"W-These are all done by the chief deacon?"

"Yes, basically whenever he has free time, he will do handicrafts here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zi Feng casually picked up a colored glazed teapot painted with a peony pattern and handed it over, and Wen Dao took it with some trepidation. In the past, when he was down, Wen Dao had worked in an antique shop that sold fakes, and was called by the shopkeeper to repair broken porcelain of the Republic of China.

The colored glazed teapot in his hand has a slender painting and rounded lines, even if it is an inexperienced Wendao, you can really feel the heart and effort of the maker to create things, and its quality is to leave those mass-produced inferior works far behind. It is no exaggeration to say that it is indeed a good product that is enough to present to Long Ji.

Wen Dao was a little speechless. Although he had long known that Thunder Roar was loyal to Long Ji, he did not expect to do so much for the lord. In a sense, a certain chief deacon is indeed an exemplary retainer.

"Actually, the work of 'Raizang' is quite famous. Zi Feng chuckled and flipped up the "Lei Zang" print on the bottom of the teapot to show Wen Dao. "A pot like this can easily be sold for more than 60,000 dong on the black market, and it is often in short supply. ”

"Sixty thousand dong is ......"

Although Wen Dao knew that the "shield" was the common unit of currency of the dragon collar, the value benchmark of the interstellar market was rather vague. Zi Feng, who was aware of this, explained in time.

"Sixty thousand dong, you can basically buy a Shengxi yacht equipped with a quantum engine, and it also comes with a dock. ”

"Sheng, Shengxi yacht?" Wen Dao shuddered when he heard this, and almost dropped the teapot on the ground.

"So, these can be regarded as the reserve assets of the Dragon Palace!" said something that didn't look like a joke as the head waiter looked at the room full of expensive porcelain with his glowing eyes. "When the daily budget of the Dragon Palace is not good, they will be sold on the black market, and I believe that they can absorb the deficit for several years in one fell swoop......"

"Stinky bitch, as long as I have a breath here, you don't want to touch half a hair of them!"

A fierce tone suddenly sounded behind him. Wen Dao turned his head in shock, only to see the chief deacon in the distance who had stopped what he was doing at some point, and was walking over with a wary face.

"Even if it is changed to a budget, it will serve His Highness, don't mind, don't mind. ”

"I don't mind if there are ghosts! These porcelains are all used by His Royal Highness, do you know how to write the word 'Imperial Use'? Selling them to others is simply blasphemy against His Highness!"

"But His Highness doesn't mind?"

"Your Highness doesn't mind that it's His Highness's mercy, as the chief deacon, I will never allow the treasures of the Dragon Palace to flow out!

"Stupid Thunder Roar, don't you know how difficult it is to maintain the budget of the Dragon Palace?

"Hmph! Maintaining the budget is originally the duty of the chief of the interior! The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also piled up a lot of requests for funds, right?"

"So, if you sell those, the budget pressure will be solved in one fell swoop!"

"Don't even think about it! I found that a few blue porcelain bowls are missing, hand them over!"

"Well, is there such a thing? Look closely, maybe you forgot somewhere?"

"Less nonsense! There is no one else who can touch my Thunder Hidden Mark except you who are the Lady of Paradise. ”

In the next quarter of an hour, the chief deacon and the chief chamberlain had a fierce and fruitful discussion about the disposal of the treasures of the Dragon Palace, from the internal budget to the external equipment, from the territorial tax to the border security.

The small thatched hut was swept into the strange whirlpool created by the two bigwigs, and the invisible storm that was difficult to discern to the naked eye danced arrogantly in the room, until the two sides of the dispute finally reached a phased consensus. Wen Dao, who was forced to participate in the whole process as a soy sauce crowd, barely understood this in trembling.

Probably, perhaps, Ryugu is really short of money.

"There's no way, after all, the Jade Dragon Territory is not open to trade and there is no interstellar industry, and the only life realm is not only the early civilization but also in the Ice Age, even if you want to do taxes, you can't do it. Zi Feng shrugged his shoulders and said in a bleak tone. "Basically, apart from the meager support from the Virtuous Dragon Lord, there is only regular tribute from the Harpy Federation to look forward to, and it is extremely hard to prepare a budget every year. ”

"Everything is according to the will of His Highness, and there shall be no complaints. Thunder roared coldly.

"Well, when it comes to taxes, I have something I'd like to report. ”

Wen Dao tried to raise his hand, and under the attention of Lei Roar and Zi Feng, he told the story of the Harpy merchant he met at the Lensta Liquor House and the other party's application for the dragon collar to collect trade tax. After listening to his story, the chief deacon and the chief chamberlain showed different expressions.

"Even if you set foot in the dragon collar without permission, you still dare to criticize His Highness's policy. The corners of Lei Roar's mouth pulled out a fierce arc, and said to Wen Dao in an accentuated tone. "The next time I meet, just bring them to the Dragon Palace, and I will teach them how to show respect to their master. ”

"Wait, isn't that good?" Zi Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he interjected with great interest. "If the border trade is opened and the transaction tax is levied, the revenue of the dragon collar will more than double or triple compared to the current one! The budget deficit and equipment renewal are not a problem!"

"The opening of borders requires the consent of His Highness, and the collection of transaction taxes requires the establishment of trading ports. Or can you start by budgeting for the construction of the trade port?"

"Uh......" When he heard the word "construction budget", Zi Feng's original flying expression suddenly withered, but he still tried to think about the rebuttal. "You don't need to make a budget, right? If you apply for a loan with future earnings as security, you can invest as much as you want in Starbank. ”

"Do you want those copper-covered guys to grasp the lifeblood of the dragon leader? Baixia Palace has not degenerated to the point where it needs to sell land. Thunder Roar frowned emphasized. "Besides, with the current situation of banditry on the border, there are no conditions for building a trading port at all. If you want to make your hard-earned money go down the drain, just give it a try!"

"Wouldn't it be better to send a guard to take down those guys?"

"With the current manpower of the garrison, Anshun is very busy just maintaining the orbit around Japan, otherwise he would not have let Gulambel break into the empty door for poachers. Noticing Zi Feng's expression of prophecy and stopping, Lei Roar hurriedly added another sentence. "There is no budget for the expansion of the garrison, and it is tight enough to update the equipment. ”

"What, isn't this a cycle of death?" Zi Feng said angrily.

"After all, it's the San Vano Empire that is behind it, and everything has to be taken into account. All in all, the construction of the trade port and the imposition of the transaction tax can only be prepared as a long-term policy, and it would be good to deal with the affairs of Kurumbel first. Lei Roar's gaze fell on Wen Dao, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Now that you've returned to Baixia Palace, the poacher's matter should be over, right?"

"Yes, yes. It was the first time for Wen Dao to make a debriefing report, so he took out the sorted report from the terminal bracelet and handed it to the chief deacon a little nervously. "I've written down all the details in the report, so please take a look at it. ”

"I'll see, and I'll see. ”

At the same time that Lei Roar took the report, Zi Feng next to him also leaned over with great interest.

"Hey, he's a midship-deacon in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so he has nothing to do with you, right?"

"Oh, he's a newcomer appointed by His Highness, and as the head of the chamberlain, I have to make sure that His Highness's expectations come true. ”

Zifeng insisted on holding on inch by inch. And when it came to Long Ji's expectations, Thunder Roar also had to take a step back. In the corner of the thatched hut is a rough wooden square table with miscellaneous items such as paints and pens resting on the square table. Under the influence of a certain sense of competition, the two Dragon Palace bigwigs used this square table as a desk and began to read Wen Dao's report on the spot.

(Wow, what is this...... NEW TRICKS OF SHAME PLAY...... ）

Lei Roar and Zi Feng read the report with great interest, but Wen Dao did not leave, and stood beside him in great embarrassment, feeling as if the love poem written in elementary school had been read out in public. Especially when he saw the chief waiter reading the report, he also conjured a pot of melon seeds in his hand and began to knock them up with relish, Wen Dao wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.

The experience lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, and Fumi-in-a-Ina's report detailed information from Castle Leubek to the Temple of Forgetfulness to the Imperial Base, and several encounters with poachers attracted the attention of the chief deacon and others, and many pages were repeatedly flipped. When the report was finally turned to the last page, the two Dragon Palace bigwigs also had a large number of melon seed shells piled up in front of their desks.

"Well, it's not bad. ”

Closing the report, Lei Roar, under Wen Dao's nervous attention, gave an evaluation of "acceptable results".

"What do you mean it's not bad, it's pretty good, right!?" Compared with the boss who was scornful, the chief waiter gave a more sincere compliment. "With such beautiful results on the first mission, I really deserve to be a newcomer appointed by His Royal Highness, and the future is really worth looking forward to. Why don't we take you to the Ministry of Internal Affairs now?"

"Well, there's actually still a problem...... "Wen Tao glanced at the deacon with a humble heart. "According to various traces, it is speculated that there should be a black hand of the San Vano Empire behind the poaching incident, and maybe something is being planned, but because of the black thorn stone spear, I can't catch the leader of the viper, I'm really sorry. ”

“…… It's no wonder you. After a moment of silence, Thunder Roar made a rare gesture of self-reproach. "Maybe I'm thinking things too simply. The San Vano Empire is gone, but I didn't expect even 'them' to intervene. ”