Seth Palace, House of Council.

The four confidential ministers of the military, the law, the civil affairs, and the finance, as well as a number of other ministers, were here.

"Your Majesty, a battle report came from the front line of our army, and Russell led the Red Clothes Army with the help of Snott's 'Lion's Claw' legion to successfully defeat the elven 'Autumn Leaves' legion, killing 80,000 enemies and killing the elven legion leader Jane Thean. In addition, in the area of Qinghe, the four legions of our army successfully ambushed the elven 'Devil Vine' legion, and completely annihilated the opponent's casualties of our army were very low, and Qinghe City has been recovered by our army. "As it was wartime, the War Chancellor, Augske, first reported to Bryn Seth.

"Good!" said Brun Seth with a slam on the armrest of the throne, "Our warriors have worked hard. When they return, everyone will be rewarded and awarded the Order of Valor. For the soldiers who died, they were awarded the title of war hero. ”

"Yes. "That's what Augsegg wants to report, and there is nothing else he can do.

The next Secretary of State for Law, Abner, and Home Secretary Garcia had nothing to report, only Chancellor of the Exchequer Grandet stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, I have something I want to report. ”

"Oh?" said Brun Seist, looking at Grandet in surprise, "what does Aiqing want to report? ”

Grandet cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Augsig just withdrew 20 million gold coins from me not long ago, but a few days later, he withdrew another 3 million gold coins from me, and I don't even know how he spent this money. Your Majesty, if Lord Augsg continues to withdraw money like this endlessly, the treasury will be empty!" Grandet waved his arm and declared in his own distinctive body language how much he did not want to see Augsg take money from him.

Augsig glanced at Grandet and asked, "Lord Grandet thinks that such a thing as war is not costly, does he?"

"Of course war is expensive, I know that," Gruntai retorted at once, "but you can't take endless money from me, can you?" 20 million gold coins, that's 20 million gold coins, not 20 million pieces of paper! I would love to know how you spent these 20 million gold coins, which is enough to equip all the troops in the kingdom with a batch of brand new equipment!"

As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Grandet was known for his stinginess, and it was difficult for ordinary people to withdraw money from him, and even if you had a note from the king himself, you would have to listen to the foaming stars in front of him for a long time to get the money. This is also wartime, if it is put in normal times, let alone 20 million gold coins, Augsg will not be able to transfer even 2 million gold coins.

However, being stingy is stingy, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer is indeed a little capable. During his tenure, the revenue of the kingdom's treasury increased by twenty percent, but the taxes of the people did not increase much, but decreased, and the gap in those funds was filled by the taxes of the nobles, which not only improved the living standards of the people, but also played a role in curbing the development of the aristocracy. Even the people of the kingdom were full of praise for Grande.

Gain the support of the people. This is not something that can be done casually, and no Chancellor of the Exchequer has ever achieved such a reputation before Grande. Walking down the street now, if you talk about the military and political Augsger, Abner, and Garcia, there may not be many people who know who the three of them are, but if you dare to mention the name of Grande, you will hear the people say: "Isn't that the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom? He is the great benefactor of our people, and since he took office, our family has paid much less taxes than before, and our standard of living has been better than before!"

Grande's reputation among the people is so outstanding that it has almost reached the point where everyone knows and everyone knows about it.

Augsg knew that if he didn't give Grandet an explanation, Grandet would chase him and keep explaining, so he had to convince Grandet, otherwise he wouldn't want to get a penny from Grandet in the future.

"Lord Grande, I must tell you that all this money has been used by me to buy armaments, especially bows and arrows. I've doubled the number of bows and arrows, and I'm going to equip every warrior with crossbows and arrows. Augsg said.

"What do you need so many bows and crossbows for?" Grande's eyes widened, "There must be enough archers in the kingdom, right?I remember that there are 10,000 standing archers in each legion, isn't so many archers enough?"

Grandet couldn't imagine why Augsg had so many bows and arrows, yes, and crossbows and crossbow arrows, and he wanted to equip every soldier. Oh my God, doesn't he know how tight the kingdom's finances are right now?!

Just as Grandet could not understand Augsig, so Augsg could not understand Grandet.

"Lord Grande, you must know how important the bow and arrow are. With enough bows and arrows, we can minimize the chances of our warriors engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, which in turn minimizes the casualties of our warriors. Close combat is like a meat grinder, throwing the lives of our warriors into it and crushing them! Don't you know how important the lives of those stick boys are? We need them! The kingdom needs them! The people need them!"

Although the treasury has grown considerably in the past few years under my management, the treasury is not a cash cow, its money is limited, and if I invest all my money in your military administration, will the civil administration and the legal government not need money? ”

"It's wartime! It's wartime!"

"You can't spend money without restraint in wartime!"

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Seeing that the two of them were getting more and more noisy, their faces were red and their necks were thick, almost to the point of fighting, Brun Seth hurriedly came out to play a round.

It's good for ministers to have arguments among themselves, and it's good to have competition to make progress, but it's not good if they fight.

"Okay, okay, what the two Aiqing said makes sense, you are all the people I trust the most. But as Augsge said, it's wartime, everything has to make way for war, and if we win this war, we will reap more than we pay. Grande Aiqing, if Augsg needs anything, you should bear with him a little more, and it is not easy for him to work hard for the glory of our kingdom. ”

"Yes. Grandet lowered his head and gave in for a moment.

"Well, I'm very happy to hear so much good news today, so let's retreat. ”