"Half of the salary is provided for this royal army of 50,000 people every year, Your Majesty the King is increasing your taxes in disguise, the three cities of Cold Water City, Giant Wood City, and Black Rock City are only 200,000 gold coins per year・・・・・ Tiberio narrowed his eyes and said. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Meng Fan's annual tax collection from the three cities is only 200,000 gold coins, and the grain transaction with the dwarves can earn 100,000 gold coins a year, as well as music boxes, which are popular among the people, can bring Meng Fan a lot of income, and Meng Fan can actually get an income of 700,000 gold coins a year.

But Meng Fan has a territorial army of 30,000 people to feed, and now Meng Fan has to help this 50,000-strong royal army pay half of the military salary every year. After listening to Tiberius's words, Meng Fan was silent.

"The king has a deeper idea of placing this royal army in the territory of Blackstone City. The dark mage Mar Sahar on the side spoke, and Meng Fan looked up at Mar Saha.

"Lord Claude, His Majesty the King has sensed the potential contained in you, and stationed this royal army in Black Rock City, if Lord Claude does anything unusual about you, the King can..."

Meng Fan knew what Mar Sahar wanted to say, King Landry sensed that he was a figure who was not satisfied with the status quo, and in less than four years after becoming the lord of Blackstone City, Meng Fan controlled the surrounding Giant Wood City, Cold Water City, and also dealt with the dwarf tribes in the Fallen Pine Hills.

If Meng Fan is not restricted, no one knows what direction Meng Fan will change next. The Gilgidian king Landry Pars placed 50,000 royal troops in Meng Fan's domain, nominally to defend the northeastern part of the kingdom, but in reality to restrain Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City.

Providing half of the salary for the 50,000 royal army every year will seriously drag down the development of the territory, and this royal army is like a sharp sword hanging over his head, once Meng Fan, the lord of Black Rock City, makes any unusual moves, this sharp sword may fall on Meng Fan's head.

Meng Fan's face was gloomy, although he was the king's courtier, Meng Fan hated being watched and being tied hand and foot.

"Lord Claude, at present you have agreed to His Majesty's request is very correct, we have not yet negotiated with the king on a reciprocal basis, Lord Claude, you only have 30,000 territorial troops in your hands, and there is no other force behind you to support you, if the king wants to deal with Lord Claude, it is not difficult for you. Tiberius pondered.

"I agree with what Tiberius has said, Lord Claude, and we must respect the king for now. Mar Saha looked at Meng Fan, who was sitting above, and said, "But Lord Claude, you don't have to worry too much, His Majesty the King needs your strength, Lord Claude, His Majesty Landry just wants to sound the alarm to Lord Claude this time, so that Lord Claude can understand that everything in the Kingdom of Gilgia is under his control,

But, I'm sure Landry Pars will one day understand that there are some things that he can't control if he wants to. "There was a strange light in the dark mage's Marzaha's blood-red eyes.

Meng Fan's brother, Bogula, who was sitting on the side, showed a look of surprise when he heard Mar Saha's words, and Mar Sahar did not respect the king of Gilgias at all in what he said just now, and Mar Saha even called the king by his name.

Bogura turned his head to look at his younger brother Meng Fan, Meng Fan's expression was very normal, and he didn't seem to be surprised by Mar Saha's words, and Tiberius, who was sitting opposite Bogula, actually had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

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Two days later, dozens of carriages were parked outside the Lord's Mansion of Ziyang City, and men and women dressed in luxurious costumes got off the carriages, all of whom were guests who had come to attend the birthday banquet of Marquis Lewin, the Lord of Ziyang City.

A black carriage drove outside the Lord's Mansion, and the Lord's Mansion Butler Magal, who was greeting a noble couple, hurriedly called his attendants to bring the noble couple into the banquet hall in the mansion.

"Lord Claude. Magar walked quickly to the carriage and saluted a black-haired man who had just gotten off the carriage, and it was still Meng Fan's eldest brother Bogula who came to the Purple Sun City Lord's Mansion with Meng Fan today, and the tax collector Tiberius.

"Lord Claude, Lord Bogura, Lord Tiberius, please here. "Instead of calling an attendant, the butler Magal personally led the way into the banquet hall for the three of them, the lord of Black Rock City, Meng Fan.

"Lord Claude, today His Majesty the King will announce in public at Lord Lewin's birthday banquet that you are the new Marquis of the Kingdom of Gilgias..." Meng Fan nodded slightly, indicating that he knew.

Soon, Meng Fan and the three of them were taken to a wide grass, where some tables and chairs were placed, and the attendants were bringing drinks and snacks into the banquet hall.

The Marquis of Lewin's birthday banquet was held on this lawn, and now there were nearly a hundred guests in the banquet hall, Lewin Nolan, the lord of Purple Sun City, had not yet come out, and another important guest of honor, Landry Pars, the king of Gilgias, had not appeared, and the guests in the banquet hall were looking forward to it.

"Lord Claude, Lord Tiberius, Lord Bogura, please wait a moment in the banquet hall, Your Majesty the King, Lord Marquis, will be coming soon. The butler Magal saluted Meng Fan and left.

"There are so many people coming to the banquet today. Meng Fan's elder brother Bogula looked at the nearly 100 guests on the grass and said, "The relatives of the Marquis of Lewin, the nobles in Ziyang City, the wealthy merchants, there should be two hundred people, otherwise the banquet hall would not be placed on this grass." Tiberius said.

"Tiberius. A yellow-haired man in his fifties walked over, and the yellow-haired man called Tiberius' name, and when he saw this man, Tiberius's face changed.

"Father..." A dry greeting came out of Tiberius's throat, the man in his fifties was Viscount Bruce Nal, a tax collector under Lewin Nolan, the lord of Purple Sun City, and Tiberius was Bruce's son.

Bruce didn't express his displeasure with his son's shallow greeting, and turned his head, "You're Lord Claude Kuru, Lord of Blackstone." Bruce greeted Meng Fan with a courteous face.

"Hello Lord Bruce. Meng Fan nodded and smiled at the man in front of him, "Lord Claude, the dog is working under you, thank you Lord Claude for taking care of the dog." Bruce patronized and talked to Meng Fan, but his son was left aside.