"Is that so? Then we'll tell you the same. We don't live in the castle, but we're educated by the Kaslana family! Luna simply started kneading Xiu's face as if she were kneading dough.

"Don't I still have a sister, my sister is much better than me! You should be following your sister's orders in the future, right? Xiu laboriously made his pronunciation more standard and clear, "Sister Luna, you're rubbing me, I can't speak..."

"It's Luna! Otherwise, don't let go! Luna bared her teeth and said fiercely.

"Luna," Xiu said pitifully.

"Good~" Luna let go of her hand in satisfaction, "Your face is too soft, it's so comfortable to rub it~"

Xiu didn't say a word, just covered her face and looked at Luna.

"Alright, alright" Luna rubbed her soft hair, her big eyes curled into a pair of beautiful crescents, and her small thin lips pursed into a gentle smile.

Andrew sighed, "It's different. No matter how powerful the Valkyrie is, she will not become the patriarch, at most she will become the Holy Maiden of Destiny. The patriarch of every family is a man. ”

"Why? Isn't it okay for women? "Xiu is strange.

"It's not that it can't be, it's... What do you say?" Andrew rubbed his fingers and chin to figure out what to say.

"Because once you become the patriarch, you have to deal with the nobles." A voice suddenly sounded behind Xiu.

The three of them turned around and saw Carlos carrying black bread like a knife.

"Hi Carlos." Andrew greeted Carlos, "I remember you went to the cafeteria, how did you get to the dormitory." ”

"I'm done." Carlos waved the black bread in his hand, "I took a few loaves of bread and ate it quickly." Why are you so slow? ”

"It's you, Carlos. We're chatting, and we're walking more slowly. Luna looked at the black bread in Carlos' hand, seemingly helpless.

Xiu also saw it, he looked at the black bread and asked with a twitch in the corner of his eyes, "Carlos?" You're eating brown bread again! ”

He still remembers the "rattle" of Carlos chewing the black bread like a stone

"This? This time it's not me who eats it, it's for my horse. Carlos waved the bread in his hand a few times, and made a "whew, whew" sound that broke through the air. There is no doubt that this thing must be as painful as a wooden stick.

"Marco likes to eat brown bread, perhaps because of the wheat in it." Carlos held the bread aloft aloft. In the afterglow of the setting sun, a little crumb of black bread dropped.

Xiu looked at Carlos in an uncertain posture, and thought for a long time that he didn't understand what the meaning was, so he didn't want to.

"Carlos, what did you just say?"

"Oh, there are a lot of things to take care of after being the patriarch, and the most troublesome thing is to deal with the nobles of various countries. There are many complicated and onerous places to pay attention to, and women can easily suffer in this regard, so the patriarch is generally held by men. ”

"And... Aristocracy to deal with? Can you say more about "Xiu doesn't know this"? ”

"I don't know much about the specifics," Carlos shrugged helplessly, "That's what the old chief of my village said." He didn't say much, and I knew that. ”

"I know better... Not enough is also limited. Andrew rubbed his chin with his index finger and thought, "According to my father's words, the patriarch is to take care of all the Caslana people's food, clothing, shelter, transportation, daily money, passes to various countries, and so on. Because Kaslana's branches have been living on the Honkai front, their lives will become a big problem, so the patriarch will give each of Kaslana's branches a living expenses to buy things, so they need to make good relations with a large number of nobles, lords, generals and even merchants... My father said a lot, but I can't remember. In order to carry out the mission of the Mandate of Heaven, it is inevitable to rely on the power of local nobles to fight against Honkai, and it is inevitable that it will be involved. ”

"Is it because the nobles are also in business?" Xiu asked.

"No, on the contrary, the nobles themselves are not in business. They all think that businessmen are lowly and disgraceful. But they welcomed merchants to trade in their realms, because then they could receive more taxes and earn more money. ”

"Is Destiny in business?" Xiu asked.

"Of course! My father, like me, had no way to go to the Honkai Front, but he could do business, so he helped Destiny take care of business on behalf of the Kaslana family. Do you know what my father is in charge of? Maritime Trade! The maritime trade route of the ancient country that Mr. Aguila said! It's profitable! My father used to talk at home about how wonderful the trade route was. You must know that the income of this business road alone accounts for 30% of the income of Destiny every year! ”

"It's only three percent," Xiu frowned.

"Not much!" Andrew exclaimed, "Do you know what this thirty percent means!" Take the country as an analogy, many times the income of the Mandate of Heaven is almost equal to half of the tax revenue of France! Do you know how much France earns in a year? At its best, there are tens of millions of gold coins! "Andrew made it look like he was going to educate and cultivate.

"That's a lot!" Xiu didn't know what those gold coins meant, he only knew that there were a lot of numbers.

"It's a lot, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to going on the road at sea!" Andrew's nose turned up in the sky, as if the trade route was opened by him, "The vastness and prosperity of the maritime trade route is not what you can imagine!" The daily trading units at various trading points along the entire maritime trade route can be measured in florin gold coins! Nearly a million florin gold coins in one day! Can you imagine it in a year? Gold everywhere! Andrew said this, and involuntarily closed his eyes, as if he was intoxicated by something.

"Where does the rest of Destiny's income come from?"

"Well," Andrew snapped as he snapped his fingers against his chin.

"In addition to maritime trade, of course, there is also land trade. The Mandate of Heaven established its own chamber of commerce on land, with the participation of the three major families. However, the income of the land chamber of commerce is very unstable, and there are too many factors that can affect trade, which accounts for about one to two percent. Well... In addition to this, there are offerings from believers. But this, the income is not much, and many times those offerings can also support ordinary people, godfathers, nuns and church repairs. Oh, and there's the money from the kingdoms. This also accounts for about 30%. ”

"Funds allocated by the Kingdom?" Xiu couldn't understand, "Why do other kingdoms give money to the mandate of heaven?" ”

"Who do you think Honkai is fighting? Can ordinary people beat Honkai! Andrew put on the appearance of educating children again, "Destiny is an organization, a big organization!" But the Mandate of Heaven is also made up of people, and it is also to live! A long time ago, the Mandate of Heaven signed treaties with various countries that ordinary people did not know about. I don't know the specifics, but it goes something like this: to deal with the collapse of other countries in the Mandate of Heaven, other countries will be asked for the right to enter the country in advance. If not, then it's up to them to face it. If the Mandate of Heaven is allowed, it will enter the process. But after processing, that country has to pay. ”

"But later, because this system was too slow, it took several days just to ask for an entry permit, and at that time, the raging Honkai Beasts or the Dead Warriors had already caused a lot of damage, and then it directly became a contract mode. The Mandate of Heaven can enter and leave the country at any time, and it must also be resolved at any time to deal with the collapse that will occur. But each country pays a percentage of the Mandate of Heaven's annual tax, or 500,000 florins per year. As long as there is a collapse within the country that signed the treaty, the Mandate of Heaven Organization will definitely solve it. Countries that do not sign treaties will not allow the Mandate of Heaven to enter, and the Mandate of Heaven will ignore it. ”

"What if that country can't resist the Honkai and doesn't turn to Destiny for help?"

"Then he can ask for help from other countries, but it will be more expensive. If you'd rather die than ask for help... So what can we do? If you go to save it, you will be mouthed out afterwards. The most we can do is ensure the survival of the commoners, and select those who can serve as Valkyries to be accepted into the Mandate of Heaven. There's only so much we can do. ”

"Why don't you arrange more people?"

"Xiu, you're naïve." This time it was Carlos who spoke: "If this is the case, it is also a matter of someone else's country." For example, your sister said that you were embarrassed at most when someone said that you were in poor health. What would you think if someone came to you and said you were in poor health? Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely think: what is my body, what is your business, why did you come in and point fingers. ”

Xiu thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he nodded.

"So if a man had been the patriarch from the beginning, there wouldn't have been any trouble?"

Andrew nodded, then shook his head: "I can't say that, it's just a little less." Women, especially beautiful women, are always prone to more problems. Because the aristocracy is generally men. If you want to deal with it, you almost always come into contact with men. I have heard that Miss Karene was born very beautiful, and if you think about it, what would your sister do if she went to a nobleman for help, and the nobleman asked your sister to marry him? If your sister asks for more than one person, but every nobleman says so, what should your sister do? Marry them equally? So, if it's a man, there's no such thing as a bother..."Then Andrew looked at Xiu.

"Xiu, I didn't find it, although I'm still young, but take a closer look at you're quite handsome, I've heard that some nobles like men. Maybe you'll also have troubles than... Yes!!!!!! Andrew was suddenly hit to the floor, he lay on the ground and rolled vigorously with his head in his hands!! It hurts!! It hurts me!!! ”

Carlos silently withdrew the black bread that was still trembling in his hand, blew the non-existent ash, and a few black bread crumbs fell.

"You deserve to die!" Luna looked at Andrew angrily, "Can you speak!" Don't teach bad repair! ”

Xiu looked at Andrew, who was rolling all over the ground, and looked up at Luna: "What do you mean by a good man?" ”

Carlos raised the black bread in his hand again, and Luna directly made up for Andrew, and the long boots stepped on Andrew's stomach: "Look at you! Xiu has been taught by you! Luna pulled Hugh and ignored Andrew, who was hunched over like a shrimp, and left directly.

"Xiu, I'll forget everything Andrew said, understand!" Luna's eyes were full of tenderness as she looked at Xiu, and her smile was full of kindness. But Xiu couldn't help but shudder.

He had seen the smile on Susanna's face.

Xiu nodded hurriedly and made a good baby's appearance.

Luna nodded in satisfaction.

"Go, eat, leave him alone." Luna pulls Xiu and Carlos.

"I've eaten it!" Carlos said.

"Then eat again!"