"Arthurs, you only have this much ambition, sleeping with gold coins in your arms? Even a dragon could achieve that...
Don’t you want all the gold coins in the continent to be spread out in your dragon’s nest, and all the treasures to be placed in your treasury?
Think about it, when you like a female dragon, you use gold coins to drown out her disdainful look, but you don't care at all, because the gold coins that are enough to drown a dragon are just a drop in the bucket of the gold coins you have...
When you own the world, do you still care about a speck of dust?
These moldy gold coins are a burden to you, and thorns on your path forward...
Listen to me, you can't handle this, let me do it, I'm the king, I will definitely make you more money...
Although these gold coins are no longer with you, they are still yours. They are just to gather more gold coins for you..."
Under Xia Lan's verbal offensive, Arthurs looked at the boxes of treasure salvaged from Homecoming Bay and began to doubt whether it was right to hide the gold coins in the Dragon's Nest.
"But you said you would give me all the gold coins at the beginning, and I haven't seen a single coin yet!"
Finally, Arthurs shook his head, expressing doubts about Xia Lan's character.
"Didn't I give you an IOU for one thousand gold coins from the Faox National Bank? I'll pay you back when I have money." Xia Lan said without changing his expression.
"No, that's a piece of paper, not a gold coin!" Arthurs felt that he had awakened and would not be deceived again.
"Isn't it just that I want you to set up a bank of your own and lend money and collect interest?" Looking at Arthurs who was wary of her, Xia Lan left helplessly.
Arthurs breathed a sigh of relief until Xia Lan left. "I almost got fooled again. Xia Lan Auglos's mouth is getting more and more dangerous. Fortunately, I am very smart.
But his idea of lending money at interest is a good one. Let's go discuss it with Kan Nepal. He's the only one who doesn't spy on me and even took me to get the gold coins."
Arthurs carefully hid the few pieces of wood that the schooner had pulled back. These were the keel wood that he had fished out from the bottom of the sea in Homecoming Bay. Not only were they made of magical plants, they were also engraved with warlock runes. They had been sunk to the bottom of the sea for many years and were still as good as new. According to Kannepal, they should be worth a lot of gold coins.
Back in the captain's cabin of the Silver Deer, Ciaran summoned Varean and his old servant, Willy, and asked directly, "Can you tell me your true identities now?"
Valian didn't know why Xia Lan suddenly wanted to know his identity, but he had been prepared for this matter for a long time, it was just in advance.
"Your Majesty, have you heard of the Cod family?" Varyan asked Xia Lan.
Hearing this surname, Xia Lan frowned and asked uncertainly: "The instigator of the two Blackwater Battles in the Tudor Kingdom and the Tilan Kingdom?"
"Yes, I am Varyan Code, the third son of Dore Code, Marquis of Blackwater, who died in the Second Battle of Blackwater."
When Varian revealed his true identity, Xia Lan did not show any shock, but was just wondering whether this troublesome identity would affect the next plan.
Cod was once one of the top nobles in the Tudor Kingdom. Not only did his territory of Blackwater Bay include the largest port city in the Tudor Kingdom, Blackwater City, but the Marquis of Blackwater's sister was also the Queen of the Tudor Kingdom.
But ten years ago, the Mad King of Tudor chopped off the queen's head at a banquet because the queen hit one of his lovers. Because of this incident, the Marquis of Blackwater directly announced his separation from the Tudor Kingdom and joined the Tilan Kingdom. Several earls responded and the first Battle of Blackwater began.
But the Mad King was not only crazy, he was also very fierce. After hearing the news of the rebellion, he personally led the army and defeated the coalition forces that responded to the Black Water Territory with great force and besieged the Black Water City.
After several days of hard fighting, Blackwater City was almost breached despite the support of the Kingdom of Tiran. At this critical moment, in the Tudor capital, the Mad King's younger brother was supported by the ministers as the new king, and various places responded.
Just when the entire Western Continent thought the situation was settled, the Mad King, who was only thirty years old, broke through the epic and led three thousand personal knights all the way back to the royal capital. He personally killed two epic ancestors and the ministers who betrayed him, but he was still not satisfied. He then went on a killing spree, killing his younger brothers, sons, nephews, and almost killed the entire Tudor royal family.
If the Tudor Kingdom had not gone out to search for divinity and was about to break through to become a god, the legendary ancestor would have returned in time and slapped the prodigal to death, the Tudor Kingdom would have been destroyed.
Finally, Colleen York, the only descendant of the Tudor royal family, succeeded to the throne. At the age of fifteen, she took advantage of the few years that her legendary ancestor stayed in the capital to quickly restore the royal power. After writing a letter to persuade her uncle Dore Codd to return to the Tudor Kingdom to no avail, she decisively launched the Second Battle of Blackwater, recaptured Blackwater Bay in one fell swoop, and named a branch of the Codd family as the Marquis of Blackwater.
So now Varyan's identity is very embarrassing. Not only has he been a minister of the Kingdom of Tiran, but he is also the cousin of the current Queen Tudor.
"Doesn't the Kingdom of Tilan care about you anymore?" Xia Lan thought that if the Kingdom of Tilan still had some dignity, it would not ignore the Code family who died for their loyalty to them.
You know, for the sake of the Kingdom of Tiran, the Code family didn't even respond to the call of their own niece.
Of course, this is mainly because the Code family still wants to survive in the Middle Garden Continent, and betraying the Tudor Kingdom is understandable. After all, they killed their own sister. If they betrayed King Tilan who declared allegiance to them for no reason, they would be despised by everyone.
The nobles have been intermarrying for hundreds of years, and all countries are related. If someone calls you uncle, you will rebel, and there is no need to talk about the oath of allegiance on this continent.
Varyan gave a bitter laugh. "The Tudor Kingdom won a resounding victory in the Second Battle of Blackwater. Queen Tudor gave the Kingdom of Tiran two choices: cede territory and pay compensation, or hand over the lives of several of our brothers."
When Xia Lan heard this, and then looked at the miserable appearance of Varyan who concealed his identity and hid everywhere, she knew what Tilan had chosen.
"madness."
Xia Lan shook his head and commented that this was not only about handing over a few heads, but also about the hearts of people who would be loyal to the Tiran royal family in the future.
"Varean, Faox has implemented a system of military merit nobility. If you want to restore the glory of the Code family, you can only earn it through merit.
But now there is an opportunity to directly confer you the title of Baron of the Kingdom of Faox."
As soon as Xia Lan finished speaking, Willy, the old servant behind Valerian, said in dissatisfaction: "Ridiculous! The young master is the son of a marquis. How can you only give him a mere baron?"
Xia Lan leaned back in his chair with an unhappy look on his face, his hands crossed on his chest, “Mr. Willy, please face the reality. This baronship was also prepaid due to the special nature of the mission.
Your young master is not the eldest son of the Marquis of Blackwater. Even if the Cod family remains prosperous, in the end he will only live on a few acres of land and will not have the chance to become a noble."
"Your Majesty, I am willing to use the sword in my hand to regain the glory of the Code family." Varyan stopped Willy and said sincerely.
"Well, Varian Code, prepare to meet your enemy. He is Tone Sudin of Whitesea Island..."
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