full-time lord

Chapter 186
Catherine's performance surprised Zhao Feng.The girl in front of me is not as innocent as she seems.Being able to become the queen of a country naturally has her specialties.

"That's right, your level of magic is quite good!" Seeing Catherine's performance, Zhao Feng praised Catherine, and then accelerated to chase after speaking.

This time, he adopted the fighting style that Bernice had taught her. His speed and movements were very elegant, and he quickly stopped in front of Catherine.

"However, I can still hug you, cousin." After finishing speaking, Zhao Feng directly hugged Catherine's waist, who couldn't dodge in time.At this time, the fast Catherine had no time to dodge, and directly knocked into his arms.

Facing Zhao Feng's bold actions, Catherine showed a trace of disgust in her eyes, and she regarded Zhao Feng as an apprentice, a lustful person like ordinary nobles.

However, this trace of disgust was only fleeting.As the queen of the Principality of Carlo, she quickly concealed the disgust and dissatisfaction in her eyes, and smiled sweetly again.

She bumped into Zhao Feng's arms, instead of struggling to leave, she lay directly in Zhao Feng's arms, and said indulgently, "Cousin, is it comfortable to hold?"

At this time, she showed a bit of a prodigal look, she didn't look like a 15-year-old girl at all, but she looked like a mature woman.

Although she concealed it well, Zhao Feng still guessed her nervousness from her stiff body reaction.After all, calling an unprofessional girl and pretending to be a slutty woman is still somewhat difficult.

Catherine concealed it well, but Zhao Feng's heart is also very careful now, and he has already observed her words and comprehensions, and understands that she is not as simple as she seems on the surface.

"Comfortable."

Zhao Feng kept his composure, let go of Catherine, and said seriously: "Cousin, why did you invite me here this time? It's not as simple as a simple confession!"

At this time, he decided to bring up the topic and no longer hide it.

Seeing that Zhao Feng was not tempted by her, Catherine acted very calmly, put away the disguise on her face, and said, "This time, I want to ask you to do me a favor, cousin!"

"What's the matter, just tell me directly, if I can help, I will help, if it is beyond my ability, then I'm sorry!"

Zhao Feng kept his words tight.

Catherine pondered for a while, and said: "It's like this, you should be clear about the war between us Carlo and you Mundra this time! In the end, we Carlo lost. But trouble is coming, because we need war compensation. But we The bosses of the major chambers of commerce here are unwilling to raise money for me."

"What did you ask me to do?" Zhao Feng asked, "How can I help you?"

Catherine said: "Those people rely on their own outstanding force and act recklessly. And the power I can use is really too little! So, I hope you can help me raise money, cousin."

"Fundraising is duress?" Hearing this request, Zhao Feng was a little stunned.At this time, he did not expect that Catherine would entrust this job to himself.

This reminded him of the debt collection agencies formed by big men in black wearing suits and ties on TV.No matter how you look at it, he is not the kind of person with a vicious face!
When Catherine heard Zhao Feng's words, she smiled and said: "Actually, you shouldn't say that, you just want them to fulfill their obligations. Your reputation has already spread throughout Carlo! If you do this, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."

After speaking, Catherine handed Zhao Feng a list, which contained a long list and the amount of arrears that each chamber of commerce needs to pay.

Zhao Feng took a closer look. The amount of compensation here is very large, and the total amount is tens of millions of gold coins.This figure is an astronomical figure.

The names of the chambers of commerce above are all well-known ones.On the Chaos Continent, these chambers of commerce are the most powerful among the three principalities.

Even if the power of the empire changes, it will be difficult to affect these chambers of commerce.These monopolistic chaebols, like those wealthy families in later generations, have strong strength and connections.

A relatively loose political system like the Principality of Carlo has nothing to do with these families.If they are angered, it will even cause turmoil in the empire.

However, Catherine is now in trouble.Although the Principality of Carlo is rich, the royal family is not.There are only tens of millions of gold coins in Carlo's treasury, but the war reparation demanded by Mundella this time is [-] million gold coins.Without this number, Mundella threatened to hit Carlo directly and kill the prisoners captured in the war.

Among these captives, many were of high status, most of them were some noble children in Carlo's country, and they were disciples or relatives of the Principality's Council of Elders and various ministers.

If these people were killed, I am afraid that Catherine would have to accept violent impeachment, and her position as the queen could not be kept at all.

Thinking of these, Catherine was extremely bored.However, it is also very difficult to collect money from these large domestic chambers of commerce.

Businessmen value profits, and if you ask them to spend so much money for nothing, they will naturally not be happy.These chambers of commerce are very powerful, and they don't buy her queen's account at all.

And Catherine, who is weak and weak, is in trouble.

No matter how brilliant her strategy is, no matter how deep her scheming is, it is useless to deal with these businessmen.She thought about solving the problem by force, but the people in her hands were not many powerful people at all, and their fists were not as hard as the guards of the chamber of commerce.

As for the army, she, the queen, could not be mobilized without the consent of the council of elders.

On the surface, it seems that the scenery is infinite, but Catherine, the queen, is very miserable and helpless, and the feeling of being treated as a puppet is very uncomfortable.

For the Chamber of Commerce, the huge sum of tens of millions of gold coins is naturally better than the thousands of captives.

The life and death of those people has nothing to do with them.

If those captives were killed and caused public dissatisfaction, it would be a big deal to change the queen and use Catherine as a scapegoat, who called her the queen!
After reading these, Zhao Feng understood Catherine's embarrassment.

"You want me to ask for this money for you? What good is that for me?" Zhao Feng knew that Catherine asked herself to do these things, and it would definitely not be free, and she must have promised conditions.

For him now, let's see what price she offered and what conditions she used to impress him.After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch.If you want to ask him to do something, at least you have to show sincerity, just verbal promises are not enough.

Although Zhao Feng was young, he didn't get dizzy after being fooled by the beauty, and he didn't distinguish between people in the south, east, and north.

Seeing Zhao Feng staring at her, not easily agreeing, Catherine knew that the cousin in front of her was not someone who could be easily fooled.

However, she really had nothing to promise Zhao Feng.

"Cousin, as long as you help me finish this matter, you can do whatever you want, can't you?" At this time, she still planned to fool around.

Although Catherine is only 14 years old, she exudes a lot of charm, and her every move is full of charm. She has received lessons in seductive arts and knows how to seduce men.

Since the successive queens of the Carlo Principality did not have much actual power, they could only use their own capital to strengthen training in this area, so as to win over people's hearts.

However, Zhao Feng was not in the mood to hunt for beauty at this time.

What happened to Bernice had a great impact on his mood.Now he doesn't think about these things at all, but just wants to work hard to improve his own strength.

"Tell me something practical! Otherwise, I won't promise you." Zhao Feng stared at the beautiful Catherine, unmoved at all, with ice in his eyes.

It was the first time for Catherine to show this kind of temptation in front of strangers, but Zhao Feng was unmoved. She was very frustrated with herself and felt that her charm was not enough.

"Could it be that I'm not good-looking, not attractive enough!"

The teachers who taught her at the beginning told her that there are no men who are not tempted in this world, and there are only women who are not attractive enough.Thinking of these, she was a little depressed.

"Well, you can say the conditions yourself, as long as I can do it, I will try my best to promise you."

Hearing Catherine's words, Zhao Feng nodded and said, "Okay, first of all, I request [-]% of the loan as my personal income."

"Ten percent, that's a few million gold coins, your appetite is too big!" Catherine said coldly after hearing Zhao Feng's words.

"There is a certain amount of this money, and it is used to repay your Mundra repayment. If it is less, your negotiator will not agree!"

Zhao Feng said: "This is easy to handle, you can increase your budget, and I will help you with more points!"

"It's so difficult to get the money. If the amount is increased, those merchants will not agree!" Catherine said angrily when she heard Zhao Feng's words.

But after thinking about it, she said, "Okay, I promise you."

She understood that if Zhao Feng could get the money, it would be fine to take away some of his belongings. If he didn't want to come, no matter how good the terms she promised, it would be useless.

"Second, I'm working in Carlo and I'm not bound. I hope you don't interfere with my actions!" Zhao Feng continued.

Catherine nodded and said, "Yes!"

"Third, I will adjust the above conditions at any time. If there is something, I will discuss it with you." Zhao Feng said the third condition.

"Okay, is there any more?" Catherine nodded, looking obedient.

Zhao Feng shook his head and said, "That's all, nothing more!"

Catherine said: "These conditions are easy to negotiate, I promise you all, as long as you can help me. I will support whatever conditions you need."

"That's it!"

Zhao Feng smiled and said, "Give me the list, and I'll figure out how to get money from those merchants. This is quite a challenge!"

He never thought that one day, he would become such an identity, become a thug, and help people collect money.

(End of this chapter)