Pedi pointed at Darek, "I bet the Duke of Barrett will offer us tomorrow morning to take charge of the logistics of all their troops on the Sukh Plains, and ask us to supply their troops with muskets and shields. ”

"You can refuse. "It's your right to refuse, the Highlands are self-governing territories, and the annexation of territories doesn't come into effect just by Duke Barrett's declaration." ”

Pedi could have refused, but he wouldn't have said it.

Derick Danny looked at the king, who had no intention of speaking, and continued: "The Duke of Barrett wants to accelerate the urban expansion of the highland steppes by annexing the kingdom, but they should also take the corresponding responsibility. Moreover, we could use the annexation of the grasslands as an excuse to introduce a more complete set of laws specifically for self-governing territories. ”

"I'm the king, not the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Pedi frowned, "There are some things that can't be done too obviously. ”

"Your Majesty, hasn't the Kingdom of Balu always wanted to be incorporated into the Kingdom and become a vassal state of the Kingdom?" Derick Danny immediately said, "Now is a good opportunity, the Twak Kingdom is not enough to issue laws, so what about using the annexation of the Kingdom of Balu into the Kingdom as an excuse? We can even bring the Highland Steppe and the Kingdom of Balu to the negotiating table, and work with them to formulate a more complete set of Dominion laws." ”

"Oh?" Pedy's eyes lit up.

"Moreover, we can take advantage of the negotiation to extend the time when the Twak Heights and the Kingdom of Balu are formally incorporated into the Kingdom as long as possible. "Derrick Danny's language is smooth, and it's clear that he didn't have the advice on the fly.

Pedi gave Darick Danny a serious look, picked up the pen and quickly jotted down what Derick Danny had just said in the notebook on his desk, and then pointed to the chair in front of his desk, "Sit down and talk." ”

"Tomorrow morning, you need to take the initiative to find the Duke of Barrett. Pei Di whispered as he thought about it: "There is definitely no loan, you can refer to the policy of the tax point, but... Don't sign any documents just yet. He tapped his finger lightly on the table, "Drag the time back as far as you can... Also, if they want to buy equipment from the joint laboratory, you can push it to the joint laboratory and let them talk about it themselves. ”

Derick Danny carefully recorded every word the king had to say, and when the king was silent, he looked at the notepad and said, "Your Majesty, these... Talk about it in the name of the Ministry of Finance?"

As the acting minister of the kingdom's treasury, Derick Danny actually does not have much power, because he is often only the executor of finances, not the advisor and formulator.

The financial power of the kingdom fell into the hands of the Office of National Analysis and several under-secretaries of the Ministry of Finance after Edwin Fellin had gone with the army to the Elok Territory. After the rebellion of the royal capital, all the financial power of the entire kingdom was transferred to the Office of National Analysis, which was jointly controlled by the members of the office.

Derick Danny asked this, naturally wanting to verify whether he could rightfully become the kingdom's finance minister.

Pedi's thoughts were not on this at the moment, he heard Derick Denny's inquiry, and subconsciously said: "Your discussion with the Duchy of Twak is just an early conversation, and you represent the prime minister of the government. ”

...

In the silence of the hunting camp, the nobles and generals awoke from their 'slumber' after the king's departure, and then returned to their tents in groups of twos and threes.

The soldiers of the First Army of the Kingdom stationed in the camp had just finished their shift change late at night at the end of the bonfire, and when the nobles were resting, they were drinking wine and eating barbecue around the outer camp, enjoying the most wonderful moment before the break.

Four o'clock in the morning,

When the tent fell completely silent and the nobles were sure that the kingdom was really resting, all the camps around the tent broke the silence and became busy.

At ten o'clock in the morning, when the scorching sun was high in the sky and the heat was spreading in the camp, the king's attendants outside the king's tent were busy coming in and out.

At half past ten the king came out of the king's tent.

The generals and nobles who had been waiting for a long time came forward to meet them, and in the praise and compliments, a new day of hunting officially began.

Pedi refused to be followed by everyone and rushed into the prairie with his escort.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching sun hung in the sky, and the unbearable heat caused Pedi to stop hunting and set up a small tent in a makeshift camp outside the forest.

Two glasses of ale and the temperature control of the mages relieved the heat after the operation, but Pedi still didn't want to move. He sat at the magically constructed stone table, his ears echoing with the endless hissing of summer insects and birds, looking at the irregular light in the forest under the summer sun, and the irregular light constantly changing and moving in the breeze.

"It's been a long time since I've had a close look like this. Archmage Leah sat across from the king, holding a glass of cool ice water in his hand, following the king's gaze at the beautiful forest ahead.

"Is there something going on?" Pei Di knew very well that the other party could not take the initiative to make small talk.

"There's a magician nearby looking for your location, it's the police station's code. Leah continued to stare at the forest ahead, feeling the rare tranquility.

"It's Don Wright and Sir Bipp, whom I informed last evening. Pedi stood up and patted the dust off her body.

At that moment, the shirtless mighty Jon came from the fire and brought a bowl of piping hot broth.

"You're letting me drink this on such a hot day?" Pedi frowned.

"Your Majesty, the weather has been dry for the past half month. Willy-Jon shrugged, "It was Master Leah who suggested I get some broth for lunch. ”

"We haven't tasted broth for half a year. Leah continued, "Fresh broth, with locally picked wild herbs and spices, and the purest spring water in the forest, must make for a perfect broth." Her words sounded much better than Willie Jon's explanation.

Willy-Jon pouted as he listened to Leah's words, but Pedi was genuinely interested.

The broth is served in a special ceramic bowl, and Willy-Jon has specially asked the mage to add a heat-insulating circle before serving the soup, so that Pedi can easily hold it in his hand.

Leah walked to the other side as the king prepared to dine and say a few words to the mages in the guard.

Next, the mages sketched out a short-distance teleportation circle in a nearby clearing. Five or six seconds later, the light of the teleportation array flashed, and after the space shook, a square device resembling the body of a carriage appeared.

The "click" device made a soft sound, and the magic halo carved with the appearance of magic runes disappeared, and the side was opened like a door.

Two figures walked out of it...

It was the Chief of Police, Don Wright, and the Prime Minister of the Government, Bipp, who was supposed to be in Crewe!

"The conduction device was successful?" Leah's eyes were full of surprise, "I remember a year ago it was only in the theoretical stage, huh?" No one answered Leah's words, because no one present except the king knew what the so-called 'conduction device' was.

"Is this a 'conduction device'?" Bipp said as he took a big breath of fresh air as he turned his head to look at what he had ridden on, "and in a year, they spent nearly 150,000 kroner to make such a thing?"

"It's a good deal, isn't it?" Pedi put down the broth and walked over, "The manufacturing technology provided by the goblins, as for the outer circle construction... It is from the knowledge left behind by Muvet. ”

"It's a very complex circle of knowledge, and the Undead Legion does have a much larger knowledge reserve than us. Leah cast a mirror spell, using magic photographs to record the knowledge of each circle on the car.

But they don't know how to use this knowledge, they only know how to kill and destroy. Pedi commented.

Leah has a different opinion: "But if you let them develop, one day they will remember these skills of their own... Just like the previous ones like Muvet-Füller, if he had enough time, our previous war would have become very troublesome. ”

"So we're gathered here. Pedi shrugged, then looked at Don Wright and Bipp, who had become accustomed to it, "Would you like some broth? ”

"Yes. Don Wright did not refuse.

"I can't eat it. Bipp shook his head.

Pedi beckoned the two ministers to the Philosopher's Stone Table, and before preparing for the meal, Pedi summoned the captain of the guard, Willy-Jon, and ordered, "Let the knights of the guard guard the surroundings and not allow anyone to approach." ”

After Willy-Jon was ordered to retreat, Pedi cut a large piece of bread from the iron plate on the stone table.

"Wang Du hasn't had any problems lately. Pedi slipped the breadcrumbs with a dagger and put them in the broth, and asked in a casual tone, "I heard that both orcs and dwarves have recently increased their food imports?"

"Yes. Sir Bipp took a document from his skin, "The orcs have increased their grain imports by thirty percent, but at the same time, they have opened up more export quotas for rare ores to us, while the dwarves have sold us three minerals in the Western Continent in exchange for a large amount of food. ”

"Intelligence intelligence indicates that the dwarves intend to establish a city on the surface?" said Pedy, looking at Don Wright and gulping down the broth.

"It's not an intention, it's already starting to build, King Nuvat officially issued an order half a month ago to build a huge city on the basis of the original three big cities of the Ice Maple Clan. Don Wright cautiously answered the question, "Dwarves are different from orcs, they have this ability, and the establishment of Karen City is the best proof of this. ”

"How dare they dare to think!" Sir Bipp shook his head, "It has been more than three hundred years since Karen City was what it is today, how long are they going to take it?"

"The last thing a dwarf lacks is time. "They are blessed by the girls, and they are born with a long life and infinite strength, but they do not have to pay any price." ”

"They are born ugly, and they don't grow tall. Leah interjected, "That's the price." ”

Tang Wright was stunned, "Okay, if that's the price." ”

Peidi's irritability was somewhat relieved by the casual teasing of the two, and he lowered his head and thought for a while before saying, "King Novat gave the order to build the city at this time, that is... They won't be involved in the upcoming war against the undead legions?"

Pedi's biggest concern is that the dwarves will stand by in the future of the undead legion's war, as this will not only tie the orcs in the war, but also deprive the allies of a powerful boost. Conversely, if the Dwarves can join the Alliance, they can not only attack the Undead Legion from the west of Cullen's territory to relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield, but also provide the Alliance with more naïve armor.

"On the contrary..."Don Wright said after refilling his bowl of broth, "King Novat has said in public that if the Alliance needs the Dwarven Kingdom to join, he will immediately gather his army and go to battle, and the Dwarves clearly know the dangers of the undead legions better than we do... But to this day, neither the elven kingdom nor the orcs, nor we have sent an emissary to coordinate this matter. ”

"You're suggesting that I should send a special emissary to the Lordaan bunker?" Pedy raised an eyebrow.

"Yes. Don Lai nodded, "King Novat fears that if he sends an army to attack the Karon Territory, he will be left alone. ”

"Well," Peidi thought as he looked at the empty bowl in his hand, "We'll have to take the initiative, but... In this case, you should first have your men visit King Novat in a private capacity, and find out what the old king is talking about, and if he really wants to join the alliance against the undead army, I will send an emissary along with the elven kingdom and the orc khanate at the same time. ”

Don Wright immediately took out a notepad to record the order, and Sir Bipp then said: "Your Majesty, we have just finished the war on the Suk Plain, and the logistics supply lines that have been operating at full capacity need to rest as much as possible, do you plan to start a war against the undead legions at this moment?"

"It's not that I want to fight, it's that the Undead Legion doesn't give us time. "Pedi doesn't want to repair for a while, but the current situation in Felder Leader doesn't allow it," the undead legion's million-dollar army of the undead is heading south, threatening the Manwis Grand Canyon, the southern entrance to the Suke Plain. ”

"Although the kingdom has not suffered from war in the past five years, with the exception of the Harrence Heights, it has been in a state of turmoil, with the Iruk Territory being incorporated into the kingdom less than two years ago, and the large fertile lands in the south are still in a state of exemption, while the northern territory is mostly in a state of desolation due to the Battle of Tyre. Bipp said solemnly, "According to the report of Sir Dennis Roy, the Chief Registrar of the Eluk Territory, we need to continue to invest nearly half a million kroner in the Eluk Territory for at least the next two years, and you also plan to set up teleportation circles in various places. ”

"Now," Ser Bipp continued, seeing that the King had not interrupted him, "and now that the Suker Plains have fallen upon us, and the great war with the undead legions, I am concerned that the kingdom's finances will be in trouble. ”

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