Chapter 620 The relationship between money and problems
Chapter 620 The relationship between money and problems
In the city of Fantino, there is a small room that only exists in legends.
The so-called legend means that everyone has heard of it, but no one has seen it.
However, almost everyone in Fantino City can accurately describe the appearance of this small room.
It is located in the backyard of His Majesty the Pope's palace. It is an independent round house, far away from other buildings in the palace complex. The house is uniquely and beautifully built, and the surrounding environment is even more elegant, open and quiet.
The rooms in the house are also very delicately decorated, and the furniture and furnishings are all of high quality and of elegant taste.
Close the windows, and this is a safe enclosed space. Open the windows, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery outside.
This kind of environment is most suitable for sitting around with a bunch of like-minded people when the weather is good, holding wine glasses, exposing someone's background, gossiping about someone, or digging holes to make people dislike you. Jump.
It is said that it was in this room that the senior officials of the Holy See formulated countless conspiracies to deal with the supreme beings of various empires.
The most famous ones are Constantine's donation of property, Pepin's donation of land, and the Holy Son's shroud... and so on, this series of conspiracies.
By forging historical documents, deceiving the stupid "immortal hero", and making historical relics... and other methods learned from the antique market, we finally succeeded in snatching them from the hands of those supreme beings. They seized territory, grabbed food, grabbed things, and even grabbed people - this last point is very important, because when the supreme beings go out to play hooligans, they can only grab a few women at most, but the Holy See does not steal people. Male and female.
And they succeeded in forming an unwritten law, the "ten-day tax system", which means that in addition to the normal tribute, they also own one-tenth of all output on all the land in the mainland.
This alone will make you rich and fat.
It can be said that the ancestors of the Holy See used their own minds to create the great foundation of the church here.
Even though Lord Luo is now a successful salt merchant, he is making money every day and living a happy and happy life like a fairy tale. However, his life is as luxurious and debauched as that of a standard monopoly capitalist.
But seeing the behavior of the Holy See, he couldn't help but curse in a low voice: Damn it, these grandsons can make more money than robbing a bank~!
And now, Lorraine is in this legendary small room. Just from this small room, Lorraine has already seen the rich wealth of the Holy See that no one can match.
He sat on a comfortable sofa. The velvet silk cushion was extremely smooth, like a girl's delicate skin. After Lorraine sat down, she almost didn't want to move.
The incense burner next to it was lit with light incense, exuding a refreshing fragrance.
As soon as Lorraine lifted her nose and smelled it, she knew that this incense was the finest dragon's birthday incense. Every small piece was worth a piece of gold.
It is commonly known as the fragrant half of the city. Although the name is vulgar, the description is extremely accurate. In other words, as long as you light a small piece, you can make half of the city fragrant.
Although this thing is very expensive, Lord Lorraine is not a man short of money now, and several of his women are also men who know how to spend money. They are still greedy when looking at the incense burner in front of them.
Because, this thing can't be bought just by having money~! It is also commonly known as price but no market.
The supply of goods is very small, and it is said that it is still monopolized.
Even though Duke Luo has now become a successful upstart, he has only met him once - only once.
At that time, Catherine didn't know where she got a piece. It was extremely precious. She put it in a sterling silver jewelry box and kept it preciously.
But precisely because of this, it attracted the attention of vandal expert Leo. As a result, the little gangster took it out secretly and set it on fire under the guise that I was just looking at it and I would never light it.
At that time, the environment of Nidel City suddenly changed from poor to excellent.
A group of officials from the Empire's Ministry of Environmental Protection who came to Naider City to conduct an environmental assessment had originally made up their minds to carry out comprehensive management of Naian and shut down several paper mills, small coal kilns, steel mills, etc.
The high-energy-consuming enterprises also let Lorraine know clearly that the environmental assessment system is now implemented with a one-vote veto system. If the environment does not meet the standards, it will fail the annual assessment.
In this way, you can take a big blackmail out of the hands of that damn vampire, the hairless pretty boy.
In Ruman City, everyone now knows that this kid has become rich through robbing and cuddling. I heard that just building a yacht cost 300,000.
The inspection team was ready to sharpen their knives, kill Lorraine, and let him bleed some blood.
But then, in the face of the iron-clad facts, he could only remain speechless and praised Sir Luo with great admiration. This made him very happy. In the end, the inspection team could only
Despondently, he carried a few bags of local specialties, such as wild duck eggs, a specialty of the grassland, and returned to Ruman City.
Young Master Leo also paid a heavy price for this. After one and a half months, he could barely use his buttocks to sit on the chair himself.
Lorraine couldn't help but secretly laugh when she thought of this. During that period of time, when Leo was the most honest little gangster, he ate all the vegetables for every meal. Even the rooster and yellow dog in Naider City had passed a period of time.
A wonderful and happy time.
While he was thinking, he turned around to look.
As expected, I saw Xiaobai blocking the front with his huge body, pretending to be nonchalant, curling his lips, turning his eyes upwards, wagging his little tail behind him, with a look of 'I'm a passerby, I'm here to make soy sauce'
Looks harmless to humans and animals.
But this is only a superficial phenomenon.
Under its cover, Leo had successfully used the excuse of "I was just taking a look" to convince himself.
He had already taken off the top cover of the incense burner, and then stood on tiptoes, struggling to take out a black coal-like object from the incense burner.
Although the thing looked unremarkable, Lorraine knew that it was the dragon's birthday incense worth thousands of gold.
Leo looked at the piece of coal that was emitting a faint green smoke, hesitated for a moment, and reflexively wanted to put out the fire on it, and then put it all into his pocket.
Lorraine couldn't help but sighed: "You silly boy. Cut a big piece and leave a small piece for them. In this way, the incense will keep burning, and when we slap our butts and leave, they won't know who did it."
~!"
Leo's eyes suddenly lit up and he glanced at Lorraine with admiration. He really deserves to be the boss~! He is more experienced than me when it comes to such sneaky things.
He raised his thumb at Lorraine, then took out a small knife from his pocket with a noisy sound, and then began to cut the piece of dragon's birthday incense seriously.
Lester looked at it from the side and sighed: A good child was ruined by your teachings~!
But then he turned around and saw that when Leo was cutting the dragon's incense, his technique was too rough, leaving slag and pieces, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken. That thing can soothe the mind and calm the mind, and it is very useful to magicians.
It has a very good auxiliary effect, Lester said: "Be gentle, be gentle. Leo, you little hooligan. This is not how you cut dragon Danxiang. You are ruining things..."
Leo paused for a moment, then followed his instructions and dropped the piece of dragon's birth incense in one direction, and then slashed with the knife without hesitation. The residue of the chop immediately flew everywhere.
Lester let out a long sigh and said: "Forget it, forget it. You stay away, I'll do this kind of delicate work..."
As he said that, he rolled up his sleeves and walked over. He took the knife from Leo's hand, then held it down with one hand, held the knife tightly with the other, and sawed away at the piece of dragon's birth incense.
This old guy is very proficient in these things, and with just two strokes, he had already immersed the blade deeply into the dragon's incense.
Lester educated Leo while cutting it back, saying: "Look at this, this thing needs to be cut like this."
Lorraine looked at the old guy's eyes shining with excitement. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and thought to himself: Who taught that little hooligan a bad lesson?
When he turned his head, he saw Vera holding her hands behind her back, standing on one foot with her left foot, her right calf slightly raised and bent behind her. A pair of beautiful big eyes as blue as the sea, unblinking, staring seriously
The huge crystal chandelier in the middle of the house.
The innocence and purity unique to the charming and naive girl is particularly touching.
Lorraine hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her. He said: "Vera, Vera, it is indeed not easy for the Holy See to save so many things in the past thousand years.
Let’s leave some for them~!
This chandelier looks pretty, but it’s actually not worth much.”
Vera looked back suspiciously, then blinked her beautiful blue eyes and said, "Really?"
Lorraine sighed: "Don't look at how this chandelier is billed to the outside world. It costs thousands and is high. In fact, it's not worth that much money. Most of it was given as a kickback to the bastard who handled it."
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Vera suddenly understood, nodded seriously, and said: "Oh, I said so~!"
At this moment, Xiaobai's big ears moved, and then he let out a low cry. It was obvious that someone was coming.
Lester immediately stepped up his movements, used force on his hands, and immediately cut the piece of Long Dan Xiang into two pieces.
Leo quickly picked up the small piece and threw it into the incense burner.
At the same time, Xiaobai curled up his long nose, picked up the big piece, and threw it towards Vera.
Vera gently reached out her hand and pointed the space ring in her hand at the flying Long Danxiang. Then she saw that the black briquette-like thing disappeared the moment it came into contact with the ring.
At this time, Lester also picked up the lid of the incense burner with great skill and gently covered it.
Lorraine had already jumped up and walked towards the gate.
He wanted to take cover and contain the wind. Once someone came in, he would draw the other person's attention immediately, and then allow the rest of the people to clean up calmly.
Everyone acted quickly and cooperated with each other tacitly. It was obvious at first glance that they had been trained for a long time, or they were born talents~!
Lorraine looked back, and then sighed inwardly: If we form a band of thieves, we will definitely be invincible. Chu Liuxiang, Robin Hood, and Kaito Kidd are all just floating clouds...
As soon as he walked to the door, he heard footsteps outside.
Lorraine hurriedly reached out and grasped the door handle, then turned around and looked at everyone present.
Leo clapped his hands and sat down as if nothing had happened. Vera had already sat back down in a very ladylike manner, and Xiaobai was lying on the ground next to her, chewing the fruit without stopping.
And Lester, Lester sat back on his rocking chair, rocking gently, hitting his knees with his hands, beating the time, and sang softly: "I was watching the mountain scenery from the tower, and suddenly I heard a commotion below the city..."
Seeing that everyone was ready, Lorraine let go of the door handle and took a step back.
The moment he let go, the golden door handle began to turn slightly, making a mechanical sound.
There is no time to make a mistake, and there is only one danger after another.
As the door opened, Saint Paul XIII strode in.
He glanced at everyone and saw Lorraine standing not far away, looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but give him a strange look.
At this time, everyone jumped up from their seats and politely greeted or saluted the agent of the God of Light in the world.
St. Paul's attention was immediately attracted, and he greeted everyone one by one, saying: "Everyone, there is no need to be polite, please take a seat."
As he said that, he walked to a chair near the fireplace and sat down.
Lorraine looked back and wanted to find a place to sit down.
St. Paul snorted coldly and said: "I didn't say you can sit down~!"
Lorraine couldn't help but be stunned, glanced at him awkwardly, and cursed in his mind: What does this old guy want to do?
He hesitated for a moment, thinking about whether to ignore the old guy and sit down carelessly aside, but then he felt as if there was a pair of beautiful and clear eyes behind him, staring at him. At that moment, he decided to give himself a little advantage to his father-in-law.
Son's face.
Saint Paul sat on a chair, resting his head on his hands, looking at Lorraine coldly.
What kind of person is Lord Luo? At that moment, he acted like a dead pig that is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. He also remained silent and had already made a plan in his heart. If this old guy dared to harm himself, he would seek revenge from his daughter when he returned home.
Come back and add three times the interest of the donkey's rolling.
Just when Lord Luo was having his ambitions and had wild imaginations, he heard St. Paul say in a deep voice: "I have already asked the experts who specialize in the study of the Holy Scriptures the question you mentioned."
Lorraine was stunned for a moment, and thought to himself: It was obviously a prosecution case, but now the old guy said it was a 'problem'.
This is good news~!
You must know that Lord Luo is also a senior official of the imperial government.
He knows that whenever something needs to be done in a big way, no need to ask, it must be something like a warm trip to the countryside, or something as trivial as sesame seeds and mung beans.
And any matter that needs to be quieted down and handled in a low-key manner is definitely a big deal. Or it is something that everyone can't handle and just put it aside.
He snorted noncommittally.
Seeing the expression on his face, St. Paul couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and then continued: "They told me that this... this is indeed a problem."
Lorraine couldn't help curling her lips secretly, and thought to herself: Of course this is a problem, and it is a big, big problem.
Back then, in our place, there were many bastards who were full of food and supported themselves. In order to be famous and cause trouble, they took this issue and ran to the court to file a complaint.
And later, there was a brainless congressman who said that there were too many disasters on the earth and they were all the result of the elder brother not protecting his younger brother. He wanted to sue the elder brother in court for his administrative inaction.
With all conscience, he is a genuine American congressman. This has to make people wonder whether the people who elected him as congressmen really have IQ problems. Or, they deliberately selected such a guy and then...
Just watch the joke. After all, one of the functions of those congressmen is to make jokes.
St. Paul found himself in a much better mood after finally admitting the problem and facing it bravely.
He crossed his hands and put them in front of him, then sat up, looked at Lorraine, and said: "Now the people in the Holy Scripture Compilation Department have become a mess, and they are desperately trying to find ways to make up for this problem.
Congratulations, Earl.
For thousands of years, even the High Priest of the Undead has not been able to do something, but you have done it easily."
Lorraine's eyes widened in surprise and said: "The High Priest of the Undead is also a literary editor? But I haven't heard of any periodicals they publish~!"
"No!" Saint Paul shouted angrily, "He has been trying to disrupt the Holy See for thousands of years, but he has never done it!
But you...
But you suddenly shook the foundation of the Holy See~!
If God is also a sinner, then why do people still believe in God? Is it against the law and morality to follow him?"
In anger, he waved his fists and roared loudly. The white hair on his head was flying in the wind, looking like a white-haired lion.
Lorraine couldn't help but take a step back and murmured: "No, no, why are you so loud..."
But St. Paul still ignored him at all, waving his fists and roaring loudly for a long time. If nothing else, just what Lorraine and the others had been doing here in the past few days was enough to arouse his anger.
His violent roar resounded throughout the room and lasted for a long time.
The attendants standing outside the door couldn't help but quietly opened the door a small crack and looked inside.
And Lester sat in his seat, watching this scene expressionlessly, sighing in his heart: If nothing else, just seeing this majestic Pope roaring here is already worth the money.
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If this scene could be recorded so that all mages could see it...
Will I become the number one magister in history?
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Vera was still staring at the gorgeous chandelier, and she was very suspicious: It was such a beautiful thing, why did the young master say it was not valuable?
Leo's big eyes were wandering around, and he was groping around: Is there anything else here that I can grab?
Xiaobai yawned on the side, then took another apple from his pocket, wiped it hard twice on the silk cloth on his back, then yawned and stuffed it into his mouth.
This bunch of people!＠#￥&#￥x.
They didn’t take the majestic Pope seriously at all~!
St. Paul screamed for a long time, but finally lost his strength and stopped panting.
He calmed down, then looked at Lorraine, let out a long sigh, and said, "Now, tell me, what exactly do you want to do?"
Lorraine realized that he had just roared at her for a long time, which made her ears deafen. She reached out and picked her ears, and then said: "Actually, I don't want anything, I just want to uphold justice."
He said seriously, "This is a matter of principle."
St. Paul sneered and said: "What a bullshit matter of principle~! If others say this, I still believe it.
But you, the majestic Governor of Nai'an, known as 'the sky is three feet high, the earth is seven minutes thin, the skin is left when the tiger passes by, the hair is plucked by the goose, the peas are taken from the quail crop, and the fur is peeled off by the armpits of ants, Lorraine Lo
Sir.
You said, you are a guy who is obsessed with money, and you tell me a matter of principle. Do you believe it yourself?"
Although Lorraine has always been thick-skinned than the city wall, under his scorching gaze, he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, what do you want?"
St. Paul said: "No, I should say, what do you want?
If the person who came to complain today was an ordinary person, without my order, someone would have already declared him a heretic, thrown him into the Inquisition, or burned him alive.
Or, declare him a mentally unsound leper and throw him into an isolation hospital. By the way, no one in that isolation hospital can survive more than three months. No one, you know what I mean?
?”
Lorraine couldn't help but thought to herself: Damn~! What's the point? I did the same thing in Nai'an. It's just not as wasteful as you. Those people are also laborers after all, and they are all sweating profusely in the quarry to make money for me~!
If we really want to talk about it, you are not as good as me~!
But he didn't say it explicitly.
St. Paul glared at Lorraine angrily, and then continued: "Now tell me, what do you want to do to prevent us from causing trouble?
Do you want money? How much? One hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand? One million?"
When Lorraine heard the numbers he mentioned casually, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: The Holy See is really fat!
Any hush money you can get is worth one hundred thousand yuan. Just this amount is enough for me to sell salt for many days~!
Just like those who have just gone abroad, when they encounter dollars or British pounds, they habitually convert them into banknotes first.
Although Lord Luo is making a lot of money every day now, when he first sold salt, he was used to it. Once he encountered a relatively large amount of money, he habitually converted it into table salt first.
Then Lorraine saw the mocking look flashing in St. Paul's eyes. She was startled for a moment, and then woke up.
He calmed down, then felt some difficulty breathing and pulled his collar, and said with difficulty: "This is not a question of money."
St. Paul sneered and said: "All the problems in the world are ultimately about money. But for the Holy See, as long as it is about money, all problems are not a problem~!
I say this, do you understand?
Now tell me, how much do you want?"
Lorraine took a deep breath and said: "I don't want money. We want Hilmeria to be the next pope."
St. Paul's mind buzzed, and he lost his voice: "What did you say?"
Lorraine looked at it and hurriedly changed her words and said: "Well, that's the case. We want Hilmeria, the great and holy hair of the gods, your daughter to take over your banner and lead the people to continue to fight in the world.
Keep moving forward on the road to victory, from one victory to another..."