But my advisory group told me that even if we fought for another five years, we wouldn't have to worry about finances. Pedi stared at the prime minister of his administration, "even... As long as we make reasonable use of the trade resources of the kingdom today, not only will we not cause loss in war, but we can also increase the financial revenue. ”

The king's words sounded casual, as if he were chatting pleasantly with a friend, but the questioning in his words was just as obvious.

Facing the king's gaze, Bipp restrained his unnecessary thoughts.

"Your Majesty, my functional authority stipulates that I can only be responsible for the management of the government, and cannot pay attention to the economic income brought by the growth of economic trade. Bipp tried to calm himself down, "My calculation is based on the current economic income of the kingdom. "He'd actually thought more than anyone else about asking that question, but the example of Daisyri Pombo was there, and he didn't dare to overstep his authority.

"But we don't just invest in the Suk Plain and the Iruk Territory, we also have income as well as investment, especially in the upcoming war, the kingdom occupies most of the land trade routes in the Eastern Continent, and controls the ocean trade in the northern seas. Pedy's gaze fell on Bipp's face as he watched his expression change, "We can use the trade network that is intertwined in the continent of Ellan to earn countless krona coins in future wars." ”

"That's true in theory, but planning isn't everything, and we're doing it like a circus clown crossing a single-plank bridge, and once we lose our war with the undead legions, we'll lose everything. Bipp uttered word by word, carefully observing the change in the king's expression with each word.

"It's a good thing that the kingdom is growing too fast, but it's also a bad thing. Bipp's pace of speech was slowly picking up, "We don't even have the number of officials to match it, and the kingdom's ministries have been overloaded for the past two years. Although a number of officials have recently passed the examination to enter the corresponding jobs, they are of no use to the huge gap. ”

"The appointment of officials is not as simple as the management of the chamber of commerce, and if there is a mistake, it will wait for endless visits from the police department, which will not only improve the efficiency of the department, but will reduce the efficiency of the work. Bipp's words had obviously been held in his heart for a long time, and he said them in one breath without any pause, "There are many places where we have to spend money, but the only area where we make money is Krewe. ”

Pedi resisted the urge to interrupt Bipp and listened to him quietly.

Over the past five years, the Kingdom of Kruria has endured the Highlands Steppe Wars, the Civil War, the Harrens Lordship of the Undead Legion, the Elok War, and the recently concluded Sooke Plains War.

Although the kingdom established ocean-going trade with orcs, goblins, Baru, and dwarves in the past five years, allowing the kingdom's trade economy to develop rapidly, the war still consumed nearly half of the wealth stored by the Reagan family in the past fifty years. Of course, this expended wealth may be restored in less than two years if the kingdom were in peace, but the problem is that instead of peace, a much greater war will be fought.

"What do you suggest?" Pedi didn't want to stop the plans in his mind, he wanted to go to war with the undead and develop the domestic economy at the same time.

"The Prime Minister's Government and the Office for the Analysis of the National Situation have been working on this issue since the issuance of the war mobilization order for the undead legions, but they have not come up with a perfect plan until I arrived. Bipp's voice became quieter and quieter as he spoke.

No one can be blamed for this, because in the next three years of planning, Pedi has passed the construction of many large projects, such as the construction of canals from north to south and the improvement of water conservancy, the development of land and towns in the eastern part of Suk City, the resettlement plan of Suk Territory and Iruk Territory, and more importantly, the war recovery between Iruk Territory and Suk Plain requires a lot of investment.

"What do you have in mind?"

"I propose to stop the construction of teleportation arrays and the city-building projects in various places, and stop the canal digging in the Iruk Territory, which will save us a lot of money. ”

Pei Di subconsciously shook his head, the teleportation array was very important for future wars, he didn't want to give up, and the canal led by Elok was even more related to the inland trade and transportation of the future kingdom.

"Do you think we can follow the path of Napros City? Pedy's irritability caused his fingers to tap on the top of the Philosopher's Stone Table, "Entrust the construction of the city to the private chamber of commerce." ”

"Businessmen need to make a profit, and urban construction doesn't give them a profit point. Bipp frowned and shook his head, he knew very well that profit-seeking businessmen would only make things worse if they forcibly stole their money to invest in city construction without the premise of profit.

Pedi stood up and walked back and forth in two steps, moving his stiff body as he handed him a cigar.

"We can give them other incentives, such as the right to sell houses and land. Pedi took a few puffs of his cigar and sat down again in silence before saying his plan.

The sale and purchase of houses, shops, and private land in all cities in the kingdom today follows the strategy of the aristocracy, with most of the land and housing under the control of the great nobles, and the kingdom's laws currently prohibit the purchase and sale of land and houses in large quantities, which are allocated by the consent of the government.

Bipp frowned, "If land is allowed to be bought and sold, does it mean that as long as you have money, you can buy the land of the entire kingdom, this..."

"I'm not talking about land, not territory," Pedi stressed, "and we can levy high taxes on the use and sale of land." ”

The wrinkles between Bipp's brows piled together, and the king's words were quickly recorded in his hand.

"In addition, the Royal Government is legally able to expropriate all land in the Kingdom, of course... Such expropriation is paid. Peddy added: "Treat this matter as a bill, and I want to see the concrete plan from the Prime Minister's government within a month." ”

Bipp actually wanted to tell the king that even if this plan was feasible, it would not be possible to alleviate the financial pressure on the kingdom, because the construction of the Iruk Territorial Canal would require a lot of money at a critical time, not to mention the even larger construction plan for the Suke Plain and the construction of the teleportation array.

However, after hesitating for a while, Bipp nodded in agreement: "Yes!"

"We've been talking long enough today. Pedi stood up again and looked at the gradually falling afterglow in the sky, "In half a month, the three princes of Shikan-Silveraxe, the goblins, and the chairman of Turlock will arrive in Suker City, and you will hand over what I have just explained to Sir Marne when you return, and take some officials from the Prime Minister's Government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to enter Suke City before they arrive." ”

When Bipp heard the king's words, the temples on both sides of his head could not stop jumping, and with each jump came an unbearable pain. From these words of the king, he immediately thought that a coronation ceremony was about to take place.

However, Bipp does not think Sook City is fit to be crowned, at least not at this time.

"Your Majesty, in the previous announcement..."

"I didn't expect the Duke of Barrett to suddenly swear allegiance. Pedi also has a lot of headaches, sometimes titles seem to be of little real use, but sometimes they are extremely important.

"Does the queen want to go with the government to the city of Sooke?" said Sir Bipp, a knee-jerk question out of duty, as the coronation of a king usually follows the coronation of a queen.

Pedi didn't like Sir Bipp's knee-jerk inquiry, and with the royal power in his mind, he subconsciously thought of whether Sir Bipp's question was the queen's authorization. However, after a short period of thought, he chose to believe the queen, and said: "The queen still needs to go to the mage tower before coming to Suke City, and the queen will arrange this matter herself, and the government should not ask." ”

"Understood!"

Pedi let out a "grace" and looked up at the sky, thinking about what else needed to be explained. After half a ring, he waved his hand, "It's okay, you guys can go back first." ”

Hearing this, Don Wright and Bipp took a step back and bowed before heading towards the conduction device, and Mage Leah followed suit, creating an easy short-distance teleportation with the other mages. After a flicker of magical light, the conduction device shuttles to the nearest large teleportation array according to the established spatial node.

Feeling the remaining spatial magic in the space, Pei Di let out a long breath and ordered to the left and right, "We will also withdraw, there is still a party waiting for us tonight." The bonfire was originally planned to last for three days, and although it didn't make much sense to continue, Pedi didn't plan to end it early.

The squires heard the king's order and packed up the dishes and put them into the large leather bags of the heavy horses as quickly as possible, while the mages removed the philosopher's stone table and the surrounding defenses. By the time Pedi put on his hunting armor, the improvised tents in the camp had been put away.

"What have we gained today?" Pedi pulled the reins of the horse and walked into the side of the baggage horse, and stretched out his head to inspect the prey on the horse, which today there were only a dozen hares of various sizes and two pheasants, and more were rich in wild vegetables and spices.

"We could be the least hunting today. Willie Jon's steed leaned in.

"Don't worry, even if I don't hit anything, I'll be the one with the most prey. Pedi shrugged, with a palpable self-deprecation in her words.

"That's just as well. Willie-Jon grinned.

An hour later, Pedi returned to the camp.

As Pedi had expected, none of the nobles waiting at the camp gate had more prey than him, for by the time he approached the camp gate, his prey already needed at least three horses to hold it.

Inside the camp, grill stands, campfires, wine and fruit are already ready. In a short time, the smell of charcoal roasting spread through the camps, and soldiers, knights, nobles, and merchants came up from time to time to speak with the king to show their loyalty, and the knights continued their duel from the previous evening.

Unlike yesterday, Pedi drank with his belly open tonight, and his arrogance not only made him drunk, but also made many nobles and generals drunk.

The king's interest brought the atmosphere of the party to its peak, no one cared whether they would be drunk and lose their manners, everyone let go of their previous pretentiousness, and under the king's leadership, glass after glass of ale was swallowed, many people were drunk and fainted, but it didn't take long to get up and continue.

Pedi had never been so crazy as he was today, he had no other ideas, he just wanted to drink... The hot summer months and the irritability of state affairs made him want to drink.

Yes, he just wanted to drink.

No one cared about the time tonight, and Pedi didn't even know how he got back to the tent, only that he woke up the next day at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Every day in the summer, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day, the knights in charge of the King's Guard are on guard around the king's tent, and the knights on duty are resting in the shade, the magic devices not far away are flashing with magical energy, and several patrolling soldiers are patrolling back and forth in the distance.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of the camp after Pedi woke up yesterday, it was a little too quiet today.

"They're still going on after you left last night, so... Most of the nobles are still asleep now. Captain Willie Jon shrugged, "It's unknown if you'll wake up before dinner. ”

Pedy was so thirsty that he ignored Sir Jon's teasing, took the water bag handed by the attendant, raised his head and drank all the water in one gulp, and then went to the toilet next to him for more than ten minutes. Then, with the help of his attendants, he finished washing.

At this time, Pedi was suddenly so hungry that when he sat down at the small wooden table outside the tent, the attendants served the wheat porridge and roasted sausages that had been prepared without the King's warning.

After a bowl of wheat porridge stabilized his hunger, Pedi asked, "Is there anything important today?"

"Knight Rennes came last night. Knight Hu replied in a whisper from Rory Greda.

"Wren?" Pedi was stunned, and many things came to mind at this moment, "Where is he now?"

"Just rest in the camp next door. ”

"Let him come. ”

Ten minutes later, Wren walked into the King's tent area from the side path in light armor, and came to the King's side after being routinely inspected by the knights of the Guard.

"Would you like some?" asked Pedy, holding up the wheat porridge in his hand.

"No, I don't. "If it were other nobles and knights, they would definitely take the opportunity to get close to the king, but Wren would not do that.

"Then sit down and talk. Pedi pointed to the opposite of him, "I actually have something for you to do...", he put down the bowl and played with the sausage with his fork, "It was my mother who stopped you at the Kumar Fortress?"

"Yes. Pedi replied truthfully, "And Her Highness Phyllis." ”

"What do they want to do?"

"I thought you knew, the old lady said she would summon you. Wren subconsciously said a word, and then explained: "The old lady wants to buy the Golden Coastline, she wants to bury Her Royal Highness Penny there, and stay by Her Royal Highness Penny forever." ”

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