At the beginning of spring, it has been more than two months and almost three months since the Duchy of Sadness opened 'zero tariffs' to certain goods.

The merchants who heard the news had already hurried to the territory of the Kolo Kingdom with their goods, and they had already heard that they did not have to be 'people from the Kolo Kingdom' to obtain the convenience of 'zero tariff', as long as they could prove that they were from the Kolo Kingdom, then they could enjoy the 'zero tariff' policy.

And the reason for this kind of oolong incident is that the overall household registration system is not complete, not to mention the household registration system of the entire continent, if the Koluo Kingdom has a relatively complete household registration management system, no one can take the money from them.

Unfortunately, this is impossible, the aristocracy's management of the territory is chaotic enough, and it is completely impossible to expect them to come up with a complete household registration system, and they will not do that.

The hukou system will touch the interests of many people, such as adventurers and merchants, some people have committed crimes elsewhere to run to their territory, if you get a hukou system, it is very likely to touch the nerves of these groups, their territory is not like the Duchy of Sadness, not attractive enough.

Although they only need to manage their own one or three acres of land, how can they want to go back to the poor days of the past, but they have enjoyed the profits brought by the dealings of merchants?

It was not that no one thought of raising the 'tolls' to take some money, but they soon suffered - no merchant chose to pass through their territory, and those who were inclined to speculate would rather take a detour than pass through their territory.

With the lessons learned, no one dares to make any small moves, after all, then they will at least have to make money.

If there was a hukou system, merchants would have to buy and sell through their hands, but now there is nothing, and unscrupulous merchants are reveling on the road.

There were not many bandits on the road who tried to rob them, but in this era where so many raw materials could be obtained, there was at least one chamber of commerce or nobleman standing behind the caravans on the road, and after eating a few deflated meals, no one dared to attack these merchants again.

At the beginning of spring, even the nobles of the Kolo Kingdom had already made two rounds of trading and were preparing to make a third trip.

Countless raw materials were swallowed by the Principality of Sadness, but they waited for more than two months, but they did not find anything exported by the Principality of Sadness, which can't help but make people a little suspicious, do they have so much liquidity in their hands?

"No need for help......"

Krylov III looked at the letter in his hand and frowned slightly.

He has also been paying attention to this matter for more than two months, if he wants to use this matter to weaken the power of the nobles in the Kolo Kingdom, then it will take a long time, for example, but recently, the number of caravans passing through the border between the Kolo Kingdom and the Duchy of Sorrow has increased, so he wants to ask if the Principality of Sorrow needs help.

It turned out that today he had received a reply from the head maid, in which he saw the meaning of 'no need for help'.

This is a bit unexpected to him, although the Principality of Sadness has become rich under the rule of the chief maid in recent years, but a lot of money has been invested in the bottomless pit of 'people's livelihood construction', plus the money that should be used for armament renewal and national construction, there should not be much liquidity left in the hands of the Principality of Sadness.

Silk, porcelain, and weapons and equipment are all expensive commodities, but there are also many places where the Duchy of Sorrow needs to spend money.

This time, the Principality of Sorrow Wind only has 'imports', not 'exports' - it has been only entering and not leaving, and this has been going on for more than two months, how much liquidity do they have left in their hands?

Aside from the dealings with the royal family of Rezel, the Duchy of Grief has stopped exporting almost all goods sold to the outside world, which has led to some people complaining these days.

It was only now that Krylov III discovered that in just a few years, the goods sold by the Duchy of Sorrow seemed to have become an indispensable thing for them.

One of the most exciting is 'silk', which is still sought after by many nobles and merchants, even though it is very different from the silk produced in the dark regions and does not have such a strong protective power.

There is no other reason for this, because this silk is beautiful enough!

This is a luxury that only the rich and noble can enjoy, and even the royal family of Rezel has bought a lot of them in recent years, and the queen of Krylov III has many silk clothes.

But now that silk had stopped being exported, many wealthy merchants and aristocrats began to complain at banquets.

Krylov III did not participate much in the banquets organized by the nobles, but there were many nobles under his command, and they would report to him about the things they had heard at the banquets.

Strange as it may have been, it had been raised by Edith Screaming Wind, who was acting as the administrator of the Duchy at the time, but the head maid did not stand up to stop it.

Although Krylov III has now seen some of the intentions behind the 'zero tariff', if the Duchy of Grief is not doing it to make more money, then why would they do it?

The idea came suddenly, and although Krylov III had not had much official contact with the Duchy of Grief before, he had been keeping an eye on the Duchy that had become independent from the kingdom.

He used to spend a happy time there when he was a child, and the years made his memories blurred, but the residual feelings were still precipitated in his heart, and he would remember them from time to time.

Before the old duke's daughter proposed 'zero tariff', there was no sign of any work to be carried out in the Duchy of Sorrow.

The messenger he sent suddenly learned of this just before he was about to leave, and sent the information back by expedited mail.

This happened very suddenly, but the appearance of the Goure Principality now is clearly that it has been prepared for a long time!

“...... My Queen, what do you think about this?"

This kind of thing is not suitable to ask Rickan, after all, he was just an adventurer before, and his queen is a great nobleman, so he should know a lot about it.

Hearing her husband's inquiry, Queen Andrea looked up, "What?"

Krylov III handed the letter over, and the queen took it, looked at it a few times, and then frowned.

“...... Spooky!"

After thinking for a long time, the queen shook her head and said, "This matter is too weird, how can they have so many funds?"

Krylov III nodded in agreement, "Anyone can see this kind of thing, but not only Edith, but even the head maid of Serena did not react in any way. If this continues, the craze will soon cool down, and even if the businessmen want to continue, they will be afraid that they will lose money because of it, and they will be discouraged. ”

If you're not sure how much money the other party has in their hands, then whoever is going to slow down a bit, at least not as crazy as before.

"Your Majesty......"

A low, hoarse voice suddenly came from the corner, and the king and queen turned to look, and the nezumi came out of the shadows in the corner, holding an envelope in his hand.

Krylov III took the envelope from Rikan's hand and frowned when he saw the words 'Top Secret' written on it in large red letters.

Glancing at the queen, he opened the envelope, unfolded the inside of the letter, and then breathed hard.

[Your Majesty Krylov III, we need to do something in the name of the royal family of Raizer next - of course, it has nothing to do with the Kolo Kingdom, just to numb the nerves of some people. It's hard to say the specifics, so I wonder if you'll allow it.

As soon as the front foot felt that this matter was a little weird, a top-secret document was sent to him on the back foot...... If he remembered correctly, this line must have been in the hands of the spy they had sent to Winde City, and no one but that spy could directly deliver this kind of news to him.

The spy may have been discovered a long time ago, but they needed a line to communicate directly with him, so they didn't let him know that they had been exposed.

Krylov III shook his head with a wry smile, glanced at the queen beside him, and found that she also sighed.

This vague but straightforward statement should be the handiwork of the head maid, right?

In other words, is this 'zero tariff' set up to deal with anyone?

Vaguely, Krylov III had some speculation, but he was not sure.

After closing his eyes and thinking about it, he picked up a piece of paper from the side, dipped it in ink, and wrote with a pen: "Permission!"

He wanted to see what the head maid was up to!