My name is Luel de Borah, the same name as the famous navigator in Bourbon history, born in 1367 into a noble family in Borris, the capital of Bourbon.

As a prominent Bourbon nobleman with a long history, who had lived with his country, or a member of the Bourbon aristocracy born in the headquarters of the Old Passage, the first half of my life could be called smooth sailing.

In 1377, at the age of 10, I ended the initiation of the Deborah family and entered the Collège Borris, the top of the Bourbons, as an honorable cadet.

If it was some nobles who were not prominent, even if it was an old channel noble, it would take a lot of effort to enter this academy, but as a descendant of the Deborah family, I easily entered this academy. However, it is a pity that my senior servant was not able to enter this academy with me as a squire cadet, and the squire cadet quota was replaced by a side line in my family, after all, there are more and more nobles nowadays, and it is difficult for senior servants to get a place as a squire cadet.

The 10-year career at Boris College was still smooth sailing, in fact, as a member of the Deborah family, even if I missed ten years of school, I was still able to graduate with excellent grades, such as several of my cousins, but I still studied diligently, so I was praised by the family elders.

I was also happily married, and at the age of 17, I married a female member of my grandmother's family, who was also a student at Boris College, and everyone said we were talented and beautiful.

In 1387, when I graduated from the academy at the age of 20 and was about to be assigned an internship, the elders of the family called me into the family chamber and told me that because of my diligence, steadfastness, and noble blood, I would become a rising star in the Deborah family.

After graduating, I was assigned to a wealthy town on the outskirts of Boris, where my family sent many talented people to help me govern it. I'm ashamed to say that in the three years of my internship, the town has always ranked first in all the main cities of Boris, but in fact, I didn't have much governance at all, and I only needed to ask the subordinates sent by the family to bring the documents up.

The local government was good - although with the help of my family, and with a handsome appearance, I was extremely popular with all the citizens in those years, and my career was smooth sailing, and in 1397 I entered the Palace of the General Assembly, although only as a clerk's assistant, but also as an errand member of the General Palace.

In 1405, in order to give me a meritorious service at the age of 38, the family arranged for me to join the team to exterminate the barbarians of Bonn.

However, the war did not go well, and at the most terrible time, the rebels were almost about to capture Pokang, when the camp was in a panic, many people supported the retreat, and only a nobleman named Napolica tried to attack, claiming that the rebels were in fact at the end of their crossbows, and were just bluffing.

The camp was in a state of arguing, with many nobles despising the coarse nouveau riche of the Southern Passage, and one nobleman seeking my advice, after all, I was the most senior and noblest man in the camp today. At that time, for some reason, it seemed that the god of the sea had influenced my thinking, and the gods sent me to stand on Napolika's side and give command to Napolika.

In the end, Napolica won a bitter victory, and when I returned to Boris with the head of the Barbarian King Ryan in my hand, the whole Boris was boiling, and the family was praising me for my discernment.

After that, I rose and fell in the Palais de la Congrère for nine years, rising through the ranks, and in 1412 I became one of the members of the Council at the Palais de la Congrère, representing my family at the Palais de la Congrès – of course, all my proposals in the Palais de la Congrère were made at the behest and approval of the family.

In 1414, with the signing of the "Confession of Dolomi", the current consul was scolded by the Bourbon and resigned in embarrassment, thinking of the spring breeze before he came to power, I couldn't help but shush, of course, I did not expect that my future end would be worse than his.

After he left office, with my former friendship with Napolika, I succeeded in restoring peace to the Southern Passage through persuasion (in fact, Hades judged that a temporary truce should be served), and his reputation grew.

Therefore, in the subsequent elections, at the age of 47, I became the new Governor of Bourbon, and after Shuoyuan, I became the 114th Governor of Bourbon, Luhr VIII, the eighth of these 114 Governors, called Luhr, and my title was Beautiful Man, because I had a handsome face, and even at the age of 47, my appearance did not diminish.

Before I ascended to the position of consul, I always had a mysterious confidence in Bourbon, believing that Bourbon was a huge empire, and that the rebellion of the Barbarians of Bonn, the Ianxi Barbarians, and the Merami over the years was only a minor trouble, and it was impossible to cause damage to the huge ship Bourbon.

However, when I became Archon and was able to see some of the more secretive information, I was dumbfounded to realize that what I once thought was a huge empire was now even more fragile than I had imagined.

"Why are Bourbon's finances so bad?" I asked the chief tax commissioner.

The Chief Tax Clerk replied to me with a wry smile.

"First of all, the Bokang, that is, the Bonn barbarians, the rebellion they themselves caused was not large, but the area where the Bonn barbarians rebelled was in the northern part of the old fairway, and the taxes of the northern waterway, the taxes of the two colonial guards of Middle-earth, and the tribute of Edonan had to pass through there, and now of course they were very affected. ”

"Then there is the tax revenue of the Southern Passage, the Southern Passage fought a civil war for 4 years, and the taxes were all intercepted by both sides of the civil war, and the old Passage was not collected, and now although the civil war is over, but because the Southern Passage is poor all day long, that Hades still comes to Boris every day to make trouble, saying that it needs to be dealt with after the war, so this year, next year's tax is almost yellow. ”

"As for the indoctrination area, since the rebellion of the Myrami people began four years ago, the tax revenue has also begun to be intermittent, but fortunately, the Myrami people are not strong in combat, so they don't need to pay for it from the Great Palace like Ai'an Creek did ten years ago. ”

"So our huge Bourbon can still stabilize the tax revenue to this day, and only the concession of Maishika, the trade of Urchi, the trade of Incona, the Tenglong Colonial Guard, and the Diaspora Alliance are a few pieces of income, which has already exploited them to the limit, if they increase the intensity of exploitation, if others do not say it, I am afraid that the unruly overseas alliance will carry out a second rebellion. ”

As if sensing that my face was getting more and more ugly, the chief tax commissioner also comforted me kindly: "But fortunately, the war with Pokon is over, according to the terms of the "Dolomi Recognition", although Pokon gets the three main cities of Dolomi, Babtis and Pokon, he is not allowed to have a navy, and the territorial waters of the three main cities are all ceded to Bourbon, so the taxes of the Northern Sea and the Middle-earth continent can be received again, and the financial situation should be improved in the next few years." ”

"Since the fiscal situation is so bad, can we throttle?" was my second question to the Chief Tax Commissioner.

First of all, because wars have become more and more frequent over the years, not to mention cutting military expenditures, I am afraid that we will have to constantly expand military support! Second, no matter how bad the finances are, the benefits given to the nobles of the old channel cannot be less, and this is the content determined by the ancient principle of glory, with all due respect, if you dare to take this aspect of the ruling elder, I am afraid that the next day you, the archon, will not be able to become the consul. ”

"Your Excellency, but there are more and more benefits to the nobles of the old fairway, do you remember how much benefits I received when I was a child, and how much I am giving now?"

"What if you send too much? Don't forget your origins, Lord! You are also a nobleman who has been blessed by ancient glory!"

"Okay, okay, forget about the ancient glory, what's the matter with this grant to Ingona? Why has it been funded for more than forty years, this has been funded since I was born, when will this monster of Bourbon that only swallow vomit to Ingona?"

"These are the spies we have infiltrated Ingona, Archon, with all due respect, this expenditure cannot be cut, otherwise we will not even say hello when Ingona wants to take action against the Dragon Colonial Guard. ”

"Oh my God, this can't be cut and that can't be saved, how can Bourbon's financial situation be better?

"Elder in power, you can think of the good thing, from now on a large amount of tax revenue in the north will be restored, and the tax revenue of the southern passage will also be restored in two years, so won't there be money then?"

After bidding farewell to the chief tax commissioner, for some reason, a wave of bourbon pill emotion came to my heart, and I didn't react at all, just slumped in my chair, my eyes scattered and stared into the distance.

Ever since I became Governor, the rosy dreams of the first half of my life have vanished, replaced by a cruel reality that is cold to the marrow.

During my first two years in office, the war at Pokon was over, the war at Myrami was not too severe, and the North-South Passage sent messages every day to protest against the ancient glory, because the issue was too intractable and could tear apart the old Passage, so I ignored their pleas.

So what I can do is keep working hard to improve Bourbon's finances, but in the end it will be nothing. The first fire I put in office was to find a way to open up sources and reduce expenditure and improve finances, that is, the "Luer Finance Order", and as a result, the council discussed it for more than three months before the first order to reduce expenditure was introduced.

And the process of launching the order was not smooth, and all kinds of my relatives and friends, either on their own behalf or on their behalf, came to my door, and finally even my family began to contact me to cancel some orders that were too impractical.

As a result, after a long time, there were only 4 places where my "Luhr Finance Order" was implemented, and this was only implemented in the old waterway, as for those areas of the southern waterway...... I can't even imagine:

1. Abolish 74 public libraries that have been "reused" and contract 146 public libraries to the private sector for efficient operation.

2. Abolish 38 public bathhouses that have been "reused" and contract 129 public bathhouses to private individuals for efficient operation.

3. The official Kouxin Post Station will be converted into private operation, and 77 Kouxin Post Stations located inland or on the border of Pokang will be abolished, and the post stations that are not on the old waterway will be handled by each waterway itself.

4. Admission fees are set up in 144 public parks and Meath Square.

Although the process was extremely embarrassing, this was at least the first order I issued in office, and it should have made a slight improvement to Bourbon's financial situation, and the tax revenue of the Southern Sea was coming.

Just when I was so naïve as I thought, the two-year post-war recovery period had come to an end, but the General Palace still did not receive the tax revenue that the Southern Passage should have sent, but instead received an ultimatum from the Southern Passage.

"If the old principle of glory is not abolished, and the autonomy of the Southern Sea is restored and more self-governing powers are given three hundred years ago, then the Southern Sea will become independent from Bourbon. ”

When I received this ultimatum, I was in a circle.