earth.

After deducting the infrastructure expenses, and then deducting the messy costs, losses and labor, there is about 500 million tons of net income. Calculated according to the share, Steve has 100 million tons of gold. After deducting the personal income tax of the North, he has 27 tons of gold.

At the beginning, when Steve knew about this, he still put on a show and emphasized that he was a royal family!No tax required!
But Ted doesn't care about royalty or nobles!

With his 'anti-matter bomb' under deterrence!Even Francis, the dragon patriarch, has to pay taxes!

Seeing that the dragons had to pay taxes, Steve reluctantly agreed to Ted's request.

However, seeing nearly three-quarters of his income being used as taxes, Steve, who is a royal family and has never paid taxes, is heartbroken.
But after thinking about it, the amount of money is already numb. For a human, there is no real difference between having 1 trillion and [-] billion gold coins. As long as you don’t gamble, the money No matter how much you spend, you won't spend it all.

Moreover, this is less than half a year's financial report, and money will continue to be recorded in the future.

Even if you use this money to govern the country, it is enough!The sum of the money circulating in the Xueman Empire alone is not so much.
This time it was a big gamble. In order to prevent future prices from skyrocketing, they 'copied' the homes of all the nobles. They just won, and got the wealth accumulated by most nobles for dozens of centuries, or even more than 100 centuries.

Just a wave of fat~
By the way, the price of goods in the empire was pulled to the lowest level, eliminating the possibility of inflation brought by gold and silver, so that ordinary people can eat and drink enough.

In order to prevent this group of people from thinking that this is a gift from God, almost every store is hung with big characters of products from the northern border, trying their best to separate the people from the thoughts of the Imperial Cult.

And whenever there is no metal currency in circulation in an area, the Ministry of Foreign Trade will start to build a large number of shops and workshops, and recruit a large number of local people as employees, and use the northern currency to pay wages!
Now, the tasks of purchasing gold and silver and promoting currency are completed in one go.
It won't be long before gold and silver become cheap commodities from currency, and the wealth in the hands of the church will become worthless!
In addition, the think tanks in the northern border also thought that the local nobles would use the northern border currency as taxes. In order to entrap other nobles, they also thoughtfully set up banks in the public domain of the empire outside the city.
Not only can you exchange the coins in your hands into 'Duo Le', but you can also deposit and withdraw Dole.
Although it is a bank, it can also be regarded as an intelligence department in the north, because if you want to open an account in the bank, you must leave the necessary personal information, as well as fingerprints, footprints, and even voiceprints.
These clever residents will definitely not pay taxes to the nobles who have oppressed them for a long time, so they will definitely open an account at the Northern Bank and deposit all the money in the bank!

Seeing the guards randomly searching for money at home, but finding nothing, this group of people has completed a silent resistance.
After this operation, Ted only established the necessary infrastructure according to the future plan, and completed the operation of collecting the information of the residents of the empire by the way. If someone commits a crime in the future, he will quickly lock the prisoner.

Listening to the question from the father, Steve, as an honest man, will definitely answer truthfully, so he took Ted's report slip and read it directly: "Uh, father, I probably have enough money for me to count." A count. About 27."

Hearing 27, Leicester breathed a sigh of relief, this is not worth mentioning compared to his wealth of nearly 27 million gold coins!So he waved his hand and said triumphantly like a villain: "[-] gold coins? Isn't that a lot?"

Seeing his father's premature conclusion, Steve quickly corrected: "No father, it is 27 'tons' of gold. If it is converted into gold coins, let me count it. It is about 270 billion gold coins. Well, I counted Three times, no mistake! It's these!"

"What? How much?"

"270 billion gold coins."

"Are you kidding me?"

"Father, you know that I am the most honest and honest among brothers."

"This" learned the exact number, Lester turned his head and didn't make a sound, he could only eat potato chips and drink Coke in a silent voice
A considerable part of these profits comes from the excrement of giant dragons!
If there is no giant dragon, it is estimated that the financial report will show that it will lose everything!

On the earth, until the 21st century, more than 1600 million tons of gold have been mined, barely enough to fill less than two Olympic-standard swimming pools
But now, [-] recovered giant dragons only need to take turns pulling once to fill up these places, even this place is not enough!

Later, after a large number of giant dragons were awakened, most of the extracted gold was no longer included in the production value, but was treated as garbage and thrown directly into the valleys of the barren mountains in the north
If the lost gold is included, it is estimated that the unit price per ton is cheaper than iron
After a while, the second wave of takeaways arrived. Even if the family was bankrupt, they still had to pay, because the emperor had already paid for it. If the nobles ate the Bawang meal, they would be despised and ridiculed by others!

Therefore, everyone can only reluctantly continue to send money to Ted
The second prince and his staff beside him, because of their strong financial resources, have not been emptied for the time being.

What's more, they bought food like crazy, not to continue to monopolize the market, but to turn the goods into military rations and fight a protracted war with the First Prince's camp.

the weather is getting hotter!Galen stretched his waist, letting his body odor waft out: "Do you know what the prince's lunch is like?"

As soon as the words fell, a few more people who served the nobles came here, and one of them, according to the second prince's request, brought the lunch he had ordered.

"Your Highness, Second Prince, I would like to confirm with you that what you ordered is our luxurious set meal for one person."

"Yes."

"This way, please, we are ready, you only need to take two steps."

Looking at the scorching summer, the second prince Galen didn't want to move his body at all!
Of course the waiter knew this, so he took out the equipment in advance, lifted up the second prince's chair, and carried them to the target location together.

"Oh, your service is really in place!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for the compliment!" The waiter applauded quickly!Then a glass of iced Coke was brought over.

Galen bit the straw, inhaled a gust of wind, and directly drank half a glass of Coke!Enjoy while watching the waiter prepare your lunch.

I saw him take out a few cans from the box, open them with a can opener, and put them on the portable gas stove to heat slowly.
"Huh? What is this thing?"

"Returning to Your Highness, this is a tinplate can, a special product in the northern region. It can seal the food in the tin can to keep it fresh. Even after three years, it will not deteriorate and taste bad! You can enjoy it at any time! Just heat it up a little before eating. Can!"

"Oh? In other words, can it be used as military rations?"

"Yes, Your Highness, these things are not expensive, and they can indeed be used as military rations. It is unrealistic to supply the entire army, but it is still possible to supply those elite troops!"

"Oh!"

Hearing this, although Galen was reluctant, he still took the item receipt, turned around and came to Ted's side.

At this moment, Ted and Steve are eating potato chips and drinking iced drinks, waiting for the high temperature to ease before continuing to eat melons in the stands.
If he didn't have to keep a low profile, he would definitely use the function of the inventory, take out the solar panel, and turn on the portable air conditioner to blow his face!
However, the current strength has not yet reached the point where he can do whatever he wants, so he can only drink iced drinks
Suddenly, a sound of footsteps attracted Ted's attention. He turned his head lazily, and found that the second prince approached him kindly, and asked, "Earl Herrington, I have a business, I don't know."

"Let's hear it, Your Highness Galen."

(End of this chapter)