In the dormitory, all the branch ministers looked at the phone bug in Howie's hand that had been hung up.

What do you mean, the Warring States Marshal personally warned Lieutenant General Zavala not to interfere in the East China Sea?

How to fix this?

If the marshal made such a statement, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find anyone in the headquarters, right?

"Don't panic, the headquarters can't work, we can still find those nobles, if we fail, they will lose a lot of gray income every year!"

"Minister Howie is right. We can state the interests of those nobles, and then let them lobby the king and unite to put pressure on the Navy Headquarters. In this case, even the Warring States Marshal has to reconsider!"

"I am familiar with Marquis Stry of the Goa Kingdom, I will contact him!"

"I'll go talk to the nobles of the Zhumida Kingdom, there's no problem!"

"I'll handle it from Koto's side!"

......

Speaking of the nobility, a group of branch ministers got excited again, taking the task one by one, and a group with high enthusiasm.

Who do these people interact with the most in the East China Sea?

I'm sorry, it's not the pirates, but the nobles!

Take the Cocosia Village in the Jumeida Islands as an example, the rats of the Sixteen Branches and the Dragon Pirates have ruled for so many years.

Then came the problem. Cocosia Village has not paid taxes for a few years. Could it be that the Kingdom of Zhumida does not know about it?

Don't be kidding, for these nobles, they will be sloppy and stupid in other matters, but they are absolutely professional when it comes to collecting money!

Then why doesn't the Zhumida Kingdom know that there are a bunch of villages that haven't paid taxes for several years?

Actually, it's very simple. Some nobles lied and helped the mice to cover up.

Of course, these nobles will definitely not be in vain, and a part of the mouse's annual income will definitely be given to them.

And the matter of Cocosia Village is only a small part of this gray interest chain. For the operation of the entire interest chain, these branch heads naturally deal the most with those nobles.

Everyone picked up the phone bugs one after another, all of them were contacting the nobles who were friends with them on weekdays, and even Howie contacted the five branch chiefs who had not been to the 18th branch, and asked them to act in unison.

During a period of complaining, the nobles naturally agreed one by one with a pat on the chest. It would be no problem to leave this matter to them.

After all, they are also the beneficiaries of this gray interest chain. If all these branch heads are revoked, then they will drink the northwest wind?

Of course, they were not from the Heavenly Dragons, and they didn't have such a big face to go to pressure the navy. Naturally, they fooled their kings and used the kingdom to put pressure on them.

However, Li Yan and Warring States, who had long expected this level, were naturally prepared long ago.

Not only did those kings not agree with the nobles' demands, they even scolded them severely, and finally threw them out.

To say how Li Yan and Warring States did this is actually surprisingly simple.

Just tell those kings, compare yourself, how much was the annual tax of the kingdom 20 years ago, and how much is it now?

I don't know if it's a comparison. It's a shock. Compared with 20 years ago, the tax revenue of each kingdom has been reduced by nearly half.

It's not bad, they went crazy right now, that's money!

Then just tell them that the total amount of money has not changed, but the number of people who share the money has increased, so the income of the kingdom will be less.

Let’s take Cocosia Village as an example. For example, the villagers can get 20 yuan every year, of which 10 yuan needs to be handed over to the kingdom, but what is the situation now?

The 10 yuan that should have been received by the kingdom was divided by the Dragon Pirates, the rats of the Sixteen Branch, and the nobles of the Zhumida Kingdom.

What does this mean?

The minor nobles, together with outsiders, cheated Bailey of the big nobles together...

Therefore, the Warring States told these kings that the rectification of the navy this time is to prevent this situation and ensure that your kingdoms can get all the money every year!

This is to protect you Bailey, understand?

Well, it doesn’t make much sense to say that, but as long as money is mentioned, it’s the money of these kings, they will understand in an instant, and they will immediately pat their chests and promise that they will absolutely support Li Yan’s rectification plan, no matter who comes Say nothing!

And the result is the current scene. In the process of lobbying the king, the nobles of these kingdoms were all defeated one by one.

The nobles suddenly discovered that their kings seemed to have become insufferable...

This time, Howie and the others were really panicked.

Even aristocrats are no longer good enough, so what's the matter?

"How about... let's go to training too?"

"Maybe...maybe...maybe...with a little effort, can you really complete the 100-level assessment?"

Just when everyone was silent, Blore of the fourth branch said.

It's just that this voice has no confidence no matter how you hear it.

"Didn't we all try it after Li Yan left just now? How much did you measure?"

"7!"

"9!"

"4!"

......

Well, for this group of branch managers who have long been hollowed out by wine, the highest Taoist value is Howie, but it only has 21 points, and more than half of the rest are in single digits.

In other words, most of them have not even reached the Dao Strength of ordinary sea soldiers...

How to do this, let alone a month, even three months, half a year, they have no confidence!

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The branch building, Li Yan's office.

dong dong dong...

"Come in!"

"Li Yan, as you guessed, those guys were all gathered together~lightnovelpub.net~ and kept in touch with the outside world through telephone bugs, first Lieutenant General Zavala of the headquarters, and then the nobles of various kingdoms! "

As soon as Ain entered the office, he immediately started reporting.

Howie and the others didn't know that all their previous actions and words were heard clearly by Ain outside the door.

After all, the strength of this group of guys is too weak, Ain doesn't even have to be careful, even if they are eavesdropping openly, they can't find it.

"Sure enough, what's the result?"

"Lieutenant General Zavala directly refused to help, and those nobles also seemed to have hit a wall with their respective kings. Now the seven of them are helpless!"

"Well, it's just that there are only seven people, but it's a little less than expected. How are the few going to the training camp?"

"Although it is not strong, it is much stronger than those few. According to the test, the Dao Strength value is between 50-70. As long as you fight enough within a month, you should be able to complete the assessment indicators."

For the five Warners, Ain also observed them, and even read their information.

It can be said that, regardless of his strength or his usual style, although he is not a competent branch manager, at least he is much better than Howie's!

Hearing this, Li Yan also nodded.

And according to the display on the system panel, the loyalty of the Warner Five is much higher than that of Howie, although the highest one is only 50...

But you must know that the seven people on Howie's side, not only the Dao Strength value is a single digit, but even the loyalty is also a single digit, and even a few are directly 0.

In this comparison, Warner's 50 loyalty points can really be considered high...