Chapter 114

113 It turns out it's not luck... or can it be considered luck?

Indeed, this stall of the Laien family should be completely finished in less than two months.

After listening to the Princess's judgment, the Minister of Defense couldn't help but shake his head, and a rather strange sense of sorrow emerged in his heart.

No matter who comes to be the new Lionheart Duke, he can only watch the Laien family collapse completely. And how much better is the situation of the Princess and himself, who are also "supporting the stall"?

Right now, the influence of the old nobles is deeply rooted. In nearly thirty major departments, nearly one-third are held by old nobles, like fat lice, occupying this country and sucking blood frantically.

And the merchants and councilors who were fostered to fight against the old nobles who held the Upper Academy played a role in curbing them in the early days, but after more than a hundred years of development, they gradually became too big to fail, and also began to frantically grab benefits for themselves through the legislative power of the Lower Academy.

With the joint support of the Upper and Lower Academies, the Kingdom's control over commercial activities has become more and more relaxed in recent years. The Kingdom's business is becoming more and more prosperous, but the taxes that can be collected are decreasing rapidly.

The wealth of the entire Kingdom has begun to gather frantically in the hands of big merchants and old nobles. They are becoming stronger and fatter, while ordinary people and this country are becoming thinner and weaker.

These ills could have been suppressed, but the war six years ago pierced everything. Now the Kingdom's finance is in deficit for years, the military equipment is slack, and rebels are destroying everywhere. All problems have reached the edge of breaking out.

Even with the efforts of two generations of royal families, the financial power has returned to the royal family, and as a "Princess faction," he has taken the opportunity to be pushed to the position of Minister of Defense and has the ability to intervene in the military, but the overall situation is still not optimistic.

If the Princess's reform finally fails and cannot sweep away these long-standing ills, then the entire Kingdom is just a cabbage that rots more slowly...

"Your Highness Veronica!"

Thinking of this, the old man with gray hair took a deep breath, then tried to straighten his slightly hunched back, and said seriously:

"After the Laien blood night, there are many real-power vacancies in the military. I am going to take the opportunity to grab more. If you have nothing else to discuss, then I will leave."

"No more."

After shaking her head, looking at the Minister of Defense's hair, which was whiter than last time, warmth appeared in the Princess's eyes, and she added an extra instruction:

"Your complexion hasn't been good recently, please pay more attention to your health."

"I understand time is tight, but if you fall down because of excessive fatigue, then our efforts over the years will really be completely wasted."

"Definitely!"

After responding to the Princess vaguely, the old man refused her offer to get up and send him off, and left the room with two young officers in big strides. After his footsteps completely disappeared, the room door was knocked lightly several times.

"Come in."

Accompanied by the slight rotation of the door shaft, a young man wearing a dark woolen coat with a weary look on his face walked in, slumped his shoulders, and sat on the chair opposite the Princess.

"This matter was handled very well."

Not caring about the visitor's impoliteness, the Princess raised the file belonging to the new Lionheart Duke and asked with a smile:

"A person who was recorded in the Laien family genealogy only a few days ago, and whose hair is not even golden... how did you manage to make him the new Lionheart Duke?"

"Very simple."

The weary young man raised his eyelids, took two dice from his arms and placed them on the table, then explained listlessly:

"Without doing anything, the probability of the old Duke choosing him is only three percent. If you kill five to seven successors and raise his succession order to the top five, the probability will soar to fifteen percent."

"After that, just sneak into the hospital, find the old Duke's medicine, mix in some alchemy supplements that accelerate heart rate, and kidnap the granddaughter of the old Duke's most trusted butler, forcing him to deliberately provoke the old Duke's emotions, this..."

"Probability will increase to thirty-six percent."

Although no one touched them, with the weary young man's narration, the two dice on the table jumped and changed constantly.

First, one stood up with edges and corners, one was three points; then one was one point, one was five points; then one was three points, one was six points, exactly the same as the numbers the weary young man said.

"Next is to order a carriage of fruit from the Banana Fruit Firm, and secretly remove the wheel locks, let the carriage overturn at the intersection, block the main road to the hospital, delay the time for that Hearing Li Ang to arrive, and let him enter at the moment the old Duke's emotions are most excited, the probability of him being chosen will reach sixty-six percent..."

Accompanied by the weary young man's narration, the two dice flipped, and they all turned to six points, and his narration also came to an end.

"Next is to look at luck."

After pointing to the two dice on the table, the weary young man summarized:

"As long as the final development of the matter is within this sixty-six percent range, he will be chosen by the old Duke. But if it is not in this range, then someone else will become the new Duke."

"So that's how it is."

After listening to the whole process, the Princess clapped her hands twice, then exclaimed:

"What a wonderful ability. Even though I have cooperated with you several times, I still feel very incredible after listening to you."

"Clearly just some unrelated things, but as long as you do them one by one according to the requirements, you can increase the success rate of anything to about sixty percent..."

"Not about sixty percent, it's sixty-six percent."

After correcting the Princess's statement seriously, the weary young man pointed to the dice on the table:

"The die on the left is the tens digit, and the die on the right is the ones digit. The die only has a maximum of six points, so the maximum success rate can only be sixty-six percent."

"So, have you considered changing to two ten-sided dice?"

"No, only these two dice have that effect."

"Okay..."

After blinking with some regret, the Princess took out a bearer check, placed it on the table and handed it over.

"This is the agreed remuneration, happy cooperation."

"Sorry, this time I need to add some extra fees."

After folding the check and putting it away, the weary young man said seriously:

"You didn't tell me before that Hearing Li Ang Laien is also an employee of our Sixth Cleanup Bureau. Plus he is highly valued by the Director, so my actions this time actually took a considerable risk, so the price should be ten percent higher than we agreed."

"I can accept the price increase."

After furrowing her brows slightly, the Princess didn't refute, but thought for a while and made a request:

"But this part of the fee wasn't agreed upon before, so as compensation, you also have to use these two dice to answer me one more question."

"Okay."

After nodding and agreeing to the Princess's proposal, the weary young man grabbed the dice and asked:

"What do you want to ask?"

"Still the same as before."

After taking a deep breath, the Princess closed her eyes slightly and said softly:

"What should I do to save this country?"