In the previous battle at Storm Summit, other than the combined harvester that had been blessed by the Holy Light, Elsa's chainsword had shone brightly.
The gigantic blade, the ferocious saw blade, the blood-boiling sound of gears turning, and the ferocious cutting power … It was like a superweapon tailor-made for men on the battlefield. However, in the hands of a petite girl, it was a stark contrast.
After seeing Elsa killing everyone with her chainsword, Depp, Loke, and even Little Tom were envious. As soon as the battle ended, they ran to Tang En and asked for one as well.
Considering that it would boost morale, Tang En agreed to their requests.
In other words, the chainswords in Depp's hands were also personally made by Tang En. Therefore, the enchantments and permanent spells were all present on them. However, the appearance of the chainswords was different from Elsa's. The shape of the chainswords was more majestic and bloody. The golden dragon engraved on the side of the chainswords was on the verge of bursting out. Its sharp claws were wrapped around the spine of the sword, and the chainswords gleamed coldly.
The other guards were envious, but Tang En also promised them that when the reverse decomposition of the weapon was completed and the production line was designed, everyone would be able to have one.
Of course, the quality of the mass-produced models was naturally not as good as the ones made by Tang En himself. However, the design and craftsmanship were there for all to see. Even if it was just an ordinary model, its power should not be underestimated.
At the same time, Tang En also promised them that as long as they performed well and performed well in the future, they would be able to receive equipment personally made by him.
This promise made many people eager to fight, eager to find an opportunity to show off their abilities.
That was because during that period of time, there had already been people who had received the rewards personally issued by Twain. The armor and weapons that emitted the brilliance of magic were simply a way to show off their achievements to others at all times. This was much better than any medal.
The appearance of Depp and the others attracted a lot of attention. Whether it was the chainswords they carried or the confidence they exuded. After following Tang En for so long, they now had very strong beliefs. The determination in their eyes was enough to make the nobles who had never been on the battlefield hide in the shadows in shame.
Moreover, their lord, Tang En, was now the king of this country. What else did they have to fear?
Before this, who would have believed that the lord of a remote territory in the Irus Empire would become the king of this country?
No one would have believed it, but their lord had arrived.
Even such an impossible thing had happened. What else was impossible?
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Depp and the others stepped forward and bowed to Tang En.
Looking at Tang En with the crown on his head, Locke was extremely glad that he had made the choice back then.
If he had not decisively chosen to stay in Ellington, how would he have had the chance to come into contact with Tang En?
"You may rise. There's no need to be so polite."
Tang En really did not have time to chat with them at the moment. The ministers had been pestering him and Olina to show their goodwill. Although Tang En hated this kind of situation, he still had to do it on the surface, whether it was to win people's hearts or to appease them.
After Depp and the others left, Tang En continued to chat with the nobles.
In fact, the main reason they were beating around the bush was that there were many vacancies in the nobles' ranks in the empire.
Yesterday's purge was still vivid in their minds. Many people were secretly terrified. The regent was not like the Victor of the past. He was a man who dared to do what he said. In the face of such a tough regent, who would dare to be disloyal? Of course, they would do their best to show their goodwill and work hard to climb up the ranks.
Now that the upper echelons of the empire were empty, many important positions were vacant. Even if they could not get a lucrative position, finding a way to get in was an excellent start.
Of course, Tang En could guess what they were thinking, so he just casually laughed at their goodwill and accepted all the benefits, but did not say a word of promise. This made those people want to grab him by the neck and ask him what he wanted before they were willing to open their mouths.
He was even willing to strip his wife and daughter naked and stuff them in his bed, let alone other things!
Holding a celebratory banquet early in the morning and lasting until noon, Tang En could be considered to have set an unprecedented precedent.
After a whole morning, he finally had some time to rest after appeasing those people.
"My head hurts."
Tang En rubbed his head. At this moment, he finally realized how difficult it was to be a king. Everyone was staring at him, staring at those lucrative positions. Even if he did nothing and just stood on the right side, they would think that he had made a great contribution and wanted to take the opportunity to get some benefits.
If Tang En agreed to those people, then it would not be long before the same mistake would happen again. The entire Irus Empire would fall into that vicious cycle again.
"Tina, pour me a cup of tea …"
Tang En slumped in the chair weakly. He did not even want to open his eyes. It was too tiring to deal with these people.
"Tina's not here in Ellington, so stop nagging about her."
Fiona put a stack of documents in front of him and said, "Take a rest. You have to look at these things."
Tang En groaned in pain. "What are these? Can't I let Olina see them? "
"The loot from the Great Purge. Because the amount is huge, I think it's better to let you see it yourself."
Although Tang En and Olina were legally husband and wife, Fiona had always positioned herself as Tang En's assistant, not the king of this country.
Especially when it was related to wealth.
Hearing that it was the loot from the Great Purge, Tang En's spirit was lifted. He picked up a book and opened it. "I want to see … What the f * ck!?"
Tang En had just seen the first page when he cursed.
The first page was a list of the property of an earl in the Parliament of Nobles. That earl was now in prison.
"Are you sure this is an earl? Not a duke? "
Tang En kept cursing as he looked at it. These pages clearly recorded all the property of this earl.
This Count Hook Clutton had nearly 5,000,000 gold coins in the Star Diamond Bank, and this was only the tip of the iceberg. In his house, there was a total of 3,000,000 gold coins worth of magic gems, magic accessories, and even 100 sets of well-maintained armor and weapons. The total value of these 100 sets of armor and weapons exceeded 500,000 gold coins. Apart from that, there was also a large amount of artwork of uncertain value, rare jewelry, and so on.
Other than that, he had three manors around Alinx that were over a thousand mu. There was an orchard, a farm for livestock, a horse farm for breeding horses, and two small copper mines. Not mentioning the other miscellaneous things, just these fixed assets added together were worth over ten million gold coins.
Then you're telling me that this is an earl?
Even a marquis isn't this rich!
What was worth mentioning was that this earl was a loyal customer of the Datang Chamber of Commerce. He had a Six Star Earl membership card and there were large amounts of Magic Air Conditioners, Magic Furniture, and other things installed in his house … …
Of course, these things were now back in Tang En's hands. After taking them back and cleaning them, he could put them back on the shelves … …
Looking over the list, Tang En stroked his chin in thought.
In this great purge, the wealth of the aristocratic party was quite shocking. It even surpassed the wealth of the Irus Empire in several decades, would you believe this?
To put it nicely, this was called hiding wealth among the people, but to put it bluntly ….. they were just a bunch of fat worms!
The large amount of wealth was greedily seized by them before it entered the treasury, so the royal family didn't have enough funds to develop the country. Then the taxes they received decreased and this was a vicious cycle.
It was no wonder people said that farming couldn't compare to fighting monsters. The harvest of farming for a year couldn't compare to a single night of fighting monsters!
With such a clear comparison, who was willing to properly farm? Of course they would go into the mountains and become bandits ….. Ah pei! They would go into the mountains and fight monsters!
At this time, Fiona raised a very important question, "With such a large amount of wealth, how are you planning to use it?"
Just how large was this wealth? It was estimated to be over ten billion gold coins!
The current economic situation of Prandal couldn't compare to the feudal Tang Dynasty. Tang En couldn't understand how all these gold coins could be circulated in the market in this kind of economic situation.
Actually, this was because Tang En was thinking too much. Although the current currency of the Prandal countries was the Irus gold coin, the gold coin was still a currency that was directly made from currency, so it wouldn't lose its status as a currency because of the change of dynasties.
Prandar had been developed for nearly ten thousand years, and the gold coins issued by the previous dynasties were still circulating in the market. Moreover, it was very convenient to complete the exchange at the Star Diamond Bank according to the quality of the gold coins. Therefore, the total amount of gold coins in Prandar far exceeded the actual amount issued.
If the economists on Earth were to transmigrate to this world and see the current situation of the financial system here, it wouldn't take long for them to go crazy.
Back to the topic, this amount of money was very large. It could be said that if all this money was collected into the treasury, the Irus Empire's treasury could even compete with the treasury of the Ronitant Kingdom!
This was equivalent to the total financial income of the country in the past few decades. If it was all collected into the treasury in one go, even the rich and civilized Ronitant Kingdom would have to kneel down!
"Since we have the money, of course we can speed up the previous plan."
Tang En waved his hand and said, "First and most importantly, if we want to get rich, we have to build roads first. Help me contact Gallian. I want to build roads, I want to build roads all over the country. I want the empire to be accessible in all directions!"
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