Viscount Angelink rushed out of the carriage that had not yet stopped, and almost fell down, but he did not care about his gaffe, but shouted excitedly: "Marine Battalion, Marine Battalion, assemble immediately, immediately, quickly!"
Hearing the noise in front of the theater headquarters, Earl Davanel came out with three other kingdom envoys. He didn't know what Viscount Angelink was crazy about. Now they are the only ones in charge of the seven kingdoms' envoys at the theater headquarters.
The most important thing is the force of this Marine Corps battalion. The guard regiments directly under the two logistics departments of the theater and the troops directly under the Rock Legion ignored the orders of their special envoys from the seven kingdoms. Even if they forced the senior officers of the theater headquarters to
Although he was off duty, the junior officers below were still very resistant to their orders.
Now what does Viscount Angelink want to do when he gathers the soldiers of the Marine Corps Battalion? To fight with the troops under the legion? Although they are special envoys of the kingdom and represent the will of His Majesty the King, even if the troops in the war zone disobey the order, they will not
Offend them, but it’s hard to say if there are bloody and violent incidents. Besides, with the performance of this Marine Corps battalion, can it deal with the troops below the war zone? Why doesn’t Viscount Angelink stop and think about it...
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But at this time, Viscount Angelink had already rushed in front of the four Earls of Davanel, and said excitedly: "Quick, let's go to the Overseas Minsheng Bank. There are gold and silver bricks worth tens of millions stored there. Each brick has such
The Grand Viscount Oribut and Baron Foglie asked me to come back and quickly mobilize troops to seal the bank, because the people in the bank are preparing to transfer these gold and silver bricks..."
The four Earls of Davanel were a little stunned when they saw the gestures made by Viscount Angelink. Is this nearly half a meter in length? Are there really such big gold and silver square bricks?
Fortunately, Viscount Gregory was relatively calm. He said, "We cannot take all the people away. Leave two hundred here to guard those two people."
The two people he was talking about were General Bolognik and General Skerry, who have been under house arrest in the theater headquarters.
It was not until the five kingdom envoys crowded into a carriage and drove to the Overseas Minsheng Bank that Count Davarnel and others heard from Viscount Angelink the reason why he came back to summon the Marine Corps Battalion this time. There was no other reason.
, the light of gold and silver dazzled the three kingdom envoys who went to the Overseas Minsheng Bank to investigate. No one expected that the neatly arranged gold tiles in a room would give people such a big shock. When the bank supervisor introduced
When the gold bricks here were worth six million gold crowns, the envoys from the three kingdoms were moved in unison.
Viscount Oribut and Baron Foglie originally only wanted to forcibly buy shares in the bank, of course, without paying for the shares but still having a say in more than 20% of the shares. And Viscount Angelink
At that time, he was thinking about how to move these gold bricks back to his home. He was not greedy. It was enough to move one-seventh of them back, and leave the rest to the other six kingdom envoys.
Unfortunately, the bank supervisor politely rejected the three kingdom envoys’ requests to buy shares and bring back a few gold bricks for viewing. When he said that these gold bricks, as well as the ones in a room next to them, were worth two million
The silver bricks of gold crowns and the more than three million gold crowns in silver thalers in the bank vaults are the wealth belonging to the residents of various territorial kingdoms, and they are also collateral for the banknotes worth more than 20 million gold crowns issued by Overseas Minsheng Bank.
After that, the special envoys from the three kingdoms showed their vicious and greedy faces, preparing to swallow up the entire Overseas Minsheng Bank.
"We can completely close this Overseas Minsheng Bank, because it does not have an opening document approved by the Kingdom's Ministry of Finance, but only an authorization document from the territorial war zone. According to the Kingdom's private bank opening regulations, this bank is illegal. It issues
The banknotes are also illegally printed products and cannot be recognized by the kingdom." This is what Viscount Angelink said.
Half an hour later, the seven kingdom envoys were all standing in the gold display area in the lobby of Overseas Minsheng Bank. Under the light of bright candles, the huge gold square tiles in the room flashed with charming golden light, which made the seven kingdom envoys
There was a look of intoxication on his face.
Everyone in the Overseas Minsheng Bank's Lanhu City head office was under control. More than 400 officers and soldiers from the Marine Corps surrounded the entire four-story building where the bank was located. The door had been closed, and only the people in the lobby on the first floor were surrounded by water.
The envoys of the seven kingdoms, if these gold and silver bricks were not too huge and heavy, the envoys of the seven kingdoms would have already started dancing with these gold bricks.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect our problem to be solved like this..." Count Davanel gently stroked the huge gold nugget with his hand. In his impression, the tenderness and deep affection could only be seen when he was young.
It happened once on my wedding night.
"Report..." A captain officer from the Marine Corps battalion entered the hall. His arrival finally made the seven envoys of the kingdom who were obsessed with gold come to their senses.
"What's the matter?" Viscount Oribut asked displeasedly.
The captain took a peek at the room full of gold tiles, swallowed before replying: "Sir, envoy, many people gathered outside, asking why we closed the bank. There are also several people claiming to be shareholders of the bank.
The gentleman said he wanted to see the special envoy."
"We don't have time to see them." Viscount Angelink reprimanded unhappily: "What's the use of the musket in your hand? Disperse those untouchables outside, tell those bank shareholders to get out, and tell them this bank
Without the approval of the kingdom, they issued banknotes without authorization, gathered illegal funds, and disrupted the financial order of the kingdom. This is a crime against the kingdom. We will investigate this bank today and investigate their crimes another day. Let them go back and reflect on themselves, and pay homage to them as soon as possible.
The only way out is for us to surrender!"
After repelling the captain and officer, the envoys from the seven kingdoms came to the fourth floor of the bank, preparing to inventory the total assets of the Overseas Minsheng Bank. Soon, they had a lot of gains.
"According to the records in these account books, in addition to the gold and silver bricks in the hall worth eight million gold crowns, there are also gold and silver coins worth three million gold crowns in the vault. In addition, in the other seven branches of the direct jurisdiction
There are gold and silver coins of one million gold crowns each, which add up to a total of 18 million gold crowns in physical gold and silver.
The Overseas Minsheng Bank has currently issued low-denomination banknotes worth 23 million gold crowns, circulating throughout the overseas territories. In addition, their external loan amount has also reached nearly 30 million gold crowns, which is used to support various industries.
The workshops of the directly-governed territories expanded their production and agricultural and animal husbandry development, and interest-free loans of nearly ten million gold crowns were used by the war zone to build transportation infrastructure in the directly-governed territories..."
Baron Foglie quickly completed the inventory of the account books and made a preliminary summary report: "Here is a list of shareholders of Overseas Minsheng Bank. There are more than 200 people, and the minimum shareholding ratio is 0.1%.
.I think this list has included all the powerful local people in the entire overseas territories, and their combined wealth should not be weaker than the wealth owned by this bank."
"Hahaha..." The kingdom's envoys all laughed tacitly. After finishing the bank, they will follow the list and search for success. One by one, the charges are all ready-made, illegally raising funds to start a business.
Banks. If the shareholders of these banks are not punished and hemorrhaged, even if they, the kingdom’s envoys, are incompetent, I never expected that there would be so many wealthy people in this overseas territory...
"We've come to the right place this time." Earl Davanel was so satisfied that he opened a bottle of blueberry fruit wine, poured himself a full glass, and drank it in one gulp: "I didn't expect that, I originally thought that this overseas territory was
It's a remote place, a place where birds can't poop. It's a hard job being sent here by His Majesty this time. It's difficult to complete the task assigned by His Majesty. Unexpectedly, a bank can easily solve our big problem.
Let's all share our opinions on how to distribute the gold and silver in the bank. We are all in the same boat this time, sharing the blessings. Let's discuss what proportion should be handed over, so as not to hurt the harmony. Of course, we can't
It’s a waste of time. Everyone’s interests still need to be taken care of. Now, we have to strike a balance and satisfy everyone while fulfilling His Majesty’s will..."
Viscount Oribut nodded: "Your Majesty the Count is right. I have been thinking just now. His Majesty said that the taxes and tributes that have not been paid by the overseas territories in the past few years will be collected, and a fine of ten times will be imposed. So this ten times
The fine refers to the total of all taxes and tributes in one year or in the previous five years. As we all know, in the files of the Kingdom's Ministry of Finance, the total of taxes and tributes in overseas territories for one year is only 400,000 gold crowns.
If it is one year of taxes and tributes, then a fine of ten times the amount will be four million gold crowns. The gold and silver reserves here alone can allow us to complete our mission. But if it is a fine of ten times the taxes and tributes of five years,
Then we will be in big trouble. The taxes and tributes of two million gold crowns for five years and ten times the fine are 20 million gold crowns. In other words, we have to hand over 22 million gold crowns, even if we pay
After handing over all the gold and silver reserves in this bank building, we are still short of eleven million gold crowns..."
"Ahem..." Viscount Gregory put down the black tea cup in his hand: "I think your wise Majesty also knows very well the reason why the taxes and tributes of the overseas territories in the first five years were not handed over.
It was used to pay for the military expenses of the colonial war that just ended. The ten-fold fine he mentioned was just an excuse to punish the territorial war zone for disrespecting him. It did not really require us to complete this fine task.
If we truthfully hand over the total taxes and tributes of the overseas territories for five years, and then pay ten times the fine, then we will really be in trouble. For a very simple reason, our Majesty sees
With so much wealth, we must think that the overseas territories are extremely rich. It is very likely that we will stay for another two years and get him more than 20 million gold crowns...
As the kingdom's special envoys, we need to stay in the directly-governed territories for two years. Next year, the kingdom's local governors and admirals will come to take up their posts in the overseas territories. We can only stay for another year to negotiate various powers with them.
Handover. In other words, in the year after next, after we have carried out the handover, we will return to the kingdom's mainland. What is really left for us to show our skills is the period between now and next year before those people come over."
The kingdom's envoys all fell silent. They knew the meaning of what Viscount Gregory said. When the governors and admirals come to take office next year, they will need to give them to them even if they can plunder more property from overseas territories.
The latecomers are left with a portion and cannot eat alone. Therefore, the only time they can really take charge of the overseas territories is between now and next year before the governors and admirals take office.
Earl Davanel knocked on the table: "Viscount Gregory is right, we need to hurry up. I have a suggestion. We cannot let His Majesty know that the overseas territories are very wealthy, but we must also let him know that we have done our best.
Try my best to fulfill his instructions. Therefore, I think that for the first time, I will transport one million gold crowns back, and at the same time, I will write to Your Majesty to complain about how barbaric the overseas territories are and how difficult the conditions are...
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When the governors and admirals arrive next year, we will have the fleet transport two million gold crowns back. When we return the next year, we will bring gold and silver bricks worth one million gold crowns to present to His Majesty. In this way, His Majesty will think that we have already
We tried our best to help him collect all the wealth of the overseas territories, and even if he failed to fulfill the ten-fold fine, he would not blame us..."
"This proposal is very good. I think it should be distributed like this." The kingdom's envoys all agreed. No one is a fool. The gold and silver reserves in the bank are worth 11 million gold crowns, and they are given to Stirling XI.
Offer four million, and the remaining seven million is exactly one million gold crowns for a kingdom envoy. As for the rest, it depends on everyone's methods. The property collected from the people is considered personal income and does not need to be handed over to the national treasury.
and the inner treasury of the Sterling royal family.
The atmosphere became lively, and the kingdom's envoys raised their glasses to pay tribute to Count Davanel's proposal, and also congratulated them on the tacit agreement on how much wealth they had reached to hand over to Stirling XI. They knew very well that in addition to these four hundred
In addition to the 10,000 gold crowns handed over to the royal treasury and the 1 million each of them received, no matter how much wealth they get in the overseas territories, it will go into their pockets.
"I suggest that the gold and silver bricks, silver talers and gold crowns stored in this bank be transported back to the theater headquarters for safekeeping. In the morning, when Viscount Oribut and Viscount Angelink came over to investigate, we found that the
More than twenty transport carriages equipped with iron plates were being mobilized to the yard behind the building. So we thought that the people in the bank were preparing to transport these gold and silver bricks, so we asked Viscount Angelink to rush back and take the navy
The Marine Battalion was mobilized to seal the bank." Baron Fogli boasted proudly.
Earl Davanel nodded: "This is a good suggestion. Not only do we need to transport all these gold and silver reserves back, but we also need to transport all the books and records in the bank, so that we can clearly know what happened.
Who are the rich people in the entire overseas territories?"
Just at this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the room, and a lieutenant colonel from the Marine Corps Battalion rushed in with a panicked expression: "Sir Special Envoy, please look out the window, we'd better leave here right away..."
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Count Davarnel directly smashed the wine glass in his hand: "You bastard, how dare you rush in so rudely, don't you want to be the battalion commander?"
Viscount Oribut and several other kingdom envoys walked to the window and looked outside, their expressions changed greatly: "Why are there so many people? What do they want to do?"
The outside of the Overseas Minsheng Bank building was surrounded by a sea of people. A dozen meters away from the bank building were surrounded by various carriages. Among the crowd outside were many old men and middle-aged men in faded military uniforms holding muskets.
young people......
Viscount Angelink angrily yelled at the trembling Marine Corps battalion commander who was standing there: "Didn't I ask you to shoot to disperse them? Why didn't you shoot? Do these untouchables want to rebel? Send someone immediately
Move troops from the war zone to suppress them!"
The lieutenant colonel and battalion commander trembled and replied: "They also have guns. There are too many people. Our soldiers deployed on the outer blockade can only retreat into the building now..."
"Then what are you waiting for? Let the soldiers shoot and kill these untouchables!" Baron Foglie also panicked.
"You can't shoot, we don't have much ammunition reserves here." Viscount Gregory shouted: "Immediately let the soldiers hold on to the bank building, and then send people out to ask these untouchables what they want to do, and see if there is any chance for our people to
Sneak out and mobilize troops in the war zone to rescue us..."
So the unlucky lieutenant colonel and battalion commander was assigned to go outside to see what these untouchables wanted to do. Ten minutes later, the lieutenant colonel and battalion commander ran back: "They told us to get out, saying that this overseas people's livelihood bank belongs to all residents of the direct jurisdiction.
, we are not allowed to touch anything inside. There are a few bank shareholders outside who are the organizers of those untouchables, and they want to ask us why we should close this bank..."
"Why? This bank is illegal. We are here to investigate on behalf of His Majesty the King. Do they want to rebel?" Viscount Angelink was furious.
"Wait a minute," Viscount Oribut thought for a while and said, "You go out again and let those bank shareholders come in to negotiate with us. Control them first when they come in. Maybe the untouchables outside will have no organizers.
It will be disbanded automatically. Then we can declare these bank shareholders to be traitors to the kingdom, confiscate their homes and exterminate their families so that these untouchables will never dare to resist us again..."
It's just that the Kingdom's envoys miscalculated. They arrested these bank shareholders, but they could not stop more people and bank shareholders from coming. For all the people in the direct jurisdiction who have banknotes issued by Overseas Minsheng Bank, the Kingdom's envoys
With the arrival of the war, the five generals in the war zone were relieved of their duties. It was none of their business. They were just watching. It was just a change in the upper-level officials of the direct jurisdiction and had nothing to do with them.
But the Kingdom's special envoy sealed the Overseas Minsheng Bank, which meant touching the bottom line of all people in the direct jurisdiction. No one wanted the banknotes in their hands to become waste paper. They gathered spontaneously and surrounded the entire Overseas Minsheng Bank building.
Under the organization of those bank shareholders, they vowed never to let these kingdom envoys plunder the gold and silver bricks stored in the bank, because that was the only collateral that guaranteed the monetary value of the banknotes in their hands.
When the first batch of bank shareholders who entered the bank to negotiate with the kingdom's envoys were detained, all the people gathered outside became angry. They spontaneously built barricades, arranged guards, and surrounded the entire bank building. And various people from the direct jurisdiction
Newspapers and leaflets were flying all over the sky, and not a single newspaper had a good word for the Kingdom's special envoy. There was even a leaflet that stated that the real purpose of the Kingdom's special envoy's arrival was to plunder the wealth of the overseas territories and transport it back to the Kingdom's mainland for that faint Lord Sterling.
Maintaining luxurious living expenses in the eleventh life...
On November 7, the 594th year of the Holy Light Calendar, the kingdom's envoys, who had been besieged by the people from the direct jurisdiction for three days and three nights in the headquarters building of the Overseas Minsheng Bank, once again opened negotiations with the bank's shareholders. This time they withdrew.
As a first step, Overseas Minsheng Bank is allowed to continue operating in overseas territories, but all gold and silver reserves in the head office will be taken away by them as fines.
The person who came forward to negotiate with the Kingdom's envoys for the second time was Mr. Bennett, the one-armed knight of the former direct territory. He angrily rejected the requests of the Kingdom's envoys, believing that the Kingdom's envoys had sealed off the head office of the Overseas Minsheng Bank for no reason.
The bank has suffered heavy economic losses. All gold and silver stored in the head office belong to the wealth of all people in the direct jurisdiction, and they have no right to take it away...
As a result, the negotiations were suspended, and the second batch of shareholder representatives who entered the bank building were detained again by the Kingdom's envoys. The people outside were increasingly angered by the Kingdom's envoys' lack of credibility. They protested loudly, demanding that the Kingdom's envoys unconditionally release all the shareholders.
negotiators and imprisoned bank employees, then get out from overseas!
On November 11th, the kingdom's envoys, who were trapped in the bank building for seven days and nights, used a magnified magic scroll to warn the people of the demesne who were besieging the bank building outside, claiming that what they were doing now was a crime against the kingdom.
All people are required to evacuate immediately, otherwise it will immediately become a rebellion in the kingdom and will be brutally suppressed and bloody purged by the war zone troops...
However, Claude appeared in front of the bank building with the 131st Battalion of Thunder. He also used the magic scroll of amplification and gave the order directly: "Attack, capture the bank building, and kill the resisters on the spot!"