Duke Edmund was silent again, he could almost imagine the extent of corruption within the navy.

He slapped the table hard: "These people can't be described as moths, but black sheep, aren't they afraid of pirates hitting the door?"

Pirates? Renard smiled and waved his hand: "You may not believe me when I say it, I ordered someone to raid the homes of those naval officers, not only copied a large amount of gold coins, but also copied a lot of evidence that they colluded with pirates to rob merchant ships. ”

"If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have imagined that these guys, who are supposed to protect the people, are actually the ones who have benefited the most, and thirty percent of the money intercepted by the pirates is close to their pockets, otherwise they don't want to go ashore to replenish supplies and provisions. ”

As he spoke, he took out two large stacks of letters from his feet and placed them on his desk: "These are only a small part of them, and I have ordered the rest to be sent to Arthur City, and I guess it is about to arrive now." ”

Duke Edmund took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

Immediately afterwards, he suddenly reacted, glared at Lei Ye angrily and said: "Don't bother to open the topic, Lao Tzu came today to find someone to ask for someone, and you actually sent my people to attack Wujian Port without my permission, how to calculate this account?"

Renard thought for a moment and said, "How about 100,000 gold coins?"

Hearing the figure of 100,000 gold coins, Duke Edmund's anger suddenly disappeared: "How much money did you copy from Harbor City?"

Lei Ye raised his head and counted for a long time: "About 800,000 gold coins." ”

Duke Edmund was stunned again, and he stammered, "Eight, eight, eight, eight hundred thousand gold coins?"

Renard nodded very affirmatively: "And not counting other valuable things, such as the two-person tall red coral, which is estimated to be more than two thousand gold coins, and the fist-sized night pearl, which is also estimated to be thousands of gold coins, there are thousands of similar things." ”

He didn't hide it, after all, if he didn't say it, the two generals under Duke Edmund would say it too.

Lei Ye poured a cup of tea for the other party: "I have asked Leopold and others to verify the value of these things, and it is conservatively estimated that it will be more than two million gold coins, and they will be sold by the Sea, Land and Air Joint Chamber of Commerce at that time, and I will leave you a few good things." ”

Duke Edmund nodded lightly and muttered, "Two million gold coins." ”

"No!" he snapped back, "You kid got nearly three."

The benefit of a million gold coins is that you only give me 100,000 gold coins?"

Renard nodded as a matter of course, and then explained: "I have other uses for this money, now that Nanhuang County is completely under my control, to put it bluntly, I am the soil emperor here, this is my territory, I can take care of it." ”

He looked at each other with a smile: "This is the master of life, who doesn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and now Nanhuang County has just suffered from the demonic disaster, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, these problems cannot be solved by just three million gold coins." ”

Duke Edmund sneered and said: "Then you don't care about our family, you are also a descendant of the Duncan family, a member of the Duke of Duncan, and now there is a lot of waste to be rebuilt, so you don't give more?"

When Renard heard this, he immediately said: "Lord Duke, you have to distinguish between public and private, this money belongs to the kingdom's navy, and it has to be used for the navy, and I plan to use this money to build an ace navy to protect the peace of Arthur's kingdom." ”

Duke Edmund was almost defeated by his shamelessness: "Defend Arthur's kingdom?

Lei Ye smiled: "Almost, almost." ”

Duke Edmund is not an unreasonable person, now the kingdom's navy is useless, and all the naval officers who have connections with pirates have been arrested, if they are not dealt with in time, when the pirates hear about it, I am afraid that it will cause great losses to the endless port.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Do you want me to help?"

Renard nodded: "I can't ask for it, if you can transfer the navy by two-thirds, you can solve the urgent need." ”

Duke Edmund did not refuse, nor did he print it directly, he said solemnly: "The public is public, the private is private, if you want my help, you can't help in vain, right?"

Lei Ye was speechless, why are these guys he knows so snobbish?

But what people said is right, you can't help in vain!

After thinking for a while, he said: "Now that the Duke of Duncan is in ruins, I know that you are in trouble, so I am willing to provide 300,000 tons of grain, 50,000 tons of dried vegetables, and 50,000 tons of dried meat for free as relief. ”

Duke Edmund raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "That's all, I still have 30,000 troops and equipment that have not been found!"

Lei Ye glared at the other party and said angrily: "You have less than 20,000 troops in total, where did the more than 10,000 come from?"

Duke Edmund said calmly: "Recruit immediately." ”

He glanced at Lei Ye faintly: "Now the demon disaster has not passed, the area near the Ambrizette Mountains will be infested with demons from time to time, it is very dangerous, I must station heavy troops there, otherwise the Duke of Duncan will never be at peace." ”

Hearing the other party's words, Renard knew that he would not be able to get this material.

So he simply did it to the end, gritting his teeth and gurgling: "Okay! I will provide 5,000 sets of infantry equipment and 5,000 sets of cavalry equipment for free!"

Duke Edmund asked, "Are there any war horses?"

Lei Ye gave himself two mouths, what kind of cavalry equipment did he mention!

But the words have been spoken, and I can only admit it: "Yes!"

Duke Edmund nodded with satisfaction: "Now that the Duke of Duncan is resuming production, there is a shortage of farm tools and other things, as well as cattle and horses for farming. ”

Renard really couldn't stand the other party's insatiable face, so he leaned directly on the chair, spread his hand and said, "Why don't you see what I'm worth here, and take it all away." ”

Duke Edmund looked at his scoundrel Mo Yan, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "Don't worry, I won't ask you for nothing, after all, these are all to be rented to farmers, so you can give me a 20% discount at the current market price, how about I buy it?"

Now grain, refined iron and other things are very scarce, and the price is three or four times that of the past.

There are a lot of minerals in Nanhuang County, which used to belong to the major lords, but now they are all Lei Ye's, since it is a monopoly, it is not for him to set the price.

So Renard nodded without hesitation: "That's fine." ”

Then he hurriedly added: "But your navy must set sail as soon as possible, otherwise I don't know what will happen to the end-of-life port, and besides, your 8,000 troops may not be able to withdraw back for the time being." ”

Duke Edmund nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, the navy will set sail the day after tomorrow at the latest, and it will arrive at the port of no end in two days." ”

The sea route is different from the land route, there are no undulating hills and hills, not to mention that the boat will be tired, so the speed will be ten times that of the land route, which Lei Ye is very relieved.

"As for the 8,000 troops," Duke Edmund pondered for a moment, then smiled: "With your 10,000 sets ......of equipment, I can't think of another army in two or three months." ”