In the afternoon, the sun is high in the sky.

From the open doors and windows of the hall, you can see that the trees in the courtyard are lush and green, and although it is the turn of autumn and winter, there is still no sign of decline. The verandah twists and turns, the flowers and trees pavilions, the fake stone ponds, the arrangement is exquisite and wonderful, and from time to time there are birds and birds fluttering their wings and flying, chasing and frolicking, just like a small ecological park.

When the guardian saw a pair of maids retreating into the inner room, he smacked his lips and stretched out his thumb with a smile on his face, and teased: "Uncle's eye for picking a 'personal' maid is really this!" ”

When talking about "close-fitting", he also deliberately accentuated the tone.

If it was left in normal times, with the defender's understanding of Park Myung-hee, the other party would definitely immediately reply to him, "You kid is envious and jealous", but this time there was surprisingly no rebuttal. Not only that, but when he heard the word maid, he also restrained his smile and showed a solemn face, and the atmosphere during the banquet gradually turned from the harmony when they first met to the depressing.

The defender said inexplicably: "On the way here, I listened to the introduction of the chief manager Wang, the king seems to attach great importance to this tobacco business, not only gave us the shop that we had discussed in advance, but also gave this set of hard-to-find mansions, in this case, why is my uncle's face so ugly?" ”

Park Myung-hee said in a deep voice: "It's because His Majesty the King 'attaches great importance' to both the store and the house, and finally even the servants and maids are sent over." That's why people are so worried! ”

When speaking, the word "attention" was deliberately emphasized.

Park Haoyu has been so busy in the past two days that he has hit the back of his head, and it is the first time he has heard such an inside story, so he turned the wine glass in his hand and lowered his head to think. Duan Shaohui, who is straightforward, doesn't know anything about power schemes, so he has never been interested, but seeing that no one can afford to eat, he also looks east and west to accompany everyone.

The vindication nodded, secretly wondering why Park Myung-hee was so uneasy, and just now he always felt that the two maids glanced at him with their spare eyes, it turned out that they were the king's people, whether they were sent here to pay attention, or to monitor, or both, it depended on personal position. After thinking about it, he asked in a deep voice, "Uncle, can you tell us more about the details of the conversation with the king?" ”

"I was about to tell you."

Park Myung-hee nodded and said, "On the second day after I came to Beach, I met with His Majesty the King, accompanied by the Prime Minister. Your Majesty was very kind and kind, and first chatted with me, and asked about my father's current situation, and mentioned the names of the two of you in the middle. ”

"Huh?"

"What?"

Wei and Duan were stunned, they didn't expect that the high-ranking king would still know about such an insignificant little person.

Seeing their doubts, Park Myung-hee explained: "I think it should be that my father emphasized you in his letter last time, so His Majesty has an impression of you." ”

"Oh!"

The two said in unison, followed by a glance at each other, and both laughed at this tacit understanding. The laughter eased a lot of solemnity.

Park Myung-hee continued, "Later, I offered tobacco and gave a general introduction. His Majesty only nodded, asked the Prime Minister to talk to me about the specifics, and then waved me to step down. That was how I met His Majesty. ”

After a pause, he stretched out his finger and pointed around, and said with a wry smile: "As for the results of my negotiations with the Prime Minister, I believe you have all seen it now." After paying three layers of shares, in exchange for everything in front of you. ”

Park Haoyu blurted out in disbelief: "This process is too smooth, right?" How can it feel unreal? ”

The defender also nodded slightly, as the saying goes, pies don't fall from the sky, but once pies really fall one day, they are often accompanied by traps, no wonder everyone is so confused.

Park Myung-hee followed Park Ho-woo's words and said, "Not only that, but I can feel that they are deliberately supporting us throughout the whole process." At first, I was surprised, but then combined with the information that the Prime Minister revealed during the conversation, I guessed two reasons. ”

After a pause, he continued: "First, the treasury is empty. ”

Duan Shaohui was surprised: "The king will also be short of money?" ”

In his impression, His Majesty the King, who gave a space bag comparable to an artifact to all the heroes of divine power, should have endless money to spend.

Park Myung-hee nodded at him and said, "Of course." ”

He then explained: "In the early Hagena Kingdom, almost all the industry and commerce were monopolized by the royal family, but with the annexation of more and more tribes, the kingdom area became more and more extensive, followed by the rapid development of social productive forces, and the economic structure underwent obvious changes, the most important is the rise of the family-style private economy, so that the royal family had to gradually cede its interests, and then set up a special official agency to manage all kinds of industry and commerce in different categories." Later, as the Holy War gradually became the spiritual pillar of the entire Hagena Kingdom, the royal family, in order to match its image, ceded the last of its interests to the private economy, and relied entirely on taxes to maintain the operation of the country. ”

After a pause, he said: "Since His Majesty ascended the throne in 112, he has been implementing a low tax policy of hiding wealth from the people, reducing the original 10 taxes 1 to 30 taxes 1. Although it won the hearts and minds of the people, it also caused the national treasury to lose one-third of its original revenue. In order to maintain the normal operation of the kingdom, His Majesty has to continue to reduce the expenses of the royal family, and the members of the royal family have been living a frugal life for more than 30 years, and there are many complaints about His Majesty behind their backs. And our tobacco business, which is purely to send money to the kingdom, just relieved the pressure of His Majesty from the royal family and nobles, so the negotiation was so smoothly concluded. ”

Duan Shaohui suddenly realized, and then realized that it was not easy to be a king.

Park Haoyu was puzzled: "Since this is the case, then normal transactions are easy to pull, why do you want to support us so much?" ”

Park Myung-hee just wanted to explain, but he didn't expect the defender to speak first, "If I'm not mistaken, the king's purpose in supporting us is to let us deal with the four major chambers of commerce, or the king doesn't have such high requirements for us, as long as we can create some trouble for the four major chambers of commerce, we will be satisfied." ”

Then he continued: "I think that's the second reason why my uncle wants to say next! ”

Park Haoyu was dumbfounded when he heard this, although he had not been in Beach City for a long time, he also knew what the four major chambers of commerce were, and any chamber of commerce could easily kill a small chamber of commerce like his family. If the defenders were unfortunate enough to say it, then the king's intentions were no different from sending everyone to death. Thinking that the Chamber of Commerce that had just made some achievements was about to collapse, his heart was full of a sense of powerlessness like floating and shaking a tree for a while.

Park Myung-hee looked at him with an incredulous look on his face, and said in inexplicable surprise: "I came to this conclusion from the unkind eyes and tone that the prime minister deliberately revealed when he talked about the four major chambers of commerce. You're a genius! How can you guess this out of thin air? ”

"Uncle has won the prize! I didn't guess it out of thin air, but analyzed it based on the information I got from the past few days......"

The defender waved his hand, and then briefly introduced to everyone what he had seen and heard during his visit in the past few days, and finally concluded: "If the holy war is compared to a gardener, then the relationship between the Chamber of Commerce and the kingdom is like the relationship between fruit and fruit trees. In the absence of the gardener, the fruit is plentiful, which will break the branches, and even the most vigorous fruit trees will be injured by broken branches, and in severe cases, they will even wither. ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, the defender said: "I believe that the king is also well aware of this truth, and has always been based on the purpose of rejuvenating the sect and strengthening the weak branches. Judging from a series of results such as embattled and candles in the wind when he first took over the throne, to the current steady development, the four major chambers of commerce are still independent, and no one can dominate alone, the king must have spread a wide range of means over the years to contain and divide the four major chambers of commerce, and we are only one of the many means he has used to deal with the four major chambers of commerce, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

Park Myung-hee's face became even more solemn after hearing this. After all, it was just his conjecture just now, but now combined with the analysis of the defenders, the two corroborates and compares, it is almost certain that they have unknowingly become the vanguard of the kingdom against the four major chambers of commerce. Park Haoyu and Duan Shaohui were also a little dumbfounded, unable to think of a proper way to deal with it.

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