I Will Be The Crowned King

With the tacit cooperation of the Beluga Harbor Council, the inauguration ceremony of the statue was very successful; accompanied by thunderous applause, Anson was awarded the title of "Honorary Speaker for Life" amid countless cheers at the scene, and he will always have the title of "Honorary Speaker for Life" in the 500-member parliament. a place.

Due to some well-known secret, the on-site MPs directly referred to him as "Speaker Speaker", deliberately or forgetfully ignoring the prefix of "honor".

Anson, who was also forgetful, directly ignored this fact, and accepted with peace of mind the congressmen who called him that and the sincere greetings that were respectfully sent to him.

And the seats vacated by Speaker Harold's "heroic sacrifice" - after repeated discussions in the 500-member council, he believes that such an important identity, if it is prematurely handed over to Harold's young son, it is extremely inappropriate. responsible behavior.

Therefore, the most appropriate course of action is, of course, to give another more mature and responsible person to take over "temporarily" before the child becomes an adult; after another round of heated discussions, the parliament decided to hand over the seat to Talia Ogu Miss St. Rune accepted.

As for whether Miss Talia will continue to retain her seat or return it voluntarily after Harold's youngest son becomes an adult, that has nothing to do with the council - at least now, they have made a very responsible decision.

So far, the Beluga Harbor Council, which is a local snake, has completely accepted the rule of the Storm Division, and with the addition of the powerful outsider of the Rune family, the first piece of the pie that Anson gave to Talia has been completely implemented.

And Talia also used this status to the limit - not only announced on the spot at the celebration ceremony to join the Faithful Alliance, swore to become a "Ecumenical believer", and announced the launch of the "Arms Committee" and "Animal Animal Husbandry Committee".

For a colony with rich resources and sparse population, it is very unrealistic to want to get rich through the large-scale textile industry like many big cities in the country.

All manufacturing industries will be crowded out by resource industries that also require a lot of labor, and the market will be suppressed by local commodities that are not taxed. It is almost impossible to develop.

At least until the population grows to a certain level, the only way for Beluga Port to become rich is to sell resources and cultivate land.

Therefore, Anson is only prepared to produce a very small amount of steel and gunpowder, which can maintain the minimum needs of the Storm Division and reduce the logistical pressure.

On the one hand, it will neither hurt the interests of the colony mine owners, nor will it be too strongly opposed by the native country.

At the same time, in order to fill the labor vacancies in the colonies, and at the same time to expand trade routes, he prepared to import livestock including horses, cattle, and pigs in large quantities from the colonies controlled by the empire.

In the past, the reasons for the high price of livestock in the colonies were not only the scarcity, but also the fact that the distance between the two sides was too far and the transportation capacity was insufficient, and the purchase quantity was not large enough, which led to the increase in prices; but now Anson has a whole fleet in his hand, which can completely go directly to the other side's port for large-scale operations. Buy in bulk to keep prices down.

The two committees, the former and the Storm Division, continue to be deeply bound, and the latter can benefit the entire colonial agriculture and resource industries. The Rune family who controls them will have a pivotal position in Beluga Harbor. Even if they do not use force, they can easily affect the entire colony.

In fact, if it is feasible, An Sen is more inclined to directly set up a joint-stock company; but on the one hand, if the local people who are keen to cut leeks see profits from the colony, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not increase the intensity of cutting leeks, and the money earned through financing is in vain... All dedicated to the royal family.

On the other hand, the property transfer work of the Rune family is still in progress, and its power in the colony is still relatively weak. If it does not rely on the force of the Storm Division to deter and engage in fair competition, it is difficult to guarantee that Mason Weizler and the local businessmen will not grab most of the money. Profits are worth the loss.

Fair and free trade is of course a good thing, but it is only on the premise that you have an absolute dominant advantage, otherwise, you would rather suffer losses than let others earn money.

Anyway, the Beluga Harbor Council is nominally a colonial self-governing institution, but in fact it is a large monopoly business group that is sitting on the ground to share the spoils. The 500 parliamentarians who are likely to be hereditary control over half of the fixed assets, grabbing more than 5% of the fixed assets. Ten's profits are no different from colonial companies.

"...And now, both the Beluga Harbor and the Beluga Harbor Council are already in your pocket."

Inside the spacious carriage, Ian Clemens picked up the Tirpitz rum with ice cubes on it, and smiled at Anson, who was opposite him, with a hint of deliberate ingratitude:

"Congratulations, Your Excellency Commander and Speaker of the Garrison Legion."

"It's just an honorary speaker."

An expressionless Anson waved his hand, and didn't even hold up the wine glass in his hand: "You came to the door uninvited at the risk of being caught. You didn't come here to say congratulations, right?"

"of course not."

Ian, who was indifferent, didn't care at all, he raised his glass to himself and sipped it to his hand, smiling the same: "Right now in Beluga Port, how unpopular our Faithless Knights are, just to see the trustworthy people on the side of the road. The number of alliances is deeply felt.”

It can be said that the reason why the entire alliance has its current scale and momentum is that to a certain extent, the "death of Speaker Harold" detonated the powder keg of the conflict between the immigrants and the heretical natives; The Wuxin Knights have reached the point where everyone is shouting and beating.

Even if the garrison commander personally came forward to vouch for it and became the new organization "White Gloves" affiliated with the alliance, it does not mean that the people of Beluga Port are blind with only goldfish memories.

As far as the fragile cooperative relationship between the two parties is concerned, as long as the opportunity is right, Anson doesn't really mind killing all these dangerous elements.

"But I guess... this thing should be popular, right?"

With a meaningful chuckle, Ian took out an envelope from his arms and carefully pushed it from the table to Anson.

"This is……"

"The Great Magic Book... the third volume."

An Sen's pupils trembled slightly.

Resisting the urge to open it immediately, An Sen, who avoided picking up the envelope directly, leaned back, clasped his fingers together, and asked in a leisurely manner:

"I remember someone saying not long ago that he knew nothing about the so-called Great Book of Magic; it was less than a month before one of the twelve volumes was discovered—if it was an accident, Wouldn't that be too surprising?"

"But it was a surprise indeed."

Ian's eyes expressed sincerity: "On the second day after the big warehouse incident, we searched the secret rooms of the indigenous old gods buried in the ruins at night, and inadvertently found it in a very secret corner. its existence."

Unintentional, secretive, lucky.

Anson sneered in his heart.

"Considering the safety factor, we have also considered whether to give it to the Faithful Alliance or the garrison, and then someone you trust more personally hand it over to you, but..." Ian sighed suddenly, with a middling expression. With a hint of guilt:

"Because of a series of uncontrollable consequences caused by some previous accidents, I finally decided to take risks. It is more suitable for me to hand it over to you personally."

Accident, what accident?

An Sen was a little stunned, and then a flash of enlightenment flashed in his mind.

He was talking about the anonymous letter that made Lisa make an assertion and run to the big warehouse alone!

"My comrades and I are deeply regretful about that incident. At that time, I really didn't expect that the final result would turn out to be... like that." Noticing the flash of anger in the corner of Anson's eyes, Ian quickly apologized:

"And while expressing our apologies, we also hope to use this special gift as a suitable greeting gift."

"Meeting ceremony?" Anson blinked curiously, as if he wasn't angry at all because of that incident.

That's right, isn't it that he almost released a blasphemous mage-level out-of-control monster, destroyed half of the Beluga Harbor, and blew himself up to the sky? There's nothing to be angry about, right? Right? ! Right!

"There is a special guest who wants to see you." Ignoring the killing intent in An Sen's eyes, Ian said solemnly:

"But for some unexplained reason, he and his friends still have certain concerns about whether to contact you, so they hope to use this precious gift as a 'stepping stone' to visit you and win your friendship. "

"Then what's the name of this 'honored guest'? Can you tell me?" Anson raised his glass and tucked the envelope into his cuff without showing any signs of it.

"I can't—as just mentioned, he and his friends still have concerns." Ian took a sip of rum:

"But I can assure you that he is definitely not your enemy; on the contrary, if the goals are the same, he can become your ally, or even the most important ally."

"Oh, what do you say?" Anson raised his eyebrows.

"It depends on what you want." Ian was still reluctant to answer directly:

"But at least now, he hopes to meet you as soon as possible - of course, privately, and absolutely not known to anyone."

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief and Speaker, your opinion is..."

Looking at Ian whose eyes were full of expectation, Anson chuckled lightly.

Since the other party refused to speak, then he did not intend to reply directly - he lifted the glass and said leisurely:

"Let's have a drink."

……………………

After sending off a sneaky "white glove", Anson, who was riding in a carriage, did not stay in place for too long, and returned to the headquarters from the city alone.

As March approaches, caravans from surrounding towns and farms have begun to appear outside Beluga Port City, ready to take advantage of the big market on this year's "Tax Day" to purchase local goods.

Coffee beans, sugar, cotton, alcohol, salt, tobacco... The wild New World has almost everything. Even if Beluga Port does not produce anything, it can maintain its status as an excellent harbor and transportation hub. absolute status in the entire colony.

But it is precisely because of this that the prosperous trade has led to the fact that there is almost no decent industry in Beluga Port except for fishing, and it is highly dependent on trade. Except for seafood, all other products rely on external input, especially local manufactured products and Agricultural products and primary processed products of the surrounding colonies.

In addition, there are almost zero tariffs between the local and the colony. Even if Beluga Port wants to rely on the development of some industries, it is almost impossible. It can only be willing to buy raw materials from the local market at a low price, sell the finished products at a high price to cut leeks, and then use the local imports. The product sells for a high price and cuts the leeks from other small colonies around.

In the end, most of the profits - especially all kinds of raw materials - will be taken away by the mainland, leaving only the last little scraps of the Beluga Port.

As an army officer loyal to the royal family, Anson does not think there is any problem with such an excellent economic system; but as the "Honorary Speaker" of Moby Dick, he believes that there is still room for improvement in this economic system.

The key to everything lies in the annual "taxation" of the homeland. The annual purchase volume and price of the royal family have seriously weakened the profits of the colony. Coupled with export restrictions, it has almost curbed the possibility of trade development in Beluga Port.

Of course, "Anson Zhongchen" Bach" will never raise such unreasonable demands as price increases or reductions in purchases. He only has a little idea about the proportion of purchases.

The annual domestic purchase volume is about one-fifth to one-quarter of the annual output value of Beluga Port, but because the basic construction work of the storm division has begun, it can reduce the loss of production capacity and improve the transportation efficiency. At least between twenty-five and thirty-five percent.

Therefore, his wishful thinking was to find a way to persuade the person in charge of procurement this year, so that the other party would still "levy tax" according to the standards of previous years, ignoring a quarter of the increase due to the construction of the Storm Division this year.

Back at the headquarters, the little clerk with the document in his arms was already waiting outside the door, and his frowning brows were literally writing "something happened" directly on his face~www.readwn.com~ I saw Anson from the carriage After walking down, he immediately stepped forward and said with a serious face: "Master Anson, the person in charge of this year's 'taxation' has arrived and is waiting in the waiting room."

Has it arrived? !

Anson's expression was stunned. He did not mention such an important matter in advance, nor did he receive any information; and the port has not heard of any foreign ships arriving so far - where did this guy come from?

But this is no longer important now. Since the other party took the initiative to approach the door as soon as he settled down instead of going to the Beluga Harbor Council, it proves that he is not ignorant of the current situation of the colony, and may even have sufficient information.

"How many are they here?"

"Only one!" The little secretary quickly replied.

Just one person... An Sen frowned slightly, and without waiting for the little secretary to speak, he quickly stepped forward and walked towards the living room.

In the spacious living room, a familiar figure is sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, casually flipping through the brand-new "Beluga Port Good People", and there is a pot of steaming coffee on the coffee table next to it.

An Sen, who was holding the door frame, froze in place, and subconsciously blurted out:

"It's you?!"

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