"Lord Mitre, why did you come to my lord's mansion today?" Meng Fan asked after taking a sip of the tea handed by the servant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Lord Claude, the purpose of my visit to Blackstone City has been made clear in the letter I sent you before today, and I hope that Lord Claude will forgive the debt owed by Giant Wood City for a while..."

"Oh, that debt, I don't know which debt you're talking about, Mistress Mitre. Meng Fan put down the teacup and said with a smile, "It's the 300,000 gold coins you first lent us to Jumu City, Lord Claude. Mitre said busily.

"Those 300,000 gold coins. Meng Fan touched his chin with his left hand, "Tiberius, how many gold coins have we lent to Jumu City?" Meng Fan turned his head to look at the brown-haired man sitting next to him and asked.

"Lord Claude, we, Black Rock City, have lent a total of 700,000 gold coins to Lord Mitre of Giant Wood City during the past year. Tiberius replied.

"700,000 gold coins, that's so much money. Meng Fan looked up at the young man sitting opposite, "Lord Mitre, you Jumu City owes me 700,000 gold coins, and I only take back 300,000 gold coins from you now, do you also feel very embarrassed?" Meng Fan asked in a puzzled tone.

"This..." Lord Mitre of Giant Wood City clasped his hands together with a cramped look on his face, "Lord Claude, you know that Lord Mitre has used that money for the construction of the territory, a year ago, the Bretans invaded the Kingdom of Gilgia, and Giant Wood City was the most severely affected in this war, in just one year, how could Lord Mitre recover 300,000 gold coins?" The middle-aged man sitting next to Mitre spoke.

"Lord Mitre, he's..." Meng Fan looked at the middle-aged man who spoke, "Lord Claude, he's my uncle Kars, and Uncle Kars serves as the tax collector of Giant Wood City. Mitre introduced Meng Fan to the middle-aged man sitting next to him.

"Oh, Your Excellency the Tax Collector. Meng Fan dragged out his voice, "Of course I can understand Lord Mitre's difficulties, but it is a matter of course to repay debts, I am planning to train a new territory army recently, and I need money to prepare, otherwise I would not have asked you for debts from Jumu City so early." Meng Fan touched the three remaining fingers of his right hand with his left hand and said.

"Lord Claude, you lent us money generously and boldly, without charging interest or agreeing on a time to repay the debt, but now that only a year has passed, you have turned your face and are in a hurry to ask us for the debt, don't you make Mistress Mitre embarrassed?" Kars said with a little excitement.

"Your Excellency Kars, are you saying that I deliberately embarrassed your lord?" Meng Fan's face turned cold.

"Lord Claude, Uncle didn't mean that..." Seeing that Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, his tone turned cold, Mitre hurriedly said in a round field.

"Lord Mitre, I have lent you a total of 700,000 gold coins from Jumu City, and I don't care how you spend this money in Jumu City, but a year has passed, and you can't even pay back 300,000 gold graces, Mitre Lord, you should really think carefully about whether the tax collector you appointed is competent. Meng Fan glanced at Karls and said coldly.

"Lord Claude, the annual tax revenue of Jumu City is only 70,000 gold coins, after handing over a part to the king and the Holy See, our annual income is only 40,000 gold coins, when the Bretan people invaded, the territorial army in the city was basically wiped out, we took the money you borrowed from Lord Claude to repair the city wall, relieve the people, and train a security army, and now Jumu City is in a state of ruin,

Lord Claude, could you please give me some more grace, and when the situation in Giant Wood City improves, I will definitely find a way to return the money you lent us, Lord Claude. Lord of Giant Wood City, the young Count Mitre said with a sincere expression.

"Mistress Mitre, you still can't pay off your debts. Tiberius, who was sitting next to Meng Fan, spoke, "Lord Mitre, if you find it difficult to collect taxes and feed the people's army, we in Blackstone City can help you do these things..." Tiberius looked at Mitre, the lord of Giant Wood City, and said.

"What are you, what are you talking about? How can you interfere in the affairs of our Giant Wood City. Mitre's uncle Kars stood up angrily, if the taxing power and the army were controlled by Blackstone, then Giant Wood would become a vassal of Claude Kuru, the lord of Blackstone.

"If you don't agree, Mistress Mitre, then pay back the money that Master Claude lent you on time. Tiberius didn't even look at the agitated Kars.

"Mistress Mitre, let's go, don't talk to them any more. Kars said to Mittel, the lord of Giant Wood City, "Uncle Kars, this..." Mittel, who was sitting in his chair, looked embarrassed.

"Mistress Mitre, don't blame us for not reminding you in advance, the law of the Kingdom of Gilgias states that if there is a debt relationship between the lords, and the debtor is unwilling to pay the money, then the creditor can report the matter to His Majesty, and according to the usual practice, His Majesty will pay the debt for you, but then..." Tiberius narrowed his eyes and laughed.

"The king will strip you of your title, as well as your and your family's property, and the king will choose another capable person to be the lord of Giant Wood City. ”

As soon as Tiberius finished speaking, Mitre's face changed, Mitre had no chance to become the lord of Giant Wood City, if it weren't for his uncle, the former Lord of Giant Wood City, Reilly's family was killed by the Bretans, how could Mitre inherit his uncle's title and serve as the lord of Giant Wood City?

If Blackstone reported to the king that he owed this huge debt, then His Majesty would really deprive him of his title and property, and Mitre didn't want to go from a lord to a destitute bastard.

"Mitre, please think for yourself and your family, as long as you give Lord Claude the right to collect taxes and command the army of the territory, then Lord Claude will be able to forgive all the debts owed by your Giant Wood City. Tiberius said as he stared at the young man sitting in front of him.

"Mitre, don't listen to him, hand over the taxing rights of the territory and the army, and you will become a puppet of the lord of Blackstone City..."

"Uncle Kars, you shut up. Mittel tapped the armrest of the chair and said loudly, and Kars was stunned by the sudden anger of his young nephew.

"Lord Claude, if I hand over the taxing power and army of Jumu City to you, then I... will I still be able to live in the Lord's Mansion?" asked Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, who was sitting in front of him, uneasily.

"Haha, Mitre-sama, don't get me wrong, I don't plan to remove you from the lordship, as long as you can follow my arrangement, then I guarantee that you will always be the lord of Jumu City, you and your family can not only live in the lord's mansion, but also, I am willing to spend 20,000 gold coins every year. Meng Fan crossed his hands on his chest, leaned back in the chair and looked at the young man sitting opposite him and said with a smile.