Across a long table with an iron plate on top for some reason, the elder of the fox clan and the young man he brought out of the clan to see the world sat opposite the two important cadres of the Demon King City.

In this meeting, the Centaur Paladin, who was customary in the past, did not show up, just as he had declared to the envoys of the tribal countries at the beginning, the middle and high-level managers of the Demon King City have always faced the dilemma of lack of manpower, so if this negotiation is dragged into a protracted war, it is undoubtedly the side of the tribal envoys who have an advantage.

Taking a sip of the tea sent by the waiter, from the information observed in the past few days, the elder of the fox clan deeply understood that Beatrice, who is currently acting as the city lord, is by no means an ignorant person, and if the negotiation falls into a stalemate, the other party must be very clear about what kind of trouble it will bring to the city management, but what makes people scratch is that after a few days, the calmness on the faces of several cadres on Timles's side is by no means fake, and it seems that they are sincerely not interested in the division of interests to be decided in the negotiation.

The person in charge of the Demon King City has still not appeared, it is like the evaporation of the world, obviously the attitude of several cadres in the city will be so easy to do with it, out of an inexplicable intuition, the Fox Clan Elder feels that if it really drags on until the moment when the bard appears, even if the tribal country side has more advantages before, it will definitely be lost at the negotiation table.

After thinking for a while, the Fox Clan Elder decided to test the other party first, and after clearing his throat while the waiter was away, he asked, "Lord Beatrice, what do you think of the city of Timles?"

"I don't know if you're referring to the present or the past." Without digressing from the topic, Beatrice chose to face it head-on, and said bluntly without embellishment: "If it is a picture of the situation in the past that was managed by the tribal states, I will say that it is difficult to say, the policies you have implemented in the city are simply full of loopholes, and there are eight financial holes alone. At the same time, it is called a commercial city, but in fact, it has not excavated the slightest urban character."

Because Timles wasn't meant to be used for commercial use!

This roar only appeared in the heart of the fox clan elder, and the real details were naturally not allowed to be told to others casually, so after coughing a few times, the fox clan elder twisted his beard and pretended to be disapproving: "You also know. Orcs are not good at business, and our Lord earns his income from other sources......

"I'm sorry, but please allow me to interrupt you." Perhaps it was a familiar area involved, Beatrice interrupted the fox elder's slow words with a remark, and said mercilessly: "After taking over the city, I spent two days reviewing Timmeres' past government records, excluding the military expenses allocated to the garrison knights, and the city's monthly tax revenue was compared with my calculations, and at least more than seventy percent of the funds ended up missing. Then I asked my subordinates to collect the number of items carried by the arms merchants who entered the city, the movements of the smugglers, and the goldsmiths and blacksmiths of the intermediate and higher ranks, and then compared the purchase and maintenance expenses of the military supplies of the Knights. Obviously, even if the funds are unknown, they are allocated to the Order. Of these, 40% of the amount cannot be reversed. Leaving aside the discussion of why a commercial city would need such an exaggerated number of large city defense weapons, do you now know how big a hole in Timles' financial policies really is, Your Lordship?"

After listening to Beatrice's explanation, the fox clan elder instantly found that his throat was very dry, due to the good relationship with the finance minister, the fox clan elder also has some understanding of funds and finances, looking at the cities controlled by the tribal states in the past, even if its tax evasion is strict, it will not exceed two percent at most, but after digging deeper. Only then did the elders of the fox clan clearly feel how much income the tribal state had lost due to the policy negligence.

Taking advantage of the fox elder's shock, Beatrice went one step further and launched an offensive: "Just ask. Did you read the monthly survey feedback before you arrived at Timeles?"

The elders of the fox clan shook their heads left and right, basically no officials would look at this thing, most of them were distributed and recycled in a standardized manner, and then directly destroyed after being circulated in the hands of the grassroots managers.

"It may be a little convincing because you don't have the relevant information at hand, but I'm sure you know that there is no need to speak up in this regard." Made a short opening statement on a new topic. Beatrice stretched out a total of seven fingers on her left and right hands, and made a gesture with the number seven: "This is a survey that was released just a few days ago, and the satisfaction of the people has increased by seventeen percentage points compared to the past when the tribal states were managed, and the satisfaction of taxes and merchants has also increased in different ways, I remember when the envoys first visited. I'm sure Diana has also shown you around the new public facilities in the city, and I can confidently claim that our Rocket Team has completely defeated the tribal nation in terms of benefiting the people and improving the local development."

The Fox Clan Elder was silent for a while, picked up the water cup and seemed to want to moisten his throat, but halfway through the lift, he suddenly put it down again, and after exhaling, he said, "I already understand the meaning of what Lord Beatrice wants to express, as a member of the upper management of the tribal state, I admit that the tribal state has failed to manage it, but you should also understand that no matter how good a few people are, it still can't change the fact that Timelet used to belong to the tribal state."

"I know nothing more about attacking cities without declaring war in violation of the laws of the continent, and I believe that if the target is not the Rococona tribal state, but the cautious forces of the Entente Elven Alliance, it will not be the envoys who come to negotiate with Timeles, but a large number of elven armoured elven armies and war treants." Speaking of another possibility in a flat tone, Beatrice said lightly: "It's just that elves and orcs are two completely different races after all, and the national nature of orcs is destined that you will not deny the result of the confrontation on the frontal battlefield, and it has nothing to do with the continental terms, since the defeat is really defeated."

"Indeed." Nodding in approval of Beatrice's statement, the fox clan elder's tone couldn't help but mix a little emotion.

Although the city's defense weapons were destroyed and even the commander was killed at the first time in the face of the enemy's attack, it was the field battle between the two armies outside the city that really determined the outcome of the Timerays battle, and in this clash of no resourcefulness, just strength and strength, the knights of the tribal country finally lost convinced, so this time the new forces of Timerles were not approached for revenge, but only the defeated side hoped to pay enough to redeem the city.

"The city lord, that is, Xu Mo, once said that you should not bring your work to the dinner table no matter what, because it will affect the deliciousness of the food, and it is also disrespectful to the chef." Suddenly, she jumped away from the topic of Yan Sù, and Beatrice, who had the advantage, did not choose to attack again, but pulled out a menu from the gap on the side of the table and handed it to the Fox Clan Elder, and said, "Since the envoys have been on the road to Timles for half a month, it is better to wait a few more days, I believe that in the near future, there will definitely be a disposition that can satisfy both of us."

"Could this have something to do with the city lord whose whereabouts are currently unknown?" The Fox Clan Elder couldn't help but smile dumbly after asking, the other party obviously wouldn't answer this question, so he immediately changed to a side tap and asked again, "Although there is a national character of a flower elf in this, you really trust the other party."

"It's not trust." Loudly denied the fox elder, Beatrice showed her first smile of the day, as if it was in full bloom: "This is love." (To be continued......)

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