Chapter 177: Playing Sloppy~
In the stands, the front was greeting, and those who were not greeting were also watching, watching how the top nobles in the country patted the emperor's sycophants, and by the way, they used their brains to write down how to please the emperor...
Merely... Steve and Ted are in a difficult situation, they are staying together, scratching their heads and thinking about what to do next in the cross-examination from the crowd.
After all, this emperor is alive and well! There is no sign of aging, and he will continue to be in office for the next few decades or even a hundred years, presiding over the overall situation!
Returning to youth is equivalent to a new official taking office, and at least two of these three fires have to be burned to Ted.
Especially after he saw this new weapon, he would definitely ask Ted to make the manufacturing method public, or sell weapons to the Imperial troops and the noble troops!
In short, no matter what kind of request comes from the emperor, it is not easy to deal with! The emperor will definitely think that if he is unwilling to reveal it because of the secret, then there should be no problem with selling~
But if it is sold, it is tantamount to increasing the strength of unknown enemies and making a stumbling block for yourself!
Now, Ted regretted it a little, he pretended to be X a little too much just now, and he shouldn't have taken out a single killer directly! In order to let the emperor ignore this matter and be led by his own nose, Ted immediately frantically ran his brain to think of countermeasures...
According to common sense, grenade launchers and bazookas are not equipped on everyone's head, at most these weapons are delegated to the squad level.
It's just that the belligerent second prince doesn't think so, in his opinion, with these things, everyone must have a hand! After the firepower is sufficient, separate the existing soldiers and conduct multi-front operations, and fight more than a dozen countries at the same time without falling behind!
When the time comes, let alone unify the Nok Continent, even if it is to unify the world, it will only be a matter of time.
Now, his dream can come true again! As for the emperor ... Love whoever you are!
It is better to be an emperor who can be an emperor than to be a great man who has been recorded in the history of the world~
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Just as everyone was in a fantasy, Emperor Lester stepped forward, he put down the wine glass in his hand, killed a fly flying next to him, and then raised his hand, and used the gesture of 'please sit' to signal Ted and Steve to sit at the same table as him!
This move made the eldest prince and the second prince very envious!
In public, the princes did not sit with the emperor, it was a tradition of the empire, and only after being summoned by the emperor could they go to the emperor's table to eat...
The eldest prince and the second prince have more or less had this kind of treatment! But for Steve, it was a real first! Excited hearts, trembling hands! He pulled Ted and quickly sat down in his chair and waited for Daddy to talk.
Although there are people around here, the sour smell is mixed with the smell of and urine... Enough for Steve, who had developed the habit of loving cleanliness, to die on the spot! But he endured it! Pretending to be calm, he picked up a silver cup and toasted to his father.
"Father, my son and son give you a drink! Wishing you a long life! ”
"Yes, it looks like Steve, you've grown up too! Whether it's in terms of personality charm or personal strength, it's not lost to your brothers..."
"Thank you for your father's praise! I'll toast you again! ”
In this situation, in order to let Steve have a good pat on the back, Ted next to him could only endure the stench of the sky, and sat next to Steve to drink and celebrate his birthday.
Behind him, a group of warmongering aristocrats who are obsessed with weapons did not come together to watch like the others, but gathered around and played with the big treasure that Ted had put down...
It seems that they are interested in this titanium barrel!
Ted wasn't worried about that, because the shells were all by his side, a sturdy and durable barrel, and they couldn't play badly! Even if you take it, it's fine.
The warlike duke, led by the belligerent, carried the large cannon barrel one by one, looking at the uneven edges and corners, as well as the tamping weight, and the terrifying power...
At this moment, he couldn't say anything except the groan, as if his brain had been stolen by Gazi, and he couldn't think of any words.
Around, there are already many people who have begun to dig out their bags and count gold coins, ready to buy some to copy back...
For this kind of behavior, Ted is not afraid that they will pay for it, because at this moment, they have no money...
Large quantities of gold and silver have all been shipped to the North, and the food made in the North, as well as daily necessities, has been sold out in all the shops in the Empire!
And the culprit is this group of nobles! They spent all their money, tried to tighten the market, bought supplies that would last for hundreds of years and piled them up in warehouses ... But I didn't expect that the goods were like water in the sea, and if you scoop up one bowl, another bowl will be filled.
In the end, they had to stop buying because they didn't have enough money for the family!
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This wave of dumping seems to be a grand scene, but the final profit is actually pitiful! Because the increased cost of guards in the later period ate most of the originally sufficient profits...
But even so, Ted didn't raise the price, after all, if he wants to seize the entire market, monopolizing the right to sell all living materials is his first goal...
This is not to monopolize first and then raise prices, but to reduce the consequences of vicious competition.
These people don't know the consequences of a vicious monopoly, but Ted knows a lot, like pouring milk and pouring tea, even if he throws it away, he won't give it to you! These, everything reveals the stench of capital!
So! First of all, all the bad money will be hammered to death, and then Ted will open his own large supermarket chains all over the country, and after the country is stable, then open the private handicraft industry, open the private market...
Because Ted will not raise the price after monopoly, he knows the consequences of fishing with all his might, and it is a normal businessman to earn stable profits reasonably and engage in sustainable development~
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In the end, after a series of operations and reports, Chris took the think tank to estimate and found that most of the nobles in the empire were almost bankrupt because of this low-price dumping of goods...
There is not much money from the people... Only a large number of copper coins are in circulation.
In order to prevent the nobles from retaliating and looting the people's fat and ointment, even if it is a worthless copper coin, Ted still wants to buy it, after all, it is also a good choice to use it as a bullet case!
Because of the influx of a large number of goods, the chambers of commerce in the empire have come to life! In order to continue to make money, they all choose to cooperate with chambers of commerce and factories in the north, and many of them have even been acquired by Ted...
And there is another main purpose for doing so!
When it was all over, the amount of gold, silver, and copper in the empire had been greatly reduced, and it was no longer suitable as a common currency!
At that time, with all the chambers of commerce of the entire empire as a guarantee, Ted will take advantage of the trend to launch the 'chatter' currency produced in the north and control the financial system of the entire empire! Let the people further free themselves from the control of the church and the aristocracy, move closer to themselves, and by the way gain the hearts and minds of the people...
From then on, the empire's economy and labor force will almost be controlled by Ted, and all things about money and supplies must be promoted with Ted's permission~
As for the Imperial Cult forces...
The Helios Cult already has 19 million followers, which is a little less than the Empire's 30 million, but the quality of life of the Helios Cultists, the taxes they bear, and the living conditions they live in are much better than those of the Empire.
Now, not only do the followers of the Helios Cult have jobs, but they also have enough to eat! With these two articles alone, they will turn their noses up at God and be grateful to the sun god.
If you want to continue to promote the Sun God Cult, you can print the Sun God's logo on the label of the items you sell.
It won't be long before the Imperial Church will be completely isolated, dismantled little by little, or even driven out of the empire by the populace.
Ted had already predicted the future, and he knew the current situation of the empire.
If it weren't for the stinky surroundings, he would definitely grin widely, talk and laugh with the emperor, and tell the emperor by the way, 'Don't mess with me, otherwise I will definitely rebel, and when the time comes, your people will follow me to beat you'!"
Of course, he certainly wouldn't do that, and if he had stated his purpose in advance, the implementation would only become more and more difficult in the future.
This kind of thing of lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, you can just think about it, there is no need to really do it and block yourself.
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On the wine table, after three rounds of wine, next to the wine table, the sycophants are carried out!
Steve picked up the wine glass, only to feel that his body was a little strange, as if his IQ was gradually decreasing, and it was beginning to become difficult to think about problems, a strange force that was forcing him to degenerate in the direction of being a fool.
Ted didn't have any.
Because the sweetener in this wine comes from the bivalent compound of the heavy metal lead, which is ingested over the years, and sooner or later something will go wrong.
Ted just pretended to drink, and his mouth didn't even touch the liquid, but Steve was 'pampered' by his father for the first time in front of the nobles, so he directly showed off two bottles of wine...
Looking at Steve's idiot appearance, Ted immediately guessed what was going on, took out a tube of future antidote serum potion casually, and took advantage of the fact that others didn't see it, used his cloak to block everyone's field of vision, and pierced it directly on Steve's thigh.
A tingling sensation hits, and Steve looks back in shock, thinking that he has been murdered by someone!
It's just that when he saw that it was Ted, his hanging heart relaxed... Because he knows that as a qualified tool person, he will not be killed!
And after the injection of a tube of injections, Steve suddenly felt refreshed, and his IQ completely returned...
Just as Daddy Leicester picks up his glass and prepares to continue drinking, Steve stops him with a smile...
"Father, you've been drinking this wine for decades, why don't you drink some specialties from the North! A drink that belongs to pure gentlemen! ”
"Oh?" Hearing that there was something new, Lester didn't refuse, but put down his glass and motioned for Steve to take it out: "Since there are things other than wine and beer, then I have to try them today!" I don't know if this thing is shocked by the weapon I just saw? ”
Ted knew that the emperor was testing his concentration, so he naturally responded: "Your Majesty, so far, people who have drunk this thing have said that it is good... Like my weapons, anyone who has seen it will praise his power..."
"Oh??? Then I'll have to taste it...! ”
At this time, Steve took out a small incubator out of nowhere, took out three delicate glasses from it and put them on the table, and took out some ice cubes from the ice bucket!
After doing this, he pulled out a bottle that looked gorgeous!
As an emperor of the dark age, after seeing these rare objects, it was like seeing a beautiful woman, and he immediately became interested.
He'll be able to play with this glass alone for a whole year!
Precious glass like this can only be used in the holy water basin in the episcopal church...
Now, this material is actually used in drinking cups! In everyone's opinion, this thing is more on the table than gold and silver and the like!
From this, you can also see Steve's strength!
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Steve only carries a small cooler with him, and there is no place to store excess ice, so chiseling pucks and stuff... It's free...
If a glass glass can show the royal style, then the wine bottle in Steve's hand... It is to reveal the luxurious temperament of the entire royal family!
Especially that bottle cap! The lion's head carved from golden glass is exactly the same as the pattern on the royal flag! The exquisite patterns and colors of the gold-plated bottle resemble a vivid lion, mighty and domineering...
Lester even dared to say that even God's wine bottle did not have such treatment!
And in fact, this bottle is specially for Steve, not for anything else, but for x...
In addition, you can also take this opportunity to bring goods! Sell them to other noble luxuries, and further deplete the gold and silver in their hands!
When Steve opened the bottle and poured out the liquor, everyone was shocked again...
This golden amber! The transparent and clear liquid makes you feel good just by looking at it! If you take a sip, your life will be in vain.
"Father, please!"
Lester raised his glass with great interest, and put it to his nose and sniffed it as he drank wine...
It doesn't matter what you smell! It's like opening the door to a new world!
Immediately after, he couldn't wait to drink the liquid from the glass!
"Clear! Sweet! The aftertaste is endless, and it is indeed a good wine! ”
Now that you've been discovered, it's better to use some strange items to divert the target! So Ted immediately took the words: "That's nature, this wine comes from the recipe developed by the ancestors in their spare time 10,000 years ago, and I can be regarded as carrying forward history!" ”
Looking at Lester's enjoyment, Steve picked up the bottle again, ready to refill it for Dad: "Hey, hey, Father, have another drink!" ”
Seeing this, Lester didn't pass the cup over, but directly snatched the bottle from Steve's hand and drank it all!
"Such a good wine, Steve, you've been drinking it for half a year! I only had one drink! You're a bit of a picker! Give me all the inventory you have brought! Tons tons tons of tons..."
"No problem! I still have eight full boxes in my bedroom, a total of 72 bottles, enough for you to drink for a while..."
"Hmm... A week is enough... A week... Hiccup..."
'Bang...'
With half a bottle of whiskey in his stomach, Lester fell directly on the table and began to fall asleep...
The second prince behind him frowned and said suspiciously: "This... Is this wine so strong? ”
In this dark time, they don't understand what the concept of high alcohol is, and Ted can only try to explain: "Of course! If we look at the wine we often drink as a 6, this bottle is 48, a full 42 degrees more! Your Majesty has never drunk such a strong wine, and it is normal to drink half a bottle like this. ”
"I don't believe it, let me take a sip too!" The second prince was completely out of sight, he picked up the unopened wine bottle next to him, unscrewed the lid, and directly raised his head and began to tons and tons...
10 seconds later!
"Huh? How did the world start shaking? How did the Earl of Highlington become three...? My fingers... Whew..."
'Bang...'
"It's all said that it's very powerful, you don't believe it! Now it's all right..."
With that, Ted motioned for Steve to stop the day, leave the venue first, let everyone continue drinking, and wait for the emperor to wake up before proceeding to the next day's banquet.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'll send my father back to rest first... Let's play and dance! ”
Just as the two of them were packing up their things and preparing to leave, a cold light from his pupils sent goosebumps to Ted's body.
"Oops... The eldest prince Eddie, do you have to do it tonight? ”