Pioneering

Chapter 263 The Spy Who Becomes the Second Commander 【Two in One】

After Zhong Ming's wild laughter ended, Ryan asked: "Then... Your Majesty, are you going to order a blockade of foreign grain trade?"

Zhong Ming smiled sadly: "Food smuggling must stop. We have lost money for more than three years, and we have to wait for this moment to create a situation of complete food shortage.

But how to stop, where to stop, and where not to stop, there are still particular points..."

"People don't suffer from scarcity but from inequality. Hehe~"

……

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.

The Kingdom of Winkrel, the capital of the king, Windsor City, the city south of the city.

A low-level clergyman in a light blue robe slapped the counter angrily, angrily yelling at the clerk who was fiddling with the beads:
"You profiteer, you paid 1 silver and 1 catty yesterday, but today it becomes 8 silver and 1 catty! You old bastard who gave birth to a child without an ass hole..."

"Who is the old bastard scolding?" The middle-aged clerk raised his head slightly and asked unhurriedly.

"Old bastard scolding you!" the priest scolded without thinking.

The clerk laughed out loud and said, "That's right, it's the old bastard who scolded me!"

Many citizens watching outside the store and the guards inside the store looking at each other. They were extremely nervous at first, but when they were interrupted by such an interruption, whoever took the lead laughed, and immediately the inside and outside of the store were full of joy.

The priests were furious, why had he been treated like this?Immediately, he was about to punch straight out and hit the clerk in the face.

The clerk said stubbornly: "Hehe, you have to think about it clearly, this is the property of Grand Duke Magzek, are you going to buy and sell allies by force!

Playing wild here and ruining the relationship between the two countries, can you take responsibility! "

Following the clerk's words, the priest's fist dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally hit the counter.

Seeing this, the clerk was even more contemptuous: "If you can't afford it, don't buy it, and don't stop me from selling it."

"You!" The priest raised his hand again.

"What are you arguing about, what are you arguing about?" Derek's voice came from outside the store to the inside of the store, and he came into the store along a path that the crowd retreated.

Seeing Derek's appearance, the clergy saluted respectfully and said, "Master Derek, it's like this..."

After listening to his description quietly, Derek said to the clerk in a deep voice: "Sir, it was one of our people who made a slip of the tongue first, and I would like to express my apologies to you here."

After speaking, Derek glanced at him slightly.

Seeing that the archbishop apologized, the cleric had no choice but to grit his teeth and bow and apologize.The clerk was not ignorant, he borrowed the donkey to go downhill to reveal the matter.

"Sir, may I ask if you can make it cheaper in terms of the relationship of the ally." Derek asked.

The clerk whose face softened knew that talking to someone, flirting with a clergyman in light blue clothes, and flirting with a clergyman in dark blue clothes with gold rims were completely different concepts.

"His Excellency the Archbishop, it's not that I don't want to take into account the friendship between the two countries and don't give you a discount, it's that the prices are all the same.

I'm just a little Majek's 'offshoot of the royal family', reduced to only manage a small grain store, do you think I have the right to set the price? "

Derek saw that the clerk emphasized his identity, and he was afraid that he would buy and sell by force, so he smiled slightly, and after comforting himself, he bought all the food in the store at the current price, and told him to ship as much food as possible, as much as he wanted .

Derek didn't feel distressed at all. Anyway, it wasn't his own money that was spent, it was all public funds. At most, he would pretend to be a crime to Pope Will later.

If it weren't for the large number of people now, he even wanted to talk to the store manager about kickbacks.

Derek walked out of the store, glanced at the hungry people with pity, raised his arms and shouted:
"Gentlemen and ladies, don't worry.

Monsieur Pope Will, from today onwards, as long as anyone goes to any church in Windsor to pray, we will provide a Holy Communion for free.

One person can only do it once a day, and those who are greedy will be punished by the Sea God. "

"Long live the Sea God!"

"Long live the Pope!"

"Long live the Archbishop!"

Fiery cheers erupted from the crowd immediately, and the three names kept being mentioned. Surprisingly, the frequency of appearances of "Sea God" and "Archbishop" was almost the same.

After all, this is not the first time that a scene like this has happened in recent days. Almost everyone in the city knows that Archbishop Derek is a kind and kind person.

Among the dejected crowd, there were some hungry, dizzy unemployed who were thinking about something they shouldn't have. When they heard this, they immediately put it behind them and joined in the cheers.

Derek squeezed out of the crowd with a forced smile, with a few bright red lips printed on his face, and while greeting the greetings kindly, he left at a faster speed and walked towards the Sea God Cathedral.

Arriving at the Sea God Cathedral, Derek skillfully opened the door of a secret room and joined an indescribable event.

After 'enjoying' Will, he suppressed his nausea, saw that Will was in a good mood, reported to him the smooth progress of the recent grain purchases, and accused him of spending far more than the budget.

Will forced a smile, knowing that Derek could not be blamed for this, if he was blamed for this, no one would be able to do things for him in the future: "The food price increase is not your fault, get up.

From what you said, the Yashai grain merchants are all gone?what happened? "

"This..." Derek glanced at Will cautiously, and still bowed his head in apology,
"Your Majesty, in fact, except for Magzek's grain merchants who are still selling grain, the grain merchants of other allied countries have all closed their doors.

Not only that, they are also buying food everywhere in our country, and want to transport it back to their respective countries. "

"The smugglers in Yasha are even the ones who sold the grain to Magzhek, and they have long since disappeared."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the news of the lack of food in the Northern Continent... has been exposed!"

"...The news of the food shortage in the Northern Continent has been exposed." Derek stared at the ground, and added, "However, we have bought a lot of food, which is definitely enough for domestic consumption this year, and even attacking Yaxia according to the original plan. Support three or four months of supply."

"The premise is that those allied grain merchants will not continue to buy grain in the country and ship it out."

When Will heard the first half, his tense heart relaxed for the most part, but when he heard the last sentence, his relaxed heart tightened up again, and the strength in his hands immediately made the wolf girl scream again, but she didn't dare to move rashly.

Will subconsciously stroked the furry mountain: "Derek, you have always had an idea, what do you think we should do."

Derek thought of the order he received for 9527, and of course he wanted to let Will do what he said immediately, but after being a "ghost" for three years, he knew that there were some things that he couldn't say, and he would be blamed if he said it.

"Your Majesty, Derek is dull and dare not speak rashly."

"Just tell me what you want to say." Will frowned slightly. As a subordinate, he was good at everything, but he was too cautious.

Derek rationalized his thoughts, and said in a roundabout way: "I'm not smart enough, but I also know that it's really not good to violate the covenant on the surface, otherwise the coalition forces will forget it.

I suggest that it is better to slow down the attack on Yaxia and wait for the domestic grain production to recover in a few years. "

People have a rebellious psychology. The more you tell him what not to do, the more he wants to do it.

Will had long planned to take advantage of this food shortage incident to cause turmoil and take Parlor down justifiably, even if a large number of insignificant assholes died.Anyway, there are not many things in Winkrel, but there are many people!
Especially when Will thinks of his "grandson" who has become more and more popular in recent years, he can't wait to let him die suddenly.

After killing Parlor, the domestic conflicts will be transferred to Yasha, and the nobles and priests, large and small, who have plundered wealth and materials to alleviate the damage in the country, and at most will leak a little leftovers to the assholes, and everyone will be happy again.

Solving Parlor, easing domestic conflicts, and finally making the people grateful to Dade is like winning three times.

With such a plan, how can you say that you don't do it and don't do it?
"No, you can't give up on attacking Yasha, let's talk about something else."

Derek said distressedly: "Then my subordinates really don't know what to do. You can't use the method you used to deal with the smugglers from Yashai to impose tariffs on allied businessmen at will, right?"

"Huh?" Will's eyes lit up, "...the means to deal with Yasha...to increase tariffs..."

"Then tax these bastards! Well... Diemen, Wized, Magzek, Estonian businessmen pay less.

All other small countries that buy grain from Winkrel will give me double!For the tax on buying a catty of grain, I have to deduct six taels of grain from them, understand? "

Can't afford to offend the allies of big countries, and can't rule some of your small uncles?

Derek showed a look of surprise and admiration at the right time, and slapped the rainbow fart shamelessly: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty Will, you can come up with such a clever plan, you are really smart and wise..."

'Idiot, you really think highly of your tax officer.

Really think they can tell which country is which country, which one should not do it, and which one should do it?
The above meaning is good, but the following implementation is wrong, wrong understanding? ' Derek sneered to himself.

Will laughed, with a flash of smugness on his face, and then asked: "Derek, why do you think Magzek is not short of food?
Obviously that place is full of mountains, in the past years, every year, we have to import food from us in a low voice, but in recent years, we have to ask them to sell food instead, alas~"

When Derek heard Will's suspicious tone, his spirits lifted up immediately, and here, here, finally leading him here.

"...Here, there are some words, I don't know if I should say them or not."

Seeing Derek's cautious look, Will couldn't help feeling soft:
"Derek, there is a saying from Yasha in recent years that there are four irons in life, that is:

We went through the window together; we carried guns together; we shared the spoils together; we went whoring together.

I think it makes sense.You and I are both enlightened by church priests, so we can be regarded as classmates.

I commanded the Western Expedition, and you also participated in this war. You can also be regarded as carrying guns together, and sharing the dividends of crusade against the heretics together.

You and I can still play with these interracial females together today, and that last one counts.

The relationship between you and me is so important, why do you have to be so cautious and afraid of me?
Don't talk about etiquette and teachings, you didn't think about these when you were playing with these alien races with me, did you? "

Derek just showed a grateful look: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your attention, I will go through fire and water for you..."

'I believe you are a ghost. The old pervert is very bad. If something happens and someone is responsible for it, can you let me go? '

Will said yes repeatedly, and put Derek's hand on another hairy mountain: "Okay! You and my brother are united, and together we will create another glory for the sea god!"

After some "heart-wrenching" words, Derek commented on Magzek endlessly:
"Your Majesty, when I look at Magzek, I'm afraid I'm going to betray him!"

"Huh?!!!" Will couldn't help but get a little stronger, and the pinched wolf girl cried out again, "Why did you say that?"

"Your Majesty, think about it, what is Majek? It is notoriously poor, how can it become so rich now? Don't you doubt it?"

'If I don't doubt it, I won't ask you. '

"Think about it again, those fertilizers, agricultural machinery, and high-yield seeds invented by pagans that have appeared in Yasha in recent years...these good things that are strictly guarded against and not smuggled to us, what effect do they have?"

"Um?!"

"Do you think it is possible that Magzek secretly communicated with Yasha in order to obtain these good things, and betrayed all the intelligence of the allies?

Otherwise, how could the Yashai smugglers get the news so quickly, transferred the grain to Magzek’s businessman in time, and quickly cut off the grain trade with the allies? "

"Um?!!"

"Without these good things, how could Magzek's grain production increase so much?

If it weren't for Magzek and Yasha's secret clearance of the song, how could Yasha so easily abolish our agricultural industry with cheap goods?
If Magzhek hadn't informed Yaxia, why would Yaxia act so quickly? "

The more Derek talked, the more scared Will became, the more likely it seemed.

If when he led the troops through Majestic as planned, Majek would not talk about Wude and cut off his retreat... Will couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this.

Derek took the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow: "Your Majesty, just look at this, the spies sent it back with great difficulty.

I won’t talk about this one, that one is Princess Leqi, who is now the first successor to Magzhek, look at their adulterous and passionate dogs..."

Derek took out a photo stone and played the image of Zhong Ming and Le Qi walking together hand in hand.

crunch~
The sound of gnashing teeth came from Will's mouth: "Dalilu old thief, bully me too much!"

As he spoke, he pushed the wolf girl under the bed.

Derek comforted and said: "Your Majesty, calm down, the fire will seriously hurt the body, Magzek deceived us like this, it is the right way to die.

But this is also a good opportunity for us to expand our territory!Asshai is an enclave with us, Magzek is not.

We might as well take advantage of the opportunity to make a plan..."

When Will heard Derek's plan, he felt astonished. The more he looked at Derek, the more pleasing it became to his eyes: "Well... Derek, you haven't married yet, have you? What do you think... How about Totana?"

Derek was shocked. This old boy wants to marry his illegitimate daughter to him?
"Totana is naturally very good, young and beautiful, well-educated..." Derek forced a smile.

Will said with satisfaction: "Okay, very good, the Pope cannot be passed on continuously within one family, Derek, work hard, I am optimistic about you!"

Derek's mind flashed through the crowd cheering for him, the congregation who obeyed him, and Will's...

'I'll boil it, I won't...? ! '

'I have already become the second in command of the Sea God Church and the other three archbishops. Although I don't have much real power, if this continues, I'm going to die! ! ! '

"If it goes on for three years and three years, I won't really become the next Pope of the Sea God Church, will I?" '

'Can I still go back? '

(End of this chapter)