king of the castle

Chapter 136 Rewards

Roger was also allowed to attend the imperial meeting the next day. 【】

When Alonso III announced at the meeting that he would reward Roger heavily, it immediately aroused opposition from many ministers and nobles.There are various reasons why these people object to rewarding Roger.Some are in keeping with Vettel and do not want Roger, who belongs to the Hamiltonian, to enter the upper class; some really do not believe that Roger has made such a great contribution;

No matter what the purpose of these people is to oppose the king's award to Roger, in Roger's eyes, they are all obstacles that hinder him from enjoying a better life, so he naturally hates these guys to the bone.

Standing in front of the king, boasting, and trying his best to oppose the ministers and nobles who rewarded him, Roger kept their faces and names firmly in his heart, and at the same time thought viciously: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, don't you have fun now!" , this account will be settled with you sooner or later!"

Thinking of the matter of settling accounts, Roger couldn't help turning his eyes to Alonso III sitting on the throne.The king was frowning at the most disapproving guys. From Alonso's gloomy face, it could be seen that the king's mood was extremely bad, and he might explode at any time.

"Oh, it's not my turn to take revenge." Roger was keenly aware of Alonso III's anger, and secretly said to those guys who were still spitting against the king's decision: "Someone wants to Bad luck!"

Roger's guess was correct, and Alonso III suddenly said to the guy who opposed him the most: "Viscount Iverson, have you been serving as the tax collector for the five ports of the kingdom?"

The man named Iverson was talking vigorously, but suddenly he couldn't respond to the king's question, and after a pause, he bowed and replied: "You are right, Your Majesty!"

"Hmm... I still remember that the tax revenue of all the ports in the kingdom was 12 gold coins last month, right?" Alonso III was not a stupid king who ignored state affairs, and he reported the exact amount of port tax in one mouthful. number.

"Your Majesty is wise." Iverson didn't understand why Alonso III would suddenly mention the port tax, but he immediately put on an admiring expression and said: "I didn't expect you to remember this little thing so clearly, it's really impressive Admired."

"Hehe, everything in the kingdom is not trivial to me." Alonso III suddenly put away his smile, stared at Iverson coldly and said: "But the number given to me by the Overwatch Council is not this number. The total tax revenue for the five major ports of the month is... 57 gold coins, how do you explain it, Viscount Iverson?!"

Alonso III's words shocked Iverson, and he said at a loss: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, where do you start with this? I have always worked hard and never dared to do anything excessive!"

At this time, Alonso III has completely become a high-ranking king. He completely ignores Iverson's terrified expression, and just waved his hand and said indifferently: "You should go to the Overwatch Council to clarify this matter, palace guards, take this man down. !"

Hearing the king's order, Iverson collapsed to the ground like a dog whose spine had been pulled out, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.Everyone knows what a terrifying place the Overwatch Council is. Even if you have nothing to do, once you get in, you have to take off several layers of skin to get out.

What's more, Iverson knew very well that his embezzlement of taxes was a fact.And Alonso III can accurately tell the figures of corruption, which shows that he must have the evidence of corruption, and he can no longer allow himself to quibble.

Two palace guards dragged Iverson out of the hall, and other ministers and nobles kept a certain distance from him, silently watching the unlucky ghost being dragged out of the hall.Everyone present knew very well that Iverson was going to be miserable this time. Not only would he himself be imprisoned, but the whole family would also suffer bad luck.From now on, the Iverson family has been removed from the aristocratic circle of the kingdom.

This made many people have some sympathy for Iverson, and of course some gloated.Iverson served as the tax officer of the port, and he reaped countless benefits every year. Now that he is finally in trouble, some people who are jealous of him will naturally be secretly happy.

However, the most frightened people are probably the few people including the Minister of Military Affairs Vettel.They all tried their best to oppose Alonso III's awarding Roger. Now that the king punished Iverson, who was the most ardent opponent, with thunder, how could the others not understand what was going on?They quickly shut their mouths, for fear that if they objected again, they would end up in the same fate as Iverson.

Alonso III and all his opponents remained silent, a sense of pleasure in controlling the overall situation welled up in his heart.He was more or less affected by Roger's words, and felt that those who strongly opposed him to praise Roger were suspected of colluding with undead creatures, and Iverson, who danced the most fiercely, naturally became the first victim. .

However, Alonso III also knew very well that it was impossible to take down all the ministers and nobles who opposed him at once.So the king decided to accept it as soon as he saw it. He glanced at the people in the hall and said, "Who else has any objection to my decision to reward Roger Lee?"

Alonso III's words were full of threats. With Iverson's lessons learned from the past, the few people who screamed the loudest before were like quails facing poisonous snakes, and they didn't dare to make a sound at all.

At this time, Roger was so happy, he couldn't help thinking secretly with joy on his face: "Aha, I will finally become a noble lord. From now on, I will take my subordinates to tease beautiful girls if I don't like it. Beat him up, this is the life I want!"

"No one has any objections?" While Roger was looking forward to a bright future, Alonso III also officially announced his decision: "I announce that Roger Lee will be awarded the title of hereditary baron, and another [-] gold coins will be awarded to him as Baron Lee. A reward for resolving the danger of the Lington pass! Please make a decision by the Senate to designate a fief for Baron Li."

Although it had been guessed that Roger would be rewarded a lot this time, everyone was still surprised after hearing Alonso's words.Although the baron is only the lowest title, adding the word "hereditary" has a different meaning.This means that the kingdom will allocate a piece of fiefdom to Luo Jie as a living place. This reward is definitely very generous.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Baron Li has made great contributions and should be rewarded!"

"Clear rewards and punishments are one of the good qualities of a king!" Although everyone was jealous of Roger, no one dared to object, but they all expressed their approval of Alonso's decision.

Roger also knew that the reward for him was settled, and he couldn't help grinning silly when he thought that he would soon have a fief of his own.

"The land that really belongs to me!" Roger imagined what the fief would look like, and he was very proud: "From today on, I'm also a landlord!"

However, at this moment, a voice broke Roger's good mood: "Your Majesty, this order is very inappropriate!"