Josephine said: "When I came, His Majesty told me that the new forest nation recognizes the neutral status of Fuxing City and promises to be the enemy of Fuxing City, which is the enemy of the new forest country!" The forest country is willing to open all ports as treaty ports and trade with Fuxing City, but please give Fuxing City the most favored nation treatment in the forest country's policy, and the forest country will also give Fuxing City the lowest tariff! ”

Higg frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Mutual trade is the right thing to do, both sides reduce tariffs, and it is indeed conducive to the prosperity of commerce on both sides, but for now, you do not have the most favored nation treatment, if I promise you, it will be unfair to other merchants, not only disrupting the commercial system of Fuxing City, but you are also suspected of robbing other people's trade routes, which is to offend people!" I really want to help you, but Fuxing City's own customs policy is not a decoration, and I can't take the lead in blatantly violating it! Sosa, what can you do? ”

Sosa said: "If the city lord wants to give the forest country the most favored nation treatment, it may not be, but it needs to be flexible, city lord, do you really want to do this?" ”

Higg said: "Benjamin is my uncle, and the Forest Country is an ally of my Fifth Legion, I will find a way to help them in public and private, you say, so flexible?" ”

"Fuxing City still collects normal tariffs on merchants in the forest country, but part of the tariffs can be returned to the forest royal family, and the forest royal family will subsidize the tariffs on the merchants, won't it be solved?" "In the eyes of others, our trade with the forest country is still a normal tax, and others don't say anything. If the tariffs given by the forest country to the merchants of Fuxing City are the most favored nation treatment, then, according to the regulations, after three years, we and the forest country will automatically become the most favored nation of each other! ”

"How, Ambassador Josephine?" Higg said.

"Lord Sosa really lives up to his reputation, four or two thousand pounds, one sentence is solved, it seems that we are going to send a group of students to Fuxing College to learn the experience of Fuxing City!" Josephine said, "Thank you, Lord Lord, and one more thing, please help Lord Lord!" ”

"Okay, you say!" Higg smiled, but found Josephine glancing at him, smiled, and said, "The people here are all high-ranking officials in Fuxing City, and most of the decision-making power in Fuxing City is in their hands, if you don't say it to their faces, I can't promise you anything!" ”

Josephine, who wanted to make Higg dismiss Daniel, Charlie, and Sosa, smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, this matter has nothing to do with Fuxing City, but since the city lord thinks it doesn't matter, then I'll say it directly!" Your Majesty wants to send troops like Auguston next spring to unify the Forest Country with the might of the country, and ask the Marshal's Fifth Army to help! ”

"I'm afraid I really can't help it!" Higg said, "My Fifth Legion is now in a cage, with the Arad army to the south and the Barbarian Army on the back, and the enemy several times the size of the Fifth Legion has locked us up, and I have even been forced to transfer back the army of the Silent Forest, where can I have the leisure to take care of the civil war in your forest country?" Besides, this was originally a brotherly dispute, Benjamin is my uncle, and so is Auguston, a relative of a forest country, so it is inconvenient to interfere! ”

"We already know the plight of the Fifth Legion, and Your Majesty also wants to help, but the whip can't do it!" Josephine said, "But Marshal Higg has a close friendship with Field Marshal Shante of the Third Army, and is the closest to Auguston, can you please ask Lord Marshal to come forward and let Field Marshal Shante help a little?" ”

"This is out of the jurisdiction of my Fifth Legion, and it seems that Catherine should be approached to discuss this matter!" Higg said, "However, if you want, you can talk to Shante yourself, I will send someone to send a letter to Shante, just say more good things for you, as for Shante help or not, I really can't impose it on others!" ”

"With this letter from the marshal, then I am grateful, and I will be able to explain it to Your Majesty!" Josephine said, "I came in too haste, Your Majesty has personally selected a few gifts for the Lord and his wife, as well as the general and the two governors, and I hope you will laugh at them!" Come on, carry it up! ”

More than a dozen elves carried up six large boxes, put them in the center of the hall, and opened all the boxes, only to see that the objects contained in each box were different, respectively, a box of the best jade accessories, a box of night pearls, a pair of unknown daggers glowing with blue light, a guqin, a pair of gold armor, and a box of antique porcelain.

Higg stepped forward and picked up the pair of blue daggers, and said with a smile: "I don't accept gifts for Fuxing City, but this is a gift from His Majesty, and it is disrespectful not to accept it, Lan Xian'er just gave birth to a big fat son a few days ago, so let him accept a pair of daggers on our behalf, which can be regarded as a gift from Uncle Benjamin to his nephew and grandson!" ”

Not only Josephine, but even Daniel, Charlie and Sosa had just learned that Blue Fairy had given birth to a child, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, Higg smiled and said: "Ambassador Josephine, I am building a hundred new schools for the children of Fuxing City, and I need to raise a sum of money publicly, these gifts, even if they are Benjamin's donations, how about it?" ”

"This ......" Josephine hesitated for a moment and said with a smile, "I have already given the gift for Your Majesty, how to deal with it, it is the matter of the City Lord, the City Lord is willing to achieve His Majesty's good name, I am too late to be happy, how can I object?" ”

"Good!" Higg smiled, "Sosa, these things are handed over to you to auction, the auction house is not allowed to charge any handling fees, and the proceeds of the auction will be donated to the Ministry of Education of Fuxing City in the name of His Majesty Benjamin as a special fund for the construction of the new school in Fuxing City!" ”

"Yes, Lord of the Castle!"

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The 800 boxes of jewels sent by Josephine made Higg feel very comfortable, and he at least had the confidence to raise funds for the Fifth Legion. Jewelry is not worth much in a troubled country like Forest Country, but it is different in Fuxing City, where there are no turbulent countries and forces, and jewelry is worth much more than gold. When Charlie and Sosa received this batch of jewels, they were simply shocked, they originally thought that a box of jewels would be a bit of a loss when converted into 100,000 yuan, looking at these jewels, the quality of the jewels pulled by the alchemy country is simply several levels higher, if they are not in a hurry to sell, each box of jewels can at least double more. The shrewd Blue Fairy only spent 35 million, and after more than five years, she earned nearly 200 million, and there are still 20 million gold coins in the vault that are not passively used! This is all the private property of Higg and Blue Fairy, and it has nothing to do with Fuxing City, because this money was originally won by Higg himself from gambling.

However, the Fifth Army wanted not only money, but also supplies, and even if these jewels could be exchanged for gold coins, they would have to find a way to exchange gold coins for supplies, especially military supplies. Now the position of the Fifth Army, there is only one supply line, that is, from the port of Truto the river boats, into the Luojia River, from the main road of the Luojia River all the way to the north, almost to the Luojia River Plain, change to a small boat from the tributaries of the Luojia River can reach the vicinity of Mountbatten City, then into the Fifth Army's sphere of influence, but it still needs to be transported to Mountbatten City by land, and again board a ship from the Leiden River to the north to transport to all parts of the Fifth Army. This supply line is too far away and cumbersome, especially since the port of Truto is not open to the whole of Middle-earth, and imported materials need to be transferred through other navigable ports, so Yaning Island has become a sea transit point for Higg to provide material support for the Fifth Legion.

Higg first had to establish the Fifth Army's munitions procurement department on Yaning Island, which would specialize in procuring military supplies from various countries and powers, and then connect with the port of Truto, which would avoid Fuxing City and complete the entire supply route.

Because Higg was in a hurry to attend the magic conference, at the request of Charlie and Sosa, he tried his best to show his face in various parts of Fuxing City during the past ten days, inspecting the army, academies, workshops, and ports of Fuxing City with great fanfare, going in and out of various arenas, entertainment venues, and auction sites, and making his presence felt, so that the people of Fuxing City and merchants from all over the country could see his existence. Finally, under Charlie's arrangement, he personally presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of 100 new schools, the inauguration ceremony of Fuxing City Educational Institutions and the fundraising ceremony for the education system of Fuxing City, and donated 1 million gold coins on the spot, setting an example for everyone.

Higg's series of activities made the revival city, which was struggling after the war, rare and energetic. The people of Fuxing City really need such a spiritual leader to come out to soothe their wounds, rebuild confidence in the future of Fuxing City, and let the reputation of Fuxing City and Higg's own prestige reach a new peak.

Daniel originally returned to Fuxing City at the request of Delonso to select the magic apprentices who went to the Fuxing City Magic Guild to participate in the magic conference, but he didn't expect to be caught by Higg, so he had to preside over the magic apprentice selection of the magic guild while giving lectures around Fuxing City to promote the government system of the Fuxing City council system, and all Fuxing City officials and many students of Fuxing City Academy were arranged to attend the lectures in batches in the council hall. Daniel was originally the general of Fuxing City, and he has a very good understanding of the management system of Fuxing City and the current situation of Fuxing City, combined with his experience in the new policy of Alchemy Country, it is not difficult to sort out a set of administrative management system suitable for Fuxing City, the difficulty is how to make the people of Fuxing City accept and adapt as soon as possible, and it is not too difficult to understand the new political system, but how to operate, how to implement, how to improve efficiency, and how to transition with the current system without chaos. Comparatively, this is much simpler than implementing a new policy in the Alchemy Country, because Fuxing City is a new city after all, there is no stubborn disease in the Alchemy Country for tens of thousands of years, and there is no aristocratic force to stop it, and the people are open-minded, and the system of the parliamentary system seems to be tailor-made for Fuxing City.