Chapter 516: So it wasn't luck, or can it be considered luck?

Indeed, this Laien family stall should collapse completely 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 sadness emerged in his heart.

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

Right now, the old nobles' forces are deeply rooted. Among more than twenty large departments, nearly one-third are held by old nobles, like fat lice, entrenched on this country and sucking blood frantically.

And the merchants and councilors fostered to counter the old nobles who hold the Upper House played a role in containment in the early days, but after more than a hundred years of development, they gradually became too big to fail and began to frantically seize interests for themselves through the legislative power of the Lower House.

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 business is clearly becoming more prosperous, but the taxes that can be collected are decreasing rapidly.

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

These ills could originally be barely suppressed, but the War of Defense six years ago pierced everything. Now the Kingdom's finance has deficits year after year, the military equipment is lax, 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" member, he also took the opportunity to be pushed to the position of Minister of Defense and had the ability to intervene in the military, 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 Veronika!"

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 quite a few real power vacancies in the military. I plan to take the opportunity to grab some more. If you have nothing else to discuss, then I will take my leave."

"No more."

After shaking her head, looking at the Minister of Defense's hair, which was much whiter than last time, a warmth emerged in the Princess's eyes, and she added a word of advice:

"Your complexion hasn't been good lately, please take care of your health.

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

"Certainly!"

After responding vaguely to the Princess, the old man refused her offer to get up and see him off, and strode out of the room with two young officers. And after his footsteps completely disappeared, the door of the room was knocked lightly several times.

"Come in."

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

"Things were handled very well this time."

Not minding 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 Laien family genealogy a few days ago, and whose hair isn't even golden, could 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, then explained powerlessly:

"Without doing anything, 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 skyrocket to fifteen percent.

After that, just secretly sneak into the hospital, 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, and this probability will increase to thirty-six percent."

Clearly no one touched them, but as the lazy young man narrated, the two dice on the table kept jumping and changing.

First one stood up on its edge, 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 locking pin of the carriage wheels, let the carriage overturn at the intersection, block the main road to the hospital, delay the time for that Hearing Hearing Li Ang to arrive, and let him go in at the moment the old Duke's emotions are most agitated, and the probability of him being chosen will reach sixty-six percent..."

Accompanied by the lazy young man's narration, the two dice on the table flipped, and both 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's 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 units 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."

"Alright..."

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 lazy young man said seriously:

"You didn't tell me before that Hearing Hearing Li Ang Laien was 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 what we agreed."

"I can accept the fee increase."

After frowning slightly, the Princess did not 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 another question for me."

"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 =====