There were waves in the blue water bay.

The waves crashed against the rocking boat, and the four boatmen took out their food. The strength of the milk quickly rowed towards the port of Phuket City.

On the boat, Bina took a few maids to look at the blue water port behind her, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the blue water port was blurred.

The petite maid sitting next to Bina suddenly spoke, "Sister, where are we going?" ”

"Go to Phuket, no one will burn you there."

Bina smiled, her eyes glancing at Daisy in front of her.

Daisy is lovely-looking, her eyes are as blue as the sea, and her immature body is developing at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and although she is malnourished, she has already shown her slender curves.

It's just that her skin is not very good, and she seems to hide in a dark and dry place all year round, making her skin too pale and rough.

Daisy is a girl who doesn't talk much, and she hasn't spoken a word since she woke up in the hotel, and it's Bina who explains everything to her all the time.

At this time, the boat was far away from the foul blue water harbor, and Daisy also breathed a sigh of relief, "Excuse me, that gentleman ......"

Daisy stammered a little, she had always wanted to ask about the gentleman who saved her, but the lack of communication for many years had caused her to be not good at talking, so she never asked.

"Do you mean Luo Lan? He is the lord of Phuket and the great prince of the Sea Spirit Kingdom. ”

Bina smiled and introduced Luo Lan to the ignorant Dais.

When ordinary people hear the name Luo Lan, they will definitely laugh and disdain. But Daisy didn't, because she didn't know Prince Luo Lan at all.

"Why did he save me?"

Daisy's mind flashed through Luo Lan's gentle eyes, and her voice gradually became vibrant.

"I don't know, when he comes back, you can ask him, anyway, you're safe."

In the kind voice of Bina, the boat sailed through the ten nautical miles of Bishui Bay and entered the port of Phuket City.

Suddenly, a noisy voice came.

From a distance, there are many pedestrians in the dilapidated Phuket port, who have cleaned the port and are in full swing to repair the toilets.

Daisy's pretty eyes blinked, and she looked at the port of Phuket in amazement, "It's so clean here, what are they doing?"

"Fix the toilet."

To Daisy's cute expression of astonishment, the ship docked. The workers immediately greeted Bina as if she were family.

Bina also smiled in response to the commoners, without a bit of a nun's shelf.

And Daisy was also taken care of by everyone.

"What a pretty little girl, how old is she?"

"Are you married? Are you going to marry us in Phuket? ”

"It must be the prince's maid, it's so pretty."

The crowd laughed and beckoned Daisy ashore. Daisy felt something welling up in her heart, and this place was unlike any other.

And walking in the city, in addition to clean streets, there are soldiers and officials running for work.

They seem to blend in with the commoners, and there is no distinction between nobles and untouchables.

To Daisy's surprise, outside a palace, many peasants were waiting for someone with home-baked wheat bales.

"They are waiting for His Royal Highness Luo Lan, after the autumn harvest, everyone has surplus grain, the women made wheat bales, and the men sent them."

A passing worker explained, with pride in his words.

Daisy was completely stunned.

In more than a decade of her life, she had never seen or heard of a peasant offering food for his lord.

What the hell is this place? Who is that prince?

In the midst of such doubts, Daisy was sent to the palace and slept peacefully for the first time.

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In the north of Bishui Bay, the largest city in the southern plains, in the middle of the southern plains.

As the parade approached, the city was bustling with activity, and the drill ground was full of soldiers and chariots.

The nobles of the city sang and danced to praise the greatness of the second prince, Barron. There were also nobles who came from far away to watch the parade, and they admired the second prince very much.

Inside the Nangahara Castle Palace.

Barron ate the barbecue and listened to Raj's debriefing.

Since Luo Lan's request for the fleet was more important, Raj came to report in person.

"You mean that Phuket is already in the hands of the nuns? That nun wanted to make a good life for the commoners, so she procured items such as spices and leather on a large scale? ”

The corners of Barron's mouth were filled with a smile, if so, then Luo Lan's changes these days made sense.

"Yes, in order to solve the peasant uprising, Luo Lan asked the nun to help, and the subsequent expulsion of the lord may also be the nun's suggestion. That Bina is really a stupid woman, she only thinks about making the peasants feel better, but she never thinks about how Luo Lan will survive if there is no lord and no taxes? ”

Raj scoffed, as a lord, he naturally understood what the loss of taxes could mean for the lord.

Barron stood up, pacing a few steps, the smile on his face hard to hide.

"Now the nuns want spices and leather, they want seasonings and clothes for the peasants, it's funny, a woman who doesn't know anything is going to rule the country." Barron laughed loudly, "Give him a fleet, completely drag down the finances of Phuket Island, a poor island still wants to trade with overseas, naïve"!

Barron's trick is not poisonous, Luo Lan is always facing a financial crisis, if he buys spices and leather from overseas, it will lead to an outflow of funds, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, this is only scratching the surface.

Luo Lan's overseas policy is to "bring in", and what he wants is investment, not foreign trade.

It's a pity that Barron and many other "politicians" and "economists" can't see through the fog laid by Luo Lan at this moment, they think it's just a broken island.

In fact, there is still one person who sees through it, and it can't be said that he can see through it, but he can only say that it feels a little wrong.

This man is Barron's brainstorm, Max.

Max walked out from behind the curtain and frowned at Barron, who was laughing disdainfully, and said, "Your Highness, I don't think it'...... appropriate."

"Max! You'd better stop talking, every time you sweep the prince's interest, even if I give Luo Lan an army, he won't achieve anything! ”

Max closed his mouth and retreated into the background in a lonely way.

"Raj, give Luo Lan a fleet, and give him ten women, five thousand gold coins, and serve him well. This is the relief that this prince has given him, and you have to make it known to everyone, and everybody will sing it, and then it will reach my father's ears. ”

"Understand, my subordinates will do it. By the way, the military parade the day after tomorrow, whether to invite Luo Lan to participate in the parade first or to relieve him first. ”

"Haha, of course the military parade first, I can't wait to see what my eldest brother's expression is in the face of my 100,000 elite soldiers."

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Luo Lan was bored, he stayed in the hotel and yawned, and his heart was very calm.

Bina had already taken Daisy back to Phuket Island, and Raj had gone to propose to the second prince to give up a fleet.

If things go well, I will soon be able to negotiate business with the fleet in the north, and that is my goal.

Thinking like this, Luo Lan touched the bag of shriveled oranges at the head of the bed.

At the same time, footsteps were heard outside the door.

The overly enthusiastic Raj knocked on the door, "The eldest prince, the second prince has agreed to your request, and he also invited you to watch the parade."

Luo Lan pushed open the door, and Raj continued as if showing off: "Our Southern Yuan Territory is the most powerful fief of the Sea Spirit Country, the second prince has 100,000 soldiers, 20,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry, 10,000 archers, and 1,000 chariots, and is almost invincible in the Southern Country. ”

Raj was proud.

This made Luo Lan a little envious, of course, he was not envious of Barron's army, but of course he was envious of Barron's prestige among the nobles.

After Baron became the lord of the southern plains, he worked hard to govern and benevolently, and he gave almost no money or women to the nobles.

And he attaches great importance to the promotion of nobles, in the past, the promotion of nobles, even the requirements for the promotion of barons to viscounts are very strict, and you must meet specific requirements to have a chance.

Now, the conditions have been cut in half, and all noble soldiers can be promoted to knighthoods as long as they participate in the war.

On the other hand, while maintaining the hereditary system of large aristocratic titles, Barron also promoted minor nobles in a big way. Minor noble families who contribute to the realm can be promoted by the entire family to obtain more fiefs.

It can be said that the Barron stirred up the lifeless aristocracy and made the Southern Plains the most vibrant region, attracting imitation from neighboring countries as the most advanced statecraft.

Luo Lan understands Barron's system, which is actually a superficial centralized system, which can be called a central power-seeking system, in which the monarch "seeks power" from the nobility through various measures, and the support of the nobility is one of the greatest powers.

However, this system has a fatal flaw, that is, the monarch must be strong, and if the monarch is not strong, the system will fall apart.

To put it bluntly, this is the rule of man, not the rule of law.

As for what is the rule of law, Phuket is the rule of law, no matter how weak the monarch is, as long as he abides by that system, the power of thousands of civilians will naturally turn into the engine of national progress.