There is no doubt that five million gold coins minted by the kingdom are definitely a huge sum of money in this world.
This point can be gleaned from the original plot, when the adventurers rushed into the Great Tomb of Nazarick and found a box of treasures. It seems that each person can get a fortune by dividing ten or twenty gold coins on average.
Among them, the ratio between platinum coins, gold coins, silver coins and copper plates is basically maintained at one to ten.
Under normal circumstances, a night's stay in a relatively poor hotel only costs five to seven coppers (including three meals). One or two coppers can even buy meaty meals in a tavern, and twenty to thirty gold coins can make a family of three comfortable.
Live comfortably for several years.
The income of craftsmen is about one silver coin per day, while the income of farmers is only six copper coins.
Therefore, it can be basically judged that the purchasing power of gold coins in this world is significantly higher than that of Faerûn, but the purchasing power of silver coins and copper plates is almost the same.
This may be limited by the reserves and difficulty of mining gold, silver, and copper, or it may be that the world's overall productivity level is slightly higher, resulting in a relatively sufficient supply of living materials.
Magic items and luxury goods, like Faerûn, have been completely separated from the civilian class from the beginning.
Even the cheapest treatment potions are sold in units of gold coins.
Enchanted weapons and equipment start at 1,000 gold coins, and better ones are almost 5,000 gold coins or more.
In short, five million gold coins is enough to recruit an elite professional mercenary army of about 30,000 to 50,000 people and maintain it for up to ten years.
Although the number may not be comparable to that of the Kingdom, which can mobilize 340,000 low-grade troops at once, and it is certainly not comparable to the Empire's 80,000 elite legions, it is definitely enough to fight a civil war over succession.<
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After all, when a civil war is going on, the nobles of the kingdom cannot unite together like in a foreign war, but will be divided into countless factions.
Not only the two princes, but also the two married princesses and their husbands may have thoughts about the throne.
Therefore, an elite professional mercenary army of 30,000 to 50,000 people can completely form a local area with the assistance of diplomacy and resourcefulness to have the advantage of overpowering the small number and crush those stupid and greedy nobles to death one by one.
First deal with the big nobles who have charisma and influence, and then clean up the small nobles who are as annoying as psoriasis piece by piece.
In addition, a small part of the money can be used as bait to make the nobles turn against each other for competition. In the end, they are unable to form an alliance because of mutual hostility.
In just a few seconds, a series of evil thoughts and plans popped up in the mind of Golden Princess Lana.
Since she no longer regards herself as a human being, there is no situation where she will be troubled by family ties, friendships, etc.
If it weren't for Zuo Si's desire to preserve the kingdom's current population as much as possible in order to turn it into a machine for external expansion and export of war, Lana wouldn't mind setting off a violent turmoil that swept the country and killed hundreds of thousands or even two people.
Three million people.
You must know that the "Kingdom of Li Yestije" has a population of tens of millions, and the inhabited area alone is quite considerable.
Including vast tracts of inaccessible forests, mountains and rivers, its land area is equivalent to about half of the modern French Republic, which is approximately 275,000 square kilometers.
Because it has long occupied the richest land within the human sphere of influence, the Kingdom has the largest population among many human countries, is the most suitable for farming, and is relatively rich in various minerals and other resources.
More importantly, the two countries bordering it are empires and theocracies with humans as the main body, and there are basically no threats such as demi-humans and alien races.
Initially, the Theocracy hoped that the Kingdom could breed more strong human beings in this rich and non-threatening land in order to cope with the so-called "hundred-year aftershock", which is the huge crisis caused by the "time travel" between players and their guilds.
At the same time, accumulate strength to defeat other non-human races, and eventually become the undisputed overlord of the entire world.
Unfortunately, the senior leaders of the Theocracy had obviously not heard of the saying "Be born in sorrow and die in happiness".
Although in the beginning, the kingdom did create a prosperous era.
But soon, as there was no threat from the outside, classic struggles for power and internal fighting began.
Especially the forty years of the reign of Busa III were a complete disaster.
Under his policy of appeasement and peace, the nobles not only became more and more arrogant and domineering, but also became corrupt and degenerate.
Moreover, the quality of future generations is worse than the last, and they have completely lost the brave martial spirit of their ancestors when they started their business.
Not to mention the birth of any strong men, even the quality of grassroots soldiers has declined again and again.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Theocracy changed its attitude to support the Empire's annexation of the Kingdom.
At least Lana felt that if she were a senior leader of the Theocracy, she would have been unable to resist sending people to directly kill her father, a loser, and then bloodbath the entire aristocratic class from beginning to end, and then choose a strong and capable monarch.
Clean up the mess.
The fact that the other party has been able to endure it for so many years and choose a relatively obscure method is all because of the fact that they are members of the same human race.
Just when Lana had just put away the box full of gold coins, a fat man with a round figure suddenly opened the door and broke in from the outside regardless of Clem's obstruction.
When he saw the two people in the room maintaining an ambiguous posture, his plump face was suddenly filled with shock that could not be concealed. He immediately raised his eyebrows and asked: "My dear sister, what on earth are you doing? This guy of unknown origins
Who is it again?"
There is no doubt that this guy is none other than the kingdom's second-in-line prince—Zenac, Lana's second brother, a man who is fairly self-aware and has good political skills.
At the same time, he is also one of the few people in the world who can clearly see the situation and understand that the crisis is covering the entire country.
The reason why he appeared here was to find out what happened to Warrior Captain Gazef who was besieged and almost failed to return, as well as which nobles were involved.
Zanac has a very clear understanding of his terrifying sister, and even half-publicly calls her a "monster", making no secret of his inner fear and fear of Lana.
But at the same time, he also knew that only with the help of his sister could he defeat his eldest brother, who had already received the support of the nobles and Eight Fingers, and prevent the entire country from falling into an irreversible situation.
"Brother, it is quite impolite to break into someone else's room without permission. Once word gets out, your already bad image in the minds of the nobles will inevitably become even worse."
An undetectable murderous intent flashed through the eyes of the golden princess, and the evil magician's terrifying magic flames gush out slightly from the palms of his hands. It only takes one thought to completely wipe out this "good brother", even a little bit.
No corpses or debris will be left behind.
But just when she was about to take action, Zuo Si suddenly showed a playful smile, walked forward and put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly: "Hello, Your Highness the Prince. My name is Suosi, and I am a man who has received
An adventurer commissioned by the princess to investigate some matters."
"Adventurer?"
Zanac raised his eyebrows, obviously not believing this statement.
As a prince, he has received a pretty good education since he was a child and has met countless people. It is easy to feel the temperament of a superior person cultivated over a long period of time from Zuo Si's eyes, movements and demeanor.
Especially that kind of very strong aura. Even my father, who has been the king for forty years, never had it, so how could he be an adventurer?
Although there are many adventurers with noble backgrounds, generally speaking, they are the second and third sons who have no chance to inherit titles, property and territory.
But Zuo Si didn't seem to care what the other person was thinking. Instead, he nodded to himself: "That's right. If you don't believe it, you can send someone to try it. In terms of swordsmanship, I am still a little confident."
Hearing these words, Zanac subconsciously glanced at Zuo Si's arms and palms. As a result, he found neither the thick arm muscles like Warrior Captain Gazef nor the calluses worn out by regular sword practice. He immediately felt that
His IQ was insulted, and he turned around and asked his sister: "Lana, is it okay if I conduct a little test on the adventurer you hired?
"Please."
Golden Princess Anai shrugged her shoulders with murderous intent.
Although she doesn't quite understand what the master she is loyal to wants to do.
But one thing can be confirmed, that is, all the guards and knights in the entire palace together cannot be expected to pose even the slightest threat to the master.
After all, Lana has seen Zuo Si's big devil form with her own eyes, and knows how indestructible the scales on his body are. Even the royal secret treasure [Razor Blade] may not be able to open a small wound on the surface.
"In that case, I won't be polite."
After saying that, Zanak shouted at a guard behind him.
The latter understood this and immediately drew his sword and assumed an offensive posture.
Since this room was originally used to receive guests, it has a large space, so you don't have to worry too much about the damage caused to the surrounding furnishings by simple sword fighting.
It is easy to tell from the clean and neat movements that this guard should have received strict warrior training. The weapon is a slightly heavy half-hand sword that can be used with either one hand or both hands.
But the problem is that even after posing for a long time, he didn't see his opponent showing any intention to draw his sword. He immediately frowned and asked, "Why don't you draw your weapon yet?"
"Just attack. If I think it's necessary, I will naturally choose to draw my sword."
Zuo Si responded in a very unpleasant and dismissive tone.
There is no doubt that this can be regarded as a naked and unabashed humiliation.
Not to mention an elite knight who was selected to protect the prince, even a warrior with a little bit of blood and self-respect would not be able to tolerate such a provocation.
So the guard, who was about thirty years old, was immediately irritated, his eyes flashing with anger.
"You said it yourself! If you get injured or die, you can't blame me!"
"Injured?
Death?
To be continued...