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Chapter 1381 1379. The Shadow of His Majesty Andre

“It’s just a simple scam that has been popular in the foreign world for a hundred years. Although there are countless variations, they all take advantage of people’s greed and use strange tricks to raise a large amount of funds in a short period of time.

This technique is not very clever.

In fact, it is most effective only when it is used for the first time. Once people are on guard, such a scam will hardly work again without iteration.

But it turns out that Mr. Crow's assessment of us was quite accurate. The kingdom's tax laws have indeed reached the point where they must be reformed. The wealth plundered by the Misty Sea Trading Company in one area of ​​Kafhoka Province alone is equal to the results of the kingdom's decades of taxation there.

It can be inferred from this that in other parts of the kingdom, the monopoly of resources by the aristocratic upper class has reached an alarming level.

My conversation with Mr. Huo made me realize that this is the reason why your reforms are difficult to be effective. There is a sharp contradiction between the civilians' desire to change their quality of life and the king's hope to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and the old forces' stubbornness in holding on to resources and unwilling to let go.

Nordtoff's reforms cannot go into deep water until you figure out a way to solve this problem.

Simply building a few factories in a few cities cannot really solve the problem, sister, King Louis defeated the Kingdom of Issa before the reform. He used the wealth of a country to help the Plantagenet Kingdom through the most difficult period, but we are not that lucky.

Or rather, there wasn’t one before!”

In the reception room of the Ice Palace, Andre talked freely.

He didn't care about the complicated look his sister gave him at this moment. There was so much strangeness and resistance in her eyes, and there was no longer the closeness and doting of the past, but he didn't care.

He was no longer satisfied with being his sister's follower, and he was eager to change the relationship between them.

"Are you listening?"

Andre paused, he looked at the wolf girl, who frowned and said:

"I was still immersed in the shocking fact that my brother had become the leader of the most terrible fraud gang in the history of the kingdom, no, the continent. I wanted to scold you and tell you to get out, but your subsequent description made me realize that you were not just suddenly rebellious and wanted to play something dangerous.

Andre, you obviously had a complete plan, so I'm curious, what did you want and what did you get from such a scam that harmed millions of people? "

"Ah, you are indeed so perceptive since childhood and always able to grasp the essence of things. I was worried that you were too angry and unwilling to listen to my explanation. Everyone involved in this matter has their own demands, and it seems that our demands have been met."

Andre waved his hand and explained:

"Ms. Dutna, the goddess of wealth, wants to show the world the power of wealth. Once the news of what happened in Kavhoka spreads, it will be enough to make her name known to every businessman and every kid who wants to get rich on the continent.

In an instant, countless money worshippers will throw themselves under the goddess's banner, but only those who revere and use wealth reasonably can be blessed.

Foreigners are eager to do something truly great in this world to commemorate their changes to the world and gain benefits from it.

They did it.

It only took two people and a set of fashionable theories to overturn the entire Kavkhovaya. Even if their names will not be recorded in history, everyone who has gone through this incident will truly realize that the most terrifying power of the foreigners does not come from their immortality, but from the dimensionality reduction attack between civilization levels.

The Transians provided technical support for this matter.

Murphy took no part in it, but his administrators learned a valuable lesson from the chaos at Kavhoka, and when that rich land is restored to Transian hands, the humiliation we inflicted on them at the end of the Ten Years' War will be undone.

At least the rational ones will calm down.

Finally, it's me.
What did I get out of it?

I have received so much, and I will give it as a 'gift' to my only relative, my sister, my monarch."

He took out a computing orb from his arms, placed it on the table in front of the wolf girl, and turned it on.

On the flickering light screen, the Super Hacker Group's statistics of all the wealth currently accumulated were classified into different categories, forming a report that looked very complicated. However, they annotated the report so that a wise king like the Wolf Girl could easily tell where the various funds went.

“The investment capital of the common people will be returned in the name of the trial of wealth in a few days, but all the wealth of the major shareholders, the upper class of Kavhoka, will be retained. The Wealth Sanctuary will not take a penny, but only requires us to deposit the huge wealth in their bank for at least half a year as part of the deposit for their promotion of the new currency.

Other shareholders will receive direct profits according to their respective proportions, and we will receive about half of them. "

Andre said to the wolf girl:
"This amount of money is slightly more than the total revenue of the national treasury last year. I know that this amount of money is not enough for the industrial reform you want to complete, but it is a good start. In addition, a large amount of real estate mortgages obtained by the Misty Sea Trading Company during the last investment period will also be cleared out and recovered as royal property.

Those collaterals are being valued, and they can also add bricks and tiles to your reform cause.

Finally, after Lord Maro and his 'white moonlight' Lady Vera traveled to Paradise Island to settle down, you urgently need to replace a more competent royal treasurer to help you manage the national finances. I think the establishment of the Nords' own bank must also be put on the agenda.

Fortunately, this doesn't require any thought on your part. I have already found the most suitable person for you.

So, are you satisfied with my gift?"

Facing her brother's question, the wolf girl sat there for a long time without saying a word. She stared at the line of money marked as "the gift from Earl White Mountain" on the report in front of her. The string of zeros made His Majesty the King feel dizzy.

The Kingdom of Nordtorf has been plagued by financial problems since its founding, and the crow's joke about the Yankee tax laws was no joke.

The Plantagenet Kingdom had completed tax reform twenty years earlier, allowing King Louis to have sufficient funds to gradually advance the country-building he imagined, but the Yankees did not have this condition.

The Romanov dynasty was successfully restored during the generation of the wolf girl's father. The tax law used by the previous Rurik dynasty was still the ancient system from the period of the Hero King. The wolf girl did not want to change it, but the resistance from all classes in the country was so great that she was always hesitant.

But when she actually saw the line of numbers in front of her, she finally made up her mind.

The hidden wealth of the Kavkhova region alone is so exaggerated, and the finances that can be extracted from other parts of the kingdom are definitely beyond her imagination. Only by completing this reform can Nordtov, the clay-footed giant, climb out of the quagmire of predicament.

“I suppose you’re thinking about tax reform?”

Andre said softly:

"Excuse me, sister, you can do this together with another thing, about the liberation of serfs. To be honest, I don't want to be ridiculed and mocked by foreigners because of the issue of serfs every time I communicate with them.

As long as this system is not abolished, Nordtof will always be seen as a barbaric country that is not presentable in their eyes.

The productivity you need is there, but they are constrained, exploited, and driven by their masters like livestock. They support the foundation of this country but do not even deserve a name or a free identity.

Ever since our ancestors founded Nordtof, no one has ever really paid attention to the poor people at the bottom of society, but do they really have no desire for it?

What is happening in the Kavkhovaya region confirms this.

Many serfs pooled their money to buy investments, but they didn't even know how to read. Did they really just want to get rich overnight? No!
No, sister.

We can no longer pretend not to see the cries of those people in the unnoticed corners of history. We can no longer focus our reform efforts solely on the nobles, freemen and landlords. In the words of Mr. Crow, Nordtof must undergo a reform from the bottom up, rather than a gift from the top down.

As long as you remove the shackles on those people's necks with your own hands, they will do everything they can to lift you up to a position where you can stand shoulder to shoulder with God.

If you show them a little kindness, they will give you the world in return!"

"Andre made me think about this. It's hard. It's not as easy as you think."

The wolf girl covered her forehead and said:
“If I propose to change the tax system, they might raise their fists at me, but if I say I want to liberate the serfs, I’m afraid all the landlords and nobles will draw their weapons to resist me. This would shake the foundation of our ancestors’ founding of the country.

Dragon Emperor also mentioned this issue to me.

He advised me that I must proceed with caution in this matter, because if I am not careful, our country will be overthrown by internal forces. "

"I know this is hard, sis, but I will assist you in every way I can."

Andre said softly:

"I have heard about the history of foreigners. There was also a country there that fought a civil war for slaves, but it was proven that the forces that stand on the side of progress will always win. You have always been eager to build a great cause comparable to that of your ancestors.

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But I think you can do more, surpass your ancestors, surpass the Hero King, and become the new Hero King!
Believe me, if you decide to do this, Murphy and the Transians will be on your side too.

As for those foreigners, you have no idea how excited they get every time they talk about the issue of serfs. I don't think we even need to invite them actively. As long as we give them a chance, they will happily drag those old nobles who resisted you to the gallows and execute them with their own hands.

They’re proud of it.”

"Let me think about this question again."

The wolf girl didn't make a decision immediately.

This is normal. If such a national event is decided on a whim, it will be a big problem. But before she knew it, the wolf girl's anger had dissipated a lot. She looked at Andre and said:
"Can the chaos be calmed down by the goddess of wealth returning the principal to the common people?"

"It's not that easy."

Andre shook his head and said:

"Lord Crow believes that Ms. Dutna's unnecessary actions have magnified the situation. This means that even if the principal is recovered, it will not change the commercial decline that will continue for many years in the Kavkhok region. However, that place has always been a grain-producing area. Returning to its roots will at least prevent people from starving to death in Kavkhok.

Most importantly, the people's resistance will ultimately determine the future of Kavkhovaya, and soon there will be a vote in which everyone will participate, which will determine which direction Kavkhovayaya will go.

But we all know the result.

You will lose there.

In a not-so-dignified way of getting rid of a burden that you shouldn't have carried in the first place, I will bear this fault and sin for you, become the governor of the autonomous region in an exiled manner, and use the name of the vampire dynasty to achieve the reorganization of Kavhoka and Transia.

But Mr. Crow has a better suggestion that will negate the reputation loss you'll suffer.

He suggested that I add your name to the upcoming repayment of the principal, and compensate those poor people who suffered losses in the name of the Goddess of Fortune and Her Majesty the Wolf Girl.

In this way, the common people in the country will also be grateful for your kindness and generosity.

The nobles will laugh at you, but that doesn't matter. They won't be around for long anyway, so why should we get angry with the dead?"

"Andre, I don't need you to bear those failures for me."

The wolf girl stood up and said:
"As a king, I am not so weak that I cannot bear a defeat. You have done enough for me. In fact, your performance tonight impressed me.

My younger brother has grown up.

I finally realized where your previous rebelliousness came from. You are no longer the child who needs my protection. You are now strong enough to protect yourself and your sister.

I'm very relieved.

But I hope this won’t happen again. You don’t need to ask me to prove anything in this way.”

"No, no, no, I haven't finished yet, sister. I just said that I gained a lot from the Kavhoka incident. This gift is for you. I haven't told you what I gained from it yet."

Andre smiled, and the wolf girl raised her eyebrows and said:

"Oh? So what did my brother gain from this?"

"Confidence! A sense of accomplishment! Satisfaction! Most importantly, I finally recognized the 'truth' about how I can properly assist you, and how I can become the person standing in your shadow."

Andrei spread his arms, paused, and said:
"Murphy's foreign warriors are all very perceptive people. When they first came into contact with me, they knew the uneasy heart hidden under my face. The source of that unrest was once regarded as a taboo by me, just like the audience in the stands would never dare to hope to stand with the brilliant protagonist on the stage.

I also had doubts about myself.

I wonder if I can tell you this at the end of my life that is entering midnight, but now I no longer have any doubts. I can finally put aside the things that bother me and be truly close to you, my majesty."

He reached out his hand to the wolf girl, whose expression changed slightly, and touched her lightly just like he did in the Songhai Empire, but this time when the wolf girl wanted to pull her fingers away, he held her cold fingertips tightly.

It's not warm.

After all, the winter blood of either the vampire or the wolf girl would not allow the skin temperature to reach a comfortable level, but the heartbeats of the two could be felt as their fingers clasped together, and the hidden emotions slowly flowed in this quiet room.

The queen could have pulled her fingers away, but she ultimately chose to hold them in reverse.

"not the right time yet."

Andre smiled, placed the shaking hand in front of him and kissed it gently. After this most standard hand-kissing ceremony, he took a step back and returned to the humble posture of a subject. He said softly:

"But that day will come, just like two lonely ships in the ocean will eventually meet, and until then, please allow me to regard you as my only treasure, not only because I have pledged my allegiance to you, but also because I am willing to do so.

From now on, I will be the only one in your shadow."

(I have edited it. I don't know why some brothers would report it after watching such a bland plot. But I have edited it. It's not shameful to make money.)
(End of this chapter)