"My rhetoric was rejected by almost all the nobles before today's meeting of the nobles, but this afternoon they took the initiative to find me and pushed me to the front of the stage. Weiss Burst looked at Sir Bipp, "So, Your Excellency, you need not be worried, you can do what you want." ”

"It seems that those people are not too stupid. Daisily Pombo couldn't help but say.

"No one is stupid, and maybe many people thought the same thing as me in the back of their hearts before that. Weisz-Brew smiled and said, "But in the previous environment, no one dared to say different opinions... But when the Covenant was annulled and His Majesty formally expressed his support for the authority of the New Law, everything became much simpler. ”

Daisily Pombo smiled awkwardly, because the so-called 'big environment' was created by him,

And now, he was going to abandon his previous ideas, abandon those people, and use Weids-Brew to create another power structure, but when he was about to implement it, he found that the other party already had such ideas.

Wolds Burst, ignoring Daisily Pombo's thoughts, looked at Sir Bipp and said, "Now, we have two things to do... First, it is necessary to enact laws as soon as possible to suppress the rights of businessmen, and second, to introduce as soon as possible the relevant rules for the recruitment of low-level officials in various ministries. ”

Daisily Pombo looked at Weiz Burst, who was talking to Kaikai, and felt that he should say something, he glanced at Sir Bipp, who was about to speak, and hurriedly said: "There is one thing, the reform of the Kingdom's commercial tax items has been held tightly by Edwin Filmin from the beginning..."

He lowered his voice and said: "According to the news from the palace, Your Majesty is actually not satisfied with the reform of many tax items, but due to the general trend of reform, Your Majesty has not asked too much... However, as the prime minister's government, it has to pay attention to these issues. ”

Sir Bipp seemed to take the issue seriously, and he looked at Daisyly Pombo, "Do you have any specific information?"

"In terms of rigor, there is no one in the entire kingdom who can compare to Edwin Film..."

"That's cunning. Viscount Weiz subconsciously interjected.

"yes, it's cunning!" Daisily Pombo laughed, "So, I don't know what that bastard Edwin is up to, but there's one thing I know... Many merchants call that 'legal smuggling'!"

"I've heard this. "There are people who take advantage of the gaps in the reform of commercial tax items, or loopholes in the law, to make huge profits in a tax-free way through the customs of Balan or Seka... For example, goblins make fine cigars but go through the ore passage to avoid luxury tax. ”

"Yes, a very figurative metaphor. Daisily Pombo nodded, "The amount involved here is more than half a million kroner!"

"So much!" said Sir Bipp's face changed, "are you sure?"

"Believe me, the amount involved will only be more than that, not less. Daisily Pombo said with certainty: "Although the amount is huge, it is the same when it is distributed among each merchant... But a large part of this money should have been the kingdom's taxes. ”

"Your Majesty still needs Edwin Film, and we shouldn't be able to find evidence to charge him directly. Weiz Brew is not optimistic about this matter, "At the moment, we can only report Edwin Fellin to the police department anonymously. ”

"You can't use anonymity, find a nobleman, preferably someone with the status of a businessman, go to the police station and report it, and you can't report Edwin Filmin directly. Bipp immediately shook his head, "Reporting Edwin Filmin directly will only make things worse." ”

"You can do this thing. Daisily Pombo said, "Your Majesty summoned me alone this afternoon... I am about to send an envoy to the Principality of Twak to discuss an alliance. ”

"I haven't received any information on this!" said Bill, who was surprised that he had not now stepped down from his post as foreign minister.

"No one in the King's office has taken you as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Daisily Pombo was a little dazzled by staring at the flames for a long time, and he blinked vigorously, "The order that I will officially assume the post of foreign minister tomorrow morning will be issued...", he looked at Bipp, his words were somewhat embarrassed, "Your Majesty asked me to form a mission to rush to the Duchy of Twak as soon as possible, so I need your help." ”

"Duchy of Twak?" Sir Bipp was stunned, "the Kingdom and Duke Andy Barrett have signed a Coordinated Defense Treaty, and the alliance between our two families only needs to be supplemented by a treaty, which is not a difficult task!" he said with a strange expression, "If that's all there is to it, you don't need to go to the Twak Territory in person." ”

"I'm going with a merchant group of goblins," Daisily Pombo kept his voice low, "and this group of goblins will negotiate with Andy Barrett in place of Shikan-Silveraxe." ”

"Tripartite talks?" said Sir Bipple, stunned, and at the same time realized the importance of the matter.

Viscount Weisz-Blst was also stunned, then took out a palm-sized magic scroll from the inner pocket of his gown and activated it.

Bursts of white light flowed by, and a simple soundproofing magic was formed.

Despite the existence of soundproofing magic now, Daisily Pombo still kept his voice low, "It's not just a three-way meeting, after I leave the Duchy of Twak, Your Majesty's envoys will visit the Duchy of Suluk, the Kingdom of Misha, and the city-states of the Suk Plains at the same time, and even the Brotherhood of the Swamp of Death, Your Majesty has asked the werewolves to lead the way and sent an emissary." ”

"It's impossible to keep all foreign visits of this magnitude secret, right?" said Weisz-Berg frowned.

"With the exception of the talks in the Principality of Twak, the visits are not confidential, and the apparent reason for my mission to the Principality of Twak is only trade negotiations," Daisily Pombo said. ”

"Do you have any ideas?" Sir Bipp knew very well that Daisily Pombo had gone to such a great deal of talk to tell himself that such information was about to be made public.

"We should form our own caravan!" Daisily Pombo said with a serious expression, "At the New Year's party, the envoys of various countries reached an agreement with us, and this time His Majesty sent so many envoys to visit various countries... I have a hunch that a new era is coming, and this time we can't afford to be left behind. ”

"I agree with you in principle, but as we have just said, His Majesty may not like that there are too many businessmen among his ministers. Weiz Burst's brow was somewhat moved.

"Did you just have a good idea?" Daisily Pombo's eyes gleamed in the light of the fire, "We can take control of a small guild, and then use the information and power in our hands to make it grow rapidly, and then serve us... The group of businessmen and politicians called it a 'political resource', and I think the metaphor is very vivid. ”

"Is this legal?" said Bipp, who was prime minister of the government, frowned.

"Isn't that what Edwin Filmin did?" said Daisily Pombo, "and we don't pay taxes, we don't smuggle, and do the most formal trade, why isn't it legal?"

Bipp frowned, still thinking that this would not work, but he retorted.

"Then it is settled!" said Daisily Pombo, "I have some business to go back to—" he walked into Sir Bipp, "and I will need that list of envoys to-morrow morning." ”

"You can rest assured. The old sir's face was humble.

"Don't send me, old man, I don't want anyone to know I'm coming. The Marquis Daisily waved his hand as he walked towards the door, quickly exiting the room.

Sir Bipp and Weiss Burst looked at each other and walked silently to the window...

A few minutes later,

In the courtyard below, the carriage slowly drove away from the courtyard as the windproof lamps swayed back and forth.

"At first I thought he had really changed, but eventually I looked away. Weisz-Burst's tone was a little cold, "He's still that greedy. ”

"No one can change their character. Sir Bipp's voice was calm, "You are still too young to be in such a hurry. He sighed, "But that's okay, he doesn't seem to be paying much attention to it." ”

"He has long been frightened by His Majesty's prestige, and now he is not a clown, and when he loses his value, His Majesty will abandon him mercilessly. Weiz Burst's expression of disdain was unmistakable, "Whoever dares to covet ink even for military spending on the front line should go to hell." ”

"What do you think of the Chamber of Commerce he just mentioned?" the old knight obviously didn't want to talk about his former boss in front of his juniors, "tell me what you really think." ”

Weisz-Burst looked at the flickering street lamps on the street in the distance, and looked at the hazy city in the heavy rain, and his voice seemed a little ethereal, "If I'm not mistaken, that cunning old fox of Daisily intends to do inland trade and South Sea trade. He played with a glittering blue ball in his left hand, "Since the fall of the Ella family in the Hoko Islands, the kingdom's trade in the South and East China Seas has stopped for almost three years, and inland trade has been paralyzed by Daric Danny's betrayal. ”

"He wanted to take advantage of this meeting to pave a 'golden road', but he had to rely on the power of the prime minister's government and... The power in the hands of the various families. "We're not really paying attention to him, he and his followers have long since become the focus of His Majesty's attention, and the Pombo family is destined to become history in this transformation." ”

Sir Bipp had been listening attentively from the time Weisz Burstt had begun to speak, and he had not commented on these words, and four or five seconds after Weisz Burst's words had stopped, the old sir said calmly: "I ask you your opinion on the establishment of a business guild, not on Daisily Pombo." ”

"I thought you heard me. Weiz Burster shrugged.

"Maybe, but I need you to say it yourself. ”

"I agreed to set up a chamber of commerce, Daisily Pombo is greedy, but he is really smart, this is really an opportunity, an opportunity to regain the initiative. Weiz Burst's eyes stared motionless at the rain outside the window, the gloom of the environment completely unable to hide the sparkle of his eyes.

"Remember what I just said?" said the old sir, still unrecognizable, "and soon, the kingdom will have more complete laws to restrain merchants from delving too deeply into politics. He looked earnestly at the juniors in front of him, "In other words, the state administrators that Your Majesty needs are still us, not the group of businessmen." ”

"Merchants are only tools for His Majesty to unblock trade and strengthen the country's strength, not the basis for their survival... The data provided by the Marquis of Daisiri is completely correct, in our struggle with the merchants, although His Majesty is busy with commercial reform and attacking his opponents, when we clash with the merchants and cross the line, His Majesty will first strike at the merchants' forces and spare no effort to preserve our strength. ”

The old knight looked at Weiz Burst, looked at him very seriously, and asked, "I'm sure you should have discovered this too." ”

Weiz Burst looked at the old man and replied with a serious expression, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be here." ”

"Very well, do you still want to start a chamber of commerce?"

"I know what you're thinking. Weiz Burst immediately said: "We don't have to come forward to form a chamber of commerce ourselves, we can find agents, we can even get Kawalburg to take a stake..."

"It's a dangerous game, young man. Sir Bipp couldn't help but interrupt: "Your Majesty is young, but he has wisdom that we do not have, and the reason why Edwin Fellin and the group of merchants behind him were able to deceive His Majesty was because His Majesty allowed them to deceive, and when His Majesty began to refuse one day, no one could escape." ”

Weiz Brew frowned when he heard this, and after a few seconds of silence, he said stubbornly, "But I'm still not willing to give up this opportunity... I hope you don't stop it. ”

"Ahh I will not stop you, but the Prime Minister's Government does not have your place, and the Secretary-General's position should be given to your younger brother. ”

"This..."Weiz-Burst's face changed, and he subconsciously looked at the old man next to him, but the other party didn't seem to plan to continue talking about this issue, and walked briskly towards the study desk.

Weiz Burst looked at the old man's back and immediately understood that the other party was going to let him choose.

Is it to be a businessman, or to enter the prime minister's government?

You can only choose one of the two, not both!

He leaned against the window and thought for five or six minutes, then went to the desk and sat down to stare at Sir Bipp and said, "For the sake of the gods, is there no room for negotiation?"

"I don't want to see the police arrest you on my desk one day, think of Daisily Pombo, think of the corpses in the old mulberry tree outside the city, didn't each of them be as confident as you are when they first made their decisions, but in the end?"

The old man shook his head and said in a very resolute tone: "Don't think too much of yourself, and don't think of yourself too smartly, a few strokes of Your Majesty's pen can change your fate, if you really want to do something, don't have any unrealistic ideas." ”

"Well... I understand. Weiz Brew let out a sigh of relief, looked at the old sir for more than ten seconds, and said, "I still don't want to give up this opportunity, my brother will come to you tomorrow." ”

"Very well, you should know my request, right?"

"Of course, I promise that the police department will not find my trouble, nor yours. ”