Success requires opportunity.

Opportunity favors only those who are prepared.

It's the rich who are prepared.

So success belongs only to the rich.

Flawless inferences, flawless conclusions.

Carlos looked at his financial statements and felt that he had been abandoned by God.

Rich, O king!

Poll Tax, Tenant Rent, Inheritance Tax, Stamp Duty, Stamping Tax, Levy Tax, Seal Offering, New Year's Celebration.

There are too many ways for the king to get money, as long as he is not desperate, it is difficult for the king to be poor.

However, Carlos insisted on doing this job that was more promising than a bandit to the end of the field.

If it weren't for the sacking of Zumashar and the large amount of money that Tyrenus had been made with the local nobles of Stratholme, Carlos would not even have had the money to continue the construction of the Knights of the Crown Church and support the magical research of the mages represented by the bricks.

Carlos took off his special flat mirror with a slightly trembling left hand and threw it on the table, and said in a strong calm voice: "Military officers, the marquis, and the guards, all go out." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Yes, King."

……

The crowded room emptied in an instant.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be 100,000 gold coins left in the treasury, and at least 20,000 gold coins in my personal name, so who can tell me what is going on with the negative equity on this statement and when I went bankrupt?"

Carlos's breathing grew heavier.

"Your Majesty, the new uniforms of the Knights, the equipment configuration of the new legions, and the bonuses of the previous batch of bonds, within half a month, you have received 110,000 gold coins. Three hundred and ninety thousand were spent. ”

The former Chancellor of the Kingdom of Finance had already resigned due to illness, and the Grand Duke of Regent had no suitable personnel and could only serve for the time being.

As Carlos's chamberlain, Todd gained the trust of the Grand Duke Regent, so he was able to get the financial statement.

"Three hundred and ninety-thousand? How to figure it out! ”

Carlos jerked up from his seat, startling everyone present.

"You said that. Without a unified uniform and a unified equipment configuration, it is impossible to awaken the soldiers' sense of collective honor, without a unified salary and treatment, it is impossible to maintain stability and unity within the group, and without unified aftermath measures and perfect logistics support, it is impossible to let Alterac's chariots move forward. ”

Carlos felt familiar to him.

"Well, check. Are there any moths......"

"Actually, the Grand Duke Regent has already checked it, congratulations to Your Majesty, your officers are subsidizing the Legion out of their own pockets, and they are really some good subordinates. I'm sorry, but the budget of 390,000 is already the lowest allocation. ”

Carlos was tempted to throw the pencil in his hand on the table and shout that you are all scumbags, you are angry!

However. He couldn't.

Why are other traversal reborn people casually able to pull up an army trained by modern concepts, and they are just scratching the surface. Facing bankruptcy?

No, I'm bankrupt.

"One gold coin can buy a lot of food, but 30,000 troops, how can you ask for 390,000 gold coins?"

Carlos glared at his trusted subordinates with wide eyes as he glared at the fish out of water, but all of them were ashamed to avoid the king's gaze.

"Young Master. I'm very sorry, but the number of legions you are going to take with you is 37,446 men, and you also need a logistics supply team of 20,000 to provide supplies, so your statement of 30,000 is wrong. ”

"I know, I know!"

"Your Majesty. If the construction of the Knights of the Crown Church is stopped, it may ......"

"No, no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education."

Carlos pinched the bridge of his nose hard.

"Or maybe the V3 plan will be put on hold?"

Fang Brick couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to speak.

"No, magic is the first productive force!"

Carlos waved his hand and said mighty and domineering.

So the end result was that a group of the king's henchmen discussed for a long time, but there was no use for fart.

"You go down first, and I'll discuss it with my father when I get back."

When everyone left, only the bald brother remained.

"It's funny that the army will be on the march in five days, and the king is in financial crisis, isn't it?"

Carlos found that the Marquis of Luoyan had not left, and said self-deprecatingly.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it is not a problem for you to levy a special war tax or ask for additional contributions."

Carlos's spy leader said with some puzzlement.

"You know, bald brother, sometimes I'm weird."

"I am willing to solve your doubts for Your Majesty."

Carlos left his seat, stood up, and paced to the atrium.

"There are those who are willing to contribute to the officials I promised, but they are not willing to contribute half a gold coin. For the sake of this war, the Barov family has emptied their savings for a hundred years. You've been with me since Hinterland, you know that I'm not bad at collecting money, and I've personally invested almost 200,000 gold coins, but the money is always not enough, why? ”

"Because if Your Majesty loses, there will be nothing, and those in your mouth can be dogs if they lose."

Carlos laughed.

"What you say makes a lot of sense, so I'll tell you why I don't raise taxes."

Carlos walked up to the bald brother.

"Because it's an opportunity. After the division of the Araço Empire, in fact, the territorial division of the countries was problematic. It's just that everyone is far away, and no one dares to fight because of the territorial issue. Why did my dear Uncle Aiden make his capital in the mountains? I thought he was stupid back then, and now I think I'm stupid. If you don't stand in this position, I really don't know how difficult it is. Because of the orc rage, Hilbride was beaten to the ground, and a large number of noble manor owners fled. Jiang is still old and spicy, my father, Grand Duke Alex, has unknowingly collected the title deeds of more than 600,000 acres of land, and I am also doing the same thing, not much, more than 200,000 acres. As long as this battle is over, almost all of the best of Hilbride will be on our knees, and Alterac will be able to transform from a small country with a population of 100,000 into a country about the size of Riptide Castle. Where did the population come from, these refugees who fled? How much can be cut out of the aristocracy with a tax increase? The big head has not yet fallen on the people. It is easy to collect money, and a tax collector and a team of soldiers can always collect it. It's hard to take care of it, we've done so much, they may say hello to us, we only need to collect taxes once, and my Great Alterac plan may go bankrupt! ”

After Carlos babbled like a nervous voice, the bald brother actually nodded.

"What Your Majesty said makes a lot of sense, then, how about borrowing?"

"Huh? Who can relieve me of 500,000 gold coins at this time? ”

Carlos himself laughed at himself.

"Yes, Grand Duke."

"My father may still have money, but I am the king of Alterac, and he is the head of the Barov family, hey."

Carlos shook his head helplessly.

"I'm talking about the Grand Duke of Ravenhold."

The bald brother pulled out a unique badge and handed it to Carlos. (To be continued......)

PS: It's torn, I'd rather owe it than show the audience something that I don't like.