Chapter 73: Aristocrats? Can I exchange money?
Duke Purple Rose, as the overlord of the coastline area of the Lancester Empire, since more than 200 years, although any generation of Duke Purple Rose is not the most famous in the history of the Lancester Empire, but he is indeed a duke who reassures the emperor and other princes beware.
As a wealthy nobleman who debuted in a seafaring family, although the first Duke of Purple Rose could not compete with other inland dukes of the empire in terms of military and political aspects, with the help of the only coastline of the empire in his own territory, the first Duke of Purple Rose was always able to get the latest luxury goods in the northwest continent of the king in the first time before other dukes and counts, and handed them over to the Lanster Emperor in exchange for some tax and political use. Although the Emperor is far away, it stands to reason that Emperor Lanster has no ability to manage here at all, and it seems that pleasing Emperor Lanster who is thousands of miles away is doing useless work, but the clever first generation of Purple Rose Duke knows that sometimes, the emperor's words can make him gain a higher popular heart in this empire, regardless of the region, and the wind and water will be mixed.
Therefore, it is precisely because the first Duke of Purple Rose knows how to take a long-term view, and finally the first Duke of Purple Rose received a supreme protection order from Emperor Lanster - unless Emperor Lanster personally orders it, or Duke Purple Rose himself decides, anyone who has to seize any inch of land in the Dukedom of Purple Rose in any form will be regarded as a traitor and enemy of the empire. It's not useful, but at least Purple Rose doesn't have to worry about investing a lot of money in sailing, and no one else will take advantage of it.
In this way, when the dukes and counts in the northwest of the empire were still grabbing each other's territory, the first Duke of Purple Rose had already stretched his hand into the sea, making friends at sea, kingdoms on other continents, and imperial envoys. Nor will he be on the opposite side of a ruler with 50,000 professional troops, 10,000 elite troops, and more than 100,000 reserve militia troops because of a little profit.
And when the first Duke of Purple Rose was about to die, the great Duke of Purple Rose I, in order to allow the Purple Rose family to continue on the family tree of the Duke of the Empire, did not hesitate to make a treaty of eternal loyalty to the Empire to Emperor Rancest, not to join the center of the imperial political circles, and not to seize the territory of any duke from now on, in exchange for the eternal commitment of the royal family of the Ranster Empire - the country is in Purple Rose, and Purple Rose will not die if the country dies. Each subsequent generation of the Purple Rose Duke may not have much ability, but he has become the most powerful presence in the business world of the Lancester Empire, as can be seen from the exemption from 80% of the Empire's tax payments.
Later generations of Duke Purple Rose were unable to develop politically in Zhilu Dao, but they also accepted this fact very openly, and continued to do the nautical business according to the family motto of their ancestors. Therefore, in the following 200 years, the Lancer Empire, which was located in the northwest sea of the King Continent, originally did not even have a decent port, but with the help of many generations of Purple Rose Dukes, gradually entered the maritime trade that was more extensive and profitable than the inland trade................
"So what is recorded in this book is the family history of the fat man in front of you? It's a bit interesting, so put this book in the Imperial Royal Library and leave it for future generations to refer to, and remember to add 'Eventually, although the Duke of the Purple Rose family left a heavy mark on the history of the Ranster Empire, because the Ranster Empire itself has long since declined, the Purple Rose family is in its capital, Maradoga............... Heroically and stubbornly resisted the attack of the great Sunset Imperial soldiers for more than 2 hours and was defeated, and the later Normandy Lords also recaptured the Sunset Empire from the evil Leinster royal family with the victory of the Imperial soldiers' and so on, do you understand Captain Blackbeard? Escorted by the generals' guards, Sun Lin crossed the dilapidated and messy gravel roads, and Sun Lin, who was riding on snow, met Captain Blackbeard, who was letting 10 Naga Foreign Legion soldiers escort more than 10 well-dressed but untidy men, women, and children to advance in a small square that had been burned black by a burning barrel. After reading a parchment-bound book handed in by Captain Blackbeard, Sun Lin said to Captain Blackbeard with a smile on his face, ignoring the men, women, and children in front of him whose faces had become as purple as purple roses.
"Yes! Your Majesty Sun Lin! When all the munitions are delivered to the city of Maradoga, I will send a ship to deliver the book. Please rest assured! ”
"Alright! Then move on to the next topic, are these people in front of you members of the Purple Rose family? ”
"Yes, Your Majesty! A total of 19 people, including the 11th Duke of the Purple Rose in the previous generation, have been identified by the civilians captured in the city, and all the surviving members of the Purple Rose family are here, and all of them have not killed any members of the Purple Rose family in this raid. ”
"It's strange, it stands to reason that there are not more than 200 noble private soldiers in the city? Isn't there a member of the Purple Rose family who, after discovering the city chief, went to lead more than 200 noble private soldiers to break through and transfer the family members? Could it be that the members of the Purple Rose family are all ............?"
"Well, the general is actually like this, there were indeed 200 noble private soldiers in the city, but it is said that the time for collecting taxes this month is today, and those noble private soldiers are the tax collectors in the city, and these private soldiers have already gone to the villages near Maradoga City to collect taxes, so .................. As for why the Purple Rose family did not escape, it was because 3 barrels of burning wooden barrels happened to land on the street near the Zi MiG family, and set fire to the houses on the side of the surrounding streets............. if it weren't for a few Naga warriors passing by who heard the screams inside, out of your request to help the civilians who did not participate in the battle, it is estimated that when we want to find these people, they will all be turned into black charcoal..................."
"There will be such a coincidence in this world?"
"Uh................ isn't that what happened? (And you think it's a plot need)"
"......................Okay, then the last question, since this family has the protection talisman of the Lancester royal family, then you can help me ask, are these guys worth anything? It's whether we can use them to get a ransom from that Ranster royal family. ”
"Probably not, the main city of the Lancester Empire is so far away from here, it is estimated that only the emperor's brain will be ............."
"Ahh That's fine! Someone! Drag these people down and cut them down................"
"Wait! I have something to say! At this moment, an old man in the crowd who was over the age of sixteen suddenly said to Sun Lin and Blackbeard.