In the side hall of the palace of the Duchy of Marta, King Samadeno sat on his throne and squinted at a man in his thirties standing in front of him.

This man is not very tall, and he is wearing a silver-white aristocratic satin coat, which is wearing a silk milky white undershirt, and the collar and cuffs are inlaid with golden silk edges, which have been delicately trimmed into tulip flower patterns, which look noble and elegant, eye-catching and reserved.

This man has a neatly trimmed mustache on his face, his hair is meticulously combed back, and although his appearance is not outstanding, there is a different bearing in his eyebrows and eyes.

This person is none other than Simon, the chief butler under Tang Jie.

As soon as Simon had been relieved of the heavy burden of financial and personnel management on his shoulders, he was entrusted by Tang Jie with the important task of going to Jamezidon, the capital of the Duchy of Marta, to meet the king and seek peace.

When Simon learned that Tang Jie asked him to do this task that was almost to death, Rao is city government was quite deep, and he was not surprised when he encountered something, and he couldn't help but be taken aback by Tang Jie's idea.

Is there anyone in this world who beats someone up, and then takes the initiative to laugh and come up to be friends with someone else?

The king of the Principality of Marta will cut me down without meeting, right?

Simon's face remained unchanged and looked up at Samadeno sitting on the throne, secretly worried in his heart, although he wanted to refuse before he came, but Tang Jie spread his hands and said to himself very scoundrelly: Then you find someone who can do it?

Counting on her fingers, Tang Jie's several characters can be handled, although Angel is enough to handle this extremely difficult diplomatic matter, but her identity is very inappropriate, as long as she goes, she will be immediately detained by the king of the Duchy of Marta and sent to the imperial capital Garcia to curry favor with the beautiful countess.

Maria was a good fit, but she was now overwhelmed by the mountains of Alcatraz dossier, and Simon thought it was a nightmare worse than death.

Darius is a businessman who is good at calculating negotiations, but he can't control the negotiation between the real royal family and the nobility, not to mention Lilith and Giljik.

As for Link, this kid's outstanding talent in all aspects of Alcatraz these days is very impressive, Simon has no doubt that if Link is allowed to follow him for just a few years, this teenager will be able to completely learn his own skills, not only in words and deeds to become a real nobleman, but also in internal affairs, military and other aspects will also have his own outstanding achievements.

Link is the most anticipated juvenile treasure on Alcatraz Island, but unfortunately, he is too young after all, if he is sent to carry out the murderous peace negotiation mission, I am afraid that he will mess up Tang Jie's plan, not to mention, his own life is very likely to be lost.

Tang Jie said this, Simon had no choice but to pinch his nose and go to the tiger's den in Longtan alone.

Tang Jie knew that this former descendant of the nobleman was worried about his life, so he put his arm around Simon's shoulders and smiled very secretly: "Don't worry, I have already paved the way for you, and I won't let you die." You're dead, who's going to take care of this big mess for me!"

Looking at Tang Jie's confident smile, Simon had no choice but to pinch his nose even if he was unwilling, and came single-handedly.

"Alas...... It's not a good thing for those who can work hard!" Simon sighed in his heart, but he quickly picked himself up, and stood in the middle of the hall without humility or arrogance, under the scrutiny of King Samadeno.

I have to say that Tang Jie's eyesight is indeed vicious, Simon, who is willing to be an incognito butler on Alcatraz Island on weekdays, once he is in the splendid palace, once he wears exquisite aristocratic clothes, his aristocratic bearing and elegant temperament that have been suppressed and hidden are suddenly revealed.

Even Samadeno, the king of the Principality of Marta, who hated Tang Jie so much that he gritted his teeth, had to admit that this man's bearing of standing in the center of the enemy's den, surrounded by hatred but not changing his face, was enough to make Samadeno sigh and praise.

With such a talent, it's no wonder that the black-haired pirate entrenched on Alcatraz was able to grow so quickly.

Samadeno's slightly squinted eyes showed a look of appreciation, and he slowly spoke: "Before you came, did you think about what would happen to you?"

In the face of this secret threat and intimidation, Simon's heart tightened, but he said with a slight smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I have come here with the admiration and friendship of the King of the Nilsia Sea to you, and I firmly believe that my master and I will definitely gain the friendship of the subjects of this country and your majesty. ”

Samadeno looked up and laughed, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world: "What were you talking about? Is it because I'm old and have bad ears, or do I not understand a word of what you just said?"

Simon smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are at the age of your majesty, the Magic Emperor Barragon conquered the Northern Continent, the last place to rebel against him, and unified the world, the founding emperor of the Falco Empire has just established a great and powerful country, and Kriza XVI has just completed the great cause of conquering the Southern Continent at your age, how can you say that your ears are not good?"

Simon stood in the wide hall, with heavily armed guards standing at the entrance of the hall, staring at him, and on the four corners of the hall stood maids, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and only Simon's eloquent voice echoed in the whole hall.

"Of course, it's not that you don't understand me, it's just that your heart doesn't want to understand me!, my esteemed majesty!" Simon smiled faintly, and replied to Samadeno with a hidden needle.

Samadeno's laughter gradually stopped, he snorted coldly, and said in a murderous tone: "Oh, then, you come and answer me, that dark-haired fellow has killed my most favored minister, destroyed my fleet, and he has bombarded the rich ports of my territory, burned down the bustling streets of my territory, and killed my people who love me, is this what your master calls admiration and friendliness?"

"If this is what you call admiration and friendship, then I will tell him what true admiration and friendship are!" said Samadeno, murderous and coercive like cascading waves towards Simon, and the majesty of being the king of a country was unmistakable.

Simon's heart was pounding, he knew whether he was alive or dead, and whether Tang Jie's power group was alive or dead, it was right in front of him!

As far as Tang Jie and his Alcatraz Island are concerned, he is not very jealous of the Principality of Marta, what Tang Jie is really afraid of is the terrifying behemoth of the Kelsman family.

Tang Jie's first task now is to immediately pacify and control Siss, using Sisis as a bridgehead and springboard, and connect the assets and clansmen of the Clumber family from the distant inland Tulip County, and in the process of such a large-scale family transfer, Tang Jie can not relax the growth of Alcatraz Island at all, whether it is the continued construction of the castle or the expansion of the fleet, this is something that cannot be delayed.

The first batch of young aristocratic heirs sent to Tang Jie's ship by the Crumbel family have arrived on Alcatraz Island, and these pampered aristocratic young masters have just arrived on Alcatraz Island by Tang Jie's drills to death, complaining bitterly, and a few arrogant teenagers on weekdays collided with Tang Jie in public once, and Tang Jie sank into the sea on the spot to feed the sharks.

Whether it was the slaughter of Sisis or the iron-blooded drill on Alcatraz Island, Tang Jie now showed a formidable cold face, and this man knew very well that every minute and second of his life was tens of thousands of times more precious to him than gold.

Although he was thriving in the Nilsian Sea at the moment, the Nilsian Sea was too large for his power to radiate only to the Roentgen Sea, and even sometimes he was often slipped through the golden routes he blocked by desperate merchants.

The sea is not as good as the land, and the land can set up a checkpoint at a dangerous place and then send troops to station, and there is no need to move for many years.

But it's different at sea, it is impossible for a ship to stay in one place for a year, a month, or even a week.

The ocean is vast, you can go anywhere, just with Tang Jie's current strength, it is a luxury to want to control the entire Roentgen Sea, not to mention wanting to radiate his power to every corner of the Ben Nilcia Sea?

Therefore, desperately strengthening his own strength is the most important thing for Tang Jie at present.

Only in this way will he be able to face the attack of the Kelsman family in the near future with a strong attitude.

In the context of this development-oriented approach, the role played by the Principality of Marta is crucial.

For the two hostile forces, Alcatraz Island and Principality of Mata, due to the offensive and defensive relationship between the two and the comparison of land defense area, the Principality of Mata is destined to stand on the position of passive defense, but this country still has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, and Tang Jie does not need a warship to defend the so-called territory, the warships under his command can be flown thousands of miles in an instant, and there is a terrifying weapon like the Black Dragon King, which can be called the absolute strategic initiative on the battlefield.

In this situation, the Principality of Marta has no way to pose a mortal threat to Tang Jie, but if Samadeno launches a mad attack and orders his army to attack Sissis fiercely, and on the other hand, orders the navy to besiege Alcatraz Island, and allows Tang Jie to burn down his port, if this situation occurs, Tang Jie will definitely be dragged into an abyss from which the king will never recover.

Although Tang Jie is confident that he can hold on to the final victory, in the end, it will definitely be a pyrrhic victory, and he will definitely be picked up by the Kelsman family for a ready-made bargain.

In Tang Jie's world, in the third century B.C., the Greek king Pyrrhus and the Roman army fought in Heracria, the two sides fought several fierce battles, Pyrrhus drove elephants to defeat the Roman legions, killed more than 13,000 Roman soldiers, and killed more than 7,000 of his own soldiers, and most of his own deaths were elite troops, afterwards Pyrrhus lamented this victory: "One more such victory, I have no soldiers to use!"

Although Tang Jie is a martial arts practitioner, he also loves history, and he is certainly familiar with this famous allusion to victory that outweighs the loss.

In the past, Tang Jie was a bachelor who fed the whole family by himself, but now he is starting from scratch, working hard to build a powerful maritime power group, as the leader, of course, he can't do this kind of thing that outweighs the losses.

Sometimes the appropriate concession is to seek more victory, and Simon is naturally well aware of this, so he took a deep breath, calmed down, and tried to control his voice from trembling: "Dear Your Majesty, on behalf of my master, I would like to express my sincerest apologies to you for the misunderstanding that has occurred before......

Before Simon could finish speaking, Samadeno suddenly roared loudly: "Apologize, I'm going to skin him, smash his bones, gouge out his eyes and drink!!"

Simon's back was like a river of cold sweat, he raised his head calmly, and said proudly: "Your Majesty, have you heard a story?"

Seeing Simon's topic, Samadeno shifted the topic of murder in a hurry, and he also took a deep breath and tried to calm his angry heart: "What story?"

Simon said: "There are two lions living in a grassland, both of which have different territories, one of which occupies the richest meadow and the other which occupies the purest water, and these two lions peep at each other's territory every day, and one day a fierce battle ensued. When the two lions fought fiercely, suddenly a jackal intervened, and he killed the two lions that were already exhausted, and finally monopolized the two rich territories. ”

Simon looked at Samadeno and said, "Your Majesty, have you heard this story?"

Samadno sneered and said, "This story has been heard by three-year-old children, are you doubting my insight?"

Simon said loudly: "Your Majesty, your knowledge is naturally far-reaching, far better than that of a humble mortal like me, but even a dull person like me still knows the truth that two lions fighting with all their strength will definitely cheapen others, how can you not understand it?"

"You and my master are both men of great strength, and if you fight to the death between you, it will surely be a terrible battle, and whoever wins after this battle will surely arouse the prying eyes and ambitions of the powerful enemies around you. ”

"The Duchy of York is this jackal, his king has been spying on the pearl of the sea on your golden route, and the most terrifying thing is the Kelsman family and the Pound Empire that inhabit you, once your navy is lost in battle, then you and your country will lose the foundation of their survival, even if the Principality of York does not come to invade your territory, the Pound Empire and the Kelsman family, the two greedy beasts, will definitely stretch out their evil claws!" Simon Simon's voice became more and more violent, and in the end, it was almost like iron, and his voice was sonorous and loud.

At this moment, Simon showed the strong personal qualities of a descendant of an old nobleman, and his words were amazing, giving examples to counter-evidence, and every word spoke to Samadeno's heart.

The face of the king, who was still roaring to break Tang Jie's bones just now, showed a clear look of deep thought, and he fell into silence.

Simon's words are flawed from a moral point of view, because no matter what, a pirate is a pirate, murder and arson are murder and arson, no matter what kind of cloak is put on, what kind of excuse is used to cover up, this cannot be changed.

But from the standpoint of political hegemony, this is actually a thing as ordinary as eating and drinking.

This is because in politics, there is no absolute enemy between countries, groups, and individuals, and some are always the same interests.

Tang Jie is of course murder and arson, but in terms of the quantity and quality of murder and arson, Tang Jie can't catch up with any emperor of the Pound Empire, let alone the magic emperor Baragon who conquered various continents and killed "blood can stain all the seas"!

This is to kill one person as a thief, kill ten thousand people as a handsome, and kill a million people as kings!

It's a very weird and very arrogant truth, but this world is like this!

Samadeno glanced at Simon deeply, and he was secretly shocked by the powerful momentum of the man in front of him who had erupted in his speech just now.

He smiled coldly and said, "So, tell me, what would you do if someone ran to your house and killed your friend, slapped you, and then came back to be friends with you?"

When Simon heard this, his spirits immediately perked up, he knew that this was the king looking for him to go down the stairs, since he wanted the steps, then it meant that there was a play!

It is also reasonable, if Simon's words made Samadeno wake up, and then tearfully shook Simon's hand and said, "The two families will have a friendship forever in the future, long live world peace", then ...... Absolutely impossible!

In any case, Samadeno is still the king of a country, an ordinary man still wants to save face, and people live for a lifetime to fight for one breath, not to mention that if he does not have a decent step to step down, how will he face his courtiers and his own people in the future?

Most importantly, there is also a hidden subtext in Samadeno's words, that is: If I am married to you, then what benefits can you bring me?

Simon quickly figured out the meaning of Samadeno's words, and he said the meaning of Tang Jie's words that Tang Jie had told him: "As long as His Majesty the Honorable King is willing to put down the sword in his hand, my master is willing to hand over all his income in Sisis to you!"

Samadeno was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and laughed: "What a joke, Sisis was originally my territory, of course the income there should be mine, and he took my money to give it to me, is this also a good intention?"

Simon shook his head and said: "No, your Royal Highness, my master he is referring to: in the future, he will not leave a single gold coin of the sea tax collected from the major chambers of commerce of Sisis on the sea, and all of it will be handed over to you!"

Samadeno's eyes widened when he heard this, and he didn't have the slightest hint of the city, and his face was full of gaffes.

In the Duchy of Marta, and even in the entire Pound Empire, the vast majority of merchants have a layer of aristocratic protection, and these noble halos allow them to pay only a very small part of the annual taxes to the kingdom, and even some powerful nobles are completely exempt from taxes!

Therefore, although the maritime trade of Sisis was prosperous, and those merchants were rich and oily, in fact, King Marta was able to get very little money from these merchants.

The reason why Tang Jie was able to "turn into a dragon as soon as he encountered a storm" as soon as he came to Sisis is that the merchants of Sisis occupy most of the resources of Sisis, but they do not pay taxes to the state, and the king must have state revenue, so these taxes will inevitably fall on the heads of the commoners, so that the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer.

Therefore, as soon as Tang Jie ascended to Alcatraz Island, the lower-class people of Sisis responded enthusiastically, ensuring Tang Jie's sufficient source of troops, so that Tang Jie was always able to ensure that the number and quality of the sailors on his ship would not decline after several major battles.

For this, the king of the Duchy of Marta was also secretly worried, he naturally knew that if this continued, the commoners would rebel sooner or later, but he could not cut taxes, because the country also needed expenditures, and he could not aim his knife at the nobles, because these nobles were the most direct supporters of his throne, and if their interests were touched, these nobles would unite and tear himself off the throne.

This is really a hemp rod to beat a wolf, and both ends are afraid.

But now, Tang Jie gave him the best of both worlds, and the black-haired pirate meant to tell the king of the Duchy of Marta: Aren't you worried that those fat merchants like pigs don't pay you taxes? Then I'll be this wicked man, I'll force them to bleed with a knife, and then give you all the money left, as long as you don't bother me, don't pester me, and give me Sisis!

Samadeno knew very well how much blood these merchants could release once they were slaughtered by Tang Jie, and at least the most conservative estimates, the annual road expenses of these merchants would be worth at least half of the income of their own treasury!

It's a big pie smashed over, and it's all good for Samadeno!

The good guy does it himself, and the bad guy Tang Jie takes the initiative to do it, and then he gets all the benefits himself, isn't this kind of thing good?

Samadeno felt a little dizzy in his head for a while, he looked at Simon with some vigilance, and asked, "What does your master want?"

Simon said: "He wants to loan Sicis!"

"Lend-lease?" "Now it seems that the king of the Duchy of Marta has actually lost control of Sissis, and Samadno has a smile on his face, "When will it be returned?"

Simon also smiled and said, "When it's time to pay it back, it's naturally returned!"

Samadeno looked up and laughed: "Good, good, good!

Samadeno knew that this was actually a disguised cedion of Sisis to the pirate entrenched on Alcatraz Island, and he himself enjoyed the rent from the pirate, which of course came from the Sisian merchants who did not have to spend a penny.

Tang Jie is his tax collector in Samadno, specializing in collecting sea taxes from those rich merchants, and he is also at the level of a cool official.

Speaking of whether it is Tang Jie or Samadno, they actually didn't pay anything, Samadeno did not cede Sisis to Tang Jie openly, he was on lease, and this lease was tacitly carried out by both parties in secret, he didn't have to bear the infamy of cutting the land, let alone the terrible political consequences of exploiting the nobles, and Tang Jie was holding a knife in his hand, and the empty gloves and white wolf grabbed Sisis in his hands, anyway, he didn't spend his own money, so of course he sent money to send it very boldly.

If the two sides can reach such an agreement, Samadno will laugh out loud in his dreams, not to mention that the real enemy of this black-haired pirate is the Kelsman family, and he and he can coexist peacefully within a certain range, but the Kelsman family and this guy are not dead.

Let them fight on both sides!

Although Samadeno was already willing in his heart, the expression on his face gradually became solemn, and he regained the calm and majesty of the king, and he nodded to Simon: "I know, you go down first, let me think about it." ”

Simon knew that this was Samadeno going to serve the king's shelf, otherwise he would have promised himself in a few words, where is the majesty of the country, where is the majesty of the royal family?

He smiled, and after giving a graceful salute, he walked backwards out of the palace, and when he walked out of the heavily guarded palace, a cool breeze blew, and he felt that he was wet, and his clothes were already soaked with sweat.

Simon looked up at the sky, it was the time of sunset, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said secretly: In this way, the Principality of Marta will no longer be our biggest threat, and we must be able to have a precious time for peaceful development, right?

In the main hall, Samadeno looked at Simon's departing figure, and secretly sighed in his heart: living in the tiger's den in Longtan but still thinking clearly, articulate, facing the coercion of the king of a country, but still not changing his face, talking eloquently, this kind of courage and bearing, is really a rare talent in the world!

But after Samadeno watched Simon's figure disappear, he suddenly remembered: such a talent is desperate to risk the black-haired pirate alone, so what is it like to be able to control and drive such a talent?

Samadeno sat in his seat in a daze, his face changed for a while, and then he finally sighed slowly: "This must be a man of great talent...... I hope I'm not playing with a tiger!"

Shortly after Simon and Samadeno had a secret private meeting, a grand dinner party began in Sisis, more than 500 miles away from Jamezidon.

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Well, it's a little late...... However, the amount should still be quite sufficient, seven thousand words!