The lord took the parchment and wrote down his own thoughts. The young man wrote quickly because his conditions were not complicated. He just wanted a few more gold coins. When he wanted to hand the parchment to Nipoli
Behind him, he was stopped by Silio.
"Young man, let me see what you wrote?" Syrio wanted to snatch the parchment from the young man, but Nipoli got it first.
"Viscount Silio, what do you want to do?"
Silio smiled and said: "Young people's vision is too short-sighted. They can only see the gains and losses in front of them. I want to give them some guidance!"
Nipoli frowned and said, "I think you are too involved."
Silio smiled and said: "Not everyone has the right to speak to Lord Victor. Young people who don't know the rules may offend the Lord. Why don't you leave it all to me? I, everything I say can be
Help them..."
Nipoli walked to Syrio's ear and whispered: "They don't need your help. You may not realize that you have offended Lord Victor. Do you really want him to treat you like a prisoner? Again
Or you can calm down a little and don’t make adults hate you even more!”
Silio did not dare to say any more, and the lords handed over the parchments one after another. Nipoli placed all the lords in the inner castle to rest and asked the guards to monitor their every move.
He handed the parchment of the lords to Reggie. Seeing what Silio wrote, Reggie was furious. This guy said that he wanted to distinguish the concepts of taxation and worship. He was going to collect 70% of the tax from the common people and 30% as tax.
Leave it to Reggie and leave 40% to him as an offering.
What a hopeless idiot, he was still bargaining with Reggie when he was about to die.
Nipoli took out two other pieces of parchment, and what was written on them was almost exactly the same as Syrio's.
"According to my speculation, Silio and these two people should be the three most powerful lords among the Golden Eagles, and also the most greedy lords," Nipoli said. "They are the troublemakers and want to conquer the Spike.
The island must find someone to take their place."
Nipoli took out the parchment of the young man again and said: "This man's name is Hilario. I found this man in Silio's genealogy. He is a direct descendant of the first generation of colonists. Because he lost
Due to the war between the lords, his family was separated from the genealogy forty years ago."
"So he should have a bloodline advantage. Let me see his conditions." Reggie picked up the parchment. "Am I right? He only wants ten more gold coins?"
Nipoli said: "I asked this young man privately. His territory is very small. He can only collect sixty gold coins as offerings every year, and he must hand over twenty-four gold coins to Silio. If he can get forty
The reward of gold coins is actually a bargain for him."
Nipoli gave the lord's diary to Reggie. For Silio, the so-called diary was a running account, which recorded all his sources of income.
Syrio can receive more than 600 gold coins as offerings from the territory every year, and can also steal more than 700 gold coins from other lords. Thirty gold coins every year is not even a fraction of his income. No wonder he treats Reggie
The conditions produced such strong resistance.
There are two other families, and their annual income is around 500 gold coins. As for the other lords, they are very different from them. Their income is less than 100 gold coins. The worst lord only has one hundred gold coins per year.
With an income of more than twenty gold coins, the lord fully agreed to Reggie's conditions and only hoped that he would not need to pay taxes on the reward he received.
The income gap between the Golden Eagle lords is very large, and these poor lords naturally become the targets of Reggie's bribery.
As long as he can win their support, Reggie can adjust the structure of the interest chain and knock Syrio off the top of the interest chain. If he doesn't cooperate, Reggie can also find an excuse to kill him at any time.
However, Reggie also found another clue in the diary. Silio received an offering of two hundred gold coins each year from the Dongsan people and the Pallas people. This figure surprised Reggie a little.
As the other two forces on the island, two hundred gold coins are really not much. And as the nominal ruler of Spiked Island, Sirio shouldn't just accept this as a tribute.
There are only two reasonable explanations. The first is that these two races are unwilling to pay more tributes to Syrio, and Syrio has nothing to do with them.
Another explanation is that the other two races are very poor and they simply cannot afford more gold coins.
Reggie still knows too little about Spike Island. If he wants to know the answer, he must do more research.
That night, Reggie stayed in the middle castle. Because he was always under Natalie's surveillance, he had no chance to have more in-depth communication with the girls in the castle.
At dawn the next day, Reggie, who had slept well all night, called Silio. Looking at the haggard look on the fat man's face, he must have had a very hard time last night.
"Sir, I'm not used to being crowded together with so many people. I mean, if it's not necessary, I hope you can let the other lords leave my castle as soon as possible. Of course, I don't mind if you stay here longer.
day."
Reggie clenched his fists and kept muttering a word to calm down in his heart.
"I heard that there are still many lords here who have not come to see me. Aren't they willing to be loyal to me?"
Silio was startled, then smiled and said: "Are you talking about the Dongsang and Pallas people? They are all rough fools, and I guess you don't want to see them either."
"But I read your diary, and you can get two hundred gold coins from them every year."
"According to the tradition of Spiked Island, these gold coins belong to me..."
Reggie punched the table hard, and Syrio knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said. He licked his lips and whispered: "I, I am willing to share their offerings with you."
Share together? Reggie wants to blow his fat face right now.
Now is not the time to get angry, Reggie also wants to ask for more valuable information from Sirio's mouth.
"As far as I know, they have a large territory and a lot of people. Why can they only hand over two hundred gold coins as an offering every year?"
"What else can we expect from these crude fools who don't know how to acquire wealth?"
Silio despised the Dongsan and Pallas people very much. His words confirmed Reggie's first speculation. They were not so strong that they would not pay the offerings, but they just couldn't afford the money to pay them.
The Dongsang people do not know how to do business. The Dongsang people are good at farming and can produce a large amount of grain and fruits in their territory every year. They will sell these agricultural products to the lords of the Golden Eagle Kingdom at extremely low prices in exchange for very little.
A portion of the gold coins, and 40% of these gold coins will be returned to Silio in the form of offerings. This greedy guy used two channels to plunder the blood and sweat of the Dongsang people.
As for the Pallas, their life is even harder. They are not good at farming, and most of their territories are located on rocks and beaches, which are not suitable for farming. They do not know how to do business, and no one wants to do business with pirates. They
The only income comes from looting. They will use the gold coins they robbed to buy high-priced food from the Golden Eagles. At the same time, they will use 40% of the remaining gold coins to pay tribute to Silio.
This is strange. The Dongsang people have food but no gold coins, and the Pallas people have gold coins but no food. Why don't they trade directly with each other instead of accepting the squeeze of the Golden Eagle people?
Silio gave the following explanation: "This is the tradition of Spike Island. If they conduct private transactions, it will be equivalent to breaking the rules of Spike Island, which will trigger a war on the island. Even if they join forces,
There is no chance of winning in a fight with me. The people of Spike Island value tradition very much, and anyone who violates tradition will be severely punished, so sir, I also hope that you can respect our tradition..."
"I want to meet them," Reggie interrupted Syrio, "at least let me meet the leaders of these two races."
"This matter can be left to me," Silio said. "If I complete the task you gave me, I hope you can be more considerate of my situation. I am used to a clean life in the castle. I really
I don’t want to be disturbed by other people anymore…”
Reggie winked at Modesa, who stepped forward and grabbed Syrio's hair.
Syrio was shocked and said: "Sir, you should not use violence against me for no reason!"
"I just want to tell you one thing. I've heard enough of your conditions," Reggie said. "From now on, you must learn to obey orders unconditionally, otherwise I will chop off your head and hang it on your castle.