"If they don't give it, they will destroy the entire royal capital, and His Majesty the King should know the condition of the Lieman Fortress, and they have the ability."

As the elder bishop's words fell, the entire royal family was stunned, even if I failed to frame the blame, you still want compensation? And a county and the equivalent of gold? Where am I going to get all this money?

"We need the support of the church, this is aggressive!" After a while, Valentino, who had digested the news, looked at the archbishop expectantly.

"We don't have the ability to walk in the sky." The archbishop shook his head slightly, "That's a satan-level demon. ”

"Are you rubbish? If this is not resolved, what is the use of me believing in you? Valentino's face sank, but he couldn't say it, so he turned to look at his military minister.

"Flying in the sky? A crossbow can hit that far, but how high is it? "And you have to find a way to get him to fly where there is a crossbow, which of you can do that?" ”

"Since we can't beat us, we can apologize, if the court earl is sentenced to death, can we avoid the losses caused by this time?" Valentino frowned, he looked at the Count with his head down, "There is no way, who made him make a mistake." ”

The court count shook his face when he heard this, although he volunteered to bear it, but it was still very sad to see the king trying his best to exonerate himself and throw him out as a scapegoat, and he was so sad that his heart was cold.

"I feel that Hilton is a very pragmatic person who will not compromise easily, and this time they have caught the problem, and our church has no way to report it to the Holy See." The archbishop said, "You'd better figure it out as soon as possible." ”

"I have the solution." Seeing that the archbishop had a posture of resignation, Valentino stood up, "It's okay to solve this crisis, but what about after this time?" ”

"After that, it's time for the church to carry out its obligations." The archbishop looked at Valentino, "Except for this time, the Church will not let the kingdom lose a single piece of land and dignity. ”

"What do I need to give?" Valentino asked.

"The believers of the archdiocese are very religious, and they should become true people of God." "It will also give the paladins a sense of glory." ”

"I hope I can get your help at that time." Valentino took a deep breath and said slowly.

"It's nature." The archbishop gave him a deep look, then smiled and left.

After the archbishop and his party left, the council hall suddenly became chaotic, whether it was the shame of the nobles or the huge economic losses, it was difficult for them to let go, and this follow-up problem could not be solved with a single sentence.

"The kingdom's 40,000 soldiers can be secretly mobilized to Hilton, and if we attack Hilton City, they won't even destroy their own city." The Minister of War proposed.

"Then I'm afraid that the first castle will be wiped out before the first castle passes, and you don't know the lesson of the Witch Forest." The Governor on the side vetoed.

"Then do what they ask? Do you believe that the nobles below will directly use this excuse to break away when they find out? The tax collector said, "Originally, after His Majesty succeeded to the throne, there were some difficulties in collecting taxes, but this time I promised Hilton, and the kingdom will inevitably fall apart." ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what do you say I should do?" The Chancellor of the Exchequer shouted, "Even the church is taking advantage of the fire to rob, should we cut off three-quarters of the royal capital to pay for it?" ”

"How do I know what to do? It's all to blame for the Earl's unauthorized decision-making to make the current situation, now Hilton has a red dragon threat, and the church refuses to help, this is a dead end! The chief of the royal family's guard said as he bumped into the ministers.

"I'm all panicking, I'm still here." Valentino looked coldly at the ministers and guards below, and it wasn't until they all lowered their heads that Valentino said, "Since the crisis has come, then we have to think of a way to deal with it, and it is not a bad thing to divide a part of the territory to the church, at least not at this time." ”

"Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many assets do we have?" Valentino asked.

"Your Majesty, last year's taxes, including rent and the manor's servitude money, were collected in full, the taxes for the use of the mill and bread baking were all paid, and the use of the forest and the transit were even more significant, and the same was true for judicial fines and the like..."

"You're just trying to say that my father was good when he was king, aren't you?" Valentino interrupted the Chancellor of the Exchequer, "I ask you how many assets I have!" Valentino interrupted the Chancellor of the Exchequer and asked coldly.

"And about 250,000 livres." The Chancellor of the Exchequer bowed his head and said, "You know that royal spending has always been astronomical. ”

"Dial 60,000 livral to Hilton. No, allocate half of the livre, and replace the rest with equivalent supplies. "I can't make them think I'm rich." ”

"There's no problem with this, it's all your personal property, but what about the equivalent of the earl's domain?" The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked, "Although they are vassals, I am afraid that no one will agree to buy their domain." ”

"I have my own way of this." Valentino glanced at the tax collector, "Is Count Lieman here in the royal capital now?" ”

"Yes, he has been asking me for war compensation tax for a while, but the heretic army has not come over, and we can't collect it from the people." The tax collector is embarrassed.

"You don't have to worry about this, call Count Lieman to come and see me!" Valentino said.

"Now? Okay, I'll do it. When the tax officer heard this, he nodded again and again, and hurriedly left, and the chancellor of the exchequer, his eyes widened, and he also said, "Then the old minister has gone to prepare the compensation funds." ”

"Go ahead." Valentino nodded.

"It's nothing, we're leaving, Your Majesty." Seeing this, the other ministers understood that some sad stories would happen here in a while, so they retired one after another.

Valentino didn't bother, and let them go, and it was better not to let them see some ugly faces, and at about noon, the Count of Lieman was summoned, and saw that there were only His Majesty the King and the Earl of the Court in the council chamber.

"Is Your Majesty going to help me with the issue of the War Reparations Tax?" Earl Lieman asked, and then looked at the court earl curiously, "Didn't Your Excellency send an envoy to Hilton, why did you come back so quickly?" ”

"If you don't come back, you'll never come back." The court earl snorted coldly, "It's not because you lost the battle and didn't even hold the fortress, Hilton didn't talk to us at all, but asked for the Earl of Lieman as compensation for sending troops. ”

"What did you say!" Earl Lieman was shocked when he heard his words, and he excitedly defended, "I'm fighting for the kingdom, what does it have to do with me?" ”

"Because you lose, you have to bear the consequences if you lose!" The court earl roared angrily, "I originally wanted to settle this matter this time, assassinate the bishop and blame Hilton, and cause a war between the church and Hilton!" ”

"But it failed, I hope you understand."

"It can't be because of your fault that they made this request, right?" Count Lieman always felt that this was not what he said it was.

"It's okay if you really think so, but for now they have their eye on your territory." The court count said, "There are terrible creatures like red dragons on the other side, and the royal army cannot follow you to death, if you want to keep your territory, then you should go and fight bravely!" ”

"My team was almost dead last time, and the vassals of the territory were also frightened at that time, where can they still gather." Count Lieman said in despair, he looked at the king who was sitting silently in the distance, and asked, "Why do you want me to bear the responsibility for what you have done wrong?" ”

"For the sake of the kingdom, there is no way." Valentino said in a deep voice, "If you don't want to destroy, find a way to persuade your vassals to give up their territory." ”

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