The May breeze has a hint of summer in it, and the temperature is not too high, but it is refreshing and pleasant. www.biquge.info Early in the morning, the cuckoo's call woke Takehito, and when he opened his eyes, he smelled a refreshing fragrance. He put on a long gown and opened the window, and the pink moon, purple irises, white roses, and yellow daisies came into view.

Governor Olaf Kruger collected flowers from all over the world in the atrium of the Doge's Palace, turning it into a garden. It's just that the colour scheme is hard to agree with, and the gardener said that it was the Governor's own design, and that his colour palette of flowers is much more elaborate than that of a third-rate painter's art.

"It's like a dish, it's all sweet and sour. Takehito smiled bitterly and sniffed, "The sense of taste and smell is numb." ”

The attendant brought today's breakfast, fried bread, bananas, eggs, and raisins, and when he heard Takehito's words, he looked at him in fear: "My lord, did the little one do something wrong?

Takeren looked at the frightened attendant, in terms of age, he was much younger than the attendant, this attendant was a Rhodes, and he was honest. Wu Ren looked at the breakfast, thought of what he had just said, tried his best to hold back a laugh, and shook his head: "No, the food is very much to my liking." "If you have a bowl of porridge, it would be nice to bring me a scallion oil flatbread.

Many of the administrative officials and chefs in the Doge's Palace were Rhodes, and no one knew how to cook Sunset Province specialties. Fortunately, after staying in the academy for a long time, Takehito gradually got used to the food habits of the empire. He hurriedly finished his breakfast and went out. Along the way, unlike the attendants who delivered the food, the guards saluted very perfunctorily when they saw him. He was accustomed to it, and the Rhodes were not used to him, and they couldn't figure out why Governor Olaf Kruger had invited him to move into the Doge's Palace.

"Starting today, Takehito, the Imperial Magician of the 101st Legion and the hero who repelled the landing of the Polar Regions, officially joins my Governor's Mansion as an adjutant of peace and administrative advisor. "Governor Olaf stood on the table, held a ceramic teacup, drank a sip of fine black tea, and announced the appointment at the meeting. After that, the Governor rushed to Thundercastle for the Imperial Celebrations.

Takeren pushed open the door, and there were 5 people sitting in the conference hall, all of them were administrative officials of the Governor's Palace: Sheriff Harrington was drinking flower tea, his beard was stained with broken rose petals, the internal affairs officer Paul was yawning, Governor Olaf was not there, he tried his best to be lazy, the tax officer Bauer was holding a thick stack of ledgers, scribbling something with a quill pen, the chief craftsman Huber saw Takeren coming, glanced at him and moved his chair, as if he was unwilling to sit next to Takeren, only Master Karl nodded to him.

"Oh, our advisor, the darling of the Governor, is here. Harrington said in a strange way, "A hero who plays with the elements. ”

Paul didn't even have the interest to look up at Takehito, his fat belly sank under the table, and he continued to sleep with his head down.

"Alright, everyone is here, quiet. Master Karl took out a piece of paper and waved it in his hand, "There's something urgent, so we can't waste our time." The celebrations of the empire were held in the capital, letters were sent from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and His Majesty the Emperor ordered that celebrations should be held in all major provinces of the country, and there should be no slackness. ”

As soon as the bachelor's words fell, the tax officer Bauer closed the account book heavily, and said worriedly: "I heard that the budget of Thunder Castle was 3 million imperial marks at the beginning, and the emperor asked for a quadruple increase. Oh my God, our province's finances are very tight, and 1 million Reichsmarks are extravagant to hold a celebration. Hey, Paul, don't sleep, it's your House Affairs Department, right?"

Paul wiped the saliva from the corners of his mouth and pushed the burden back: "How much money can be done, so the source is still with the tax officer." ”

"Some time ago, a special tax for celebrations has been levied, and to collect taxes in this name again, I'm afraid it's not just an incident where a few tax collectors were beaten. Bauer scratched his forehead with a quill pen, and his forehead was covered with forehead lines.

Sheriff Harrington combed his beard, trying to clean the end of the rose petals on it, his tone was still yin and yang: "Damn it, there is not so much trouble in other provinces to hold celebrations, those remnants will not let go of this opportunity, the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Rhodes Empire is not equivalent to the 100th anniversary of the fall of the Rising Sun Empire?" After speaking, he also glanced at Takeren meaningfully and asked, "You said right, Your Excellency Advisor?"

That's right, it's tantamount to sprinkling salt on the hearts of the people. Takehito's heart tightened, the Revenge faction would go crazy, and the devil knew what they would do.

Takehito noticed the sarcasm in his colleagues' eyes, but he didn't want to clash with them. He nodded and said slowly, "Lord Harrington is right, it is too risky to hold a celebration in Yuhua City. This is tantamount to pouring salt in their hearts, so that more centrist wait-and-see factions and conservatives who maintain the status quo will side with the Restorationists. ”

"You say 'them'?" Harrington looked Takehito up and down, "The Wizard Academy is really powerful, after 3 years of staying, do you think you are a noble Rhodes?"

"Hey, Your Excellency the Sheriff, I remind you that Takehito is a magician of the Empire, and Lieutenant General Dai Ken personally awarded him the medal. Maester Karl tapped on the table.

Harrington snorted angrily and said, "I remember that he was the Governor's darling, and he was a good dog. It is more difficult to make the remnants of the Rising Sun Empire happily participate in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the fall of the kingdom than to make people abandon the god of light and convert to the seven. ”

"Rightly so, the Grand Knight Buck Browning built a church for the God of Light, but Emperor Rhodes soon abandoned the Old Gods and converted to the Seven Gods. It is also convenient to smash the statues of the old gods in the church and replace them with the statues of the seven gods. The chief craftsman likened changing people's minds to rebuilding a church, "but those remnants are stubborn, and 100 years will not make them give up their delusions of restoring the country." ”

Paul yawned, and he finally slept to his heart's content: "In other words, Bauer took out 1 million Reichsmarks, and we divided a few of them, and then the bachelor wrote a letter to report the celebration to the Governor-General." Edit, when he comes back, the celebration has passed, he has dealt with His Majesty the Emperor, we have money to make, why not?"

"Bastard, what nonsense!" Master Karl said as he looked out the door and lowered his voice, "Beware of the ears of the wall, Paul, Bill Newton's minions are all over the Empire. ”

"You mean that clown, a fat man fatter than me?" Paul waved his hand, "Damn, why are you so afraid of him?"

"Nicknamed 'Chameleon', he is good at reading words and colors, and he is even better at finding out news in the shadows. Master Karl's voice was low, "If you don't want to be accused, you can control your tongue." ”

"I'd like to ask, is there any magic that can change the minds of those remnants?" Harrington snorted and asked Takehito, "Hero, is there such magic?"

Takeren chose his words carefully, Governor Olaf had high hopes for him, he did not want to clash with his colleagues, and on the contrary, he felt that with him, he had a duty to avoid the obvious tragedy. "We can choose a way that everyone can accept, such as holding a flower festival," he proposed. We can hold a traditional flower festival in the park to save money and celebrate. You can enjoy the flowers, go on an outing, and even if the Governor asks, we can say that it was held for the Imperial Festival. ”

Takehito's proposal was adopted, and on May 15, the day of the imperial celebration in the capital, a lively flower god festival was held in the park of Gokhwa Castle.

Built in the 26th year of the Imperial Calendar and designed by the Heinrich family of Orlando, the park combines exaggerated towering spires with colorful glazed tiles to create a church surrounded by different species of trees that bloom throughout the year. Open roads and huge fountains, as well as turquoise meadows, make up the recreational character of the park, attracting many people for an outing.

On that day, the park attracted a large number of people, whether it was the remnants of the Rising Sun Empire or the Rhodes who lived and worked in the province, surrounded by flowers from all over the world. Children run among the roses, and the white, red, and yellow rose petals flutter in the wind. In the purple iris bushes, cats and dogs poke their heads out from time to time. Under the cherry blossom trees, people gather in groups of three or five, drinking and talking. Most of the remnant girls of the Rising Sun Empire wore light makeup, and the women of Rhodes often wore red makeup and were glamorous among the flowers, causing men to drool.

Wearing an off-white cotton robe, Takehito blended in with the crowd. In order to reduce the resentment of the common people, he proposed that most of the gendarmes should be on duty.

On the edge of the lake in the park, the surface of the lake is sparkling, and under the willow trees, there are many people around, some of them stretching their necks, some carrying the Reichsmark in their arms, smacking their lips. Takehito was in high spirits and came to the periphery of the crowd.

An old man with a boy, about 9 years old, blushed and shouted, and when the old man had collected the money, he handed the potpourri to the customer.

"I miss it so much, today is really rare. An old woman was on crutches and smiled, "The Flower God Festival, playing flower cakes, appreciating flowers, and worshipping the god of flowers, these festival traditions of the Rising Sun Empire, I thought they had been forgotten." ”

"How can we forget, they destroyed our country, can't extinguish our traditions, our culture!" A man dressed in a decent silk robe and holding a fan, "Our national spirit cannot be extinguished!"

His voice was impassioned and agitated, drawing applause.

"The Governor's Mansion doesn't know what's going on this time, holding the Flower God Festival, it feels like there is some conspiracy. A lean young man, with the corners of his mouth tilted upward, made no secret of his suspicion of the Doge's Palace.

Wu Ren smiled bitterly and shook his head. They were right, the Flower God Festival was just a pretense, the ******** of the Empire, and this was what the Rhodes wanted.

Wu Ren sighed softly.

"Rhodes, don't sell them!" the old man raised his voice, "The number of flower cakes is limited, and they don't sell foreigners." ”

", Rhodes. The people around him were in a hurry.

"Hey, I'm friendly, and not all Rhodes are vicious. The man spread his hands aggrievedly, "I just want to try the flower cake." ”

"Next. The old man said to the people behind him. The Rhodes man was pushed out.

Wu Ren was stunned for a moment, it was Carl's bachelor. Master Karl blushed when he saw Takehito. Takeren winked, and after a while, the flower cake he had just bought arrived in the hands of Master Karl.

The two walked on the boulevard, laughing and laughing beside them. Master Karl held the flower cake in the palm of his hand, squinted his eyes, and sniffed: "It's really fragrant, roses, daisies, well, there are some fragrances I can't tell." He licked it, then took a big bite and said vaguely, "Thank you, Advisor, this cake is delicious." ”

"What do you think of the idea of holding a flower god festival?" asked Takehito tentatively.

"Hey, to be honest, it worked out unexpectedly. The bachelor licked his lips, "The tax officer Bauer smiled, the park is free, which means that the venue is free, listening to your words, the park has set aside a sales area, whether it is a Rhodes people or the remnants, after approval, they can do business, which is equivalent to increasing taxes." We're just out of the flowers and the florist's money. Look, beaming with joy. ”

Takehito looked around, and throughout the park, most of the people were smiling, and the Rhodes were interspersed among the remnants, haggling over the goods. Adults drink, poems, and enjoy flowers, children fly kites by the lake, and girls worship the god of flowers, hanging ribbons and five-colored paper on flower branches.

Regardless of country, race, or color, everyone is laughing. Take the road that no one has gone before. Takehito remembered Governor Olaf's words. Yes, I'm going to find a way to make everyone laugh from the bottom of their hearts.