Extraordinary Sailing

Cyrus King's Capital, Dome Palace, Conference Hall.

"The root of everything at present is your Admiralty's fault. If it wasn't for the loss of the entire Great Treasure Fleet, how could the kingdom face such a predicament?"

"Your accusations are completely groundless. In the face of force majeure, no one can do better than Lieutenant Admiral Doyle Griffiths, the captain of the "Red Maple"!

And your Ministry of Finance clamors every day to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

Our Admiralty has cooperated with you to reduce military expenditure by 20%, and finally suppressed the dissatisfaction of the soldiers. I would like to ask your "source"? "

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The senior official of the kingdom's finance department murmured in his heart: 'If I could open up the source, would I still be arguing with you, a reckless man, here? '

He is also suffering now. The current predicament of the kingdom is not a problem as long as there is money, but the biggest problem is that there is no money!

The production capacity of the colonial gold and silver mines is limited due to various reasons; as the kingdom's largest creditor, the Netherlands Bank Group refused to increase loans to Cyrus based on risk assessment; currently only the colonies of the Peacock Islands and the Southern Continent are still able to operate normally. It works, but it is not so easy to expand the scale of financial resources, unless...

At this time, a civilian general of the Ministry of War stood up, and also aimed his spearhead at the Ministry of Finance, and he was as steady and ruthless as a kidney shot.

"Since last year's finances were tight, you have issued excess currency that is not equal to the content of precious metals. As a result, the price of goods that have gradually increased to 350% with the inflow of large amounts of gold and silver from the New World in the past century, in less than a year. It has soared to 500%.

This month, the low-level untouchables in the former Principality of Franco in the conquered area of ​​the kingdom launched a large-scale riot and rebellion. Our army spent a lot of effort to suppress it, and this is not an isolated incident. Just around the corner.

Where is the root cause? I don’t need to say more, right? "

The Ministry of Finance suddenly became the target of public criticism.

'Isn't this forced by you? And how can you blame us for something that both His Majesty and the Imperial Council have agreed on? ’ With such an angry roar in his heart, the senior official could only bite the bullet and argue:

"The temporary rise in prices can be solved perfectly. By purchasing goods from other countries on a large scale, it is cheap and cost-effective, and at the same time, it can transfer domestic risks.

Including the industrially developed tulip countries, the entire country is just laborers serving us, no different from those lowly handicraftsmen in the kingdom. "

"Besides, aren't the plantations and mines in the major colonies seriously short of manpower? You can drive all the untouchables who can't live in the kingdom to the colonies, where they should be the most."

This sentence is just and righteous, and it is obvious that this big man who "why not eat minced meat" really thinks so. However, under the influence of totalitarianism, the kingdom has turned a blind eye to the deep-rooted gap between the rich and the poor.

However, it's good that he didn't mention the colonies. When he mentions the colonies, all the high-level officials in the kingdom frown slightly, and can't help but think about all kinds of bad news about the colonies of the New World during this period.

No matter how arrogant and slow-witted they are, after several months, the high-level officials of the kingdom have realized the establishment of a broad anti-Cilius alliance.

Moreover, the looting behavior of this group of bastards has greatly disrupted the shipping order between the old and new continents. In the past few months, the losses of both official and private merchant ships have been unprecedentedly large.

After the Black Sea Goddess revived, she occupied the original "Eye of the Black Sea", and also scrapped most of the naval bases along the route. The strength of Sirius' garrison navy has been stretched, and it is temporarily unable to maintain the safety of the route.

There is no money to rebuild a new naval base.

It's just a vicious circle.

To make matters worse, a large-scale and sudden epidemic hit all the colonies around the Golden Sea. The vice-kingdom of New Silius, the vice-kingdom of New Granada, the vice-kingdom of Secret Dragon, including the second largest island on the Golden Sea, Santo Domingo Island, failed to escape.

Although the vice kings are approaching Phalitis, who was also affected by the disaster but has developed a special antidote, and started to purchase that special medicine on a large scale, heavy losses are inevitable.

"In this matter, the four deputy kings of the colony are undoubtedly serious dereliction of duty!"

"How can natural and man-made disasters be blamed on the Vice Kings?"

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A group of people in the conference hall were arguing red-faced, and in the end they even ignored the enemy's friendly forces and turned into random shooting, as long as the person on the throne didn't get angry at himself.

This imperial meeting continued to quarrel for two hours, but nothing was achieved during the period.

The prime minister, the ministers in charge of various ministries, the Ministry of the Navy, the Ministry of the Army, and think tanks are also mixed with royalists, church factions, representatives of the great aristocracy, central representatives of the deputy kings of the colonies, etc., all of which are mixed.

But there is only one core theme: "I won't take the blame, you will take it!"

Philip II, who wore a blue diamond crown and luxurious royal clothes, felt that he had hardly heard any good news since he was engaged to the princess of the Habsburg family.

The only Ministry of War that managed to resolve the rebellion was just another mess.

Hearing that they were quarreling and piercing the rotten sores on the kingdom one by one, even the ruler of the world's most powerful country couldn't help but wonder if his country was about to end?

He couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his forehead, and looked at the highest-ranking people sitting below.

Sirius, who founded the country with the army, of course respects the soldiers. Under the prime minister of the kingdom, Bartlett, is Fuffman, the field marshal and minister of the army, and Bancroft, the admiral and minister of the navy.

And the great wizard Anduin of the "School of Damnation" who seems to have become the chief confidant of the think tank.

They are also the big men who are most likely to influence the king and determine the future direction of the country.

You may also feel that this group of people has been arguing for too long, after noticing the gaze of Philip II.

Teng——

Field Marshal Faffman, who was dressed in military uniform with shining medals on his chest, slowly stood up like a majestic city wall.

He bowed slightly to Philip II who was sitting on the throne, even though he tried his best to suppress his words, his words were like thunder, and the words he said were like a thunderbolt, which instantly silenced the conference hall.

"Great Majesty, we need a new foreign war!!!"

At the same time, the Prime Minister and the Admiral of the Navy looked at each other without making a sound, obviously acquiescing.

Now that the country is in chaos and dissatisfaction from all walks of life is high, nothing can divert domestic conflicts more than a war.

On the other side, the great wizard who only served the king flickered slightly, and nodded slightly at the His Majesty who was looking over.

Now, for better or for worse, there is finally a way out.

The Southern Continent on the other side of the Treasure Sea, the colonial capital of the Sark Empire, Saint Louis City.

Although it was approaching late at night, many places in this capital city were still brightly lit, with a bustling scene that was not lost on the local big cities.

In the residential area of ​​the dignitaries in the center of the city, a unique garden house stands quietly, surrounded by a large park surrounded by green trees. Although the building is small, it is full of exquisiteness.

Even in front of the exquisite wrought iron gate, there are two fully armed official city guards guarding it day and night, obviously the identity of the owner here is extraordinary.

"Hey, David, did you see Mrs. Diana's face during the daytime shift?"

"Look here, even though she came back wearing a sheer veil, I bet she was the most beautiful woman I've ever seen in my life.

Your Excellency the governor is really blessed. Not only is he born noble, but he can enjoy such a beauty. "

"If I can spend the night in this house, I will be executed immediately by the governor!"

Leaving aside the unrealistic fantasies of the two guards, the governor they said to rule here is Prince Clement, the only younger brother of the Emperor of the Empire.

Because the royal families of all countries can trace back to at least one Tier 4 title, as the descendants of the peak transcendent, all descendants, no matter how poorly talented they are, can naturally become formal knights as long as they reach adulthood.

You don't need to go through a thrilling physical violence test like ordinary people, you can innately master the extraordinary power of this kind of knight.

Correspondingly, when the powerful power is passed on in the blood, the royal family members of various countries are not very prosperous, just like the generation of the Sark Empire, there are only these two brothers.

However, although this Prince Clement was born noble, but his talent is not good, he also knows how much he has. After slowly coming to the peak of the official knight by relying on his physical attributes for many years, he no longer cares much about the road to transcendence, let alone political affairs.

An arty artist, addicted to wine, sex and extravagance, has become his label.

Even the low-level soldiers secretly didn't respect the prince very much, and it was true that they envied him for his romantic experience.

However, the prince is a prince after all, relying on a strong staff team, although this fifty-two-year-old unmarried playboy is unreliable, at least there is no major trouble.

In the heart of the capital, building a beautiful house for a lover and giving extra-standard treatment is nothing more than a trivial matter.

While the two guards were chatting, they didn't know that a stranger had already entered the love nest that the governor had built for his canary.

In the center of the bedroom where the lights had already been turned off, a figure that seemed to be condensed by darkness squatted there quietly, and asked in a tone very familiar with the hostess here:

"Farnes, can you guarantee that that playboy Clement will not send troops when Silius launches his plan? Neither the Kingdom nor Mr. Anduin want the scale of the war to expand endlessly."

Under the moonlight, the lady wearing only a translucent white gauze nightdress leaned weakly and bonelessly on the chaise longue by the window, her slightly curly long wavy hair spread like clouds, and her slightly exposed skin was as soft as jade Smooth as snow.

In the haze, her exquisite and graceful figure is as maddening as [Frenzy Potion]. Even the condensed charm like substance made the black shadow who thought he had a firm mind a little shaken.

"Venomous Bee, do you need to have any questions? I just stood by and didn't ask him to help Cyrus.

Things that are difficult for others, but for me it is just a trivial matter. "

The cat-like laziness and slightly hoarse voice is as intoxicating as mellow red wine.

But the black shadow named "Poisonous Bee" frowned secretly when he heard the words:

"Did you use potion? Bewitch? Curse control? This kind of thing is not safe, is it?"

The lady lying on her side raised her slender hands, gently brushed her cool cheeks, burning red lips, exquisite collarbone to her slender and straight thighs, and exhaled a scent of rose scent. :

"Hehehe, do you think a prince who is tightly guarded against extraordinary powers will be controlled by such a simple trick? The reason is very simple, he just fell in love with me."

Stepping on a small stool with staggered legs, she stepped down from the chaise longue, carrying the moonlight in the room, and strolled to Hei Ying's body with a graceful demeanor, and gently leaned over to bring her red lips to his ear:

"Love is like crazy! Hehehe."

After he finished speaking, he was already laughing so hard that his flowers were trembling.

The "poisonous bee" who understood the essence of his partner, at this time, not only did not feel any charm, but only a deep chill from the bottom of his heart.

Because the wizard's name "Phaness" has another alias, that is - bisexual god!

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