Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 410 The Principality's Secret (Thanks to the Eastern Cultist for the monthly ticket)
"15 gold coins!?" Earl Powell's heart trembled.

15 gold coins is not a small amount, and it is impossible for their entire family to spend it in the short term.

Although he really wanted to gamble, he also knew that Xiao En must be absolutely sure if he dared to bet so many gold coins, and he would not be easily fooled:

"Okay, Your Highness Sean, I believe in you"

But after thinking about it, Powell felt that something was wrong again: "It's not right! If I remember correctly, the last time our two armies went to war was at the end of the year before last. Why did they call at the door just a year and a half ago? According to the agreement."

When Powell said this, he suddenly realized that he had slipped his tongue, so he hurriedly stopped and dared not continue.

"Promise? What contract?" Sean noticed Powell's wording.

Isabel Violet, who had been standing beside her without speaking, also slowly stood up, staring straight at Powell: "Powell, explain in detail what you mean by 'promise'!"

Powell smiled awkwardly: "Haha, a momentary slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue."

"Zheng!"

The ear-piercing sound of gold and iron rubbing against each other resounded in the study, and Isabel's sword turned into a stream of light, pierced through the two floors and flew towards the clouds, where it gradually disappeared.

"Powell, you have to think clearly!" Isabel's tone became more and more warning.

"Okay, then I'll tell the truth." Powell had no choice but to compromise:
"It's the way it is.

In fact, our family and the Shancha family have fulfilled the agreement for more than 100 years.For more than 100 years, every naval battle between the two countries was planned by our two countries. "

"What?!" Isabel was shocked.

At this time, her saber lost its strength and fell from the clouds. Isabel used her fighting spirit to forcefully pull back the saber, and handed the tip of the sword to Powell's shoulder at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

"You planned these wars? Tell me! Why are you doing this!" Isabel snapped.

Powell hurriedly wanted to explain, but he was oppressed by Isabel's vindictiveness, and he couldn't say a word, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his forehead in anxiety.

"Calm down! Cousin." Sean spoke at this time, and pulled Isabel's arm holding the sword:

"I think this matter is definitely irrelevant. If the Eagle family is really suspected of colluding with foreign enemies and treason, he will definitely not tell it so easily. Real secrets are the kind that are kept secret until death."

Isabel rolled her eyes, feeling that what Sean said made sense.

So she let go of her suppression of Powell's fighting spirit, but her tone was still cold:
"Powell, please explain what is going on!"

Powell felt that the pressure disappeared, he couldn't help taking a few breaths, and then said:
"It's like this. Although we jointly planned every naval battle, all the Grand Dukes knew about it and acquiesced. That's why I told you."

"Then what is the purpose of your planning the naval battle?" Sean asked.

"The purpose is very simple. We and the Anjou Navy have a small fight every three years and a big fight every five years. Both sides have a tacit understanding to control losses.

The first is to eliminate a batch of low-quality and outdated ships; the second is to ask the king for some war subsidies; the third is."

Powell suddenly got stuck when he said this.

"The third is to make war money, right?" Xiao En said with a half-smile:

"In a state of war, the enemy's merchant ships will be seized, but the merchant ships and their cargo will not be returned to their original owners after the war is over. Have the money been embezzled by you?"

"How did you know?!" Powell's face changed drastically and he backed away, directly backing to the wall and pressing his back against the wall.

This war fortune is the most unconscionable profit made by the navies of the two countries. For this reason, countless merchants who ran the ship were killed.

But how did Sean know?Can he "read minds"?
Sean smiled: "It's nothing, I just looked through the books you put in the study."

Powell: "."

Isabel is still outraged:
"You scum! Do you know how many small and medium-sized businessmen have become bankrupt and homeless because of this, and do you know how much my cousin spent on raising military expenses?!"

The "cousin" in Isabel's mouth refers to Grand Duke Ryan who has become a prisoner.

I remember that when they were still in school in their teens, the cousin who had been declared the heir started talking about "military expenses, military expenses" and had no intention of studying.

At that time, it happened that Alex Violet spent millions of gold coins to forge sacred soldiers of the sanctuary level. Even she lived a poor life without meat, egg and milk for a month, let alone the people at the bottom.

She still remembers this period of history, so she found Powell particularly unpleasant.

Powell was aggrieved and could only lower his head.

"Okay, okay!" In the end, Sean was the peacemaker:

"Now at this time, we don't want internal strife. We must unite as one to deal with foreign enemies, otherwise the entire Ryan Principality may be in danger of perishing!"

"Is it so serious?" Isabel frowned and looked at Sean.

"Of course, their purpose this time is no longer what it used to be. This time they came to completely occupy Kapoor Port!" Sean emphasized.

"No way!" Powell still couldn't believe it:

"We have estimated the strength of the southern navy of the Kingdom of Anjou, and they cannot occupy Kapoor Port just by relying on them."

"What about the pirates from Rhodes Island?" Sean asked back: "According to the information I got, the pirates from Rhodes Island are already on the side of the Anjou Navy!"

"Roode Island has really rebelled!" Earl Powell's pupils dilated, and he sat on the ground weakly: "I had already guessed that this day would come, but I didn't expect this day to come so early!"

"Powell, what do you know?"

Sean was a little speechless, this Powell has a lot of secrets hidden in his heart, it's time for Anduin to "take care" of him.

Powell slumped on the ground and said weakly:

"According to the secrets passed down from generation to generation in our family, the reason why Rhodes Island did not rebel in the past was because Grand Duke Ryan possessed a secret weapon that could control the leader of Rhodes Island and a dozen or so high-level subordinates.

So no matter how bad the domestic situation is, Rhodes Island will not rebel.

But now the Grand Duke has become a prisoner, so...they are unscrupulous. "

"So that's what happened." Sean nodded.

"Sean, what should we do now?" Isabel's tone was a little flustered.

She has devoted all her energy to cultivating and breaking through the realm, and she knows nothing about military and war, so she can only rely on Sean now.

"Don't worry. Let me think about it." Sean stroked his chin, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)