The news spread, and the front quickly boiled. Legal "robbery" has always been a legend in the kingdom.

It has been rumored that the Alpha Kingdom has the strictest military discipline.

In fact, it's not that the nobles want to have strict military discipline, it's really the special situation of the kingdom.

The orcs next door are poor and only have their lives left, and they have always been the only ones who rob the kingdom, so how can the kingdom army rob them?

If you can't grab it from the outside, then it's only the inside. Everyone is our own people, and we must sincerely unite to fight against foreign enemies, and we must not do anything that undermines unity.

Most of the soldiers of the kingdom did not have the opportunity to participate in the robbery in their lifetime. This kind of common skill that has been passed down in the Continental Army is extremely rare in the Kingdom Army.

However, this innate skill has never been self-taught. As long as the conditions allow, you will be able to awaken quickly.

At this moment, the Holy See is in decline, and there is an opportunity to go up and get a piece of the pie, and everyone will naturally not let it go.

The only problem is that the poll tax set by the royal government is not low, and if it is not played well, it may lose money.

It's just that when I think of the richness of the Holy See, everyone's worries disappear in an instant.

After collecting tithes for so many years, selling indulgences for countless years, and accumulating huge wealth, it is impossible to disappear into thin air.

For a moment, Hudson's command became noisy. There are countless aristocratic officers who came to sign up.

With the exception of a very small number of nobles who were inconvenient to participate, the main nobles of the kingdom were registered.

"Marshal, this expedition to the Papal States is a rare opportunity, are you really not going to participate?"

Marquis Zuel asked with concern.

In the matter of beating the water dogs, one more person participates, and one more person will share the spoils. Under normal circumstances, it is certain that the fewer people who participate, the better.

It's just that the Holy See is the Holy See after all, even if it declines, people still have three catties of nails when they break the ship.

With the contradiction between the kingdom and the Holy See, it is very likely that it will become the target of others, and if it is not good, it will fight in the locality.

When it comes to fighting with soldiers, it is obvious that Hudson is more professional. With such a professional leading the team, let alone fighting the Holy See, even if there is a conflict with other countries because of interests, everyone will not be instigated.

If everyone goes over to rob together, the stronger they must be, the more loot they can share. Pulling Hudson to team up together is undoubtedly an act of making the cake bigger.

Even if the Holy See was forced to rush and directly let the Holy Domain participate in the war, there was also Hudson, a "tall man", who stood on top of it.

"Haha......"

"In this world, there is no shortage of opportunities. Miss this time, there will be a next time.

Although the war is over at the moment, the front line is not calm. Just because the orcs are temporarily retreating doesn't mean they won't make a comeback.

After a large number of troops are withdrawn, I will still need to be on the front line. In this operation, the Coslow family will not be involved! ”

As soon as Hudson's words fell, everyone looked stunned.

As the new Terran marshal, Hudson cherished his feathers and did not participate in robbery, which is understandable to everyone.

There is no need to exclude the family when it comes to making a fortune!

Could it be that there are still unknown risks in this trip to the Papal States?

The idea had just arisen, and it was quickly dispelled by everyone. If there is really danger, the news of these old nobles will only be better-informed.

What's more, this military operation was still a joint attack on the Holy See by all countries on the mainland. Even if the Holy See is at its peak, it cannot withstand the black hands of so many countries.

Although the kingdom and the Holy See are at odds with each other, the Franks are superior when it comes to pulling hatred.

If the Holy See really had a strong means of counterattacking, it would have targeted them first. Only by defeating this leading brother can it be possible to curb this round of carve-up frenzy.

In contrast, the Alpha Kingdom is just seeking wealth. After grabbing, they will leave, and they will not stay in the local area for a long time.

Hudson's mouth smiled slightly. Just because you can't participate in the "robbery" doesn't mean you can't get a piece of the pie.

With the riches of the Papal States, the spoils of war must be indispensable. Except for a portion of the cash, the rest of the loot needs to be disposed of.

Although the royal government has set up a professional evaluation department, when it comes to the actual work, it is clearly not what the bureaucrats are good at.

If it is really handed over to the bureaucrats to be responsible, no matter how profitable the industry is, it will be able to make a loss.

The most important thing is that the Royal Government has no money in its pocket now!

The Ministry of Finance has already made a bunch of white slips, but all the nobles who have a little strength are the creditors of the royal government.

Years after years of wars, the nobles of the kingdom are about to go crazy. In times of war, there is no way to collect white slips. Now that the war is over, who wants a white strip from the Ministry of Finance!

Those who are a little more well-informed know that the Ministry of Finance wants to push the "government bankruptcy" to solve the fiscal hole. Many aristocrats, deep down, already had the expectation of bankruptcy of the royal government.

The only option for the Royal Government to continue this business is to find a strong partner.

Looking at the whole kingdom, there is no second one that can afford to come up with large sums of cash now, except for the Development Bank of the Near East.

It just so happens that the development bank of the Near East has a wide enough business territory and tentacles to extend to all walks of life, and it has an innate advantage in dealing with the problem of loot.

The robbed gold coins are deposited in the bank, and the loot is sold to the bank at a discount, so that everyone can continue to travel lightly and continue to rob the great cause.

The banks made money by expanding their business, and the royal government was able to take a tax off of it, a win-win-win.

Frankly, Hudson was still a little weak-hearted. From its establishment to the present, the Development Bank of the Near East has not paid a penny of taxes to the Royal Government.

There was no regulation, no taxes, and completely barbaric growth, and in just a few years, the outlets were able to spread to all the cities of the kingdom.

Up to now, one-third of the nobles in the kingdom owe bank loans.

Reason told Hudson that if he continued to play like this, he would sooner or later become the target of public criticism.

It seems to be controlling the lifeblood of the kingdom through economic means, but this is based on the premise that everyone follows the rules.

You must know that these debtors are not ordinary people, they all have private armies of different sizes in their hands.

If one day these guys feel that the original rules of the game are not good, and they want to change the way they play, the situation will immediately be very different.

"Interests move people's hearts", when the interests are involved enough, even Hudson, the marshal of the kingdom, can't stop everyone's peeping heart.

In recent years, Hudson has been using obscure methods to arbitrage, raising the bank's operating costs and making profits look less intimidating, which is actually a means of avoiding risks in advance.

In the past, under the guise of "Near East Development", the emphasis was on high risks. Even if you have earned a huge amount of wealth, everyone is not blushing.

According to the established thinking, as long as the orcs invade again, there will be a large number of bad debts in the loans issued in the Near East. What you earn in the front will also be lost in the back.

But with the end of the war, everything was different. Bad debts do occur in banks, but the proportion is very low.

The bad debts mainly come from: the nobles of the seven counties who were flooded.

However, the floods washed away farmland and infrastructure, and the creditors themselves are still alive. Debts are only temporarily repaid, not just gone.

In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Hudson, under pressure from his shareholders, ordered the head of the bank to initiate a debt rollover, allowing the disaster-stricken aristocracy to delay the repayment of the debt for five years.

It is not only the nobles of the seven counties who enjoy the dividends, but also the nobles of the entire Near East, who can defer the repayment of debts for one year.

At the cost of the Near East Development Bank's direct capital interest losses alone amounted to millions of gold coins. The indirect economic losses are even more immeasurable.

The effort is also rewarded, and the bank's reputation has been greatly enhanced. Compared with the usury outside, this is a proper conscientious creditor.

Originally, the Development Bank of the Near East was very eye-catching, and if it went to buy the spoils of war at a lower price, it would be easier to attract hatred.

After a brief period of contemplation, Hudson immediately decided to change his routine. It is enough for the bank to issue a loan, and there is no need to go out of the transaction in person.

Since the Ministry of Finance wants to make a profit from it, it naturally has to bear the corresponding responsibility. It's good to buy this kind of hate-pulling thing at a lower price, and let them do it.

If they don't have money, the bank can give them a loan and use the loot they bought back as collateral.

Later, the royal government could not repay the loan, and the bank sold the collateral, which was also a logical thing.

With his thoughts cleared, Hudson's mind suddenly came alive. The Development Bank of the Near East has made a big move, so it will make a few more banks with a bad "reputation" come out to share the pressure.

It seems that this kind of work doesn't need him to do it at all. At present, there are no commercial banks in the world with a good reputation.

Limited by their own scale, the operating costs of small banks have always remained high. When it comes to business, it's inevitable to rush for quick success.

The main reason is that they have a single profit model, and the biggest profit point of the Development Bank of the Near East is not to issue loans, but to print golden bills.

It's not that there are no banks following suit, so why don't the market buy it. Forcibly launching one's own golden ticket is to drive customers out.

At present, the Golden Bills of the Development Bank of the Near East have spread all over the major cities in the northern continent and have begun to penetrate into the central continent.

"Tom, send for this letter to Rudolph. Tell him that he must reach a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Finance before the army sets out. ”

……

The top of the Holy Mountain.

"What, the Five Nations Alliance is also going to send troops to mediate?"

Pius VII asked incredulously.

The current Papal States are in chaos. The Franks, the anti-French alliance, and then they and the Five Nations Alliance, happen to be a table of mahjong.

With the relationship between the Holy See and the Five Nations Alliance, sending troops over at this moment is obviously a weasel to give a New Year's greeting to the chicken.

The four families who fought the landlords alive turned against each other and beat them up.

"Yes, Your Majesty!

Bishop Monteson has sent news from the Alpha Kingdom that the Five-Nation Alliance officially submitted a mediation letter to us last night, and we can't refuse it! ”

Ulise said with a depressed face.

Originally, diplomatic matters had nothing to do with their intelligence organization. However, the permanent foreign offices of the Holy See in the Kingdom of Alpha were abolished several years ago.

In order to get the news back quickly, Bishop Monteson activated an emergency communication channel for the intelligence organization. In exchange for an interim arraignment, they also exposed a stronghold.

Deep down, Ulise had secretly greeted the family of Bishop Monteson. If you don't leave in a hurry after the meeting, stay there and pretend to be sick, which will cause problems!

There was no point in complaining, and Bishop Monteson and his entourage were forced to stay in the Alpha Kingdom to recuperate.

At the Council of the League, the Holy See was completely defeated. With such a bad diplomatic performance, if they dare to come back at such a critical juncture, I am afraid that they will be torn apart by the hot-blooded young people within the Holy See.

As far as the five-nation alliance is concerned, as long as it is determined to send troops, whether there is a delegation or not, people will still send troops.

Even if the delegation does not receive the note, other organizations or individuals of the Holy See will still receive it.

The army of the most unfortunate people can still be carried around, and it is a procedure anyway, and it will not affect decision-making.

"Humph!

It's really looking at our decline, what kind of cat and dog goods, now they dare to come up and take a bite!

Tell the Alpha Kingdom not to deceive people too much! Otherwise......"

Halfway through the threat, he finally stuck in his mouth, and the angry Shelter VII's face flushed.

Today, unlike in the past, the Holy See is no longer the Holy See it once was. If you want to threaten a great power, the current strength of the Holy See simply cannot do it.

When it comes to military strength, the Holy See is too far behind. Even if the high-end power is superior to the Alpha Kingdom, it will not take advantage of the entire five-nation alliance.

In this context, that is: put the most ruthless words, and get the most vicious beating.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is no longer beyond our control, so let's ask the seniors to mediate!

In any case, we are the spokesmen of the Lord of Dawn in the world, and they dare to destroy us. ”

Bishop Asprilla, dressed in red, spoke up.

In fact, this is the last reliance of the Holy See. Even if two new churches popped up on the mainland, orthodoxy was still with them.

"It's not as simple as you think. If we want to use high-level power threats to force countries to withdraw their troops, we simply can't do it.

Once the rules are broken and the powerhouses of the Sacred Domain of the major forces join forces to retaliate, the situation will be even worse.

As for the gods, there is no need to fantasize. There has been no feedback for thousands of years, how can an ordinary believer's infighting attract the attention of the gods on high?

Even if the enemy is jealous, he does not dare to destroy the Holy Court. Then we can also kill our people and replace them with a group of obedient superiors! ”

Pius VII said with a slight mockery.

If you open the history books of the Holy See, you will find that in the past countless years of power struggles, there are not only one or two popes who died unexpectedly.

Everyone dares to play like this in the infighting, and others follow the trend, and there will not be much psychological pressure.

"Your Majesty, if there is no better way, then prepare to finish the aftermath!

The transfer that can be transferred, the hidden that can be hidden, first try to keep the vitality of the Holy Court as much as possible! When the situation improves, let's look for something else! ”

Blake stubbornly persuaded.

……