Chapter 457: Seemingly ordinary luxury

At midnight, the real Jiang Fan left the country of pirates with a fake skin.

At noon the next day, the fake Jiang Fan also left the pirate country with the fake skin.

The former is to prove that Baron Vello Varos is still alive, and the latter is to prove that Jiang Fan has gone to sea to perform a special mission for Jiang Ning'er.

The real Jiang Fan returned to the Imperial Sword in the capital of the Aran Empire with more than a dozen fine works, and Vero Varos even came to Silvio Reinhardt with a full parchment scroll.

At this time, looking at the handsome blonde guy who was in the dust, the Dog Emperor smiled and couldn't help but ask gently, "Dear cousin, why did you only come back with more than ten brothers this time?"

Jiang Fan suddenly looked sad and said, "Your Majesty, I'm really sorry, I'm ashamed of you, the 11 brothers you handed over to me were unfortunately killed by the evil and dirty pirates. ”

The Dog Emperor suddenly felt angry in his heart, Wei Luo and he were cousins who had a very distant relationship, like this, he had hundreds, he didn't care at all, but the more than ten fine works were carefully cultivated by him, and each of them was a baby pimple.

At this time, he said lukewarmly: "You have worked hard, you can do it, but in the future, you should not go to this kind of task, it is too dangerous." ”

Jiang Fancheng said in fear: "Your Majesty, I will still go in the future, because this time it ......"

"What's wrong this time?" the Dog Emperor was stunned for a moment, because he saw the cunning in Jiang Fan's eyes.

Jiang Fan glanced around and did not speak.

The Dog Emperor understood, and immediately waved his hand to the left and right, signaling them to leave.

At this time, Tulip also stood up and prepared to leave.

"The Queen Mother, don't go!" the Dog Emperor said pretendly, in fact, it doesn't matter if the Queen Mother leaves or not.

At this time, Jiang Fan said to the Empress Dowager: "The Empress Dowager should stay, because I heard a very beautiful thing in the country of pirates, and I think this beautiful thing is very compatible with the Empress Dowager, and in addition, this matter can also solve the current urgent needs of the empire." ”

"What the hell is going on, Verlo, don't sell it!" the Dog Emperor was anxious.

Jiang Fan handed over the parchment scroll without hesitation, and said respectfully: "This is the messenger I intercepted and killed an enemy halfway, and the parchment scroll intercepted from the halfway way records the production method of a special item, this item may replace the bronze mirror and become a new luxury." ”

When the Dog Emperor heard this, he was immediately pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly said, "This is a great thing!"

Seeing that Jiang Fan was still standing in place, not moving, the Dog Emperor understood everything.

Vello Varros is an extremely greedy villain, he is extremely greedy, very proficient in the art of collecting money, he has his own luxury goods shops and factories in many cities such as the Imperial Sword and the Duchy of Roses, and often introduces some new luxury goods.

Therefore, the parchment scroll was wanted to be handed over, but there was no door, except for the promise of great benefit.

The Dog Emperor didn't have anything to do with this kid, because this kid could provide about one percent of the tax revenue to the treasury every year.

So, the Dog Emperor said patiently: "Brother, come up! ”

At this time, Tulip just glanced at Jiang Fan, and then said disdainfully: "I'll leave first." ”

"Queen Mother, don't send it!" said the Dog Emperor coldly.

When Tulip and Jiang Fan passed by, Jiang Fan smiled at her and showed great piety, this detail was seen by Tulip.

The Dog Emperor also saw it, and a faint conspiracy suddenly passed through his heart, but when he thought of Vero Varros, he didn't have much credit, so he didn't deepen this idea.

At this time, there were only two people in the palace, Jiang Fan and the Dog Emperor, and at this time, it was easy for Jiang Fan to take the life of the Dog Emperor, but he didn't do it.

He knows very well that if he kills one Silvio, there will be a second Reinhardt to succeed him, and if he wants to overthrow this regime, he will have to use some special means.

It's a good choice to fight and kill, but not now, not to mention, it's a bit low to use killing to solve the problem at this stage.

Jiang Fan unfolded the parchment roll and let the Dog Emperor read it through.

After reading it, the Dog Emperor was immediately surprised: "What kind of effect will the mirror made in this way have, I am looking forward to it!"

"The finished product should be as translucent as crystal. Jiang Fan said, "Your Majesty, I think we can try it, with all due respect, with the current level of development of the empire, it is impossible to make such items." ”

"You mean, this should be the masterpiece of that traitor Jiang Fan?"

"I think so. Jiang Fan said, "This is a delicate job, and he comes from another world, and I think the civilization of that world should be higher than the Atlantean civilization." ”

"Well, as much as I hate to admit it, I think it's right. The dog emperor looked playful, "If the finished product is clearer and clearer, I think it can be put into mass production." ”

"However, let's not sell too much, we have to adopt the method of hunger marketing, only sell a few dozen noodles at a time, and then slowly increase. ”

"Yes, in this way, a lot of money can flow into the treasury!" said the Dog Emperor with a wistful expression, "Alas, in recent years, the treasury has been too short of money, and I want to renovate the imperial garden, but there are not enough gold coins!"

"That's right, Your Majesty. Moreover, even if the coinage rights belong to the empire and the two princes, we can't mint them indiscriminately and print more banknotes, which will cause prices to rise and cause chaos among the people. ”

Jiang Fan said, "The chaos caused by Jiang Fan, a traitor, is big enough, and it has not completely subsided yet, and if there is another problem with our monetary system at this time, it will be completely finished." ”

"You're right. The Dog Emperor said, "But then again, the craftsmen under my command can't do such fine craftsmanship, but you don't have many craftsmen who do rough work." ”

"Your Majesty, I am a businessman, although I can do the work carefully, but after all, it is not a long-term solution, let me talk to you about a business, what do you think?"

The Dog Emperor nodded deeply, and even said with some urgency: "What do you want?"

"Your Majesty, I want to ask, can a person who goes into battle to kill the enemy be promoted to a knight?" Jiang Fan asked.

"Well, you go on. The Dog Emperor squinted and said with a gloomy smile.

"Then if you provide a lot of income for the country, you can do it, right?" Jiang Fan asked with a smile.

"Of course!" the Dog Emperor laughed, "Well, Cousin Verlo, as long as you can provide me with a tax of more than 1,000,000 gold coins, I will promote you to viscount." ”

"What if it exceeds 1 million?" Jiang Fan asked again.

"5 million, you are the earl. The Dog Emperor said, "In order for your kid to work for me with peace of mind, I will legislate this matter in advance, and then deliberately promote a few people who are not enough, so as to pave the way for you, how about it?"

"Your Majesty, if that's the case, I'm willing to split the account with you!" Jiang Fan said.

"No, it must be five-five!" The Dog Emperor did not care about his identity, and immediately bargained with Jiang Fan.

But at this time, Jiang Fan said: "Your Majesty, I mean, I am four of you." ”

The Dog Emperor's heart sank suddenly, but after thinking about it for a while, this cunning emperor understood what Jiang Fan meant.

Vello Varos was extremely lustful and especially fond of older and noble women than himself, he had previously pursued the Rose King, who was five or six years older than him, and was strongly opposed by the Rose King, and even almost castrated him, but he still did not repent, and even seduced two countesses.

Now, Willow's taste is even heavier, and he even wants to seduce the Queen Mother.

The Reinhardt family has lived a chaotic life for generations, and the Dog Emperor himself will do the same, so how can he care about his stepmother.

After thinking for a long time, the Dog Emperor finally nodded and said, "I know what you think, but don't play too big! Within three months, you have to hand over at least 1 million gold coins to me, otherwise, I will kill you for the crime of bullying the king!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, I can definitely complete the task!" Jiang Fan laughed.

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The Dog Emperor was not worried about Jiang Fan, of course, he was just not worried about Jiang Fan's skills, so he didn't take this matter too seriously at first.

However, he was extremely poor and extravagant, and he was extravagant and wasteful every year, which led to the shortage of the national treasury year after year.

And Jiang Fan's sprinkling of a large number of secrets on the flower altar half a year ago has not subsided until now, there have been many Brass rebellions in the country, and even now the northern part of the West Island has been divided by the Brass rebels.

Therefore, the Dog Emperor is now very headache, and he can only do the first step, that is, he issued the "Tax Reward and Punishment Order", which stipulates that some big businessmen who do not pay enough taxes should be punished for what kind of punishment, and how to wait for the merchants who have paid enough taxes.

At the same time, the Dog Emperor also really promoted the titles of certain merchants, which is equivalent to an indirect sale of officials.

At this time, Jiang Fan asked some craftsmen to bring a large amount of fine sand from the desert, and then highly refined the fine sand and began to secretly make mirrors.

Originally, the mirror was heated with fine sand, silica was extracted, and then glass was synthesized, and then the "silver mirror reaction" was used to make the mirror by watermark and silver.

It's just that the mirror that Jiang Fan made at the beginning did not use precious metals, but was only made of the most ordinary copper combined with it, but it was made into a particularly large frame, which was more than one person tall.

And this mirror, which was placed exclusively on a Sunday, was placed in the flagship store of the Sword-of-Empire in the Varos luxury store for people to visit.

At this time, the Dog Emperor also appeared in the crowd, and when he saw this scene, he was first surprised, and then he was actually furious.

"Rabbit cub, you bully the king, you have made such a good thing, and you are not the first to think of me?! Do you still have me as the emperor in your heart?"