The Original Vampire

"No! You can't do this to me!"

Ivan Knight struggled and shouted.

But the hands of the two blood cavalry guards were like iron pincers, and Ivan knight could not break free.

"His Royal Highness Harrison, what about the covenant we made before! You can't betray your trust like this!"

"Shut up!" A trace of anger flashed across Prince Harrison's face.

Colin winked, and one of the guards punched Ivan Knight in the face.

A few teeth splattered out with blood.

Ivan Knight screamed miserably, but still shouted inarticulately, as if saying that his brother would definitely avenge him.

Colin was naturally not frightened by this threat.

In fact, even if there is no Ivan Knight, Colin has already made an enmity with Imerson, the consul of the Eastern Realm.

When Vera entered the Senate to vote as the heir to the Duke of the North, Colin knew very well that the Imamson consul voted against it.

For this revenge, Colin will get revenge sooner or later.

Now take the opportunity to kill Imerson's younger brother, and it can be regarded as an interest first.

After the reform of the Senate, the consul was changed from a lifetime system to a limited term, and Colin also prepared to wait for the next change to bring down the Imamson consul.

When Ivan Knight's voice gradually disappeared outside the council hall, the expressions of the eastern nobles in the hall gradually became more and more submissive.

Killing chickens to warn monkeys, although the method is old-fashioned, is extremely effective.

And watching Prince Harrison abandon Knight Ivan without hesitation, a group of Eastern nobles also realized that Colin was standing behind not only the Northern Territory, but also the Imperial Royal Family!

Ke Lin's cold eyes slowly swept across the audience. Seeing that no one objected, he said:

"Okay, since everyone has no opinion, then Earl Nicole will temporarily take charge of the Eastern Territory."

It stands to reason that Colin is not qualified to announce the appointment.

But now Bailu City is under the control of the blood cavalry army,

And Prince Harrison made it clear that he supported his teacher, so no one dared to say that Colin's declaration was illegal.

What's more, regarding the attack on the Pegasus Legion just now, most of the Eastern Realm nobles had already been pulled into the water by Ke Lin, and at this time it was considered a basis for conspiracy.

Earl Nicole gave orders loudly with a blushing face, as if he was ten years younger.

Colin smiled and said to Count Nicole:

"Count Nicole, originally I shouldn't interfere too much in the internal affairs of the East, but it is related to His Majesty's war order. I still want to ask one more question, are you sure you can complete the tasks specified in the war order in time?"

Earl Nicole thought for a while and said solemnly:

"According to His Majesty's war order, this time the Eastern Region should send an army of no less than 200,000 people to support the Western Region. Although the Eastern Region has just experienced a turmoil, I believe that as long as the lords of the Eastern Region donate generously and kill with one heart. We will definitely be able to form an army of 200,000 people in time!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a series of inhalation sounds in the conference hall.

The nobles of the Eastern Realm were all frowning, obviously realizing that they were about to bleed heavily, but because Colin was present at this time, he did not dare to speak out against it, many of them were flushed with suffocation, as if they were constipated.

Colin had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions, smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his mouth:

"Everyone, I do have a suggestion for the cost of forming an army to support the Western Region."

Earl Nicole's heart moved, and he quickly interfaced:

"Lord Count, please speak!"

Colin smiled slightly and said loudly:

"I know that the turmoil in the Eastern Territory has already been decided, and you will definitely have some difficulties in preparing for military spending.

Of course, I also have some responsibility for this.

After all, because of some misunderstandings, I had some small frictions with the Eastern Border..."

Hearing this, all the aristocrats in the Eastern Realm couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths, and secretly complained in their hearts——

Little friction?

You have directly penetrated the Eastern Territory, okay...

Colin ignored everyone's expressions, and continued on his own:

"...I know that you now have a lot of pensions to be distributed, and you have to recruit a lot of troops to prepare food for the expedition... Such a large expenditure is a huge burden for all of you present.

But if you increase the tax rashly, it will be useless if you increase it too little. If there is too much, it will probably cause dissatisfaction among the people in the Eastern Region. In that case, let alone supporting the Western Region, even the Eastern Region itself is at risk of falling into turmoil again. "

The nobles kept nodding, and at the same time, they were full of curiosity about what good solutions this Earl of Angele could come up with.

"... Therefore, I suggest that you can increase your tax revenue without increasing the tax burden on the common people."

Hearing this, everyone was confused.

Earl Nicole couldn't help but ask: "Lord Earl, please forgive our ignorance, but if you don't increase the tax burden of the common people, how can you increase the tax revenue?"

Colin smiled lightly and said, "Of course the total tax revenue will not increase, but it can increase your tax revenue!"

Hearing that Colin emphasized the word "you", some smart nobles understood.

In fact, not all of the tax revenue of the Radiance Empire went into the pockets of the lords, and part of it was handed over to the Radiance Church!

Therefore, Colin's meaning is obvious.

There is no tax increase, but the church's tax revenue can be misappropriated to offset military expenses!

For a time, the nobles were frightened by Colin's boldness.

You must know that the church's "tithing" was determined at the beginning of the Shining Empire's founding. For thousands of years, no matter what turbulence has occurred in the empire and what financial crisis the nobles have experienced, no one has dared to pay the church "tithing". " thoughts.

This is the tacit understanding between the nobles and the church, and it is the bottom line!

And Colin's suggestion, if it were really to be implemented in the Eastern Territory, would definitely anger the church completely—

No, this is probably the real purpose of Colin!

Many aristocrats from the Eastern Realm immediately woke up.

On the surface, Ke Lin was under the banner of helping the eastern nobility to reduce the financial burden, but in reality, he was trying to provoke the eastern nobility to provoke the authority of the church.

The Archbishop of the Eastern Region, that is, the Duchess, has died in the hands of Beatrice St. Provos, which will obviously make the church dissatisfied with the Eastern Region. If the Eastern Region aristocrats follow Colin's suggestion and appropriate the church's " "Tithe" as a military expense, I am afraid that the Eastern Border will completely break with the church from now on.

"Everyone, what do you think of this suggestion?"

Colin asked with a smile, as if what he said was just a trivial matter.

But there was an eerie silence in the hall.

Although many eastern nobles were frightened by Ke Lin's proposal, more people were just about to move.

After all, it involves their own interests.

If they don't take food from the church, they themselves are bound to bleed.

Thinking about it this way, why not just take this opportunity to completely cut the line with the church and fall in favor of the royal family?

However, after all, this matter is too shocking, and none of the Eastern Realm nobles dared to take the initiative to stand up and be the first to make a statement.

Colin glanced around in the council room, and finally fixed his eyes on Count Nicole, and asked with a smile:

"Count Nicole, what do you think of this proposal?"

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