Chapter 248 (1/2)
”So... Princess Aurelia?”
”Oh, sorry, I have no money.”
Aurelia smiled shyly, and Charles was distracted.
Frank: hum
Charles looked back and said, ”Princess aurelia, please don't joke.”
”Do you think I'm kidding you?”
Aurelia said with a bitter smile, ”don't you know how much money our royal treasury has?”
Frank said faintly, ”of course we don't know.”
“……”
Aurelia smiled: ”in a word, we can't get so many gold coins. The reason why we bid is to save the market.”
Before Charles could speak, Aurelia continued, ”but you can rest assured that although we can't take out these gold coins, we can compensate the Kadir family in other ways, such as... Comprehensive tax reduction.”
Charles's eyes flashed, ”how much?”
”Thirty percent, two years.”
”Not enough.”
Frank interrupted the conversation and opened his hand: ”fifty percent, three years!”
”The Duke's appetite is too big.”
Aurelia smiled: ”the authority given to me by my father is 40% at most. In two years, with the details of the Kadir family, the 40% tax reduced in two years is enough for you to earn back the money from the magic crystal mine.”
”Princess, you are joking. This is a big market. We have almost completely abandoned this market. We also have meat pain.”
Frank's smiling appearance makes people can't see his ideas, but there is no doubt that he is very satisfied with the tax reduction policy of 40% in two years.
As Aurelia said, the two-year comprehensive tax reduction is 40%. The amazing income brought by other industries of the Kadir family is fully enough to make up for the loss of profits brought by the sale of magic crystal mines. The mineral tax, agricultural tax, business tax and so on are not a small number. Under the favorable conditions of comprehensive tax reduction, they can even take this opportunity to make a lot of money as an intermediary.
”It seems that the Duke agreed.”
Aurelia had a parchment scroll ready in her hand.
Frank said with a smile, ”Charles, it is not yet ready to give the contract to Her Highness.”
The two sides completed the handover.
”Congratulations to Baron Dumne, your Royal Highness Princess Leah, and we will be looking for you later when we want to buy magic crystal.”
”What are you talking about,” said Donne with a smile. ”Lord Frank has left a mine. Self production and sales are always enough.”
The important magic crystal mine has finally been obtained. Donne is very happy and has mastered the energy lifeline. Next, he can start the market expansion action according to the original plan.
Frank said with a smile: ”ha ha, at least our Kadir family is famous by the magic crystal mine. Even if we want to give up this market, we have to leave a mine to support the scene.”
”I see.”
Donne nodded, ”then we'll leave first.”
”Won't the Baron stay for the dinner?”
”No, I have an appointment with Ms. Fiona... You know.”
Donne winked deliberately.
”Oh, then don't keep your excellency.”
Frank said with a smile, ”I wish you a happy night.”
”Of course, I'm sure it's a pleasant evening.”
Laughing, Donne turned and left.
”Your Highness?”
”I'm going back to the palace, too. My father is waiting for me to go back to dinner and say goodbye.”
Aurelia greeted him and left.
After Donne and Aurelia left one after another, Charles's face became very bad.
”This Donne really had an affair with victor.”
Frank muttered to himself, ”this guy... What the hell are they up to?”
”Father.”
Charles said astringently, ”the mine has been sold, but all the gold coins have been confiscated. What can I do?”
”It's nothing without gold coins. Anyway, we don't lack these gold coins for the time being. It's what they use to trade...”
Frank thought thoughtfully: ”Lawrence reported the combine harvester without exclamation and praise. It is said that the efficiency of harvesting farmland is extremely amazing. It would be cost-effective if the mine could exchange those combine harvesters.”
”And Victor's trading policy... Hehe, power is really a good thing.”
Frank spread out the scroll and turned his mouth slightly: ”it's just a paper policy, so he changed to three mines...”
Charles frowned and said, ”but Victor is not a fool. Why did he agree to this policy? It is obvious that the benefit of a comprehensive tax cut of 40% within two years is greater. How could he agree to exchange this policy for a mine?”
”The official saying is to save the market.”
”Father, do you believe it?”
”The letter is strange.”
Frank's smile became more and more kind: ”it is because the interests they sold are so amazing that I doubt their motivation to exchange for the mine... Now the mine has come into their hands, and it's time to reveal what their purpose is... Waiting is really torture.”
Frank was not afraid of Victor's intrigues or full-scale war, but he was afraid of this feeling of unknown.
The unknown is painful. Waiting for the moment when the unknown is revealed is a kind of torture.
After Donne, Fiona and Aurelia left the Kadir family one after another, the two carriages soon gathered together and drove around into the Royal district.