Chapter 516: So it's not luck, or can it be considered luck?

Indeed, this stall of the Ryan family should be completely collapsed 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 desolation emerged in his heart.

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

At present, the power of the old nobles is deeply rooted. Among the more than twenty major departments, nearly one-third are held by the old nobles, like fat lice, entrenched in this country and sucking blood crazily.

And the businessmen and councilors who were fostered to fight against the old nobles who held the Upper Academy played a role of containment in the early stage, but after more than a hundred years of development, they gradually became too big to be managed, and also began to desperately seize interests 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 increasingly lax in recent years. The Kingdom's commerce is clearly becoming more prosperous, but the taxes that can be collected are decreasing rapidly.

The wealth of the entire Kingdom began to gather crazily in the hands of big businessmen and old nobles. They are constantly becoming stronger and fatter, while ordinary people and this country are constantly becoming thinner and weaker.

These drawbacks could originally be barely suppressed, but the war of defending the country six years ago pierced everything. Now the Kingdom's finance has deficits year after year, the military equipment is lax, and the rebels are destroying everywhere. All problems have reached the edge of imminent outbreak.

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

If the Princess's reform ultimately fails and fails to sweep away these chronic diseases, 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 with a serious expression:

"After the Ryan Blood Night, there are many real power vacancies in the Military Department. 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 much whiter than last time, a warmth couldn't help but emerge in the Princess's eyes, and she added an extra instruction:

"Your complexion is not very good recently, please pay more attention to your body.

I understand that 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 somewhat vaguely, the old man refused her offer to see him off, and left the room with two young officers in big strides. After his footsteps completely disappeared, the door of the room was immediately knocked a few times gently.

"Come in."

Along with the slight turning sound of the door hinge, a young man wearing a dark woolen coat with a look of laziness on his face walked in with his shoulders drooping, and sat on the chair opposite the Princess.

"The matter this time was handled very well."

Not caring about the visitor's impoliteness, after raising the file belonging to the new Lionheart Duke in her hand, the Princess asked with a smile:

"A person who was just entered into the Ryan family tree a few days ago, and whose hair is not even golden, can actually become the new Lionheart Duke... How on earth did you do it?"

"Very simple."

The lazy young man raised his eyelids, took out two dice from his arms and placed them on the table, and then explained with a listless face:

"In the case of doing nothing, the probability of the old Duke choosing him is only three percent. If five to seven heirs are killed and his succession order is raised to the top five, the probability will directly surge to fifteen percent.

After that, as long as you sneak into the hospital again, find the old Duke's medicine, mix some alchemical supplements that speed up the heartbeat into it, 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."

Clearly no one touched it, but with the lazy young man's narration, the two dice on the table kept jumping and changing.

First, one stood up with corners, one with three points; then one with one point and one with five points; then one with three points and one with six points, exactly the same as the numbers the lazy young man said. "Finally, order a carriage of fruit from the Banana Fruit Firm, and secretly remove the lock of the carriage wheels, let the carriage overturn at the intersection, block the main road to the hospital, delay the time for that Leon to arrive, and let him go in at the moment when the old Duke's emotions are most agitated, the probability of him being chosen will reach sixty-six percent..."

Along with the lazy young man's narration, the two dice on the table flipped, and all turned to six points facing up, and his narration also came to an end.

"Next is to see luck."

After pointing to the two dice on the table, the lazy young man concluded:

"As long as the final development of things is within this sixty-six percent range, he will be chosen by the old Duke, but if it is not within this range, then the one who becomes the new Duke will be someone else."

"So that's it."

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

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

Clearly, they are just some unrelated things, but as long as they are done one by one according to the requirements, the success rate of anything can be increased to about sixty percent..."

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

After seriously correcting the Princess's statement, the lazy 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 maximum points of the die is only six, 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."

"Alright..."

After blinking her eyes 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, I need to add some extra fees this time."

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

"You didn't tell me before that Leon Ryan is also an employee of our Sixth Cleanup Bureau, and 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 increase in fees."

After frowning slightly, the Princess did not open her mouth to refute, but thought for a while and made a request:

"But this part of the fee was not agreed upon before, so as compensation, you must also use these two dice to answer me one more question."

"Can."

After nodding and agreeing to the Princess's proposal, the lazy young man picked up 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 on earth do I have to do to save this country?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 517 =====