Chapter 703

"Just gold coins?" Clement was puzzled and confirmed it again.

"Otherwise?"

Victor spread out his hands, smiled and said elegantly, "in addition to gold coins, what are the Lords willing to exchange for rock brick manufacturing technology? We negotiate with the Lords of various kingdoms, and the war between the Centaur and the orc tribe may be over. Sidon's pioneering front is about to use rock bricks, and the church doesn't want the rock brick negotiation to take up a few years?"

Rock brick production technology has epoch-making significance, especially in the pioneering war, the Lords without rock brick will fall behind. Sylvia and Victor hold key rock bricks, and the things they can exchange are not limited to gold coins, including refined gold, secret silver, grain and tenant population; There are also precious pharmaceutical formula, advanced casting technology, the most critical long-term supply agreement of medicinal materials and minerals; Even reached an alliance of foster marriage with noble blood families.

The value and influence of these things cannot be measured by money. In contrast, what's the use of gold coins?

No amount of gold can buy really valuable things. The man and horse hills can exchange rock bricks for valuable resources from the great lords of various kingdoms.

However, the facts will not be so simple.

If Victor exchanges rock bricks for the refined gold share of the seven alliance islands, Lord Borui will be very happy, provided that only the two sides share rock brick technology and exclude other forces.

This is almost impossible. With the strength of the two kingdoms of Borui and Gambis, it is impossible to resist the whole human country. The final result must be the disclosure of rock brick manufacturing technology. So, why does Borui Kingdom pay for others for rock bricks?

Pressure is a double-edged sword, and Victor and Sylvia have made a careful layout in the early stage and have grasped the handle of the double-edged sword. Assuming that they specify to use rock brick manufacturing technology in exchange for half of the annual refined gold production of the seven United islands, the great lords and churches of the kingdoms will point their spears at the kingdom of Borui and exert heavy pressure to force them to compromise.

Now, everyone wants rock bricks, and everyone is unwilling to stand out for fear that Gambis will pat the rock bricks on his face. The great Lord looked at the church. The game of upper class society around rock bricks presented a quiet atmosphere. Everyone was waiting for the moment when the truth came out.

In the same way, whoever can get the rock brick from his highness Randall will be praised by everyone. Except for the party who pays the price, they will never like their own interests to be damaged, and they hate the church leaders who come forward to negotiate.

As Pope, clement is ready to offend some people. He takes the initiative to invite Victor to the Ayre church through Sylvia to talk about rock bricks. As long as victor's conditions are not too excessive, he can promise.

As the rock brick manufacturing technology needs to be open and popularized, no matter how valuable it is, the actual benefits that people and horses can get from it are not as much as expected. However, Victor proposed to settle in gold coins and sell rock brick manufacturing technology, which is undoubtedly the most aggrieved and thorough compromise for him and Sylvia.

Things went better than Clement expected, which made him more confused and hesitant.

Victor is famous for his extraordinary wisdom. In his past layout, everyone was satisfied first. Unknowingly, Renma Hill grasped the greatest initiative, broke through the double blockade of politics and diplomacy, and jumped from an excluded power Lord to the queen of the kingdom of Gambis.

Clement couldn't see through Victor's strategy, and had to admit that solving the problem with gold coins was the most effective and simple way at present, and he himself benefited greatly. The Lords would understand that Victor and Sylvia made great concessions in the face of the Pope.

"How to deliver?" The Pope cleared up his complicated mind and asked calmly.

"Referring to the trading method of iron brick and giant brick kiln, we only trade with various kingdoms. Each kingdom has to pay me 20 million gold sol, and the Sasan empire is 60 million." Victor stretched out two fingers and said, "I have two conditions. First, we only accept gold sol, silver sol and copper sol, not purple gold coins issued by royal families of various countries. We must pay them off within a year."

"Second, the kingdoms shall not refuse normal trade between the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce and the Lord in any form."

"We also guarantee that the manufacturing cost of rock brick is very low. Manufacturing one rock brick is equivalent to four green bricks, and the cost is mainly reflected in the labor cost. In addition, there is no obvious difference between the daily output of rock brick and green brick."

"The royal families of various countries sent representatives to sign the agreement and hold the notarization before God. I immediately took out the rock brick manufacturing technology."

After hearing the two conditions of his highness Randall, Clement fell into a long meditation and gradually understood each other's attempt.

Two years ago, Renma Hill took out iron bricks and giant brick kilns. Victor put forward the distribution strategy in blinor City, sold relevant technologies to the big lords and earned a huge amount of money. Those powerful lords who got the right to operate turned to resell the iron brick formula and the design drawings of the giant brick kiln. They made a small profit with his highness Randall.

During the orc war, Victor sold fast birds and war birds, which attracted the royal families of all countries and contributed to the subscription one after another.

No matter how the lords who obtained the relevant management rights operated, these two transactions made the financial funds of the Kingdom difficult. Now Victor's old technique is repeated, and he has made a sky high price for rock brick manufacturing technology.

20 million gold coins, any kingdom can come up with something. The problem is that if they pay such a large sum of money, plus the previous two transactions, the Lords will count one by one, and their coffers will reach the bottom. They may have to think of family vassals and free civil and commercial people.

It can be predicted that for a long time to come, there will be a shortage of money on the market, leading to a decline in prices. The first-class war horse, originally worth 80 gold coins, may only sell more than a dozen gold sols.

Gold, silver and copper coins all flowed into the man horse hills. It was melancholy to think about the materials that Victor and Sylvia could buy. The second condition of notarization before God ensured this.

Clement couldn't help but praise Victor's plan, but he wasn't sure he saw the whole layout. In front of the count of golden eyes, the Pope was more and more unsure.

Victor once asked him for the casting right of copper sol, and perhaps he had begun to layout as early as that time.

True allies need reciprocity, including mutual restriction and complementarity of wisdom, resources and forces. Clement leaned against the sofa and said calmly: "Viscount Tunis Ludwig is your friend. Although he is not qualified, you and Sophia do take him as their spokesman... You want to pass a tax reform plan and push Tunis to the position of Chancellor of the Gambis Treasury."

"Tnis's tax reform plan was cold in the king's Court of Gambis, which offended the fiefdom and manor Lord of Gambis. Even the former imperial position was deprived, so he had to leave brinor city sadly. Not long ago, he went to the Sassanian Empire to meet his highness Randall, and then came to al holy city to sell his tax reform plan in the silver white tower. He has held several tea parties and invited several scholars and masters Speak up for his tax reform bill... It will cost a lot of money. "

"Or do you and Sophia need more comprehensive tax reform?"

The Pope suddenly opened the subject and talked about tax reform. Victor was not surprised. He smiled and said: "Tanis's tax reform plan has two core contents, the poll tax of tenants and the king's transaction tax. Now, the Royal scholars of various countries support the new tax plan, but the scholars of the Lord's family strongly oppose it. I'm curious about the church's attitude towards the new tax system?"

"The position of the church does not allow me to object."

Clement smiled brightly and said, "if Gambis realizes the new tax system, you will get 140 million gold sols from selling rock bricks and pay the king 3% trade tax, a total of 4.2 million gold sols. 10% of this tax belongs to the church."

"I have a question." Clement looked upright and asked, "although the Lord bears the poll tax of the tenant, the church takes one tenth and the king takes the remaining 20%, this tax will eventually be passed on to the tenant. What do you think?"

Victor nodded: "The group of tenants is becoming larger and larger. I'm afraid it's not enough to rely solely on Mutual Aid Association donations and lottery to raise funds. The so-called poll tax is actually to ensure the sustainable operation of the monogamous tenant family system. Even if the Lord transfers the money to the tenants, I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Otherwise, more tenant families will be in trouble in the future , eventually leading to the collapse of the whole system. "

Paying taxes will certainly make tenants complain, but the Lord does not have this tax, and relieving tenants is empty talk.

On the issue of people's livelihood, the church's consistent practice is to be a good man and let the Lord bear the black pot. The Lord's collection of poll tax on tenants is fully in line with the needs of the church. Clement has a deep research on the tenant system. He has realized that the relief of tenant families will become a terrible loophole, and Victor's poll tax just makes up for this loophole.

Clement nodded and said, "the poll tax of tenants is imperative. On this point, there is no objection from the Lords of the silver white tower. Only the transaction tax is controversial. Generally speaking, the Royal scholars fall behind, their number is small, and the Lords unite in front of this problem."

"Pinghu Town collects transaction tax from market merchants. King gangbis and the church do not intervene, and other lords follow suit, which has almost become a practice." Clement paused and said, "the original founder of the market transaction tax suddenly proposed that goods cross the border, and the caravan should pay 3% of the trade tax to the king... This is actually paid by the Lord. What can the post Gambis get in addition to the king's benefits?"

Victor said slightly embarrassed: "This is Sophia's intention. According to the original agreement, she will hand over the Wimbledon chamber of Commerce to Viscount Soren Wimbledon in 11 years. I'm worried that she may not be able to rise to the golden rank during this period. I hope she will develop in the direction of Kingdom politics. The border transaction tax is a good entry point to help the Marquis house of Wimbledon regain the position of court finance minister Anyway, Sophia is about to leave the chamber of Commerce, and the border transaction tax is also a headache for Soren. If the proposal for tax reform cannot be passed in the Senate, I will have no loss. "

"... on the surface." Clement took a deep look at Victor and turned to smile: "I heard that there was an insignificant little man named Weiqi in Pinghu Town. He was originally a free merchant in Heibao. During the ant disaster, he was forcibly expropriated by the Lord. His business failed. He wandered to the deep water city of the Joshua family and did some black market business. Weiqi finally returned to Renma hill, bought a house in Pinghu Town and became the head of the Mutual Aid Association He has a lot of business in the wild willow city of the Buryat family, as well as in the Songlin town led by count chebman... Do you need me to go on? For example, for the public carriage you promote, wedge has subscribed in many territories... "

Victor did not hide his surprise. The golden regiment changed from dark to light and needed the protection of the church's high-level. His preferred partner was Pope Clement. But Victor didn't expect the other party to catch the vein of the golden regiment so soon, connecting the noble stormy female knight with the insignificant fat businessman Vicky.

The Pope's intention to show strength lies in how sincere Victor can show, which determines whether the two sides can reach a consensus.

Victor said positively, "under the crown, have you ever heard of the golden regiment?"

"I'm listening." Clement responded with a laugh.

Victor nodded, cut the cause and effect of the golden group and told the reason. After hearing the narration of the count of golden eyes, the Pope was stunned for a long time. Then he shook his head and sighed with a complex look: "it's hard to imagine that you began to plan such an amazing layout as early as when you took office as Lord of the man horse Baron of hills... Your Highness's extraordinary wisdom is awesome."

"It is gradually improved." Victor corrected: "At first, my idea was very simple, just to improve the family's financial situation and revenge Sophia. I wanted to run the gold mission alone, and Sylvia didn't even intend to tell. But she finally knew that she let me understand that Sophia was the best person to take over the gold mission. If I held on to the gold mission, I would only screw things up."

Clement needs continuous operation and fighting spirit to control the waves in his heart. The plan of the golden group is too amazing and can bring immeasurable value and influence, not only for Victor, Sylvia and Sophia, but also for him. In other words, as long as he is willing to endorse the gold regiment, he can mobilize a huge potential force without going through the Privy Council. The premise is to formally form a secret alliance with the gold regiment, and the worst consequence is to be frightened and suppressed by other forces in the Holy See.

The count of golden eyes was right in front of him. The Pope quickly made a decision and said with a smile: "Your gold regiment can hide from the lords who run their own affairs, but it can't hide from the stationed priests everywhere. Lazarus has been operating in the Archdiocese of the Cambis kingdom for 30 years, tamore has just taken over, and it will take a few years to master the churches everywhere. If not, it's hard for me to detect the traces of the gold regiment."

Victor sincerely said, "the golden regiment is growing and needs the protection of the Pope."

Clement said with satisfaction, "what is the most urgent difficulty of the gold regiment?"

"Free civil and Commercial Labor Association."

Victor said without hesitation: "In the future, tenants will undertake heavy agricultural and animal husbandry work, and the collar and feudal families will have more people to engage in handicraft industry. The increase of commodities in the market will lead to the prosperity of trade. Many businessmen will emerge from the free people in cities and towns, and they will inevitably form forces and formulate rules for free people businessmen. These free people's merchants are potential competitors of the golden group, but from another point of view, they can also become Help the golden mission. "

"I hope that the free civil and commercial associations around the world can be unified under the banner of the golden mission. At present, several large families participating in the golden mission are willing to help."

Clement thought for a moment and said, "I can solve the legal status of the gold regiment... It's unrealistic to unify the free civil and commercial associations around. You can't bring all the lords into the gold regiment, but the Privy Council will give assistance, at least not let them become enemies with the gold regiment. You still need to find your own way to cooperate."

Victor got up to salute and solemnly said, "thank you for your coronation."

Clement waved his hand, motioned Victor to sit down, smiled kindly and asked, "when are you going to have the golden regiment officially announced?"

"It will take two or three years." Victor nodded and further explained: "the Kingdom trade tax is to establish the trading order of free civil and commercial groups in advance. The attitude of the royal families of various countries is very important to the survival and development of the gold group. Only by sharing some profits to the royal families of various countries in the form of tax can the gold group have room to survive."

Clement laughed and said: "The tax rate is very important... People and horses have so much money to spend. Wimbledon chamber of Commerce will come forward to purchase materials for you, and take the initiative to pay taxes during transit. The royal families of various countries will set the trade tax by the way, but in order to calm the anger of their lords, they will only set a lower tax rate, and then ask for notarization... The low tax rate is just suitable for the gold regiment."

Victor smiled and said nothing. It was a default.

The Pope stood up from the sofa and said, "I'm very satisfied with your plan to exchange rock bricks for gold coins. I owe you a favor. If you need my help, I'll do my best except for the great prophecy."

Victor said with burning eyes, "crown, I want to meet his Majesty the pope in private."