Although Elijah's exuberance made everyone laugh, the atmosphere of the banquet was stirred up by her. Everyone no longer felt constrained and talked freely.
About the grand Glory Festival …
About the activities of the Datang Chamber of Commerce …
About the scenery of the elves …
At this moment, Victor raised his glass to Tang En and said with a smile, "Baron Tang En, can we put forward the plan we made earlier?"
Twain was stunned. "What's the matter?"
"…"
Victor said helplessly, "Combine harvesters …"
"Oh!"
Tang En suddenly understood. "How many do you want … Wait, Fiona, do we still have spare capacity?"
Fiona took out her notebook and quickly flipped through a few pages. Then, she said, "The main production line is still working at full capacity. According to the current production speed, it will take more than a month to complete the order from the Cadier Family. If Your Majesty is not in a hurry, we can arrange for a small number of combine harvesters to be used temporarily. "
"How much do you mean by a small number?"
"Less than 100. We can finish the production in a week."
"What do you think? If you want, I can give you a discount. "
Tang En said with a smile, "The original price is one million. I can give you a 20% discount."
This time, Fiona didn't say anything. After all, the customer was His Majesty Victor …
Victor smiled bitterly. "I don't have that much spare money."
"Are you kidding? You're the king! "
"I'm also the poorest king. Even if I take out all of Olina's personal wealth, it won't be enough. Do you know how much it costs to raise an army? Even if they don't do anything, the cost of food every day is enough to bankrupt a few small families. "
Victor sighed. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have placed my hopes on the Crystal Energy Plan that you mentioned."
Fiona suddenly asked, "Do you really need combine harvesters?"
"Of course. I've heard about the efficiency of the combine harvesters. If necessary, I even want to promote it to the whole country."
Fiona's eyes flashed. "If that's the case, let's carry out another property swap."
"Exchange of assets? You mean … "
"We will provide you with the combine harvester for free, but you have to give us a corresponding tax reduction policy."
Fiona calmly replied, "According to the laws of the Empire, the amount of tax that my lord should have paid is approximately 850,000 gold coins."
"Why are there so many?!"
Tang En was stunned, and so was Victor. "So many!?"
It was no wonder that Victor was surprised. When Tang En went to Ellington, Ellington was poor. The previous deputy feudal lords only paid about ten thousand gold coins a year in taxes!
He had only been gone for a few months, but Ellington's output had increased dozens of times!?
"Of course."
Fiona smiled bitterly: "My Lord, have you not calculated how much income you have?"
"No."
Tang En said casually: "I've left this to you. I haven't paid attention to it."
Victor immediately looked at Fiona in a new light. To be trusted by Tang En, this descendant of the Rosa d 'Oro family was really not simple.
"My Lord, we have indeed earned a lot of gold coins."
Fiona said noncommittally: "But we have spent even more gold coins. You may not know, but in order to build Ellington, we have used almost all the gold coins we earned to buy various materials. That's why in just a few months, Ellington has undergone earth-shaking changes."
"It's no exaggeration to say that Ellington's monthly net income has reached more than ten gold coins, and the residents are very cohesive. They are also very supportive of your rule, but this is based on the fact that you have spent a lot of money on construction."
"Now, Ellington's treasury is actually empty."
After a pause, Fiona continued: "So if Your Majesty wants to get tax money from Ellington, I'm afraid you will be disappointed."
Disappointed? Of course, Victor was not disappointed!
Tang En could develop in Ellington, a broken place. Didn't this mean that he was the Son of Destiny?
"Therefore, based on the fact that Ellington can't pay taxes smoothly, and Your Majesty needs our products, I suggest Your Majesty accept this win-win solution — use the products of the Datang Chamber of Commerce as collateral for the taxes payable."
"Our Datang Chamber of Commerce not only has a series of combined harvesters, but also a series of products such as magic cultivators, magic irrigation machines, and so on. If Your Majesty is willing to learn more, I will leave you a full set of introductory materials later. At the same time, we are happy to continue to accept transactions with products as collateral for taxes."
After Fiona finished speaking, she was suddenly stunned. Her face turned a bit red and she raised her wine cup to cover it up. She had accidentally entered a sales pitch … …
Victor was stunned for a bit before turning to Tang En and saying, "Baron Tang En, you've found a very outstanding financial officer ….. If I have her help, perhaps the royal family's business can turn from losses to profits."
"Fiona is indeed one of my best helpers."
Tang En said with a smile, "Then what do you think?"
"Of course!"
Victor raised his cup with a smile, "There is no more suitable transaction method than this, let's sign the contract."
This kind of transaction was a helpless move. Tang En's Datang Chamber of Commerce was indeed making a lot of money, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that it was making a lot of money every day, but it couldn't keep up with the large expenses. Victor also needed gold coins, but those products were more important. Not only could it free up agricultural production, increasing production efficiency, reducing the pressure on food, it could also help expand the Magic Crystal market.
Don't forget, Tang En and Victor's first goal was still the Crystal Energy plan!
After popularizing more magic machines and satisfying the domestic demand, they would continue to export to other countries and expand the market. It would make everyone realize the wide market for Magic Crystals and raise the low price of Magic Crystals again. At that time, they who had Magic Crystal mines wouldn't need to worry about gold coins anymore.
After three rounds of wine, Victor suddenly said, "Baron Tang En, based on your large contributions to the empire, I want to promote you to a hereditary count, what do you think?"
Princess Aurelia was stunned when she heard this and her face was filled with disbelief.
Going from a baron to a hereditary count?
What did royal father mean by this? Did he drink too much?
Princess Aurelia and Aurelia felt the same, almost spitting out the wine in their mouths.
A hereditary title was different from a normal noble title, they weren't the same concept at all. Becoming a hereditary noble meant that as long as the empire wasn't destroyed, no matter how trash Tang En and his descendants were, they would be able to obtain the prestige and power of the royal family.
Why did Victor trust him this much?
He even gave him this much freedom?
Parola who had been smiling the entire time looked at Victor in surprise, not understanding what was going on with his little brother.
The Irus Empire had been established for over eight hundred years, but there were only ten hereditary nobles and almost all of them were founding ministers.
Since Victor took the throne, he had never conferred a hereditary noble title. It could be seen just how special a hereditary noble title was.
What was going on with him today? Why did he suddenly want to confer a hereditary noble title?
What was so special about Tang En that he was this important?
Tang En shrugged, "It doesn't matter."
Seeing that he didn't care, Aurelia was so angry that she gritted her teeth. This guy, didn't he know what a great honor this was!?
It could be said that once this news spread out, Tang En would become the hottest new noble star in Alinx in the blink of an eye!
Everyone knew what a hereditary noble title meant. Ordinary noble titles would be stripped away, but once a hereditary noble title was recognized, it would be valid forever.
Unless he was stupid enough to commit treason.
It was such a special honor, but he didn't care about it at all?
Aurelia wanted to strangle this ungrateful bastard!
"In that case, it's decided!"
Victor smiled, "Baron Tang En … No, now it should be Count Tang En's contributions to the empire should actually be worthy of a higher title, but in order to shut those people up, it's better to take it slow."
Aurelia's mouth was wide open, and the elegant demeanor of a princess was completely gone.
Parola, Olina, Aubry, Aradeline, and the others were all dumbfounded.
What Victor meant was that it was not enough to give Tang En the hereditary title of Count, but he still wanted to promote him!?
Even if they trusted him a lot, wasn't this too exaggerated!?
They didn't know that Victor was actually worried that Tang En would refuse!
If he wasn't worried that it would be rejected by others if it was promoted too much at once, he would want to promote Tang En to a hereditary Duke or even a hereditary Prince, so that this Son of Destiny and the Irus royal family would be firmly on the same side.
"I don't have any objections."
Tang En still looked as if he did not care.
So Aurelia was even angrier.
Perhaps Victor also noticed that he was being a little too exaggerated, so he had a bright idea and explained, "You may not have noticed how great Count Tang En's contributions are. The appearance of the combine harvester has made the empire's agriculture take a big step forward. The great increase in harvesting efficiency can promote the expansion of the cultivation area, and the grain output will also be greater."
"And the increase in grain output not only solved the hunger problem of the empire's residents, but also solved the food problem of the army on the other hand, and indirectly increased the combat power of the army. This is just the effect of the combine harvester, not to mention that Count Tang En has also developed other agricultural magic machines. I believe that without exception, they can greatly increase the agricultural production capacity."
"With the help of Count Tang En, the Irus Empire will definitely change its decline and rise again."
Victor didn't finish his words, but his meaning was obvious. Tang En and the magic machines he developed would completely change the Irus Empire's weak position in the Prandal Empire, and it would even be possible for them to regain their dominance!
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