His Majesty's wayward remarks made Evgenia cry and laugh: "That's a million and a half million tons of grain, enough for three million adults to eat for a whole year, where is it so easy to digest!" ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Zahar also raised his hand in protest: "The Ministry of Finance has always allocated funds for the purchase of new grain only after obtaining deposits for grain purchases from foreign customers, but now Feizhen and Hailan have temporarily changed their minds, and the deposits have not been credited to the accounts for a long time, the budget cannot be balanced, and the gap in the purchase of grain is not small. Does the government want to give IOUs to the peasants first? ”

Rudolph shook his head flatly: "It's not okay to make an IOU!" We first tried to raise money to make up for the shortfall in the money we spent on food...... Roland, how many more positions can be called upon in the royal fund? ”

Roland did not participate in the arguments of the ministers, and put his hands on his cheeks to wonder why Fei Zhen and Hailan suddenly changed their minds and blatantly lowered prices, were they not afraid that the Far Eastern government would retaliate and refuse to supply them with grain, so that they would fall into the dilemma of last year's food shortage? It stands to reason that the governments of the two countries cannot be so short-sighted, let alone greedy for small profits on the most important issue of "eating". The answer can only be that the two countries have no fear, confident that they have a trump card in the food price game, which is enough to force the Kolas government to obediently bow its head.

So the question is, what is the trump card in the hands of Hailan and Fei Zhen?

Roland couldn't guess it now, but he had a vague premonition that the international situation had changed, and the trend of change was very unfavorable to the kingdom of Koras.

This inexplicable anxiety was very uncomfortable, and it was not until his father reminded Roland that he suddenly came back to his senses, groaned, and replied: "There are still two million gold talers in the royal fund's account that can be used at any time, which is only enough to purchase 200,000 tons of grain from the national treasury." ”

Rudolph said without hesitation: "Use this money to fill the hole first, and then we will find a way to make up the missing amount." His eyes swept to the ministers, with coercion in his eyes, "Your Excellency also has to solve problems for the country!" All take out money to buy food, and buying more and buying less is a mind! ”

Evgenia bit her sexy and plump red lips and took the lead in supporting her husband: "I'm going to raise it, it shouldn't be a big problem to turn over a million gold talers." ”

"If there is a problem in agriculture, the responsibility lies mainly with me, the Minister of Agriculture, and I am personally responsible for purchasing 100,000 tons of grain." Yodel was awe-struck.

"I'm also in charge of 100,000 tons." Zinovi then took a stand.

Evgenia is the queen of the hotel industry and retail industry in the Far East, Zinovi is one of the three oligarchs in the steel industry in the Far East, and Yodel is the majority shareholder of the Red Stone Bridge State Farm, these three are the most lucrative ministers in the cabinet, and the other ministers did not casually throw out the economic strength of the million-gold thaler to solve the country's problems, and hung their heads quite embarrassedly, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

At this time, the dull air suddenly stirred up slight ripples, and with the fluctuation of magic power, a red ball of light appeared out of thin air.

Roland glanced up at the ball of light suspended in front of him, reached out and held it to read the magic teleportation, his face became a little delicate.

"Your Majesty, Anthony has returned from the holy city of Assan, and he has an urgent matter to look for me." Roland groaned and made an even more explicit hint to his father: "This kid was in a hurry to find me as soon as he arrived in Krasbourg, probably because he brought important information, which may have something to do with the change of attitude of Fei Zhen and Hailan. ”

"Since it's so urgent, you should go and ask him about it." Rudolph happily gave his son a holiday, and then turned back to look at Zahar, "God of Wealth, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb, your family has a large population and eats a lot, how about buying more food and saving it?" ”

"Uh...... Your Majesty will do your best! Zahar wiped a cold sweat and stubbornly "took over for the country".

……

Roland hurried back to the office, and as soon as he entered, he saw Anthony sitting on the sofa across from his desk, with his legs crossed, leisurely flipping through the newspaper.

Roland sat down beside him and poured himself a cup of tea, moistening his parched throat.

Anthony's gaze went beyond the newspaper and stole Roland's expression. However, Roland's self-absorbed tea and calm attitude disappointed Fogel, who simply dropped the newspaper and took the initiative to break the silence.

"There is a serious deviation in the news reports of the Far East, Brother Roland, your newspaper only focuses on trivial matters in China, lacks sufficient sensitivity to changes in the international situation, and the news is too closed."

Roland listened to Anthony silently, opened the office cupboard, took out a thick stack of newspapers and threw it in front of him.

"This is the mainstream newspaper published today in the countries of Yashan, Fijin, Hailan, Pausswa, and Canaan, and I have generally read it, and I do not think that it is more well-informed than that of the Far Eastern newspapers."

Anthony picked up the pile of newspapers and flipped through them, the mockery on his face turned into surprise: "These newspapers just went out this morning, how did you get them?" ”

Roland took out the "Volkswagen" pocket watch that Isabella had given him and glanced at it, the hour hand pointed to 9 o'clock, only two or three hours before the publication of the Morning Papers, which were already on his desk before eight o'clock in the morning.

"Of course it's paid for." Roland said calmly, "The Kolas Family Foundation maintains friendly and cooperative relations with non-official institutions in the Vares countries, including commercial institutions, cultural groups, industry associations, non-governmental think tanks and even various large and small gentlemen's clubs, and I generously fund these institutions with at least two million gold thalers every year, in exchange for services including collecting information from various countries, and now it seems that the return on this investment is not as expected, otherwise you would not have been ridiculed by the news." ”

Anthony licked his astringent lips and forced his composure: "You guy is more cunning than I thought, but there are some news that only a very few participants can know the inside story for the first time, and it is not enough to collect the newspapers that are publicly distributed." ”

Roland smiled slightly, looking at him with a little banter: "So I need a higher-end source, such as the little young master of the Fogel family." ”

"Huh? So, I'm also a link in your intelligence chain? ”

"In recent years, the Fogel family has continued to expand its investment in the Far East, and the returns are quite rich, and I can say in good conscience, I haven't treated you badly, right?"

Anthony snorted stupidly, put away his smile and looked solemn: "I won't go around in circles with you, I am in a hurry to come back this time to inform you of one thing, a bad news that may change the current pattern of the Far East." ”

Roland had already been mentally prepared, and calmly asked: "The imperial authorities have decided to launch an Eastern Crusade?" ”

"It's not officially on the agenda yet, but the possibility of a crusade is growing by the day." Anthony replied cautiously.

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