I Will Be The Crowned King

The bright moon is in the sky, and the lights are just on.

When the grand triumphant ceremony finally came to an end, a grand dinner was held in the Lighthouse Palace, the second largest building in Carindia Port—the first being the Hantu Cathedral—to complete the hustle and bustle of the night and the hustle and bustle of the day. Seamlessly.

In order to please Anson and his Stormtrooper as much as possible, and make him forget about the "800,000 compensation", the Carinthian Council almost tried their best at this banquet, and tried their best to come up with A cluster of flowers came out.

The Hall of the Beacon Palace, which was the home of the banquet, was originally just an old stone castle building. Because of its long history and its large enough size, it was preserved and used as the office of the Carinthian Council.

Now it has been repainted, a luxurious red carpet is laid on the smooth bluestone floor, the original slightly monotonous walls on both sides are also decorated with colorful draperies, and there are exquisite crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. .

The corners around the hall are also filled with sculptures and oil paintings of various eras. Even the tables, chairs and tableware are either old antiques or expensive high-end luxury goods...

All in all, it is very gorgeous and extravagant, very good, and very energetic. At first glance, it looks like the favorite of nouveau riche who have no taste or art, or it is an imaginary scene of exotic high-class banquets.

Leon had some complaints about the arrangement of Carindia. The dinner party in the Lighthouse Palace in his memory was a very quiet salon gathering where he tasted fresh sea fish and country wines in a slightly dim light, and chatted with each other—in front of his eyes. In his opinion, the big purple and big red are basically the other side deliberately fooling people.

But it is very appetizing to the officers of the Storm Division.

After all, most of this group of people are either fresh graduates, or civilian grassroots officers like Karl Bain—and professional culprits—who have never participated in real "high-end banquets"; In their eyes, it is not as good as having a face-to-face this time.

Under the colorful lights, the brightly colored tables are filled with countless delicious food and wine; everything looks very attractive, and it is very suitable for the Clovis people. Taste - mostly meat dishes, mostly pickled products, and whether it is sweet, salty, hot and sour, the taste is very strong.

With the rhythm of the notes in the hall, the maids with graceful figures shuttled back and forth around the dining tables like flying butterflies. The "tuned" Storm Division officers were either stiff as a log, or talking nonsense excitedly, or blushing and speechless.

As the most honored guest of the entire event, Anson was not only placed in the main seat where the host was originally, but also enjoyed the flattery and flattery of the Carinthian nobles around him, and described him and the Stormtrooper as if they were magic soldiers. Surrender, omnipotent, made Karl Bain next to him keep rolling his eyes, and drank bottle after bottle of wine.

What a group of idiots who are about to be smashed to the bone, and don’t forget to thank the bad guys... Looking at the group of Carinthian nobles who are still talking and smiling, Karl, who was blushing from drinking, couldn’t help but think .

Accompanied by the warm applause at the scene, Anson, who was dressed in a school officer's uniform and a one-shoulder cape, walked to the stage and began his speech tonight.

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At the same time, in the secret room on the top floor of the Lighthouse Palace, an impromptu negotiation was going on simultaneously with the banquet.

"Your Excellency Fabian, is this different from what you said before?"

Looking at the agreement in hand, the representative of Carindia, who exchanged a glance with his companion, said with an ugly expression, "Is there some misunderstanding here?"

"Misunderstanding? No, no, no, there is no misunderstanding." Fabian shook his head with a smile on his face, and raised his hand to signal the little clerk beside him:

"This is an agreement carefully calculated by His Excellency Alan Down, the clerk of Deputy Commander Ansen Bach, after detailed investigation and evidence collection, and it will definitely not exceed the current limit that Carindia Port can bear."

The limit of endurance... The representative of Carindia twitched his brows, suppressing his unhappiness and said: "But you clearly promised us before that you would persuade Deputy Commander Ansen Bach to accept the reason that Carindia Port has suffered huge losses right now. , lower the compensation to around 400,000!"

"Here are the records at that time and your autograph as proof. Could it be... are you going to break your promise?!"

"Of course not!" Fabian suddenly widened his eyes:

"As a person who has personally experienced it, I understand your difficulties very well—indeed, it is really difficult to pay such a high amount of compensation under the current conditions of Carindia Port, and I do express this with the most sincere and sincere attitude. The objective facts have been conveyed to His Excellency the Deputy Commander!"

"but…"

"But!" Fabian interrupted him righteously:

"But unfortunately, I failed."

Um?

The representative of Carindia was stunned, his eyes were wider than Fabian: "What is failure?!"

"It means that I failed to convince Deputy Commander Ansen Bach." Fabian spread his hands:

"I tried my best, but unfortunately, the Deputy Commander did not accept my suggestion—it's as simple as that."

"This..." The representative of Carindia looked shocked, and he almost couldn't control his desire to curse.

"More importantly..." Before the representative of Carindia, whose face was extremely ugly, asked, Fabian's face suddenly darkened, and there was a hint of anger in his narrowed eyes:

"The culprit who really prevented me from convincing the deputy commander and making everyone think that I broke my promise... is none other than Carindia, that is, you yourself!"

"us?!"

The representative of Carindia was even more surprised.

"It's because you told me that Carindia's finances are stretched at the moment, and I really can't afford the amount of compensation, so I promised you to persuade the deputy commander to reduce the amount." Fabian seemed to suppress his anger and said:

"But in fact, you don't seem to be honest with me."

"How can this be?!"

The representative of Carindia also seemed to be irritated: "The great Carinthian parliament will never deceive its allies and act out of treachery-Your Excellency Fabian, I ask you to immediately withdraw this groundless accusation without evidence !"

Facing his rebuttal, the sneering Fabian didn't say anything, sat down slowly without saying a word, and gestured to Alan Dawn beside him with his eyes.

"As for whether Major Fabian's remarks fall into the category of 'groundless accusations', please don't jump to conclusions so quickly."

The little clerk who noticed the other party's eyes immediately said, smiling and took out a thick stack of parchment scrolls from the black file bag he carried with him:

"In fact, just before this afternoon, I just transferred from Hantu Cathedral to a list of the expenditures of the Carinthian Parliament, which clearly recorded the detailed income and expenditure of your treasury accounts for the past two months."

The representative of Carindia, who was still furious just now, froze his eyes.

"For example, regarding the compensation for losses caused by the mutiny of the fleet, two shipyards in the port of Carindia received new orders on June 18. The number you mentioned is eighty large galleys." The little clerk with a piece of parchment raised his gaze:

"However, the orders received by the shipyard and the notes on the advance payment show only eight ships."

"this…"

The representative of Carindia opened his mouth, hesitant to speak.

"Also." The little clerk continued to add: "Tonight's triumphal ceremony and banquet expenses, the total expenditure recorded in your treasury account is 28,000 gold coins."

"But I checked the payment methods and the current price evaluation of Carindia Port. Even if calculated by the most exaggerated standard, it is only one-third of this figure."

"In addition, you also mentioned the reconstruction cost and compensation of the Green Valley, with a total amount of 100,000 gold coins; but according to what I have learned from the officers and soldiers of the Storm Division, the damage to the town is indeed serious, but even more serious are the casualties."

"According to the dictation of several Carindian soldiers who came back with the Stormtrooper and the people of Green Valley, they did not receive any compensation or notice; Excluding the 30,000 gold coins for rebuilding the town, may I ask you to spend the remaining 70,000 gold coins?" Where is it?"

"There is also the work of rebuilding the Carinthian Legion after the war, which is also an important part of your treasury expenditure; but as far as I know, the money has been allocated so far, but I have not heard that any famous arms dealer has negotiated with your Contact; if necessary, there is a representative of an arms dealer from Clovis just now in the White Tower City of Thun, and he is ready to come at any time."

"besides…"

In the small conference room, the smiling little clerk was eloquent, reading the content on the thick stack of parchment to the opposite side.

Every time he recited a sentence, the cold sweat on the face of the Kalindia representative who was sitting on pins and needles increased a little, his hands and feet gradually became cold, his brain was completely blank, and the blood on his face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Twenty minutes later, when Alan Dawn put the last piece of parchment in front of him, the trembling representative of Carindia was already pale, his eyes were dull, and he seemed to be possessed by a demon. Yes, trembling and trembling.

"That's about it for now, because I just arrived today, and the preparations were hasty, please forgive me." The little clerk apologized a little:

"But even with your current financial situation, paying 800,000 in compensation is definitely more than enough, and there is no financial shortage at all."

"In addition, just in case, I also included the loss of the mutiny of the ocean-going fleet; it was indeed a heavy blow to the port of Carindia, but it has not reached the point where it really hurts the bones."

"After all, although you have lost a large-scale fleet, you also have no burden to maintain the fleet's expenses and maintenance for the time being; the real decline in income will not be obvious until at least next year; if there are no accidents this year, there will even be tax revenue It might increase."

The Carinthian representative fell silent.

"This, these... these documents, which family did you get them from?"

"Family, what does this have to do with the Carindia family?" The little clerk blinked with a confused expression:

"Treasury expenditure accounts, market price levels, and factory orders... These are all public information. As long as you look for it carefully, it is not very difficult to collect a general information in a short time. After all, there is nothing that cannot be said. secret."

Then the Carinthian representative became even more silent.

He twitched his throat, and looked at the small boy in front of him with a little bit of fear in his eyes:

"Your Excellency Alan Dawn, you... who the **** are you?"

"I'm not some 'He Fang Sheng', Your Excellency." The young man smiled slightly, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment:

"Just a humble, insignificant, little clerk."

Looking at the representative of Carindia who had been beaten to pieces, Fabian coughed lightly, took the words and continued:

"Therefore, after fully considering the premise that this year's Carindia did not cause a large amount of expenditure in the national treasury due to the war and the mutiny of the fleet, Deputy Commander Ansen Bach rejected the request for compensation relief."

"In addition, in order to ensure that Carindia will not be threatened by the two major forces of Aiden and Mister, and to improve the protection level of the storm divisions for your country, we have decided to increase the compensation from 800,000 to 100,000. 1.8 million to meet this demand..."

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"It requires people to let go of their hatred and divisions, to stop fighting on their own, and to come together with one purpose, one voice, for us and our descendants, in exchange for the costly, hard-won and precious peace!"

In the banquet hall, Ansen, who was standing on the podium, waved his hands left and right, talking to everyone present, and infectious words popped out of his mouth one after another, talking eloquently.

At this moment, the smiling little clerk suddenly walked into the banquet hall, passed through the crowd who couldn't stop him, walked to the podium and handed him a scroll of parchment.

The moment his gaze fell on the parchment, the corners of Anson's mouth twitched imperceptibly, and he immediately clenched the agreement in his hand excitedly, and raised it above his head:

"And now! Please allow me to announce a solemn good news to everyone - after a short negotiation, our Stormtroopers have reached a cooperation intention with the Republic of Carindia."

"The noble Carinthians will fight with us, with the people of Thun, and with all who strive for peace in the Great Lands, in this great cause!"

"Long live-!!"

The excited cheers instantly turned the hall into a sea of ​​joy; accompanied by thunderous applause, the Carinthian nobles who didn't know that they had been beaten to the bone and marrow were dancing happily one by one, shouting "Friendship" and " Peace" slogan.

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