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Renault did not shy away from inviting Mario and Mia to come over and watch today, just to take the opportunity to reach some kind of agreement with them.

In the morning, he and Mia had a separate secret conversation to learn part of the truth behind the incident.

The fact that the royal family does not participate in territorial disputes does not mean that they do not care, but they are always vigilant, especially when a certain family is too powerful and poses a certain threat to the rule of the royal family.

In the past, the royal family did not take the wolf family seriously, because the conditions in the north were harsh and there was a lack of supplies.

After the rise of Wolfe, a large amount of materials were like warm blood into the north, and after more than ten years of development, the wolf family gradually became stronger.

Therefore, His Majesty the King sent Mario for a very clear purpose, to choke the throat of the little wolf castle in the north and limit the rise of the wolf family.

As for his desire to make a lot of money out of it, it was only a reward that His Majesty had acquiesced in on the premise that he had completed his mission.

As a result, before Mario could find a chance to attack, Renault fell from the sky and made Wolfburg change hands in one day.

Presumably, His Majesty the King, who got the news, will not be too happy, but he will not be too disgusted. The premise must be that Renault listens to the royal family and reduces the import of supplies to the north.

However, neither Mario nor Mia had much confidence, because then Renault would make a lot less money. He's not a good talker, and he's harder to control than Wolf.

If they knew that Renault was snickering in their hearts at this time, they don't know if they would have crooked their noses.

The royal family wants to suppress the wolf family, why shouldn't he?

Not to mention the grand cause of conquering the world, just by killing Wolf, will the wolf family let him live a comfortable life?

No kidding.

Legend has it that Wolf was a thorn in the coffin twenty years ago, and he had a conflict with his family to create Little Wolf Castle, and he made a fishing village so prosperous from scratch, but who knows if it's true?

Maybe this is the smoke bomb set off by the wolf's house.

Even if it was really a falling out at the beginning, over the years, he had sent a large amount of supplies to the north, which was enough to explain something, besides, with Wolf's troops, he wanted to dominate the entire river transport, and said that there was no secret support from the wolf family.

Now that the people have been killed by him and the place is occupied by him, it would be good if the wolf family didn't immediately set up troops and horses to fight him.

If Renaud sends them guns, cannons, and food, then he will be a big fool lord.

But these words must not be said, if you don't take the opportunity to extort some benefits at this time, where is it worthy of Mia revealing so many secrets to him.

"Mario-sama, if you cut off trade with the North, the people of Little Wolf Castle will have to drink the Northwest Wind. ”

"It's not for you to be cut off, it's just to control the amount of food and iron tools. ”

"That's a lot of money. Renault sighed, "You know, I'm very poor right now, and hundreds of thousands of people in the Tuke Basin are still hungry. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mia, who had danced a "Dance of Ice and Snow" in the ruins, causing most of the basin to lose its harvest this season, which was indeed an indisputable fact.

Mario also learned about this from Mia, so he frowned and said, "On behalf of His Majesty the King, I regret this matter. ”

After speaking, he lowered his eyebrows and pretended to be Maitreya Buddha.

Renault raised his eyebrows, meaning that he said such a big thing, and even if he regretted it, he didn't mean it?

In the end, Mia couldn't calm down: "Lord Renault, let's do it, those gold coins in the inn are my compensation to you." ”

Renault waved his hand and refused, and stretched out three fingers with a generous look: "Within three years, no taxes will be levied on me, no troops will be called in any name, and if the royal family wants to send someone to supervise it, it can only be Mia." If you promise me, I will promise you. ”

Mario carefully calculated in his mind, and the first two were okay. For a royal family with astronomical wealth, not collecting Renault's taxes for three years is not a lot of money. As for the mobilization of troops, the barbarians in the south are honest, the sea is quiet, and there are few opportunities to need troops.

It's just the last one, which makes Mario's heart a little blocked, he has always wanted Mia to marry his son, Renault made this request, maybe he wanted to rob him of someone.

Mia is the youngest princess, and she is also the lowest in line to inherit the throne, and the possibility of her ruling the continent of Oro in the future is extremely low. But she is very favored by her brothers and sisters, her status is noble, and she has a high status, if the marriage comes true, Mario doesn't need to worry too much about the next two or three generations.

Of course, this is just his plan, Mia is still young, even if he doesn't look down on his son now, it may change in the future.

In the end, he agreed, thinking that Renault would not have much time to be in Little Wolf Castle, which seemed a bit redundant.

"But Lord Reynolds, I must know what you are going to do, and I have to give an account to His Majesty. ”

"It's very simple," Renault was also full of joy when he agreed, "I will raise the tax on supplies shipped to the north." ”

"That's it?"

"Isn't this enough? Grain, ironware, and other sensitive materials, tax revenues should be doubled, and other commodities should be appropriately increased. ”

Black, so black!

Mario suddenly felt that his heart was not good.

Doubling the tax is equivalent to doubling the original price, which is more expensive than taking the land route.

As the price increases, there will definitely be fewer things that the wolf family can buy.

"What, Mario-sama thinks it's too low?"

"It's not low. ”

Mario sighed in his heart, this is called low, there is no reason in this world. He suddenly began to sympathize with the wolf family a little, the good life has been too comfortable all these years, and now it's time to pay it back.

"However, on the land transport side, please ask Mario to supervise it strictly. ”

"Hehe, of course. ”

The two laughed tacitly, but Mia was confused.

Collusion between officials and businessmen has been going on since ancient times, and Renault certainly wouldn't mind asking Mario to help crack down on competitors. As for how much benefit to Mario, that's a matter for later, and whether to give it or not depends on Renault's mood.

A negotiation ended happily.

The royal family, Mario, and Renault all benefited from this, and the Wolf family in the North wanted to break out of this predicament, either by attacking Wolf Castle or following Renault's example and raising the price of the goods they exported.

Otherwise, you can only wait for it to slowly become the former northern border.

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Although the new law of raising taxes caused dissatisfaction among most merchants, it did not stir up any storm under the pressure of both Renault and the royal family.

As for the tens of thousands of people in Little Wolf Castle, they were not affected by this decree. They can use the ID card issued to them by the management committee to buy a certain amount of supplies at duty-free shops, and the price is cheaper than before.

This is the pro-people policy that Renault has always advocated, and he has always been very lenient and preferential to his own people.

The only thing that worries Renault a little is the merchant ships on the river.

These merchant ships were almost all men raised by Wolf, and they drifted on the river all year round, and although they did not move on the surface, Renault knew that sooner or later they would make a big trouble.

Looks like we're going to have to hurry back to Black Iron Town to build a ship.

Half a month later, the Little Wolf Castle was calm, except for the number of merchants was a little less, everything else was as usual. (To be continued.) )