Chapter 2385

The Kingdom of Sclayton, as a small vassal state of the Holy Empire of Elan, was inexplicably announced by its suzerain. what.

Don't say whether the Holy Empire of Elan will come to clean them up, they were originally attached to this great empire to survive, and now the suzerain country suddenly disappeared, and declared war on them, the surrounding countries saw that this cake is not Can I eat it?

Yes, you don’t even need the Holy Empire of Elan. It is estimated that the surrounding countries can be destroyed by them, and then maybe you can go to the Holy Empire of Elan to ask for a bounty. Look, we help you destroy the country you announced .

King Monteste of the Kingdom of Scratton was dumbfounded when he received the news. Didn’t they receive the news that the Holy Empire of Elan had changed its emperor? Didn’t they send someone to congratulate them? War was declared all of a sudden, can something happen with this congratulatory gift?

After asking the envoys for a long time, Monteste didn't understand how they provoked the new emperor. He really couldn't figure it out. In the end, he had no choice but to go to the Imperial City directly. While apologizing to Linton, of course he didn't know exactly what the crime was.

Some people ask you if you can't win a little bit, you see that the empire is now facing more than 20 countries in one go, and everyone should unite and beat it together.

Is Montestor angry? It is indeed quite angry. Who can lose his temper when he is announced for no reason? He is a king who has to go all the way to make amends. Can he feel good?

But it's useless to be angry, people have to bow their heads under the eaves. He doesn't know if these two dozen countries can pull up the coalition forces, but the Kingdom of Sclayton is right next to the Holy Empire of Elan. Before the coalition forces pull up, his whole country will disappear, okay?

Moreover, Monteste actually vaguely felt that the people under his rule actually wanted to be directly included in the Holy Empire of Elan. After all, during this period of time, the Holy Empire of Elan developed rapidly and its national strength was strong. Their country is close to the Holy Empire of Elan, their cultures are very similar, and their exchanges are frequent.

The people here see that the people over there are living a good life, of course they also yearn for it, but the problem is that their country is poor. So many people really seem to have directly become a part of the Holy Empire of Elan.

But the people can change, but he, the king, cannot change. In this country, he is still a king. Although he is dependent on others, he is still a king, but if he merges, what is he? Monteste obviously didn't want such a thing to happen, so he immediately chose to go to the Holy Empire of Elan to seek forgiveness from the new emperor.

By the time Monteste saw Linton, it happened to be the sixth day when the capital of the Kanger Thinking Empire was breached. It's not that Mengster was slow to come, he arrived yesterday, but he didn't see Linton at all, and Linton let him hang out for a whole day before he saw anyone.

After finally seeing Linton, Mengster didn't know how to speak for a while. He was really anxious when he came here, but after seeing Linton himself, he suddenly didn't know how to speak. After all, he still doesn't know why they were announced, and he doesn't know what purpose Linton announced them. Are you going to beat them or really want to annex them.

Looking at Linton, who was about the same age as his grandchildren, Mengster didn't know what to say for a while. On Linton's side, he picked up a document from the table next to him, and searched for it.

"Scratton Kingdom... Oh, here is the name... Tell me, do you know where I went wrong?" Linton said.

I really don’t know, after they were announced, Meng Deste thought very seriously about where they might offend the Holy Empire of Elan, and even Meng Deste asked all the ministers on his side to give him Find a crime, but the problem is that I haven't found it after searching for a long time.

Over the years, the Kingdom of Sclayton has been conscientious as a vassal state. They have done what they should do seriously, and they have paid tribute in a timely manner. They have never betrayed the Holy Empire of Elan, and indeed they have always been They were all doing that, so why was it announced?

Monteste thinks that they must have made some big mistakes in principle, right? Otherwise, the Holy Empire of Elan is the suzerain state, and it’s fine to just reprimand them for some small mistakes. They will definitely send someone to apologize and ask for forgiveness. Then correct it immediately. And only for a big mistake in principle, the Holy Empire of Elan would directly declare them, which touched the bottom line.

But he just couldn't think of any mistakes that could be declared directly.

But now people ask you where you went wrong, can you answer that I still don’t know where I went wrong? Monteste thought for a while, then said bravely: "Your Majesty, I think... is it because the tribute and tax revenue in the past few years has been too little..."

There is really no reason, and Monteste can only say one casually. The lack of tribute tax revenue is also what he thinks is the most likely.

According to the agreement between the two parties, 30% of their annual national income of the Scratton Kingdom will be used to enshrine the suzerain country. This may sound like a lot, but it is not, because just looking at the number of offerings, there is actually not much money. The Kingdom of Sklayton is a small country with limited annual income.

This money is not even as much as the reward given to the vassal state by the Holy Empire of Elan. Just like the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the holy empire of Elan will also give some rewards to the vassal states to praise their loyalty. Each time this reward is worth several years of worship.

This time, Monteste should have been waiting for a reward, but he didn't expect that what he was waiting for was a declaration of war. Monteste thought about it, and it might be that the domestic economy has not developed very well in recent years, and the tax money for offerings is relatively small, which has caused dissatisfaction with the suzerain country. This is the most likely reason he can think of.

if not? Although they are vassal states, the only things that can be contacted by the suzerain state are tax payment and rebellion. They will definitely not rebel, so they can only pay taxes.

"Trial?" Linton looked up at Mengster in surprise, "Oh, you are that unlucky vassal state, right? I said you came to surrender before I beat you... ..."

"???" Monteste looked at Linton with a dazed expression on his face, you think we are unlucky too, don't you? Monteste really felt that they were very unlucky, because they were announced for doing nothing well.

But listening to Linton's tone, I always feel that the other party doesn't even seem to know which country he is the king of. In fact, he really overestimated Linton. In fact, he didn't even know which country the other party was. The people below reported that the king of the Kingdom of Scratton came to him to admit his mistake and surrender. He still remembers The name of this vassal state is not known.

"Where did you say you were wrong?" Linton asked again.

"I think...it should be a question of tribute and taxes..." Monteste here replied cautiously. Judging from Linton's tone, could it be that he was wrong? But I can't think of any other issues.

"That's right!" Linton slapped the table suddenly, "Look, I told you that you were wrong, right? Now you have also discovered your mistake, right?"

"Uh... yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, we have realized our mistake..." Montestor felt that something was wrong, but he continued following Linton's words.

"Okay, very good!" Linton suddenly seemed very satisfied and nodded, "You know what? What I hate the most is that other people can't realize their mistakes. You can see that you have problems, right? Why did I announce it to you, don’t you know? You must still know, right?”

"Uh... um... yes, yes." Although he still felt that weird feeling, Monteste could only nod.

"I'm very satisfied that you took the initiative to admit your mistakes, so please forgive you, and I won't hit you this time." Linton nodded and said, "Knowing your mistakes can be corrected, and there is nothing good about it. By the way, do you know how to correct it?"

"Well... that... we will increase the tribute tax in the future..." Monteste said.

"Double it, and it will be doubled from next year." Of course, Linton also knows the specific tribute tax, anyway, it is as high as it is.

"What? Double?" Montesto was startled, almost jumping up from his seat. If it is doubled, their country will not be able to survive. Originally, in terms of finances, they were just digging and searching, and it was already a bit difficult. There was simply not so much money to give away.

"Huh? You can't afford such a small amount of money? Then what's the use of you." Linton said, "Before you said that you knew it was wrong, but you didn't want to change it? Otherwise, you would give up all the land in your country Give it to us, we can develop it ourselves, it will save you a headache, what do you think?"

"Ah... this... this..." Meng Deste immediately panicked.

"There is no need for a dependent country that can't provide support. You have to pay the corresponding price for taking our Holy Empire of Elan as a backer. Otherwise, without us, your country would have ceased to exist long ago, right?" Lin Dun said, "If you want to take advantage of us and don't want to pay that little money, do you think I'm stupid?"

"No...it's not like that, but double it's really..." Monteste began to panic.

"Go back and think about it for yourself. It's best to give me a satisfactory answer before our army arrives in your territory. Since you are a vassal state, I don't want to embarrass you too much. Do you understand?" Dun waved and said.