Old Sword Master

The emperor now also understands the benefits of this, and can’t be afraid of trouble.

“For development matters, I am worried that the cost will not be small, but only by investing enough funds can we get more rubies in the future.” Wood has made a lot of money back for Spain this time, but the cash flow immediately returned is not much, at least Wood feels not much.

“I have made arrangements for this.” The emperor drank another glass. “The gem samples you brought back have been sent to Liguria. I plan to pledge my income from the Heart of Neil Tudor. I guess if there are no accidents. , The Ligurian Banking Group will give me 200,000 taler loans within a month, as long as 100/9 interest, thanks to the batch of high-quality gems you brought back, I plan to use 1/4 of them as a settlement subsidy Send it to the Heart of Neil Tudor.”

Wood has no appraisal on the efficiency of the emperor’s mortgage of his own property. This warlock is already professional in judging the interest rate and the value of the collateral, which is almost the same as most mage levels, but the interest rate and conditions are not very good. The most important thing is the quantity. Greatly insufficient.

He believes that the “Heart of Neil Tudor” alone needs 200,000 talers, and the subsequent attack on the “Fireless Furnace” requires at least 500,000 talers, and the defense against the “Orange Tree” should be strengthened.

“Should the principal be paid back annually or after the due date?” Wood did not directly say what he thought, “Are there any discounts on the payment?”

“It is impossible to pay back the principal at maturity. It must be a part of the principal every year. The discount is 9%, and the 5% handling fee is very low.” The emperor felt that 5/100 interest and 9% were directly deducted. Not bad. “The Doria consul of the Republic of Liguria is still very helpful. The Knight Corps of the hospital and Amsterdam also borrow money on this condition. Florence and Rome are much more expensive, both with more than 5% interest, and the handling fee is 10%. 100%, and the Knights in the hospital actually charge 8% 10 in interest!”

For the volume of Spain, the interest rate difference by one point is already a lot, but the alliance between the Republic of Liguria and Spain has lasted for more than ten years. Half of the silver that Spain gets from the New World and half of the output from the Five Color Wells are stored. In Liguria banks, although Spain is in great demand for borrowing, it still has a good reputation.

“Can the Knights in the hospital still lend you a loan to the Emperor?” Wood was surprised. He thought that the Knights in the Mediterranean were having a hard time.

“It’s all thanks to Lord Wood.” In this banquet, Maximilian was not only responsible for toasting, but also responsible for shooting Wood horses. “The harvest on the island of Malta in recent years has been a mess, but After all, you are on the island of Crete, and their days are okay, but in the last year, the great Duchy of Tripoli has moved its forces greatly south to the edge of the desert, and there is only a large stronghold in the port of Tripoli on the coast.” Maximilian said. Here I looked at my father and then at Wood. “The Hafs sultan in Tunisia is becoming more and more uncontrollable. In fact, some people think that although this heretic country has acknowledged allegiance to Spain, it does not make money. Asking for help all day, it’s better to throw it away.”

Prince thinks that Wood will support the abandonment of Tunisia. Spain loses hundreds of thousands of talers in Tunisia every year, which is more than invested in Crete.

“Don’t listen to people talking nonsense all day, improve your own strength!” The emperor immediately suppressed his son’s temptation, but he paused and asked, “Wood, do you think this Tunisian sultanate should hold on?”

Wood is not surprised that the emperor is reluctant to throw away the Hafs family in Tunisia. The establishment of a puppet regime in Tunisia is one of his most important martial arts, although during his tenure, Cortes, Pizarro and Almagro had The New World conquered more than 1000000 square kilometers of land, while Cuba completely eliminated the resistance forces. It has been built into an iron bucket of the Spanish. With the port of Havana as a base, the foreign fleet is enough to contain all the powerful conquerors, even if Corte With such unruly rebelliousness, Pizarro did not dare to imagine that he could inherit the territory he developed in the New World.

However, Tunisia had a different position in the emperor’s heart. It was taken from the Ottoman Empire with the emperor himself.

“Tunisia can defend, but Spain is not necessary to defend, Sultan Hafs may not be.” Wood knows his own interests, but more importantly, he gives a fair answer. “Tunisia’s role with Spain is mainly to shield the mainland. This role can be played, but the others are not important. Now the emperor Your Majesty, you have to develop a fire-free furnace. At this time, you must reduce unnecessary expenses, but you must never give up Tunisia. This is an extreme sign of weakness. Anyone loses faith in the power of Spain.”

In fact, Spain can use the vest of the Sultan of Hafs from Tunisia to develop trade with the Ottoman Empire, just as the Ottoman Empire uses the vest of the Republic of Ragusa to participate in Mediterranean trade. The two sides actually have trade needs, but Spanish culture does not support this. Yes, they just stared at the Sultan of Hafs and pressured them to convert to Dark Sun. The missionaries of Dark Sun are also constantly active in Tunisia. They are really hard and dangerous. They are sacrificed at every turn. In Tunisia The resume of the activity is considered by the missionary leaders including Loyola to be the most important and the most difficult position God needs.

“Yeah, yeah, and abandon Tunisia. What about the Algerian territory? Tunisia has some support from the Hafs family, and none of the Algerian nomadic leaders will cooperate with us!” The emperor said this. It’s not entirely true. There are nomadic leaders who want to hug thighs in Spain. But the emperor actually wants bloodlines with messengers, or those who once ruled the Great Empire including Spain. The descendants of the Murabite dynasty, and they want people to kneel down and believe in God immediately, so they will simply fight you in the desert. “Our strongholds in Algeria are losing money every year, and there is no profit. Once If Tunisia is gone, losses are bound to increase, and the local Eastern Sea shore will be in danger.”

Algeria is now controlled by a dozen powerful tribes. The Spaniards only control a few broken points on the coastline.

This is very useful in terms of national security. These strongholds have greatly inhibited Burberry pirates from using Algeria to attack the Spanish mainland.

“It would be better to lose money in Algeria than to lose money in China.” Wood’s words made the emperor very happy.

The emperor turned his head and said to his son: “Fighting is an inevitable part of life. If you don’t fight in Tunisia, you must fight in Algeria. If you don’t fight in Algeria, you must fight outside the port of Seville.”

Maximilian listened, and Wood was also nodded with deep conviction. This is indeed a wise saying, giving up the land can only get a moment of false peace, and the next time the enemy will fight with the weaker you with greater confidence.

But raising funds is very difficult.

“Therefore, in the heart of Neil Tudor, we should not rush to make profits. We should first consolidate the front and prepare to deal with the counterattack of the ancient demons.” Wood actually hopes that Spain will make money in the “heart of Neil Tudor”, but this is not short-term. “There are also orange trees. I think investment in the sub-planes of orange trees must also increase.”

“Yes, the incompetent people in the past wasted too many nameless oranges, which made me underestimate the value of orange trees. Investment must be made, and B3 should be restored.” The emperor was very sad, “Orange Tree” was still a B3 not long ago. , It’s C1 now, because the Deportivo family occupied too much interest, he didn’t care about it for a while.

“If there is a nameless orange produced by the B-Rank orange tree, the situation may be better.” Wood also found that he should increase support for the old Yasha, “must do everything possible to give Neil Tudor the heart and With the support of the Fireless Furnace, the attack on the Fireless Furnace must continue. Fighting in the Fireless Furnace is better than fighting in the Heart of Nirtudor. I don’t think it will work without 1,000,000 Thaler.”

1,000,000 talers, which is approximately one of 60% to one of 70% of Spain’s annual income, the emperor does not have on hand.

“Next month, at the latest next month, the treasure fleet should arrive. Send half of the silver to the port of Liguria and pay last year’s interest, so that the position of the Liguria bank can relax, but I have to find Raise more funds from other channels. You are right. Both the Anonymous Orange and the Heart of Neil Tudor have to support.” The emperor is very troubled. It is better to develop and defend the secondary plane than to allow the main plane to be invaded by the enemy. Many, this is a political account. The people’s aspiration is stability and can give the people a safe life. The status of the Imperial Family is fundamentally stable, but the economic account is not easy. “Neil Tudor’s heart can give the Spanish native To provide defense, the local defense force this year can be reduced a bit, military expenditures will be reduced, and agriculture will be better. I will squeeze the funding of the New World a bit and reduce the contract price of supporting tranquilizers by 30%? Maybe 40% is better.”

“His Royal Highness Cortes must be disappointed again.” Maximilian admired the old hero very much.

“He makes trouble.” The emperor didn’t hear it anyway.

Even if it is reduced by 70%, Mrs. Bazin can still supply the goods without quality and quantity, but Pizarro and Cortez must be furious.

“Emperor Your Majesty, I think Neil Tudor’s heart must not take care of the native land first. The defense force of the native Spain and the patriotism of the people are relatively sufficient. It is okay to persist for a while.” Wood’s words made the emperor and The queen didn’t understand.

“Don’t defend the homeland?” Maximilian knew he should take the initiative to ask, “Where is it sent?”

Wood slightly smiled, instead of answering directly, but changing the topic: “I have absolutely no opinion on how Your Majesty handles your income and position in the Flameless Furnace, but I have some ideas that are relatively early and immature. Let’s talk about it. Mortgage sometimes makes observers who not understanding the complete truth mistakenly believe that Spain’s liquidity is not particularly ample, and thus doubt the outcome of this fire-free furnace.”

Wood took out the huge ruby ​​sword blank.

“Those are the follow-up samples. This is the spoils of war this time. These rubies are of average quality…but the size is not bad. I think the emperor Your Majesty is rich. Conquering the New World is for all the nobles in Spain. There are countless wealth, but the interest rate required for that money is too high. We should first build confidence, and confidence is more precious than rubies.”

…

Fireless Furnace, Palpa’s Court, Compressed Temple.

The brown disgust was stable again. Wood had left this sub-plane for 3 days. Several generals took out their private possessions and collected the sacrifices of the ancient Venerable Lord.

First there are 100 Crimson Servants, among which is included a core mage, one after another thrown into the compression temple, several generals increase the density together, and then smash them in desperate screams.

These scarlet servants are just a prelude. The most important sacrifice comes from Karacatlan’s hidden treasure, a town priest who believes in the flame hair lady. The other generals don’t know when and where he got such a spoils of war. .

“You can destroy me.”

“But don’t want to destroy my pursuit of freedom!”

“Life is precious, love is price…”

Although she had been tortured by Karakatlan and lost her fighting ability, she did not give up and made the final resistance, seeing death as home, and did not provide any desperate divine force to the demons.