Chapter 703

Chapter 703

"Just gold coin?" Clement was puzzled and confirmed again.

"Otherwise?"

Victor spread his hands, smiled and said gracefully: "Besides gold coin, what else are the lords willing to exchange for rock brick manufacturing technology? We and everyone The kingdom’s lord of the negotiations, when everything is negotiated, the war between the centaur and the orc tribe may be over. Sidon’s pioneering frontline now requires rock bricks. The church does not want rock brick negotiations to take up a few years, right?"

The rock brick production technology has epoch-making significance, especially in the pioneering war, the lords who do not have the rock brick will fall behind. Sylvia and Victor hold the key rock bricks, and they can exchange more than gold coins, including fine gold, mithril, grain, and tenant population; there are also precious medicine formulas, advanced casting techniques, and the most critical medicine ingredient. , Long-term mineral supply agreement; even reached a foster marriage covenant with the noble bloodline family.

The value and impact of these things cannot be measured with money. In contrast, what is the use of Centaur Hills asking for gold coin?

A truly precious thing, no amount of gold can be bought, Centaur Hills can exchange stone bricks for the great lords of the kingdoms for precious resources.

However, the truth is not that simple.

If Victor exchanges rock bricks for the fine gold share of the seven islands, Lord Borui will be very happy, provided that only the two sides share rock brick technology and exclude other forces.

This is almost impossible to achieve. With the strength of the two kingdoms of Borui and Gambis, it is not possible to fight against the entire human kingdom. The final result must be to disclose the rock brick manufacturing technology. So, why does Borui Kingdom pay for others for rock bricks?

The pressure is a double-edged sword, and Victor and Sylvia made careful arrangements in the early stage and have already grasped the hilt of the double-edged sword. Assuming they specify to use rock brick manufacturing technology in exchange for half of the annual output of fine gold in the seven islands, the high lords and churches of the kingdoms will point their fingers at the Borui Kingdom, exerting heavy pressure and forcing them to compromise.

Now, everyone wants rock bricks, and everyone is unwilling to go out, for fear that Gambis will shoot the rock bricks on his face. The high lord's eyes all looked at the church, the upper class society around the rock brick game presented a quiet atmosphere, everyone was waiting for the moment of As the water recedes, the rocks appear.

Similarly, whoever can get the rock bricks from His Royal Highness Randal will be praised by everyone. Except for the party who pays the price, they never like their own interests damaged. Hate the church leaders who came forward to negotiate.

As the Pope, Clement is ready to offend some people. Through Sylvia, he actively invites Victor to the State of Ayr to talk about rock bricks, as long as Victor's conditions are not good. Too much, as much as you can promise.

Because the rock brick manufacturing technology needs to be open and popularized, no matter how valuable it is, the actual benefits that Centaur Hills can get from it are not as many as imagined. However, Victor proposed to settle with gold coin and sell the rock brick manufacturing technology. For him and Sylvia, this was undoubtedly the most aggrieved and thorough compromise.

Things went well beyond Clement's expectations, which instead made him more confused and hesitant.

Victor is known for his extraordinary wisdom. His previous layout was to satisfy everyone first. Unconsciously, Centaur Hills had the greatest initiative. The double blockade of breakthrough politics and diplomacy made him excluded. The lords of strength jumped to become the descendants of the Kingdom of Gambis.

Clement can’t see through Victor’s strategy, and has to admit that using gold coin to solve problems is the most effective and easiest way at the moment, and he himself has greatly benefited. Lords will understand it as Victor and Sylvia. A huge concession was made in favor of the Pope.

"How exactly do you deliver?" The pope asked calmly after clearing up his complicated thoughts.

"Referring to the trading methods of iron bricks and giant brick kilns, we only trade with the kingdoms. Each kingdom pays me 20 million jinsols, and Sasan Empire is 60 million." Victor extended two Finger, said: "I have two conditions. First, we only accept gold sol, silver sol and copper sol. We do not accept purple gold coins issued by the royal family. We must pay in full within one year."

"The second point, the kingdoms shall not refuse the normal trade between the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce and the lord in any form."

"At the same time, we guarantee that the cost of manufacturing rock bricks is very low. Rock brick is equivalent to 4 blue bricks, and the cost is mainly reflected in labor costs. In addition, there is no significant difference between the daily output of rock bricks and blue bricks."

"The kings sent representatives to sign the agreement, After holding the notarization before the gods, I immediately took out the rock brick manufacturing technology."

After listening to the two conditions of His Royal Highness Randal, Clement fell into long contemplation and gradually understood the other party's intentions.

Two years ago, Centaur Hills took out iron bricks and giant brick kilns. Victor proposed a distribution strategy in Blinol City, selling related technologies to the big lords and earning huge amounts of money. Those powerful lords who got the right to operate reselled iron brick recipes and giant brick kiln designs, and they all made a small profit following His Highness Randal.

During the orc wars, Victor sold Swiftbirds and birds, and the royal families rushed to subscribe for them.

Regardless of how the lord who obtained the relevant operating rights operated, these two transactions made the kingdom's financial funds difficult. Now Victor has repeated the old technique and has made a huge price for the rock brick manufacturing technology.

20 million gold coins, any kingdom can figure out a way to get it together. The problem is that they paid such a large sum of money, coupled with the previous two transactions, the lords had each one, and their treasury had to bottom out, and maybe they had to fight for family vassals and freedmen merchants.

It is foreseeable that for a long period of time in the future, the shortage of currency on the market will cause prices to fall. The High Level warhorse originally worth 80gold coin may only be sold for more than a dozen goldsore.

Gold coin, Silver Coin, and Copper Coin have all flowed into Centaur Hills. Just thinking about the materials Victor and Sylvia can buy is a melancholy sigh. The second condition notarized by God ensures this. .

Clement couldn't help but sigh for Victor's plan, but he wasn't sure he saw the entire layout. In front of the big scholar golden eye count, the pope became less and less confident.

Victor once asked him for the casting rights of Copper Sol. Maybe he had already started the layout at that time.

True allies need to be equal, including the mutual restraint and complementarity of wisdom, resources, and power. Clement leaned on the sofa and said calmly: "Viscount Tennes Ludwig is your friend, although he You don’t have this qualification, but you and Sophia do take him to speak... You want to pass a tax reform plan to push Tennes to the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer."

"Tennes tax The reform plan fell into the cold in the royal court of Gambis, offended the feudal lord of Gambis and the feudal lord, and even was deprived of his former duties, and had to leave the city of Blinol sadly. Not long ago, he went to the Sasan Empire to meet His Royal Highness Randal, and then again. Came to the Holy City of El and peddled his tax reform plan at the Silver Tower. Several tea parties have been held and several scholar Masters have been invited to speak up for him on the tax reform bill... It will cost a lot of money."

"Or, do you and Sophia need more comprehensive tax reform?"

The pope suddenly broke the topic and talked about tax reform. Victor was not surprised, laughed, and said: "Tennes’ tax reform plan has two core elements, the tenant’s poll tax and the king’s transaction tax. Now, the big scholars of the kings support the new tax plan, and the scholar of the lord’s family But I strongly opposed it. I wonder what the church’s attitude towards the new tax system is?"

"The church’s position does not allow me to oppose it."

Clement smiled cheerfully and said: "If Gambi Sri Lanka realized the new tax system. You sold rock bricks for 140 million gold sols, and you paid 3% of the king’s trade tax, totaling 4.2 million gold sols. Ten percent of this tax belonged to the church."

"I have a question." Clement looked straight and asked, "Although the lord pays for the head tax on tenants, the church draws one-tenth, and the king draws the remaining 20%, but the tax is ultimately It should be passed on to the tenants. What do you think?"

Victor nodded said: "The group of tenants is getting bigger and bigger. It may not be enough to rely on mutual aid donations and lottery funds to raise funds in two ways. The so-called poll tax is actually to ensure that the monogamous tenant family system can continue to operate, even if the lord transfers the money to the tenants, I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Otherwise, there will be more tenants in the future. The family is in trouble, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the entire system."

Paying taxes will definitely make tenants complain, but the lord does not have this tax, so relief to tenants is just empty talk.

When it comes to the livelihood of the people, the church’s consistent approach is to be a good person and let the lord bear the blame. The lord levied a poll tax on the tenants, which fully met the needs of the church. Clement has made in-depth research on the tenant system. He has realized that the relief problem of tenant households will become a terrifying loophole, and the poll tax proposed by Victor just makes up for this loophole.

Clement nodded and said: "Tenant tenants’ poll tax is imperative. Regarding this, the lord of the Silver Tower sent scholars to no one to oppose. Only the transaction tax controversy continues. In general, the royal scholars In the downwind, their numbers are small, and the scholars of the Lords are united in an unprecedented way on this issue."

"Flatlake Town collects transaction tax from the market merchants, and neither King Gambis nor the church does not have it. Intervened and other lords followed suit. This has almost become a common practice." Clement paused, said: "The founder of the bazaar transaction tax suddenly proposed that the merchandise crosses the border and the caravan must pay the king a 3% trade tax. ...This is actually paid by the lord. In addition to the king’s benefit, what else can the descendants of Cambis get?"

Victor said with a little embarrassment: "This is what Sophia meant. In 11 years, she will hand over the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce to Viscount Solon. Wimbledon. I am worried that she may not be able to advance to the golden rank during this period. I hope she will develop in the direction of kingdom politics. The border transaction tax is not bad. The entry point of Wimbledon can help the Marquis of Wimbledon regain control of the position of Minister of the Court of Finance. Anyway, Sophia is about to leave the Chamber of Commerce, and the border transaction tax is also a headache for Solon. If the tax reform proposal cannot be passed in the Elder's Council, it will not do me anything. Loss."

"...On the surface." Clement took a deep look at Victor, then said with a smile: "I heard that there is an unremarkable nobody in Flatlake Town, whose name is Wedge. He was originally a freedman businessman in the Black Fort. During the ant plague, his wealth was forcibly expropriated by the lord. His business failed and he was transferred to the Joshua family’s Deepwater City to do some black market merchants. Wedge finally returned. When I went to Centaur Hills, I bought a house in Flatlake Town, and became the head of the mutual aid association... He has a lot of business in Wild Willow City of the Beria family, and there is also business in Pine Town, led by Count Chebman... Do I need to continue? For example, for the public carriage you promote, Wedge has subscribed in many territories..."

Victor did not hide his surprise. The Golden Group needs to be sheltered by the church’s senior management from dark to light, and his preferred cooperation The one is Pope Clement. But Victor didn't expect that the other party caught the Golden Group's context so quickly, and connected the noble raging Dame with the insignificant fat businessman Weiqi.

The intention of the pope to show his strength lies in the sincerity of Victor, which determines whether the two sides can reach a consensus.

Victor said sternly, "Have you heard of Golden Group?"

"I'm listening." Clement responded with amusement.

Victor nodded, after making necessary deletions from the entire process of development of the Golden Group, tell the truth. After hearing the account of Golden Eye count, the pope was shocked for a long time before shook his head and sighed with complicated expression: "Unimaginable, as early as when you took office as the lord of Centaur Hills Baron, you began to plan such an amazing layout... Your Highness Extraordinary wisdom is awesome."

"It is gradually improving." Victor corrected: "In the beginning, my idea was very simple, just to improve the family's financial situation and take revenge on Sophia by the way. I want to be alone. Running the Golden Group, even Sylvia didn't plan to tell. But she finally knew. She made me understand that only Sophia is the best candidate to take over the Golden Group. If I hold onto the Golden Group, it will only mess things up. ”

Clement needs to continue to operate Battle Qi to control the turbulence in his heart. The Golden Group’s plan is too amazing and can bring immeasurable value and influence, not only for Victor, Sylvia and Sophia, but also for him. is also like this. In other words, as long as he is willing to endorse the Golden Group, he can mobilize a huge potential force without going through the Cardinal, provided that he formally forms a secret alliance with the Golden Group, and the worst consequence is that he will be attacked by other Church forces. The fear of suppression.

Golden Eye Count was right in front of him, and the pope quickly made a decision and said with a smile: "Your Golden Group can hide from its own lords, and it must not hide from the resident priests everywhere. Lazarus is in the Kingdom of Gambis. The Major Sect district has been in business for thirty years. Tamor has just taken over, and it will take several years to master the churches everywhere. If it weren't for this, it would be difficult for me to detect the traces of the Golden Group."

Victor said sincerely: "The Golden Group is growing and needs the protection of the Pope."

Clement said with satisfaction: "Then what is the most urgent problem for the Golden Group?"

"Freedmen Merchants Union."

Victor without the slightest hesitation said: "In the future, tenants will undertake heavy farming and animal husbandry labor, and the leaders and vassal families will have more people engaged in handicrafts. The increase in commodities brings prosperity to trade. There will be many merchants among the freedmen in cities and towns, and they will inevitably form forces and set the rules for freemen merchants. These freemen Chamber of Commerce are all potential competitors of Golden Group, but from another perspective , They can also become the support of Golden Group."

"I hope that Chamber of Commerce from all over the world can be unified under the banner of Golden Group. The several Great Families currently participating in Golden Group are willing to help."

Clement thought for a while, and said: "The legal status of the Golden Group, I can solve...Unify the Chamber of Commerce of free people everywhere, this is unrealistic. You are impossible to pull all the lords into the Golden Group, But the Cardinal will provide assistance, at least not let them become enemies of the Golden Group. The specific cooperation method still requires you to find a way."

Victor stood up to salute and said solemnly, "Many thanks." "

Clement waved his hand, motioned Victor to sit down, smiled cordially, and asked: "When do you plan to make the Golden Group officially announce it?"

"There are always two "Three years." Victor nodded further explained: "The Kingdom Trade Tax is to establish the trading order of the Freedmen Business Group in advance. The attitudes of the royal families are very important to the survival and development of the Golden Group. Some profits are distributed by taxation. The kings, Gol Den Group has room for survival. "

Clement laughed, and the interface said: "The tax rate is very important...Centaur Hills has so much money to spend, Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce came forward to purchase supplies for you, and they took the initiative to pay taxes when crossing the border. By the way, the trade tax was set, but in order to calm the anger of the lords of the country, they would only set a lower tax rate, and then ask the church to come forward and notarize... The low tax rate is just right for the Golden Group. "

Victor said with a smile, which is considered tacit.

The pope stood up from the sofa and said with his hand, "I am very satisfied with your proposal of using rock bricks for gold coins." , I owe you a favor, what do you need my help, except for the big prophecy, I will do my best. "

Victor said with scorching eyes: "Under the crown, I want to see the Pope Your Majesty in private." "