Pirate Kingship

After Catherine reached a riding agreement with Byron, with tears on her lips, she reached out and took over an entire pocket space filled with incredible wealth.

Soon, he roughly estimated the value of this batch of treasures using the keen sense of wealth of a gold-dollar-sequence extraordinary person.

If you don’t count the inestimable [Holy Relic], it is probably worth half of the Lancaster family’s original treasury.

Although the Hundred Years War and the Thirty Years War for the Throne have gone through successively, leaving the family treasure house empty, it shows how amazing this wealth is.

Moreover, in addition to gold and silver, they now have quite a lot of holy relic-level treasures in their hands.

At present, Crystal Skull No. 3, No. 5, No. 6, No. 8, and No. 12 have been collected. Byron himself has five in his hands.

In addition to one each from Tayapan and Uxmal among the three major city-states, the whereabouts of the seven crystal skulls have been determined.

The collection task of thirteen skulls has quietly passed the halfway mark.

There are also the gold toilets, shaman masks, golden codes, the first overseas development order of the Age of Discovery, and iron-making blast furnaces that have been saved;

As well as the proceeds from this adventure: World Travel Notes, Faustian Contract, Domination Scale (one chance), 882 Azik's Curse gold coins, and the golden ghost card.

The powerful holy relics in their hands have become more abundant than ever before.

Even compared with the major forces in the Bantaan Islands, it is definitely not shabby.

After the general inventory was completed, Catherine also lost her worries in an instant like Byron.

The plans for building ships, the funds for gifts, and the wife's book. The big rocks that were weighing on her little treasury all disappeared into thin air.

And for a long time in the foreseeable future, unnecessary things like worries will not come back to her again.

“The only way to relieve worries is to get rich!

Byron, we have really made a fortune this time, my little treasury and your wife have all been saved, hahahaha.”

The golden aura in Catherine's eyes shone brighter than the light of the treasure, and her body was so light that it seemed like she was about to float directly on the spot.

Holding Byron's neck, he jumped and screamed with excitement, even the teak slippers on his feet flew away.

Seeing the girl's happy look, Byron's lips naturally smiled.

Back on the ship in the first gyre zone, Catherine was the only one who remembered his birthday and secretly got up early in the morning to make him a cake.

He secretly vowed to make Catherine no longer homeless and live a happy and wealthy life like a princess again.

At this moment, I sincerely felt that for the girl's smile, my life and death were all worth it, and every enemy I killed along the way deserved their death.

He picked up the girl with his backhand and spun it around twice in a pile of gold and silver treasures, and promised her:

"Sister, don't worry, this is just the beginning. We will definitely become richer and richer in the future, and we will never have to worry about material things again."

In fact, whether it is the east-west routes controlled by the Pioneer Pilot Colonial Trading Company, the monopoly agreements signed with major city-states, or the lending business of Pioneer Bank,

Or the real estate development of the Governor's Palace, the freight, ship management, and trade pumping of Taiman Port Company, and the arms trade of Torrent Fortress.

The profitability of a series of industries under their command is very good, and each industry can be called a profitable golden cow.

But if you want to develop rapidly in a short period of time, it is too inefficient to simply rely on the profits from serious business and reinvest.

The profit margin is only 300% at most, which cannot meet their rapid expansion needs.

As the financial industry booms, these have become outdated and backward strategies.

Although this robbery is far greater than before, there is a saying that the gold will always be spent by us.

Limited wealth cannot support their unlimited ambitions.

"Maybe it's time to give the world a little more shock."

Using the princess hugging posture he learned from Violet, he held his sister, who despite her tall stature, still looked very petite in his arms, and sat on the sofa in the study.

Snap!

With a snap of her fingers under Catherine's doubtful gaze, a group of six maids walked out of the firelight, lifted up their skirts and saluted them respectfully:

"Master, eldest lady."

Byron casually opened the secondary management authority of "Faustian Pact" for his sister.

He also gave her a detailed introduction to the purpose of this holy relic and his next thoughts.

"Virtual trading platform? Stock trading market?? Offshore financial center???"

Catherine was confused about these terms at first.

But the more he listened, the brighter his eyes became. It was not figuratively bright, but really sparkling, and even couldn't help but turn into the golden vertical pupils of a mithril dragon.

Because every word means money, tons of money than you can get from this adventure!

Stock trading is very simple, as soon as Catherine understands it.

That is to package and list one's high-quality industries and raise large amounts of funds from non-specific groups of people through the issuance of stocks to support the development of one's own business.

Use other people's money to do your own things and become bigger and stronger in the shortest possible time.

There is no need to even pay dividends to shareholders.

As for offshore financial centers, it is even more powerful.

It is to further expand the international port business and use a series of tax-free policies to attract multinational companies to register and settle in.

It facilitates tax avoidance and money laundering for certain companies, organizations, and individuals, and has gradually become a "tax haven" for large companies, dignitaries and wealthy people from various countries.

In the past, even if there was such an idea, it was difficult to actually realize it.

There are always traces of money and goods transactions, and the [Iron Law of Kingship] and tax departments of various countries are not vegetarians.

However, [First-level Holy Relic·Faust Contract] can serve as an invisible and intangible trading platform, ensuring absolute fairness and coercive force, making offshore financial centers truly possible.

Even customers don’t know that the main body of the trading platform is in the Taiman Islands.

In Byron’s mind, no one can better play the ability of this "trading platform" than his sister, the Mithril Knight of the Gold Yuan Sequence.

Of course, these great inventions of making money with money are also of great significance to Catherine’s extraordinary path.

It is no less significant than the significance of the Philosopher’s Stone to Violet, the master craftsman.

It is just because the promotion ceremonies of the Gold Yuan Sequence are mostly relatively simple.

Of course, this "simple" is only simple in form, and does not mean that it is very easy to complete the requirements of the ceremony. It is even considered by countless people to be the most difficult thing in the world.

That is. Make money!

Simply stagnant dead money is useless. It must be used to participate in world trade and commercial settlement to be considered a real asset.

There is a complex evaluation system in the [Silver Law] to assess the participation of this money in the world trade and finance.

As long as her personal assets meet the standards and maintain normal asset management for a certain period of time, she can be promoted naturally, and this time is usually recorded in years.

The larger the amount and the higher the degree of business participation, the shorter the time required for the promotion ceremony.

If Catherine wanted to be promoted according to the original assets, she would have to wait at least half a year, which is a speed that would make countless peers jealous.

At the current wealth level, she should only have to wait until the end of this month and before the end of April to be promoted to the third level.

"Once we rely on the first-level holy relic "Faust Contract" in the future, we can build the most private stock exchange and offshore financial center.

After receiving the support of many capitals, we can even issue the world's universal credit currency and collect seigniorage from the whole world.

This is the highest secret of pirate robbery-please sign here!

It will be easy for you to take off the fifth-level crown of [Queen of Finance] or [King of Gold].

At that time, the Holy Golden Empire will be truly worthy of its name."

Byron also added in his heart:

"If I can successfully take back the crown of Hastings, Violet will be crowned the first female pirate king, and then use [Three Musketeers] to make a spoonful of stew, that scene hiss!

The most noble crown in the world is just the [Pope's Triple Crown] that symbolizes hell, the world, heaven, legislation, justice, and administration."

It took a long time for the brother and sister who had drawn a grand blueprint and even done a feasibility assessment to calm down again.

Byron also told Catherine about the gains of the trip to Treasure Island, especially the Barbary pirate [Blue Hair] and Andrew Lancaster.

Even the responsibilities and risks of [The Lantern Man] were not concealed.

Catherine was not only his sister, but also his regent.

It might be possible to conceal the former in order not to worry her, but if the latter was concealed, it would be purely irresponsible for this high-risk rebellion.

"Uncle Andrew is not suitable to appear in the International Port. He has gone to the Torrent Fortress with Violet.

I am going to give him one of the two prime minister positions of [The Right Hand of the King].

You can meet through the Golden Rule when you have time and reminisce about the past."

Katherine was naturally happy to hear that there was still a Lancaster alive, but she did not forget to tease Byron:

"I was exactly eight years old when Uncle Andrew fell into Treasure Island.

I still remember that time when he came to our house, he deliberately teased me and asked me if I wanted to take the surname Lancaster with you when I grew up.

I remember that he was a handsome uncle who was not very serious.

I hope he won't ask me such an embarrassing question this time."

Hearing this, Byron blushed.

As we all know, according to tradition, women in the countries of the Old World usually change their surnames only under one situation.

I didn't expect that my uncle had already shown the potential to be a matchmaker before he died.

After finishing the business, Catherine stood up and pulled Byron up with her.

"You haven't had dinner yet, have you? I'll cook a big meal for you."

Although he had been away for many days and missed his sister's cooking skills, he still refused helplessly:

"No, I have already informed the Newman family in advance, and I will soon take the Lancer with Bill to Port Royal to show my loyalty."

He reached out to hug Catherine, resting his chin on her fair shoulders, and a strand of hair on his forehead stood up in a funny way, flashing a blue light from bottom to top.

Dubbing in his mouth: "Dududu"

After a while, he let go again. The fatigue from running around for many days on his face was swept away, and he showed a big smile to his sister:

"I'm fully charged and full of energy.

The fiddler crab has also passed the one-hour cooling period. I'm leaving immediately."

The girl patted his chest, which was as solid and reliable as a shield, in a nagging manner:

"You just act weird, will I blame you for not being home all day? Go, and save the big meal for tomorrow."

Then she stood up on tiptoe, tidied his clothes, and exclaimed:

"Brother is the most handsome in the world!"

Watched him fly out of the window, and disappeared into the night in a flash.

At the beginning, Byron and "Bill" saved the life of Major General Newman.

The other party promised to marry his daughter to one of them and to ensure their promotion and wealth.

It happened that the kingdom had been suffering from the loss of the Channel Fleet and it was difficult to replenish it in time, and there were no good players in the privateering fleet.

Therefore, Newman promised that as long as they were promoted to the third rank, he would act in the middle and grant them the official rank of commodore or even major general (Chapter 166).

Truly enter the ranks of the kingdom's regular army, eat both black and white, and sit on an equal footing with the governors of various countries stationed in the colonies.

Getting this position is equivalent to stepping into the threshold of the ruling class, and even if you return to your homeland, you will be respected as "master" by others.

It is much more valuable than any court title.

Of course, Byron didn't want it in the past.

But now is a golden opportunity to take advantage of the empty defense of the Hastings colony and seize military power legitimately.

No matter how big a privateer is, it is still just a privateer that needs to pay tribute to the Maritime Court; no matter how small a colonial fleet is, it is a regular army that can receive military expenses.

After all, what could be happier in this world than using the money and people of your enemies to support your own soldiers?