Every time I come home, my wife is making garbage

Chapter 331 One by One
Antonio: "Yes! We are fighting a war of national restoration, not a war of aggression. In a war of aggression, we can win by killing all the enemies, but this is not the case with a war of national restoration. What we need is to gain the support of the majority of nobles and commoners, and be kind to the commoners. But for the nobles, it will be much more troublesome."

Elizabeth: "Thank you, my teacher, and my dear husband. You have taught me a lot."

She counted on her fingers, "If I want to win the support of the nobles, I need to vigorously publicize the events of 16 years ago to the east, so that everyone knows that I am the true heir to the throne. Another aspect is that we must have a strong military force to deter the fence-sitters. I also have to promise the nobles enough benefits, otherwise they will not be convinced simply by my military power..."

After doing some calculations, Elizabeth sighed, “It’s so hard to restore the country.”

Zhang Jingyi: "This kind of thing is not simple. Let's deal with it one by one. First of all, we need to spread the truth of sixteen years ago to the east."

Elizabeth: "The closer we get to the capital, the stronger Ugumantai's control will be, and the tighter the gag will be. Going there and spreading the truth of sixteen years ago is a very dangerous thing, but we don't have enough spies."

Zhang Jingyi smiled: "Well, I already have a suitable candidate."

Elizabeth: "?"

Zhang Jingyi: "Black Blade, Thieves Guild."

Half an hour later, a thin man in a black robe with two daggers hanging on his waist was invited over by the goblin merchant Mizmi.

Mizimi was the person invited from the illegal tavern. Zhang Jingyi did not send guards, but asked the goblin merchant Mizimi to go, which fully expressed that "this is a business" and "not a government order", so the thief was easily invited.

As soon as they met, the thief laughed at Zhang Jingyi and said, "Our Black Blade has really found a big customer this time. When we first met, I thought you were just an ambitious person plotting to overthrow Ugumantai. I didn't expect that you are actually a king. It's an honor for my guild to serve His Majesty the King."

After that, he turned to Elizabeth and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder what business you have summoned my guild for this time?"

He did not say "what orders are there" but "what business is there". This is a clear statement: he only does business and does not obey orders.

This is an extremely bold statement!

If it were a king with a bad temper, he would have been dragged out and chopped off.

But Elizabeth had a good temper and knew that she was weak, so the other party dared to be so rude. In a game... the weaker party would always face such a situation...

Confucius said:
When you are weak, you will find that there are bad people all around you.

When you are strong, you will find that there are good people around you.

Elizabeth remained calm and said calmly, "I need your guild to spread the truth of sixteen years ago as far as possible to the eastern region."

The thief chuckled twice. "The truth of sixteen years, spreading this stuff is fatal. Ugumantai tried his best to shut them up. The crazy look of the MI8 agents was seen by His Majesty the King."

Elizabeth: "You emphasize the danger of this matter just to get more money."

Thief: "People die for money, birds die for food. My Black Blade Guild works hard just for money. As long as the money is right, I am willing to kneel down and use my knees to clean the floor for your king."

Elizabeth smiled and shook her head, secretly glancing at Zhang Jingyi beside her.

Zhang Jingyi reached into his pocket and grabbed something casually. When he took his hand out again, he found a handful of diamonds. The thief took one look and was shocked: "Diamonds!"

He glanced at the diamonds in Zhang Jingyi's hand, then looked up at the diamonds on the Queen's crown, and was surprised to find that the diamonds Zhang Jingyi grabbed were bigger than the diamonds on the Queen's crown.

And each one is very big!

Each grain is crystal clear and of first-class quality.

He couldn't help swallowing his saliva: "These diamonds, can't they be..."

"Don't worry, it will be!" Zhang Jingyi pulled his hand over and slapped a handful of diamonds into his palm: "Take it."

Thief: “!!!”

He really gave it to me, a handful of such big diamonds, just given to me like that.

At this moment, the thief couldn't believe that this was real. He spread out his palm and put his eyes close to the diamond to take a closer look. It was real, absolutely real. It was a top-quality diamond.

He couldn't help but asked foolishly, "Such a fine diamond, why don't you use it to make a new crown for Her Majesty the Queen, but just give it to my guild, really... okay?"

Zhang Jingyi smiled secretly in his heart: Although the diamonds on my wife's crown are small, they are all natural diamonds. The ones in your hand, although big, are all artificial diamonds.

You know nothing!
Of course, this cannot be said.

Zhang Jingyi put on a solemn face and said melodiously: "You are a thief, and thieves understand the word 'realism' the best, right? Even if the crown is made more noble, it does not mean that the person wearing it has a noble status. If you want to obtain a noble status, you still have to rely on having power in your hands."

At this point, Zhang Jingyi paused and said, "So I use top-quality diamonds to gain power. As for something like a crown, which has more symbolic meaning than practical use, small diamonds are enough."

The thief immediately stood in awe: "Your Majesty, I really admire you for saying such a thing. Our Black Blade Thieves Guild also thinks the same as you, but we can't express it accurately in words. From now on, our guild will regard what you just said as the golden rule and pass it down from generation to generation."

what?
Zhang Jingyi was secretly happy: I just said something nonsense, and it became a golden rule, and it has to be passed down from generation to generation? Great! I was pretending to be cool again for no reason.

The thief took out a piece of black cloth, carefully wrapped the handful of diamonds, and put it close to his body. Then he bowed and said, "I have received the reward. This reward is enough for the thieves in my guild to risk their lives to fulfill your request."

"Don't try too hard." Zhang Jingyi said with a smile, "Don't die. You will still be working for us in the future. You can't die."

The thief laughed and said, "Sometimes, you have to die even if you don't want to. For example, when you are spreading information and are surrounded by MI8 agents, the only way out is to betray you, except for death."

Zhang Jingyi: "Then choose to betray us decisively, and say that I paid you to do it, so that Ugumantai can be angry with me."

The thief's eyes glazed over quickly, he saluted again, then leaped back and disappeared into black smoke with a puff.

(End of this chapter)