The knight is gone.

The town of flowers has returned to its former tranquility of the morning light, but the town administration is very lively, and the officials and knights of the port town and the town of flowers are all gathered here, and the meeting is presided over by Galtai's advisors.

"Isaiah, Blair, you first talk about the financial situation of the two towns, and then we can arrange the gold subsidy for the support of the lord. ”

Isaiah begins by saying, "The income of the town of flowers is roughly as follows...... The expenses of Flower Town are roughly as follows...... In general, the turnover of the town is very high, but to bear the consumption of the castle and the Black Horse Island, the loss is about five or more gold coins per day, and at least one hundred and fifty gold coins need to be subsidized a month. ”

The construction of Flower Town has stagnated slightly, and most of the industries are constantly making money. It's a pity that the main projects are either mortgaged or have limited production capacity and cannot be used as cash cows to keep withdrawing. Coupled with the daily consumption of the castle and the construction materials to support the Black Horse Island, it is indeed difficult to operate.

Blair continued: "The main source of income for the port town at present is only the rubber produced by the rubber trees and the pottery and charcoal from the brick factory...... The expenditure of the port town needs to be undertaken for the comprehensive construction of Heima Island, and there is a shortage of people, materials and money for various projects...... Lose at least fifteen gold coins a day. ”

Rubber production is not high, and the brick factories have to meet the demand for territory.

Dark Horse Island is also a construction of various industries going hand in hand, and it is already a very healthy financial situation to be able to maintain a daily loss of only fifteen gold coins.

The two administrative officers each reported on the situation of their territories.

Galtai cleared his throat and said, "Your Excellency has allocated a total of 2,300 gold coins to the territory treasury, and I plan to use the total price of 500 gold coins to store food. According to the will of the adults, it is necessary to store enough food for 10,000 new serfs, plus the existing people in the territory, to meet the needs of 15,000 people. ”

"Advisor, we are constantly hoarding food, and the price of food will definitely increase significantly, and I think that a thousand gold coins can hoard enough food, even if it is lucky. Blair argues against Galtai's ideas from a different angle.

Isaiah also corroborates this: "I have spoken to the captain of the flower caravan Abagon, and it is indeed becoming more and more difficult to obtain grain, and we cannot expect the lords of the foreign land, like the lords of Coral Island, to sell us grain at a fair price. ”

Contradicted by two administrative officers.

Galtai was a little upset, but he still nodded: "Then use a thousand gold coins as a budget to store grain." With this topic over, we move on to the next topic, the allocation of funds for various industries. ”

......

The town administration is in a meeting.

There was also a small meeting in the castle, in addition to Butler Carter, Mrs. Mawson, and Mrs. Abbey, as well as Chrissy Truth, Abagon, Charlotte, and other caravan captains.

Carter was the first to say: "Your Excellency Chrissy is busy, let's start with the purchase of magic books, the purchase price of the book is 1,000 gold coins, of which 400 are for the purchase of knights and 600 for the purchase of magic books. Mainly deals with Mr. Elkeson, and requires the chairmanship of His Excellency Chrissy. ”

Chrissy's temperament was incompatible with the servants, she just sat aside, and said lightly: "Mr. Carter, Lord Viscount told me that when Your Excellency Elkeson comes to the town to trade, you can notify me, and I will complete the quotation for each magic book." ”

"That's the best. ”

"So, if there's nothing to do, I'll leave first. ”

On the way back, she was in a trance.

The thoughts in my heart were a little confused: "I feel that I seem to have touched cognitive bias recently, according to the "Three-State Magic Array and Reality Interaction Theory", this is a sign of the transition from a static magic array to a dynamic magic array, but unfortunately my accumulation is still weak, and I need more magic references." ”

She thought again of the time when Liszt had come to get the potions yesterday.

What I said to myself: "Chrissy, I don't have the money to build a mage tower for you right now, but you can buy any magic books you want, and besides, I will ask Elkeson to find a sufficient spell casting plan for your reference." I hope you can advance to the rank of Grand Magician as soon as possible. ”

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but breathe a little roughly: "The value of a magician is too low, I can't disappoint Liszt, only by promoting the Great Magician, can I repay him for saving my life, and the smile he usually has...... I have dedicated my body and soul to the truth......"

Many of Liszt's voices and smiles flashed in his mind.

She gradually showed a longing expression, and her eyes were full of warmth: "But I still want to see him smile every day." ”

......

On the sea.

Huge white shells spread out.

Ake held a trumpet and blew it softly, looking a little wistful. Nami, the mangrove elf, held a peanut nougat and gnawed on it.

At Nami's feet, the dark green kelp worms swam in circles around her, and the gills on the back of her neck were closed one by one, which was very cheerful. The kelp worm has a lumpy leg on its abdomen, which is also flatter than the normal elven worm's feet, allowing it to swim quickly.

Soon.

Ah Ke put away the trumpet, touched Nami, and then touched the kelp worm, and took a deep breath: "Let's go, Nami, kelp worm, let's catch more elf worms, and give him a big surprise when my brother comes back!"

Of course, Liszt didn't know that the little kraken was going to have a surprise for himself.

He's come to the port of Coral City.

After counting his members of the Order, he boarded the Tulip, the flagship of the Coral Island fleet. When all the knights, servant knights, and supplies had boarded their respective ships, the mighty fleet immediately set off on the blue sea and advanced again towards Iron Hoof Island.

Liszt was busy keeping Shaker and Eight Little Ones in the hold to keep them from running around, and Loki the chocobo, with wheat and soybeans, was also locked in the cabin, enjoying the life of being in the cabin.

Subsequently.

As is customary.

All the nobles came to the Tulip for a meeting chaired by the Count, and the topic of the meeting was the distribution of the spoils.

Among them, the basic principle of war exploits is to distribute according to work, and to get more for more work, less for less work, and no work for nothing. The basic principle of the materiel is that whoever grabs it belongs to whom, but one-third must be allocated for the death of the Knights.

At the same time, it is also stipulated that the looted mineral resources are forbidden to be sold to mercenary groups, and must be handed over to the state treasury for unified distribution by the Grand Duke - the biggest purpose of the annual development order is to rob the minerals.

The distribution of the spoils of war was clarified, and the nobles dispersed and returned to their ships.

Liszt suddenly thought of a question and asked the earl, "Father, are those mercenary groups trustworthy?"

"From my years of experience, it doesn't matter whether you trust or distrust, as long as they can help us trade, some losses can be bearable. ”

"If I were the lord of the Eagle Kingdom, I would never let the mercenary group develop. ”

"Huh. The Earl finally found a sense of superiority, "Liszt, you are still a little naïve, whether it is the mercenary group of the Eagle Kingdom or the pirates of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, there must be a reason for their existence. To sum up, it's all profit-driven. ”