Archduchess Anna was the successor to the Duchy of Touscent after her husband's death.

The Grand Duchess is vain, arrogant, fond of the glitz of the upper class, and does not hide the class differences in the slightest, and she is almost nothing but a pretty face and figure...... The point is, she's also a political idiot.

It stands to reason that such a person is by no means suitable to lead the country.

But after comparing with those ambitious people in the north, everyone silently gave Archduke Anna a compliment. Whether it's the cooper guild behind the scenes, who is trying to control the economy, or the vampire Shadow Elders, they all think that Anna is actually not bad as an archduke.

Over the years, Anna has signed a lot of tax reduction documents under the deception of her consultants, which objectively does make the life of the middle and lower class people better. In particular, the Duchy of Touscent did not maintain an army, which made the country's finances far more abundant than other countries.

Anna also has an advantage, that is, she always spends money according to the amount in her wallet - if she has money, she spends more, and if she doesn't, she will secretly cut the banquet, and her way of "squandering public money" is very small at all. In fact, many people understand this, but no one says it - so much so that Archduchess Anna is very envious of the "wealth" of the northerners, and she has never understood that there is another technique of spending money in the world, called "fiscal deficit".

You can spend next year's money this year and the next life's money next year......

is such an arrogant female noblewoman, after meeting someone who is even more arrogant than her, she really listens to the other party's words.

Anna really sent her cronies to check on the situation in the swamps of Sansredo, and her orders were carried out without compromise! Although the Grand Duchess was deceived in many ways, the power in her hands would never be compromised.

Because the rights come from the law of aristocratic inheritance, this is a rule that is observed all over the world. Many kingdoms would rather have their thrones left empty for decades, and choosing a random victor to sit on it is tantamount to rebellion...... If someone tries to overthrow the Archduchess, then it is likely to usher in the wrath and purges of the suzerain, Nilfgaard!

Even the Cooper Guild and the Shadow Elders hiding behind the Duchy can't afford this!

Therefore, when Archduchess Anna learned that the investigators had gone ten kilometers deep into the Sansredo swamp but really couldn't find a single water ghost, she finally believed Shen Yan's words!

Now the problem is, she really doesn't have that much money......

The archduchess was very entangled in the mirror, she subconsciously touched her collar, the elf was quite handsome...... I don't know if it's okay to pay for meat?

*****

"Oak House...... And, I thought he would live in a better place. ”

Grand Duke Anna, who came to see Shen Yan in makeup, saw the sign of the hotel and pouted and commented, she has always been reluctant to set foot in this kind of small hotel, because the style is not enough. The captain of the guard standing behind her held his sword warily and did not speak.

In fact, Grand Duke Anna was satisfied with being able to negotiate in such a hotel with few people, but she would never say it. "Let's go, come with me to meet the warlock who cleared the swamp for us, I want to know his true purpose."

Grand Duke Anna has no shortage of cleverness - she has no money, so it is better to position the other party's purpose as "not money" - she believes that whether it is fine red wine or a collection of fine art, the principality has enough to satisfy the other party's appetite.

Even if a powerful warlock is not entrapped, it is best not to offend.

When she walked into this family hotel, her evaluation of the place skyrocketed. The hotel has only two rooms, upstairs and downstairs, with its own private aisle, completely independent private space and seemingly exquisite decoration, which makes her continue to raise her rating of this place. Not only did she change her previous impression of a small hotel, but she even had an urge to rent a room as a private place.

By the way, Shen Yan's evaluation has also improved a lot.

"Welcome, Your Majesty, are you here to send me money?" Shen Yan asked directly when he met, no way, he is sick...... Poor disease. This hotel was paid for by him with precious stones. Well, there's no money...... There was only a pocket of gems left.

Grand Duke Anna pouted, and raised money when they met, impression -50!

"And this honorable warlock, shall I call you Gerald from Livia? You know, Geralt and I were friends (and actually had a close relationship with Geralt's friend Dandrien), but I never heard him say he had a younger brother. "Anna thought she had caught a trump card.

How do you know that Shen Yan directly spread his hands, and he shamelessly simply admitted it!

"That's right, I'm not his brother, and I don't even have anything to do with him. But who doesn't want to find a background to make themselves safer when they're away from home? I don't think Master Geralt would mind...... It's like you don't know Geralt at all, but you can still claim to be his old friend. ”

It's so angry! Impressions - 100 !!

The female archduke gritted her teeth in her heart, rolled on the ground, and hit the villain by the way.

“…… So, what should I call you? ”

"Shen Yan, Shen Yan from Thunder Wood." Shen Yan smiled and introduced them in the official language and the gorgeous elven language, in terms of pretending, he hadn't served anyone yet.

Archduchess Anna was shaken by his shining smile and subconsciously looked away. Although she couldn't understand the elven language that seemed to be singing, she had a very high style, so she wouldn't admit that she had a good impression at this moment. Anna is gritting her teeth again in her heart, she looks amazing! Little white face, Dandrion is ten times better than you...... No, 10,000 times!

She didn't want to admit that Shen Yan was wearing a light-colored mage robe, standing in front of him like a slim tree, and Dandrion was like a rooster compared to it.

"Okay, then Shen Yan from Thunder Wood, I have already sent someone to confirm the situation in the Sansredo Swamp, and it has indeed been thoroughly cleaned up! On behalf of the Principality, I would like to thank you for this. Now, please tell us what you really want to do...... It can't be money! ”

Seeing that Shen Yan was about to open his mouth, the female eldest duke simply interrupted domineeringly!

As for how to shirk it, she had already thought of a way - how her subordinates prevaricated her in the past, she would prevaricate Shen Yan. "If you have to ask for money, you can go through the approval process to get it at least next spring (by then the autumn tax has already been collected), and the Principality will have a special tax of 45% on it! Everything is law, and there is nothing I can do about it. ”

Archduchess Anna smiled, it felt so good!

This is why the individual cannot compete with the state – the state can set rules that benefit it, and the individual can only abide by it.

*****

"How can you do this? This is discrediting! Shen Yan was angry, stubborn with weakness, pity, and helplessness......

It can be seen that Duke Anna's heart is dark! That's it! That's it! Now you know how good I am! Oh ha~~~ The witch in her heart is laughing wildly.

"Okay," Shen Yan looked frustrated, "I still want to try, you write you a note to prove the money, and I still have to go through the process." ”

Anna sighed, the current Shen Yan looks like a fool who doesn't hit the south wall and doesn't look back, is he still too young...... Sooner or later, you will be on the iron wall of the country, and your head will be broken and bleeding...... Then I'll wait for you at Bowland Palace to come back and beg me.

She happily wrote an "IOU" on a piece of paper with a gorgeous flower body, and used the seal representing the duchess. The captain of her guard stopped talking behind him, but finally didn't stop the Duchess - he had a gut feeling that there was something wrong with this, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was.

"Is that okay?" Anna proudly handed the piece of paper to Shen Yan - although the number on it was amazing, but in her opinion, it was a piece of paper, she could write as much as she wanted - if you could turn this piece of paper into money, I would not be the Grand Duke of this principality!

"That's it." Shen Yan took it and solemnly put it away, and then smiled.

Smiling proudly, arrogantly, conceited...... It's a complete copy of Anna's appearance that just flashed away! I'm also a man with a writing wheel.

Anna was stunned, and she had a feeling that something was wrong!

"Honey, I'm here to teach you a new thing." Shen Yan sat down with a smile and spoke slowly. "The name of this knowledge is 'Assignment and Sale of Debts'...... See! As soon as you look at your expression, you can guess that you must be thinking that I am going to sell my debt to some powerful people, right? But because you are the most powerful person in this principality, you don't care at all.

This is the second point I want to teach you, debt, which can be sold to certain countries! For example, Soden, for example, Nilfgaard, of course, with your status, this little money really doesn't matter...... If they have no intentions for your country!

Are you right? ”

Anna is not stunned at the moment, she has been frightened by the imaginary picture and stiffened!

Behind her, the captain of the guard pulled out his sword and pointed at Shen Yan. But the tip of the sword shook, and obviously he was extremely afraid of the possibility that Shen Yan said!

Do the surrounding countries have no intentions for the Duchy of Touscent? How can it be! In the eyes of the higher echelons of these principalities, the Duchy of Touscent is the perfect fairytale princess, and everyone is eyeing her!

It was only because she was leaning into the arms of the monster Nilfgaard that those people reined in their ambitions...... Knefergaard is also one of the coveted princesses!

As long as there is a 1 in 10,000 chance, these countries are 100% willing to operate to let the Duchy of Touscent go bankrupt directly! And then become a part of whom...... However, this sharpest knife was handed to Shen Yan by Grand Duke Anna just now.

*****

The captain of the guard clenched the hilt of his sword, as long as Grand Duke Anna gave an order, he would rush forward without hesitation - even if he died, he would leave Shen Yan behind!

But when Duke Anna turned around, she said to him, "Get out!" ”

"What?" The captain of the guard didn't get it.

"I say, take your sword and get out!" Grand Duke Anna yelled in annoyance!

Now the captain of the guard understood, put away his sword in a panic, and left the room backwards.

When the captain of the guard left, Anna turned to face Shen Yan and regained her nobility and self-confidence as a Grand Duke. She straightened her back to accentuate her breasts, then gently unbuttoned her first garment.

"You won, now tell me what you want?"