Chapter 143 Everything for Existence

Standing by the window, watching Horn and his guards walk across the suspension bridge, Dane raised his head and drank the wine in the gilded gold cup.

Picking up the illegible note, Dane tore it into pieces and threw it into the fire.

The door of the waiting room was pushed open again, and a blonde woman in a long double-breasted dress walked into the room leisurely, accompanied by two maids.

"My dear fiancé, how did your conversation with that stupid farmer go?"

"He really gave me a big surprise." Dane raised his head and looked at the woman whose tulle hat was three times longer than her face, and smiled bitterly.

The blonde woman came to the window, looked at Horn walking slowly along the street with his horse, and asked softly: "Is it difficult? Or we can find someone to go..."

"No, there's a witch next to him, and she's a shapeshifter. If anything happens to him, it will be a big problem if the witch goes berserk."

The blonde chuckled. "Could she possibly make it to the castle?"

Danai frowned and knocked on the armrest of the chair: “You are far away from Black Snake Bay, and you have never seen what a witch looks like when she goes crazy.

A disaster like the fire in Border Town depends on the will of the Holy Father, but if it's just to kill the two of us, it's easier than you think."

The blonde simply shrugged nonchalantly.

"Bamanda, do you remember our previous plan?" Dane frowned, "I'm afraid that won't work. This saintly grandson will leave after all."

"Is there really no way? He is quite important. The Pope has specifically named and hunted him down."

Darnay looked at the burning paper in the stove and said, "Let him go, lest we lose both sides."

"I think it's probably Casti who's behind this. He was the one who was with this country bumpkin before."

"Stop talking. Have you discussed it with the bank?" Dane stood up irritably, picked up the wine and poured another glass for himself and Bamanda.

Taking the wine glass, Bamanda took a sip and said, "The agent of the Holy See Bank, Kregtsov, came to see me this morning. He suggested setting the face value at 1 gold pound."

"One pound? Are you sure?" Darnay's eyes widened. "This is a heavy tax."

"This is not a tax, this is a bond. This tiny difference affects whether we can collect the money."

Dane looked Bamanda up and down as if they were meeting for the first time. "I still don't understand. Is the money I saved enough for us?"

"How much is that? How much is the tax? My dear Dane, you are too kind. These common people will become bad when they have money."

Bamanda stepped forward and rested his head on Dane's chest: "My grandfather was so kind to those citizens, but they turned around and betrayed poor old Bronoff and joined the royal family.

Do you think they got their charter? Do you think they got all that bribe money? They just accumulated it through generations of tax evasion?

If you let them do this, you will end up like my ancestors did."

"We have already imposed a round of taxes on them. Now the situation is so turbulent. If we continue to do so, it will not..."

Looking at Danai's hesitant face, Bamanda smiled gently, but couldn't help feeling annoyed in his heart.

If it wasn't her family's wish, why would she marry this country-boy noble?
"If we don't do this, they will just take advantage of the turbulent times and rely on bribery to become the new free city." Although she was disdainful in her heart, Bamanda still gently comforted Dane with a gentle expression.

"But the means don't have to be so cruel, right?" "This is also part of the deal, my Darnay."

In addition to making money for himself, Bamanda's most important goal is to completely destroy Duke Kush's status in the hearts of the people of Thousand River Valley.

Make sure that the people of the Thousand Valleys will not use the title of Duke of Kush to cause trouble and affect the new rule.

Just like John III, John had been dead for nearly two hundred years, but he actually gave birth to John III.

Ruoan is obviously a witch and it is impossible for her to have offspring, so where did Ruoan III come from?
"I know this is part of the deal." Danai looked unhappy after hearing what Bamanda said, "But we are still here after all."

"There is an old saying among the Aiel people that one cannot be angry three times in a row. After the first two angers have calmed down, by the third time, they will have lost the ability and courage to be angry."

Turning his head, Bamanda looked out the window and pointed at the civilians walking back and forth below: "Look, they were still confronting us yesterday, but now they are doing business honestly."

"Will it really not incite a civil uprising? Are your methods really effective?"

"Compared to us Franks, the taxation methods of the Leia people are too backward and ineffective."

Bamanda finally couldn't help herself. She said contemptuously, "I've investigated. The tax paid by Qianhe Valley to the Royal Family of Leia is about 6 to 7 gold pounds a year. But let me calculate. Hotam County alone can collect more than 20 gold pounds a year."

"The Kingdom of Leia has its own national conditions." Dane leaned back in his chair, showing off his big belly. "The missing money was taken away by the church and local nobles. Otherwise, King Leia would not have been able to obtain the support of the church and nobles."

"But he still failed to win, right?" The French noblewoman said with a slightly sarcastic smile, "The windmill land is still in the hands of us French people, but the Kingdom of Leia has divided the imperial decree chain that frightened countless people into six parts because of a foreign debt of 280 million gold pounds."

"Yes, times have changed." Darnay said with a hint of sadness, "The opportunity my ancestors have been waiting for all their lives has only happened in this era."

"Don't be sad, my dear Darnay." Seeing that Darnay was in a bad mood, Bamanda immediately sat on his lap. "All this will have nothing to do with you. Your great future has just begun."

Gently stroking the animal claw patterns on the handrail, Dane said nothing until the city bells rang, then he let out a long sigh.

Holding Bamanda's waist and abdomen and pushing her up, Dane stood by the window and stared blankly at the territory that had been passed down for generations.

His grandfather died here, his father grew up here, and he was born here.

After looking for a long time, he laughed at himself. This was not his ancestral home. His ancestral home was in Feiliu Castle, and its former name was Jeanne Castle.

He had been to Feiliu Castle, but there was no trace of the Kush family there. It was so strange that it seemed like another world.

From Feiliu Castle to Canal Town, from King of Riverland to Duke of Kush, there was no room for Darnay to take a step back.

The family bloodline must always be continued, just like the Kush family motto "Family inheritance is our responsibility."

Survival is more important than anything else.

"Please ask the representative of the Holy See Bank to come over tonight. I want to have dinner with him."

Looking down at the four rings on his left hand that represented the family name, Dane adjusted the position and direction of the rings and turned them into a new family name -

Kipa Mountain.

(End of this chapter)