Chapter 37: Confiscation of family property
At the home of Viscount Fils Cuya, hundreds of territorial soldiers were loading heavy boxes into wagons. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Lord Claude, all the contents of Fils's house have been confiscated, and there are twenty boxes in total, which are estimated to be worth four hundred thousand gold coins. Tiberius walked over to Meng Fan with a ledger.
"400,000 gold coins..." Meng Fan sighed softly, two days ago, he searched the homes of Herbra and Tommen, and found a total of 400,000 gold coins, and Fils Kuya had another 400,000 gold coins here.
"Tiberius, as the lord of Blackstone City, how much is my tax in a year?" Meng Fan walked to a box, and the soldiers standing next to the box hurriedly opened the box for Meng Fan.
"The annual tax revenue of the Lord of Blackstone City is about 100,000 gold coins. Tiberius, who was following behind Meng Fan, replied.
"The confiscation of these three big fat sheep brought me eight years of taxes. The wooden box in front of Meng Fan was filled with Huang Cancan's gold coins, and when he bent down, Meng Fan reached out and grabbed a handful of gold coins from the wooden box.
"Tiberius, do you think I should thank the three of them?" Meng Fan raised his hand and showed the gold coin in his hand in front of Tiberius, the eyes of the brown-haired man in front of him were not attracted by the gold coin in Meng Fan's hand, "Lord Claude, will you?" Tiberius had a smile on his face.
After staring at Tiberius for a few seconds, Meng Fan turned around and threw the gold coin in his hand into the wooden box, "Big brother, you escort these carts of belongings back to the lord's mansion." Meng Fan said to Bogula on the side. "Oh, by the way, the king has approved the death penalty request for Fils, Hebra, and Tommen, big brother, tomorrow you have the three Fils taken to the city gate for public execution. Meng Fan added.
Bogura nodded and waved his hand to his territorial soldiers, who escorted several wagons full of belongings to the lord's mansion.
Soon, only Meng Fan, Tiberius, and Gruya, who served as the guard, were left in the mansion of Fils Cuman. Gruya stood at the door of the house from a distance, while Meng Fan and Tiberius stood in the courtyard.
"Tiberius, the strategy you provided me is very effective, you helped me solve the three of Fils smoothly..." Meng Fan looked at the brown-haired man in front of him, Meng Fan was playing with a gold coin in his left hand, just now Meng Fan didn't throw all the gold coins into the wooden box, and left one in the palm of his hand.
"It's a privilege to be able to solve Lord Claude's troubles. Tiberius bowed. Set a high tax rate for Fils, Hebra, and Tommen, and force Fils and others to take the risk of murdering Meng Fan, which is the strategy that Tiberius thought of.
Meng Fan designed to capture Carson and others who came to murder him, and confiscated the family property of Fils, Hebra, and Tomman, and now Meng Fan has more than 800,000 gold coins in his hand, and Meng Fan has enough money to relieve the refugees in the city, and Tiberius can be said to have helped Meng Fan solve a big problem.
"Tiberius, your father is Viscount Bruce Nal, the tax collector of Purple Sun City. Meng Fan stared at the brown-haired man in front of him, "Yes." Tiberius nodded slightly.
"Tiberius, I heard that you are the only son in the family, and your father has always wanted to train you to be the next tax collector of Ziyang City, taking over his position and title. Tiberius, why did you come all the way to Black Rock City to help me?" the gold coin in Meng Fan's left hand slowly swung between a few fingers.
"Lord Claude, there's something better in Blackstone. Without the slightest hesitation, Tiberius quickly answered Meng Fan's question, "Of course, if I stay in Ziyang City, I can inherit my father's title, and I believe that Lord Lewin will also be happy to let me succeed my father and continue to serve as the tax collector of Ziyang City, but..." Tiberius's slightly smaller eyes stared at Meng Fan in front of him.
"Lord Claude, we had our first meeting in the Purple Sun City Lord's Mansion, and I felt something wonderful from you, you are different from those people I have seen before, in your mind, there are some wisdom and experience that ordinary people cannot grasp, Lord Claude, I think you are a very unique person, I believe that Lord Claude you can do things that no one else can do,
The battle between the Red Flame Plains and the Brettan army verified my point of view, and the strategy that you thought of to attack the Bretan army made me admire it immensely, Lord Claude..." Tiberius had excitement and joy in his eyes when he spoke, but Meng Fan felt surprise in his heart, the brown-haired man in front of him actually vaguely guessed that he was different from the other people on the Qinglan Continent.
"Lord Claude, I'm in Blackstone City, and I want to stay with you, Lord Claude, and see how far you can go. Tiberius concluded.
Staring at the man in front of him who was about the same age as himself, "Tiberius, do you know what path I'm going to take?" Meng Fan asked slowly as he turned the gold coin in his hand.
"I don't dare to speculate on your thoughts, Lord Claude, but I believe that your talent, Lord Claude, will definitely not be able to be carried by the small territory of Black Rock City..."
After listening to Tiberius's words, the corners of Meng Fan's mouth curled, "Tiberius, if a Black Rock City Lord can satisfy me, then isn't it meaningless for you to come to my side?" Meng Fan said with a smile.
"So, I did make the right choice by choosing to come to Blackstone, Lord Claude. Tiberius bowed respectfully to the dark-haired man in front of him.
"Tiberius. Meng Fan stretched out his left hand, and Meng Fan gently placed the gold coin in his hand in Tiberius's hand.
"This is my reward for you, Tiberius. Meng Fan looked at the brown-haired man in front of him and slowly finished speaking, then turned around and walked towards the outside of the mansion, and the guard Gruya, who was standing at the door of the mansion, followed the lord.
Tiberius, who was standing in the courtyard, watched Meng Fan's figure in the distance, "Lord Claude, you should know that this reward is far from enough for me. Whispering, Tiberius shoved the gold coin into his bosom.