CHAPTER XXVIII
The alliance formed by Charlotte was dissolved again, and although it seemed to be back to square one again, after a confrontation and showing strength, the other party wanted to stumble again, so they would consider this defeat and become hesitant.
However, this incident can be regarded as a wake-up call for Li Feng and them, as the lifeblood of the town, the trade route should indeed not be so fragile.
The matter of maritime trade is more urgent than expected. However, if you want to go to sea, these pirates who are active outside are really a bit of an eyesore. Therefore, before settling Charlotte's affairs, Li Feng decided to send people to deal with bandits and pirates first to ensure the safety of the trade routes.
This simple thing to do is to send troops to encircle and suppress, but, as the bandits of the head snake, if they want to encircle and suppress them, they need to spend too much manpower and material resources, not to mention, the most important thing is that those places are other people's territory, and if you easily send troops out, I am afraid that the relationship between your side and other forces in the kingdom that has just eased up will be tense again.
I had to use some other methods, and after thinking about it, I asked Will, the head of the original clerical office and the current treasurer, "Will, how much finance can we use at will?"
After hearing Li Feng's question, Will immediately said, "Your Highness, if you just withdraw it casually, one thousand gold coins ......"
In this way, one percent of the proceeds of each trade trade will be used as a bounty, and the bandits who dare to rob houses on the trade route will be hunted down with a bounty. At the same time, it is ready to form a guild and cultivate a caravan dedicated to protection. You look at the budget left behind. Li Feng said.
"Yes"
In this way, it should be possible to limit the unbridled looting of bandits and bandits, but if everyone is not allowed to become rich, such straightforward plundering will always exist.
As for the alliance of the Grand Duke, because of the bait he threw out, and Charlotte's final provocation, there was a fight, and the contradictions would no longer be monolithic.
And the king is after a year, the problem left by Li Feng when he seized the throne has been basically dealt with, this time the turmoil of the nobility, so that the aristocratic power has weakened, which is a good thing for Li Feng, for the king, it is also a good thing, everyone is taking this opportunity to deal with the hostile forces, the contradiction between the king and Li Feng began to be revealed.
"Our matter has been dealt with, the big brother and the second brother left the hidden pile, although the fourth brother must have also left the hidden pile, but there has been no action, so it has not been found out. It's just that now Xiao Si's side is already strong, Debang was killed by Xiao Si, this assassination is really powerful, and it can't be prevented at all. However, in this way, he undoubtedly violated the bottom line, and all the nobles will turn from neutrality to the enemy. After all, no one wants their lives to be threatened at any time, does they?" said the king here and the beautiful woman.
Finally, the woman put down the rag doll, looked at the king, and said, "However, they all started to fight among themselves, even if they were dissatisfied with him, they did not dare to attack him, after all, no one wants their life to be taken away at any time, does it?"
"Really?"
"Isn't it?"
The king was silent for a moment, and then said softly, "It's not that I don't dare, it's just that I don't want to be a bird." Once someone takes the lead, it's a new alliance. ”
"You're going to lose, but you're going to survive, and that's your only chance of surviving. The woman whispered, stood up, and disappeared into the garden.
"The woman of the Wind Witch Clan, has she changed the fate of the king?" Tai Shizhi walked with Bai Lin, and suddenly said to himself, "Over there in the town, Charlotte left the town because of the affairs of the demon clan. On the side of the empire, Bai Tingyue has assisted the emperor and will start to eradicate the petioles of the ministers, even if it succeeds in the end, but the emperor's next target will be Bai Tingyue, Bai Tingyue must not know that such a person may only be captured, but unfortunately, Austin and these people will not let you go, even if they die, they will make your subordinates anti-empire. Austin is in the prime of luck right now, and everything is going in Austin's favor. It's just that, in this case, do humans still have the ability to fight against the demons?"
"Your Highness, there are people from the Empire outside who have asked to see you, do you want to see him?"
"Ask to see me?" Li Feng immediately thought of the people of the Nangong family, and immediately said, "Take me to meet them." ”
Seeing Li Feng's enthusiasm, the guards were a little surprised, and they didn't know what to do, so Li Feng had already run out.
After going out, Li Feng saw two people outside, a man and a woman, both strangers, looked left and right, but did not see anyone from the Nangong family, and then looked at the two of them suspiciously, and asked, "Are you two who want to see me...... See Your Highness?"
Bai Lin nodded lightly and said, "The guard brother just now has already gone in to report." ”
"I don't know what happened to the two of you when you saw our Highness?" Li Feng asked curiously.
"Just wanted to meet the King. Bai Lin said very politely.
At this time, Tai Shizhi patted Bai Lin lightly and said, "The one in front of you is the current ruler, His Royal Highness Austin." ”
"Who are you, this gentleman?" Li Feng took a closer look at Tai Shizhi and found that this man had an extraordinary bearing, and asked.
"My master, he wants to see you......" Bai Lin heard his master say that the young man in front of him was His Royal Highness Austin, so he looked up and down curiously.
"What is your opinion?" asked Li Feng.
After the beast tide, the demons are about to invade. The church was drawn away by the growing number of demonic beasts. On the side of the empire, it seems to be powerful, but there are constant internal struggles, and no matter what it is, the king's side is inferior to the empire and the church, but, as a strong rising force, Your Highness, how do you see the situation in the future?" Tai Shizhi asked.
"Just look, my brother dealt with the troubles left by a few brothers, and he was about to attack me, and I was destroyed, and the kingdom, the empire, and the church began to fight, in order to have a unified force to fight against the demons, and finally found that they couldn't defeat the demons, and finally they were destroyed, or were they ruled?" Li Feng said, "Of course, these are all jokes, to be precise, I don't know what the future situation will be." ”
"I don't know?" Tai Shizhi didn't expect Austin to answer like this, but he soon knew, "Why?"