Blinore City, Kite Fort.

"I do have selfish intentions about Victor. ”

Catherine sat on the throne in a gorgeous silk dress and a jeweled tiara, dignified and elegant, graceful and noble, but her tone was a little weak. Faced with the interrogation of the Marquis of Golon, the queen of Gambis appeared to be underconfident.

"There is no point in discussing things from the past. ”

With the belief of protecting the Auguste family, Goron adheres to the way of vassals, is loyal to the monarch, and never acts aggressively in front of the royal family, and if it is in the interests of the royal family, he will not let the descendants of the Auguste family mess around. For example, a fortune of 4 million gold soles.

"Your Majesty, in the past ten years, Gambis has experienced two expansions, the first time, the 21,000 militia in the northern counties were converted into vassal soldiers, and the second time, the four central counties promoted more than 5,000 displaced families to vassal families, moved to the northern counties, and recruited more than 8,000 militiamen from them. ”

Marquis Golon stood at the foot of the steps and said in a deep voice: "So, this time there is a big gap in the renewal of armaments, and there is a gap of 13,000 sets of equipment. After accounting, there is a shortfall of 900,000 gold soles for the procurement of armaments. The quartermaster is now squatting at the entrance of the military department every day, looking for trouble with me, I went to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but the Marquis Leopold told me that there is no money in our treasury, and I can only come to you. As he spoke, Goron stretched out his hand and made a gesture asking for money.

Catherine secretly complained, but said in her mouth: "Ge Longqing, water conservancy projects are being built in the northern counties, and once the main canal is completed, it can increase 500,000 mu of arable land, and many fields that were originally uncontrollable can be turned into aristocratic fiefs. The significance of raising the southern port is significant, and the future benefits are incalculable. ”

"The Marquis de Leopold, at the request of the Imperial Council, set aside the cost of the aqueduct and the port, both of which amounted to 4,300,000 gold soles. You are supporting this matter......"

"Of course I support it. Marquis Goron withdrew his arm and said coldly: "Before building a port, we must first start a war to clear the river beach fishmen. Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Grand Duke are also supportive of this...... You can't let a soldier fight a fishman with a pitchfork, can you?"

Catherine had nothing to say, and Goron said angrily: "We agreed to let Sophia hand over 3.5 million gold soles, why did we change our mind temporarily?"

The large chambers of commerce were under the name of the merchant aristocracy, but without the king's endorsement, no lord would buy it, and the unimpeded caravans were just a joke. Therefore, in the eyes of the king, the profits earned by the Chamber of Commerce belong to the royal family, but the wealth is charming, and the business aristocracy is not willing to give away a huge amount of wealth. For the greedy commercial aristocracy, the royal family has never been soft, and every few decades they will gather wool, and then change the head of the business aristocracy, so as not to have a big tail. This has almost become a common practice in the kingdoms against the merchant aristocracy, but still none of the merchant nobles have taken the initiative to hand over their property.

Sophia's transfer of the Chamber of Commerce's funds deeply angered the Auguste family. However, the Night Stalker's elite spies have locked on the location of the saber-toothed tiger merchants' gold hiding, and Sophia herself is inextricably linked to the centaur hills, holding the right to operate purple cane wine and jaggery.

Considering that Sophia still has a lot of use value, and the wealth of the Chamber of Commerce is also under surveillance, the royal family did not take extreme measures against her.

However, when Sophia and Arrett got married, her role immediately changed from a business aristocrat to a diplomatic envoy, and it was no longer possible to lead the Wimbledon Chamber of Commerce, and the Auguste family's attitude changed.

The royal think tank believes that barbarian diplomacy is of little practical significance to the Kingdom of Gambis, and the only advantage of the Kite Castle and the Church is that it can use the overall diplomatic situation as an excuse to subdue the southern lord group and build a port in the Earldom of Chebman, so that the strategic center of gravity of the kingdom will shift from north to south. The crux of this strategy was that the royal family had to hold control of the port, and the cost of building the port would naturally be borne by the royal family.

In this case, it doesn't make much sense for Kite Castle to woo Sophia.

Marquis Gorlon, Williams, and Catherine quickly came to an agreement to reclaim the Chamber's fortune and let Sophia take refuge in the Centaur Hills.

The money was indeed taken, but not by the Night Stalker's spies, but by the saber-toothed tiger merchants. The night owl watched as 4 million gold soles were taken to the centaur hills by the saber-toothed tiger merchant group, and they didn't even take any measures.

Marquis Goron was furious when he learned that the night owl had been ordered by Archduke Williams and Roland to stand by, but the two guys slapped their butts and ran to the centaur hills, and he had to ask Catherine what was going on.

Catherine was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "When we went to see Sophia, Roland told her about the night owl's monitoring of the gold hiding point, and also said that Victor was her student, and the money was given to Sophia and Victor as a gift from the royal family. Williams also agrees with ......"

"So, in addition to my ignorance, you also have a share!"

Marquis Gollon's eyes were on fire, and he hated that iron could not be made of steel: "Roland has not been doing his job all day, I thought Williams would be different, but it turns out that none of the descendants of the Auguste family are reliable! Catherine, how can you let them do nonsense?!"

"Sophia is a marquis of the palace after all, and a silver knight at the pinnacle......." Catherine explained weakly.

"Sophia is not even the slightest bit loyal to the Auguste family? an unloyal silver knight is not worth our 4 million gold soles, and if she is lucky enough to be promoted to the gold knight, 40 million gold soles will not be able to win over. ”

Marquis Golon put his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Say, what are you hiding?"

Catherine's slender white fingers wrung together, just as she felt at the moment.

Unable to resist her adventurous nature, Roland plans to leave Gambis in search of an opportunity to set foot in the realm of legends, and before she can do so, she must reach an agreement with Sylvia to ensure that Gambis has no worries. This money is Roland's sincerity. How could this be told to Gorlon? Another reason related to Catherine's privacy, and she couldn't say it.

Goron's expression flickered, and his gaze turned to the wall behind the throne. It wasn't long before a secret door appeared in the wall, and two sleek young guards walked out, carrying an old man with thinning hair and a wrinkled face. Catherine, who had been waiting by the secret door, curtsy to the old man, carefully held his arm, and the guards bowed to the queen and the Marquis of Golon, and retreated into the corridor without saying a word, and the secret door creaked back into the wall.

Marquis Golon stepped forward and saluted, and said respectfully, "Lord Tofowen, why are you here?"

The old man, supported by the queen, sat down on the sofa, grinned toothlessly, and said with a smile: "Goron, I'll give you an explanation. ”

The old man was a pharmacist of the Auguste family, and his reputation was not obvious, but the chief pharmacist of the royal family did not deserve to lift his shoes. Because Toferwen is not an ordinary person, but a wizard.

Born into a family of vassals under the auspices of the Augustian family, he was trained as an acolyte in the Kite Castle at the age of eight, and at the age of ten he awakened his talent for witchcraft. In this way, Tofer became a sorcerer secretly raised by the Augustian family.

Tofowen has three talents in witchcraft, which are medicinal mastery, insight growth, and designated growth.

Medicinal Properties: Tofo can understand the nutrition, medicinal properties and toxicity of plants with the naked eye alone.

Insight into growth: Through skin-to-skin contact, Tofowen can clearly grasp the growth status and growth limits of living things.

Designated Growth: Tofo uses medicine and food as a medium to control the development state of organisms, so that they reach the limit of growth or break through the limit.

Therefore, designated growth is divided into comprehensive growth and extreme growth. However, there are various limitations to extreme growth, but it can achieve incredible growth results.

As a transcendent, Tofowen is too weak to even manifest witchcraft runes, but his abilities are invaluable to the Augustian family.

With his mastery of medicinal properties alone, Toferwen could become the top apothecary master, and the Auguste family did arrange for him to learn from the pharmacist. The Auguste family's Refining Potions and Energy Potions have been improved by Tofo to greatly increase their effectiveness and reduce their costs. This is also the reason why the August family is able to maintain thousands of dragon knights.

The body forging potion, healing potion, berserk potion, and growth potion of the Swift Dragon mastered by the August family are all from the hands of Tofowen, and the effect is also outstanding.

The Night Stalkers had a team of 300 Dead Warriors, each of whom had taken the all-round growth potion that Tofo had tailored for them, and their physical fitness had surpassed the limits of ordinary people, reaching the level of a Level 3 Holy Warrior, equivalent to the strength of three people. If it weren't for Tofowen's busyness and the cost of potions, this team would have been able to continue to expand.

Crucially, Tofowen's potions are ineffective against Extraordinary Knights, but against Knights and Nobles.

Queen Linda, born in a lord's family, her knightly blood is negligible, in order to give birth to an excellent heir, she ignored Ryan's opposition and took Tofowen's extreme growth potion, which led to the amazing and beautiful Princess Roland, and Linda also paid the price of reduced lifespan, and Roland ran out of oil when he was young, even if Archbishop Lazarus personally intervened her life.

Queen Catherine's qualifications can only be regarded as ordinary, she has taken the all-round growth potion of Tofowen, her bloodline has been strengthened, and she has successfully stepped into the transcendent realm. Prince Edward, Archduke Williams and his children, and the heirs of the Marquis of Goron all benefited from Tofovin.

It can be said that the high-ranking knights of the August family have emerged in an endless stream, and Tofferwen has contributed a lot.

Pushing the limits of his intelligence and longevity by taking potions, he was 123 years old and had served four generations of kings, but also lost his fertility. He had no children in his life, and regarded the heirs of the Auguste family as his descendants, serving the royal family with all his heart.

The Marquis of Golon was full of respect and gratitude for this highly decorated patriarch of the family, and he did not sit down until Toferwen raised his hand.

"It all started 11 years ago......

Tofowen closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then said slowly, "There is a child in the kiteburg, and Catherine has asked me to make potions for him, and that child is called Victor Wimbleton. ”