Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

Chapter 261 The Queen's Prestige

In addition to providing Lilith with a stable source of funds, this new tax bureau also has one most important power, which is that the promotion of talents is entirely designated by Lilith.

This means that Lilith can promote more of her own people like Nora to join the new tax bureau. Whether it is the nobles who have a good impression of Lilith or those young and powerless nobles, they are all within Lilith's range of winning over.

This is even an institution independent of the New Party and the Old Party, an institution that is entirely within the Queen's sphere of influence.

Although these nobles were jealous, they also knew that it would be difficult for them to join this organization unless they paid a sufficient price to show their loyalty to the queen.

Just by hearing about these two treaties, some nobles began to gasp. These treaties were more important than the last.

Seeing that order was finally restored at the scene, Nora turned to the next page. Nora didn't know that when he turned to the next page, the hearts of these nobles were about to jump out of their chests, fearing that there would be some important information.

Fortunately, the following treaties were all very normal trade cooperation and exchanges. Although they were still outrageous and the beneficiary in the end was Lilith, at least they were not as outrageous as the first two.

Next came the construction of the obelisk. After hearing about this miraculous power-supply magic tower, the Capital Magic Association, which had never cared about politics, widened their eyes and repeatedly confirmed with Nora the power supply method of the magic tower.

Although Nora is also a professional, she has long stopped doing academic research. She can only ask him to contact the North if she has any questions.

This obelisk is not cheap. Considering that the capital cannot possibly come up with so much cash, the North allowed the capital to buy on credit. From the signing of this treaty, the capital not only paid the remaining cash, but also owed the North a large sum of money. This money will take decades to pay back if it is paid quickly.

Faced with this result, some people are happy and some are worried.

Although they got an obelisk for free, this debt may become the reason for the North to control the capital in the future. Debt can be said to be the best excuse for small and medium-sized countries to go to war. In history, there are many countries that have gone to war because of debt.

Economic sanctions, political isolation and military invasions due to debt are common. If one is not strong enough, one may even have to cede land to pay off debts. Therefore, many people suspect that this is a trap set by the Governor of the North.

But if the obelisk really has the magical function mentioned in the treaty...

And this brings not only an isolated obelisk, but also many related industries and production lines. Apart from anything else, with the obelisk, many commodities from the North can also be used in the vicinity of the royal capital, including those production equipment that were originally not tradable, such as those potions from the North, which the royal capital can try to make by itself in the future, as well as those mining equipment and many industrial chains.

This is not only an obelisk, but its production will also generate a large number of jobs in the capital.

Most of the nobles support the construction of the obelisk. As long as the construction of the obelisk begins, even if it is not completed, the royal capital will re-establish its leadership in the central region, and all the villains will not dare to act rashly for the time being.

Even if there really is a trap, we can just trust the wisdom of future generations and just enjoy it first.

However, Augustine and others all frowned. It was not that the obelisk was bad, but the deposit alone of the obelisk had already spent all the remaining money in the royal capital.

Strictly speaking, Lilith's small treasury is jointly managed by Lilith and Augustines, but this time Lilith did not inform Augustines.

The money brought by the royal capital reform was considered by Augustines to be their own money, but all this money was thrown out directly by Lilith and given to the North. However, Augustine did not benefit from the previous taxation on Northern merchants.

Although they knew these were two different things, Augustine and others were still very unhappy. Why did they have to pay the money while Lilith got all the benefits?

"Your Highness Cliff, why is it that Her Majesty the Queen collects all the taxes in the North, but the debts have to be shared by the kingdom?"

The Augustines who were sitting alone at the meeting began to get a little restless.

"Yes, Your Highness Cliff, Your Highness Claire, is this obelisk really that magical? I think it's a conspiracy from the North. We must oppose it!"

Claire was a little confused by the series of combined punches from the North. Seeing that his sister, who was always very opinionated, was a little hesitant, Cliff stood up and said, "From the perspective of the kingdom, this obelisk must be built. Do you remember the fusion cutting weapon demonstrated by Sir Judith before?"

The Augustines nodded.

"According to the Prime Minister, these fused weapons need to be charged at the obelisk. Many weapons in the North will need to use this obelisk. Do you think it is better to charge these weapons in the capital? Or should we send them to the North?"

Augustine and his men were sweating profusely. Sending them to the North for recharging would probably be another huge expense, and the outcome would be similar in the end. Moreover, once the North got in touch with the southwestern border, the capital would be doomed.

Choosing to build an obelisk not only brings many benefits and drives economic prosperity, but also improves control over the southwestern border by charging weapons.

Although Cliff was a coward, he had been educated as an heir after all. He realized at a glance that this obelisk had to be built whether you wanted to or not.

When it comes to thinking about the obelisk problem, Cliff sees it even more deeply than Claire.

"Put aside those thoughts in your mind. Even if we object, the governor of the northern border will only make our lives more difficult. Just pay the money obediently."

Taxes from northern merchants are tempting, but this is not the only source of income for the capital. When it was previously unable to collect taxes from northern merchants, could the capital continue to operate? With the obelisk, other income will also increase in disguise, but these Augustines were confused by the previous treaty.

Cliff sighed again, not knowing whether these changes were good or bad for Wang Du. Then, he glanced at his sister Claire who was thinking with her head down. To be honest, Cliff understood what Claire was thinking and wanted to persuade her, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to start. Compared with this active and strong sister, Cliff couldn't even raise his head in front of her.

After the meeting, many nobles were still confused and dazed when they walked out of the palace. Everyone knew that the king was about to change. After Her Majesty the Queen returned from the North, she brought immense power. From now on, everyone had to crawl at the feet of the Queen.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing, because Her Majesty the Queen really brought many benefits. The cake is several times bigger than before, and those who had some ideas before have put away their little thoughts.

Then, Nora really followed Lilith's orders and spread these treaties, and even assigned special personnel to read and explain them to the people in the royal capital.

Unexpectedly, most of the previous rumors really came true for the people of the capital. The North and the capital really started cooperation. The North will bring a series of investment and employment opportunities to the capital. The capital is also about to build a soaring obelisk magic tower, really going to restore its glory.

The common people could not understand things that were too complicated. They only knew that these were brought by Her Majesty the Queen and the Saint, and that the previous rumors were true. For a while, the entire capital was filled with the sound of praising Lilith. Lilith's prestige even far exceeded that of the Augustine royal family.

When the old Pope heard this voice, he touched his head in confusion in the prayer room.

The rumor is actually true?