"How much do they want?" Sean wanted to double-check.

"King Simon's oracle is to hope that the southern lords can each make up about five or six million gold coins to repay some grain...... If the supplies are not enough, you don't need to give them, mainly gold coins. Luke gave a rough overview of what he had received.

"Show me!"

Sean took the message from the other party's hand.

The king's orders are written on special paper and are also stamped with the stag mark to represent the royal family!

"Six million, is this crazy?!!

What does six million mean for an ordinary lord, that's almost half a year's tax, if the city develops better, maybe it doesn't feel like it's okay, gritting its teeth is acceptable, but this is not the first time.

From the beginning of the Imperial War to the present, Sean has given support to the North twice in a row...... Although no troops were directly sent over, there were many supplies and money and food, especially in the first few months of the war......

The inhabitants of the entire Basharan Empire were in a state of war, and at that time, they were willing to accept even half of the food of the entire family, so the first time they gave the most, whether it was Oro City or other cities, it should be like this, and then they intermittently gave the northern front line 'blood transfusion', and I am afraid that a lot of money was given for more than half a year.

"How much money do we have left to spend?" Sean asked.

It's impossible to send out all the money, there are still so many people waiting for wages in Oro City, if you want to send it out, your city will rebel!

"About two million. ”

"That's more than half there!"

"If the reselling team comes back, we may be able to make up about 1 million, but it will take half a month. Luke said.

"It's okay that it takes time to scrape together money, but even that isn't enough!"

There are so many things left, where to find them......

"It seems that it said that so much money was collected to give it to Jagon, and thank them for being able to send troops to help. Luke said as Sean read it again.

The last place did say that the reason for asking for money was to thank the Sun King of Jiagong for sending troops to help.

Of course, it is worth thanking for sending troops at the most critical time, but Sean really can't come up with such money.

"So what are we going to do? Luke asked for his opinion.

Sean couldn't think of a good way for a while.

"How's the war on the front?"

"According to the recent report, the Borg people can no longer hold on and begin to retreat, the Kate on the other side has completely lost their combat effectiveness and first sued for peace, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the Borg will choose an appropriate time to announce his surrender. Luke explained with another report.

"It's just that the geographical location of the Borg's country is too good, even the Sun King's army can't directly cross Kate's entire country and rush into the Borg's hinterland, and we can't help it. ”

"So we can only repel the other side at most, and we can't ask for war reparations at all?"

"Yes. Luke said.

This war is really embarrassing, and there is no way to ask others to pay money after so many people have died.

"Well, let's scrape together the money first, but don't use the money from the Earl's Court...... If you ask for some from several large families, it is said that it is the king's order. Sean said.

"Your Excellency is going to ask for money from a merchant family, if you take money from them, you should be able to take it out, but I'm afraid they don't want to take out so much!"

"I didn't say I had to take ......," Sean looked at Luke with a smile.

It has always been the other party who knows their own thoughts best.

"Do you want to...... Suppress them?"

"You can't let these families go, you should beat them once in a while...... Luke, you've been paying more attention to the other Southern Lords lately, I don't think anyone will be able to come up with that much money. Sean said.

After carefully reading the king's orders a few more times, Sean found that King Simon, who had been calling the shots to the major lords before, actually chose to use the method of 'begging' this time.

Although Sean had never met King Simon, it was impossible for a high-ranking king to suddenly change his tone, and he did not choose to surrender when facing the pressure of the Borg army, and it was impossible for him to suddenly soften.

Luke thought about it for a long time, and finally understood what Sean meant.

"Adults have become more and more aware of the means of power over the years. ”

"There's no way, the nobles who go to the top are all old foxes, and if I'm not shrewd, I guess I won't be able to mix in the aristocratic circle. Sean said.

In his own opinion, King Simon's 'pleading' tone was a bit abnormal, he couldn't have been unaware that the southern lord's life was already tight, and where would he have the money to send it over.

And the people who sent it are still other countries!

The help of the allies is certainly worth thanking for, but after looting a lot of money in the country, it is necessary to live in the future.

Post-war reconstruction is the most important thing......

"In my opinion, this money should be demanded by Jagon, and King Simon is just making a show of giving money to all the leaders, and if he can take it, he will take it, and if he can't take it, at least he will show the other party that the order has gone down, but the country really has no money. ”

"What if a lot of lords can't get it?" Luke asked.

"In that case......"

Sean thought for a moment.

If the lords here are all looking at one by one, it will be difficult to do it, and you still have to come up with a little money, otherwise it will be difficult to explain it.

I'm afraid that those lords will look at one by one, and you won't take it first...... I didn't take it, and I didn't move until the last one.

"Anyway, let's watch it first, and then talk about it later, it will take a lot of time to get together the money. Sean commanded.

Let's just take a look at it for now.

As for what the other lords will do, we'll see.

"Yes, sir. ”

Luke agreed.

............

In the next few days, I heard that the lords in various places had received similar situations, and some people began to complain that the state would not give him a way to live, and that he had already sent out so much money and food, so why should he still give a part of it to support the north...... If you want so much, are you trying to force the locals to death?

It was probably on the third day that Sean received a letter from the other lords in the south, saying that he wanted to write a letter to King Simon to reduce the amount of gold he was asking for, otherwise everyone would not survive.

Really.

It's time to huddle together to keep warm.

Just like the situation in Oro City, almost most of the families who were asked for money began to beg in groups...... They have spent a lot of money and manpower for the construction of Oro City for more than half a year, especially when planting in the spring, the cost is also very high, and they really can't come up with so much money.

Otherwise, they won't be able to live!

In the end, they all ran to their Earl's Court to beg for a little less......

But Sean didn't let go, as long as the king didn't let him go, he couldn't do it, it was the king's order! If he didn't obey, it would be a felony of treason.

And the situation of the other lords seems to be similar, and finally ......

It was probably seven or eight days later that Sean received an invitation from the other counts and lords in the south to go to Dì Dū to explain the situation to King Simon.

So that's it......

Sean looked at the letters that bore the imprints of most of the Southern Lords' families, and seemed to understand in his heart.

It turned out that the king meant to let us go to Dì Dū in person......