Xia Zhe's notice said that Stoby came here only to dig black stones. He would leave once he had dug enough and would never stay for long.
If the public can participate in the excavation, as long as the stones they submit are large enough, they can be purchased at a high price.
A black stone the size of a wine glass mouth can be rewarded with a gold coin.
After seeing this notice, the islanders who were originally worried suddenly relaxed.
It doesn’t matter who rules, it’s still rule!
Those who want to dominate the world can fight on their own, but just don’t drag us into this.
I am most afraid of those who always shout for war and killing.
If you can dig up a stone like King Stobi and get gold, why bother to go against him?
Such a person who is stupid and has a lot of money is really hard to come by.
In that case, I might as well just sit around doing nothing.
Many islanders chose to dig around looking for black stones.
Although the fruits collected at the beginning were obviously of poor quality, the Stoby soldiers paid all the gold coins in full according to the king's order!
As a result, public enthusiasm was once again high.
In addition to treasure hunting, they were also extremely polite to the Stoby army.
After a few days, the Prime Minister and the High Priest were amazed by all this.
You know, Tino Island is the core territory of the Tino Alliance!
The king used a small bait to get the people deeply involved in doing something. It surprisingly quickly eliminated Athens' century-old influence here and laid a solid mass base for Stobi.
If the Prime Minister and the High Priest had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed it.
They felt that the so-called search for black gems was most likely an excuse made up by Wang.
I've never heard of this kind of thing being useful.
The fundamental reason why the king stayed here was probably to wait for the main force of the Athenian navy to tire out.
Although no one understood how they could repel the counterattack of the main force of the Athenian navy with such limited combat power?
But for some reason, as long as the king was there, the entire Stoby fleet was not nervous.
Everyone thought that Wang must have figured it out long ago!
This battle will definitely be a close call!
There's nothing to worry about!
Just do it!
Of course, Xia Zhe actually didn’t have any magical plans at all.
He just really needs to carefully find the heart of the king, so he spent a lot of money to mobilize the masses.
As for Tino Island, Xia Zhe never thought about how strong its background was.
It’s just a tiny island!
There are only tens of thousands of permanent residents.
Can’t I just bully you however I want?
If this island wasn't small enough, I wouldn't come here to fight!
I came here to confirm whether the hints on the palace sand table are valid.
I'll search this place thoroughly even if I have to dig three feet deep!
On the fifth day, good news finally came from the pile of worthless stones received.
The black heart of the king was discovered by Lillian, who carefully checked the stone warehouse every day, and was secretly handed over to Xia Zhe.
This was something Xia Zhe had already told Lillian.
After confirming that this thing was indeed the Heart of the King, and that it could resonate with other Hearts of the King on hand at night, Xia Zhe was overjoyed!
However, he certainly would not make it public. He simply stopped buying black stones at high prices on the grounds that there were already a lot of stones and there was no need to dig anymore.
As for who found this King's Heart and where it was found, Xia Zhe had no idea.
In fact, he was too lazy to check.
Anyway, the King's Heart is stranded on the island and no one knows about it. This is the fact before us.
It doesn't matter what happened to this king's heart.
Moreover, Xia Zhe also made clear something more important.
That’s the clue from the palace sandbox, it really works!
That way, there will be a direction for collecting other King's Hearts in the future.
Although Xia Zhe only had the direction but no strength, he felt that it would still be difficult to attack a superpower like Athens.
We can only take one step at a time and see what happens.
The news that the Stobi people would no longer purchase black stones and were preparing to set sail and leave quickly spread throughout the island of Tino.
Originally, the conquerors were leaving, and the islanders should have celebrated.
However, the opportunity to make money will also end, and the islanders will feel quite lost.
They came to the port in large groups to bid farewell to the Stobi fleet, hoping that the Stobi fleet would visit Tino Island again in the future.
"Let's go! We can set off back to Botaitia. Oh, and by the way, there should still be quite a few gold coins left from those dozen ships. Remember to take them with you when you leave, otherwise they won't go to waste."
After completing this important task, Xia Zhe returned to the flagship, called the prime minister and the high priest, and gave them orders.
When the Prime Minister heard that the king was leaving, he was quite puzzled.
Isn't the king going to stay here and have a decisive battle with the Athenian navy?
Now that the enemy hasn't shown up yet, why are we suddenly leaving again?
Could it be that the king has made some new judgment?
On the other hand, the high priest didn't think so much.
When the high priest heard the king say that he wanted to take away more than a dozen ships of gold coins, he stepped forward and hurriedly reminded him.
"Your Majesty, what we should transport now is not just a dozen ships of gold coins, but dozens of ships! I have already sent people to count the amount of gold in the vaults of Tino Island. Not to mention a dozen ships, even more than a hundred ships cannot load it all! If we leave now, we might as well take as much as possible and fill up every ship." said the high priest.
Can load dozens of ships of gold!
There is still more than half left that I can’t take away!
Hearing this, Xia Zhe's face lit up with joy. Just as he was about to nod in agreement, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
What's going on?
There is no gold mine on this small island, so where does all the gold come from?
Tino Island, is there really no backing or anything like that?
"Not appropriate! The proposal of the high priest is totally inappropriate! The island of Tinos is where the treasury of the Tinos League is located. If the main fleet of the Athenian navy comes to support, there will be at least tens of thousands of warships. Our army is here to fight, not to make a fortune! Bringing more than a dozen ships of gold is already the limit. We must not let the ironclad warships be dragged down by gold and affect their combat effectiveness!" The Prime Minister sternly refuted.
What?
Tino Island is where the Tino Alliance's treasury is located!
The huge fleet of the Athenian navy can attack at any time!
Xia Zhe didn't hear what the Prime Minister wanted to say at all.
At this moment, there was only huge fear in his heart.
"Well said. Take nothing with you and set sail immediately."
After barely controlling his emotions and saying these dozen words, Xia Zhe felt his whole body go limp and collapsed in the command room of the flagship.
Not noticing anything unusual about the king, the Prime Minister happily rushed out and began ordering everyone to board the ship and depart.
The high priest, blushing with shame, saluted Xia Zhe, turned around and chased after him, coordinating with the Prime Minister to mobilize the army.
As a result, only Xia Zhe and Lillian were left in the command room.
Xia Zhe's whole body began to tremble unconsciously, and he raised his face, which had already turned pale with fear.
"Did Wang catch a cold?" Lillian asked nervously.
"No, I'm fine. You go and urge them to hurry up and set sail!" Xia Zhe emphasized.
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