Chapter 143 Everything for Existence
Standing by the window, watching Horn and his guards walking across the suspension bridge, Darnay raised his head and drank the wine in the gilt gold cup in one gulp.
Picking up the illegible note, Darnay tore it into pieces and threw it into the stove.
The door of the waiting room was pushed open again, and Shi Shiran, a blond woman wearing a long skirt, walked into the room accompanied by two maids.
"My dear fiancé, how did your conversation with that stupid farmer go?"
"He really gave me a big surprise." Danai raised his head, looked at the woman with a veil-covered tower-shaped hat that was three times longer than her face, and smiled bitterly.
The blond woman approached the window, looked at Horn who was leading the horse slowly along the street, and asked softly: "Is it difficult? Or we can find someone to go..."
"No, there is a witch beside him, and she is also a witch with the ability to shape energy. If something happens to him, it will be a big worry if the witch becomes violent."
The blonde woman chuckled: " Is it possible that she can still fight her way into the castle?"
Dane frowned and knocked on the armrest of the chair: "You are far away from Black Snake Bay, and you have never seen a witch going crazy
A disaster like the fire in Border Town depends on the Holy Father's will, but if it's just the two of us, it's easier than you think. "
The blond woman just shrugged indifferently.
"Bamanda, do you still remember our previous plan? "Dane frowned, "I'm afraid that won't work. This holy grandson will eventually leave. "
"Is there really no other way? He is quite important, and the Pope is going after him by name. "
Danay looked at the burning paper in the stove: "Let him go, lest the fish die and the net is broken. ”
"I think 80% of the time it was Casti who was causing trouble. He was the one who accompanied this country bumpkin before."
"Stop talking, have you discussed it with the bank?" Darnay stood up irritably. He picked up the wine and poured another glass for himself and Bamanda.
Taking the glass, Bamanda took a sip: "The agent of the Holy See Bank, Craig Zoff, came to see me this morning. He suggested setting the face value at 1 gold pound."< br>
"One gold pound? Are you right?" Darnay's eyes widened, "This is a heavy tax."
"This is not a tax, this is a bond, this A small gap affects whether we can collect the money.”
With eyes as if they were meeting for the first time, Darnay looked Bamanda up and down: "I still don't quite understand. Is the money I saved earlier enough for us?"
"That's what you are doing. How much is this tax? My Darnay, you are too kind, these little people will become evil if they have money."
Bamanda stepped forward and leaned his head on it. Dardenne's chest: "My grandfather was so kind to those citizens, but they turned around and betrayed poor old Blonov and took refuge in the royal family.
Guess how they obtained the charter Guess how they came up with that huge sum of bribes? Wasn’t it just through tax evasion from generation to generation?
If you let them go on like this, you will only get the same results as my father and grandfather. They have the same result.”
"We have already levied a round of taxes on them. Now that the current situation is so turbulent, if we continue to do this, we will not..."
Looking at Danai's hesitant face, Bamanda looked tenderly on his face. While smiling, he couldn't help but feel a sense of annoyance rising in his heart.
If it wasn’t the family’s intention, why would she marry this country bumpkin noble?
"If they don't do this, they will just take advantage of the turbulent situation and rely on bribes to become a new free city." Although he was disdainful, Bamanda still gently comforted Darnay on his face.
“But the method doesn’t have to be so cruel, right?” “This is also part of the deal, my Darnay.”
In addition to making money for himself, Bamanda's most important purpose is to completely destroy the status of Duke Kush in the hearts of the people of Qianhe Valley.
Make sure that the people of Qianhe Valley will not use the name of the Duke of Kush to cause trouble and affect the new rule.
Just like that Ruoan III, Ruoan died nearly two hundred years ago, and he actually created a Ruoan III.
Na Ruo'an is obviously a witch and cannot have any descendants. Where did Ruo'an III come from?
"I know this is part of the deal." Darnay's face didn't look good when Bamanda said this, "But we are still here after all."
"The Ayr people have an old saying. , people cannot be angry three times in a row. The first two times of anger have calmed down, but by the third time, they have lost the ability and courage to be angry. "
Turning his head, Bamanda looked out the window. Pointing at the civilians walking back and forth below: "Look, they were still tit-for-tat with us yesterday, but now they are honestly doing business."
"Is it true that it won't trigger a popular uprising? Do these methods of yours really work? "
"Compared with us Franks, the Laiya people's taxation methods are too backward and do not work. "
Bamanda finally couldn't bear it any longer. She said contemptuously: "I have investigated and found that the taxes paid to the royal family of Leia by the Thousand River Valley are about 60,000 to 70,000 gold pounds a year. Let me calculate it. Hotam alone The county can collect more than 200,000 gold pounds a year. "
"The Kingdom of Leia has its own national conditions." Danai said with a big belly, leaning on the seat, "The little money is all. It was taken away by the church and the local nobles, otherwise King Leia would not be able to gain the support of the church and the nobles."
"But he still failed to win, right?" This French noblewoman. He smiled slightly sarcastically, "The windmill land is still in the hands of us French people, but the Kingdom of Leia has divided the imperial company into six parts because of its foreign debt of 2.8 million gold pounds."
"Yes, times have changed." Darnay said slightly sadly, "My father and grandfather have been waiting for a lifetime, but it happened in this era."
"Don't be sad, my Darnay." Seeing Darnay's mood, Bamanda immediately sat on his lap, "None of this has anything to do with you, your great future has just begun."
Gently stroking the animal claw marks on the armrest, Darnay said nothing until the city bell rang, and then he sighed.
Hold Bamanda's waist and push her up. Danai stood by the window and stared blankly at the territory that had been passed down for generations.
His grandfather died here, his father grew up here, and he was born here.
After looking at it for a long time, he laughed to himself. This was not his ancestral land. His ancestral land was in Feiliu Castle. Her former name was Castle Joan of Arc.
He has been to Feiliu Castle. There is no trace of the Kush family there, and it is as strange as another world.
From Flying Castle to Canal Town, King Revlander to Duke Kush, there was no room for Darnay to take a step back.
The blood of the family must always be continued, just like the Kush family's proverb, "It is our responsibility to inherit the family."
Staying alive is more important than anything else.
"In the evening, please invite the agent of the Holy See Bank to come over. I want to have dinner with him."
Looked down at the four letters on his left hand that represent the family name. A ring, Darnay adjusted the position and direction of the ring, turning it into a new family name——
Jiba Mountain [Kipa].
(End of this chapter)