MTL - Heroes of Silver Moon-Chapter 664 : arms trade

"Simon, should the salary of the newly formed army be settled?" Harris had an audience with the king overnight.

From June last year until now, the soldiers of the new regiment have not received a penny. Serving for the country is for the country, but the whole family also needs to eat.

If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid it will really turn into a mutiny...

"Tsk!" Simon rubbed his temples nervously. The new army was based on the template of the new army, and even the military salary was the same. This was the fundamental reason why the new army could be established.

But drawing big cakes is drawing big cakes after all, and it is still a bit difficult when it is really realized.

The newly formed army has a total of 100,000 people. The most common soldiers are paid four silver coins per month, and officers at all levels are paid at 50,000 gold coins per month. After eight or nine months, I am afraid they will be paid at least four to five hundred thousand gold coins. gold.

Where is he going to get the money?

Several major projects were going on at the same time. The recent finances of the Silver Moon Kingdom basically disappeared without a trace as soon as the gold coins came into the account, and there was no penny in the treasury.

If we continue to squeeze the nobles, I am afraid that the nobles will launch a rebellion before the new legion rebels.

"Let me think about it, what is the most profitable business in the world?" Simon racked his brains to think of a way. Soldiers' salaries can't be delayed, and they will really give up.

"The business that makes money, one is arms, the other is drugs, and the third is luxury goods. The Silver Moon Kingdom cannot export luxury goods on a large scale. I don't want to do drugs, so the only thing left is arms."

Simon quickly came to a conclusion, let's engage in the arms trade!

"I've already understood the situation. You go back and appease the soldiers. I'll settle the arrears of military pay in one go at the latest in three months." Simon said with a bitter face.

The corner of Harris' mouth twitched: "You can count on what you say. This is the last guarantee. If you don't honor it, the prestige of the royal family may be questioned by the soldiers."

Simon raised his eyebrows: "That's natural. When I say something, it doesn't count. Look, I promised to solve your marriage with Xiludi. Aren't you all married now?"

Harris blushed and stammered, "You, you know?"

Simon took care of himself, poured himself a cup of black tea, and poured another cup for Harris, pushed him in front of him, and said, "It's not just you, Siegel married Olenna from the Rosen family, I'm afraid It's not surprising, because there have been signs before."

"But the old fox of the Hood family actually married his granddaughter to Burd, which is a bit beyond my expectation, and Burd really dared to marry."

"There is also Mikel of the Sissoko family, who married his younger sister to Graton, and the cabinet prime minister Medel, who married his granddaughter to Mike."

Simon took a sip of black tea and said with emotion: "All of them moved fast enough. Now except for Deborah and Alyosha, basically everyone is married."

The aristocrats have a keen sense of politics. As the king's confidant, people like Harris are all their targets.

In this way, even if he wants to attack again, he has to consider the feelings of his subordinates.

But it's okay, they are all young men in their twenties and fourteens. They are already at the age of starting a family and starting a business. The group of nobles wooed them as soon as they wooed them, and he was too lazy to interfere.

Harris sat in front of Simon, drank the cup of black tea in one gulp, and said regretfully, "It would be better if it was wine."

Simon took a deep look at him and said, "Alcohol interferes with my judgment."

Harris was a little silent. He knew what Simon meant, so he sighed again: "Recently, everyone hasn't gotten together much!"

"After this most difficult time, we have time to get together." Simon didn't care what Harris said, he thought it was a very common situation.

"Oh, you are always looking at the future, so you are the boss!" Harris shook his head with a wry smile, and then left the palace.

Simon is so busy every day that he doesn't see anyone, he really can't find anything to chat about.

"Boss...?" After Harris left, Simon rubbed his temples again with a headache. It's not easy to be the boss, he has to be responsible to everyone.

 …

With the Dreadnought, Guy confronts the Azure King.

"Oh? Are you really willing to sell the warship?" King Bilan was a little surprised, but also somewhat understanding. It seems that the current Silver Moon Kingdom really needs money.

"Yes, five Heroic-class battleships are the second largest warships in the Dreadnought Fleet. One million gold coins are not negotiable." Guy said with a smile.

It only took three or four months for Simon to build the Dreadnought Fleet, and it was only 200,000 gold coins, so it doesn't hurt to sell it at all, anyway, it will be built again in the future.

"Hmm..." King Bilan looked at Guy deeply, thought for a moment, and said, "1.2 million gold coins, a whole fleet."

Seeing that Guy's face changed slightly, King Beblue said again: "Don't refuse in a hurry, you are not asked to deliver the entire fleet at one time, but to deliver it gradually in five years, and after the delivery, the fleet will be permanently stationed in the Silver Moon Kingdom. We pay an annual maintenance fee and a parking fee.”

Guy's face changed again and again, and he asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"

"If you don't understand, you can ask your king, he should understand." King Bilan looked at Guy firmly, with a half-smile expression on his face.

Guy fell into silence. He really wanted to punch the old man in front of him, but unfortunately he was the king of the Blue Kingdom, so he could only think about it.

Teleportation circle through space ~www.novelbuddy.com~ Guy quickly contacted Simon.

"Interesting, are you deliberately hiding your own military strength?" Simon, who received the subpoena, quickly understood King Bilan's intentions.

After careful consideration, Simon gave a reply: "Yes!"

King Bilan's move should be cheating the empire, and he wished to push him behind the scenes, since the empire was cheating them anyway.

As for the amount of money earned, it doesn't really matter, because countries that can take out so many gold coins in one go and have a need for a fleet at sea cannot find a second one.

Of course, other coastal countries will also fight for it, but it is estimated that they will only buy a few cruisers tentatively at most, and the big one still depends on the Blue Kingdom.

"We can take out up to 600,000 gold coins, and the rest can only be paid off with things." After receiving a clear answer, King Besan smiled even more happily.

The funding of the Silver Moon Kingdom this time will not only make it more attractive to the empire, but also develop an additional main battle fleet in secret. This money is well spent.

"That's natural, but we don't want luxuries, we only need food, ore and other materials, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?" Guy said with a frown.

The price of luxury goods is inflated, and it is completely a pit to use it to pay off debts. Moreover, the current Silver Moon Kingdom still has a big gap in food, so of course it cannot be plunged into the pit.

With the gold coins paid in advance, the Dreadnought fleet returned to the Silvermoon Kingdom.

As Simon expected, except for the Blue Kingdom, the rest of the coastal countries only tentatively ordered a few cruisers.

However, this batch of arms trade is enough for the Silver Moon Kingdom to completely relax, and the problem of military pay and food has been resolved.

It’s because of Simon himself, who spent day and night rubbing warships in the shipyard...