Tarya had never seen Merinthra before, and the reason why she was so kind was because she knew that the upper area of the Tower was a veritable "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - not only the real dragons, but also some mages who had never heard of it but were terrifying.

At present, "strength" is not only determined by "combat effectiveness", but also linked to a person's academic level, Talia spends her days in the library or listening to lectures, of course, she knows that 99% of those guys who are thunderous and put forward all kinds of amazing and glamorous theories are busy upstairs all day.

This magic tower, in a sense, is the place with the highest average IQ and force value in the world, and any so-called "genius" will look "bleak" when they come here - many mages who were "amazingly talented" in a certain county before, after entering the magic tower, they honestly clamped their tails and became researchers, and some of them even couldn't stand such a contrast and chose to quit.

At the extreme, there are also those who commit suicide after being frustrated...

In this environment, progress is really fast, and the pressure is really high. As Tarya stood in front of the familiar gate, she took a few deep breaths before pushing the door open, and then saluted respectfully: "Lord Krups, Elder Ansti, Elder Muratic, Elder Houdini, hello..."

On the other side, Merinthera stood in front of a wooden door.

The waiter in front of the door saluted and entered the room to report, and after a few seconds came out to salute: "Master Mai Linsera, please come in, Your Excellency Prime Minister has just finished the meeting." ”

Walking in, along the antechamber to the conference hall, Merinthera saw Roddy leaning back in an armchair, but the latter was not idle, but was speaking with a communication circle, and his tone was very polite:

"The tax system is very important! It's about the fate of the country, it's not a matter of having more money and less money! I'm not letting you go, I'm not going to mingle with them and fool me... In the future, the tax department will have a special force to supervise and enforce it, do you understand what that means? This is a matter as important as war. ”

It was obviously sprayed over there, and after a few words, Luo Di said again: "Remember, I'm targeting things, not people, but if you don't do things well, then I will replace them immediately." ”

"But, Prime Minister... They..."

"It's a time of war. ”

"I—I understand, Prime Minister. ”

Without waiting for anything to say from behind, Luo Di closed the communication circle, he exhaled, and got up a little tired to greet him: "I'm sorry, suddenly something happened." ”

"It's okay, know you're the busiest person in the world right now. ”

Melinthera's words are not sarcastic, but they have a real experience - not for the cabinet, just by reading the decrees discussed and issued in the "Current Affairs Reference" newspaper every day, you can also understand that the cabinet and the prime minister are probably not idle for a moment.

However, she was a little curious why Roddy was so annoyed: "The tax can't come up?"

"The food tax is fine, but now that I am reforming the tax system, I need to start to establish a 'consumption tax' system, which is much more difficult than simply collecting taxes. Luo Di shook his head: "The country's economy is in a blowout period of rapid development, if the tax system is not changed, most of those money can only fatten the pockets of some people, and in the end it can only lead to a dead cycle." ”

This is also a historical lesson: Luo Di's impression of the Ming Dynasty was defeated in the "tax system" - a large empire, the trade surplus was the first on the earth at that time, but the royal family basically did not levy commercial taxes because of "not competing with the people" and other reasons, and finally the money went into the pockets of the interest class, and the commoners and the emperor were poor jingling...

Not to mention other factors such as the Xiaoice period or the plague, it is only a matter of time before this tax system is maintained, and it will collapse.

Luo Di naturally can't repeat the mistakes of the past, but the restructuring is easier said than done, and it is never easy to move a knife against the vested interest class, and it is also because the power system of this world is not as low as the earth, otherwise the city of Holier would have been surrounded by princes long ago.

Melinthera listened to his explanations, but she did not understand the importance of the "tax system" to the country. But she naturally didn't come here to chat, and as soon as the topic changed, she said: "The original plan was to let me open two portals, and now that the first one has been opened, why is the second one suddenly canceled?"

"Because there is no longer a need, the enemy has taken the initiative to attack, so there is no need for us to create any illusions. ”

Roddy's gaze stayed above her head for a moment, and he raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that studying the portal can also allow you to quickly improve your strength?" It's only been a few months, and your progress is faster than in two years in Raciman. ”

This was naturally due to the fact that he had seen that Merinthera's level had been raised to level 51... According to his impression of the player's level up speed, Merin Sera's speed of ascension is simply incredible.

When the latter heard this, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl - she had actually been wondering if Roddy would realize this, and now she heard the other party take the initiative to mention it, obviously thinking that this guy still cared about herself, but Merinsera suppressed her expression and shrugged her shoulders and said, "Yes? I don't feel anything." ”

Saying this, she deliberately did not hide the fluctuations emanating from her body, not to mention Roddy, ordinary people can feel an indescribable sense of "heat" when they stand here, because she has a large amount of fire elements from the "elemental plane" stored in her body, and her strength and power are far beyond ordinary mages of the same level, and even stronger than most mages.

"Is it because of the portal?"

Roddy was really curious, he had talked to Merinthera about the origin of the "magic crystal" - the elemental plane creatures did not have magic crystals, but they exuded fluctuations far beyond the same level of magic beasts from beginning to end, which may be another way to break through the "level 60" barrier.

"Part of the reason, but more importantly... After coming into contact with more elemental creatures, I discovered some tricks for high-level creatures to store energy in their bodies through dissection and research, and I also learned some new ways. ”

But when she said this, she shook her head: "But this path seems to end here, because I don't dare to provoke the Elemental Lords, so I have no way of knowing how they broke through that barrier." ”

"Didn't observe?"

"Observe a fart!" "Tearing Shala laughed, "Why don't you open the portal to observe Kazvera?" You can also see from the elemental density that the elemental plane is a 'high energy' plane, and the 'lord' of that world is much more powerful than the dragon lord here, let alone take a look, the door I opened last time seemed to have been noticed by the other party, and just that breath swept over, the portal collapsed by itself. ”

Luo Di also realized that he had been discussing a lot of cabinet matters recently, and he had become unfamiliar with things like the "plane", he touched his nose and quickly admitted his mistake: "I thought that the creatures in the elemental plane were relatively gentle, after all, the first thing I thought of just now was the earth elemental lizard - but... Is the Elemental Lord hostile to you?"

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