My Sister is Arturia

At the same time, in the Throne Hall of Camelot Castle, Arthur was wearing a crown, sitting on the throne on the left side of the two thrones that had been built, listening to the report of a noble official wearing a thick and gorgeous robe below. Heap of numbers.

After finishing the report, the official said to Arthur:

"...In summary, Your Majesty King Arthur, you... have no money."

no.351 I want to see King Arthur!

Aristocrats are always a small group of people who can become nobles. If most people can become nobles, who will support these nobles?In the final analysis, nobles are animals that lie on other commoners and suck blood continuously, and kings are animals that lie on nobles and suck blood. It can be understood in this way.

When it comes to nobles, most people may think of rich adults or noble ladies who wear gold and silver all over their bodies, but in fact, there are not many such rich nobles, because everyone is poor, and the nobles followed suit. Not too rich.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, nobility is not synonymous with freewheeling and extravagant enjoyment, nor does it refer to nouveau riche, it refers to a title of honor, a family with a sense of responsibility, honor and enterprise, and at the same time has a spirit independent of sacrifice. Elite level.Under the glorious appearance of the nobility, there are also many unknown bitterness and helplessness.

However, it is still possible to feed a large family, and it is obviously no problem to wear good clothes. There are also people who are in tatters but wear the title of Earl.

As the King of Britain, the same is true.

After Arthur and Artoria succeeded to the throne of the King of Britain, Artoria, who knew nothing, began her most basic studies. The teacher, of course, was Gavin and Teddy who had received education in governing the country. Reese, and Arthur, began to temporarily handle various government affairs of the country, as well as formulate new development strategies. Arthur's first place to start was finance, which is the so-called treasury.

Originally thought that Camelot was just ordinary and not very grand, but when Arthur opened the treasury, after some inventory, he found that in the Kingdom of Camelot, gold coins are really a very Scarce stuff, at least that's how it looks in the treasury.

The officials explained that it was because of the long years of civil war and the resistance to the invasion of the Anglo-Saxons, which led to nearly a year of inability to make ends meet. In the era of King Uther, there were already some signs of financial crisis. Well, after the death of King Uther, corruption and waste, as well as all kinds of strange magic research carried out by the great prophet Victor, all require a lot of expenditure. Although there are still some left, it is only enough to maintain the country. The operation, the military salary of the omen army, the palace expenses, the maintenance of weapons and armor, various diplomacies, the support of the merchant team, etc., all require a lot of money.

All in all, Arthur was told that there was no way to carry out the expansion and renovation plan of Camelot town due to the financial situation, but simple restoration of commercial blocks and slums could be done.

In the past few days, officials have been nagging in my ears, and the result of being harassed by financial consultants every day is that they will say it in front of me.

"To sum up, respected His Majesty King Arthur, you... have no money!"

A financial advisor said this to himself.

Arthur sat on the throne a little weakly, with some dark circles on his eyes, you can feel the kind of feeling that every day when you open the gate of the castle and accept the petitions from the citizens, from dawn to dusk. It's dark, and people keep coming in, asking to see King Arthur?At the beginning, he was able to plan the future blueprint of the city with the girls of the Knights of the Round Table, while trying to listen to the appeals of these ordinary people, but after ten days, Arthur has learned that sometimes, or most of the time The gates of the city should be closed, and guards with weapons should guard the gates tightly, because most of the complaints are my cattle lost, my sheep died, my children were bullied, etc., these things Why not go to the city management?

"Don't we still have 30 to [-] gold coins? Although I know that most of them are expropriated food, ironware, baskets, cloth, etc., but it is impossible to be as miserable as you said. I just succeeded After more than half a month, he will become a pauper emperor..." Arthur waved his hand, frowned and looked at the alarmist officials below, and said so.

At this time, the transportation was not convenient, the commerce was not developed, and many territories were self-sufficient. Although the country existed in name, there were not many places that the king could directly control, and Arthur, as the emperor of Britain, was the same. Although there are six kings and vassals and the entire Kingdom of Camelot, the nobles in the land all implement extremely low tax policies. That is to say, although they are Arthur's vassals in name, these kings may The nobles in the territory of the Kingdom of Camelot don’t need to pay a lot of money to Arthur every year. Most of the money they turn in is cloth, wood and other miscellaneous things. It’s enough to send some copper ore and iron ore. Very satisfying, the only responsibility they need to take on is to provide their troops and knights in time of war.

Therefore, the only ones that can really expand the treasury of the so-called British Empire are the direct jurisdictions under the names of the two emperors, Arthur and Artoria. Apart from Camelot, there are also several surrounding earldoms. In other words, the places directly under its jurisdiction are less than one-sixth of the Kingdom of Camelot, and Camelot City is the place that provides the most taxes.

This is why even though Arthur knew that he didn't have much money, he still designed the grand "Camelot City Farming Plan". With the advantage of a canal like the La Tranche River, he couldn't vigorously develop commerce and cultivate land. Create more wasteland, build more houses, and forge more and better weapons and armor. A large part of the reason is that everyone has no money. Without money, there is no way to build roads, widen rivers, and build A series of things such as housing, building infrastructure, opening furnaces, digging mining, etc. have not been carried out, and there is no way to do these things, and everyone can only continue to be poor.

Compared with the dwarves who get rich by relying on their superhuman mining and true ability, and the elves with a super high level of magic who rely on the tree of life to obtain infinite energy to supply the city's development, they are mediocre in all aspects Humans, literally, are country mud legs, not just racially, but urbanly as well.

So when Arthur summoned merchants wantonly, purchased a large amount of building materials and various commodities, used the poor in the slums to reclaim wasteland, built houses and new trading districts, widened the river and so on after a series of major measures.

The financial officials and advisors of the empire, after a simple calculation, came to the conclusion that the finances of the empire could not last for a month. It is an exaggeration to say that if the idea of ​​occupying the goods of those merchants was not held, the empire would have to pay. Can't afford it.

After hearing the explanation of a series of numbers from the official below, Arthur directly threw a pamphlet to the official.

"Didn't I have someone make a brochure for you to read? Regarding the issue of payment for those goods, installment payment can resolve our financial crisis quite simply. In fact, all expenditures, except for the military pay and wages paid to the personnel Wait, there is no way to pay in installments. Can installment payments be used for all other expenses? Also, even if it is wages, you can also engage in some provident funds, pensions, and the like. I am also researching recently. The more appropriate method is to take pictures, in short, we are not as poor as you think."

Arthur tried his best to explain patiently to the officials in front of him, but the person in front of him flipped through the booklet with a puzzled expression.

And at this moment, there was a loud noise at the door of the throne hall.

"I want to see King Arthur!"

After hearing this voice in his ear, Arthur covered his forehead helplessly, and muttered to himself:

"These guys... came to collect debts again..."

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PS: Sorry, I only have time code words until now.

no.352 Morgan's debt crisis

According to the practice of Arthur's hometown in his distant memory, anyone who dared to yell in front of the emperor would be pulled out of the Meridian Gate and beheaded. There is no room for maneuver, but this is not the far east, but rather wonderful Britain , Theoretically speaking, Britain under the influence of Roman civilization has not completely entered the dark middle ages. Although the Roman Empire has begun to retreat steadily, it is also affected by a little bit of barbaric culture, such as the knight system (the knight really is a barbarian culture), "My vassal's vassal is not my vassal" and "My daughter's daughter is still my daughter.".

Therefore, when someone yelled at the door of the throne hall to see Arthur, he had already put on the crown, and overnight, Xianyu turned into a yellow-robed Arthur sitting on the throne, and He didn't immediately order that person to be slaughtered. Although Arthur wanted to do this, if he did so, he would be considered a tyrant by the people and lose a lot of people's support. An emperor who is not supported by the people, But it was easy to be overthrown by other nobles.

The official who was reporting the financial situation to Arthur obviously also heard the shouting outside, and his face showed some embarrassment. It seemed that he also knew why the people outside were shouting here, but compared to This, and more important things, the nobleman in luxurious clothes said quickly to Arthur in front of him:

"In short, Your Majesty King Arthur, we must stop the construction of new urban areas, and only restore the basic houses in slums and commercial districts. There is no need for so many goods now. Although I don't know what your Majesty is talking about by installments, but now The national treasury can't afford so much money. After taking out the military expenses and food for the conscripts, we have to pay the wages of the poor workers, as well as the expenses for board and lodging. We don't have any extra money to buy any goods from the merchants. Now, we should immediately stop the tax reduction policy for the goods of those merchants gathered at the exchange, and stop the official purchase of their goods, which is to help them clear their inventory!" The official in front of him raised his voice, but Still can't cover the shouts of people outside: "By the way, although this is a family matter of the great Pendragon, please think carefully before using the treasury to pay off the debts of Her Royal Highness Princess Morgan, we really can't afford it." These debts..."

"Then, I'll take my leave first..."

Seeming to be really embarrassed, the official saluted Arthur, and then walked out towards the gate. When the guard opened the gate, the noisy people outside met the official in front of him, but what? Without saying anything, he rushed into the gate in a hurry. When he was close to Arthur, he was stopped under the throne by the guards in the palace.

Arthur rubbed his forehead. He had read all the documents related to the financial report. In fact, even if it was paid in installments, although there was no problem with the first payment, the huge military expenditure and the placement of workers Expenses, etc. are a large amount of expenses. Although the later payment is after three months, the income of the three months of finance obviously cannot complete the payment after three months. This is why these officials have been harassing for days. own reasons.

Camelot is really out of money.

So when the few people who claimed to be debt collectors came to Arthur with the IOU with their fingerprints on it, Arthur could do nothing but look at him sincerely with his cheeks on his face.

"My chancellor of the exchequer just told me that I have no money, so even if you come to me with my sister's IOU, you won't get anything, not to mention that this is a woman I just met halfway through. Elder sister who is less than a month old, Princess Morgan’s IOU, why do you keep coming to me? I have never heard of the saying that the father’s debt should be paid by the son, but I have never heard of the sister’s debt to be paid by the younger brother.”

Sitting on the throne, Arthur said to these people walking in front of him.

"But honorable King Arthur, this is the money borrowed by the honorable Morgan Pendragon. I heard that she is the princess of the Pendragon family. Such an honorable lady must have something unspeakable to borrow money. , we just chipped in and lent her a thousand gold coins! It’s been a month since Princess Morgan and we agreed to pay back the money, but we haven’t seen a single copper coin. We couldn’t find Princess Morgan before, but now Princess Morgan has Back in Camelot Castle, we are sure that Princess Morgan is in the castle at this moment, and now she owes us [-] gold coins with interest! Even if you can't pay back the money for your sister , please also hand over Princess Morgan to us!"

The person who has been harassing Arthur for the past few days is Morgan's previous creditor who borrowed money. The one thousand gold coins he borrowed at that time had risen to a terrifying principal and interest of [-] gold coins a month later.

"So you mean, under my throne, to demand that the ruler of Britain, Arthur Pendragon, hand over the Princess of Britain to you usurers?"

As Arthur said, he had gradually raised his voice.

The people below also seemed to feel that their words were really a bit abrupt, and the guards beside them had already grasped their own sword hilts quite capable of observing words and expressions. For a while, the scene became a little silent.

"I think there is a little misunderstanding here. We have no intention of offending the great Pendragon family, let alone your Majesty's majesty. In fact, what we mean is that if Princess Morgan can come forward, we can solve this problem with us. With the debt problem, we would be quite..."