With a wave of his hand, the maid in charge of changing clothes was dismissed, and Todd took his own robe and began to put it on.

Huggins frowned at the king's actions, opened his mouth, and finally said nothing.

"The Holy Acropolis is coming for help, what happened?"

Huggins shook his head: "I don't know, they said they would talk about the details after meeting you." ”

"The envoys of the Acropolis, where do you live now?" Todd tugged at the cuffs of his clothes, feeling that the cut was a little too tight.

Huggins listened intently to the crowd outside the door, and said to Todd, "Today is not a good time to meet them, listen, I'm afraid half of the city's residents are gathered outside...... As for the group of people in the Holy Acropolis, they rented a few peasant shacks on the outskirts of the eastern city......"

Hearing Huggins's words, Todd raised his head in astonishment: "On the outskirts of the eastern city, the farmer's shack, you didn't arrange a place for the envoys?"

"The envoy corps of the Holy Acropolis is the first envoy received by the Twilight Kingdom, how can we be lazy. Huggins seemed to remember something, and said with a wry smile, "Those people were placed in the Hall of Believers in the Twilight Cathedral. ”

"Then how did they end up in the immigration area?"

"The people of the Holy Acropolis just borrowed the shelter but refused our food. For the first two days, they ate at their own expense in the city, but then they bought their own vegetables and cooked on their own fires, and in the end, they simply moved out of the city and into a shack outside the city. ”

Todd's face was inexplicably strange.

Seeing his expression, Huggins simply stopped playing dumb riddles, but said directly: "The Holy Acropolis advocates military power and despises agriculture, industry and commerce, and the subjects there are not as rich as our country. ”

"This time, their envoys miscalculated the prices of the city in the twilight city, causing the funds they carried to quickly run out, and they had no choice but to live in a resettlement area with relatively low price levels. ”

Todd's eyes straightened when he heard this, he never thought that a country's envoys would actually move to the suburbs in order to save money.

Thinking of this, Todd suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ran to the changing room of the large bath, and from the old clothes that he had changed, he found the "tyrant" given to him by Leviathan.

Looking at this spherical object that looked like amber, Huggins looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see what it was, so he had to ask, "Your Majesty, what is this?"

Todd carefully put the Tyrant in his pocket and whispered, "This is a treasure that can change the whole world......

As soon as the freshly groomed and refreshed King of Twilight stepped out of the bath door, it became the focus of everyone's attention.

The crowd stood on both sides of the street in the distance, cheering loudly in the direction Todd appeared.

The soldiers lined up in a formation and acted as a human wall to maintain order for the king.

Officials gathered near the gate, watching carefully at the king, who had not appeared in public for half a year.

Todd looked around at the people he knew, including Cumberland, Emerson, Terrence, Joe, Ragren, Mary, and many other faces he was familiar with.

Cumberland stared at Todd with a bad look, and the words he said seemed to suppress his emotions: "Your Majesty, now that your bath is over, it's time for everyone to sit down for a meeting, and you can just share what you have seen during this time!"

After saying that, Cumberland came to Todd's side without saying anything, half-pushed and half-pulled the latter into the carriage, and the group set off slowly along the avenue.

The Council of the Kingdom was no longer held at the headquarters of the Order, but in a half-built royal palace.

Looking at the conference hall in front of him, which was wide enough to be used for a basketball game, Todd sat on the throne, and sincerely admired: "What a magnificent project!"

Huggins crouched down and whispered in the king's ear: "The construction of this castle has condensed the power of the entire Duxi Kingdom, from design to planning, from greening to painting, every brick and tile here is the result of the voluntary labor of all residents. ”

Todd nodded vigorously.

The people gathered in the hall were all core members of the kingdom, and Cumberland was the first to speak, and he said bluntly: "Your Majesty, let's save us from the process of greeting each other. All of you here have a common doubt in your heart, what have you done in the past six months when you left the entire kingdom?!"

Todd scratched his head, he knew that he would definitely have to answer the question when he came back this time, but he also knew that no matter how he answered, it would not be a satisfactory answer.

He turned his face to Emerson, "Do you remember when we discussed a topic – the limits of kingdom expansion?"

Seeing Emerson fall into deep thought, Todd said to everyone: "When the territory of the kingdom expands to a certain limit, if you want to continue to expand, it will inevitably greatly increase the administrative cost and cause information asymmetry between the central and local governments. ”

"In the current environment, there are also solutions, one is to move the capital, change the administrative coverage circle, one is to change the way of information communication, improve the efficiency of communication between the upper and lower levels, and the last way is to establish a puppet regime. ”

Todd then focused on the relationship between the kingdoms of Ulster, Connaught, and the southern tribes, and gave an overview of some of the recent events that have happened in the north.

After listening to Todd's words, Cumberland pondered for a moment and said, "In other words, Your Majesty, you have cultivated a puppet regime among the southern tribes in the barbarian territory during this time?"

Emerson picked up the old knight's words and continued, "And this regime controls a considerable number of gladiators, and has a strong appeal among the barbarian tribes?"

Cumberland thought about it, but still asked uncertainly, "Is the leader of this puppet regime reliable? Can he really submit to the Kingdom of Dusk, and will not get out of control?"

Todd nodded without hesitation.

The leader of another puppet regime is Todd himself, which he really can't say, otherwise he would have to explain why he wants to use someone else's identity.

Cumberland rubbed his chin with his palm: "If Your Majesty, you are so confident in controlling the puppet regime, then this power is definitely good news for the kingdom. ”

Emerson then said: "I agree, with this force as a buffer zone, we can have a certain ability to prevent the invasion of the northern barbarians, and if necessary, we can use the banner of the barbarians to contain the attention of the church. The kingdom should do its utmost to ensure the security and development of this force. ”

Looking at Todd's smug appearance, Cumberland pinched his temples with a headache: "Your Majesty, the matter that has not returned for half a year is over." At the moment, the North Island Civil War and the Holy Acropolis Mission are the two most important things at the moment. The former affects the kingdom's maritime trade routes and economic security, while the latter determines whether Twilight will have an additional ally or a new enemy. ”

Cumberland looked at Todd and asked, "Your Majesty, which problem do you want to solve first?"

Todd made a fist with his right hand, held his chin, thought for a long time, and said, "Inform the envoys of the Holy Acropolis that the night after tomorrow." I will entertain them in the royal palace. ”