Pirates born to be kings

As a king under the feudal system, there are countless benefits. For many things, Valbo only needs to use his words, and naturally there are people below to work hard. On the third day after the people from the shipyard arrived, in the Ciggu Castle, a brand new office dedicated to the king was opened. Has been completed. .biquge's decoration style is as bold and luxurious as ever, with fur floors, gold and silver walls, and various decorations well-proportioned but not crowded. The large floor-to-ceiling windows characteristic of Cigu Castle still have the familiar winter style.

The room is huge. In addition to the desk and small conference table, behind a silk-like windshield, there is a space where he can take a nap. A large bed that can accommodate five of him is placed in the center, beside the bed. There was good charcoal burning in the fireplace, a comfortable rocking chair, a few exquisite books, and the indispensable wine bottles and glasses. Almost everything he could think of was here.

This almost perfect luxury makes people want to enjoy it.

Fortunately, Valpo is a man who wants to be a wise king. He resisted the temptation and returned to the table to sit down. Jace waited respectfully, "Is your Majesty satisfied?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied." Valpo didn't bother to pretend to be noble. In his opinion, even if the king of a country enjoys material things, how much can he enjoy? Besides, the decorations in this room are all from the castle treasury, and all the workers' fees are paid. He paid for it himself and did not harm the national interests at all. In this case, why should he look poor? Valpo leaned back in his chair and said, "Speak, my staff officer."

Since discovering the special characteristics of the alloy 'Sea Shadow', Valpo no longer talks about state affairs at breakfast. Now that he has a new office location, it is natural to talk about it here.

Jess handed over the documents, "Your Majesty, the first one is the recent income and expenditure of the Drum Kingdom, and the second one is the first batch of rock house information and household list of the Warm Winter Plan."

"Warm winter plan?" Valpo sat up straight. The plan promoted by him finally took the first step. He patiently looked at the income and expenditure report of the Drum Kingdom, various departments, and all kinds of complicated and trivial directories. One glance gave him the feeling of entering a maze.

Valpo, who had only charged meals and water and electricity bills at most, was not used to this.

However, the numbers in it are particularly important. Every wrong decimal point will cause a difference of ten times.

"Let me see, one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, um... the cleaning fee spent by Big Horn Village in the first quarter is 5 beli."

Jess wiped his sweat in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... you calculated the wrong number, and... that's one month's expenses."

"Ah, haha, haha, right." Valpo laughed, counted it again, and nodded, "Sure enough, it's 50 beli. I'm talking about a village, plowing snow and cleaning up garbage. How come there are so few? Okay, next item, the surgical team of the medical department and the eye surgery class apply for medical equipment maintenance and upgrades. Well, this is a must. Sharpening the knife will not waste time chopping firewood. Only when the facilities are good can we earn more. Dobelli.”

Jess complimented, "Your Majesty is wise."

Valpo pointed at the last number with his finger this time and counted up one by one, "One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, ten million! Hundreds! One ophthalmology class actually costs 9 million shells." Use it for maintenance and upgrades? Isn't it a bit much? The start-up capital that this king gave to the shipyard is only 5 million beli." He felt that there was corruption here, or maybe the ophthalmology department happened to need to buy new equipment?

The sweat on Jace's head flowed down like a waterfall. The office was so hot that he didn't even dare to raise his head. He just reminded softly, "Your Majesty... Well, the people in the medical department are more rigorous. No, they are boring. I think it is." Boring, they like to describe Pele to two decimal places... Before the last two zeros, there is actually a very small 'punctuation mark'..."

"Yes, really." Valpo looked and saw that it was indeed there, just like the prices sometimes seen on earth. "It's strange, why haven't I seen it before? So it is 900 million Baileys, not 9 million." Valpo had a cold face, but he was roaring in his heart. It was all zero anyway. What was the point of being accurate to two decimal places? has no meaning? ! Besides, Bailey doesn’t even have a few cents, okay? OK! ! Do you want to make this king look embarrassed on purpose, you bastard!

Seeing that there were nearly hundreds of numbers that needed to be checked on the document, he became cruel.

With a 'pop' sound, he threw the document on the table casually, "Jace..." Valpo said in a low voice, looking at the chief of staff whom he regarded as his confidant.

"My lord, my lord is here." Jace bowed.

"You... won't tell anyone what happened today." A king, who still wanted to be a good king who knew his king well, counted the numbers twice, and ended up making wrong calculations twice in a row. The error rate was as high as 100%. This incident It's too embarrassing to let anyone know, not even Jace! Valpo was thinking about asking the other party to do something scandalous as a threat, dance? If it doesn't work, let the other party crawl around? It hurts your self-esteem too much. Why don't you write a letter of approval? Are there any stories you have to tell about Dalton and Chromamon? Well, this idea works...

Fortunately, Jace's performance made Valpo very pleased. He looked confused, "What's the matter? I just came in. Didn't I just report to His Majesty the kingdom's income and expenditure for this quarter?"

Really good at being a good person, Valpo glanced at the other person with admiration and put aside his plans for the time being, "Then let's talk about it, um...just tell us the income and expenditure." Too many figures already gave him a headache.

"As you command, Your Majesty." Jess breathed a secret breath and turned to the last page of the report. "Generally speaking, the development of the Drum Kingdom is stable. In the first two months, the revenue increased by 2%. This month, due to the need to support the food subsidy program and warm winter, Plan, as well as support for medical technology and the restart of shipyards, the income has declined somewhat, but it is still generally under control, and there is no negative growth. If the situation does not change significantly, the net income can still be 5 million Baileys per month."

"5 million beli." Valpo thought for a while, "That means 60 billion a year?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the other part of Bailey needs to be used to purchase and make medicines, which will be used as heavenly gold and handed over to the World Government for processing."

"Heavenly gold..." Valpo recalled, and the information about heavenly gold came to his mind. Heavenly gold means that the world government's participating countries must pay tribute to the Celestial Dragons and the world government every year.

It is not a specific thing, but it has a specific value. It can be gold, cloth, or of course Bailey. The amount shared by each kingdom is also different. As a major medical country, the Drum Kingdom will receive one every year. For a drug list, the number of drugs specified in the list can be handed over as heavenly gold, most of which are trauma drugs used by the navy, and can be combined with a wide variety of other drugs.

Medicines only count as cost to the Drum Kingdom, and are counted as selling prices when turned over. This method of heavenly gold allows his kingdom to have room for the extra expense, and it does not reach the point of breaking the bones, but even so. , it also requires nearly 10 billion beli in 'protection fees' every year.

"Tsk." Valpo pursed his lips. Since he wanted to enjoy the benefits of joining the country, the money must be paid. He nodded, "Okay, I understand."

At the same time, another question also emerged in his mind. In the past few years, there should have been a huge wealth of nearly 50 billion Beili every year, but where did this large amount of Beili go?

"Jace." He was about to ask the chief of staff when the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling windows came into view.

They are three villages located in the harsh winter: Daxiaojiao Village, Cocoweite Village, and Kesida Village. It is noon, and the citizens preparing lunch are rising up from their homes, with smoke rising like thin lines. The streets are full of pedestrians, and at the dock next to Cigu Island, several ships are dancing with the waves. Porters are carrying boxes of food into the warehouse. From the castle, they look like hard-working ants.

The cableway crisscrosses the mountain peaks and connects to every corner of Cigu Island, including the national hospital, shipyard, leather processing factory, and military camp.

The isolated island that should have been covered in snow is dotted with traces of human perseverance, and the winter when everything is dead cannot stop their yearning for beauty.

He thought he knew where those Baileys had gone in previous years...

As for Bailey after he ascended the throne, the extremely luxurious appearance of Drum Castle has given the answer.

Fortunately, all this is a thing of the past...

In the scenery outside the floor-to-ceiling window, there is a black and gray color that is particularly eye-catching. It is the trace he left - the rock house.

"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions." Jace looked at His Majesty the King.

"It's okay, I just want to invite you to see the snow scene together." The hot breath of Valpo's breath formed a mist on the glass, and looking at it again, the whole king seemed to be dreaming.

"This... as ordered."

Jace stood in front of the huge window.

The two looked out the window and said nothing.

After a long time,

"Hey, Jace."

"exist……"

"Have you ever said that the Drum Kingdom looks really beautiful from here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, she is very beautiful, but..."

"But what?"

"I think this island and this kingdom are beautiful no matter where you look."

"Hahaha, you, you, you..." Valpo laughed.

The two people in the room laughed heartily, with their mouths wide open.

One smiled restrainedly and pursed his thick lips.