Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 479: Benevolent Heart

Viscount Angelink rushed down from the still unstable carriage, almost falling, but he didn't care about his own breakdown, but the emotional roar: “Battalion of land, Battalion of land, assemble now, now, quickly! ”

After hearing the noise in front of the battlefield command, Count Davanel walked out with three other kingdom envoys, wondering what was going on with Viscount Angelink. Their seven Royal Envoys now have only the force of the Marine Battalion in theatre command, and the immediate guard regiments of the two former Logistics Departments in theatre and those of the Rock Regiment ignore the orders of their seven Royal Envoys, even if senior officers of theatre command are forcibly laid off, but the grass-roots officers below are very resistant to their orders.

Now, what does this Viscount Angelink want from the Marine Battalion? With the troops under the regiment? Although they are the royal envoys, representing the will of His Majesty the King, and the troops of those theatres would not offend them if they disobeyed orders, it is difficult to speak of bloody violence. Besides, with the performance of this Marine battalion, can we deal with the troops under the theatre? Viscount Angelink, why don't you think about it...

But by this time Viscount Angelink had rushed into the presence of the four men of Count Davanel, and God was so excited to say, "Come on, let's go to the Overseas Minsheng Bank, where tens of millions of gold and silver square bricks, each so big, are stored. Viscount Olivet and Baron Fogley asked me to come back and quickly mobilize the troops to seal this bank because the people in the bank are preparing to transfer these gold and silver square bricks..."

Count Davarnell, the four of us look at Viscount Angelink a little more stunned than the gesture he drew, which will be nearly half a metre long, right? Is there such a big gold and silver square brick?

Fortunately, Viscount Gregory was more calm, and he said, "You can't take all the men and leave 200 here to guard those two men. ”

The two men he spoke of referred to were General Bolognick and General Skerry, who had been held under house arrest in theatre headquarters.

Count Davanel and others did not hear from Viscount Angelink why he had come back this time to assemble the Marine Battalion until five royal envoys had been crowded in a carriage towards the Overseas Minsheng Bank. Without him, the brilliance of gold and silver took three kingdom envoys to the overseas Minsheng Bank to investigate. Nobody expected a room lined up in neat gold cubes to be so shocking that when the bank director introduced the value of the gold cubes here at 6 million gold kroner, the envoys of the three kingdoms moved in unison.

Viscount Olivet and Baron Fogley were only trying to force the stock into the bank, of course, the kind that would have a voice in more than 20 percent of the non-payment stock. Viscount Angelink then thought about how to move these bricks back to his home. He was not greedy enough to move a seventh back, leaving the rest to the envoys of the other six kingdoms.

Regrettably, however, the banker politely rejected the requests of the three Kingdoms' envoys to join the stock and bring back a few gold tiles for fun. When he indicated that these gold square bricks, along with two million gold and silver square bricks in a room next to them, and more than three million silver tall gold kroner in a bank vault, were the property of residents of the various jurisdictions and collateral for more than 20 million gold kroner banknotes issued by the Overseas Minsheng Bank. The envoys of the three kingdoms revealed their vicious and greedy faces and were prepared to swallow the entire Overseas Minsheng Bank.

“We can totally seal off this Overseas Minsheng Bank because it has no start-up documents approved by the Royal Ministry of Finance, but only the authorization documents for the war zones under its direct jurisdiction. This bank is illegal under the regulations governing the opening of private banks in the Kingdom, and the banknotes it issues are also illegally printed and are not recognized by the Kingdom.” That's what Viscount Angelink said.

Half an hour later, the envoys of the seven kingdoms stood in a golden display area in the lobby of the Overseas Minsheng Bank, illuminated by bright candles, and the huge gold square bricks of a room sparkled with fascinating golden light, leaving the faces of the envoys of the seven kingdoms intoxicated.

Overseas Minsheng Bank's Lanhu City headquarters were under control, and more than 400 Marine Battalion officers and soldiers surrounded the entire four-story building where the bank was located. The gates have been closed and there are only seven royal envoys left in the lobby on the first floor, who would have started dancing with the gold and silver tiles if they had not been too large and heavy.

“Hahahaha, I didn't expect our dilemma to be solved...” Count Davanel gently touched the giant gold with his hands, that gentle feeling in his impression was only once on his wedding night when he was young.

“Report...” A captain officer from the Marine Battalion entered the lobby, and his arrival finally awakened seven envoys of the Kingdom obsessed with gold.

“What is it?” Viscount Olivet asked unhappily.

The captain glanced at the golden square brick, swallowed the spit and replied: "My lord, there are many people out there asking why we sealed the bank. There are also several local individuals who claim to be shareholders of the bank, saying that they want to see the Special Envoy. ”

“We don't have time to see them.” Viscount Angelink was unhappy to reproach: “What's with the gun in your hand? It is a crime against the kingdom to disperse those Dalits outside and tell the shareholders of those banks to fuck off and tell them that the bank has not obtained the approval of the kingdom, to issue banknotes without permission, to amass illegal funds and to disrupt the financial order of the kingdom. We'll check the bank today, we'll hold them accountable for their crimes another day, let them go back and reflect. Turning themselves in to us early is the only way out! ”

Repelled the captain's officer and seven royal envoys came to the fourth floor of the bank in preparation for an inventory of the total assets of the overseas Minsheng Bank. Pretty soon, they had a great harvest.

“According to these books, in addition to the gold and silver square bricks in that room in the lobby valued at 8 million gold and silver crowns, there are three million gold and silver crowns in the vault. In addition, there are 1 million gold and silver coins in each of the remaining seven territorial branches, which together amount to 18 million gold and silver in kind.

The Overseas Minsheng Bank, which has issued 23 million gold kroner in low-denomination banknotes, circulates throughout overseas jurisdictions. In addition, their foreign loans amounted to nearly 30 million gold kroner to support the expansion of production and agricultural and pastoral development of workshops in the various jurisdictions, of which nearly 10 million gold kroner in interest-free loans were used by war zones to build transport infrastructure in the various jurisdictions... "

Baron Fogley quickly completed the inventory summary of the books and made a preliminary summary report: "Here is a list of the shareholders of the Overseas Minsheng Bank, with more than two hundred people, with a minimum share ratio of zero point one percent. I think the list already includes powerful people from all over the Overseas Territories, whose homes, taken together, should be no less than the wealth owned by this bank. ”

“Hahahahaha...” The Kingdom envoys laughed unannounced, waiting for the bank to be settled, then according to this list by Tusori, one by one, the charges are ready, illegally raised to open a bank. Even if their kingdom envoys were incompetent, I had no idea there would be so many rich people in this overseas jurisdiction...

“We've come to the right place this time.” Count Davarnell opened a bottle of blueberry fruit wine with satisfaction, poured himself a full glass and drained it: “I had no idea that this overseas administration was a remote place for poor people and birds not to shit. Being sent here by His Majesty made it difficult to accomplish the tasks assigned to us by His Majesty, and it was easy to solve our great problems without expecting a bank.

Tell me what you think, how do you distribute the gold and silver in the bank? Everyone is on the same boat this time, blessings are shared, how much to pay to discuss, don't hurt the peace. Of course, we can't come for nothing. Everyone's interests are still to be taken care of. Now, we need to strike a balance between them. How can we satisfy each of us with the fulfilment of His Majesty's will... "

Viscount Olivet nodded: “The Count was right, and I have just been thinking, Your Majesty, about collecting taxes and contributions that had not been paid in previous years by the Overseas Territories and imposing a further ten times the fine. So this tenfold fine is the sum of all taxes and contributions for one year or the first five years. As you know, in the archives of the Royal Ministry of Finance, taxes and contributions from overseas jurisdictions for one year add up to KK 400,000.

If it's a year of taxes and tributes, a fine of ten times as much as four million gold and silver would make it possible for us to carry out our mission. But we're in big trouble if we get ten times fines for five years of taxes and contributions. Five years, two million gold kroner in taxes and contributions, and ten times the fine is 20 million gold kroner. That is, we are going to hand over 22 million gold kroner, and even if we hand over all the gold and silver reserves in this bank building, we are 11 million gold kroner... "

“Cough..." Viscount Gregory dropped the cup of tea in his hand: "I think the wise Majesty is also aware that the reason why taxes and contributions were not paid for the first five years of the Overseas Territories was to serve as military expenses for the colonial war that had just ended. What he calls a tenfold fine is just an excuse to punish disrespect for him in the direct jurisdiction war zone and does not really allow us to complete this fine task.

If we truly and truly hand over five years of taxes and contributions to overseas jurisdictions, and send ten times as many fines, then we're in real trouble. For a simple reason, our Majesty will surely see how much wealth we have in the Overseas Territories. He will most likely let us stay for another two years and give him more than 20 million gold kroner to go...

As envoys of the Kingdom, we need to spend two years in the Territory, and next year the governors and governors of the Kingdom's mainland will come to the Overseas Territories, and we will have only one more year to transfer power with them. In other words, in the following year, we will return to the mainland of the kingdom after the handover, and it is now until next year that those who have given us the real gift will come. ”

The royal envoys were silent, and they knew what Viscount Gregory meant by that, and by next year, when the governors and governors came to office, they would have to leave a copy for the latter, even if they were able to scratch more property in overseas jurisdictions, so that they could not eat on their own. So what they can really take charge of overseas jurisdictions is now the days before the governors and governors take office next year.

Count Davanel knocked on the table: "Viscount Gregory is right, we have to hurry. I have a proposal that we should not let His Majesty know that overseas jurisdictions are wealthy, but let him know that we have done our best to complete his command. So, I think it's the first time I've shipped back a million gold kroner while I write to His Majesty to complain about how barbaric this overseas jurisdiction is and how difficult the conditions are...

Next year, when the governors and governors arrive, we will have the fleet return with two million gold and silver bricks worth one million gold and silver to His Majesty when we return the following year. His Majesty will then assume that we have done everything in our power to help him scrape all the wealth of the Overseas Territories and will not blame us even if we do not complete that fine ten times... "

“This proposal is good, and I think it should be so distributed.” The royal envoys have expressed their support. Nobody is an idiot. The bank's gold and silver reserves are worth 11 million gold kroner, four million to Sterling XI, and the remaining seven million is just one million gold kroner for a Kingdom envoy. As for the rest, it depends on the means of everyone. The goods scratched from the folk are personal gains and do not need to be handed over to the treasury and the Sterling royal treasury.

The atmosphere was vibrant, and the envoys of the Kingdom raised their glasses to pay tribute to Count Davanel's offer and congratulated him on the acquiescence they had reached in handing over their wealth to Sterling XI. They are well aware that, in addition to the four million gold kroner that was handed over to the royal vault and the one million they each shared, they will then enter their backpacks no matter how much wealth they have captured in the Overseas Territories.

“I recommend that the gold and silver square bricks stored in this bank, Silver Tall and Golden Krone, be returned to theatre headquarters for safekeeping. When Viscount Olivet and Viscount Angelink came in this morning to investigate, they found that more than twenty carriages loaded with iron plates were being mobilized into the yard behind the building. So we think the people in the bank are getting ready to move these gold and silver square bricks, which is why Viscount Angelink drove back and transferred the Marine Battalion to seal the bank.” Baron Fogley boasted proudly.

Count Davanel nodded: “That's a good suggestion. Not only do we have to get all these gold and silver reserves back, but we also have to get all the books and bills out of the bank so that we know exactly who this entire overseas administration is rich with. ”

Only at this time, there was a rushing knock outside the room, and a Marine Battalion lieutenant colonel rushed in with a panic: “Please look out the window, Special Envoy, we'd better get out of here..."

Count Davanel just smashed the glass in his hand and said, "Son of a bitch, how dare you rush in so rudely, you battalion manager don't want to be? ”

Viscount Olivet and several other royal envoys walked by the window and looked out: “What are so many people, what do they want? ”

The outside of the Overseas Minsheng Bank building has been surrounded by mountain people, more than a dozen meters away from the bank building by a variety of carriages, and there are many old men and middle-aged men in faded military uniforms with guns outside...

Viscount Angelink scolded at the commander of the Marine Battalion who was standing there shaking, “Didn't I tell you to shoot them apart? Why don't you shoot? Are these bitches trying to rebel? Send men to the battlefield immediately to suppress them! ”

The commander of the Colonel's battalion shivered and replied: "They also have guns, too many men, and all our soldiers deployed on the perimeter blockade now have to retreat into the building..."

“Then what are you waiting for? Let the soldiers shoot and kill these bitches!” Baron Fogley panicked, too.

“No shooting, we don't have much ammunition stockpile here.” Viscount Gregory roared out loud: “Tell the soldiers to hold on to the bank building and then send someone out to ask what these bitches want to do and see if there's a chance for our men to sneak out to the war zone and gather troops to rescue us..."

So the unlucky commander of the Lieutenant Colonel meant to send them outside to see what the sluts wanted. After a dozen minutes, the commander of the Lieutenant Colonel's battalion came back: “They told us to go away and say that the Overseas Minsheng Bank belonged to all the residents of the direct jurisdiction, and that we were not allowed to move every penny of it. There are a few bank shareholders out there who are the organizers of the sluts, they want to ask why we shut down this bank..."

“Why? This bank is illegal. We are here on behalf of His Majesty the King. Do they want to rebel?” Viscount Angelink is furious.

“Wait,” Viscount Olivet thought, "you go out again and let the bank shareholders come in and talk to us. When they come in to control them first, maybe the Dalits outside will dissipate automatically without the organizers, then we can declare these bank shareholders to be the rebels of the kingdom, the family extermination so that these Dalits will never dare to resist us again..."

It was just that the Kingdom's envoys had lost count, and they had arrested the shareholders of those banks, but they could not stop more people and bank shareholders from coming. For all the people directly under the jurisdiction who have banknotes issued by the Overseas Minsheng Bank, the arrival of the Kingdom's envoys and the removal of the five generals from the war zone is none of their business, they are simply watching the gourds eat. That was just a change in the authority of the superior officials, which had nothing to do with them.

But the sealing off of the Overseas Minsheng Bank by the Royal Envoy means touching the bottom line for all the people of the Territory, and no one wants the banknotes in their hands to become scrap paper. They gathered spontaneously and surrounded the entire Overseas Minsheng Bank building, under the auspices of the shareholders of those banks, vowing never to let the envoys of those kingdoms plunder the gold and silver tiles in the bank, as it was the only collateral that guaranteed the monetary value of the banknotes in their possession.

When the first bank shareholders who entered the bank and negotiated with the Kingdom's envoy were seized, all the people gathered outside were angry. They built the barricades spontaneously, arranged guards and surrounded the entire bank building. And all sorts of newspaper leaflets in the direct jurisdiction are flying, and none of the newspapers speak well for the Kingdom's envoy. Even the flyers say that the real purpose of the arrival of the Kingdom's envoy is to scrape the wealth of the Overseas Territories and return it to the mainland of the Kingdom for the maintenance of the luxury expenses of that unconscious King Sterling XI...

On November 7, 594, Holy Light, the Kingdom envoys, besieged by the people under the direct control of the People's Republic of China, reopened negotiations with the shareholders of the Bank for three days and three nights in the Overseas Minsheng Bank headquarters building. This time they took a step back to allow the Overseas Minsheng Bank to continue to operate in overseas jurisdictions, but all the gold and silver reserves in the head office would be removed by them as fines.

The second time he came forward to negotiate with the envoys of the Kingdom was Mr. Bannett, a one-armed man of the former direct administration, who angrily rejected the request of the envoys of the Kingdom that they unjustifiably shut down the headquarters of the Overseas Minsheng Bank, which had already caused significant economic losses to the Bank. All the gold and silver in the head office belongs to all the people of the direct jurisdiction, and they have no right to take it...

Consequently, negotiations were suspended and the second group of shareholders' representatives entering the bank building were again detained by the Kingdom envoys. The people outside were increasingly provoked by the Kingdom's envoys' lack of credibility, who protested loudly, demanding that the Kingdom's envoys unconditionally release all negotiators and imprisoned bank employees, and then leave the Overseas Territories!

On November 11, the envoys of the Kingdom trapped in the bank building for seven days and seven nights used the Magic Scroll of Audio Amplification to warn the people under the direct administration who surrounded the bank building, claiming that what they were doing was a crime against the kingdom and demanding that all the people evacuate immediately, otherwise it would soon become a rebellion against the kingdom and would be brutally repressed and bloody cleansed by the battlefield forces...

However, Claude appeared in front of the bank building with Battalion Thunder 131, who also used an amplified magic scroll and gave the order directly: "Attack, take down the bank building, and the rebels shot him in the spot! ”