14. Alicia de Boer

The Duke's job is not that busy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Generally speaking, at the end of the year, looking at the tax report, occasionally having tea and talking with the bigwigs of the faction, and then managing the distance between the main wife and a dozen mistresses by the way, so that those women are not so easy to meet, this is the daily work of a normal duke.

But the situation in the Duchy of Almac was different from other places.

At that time, the old duke fought against the local nobility of the entire duchy by himself, taking all the power into his hands against the sky, and ruling the entire duchy in a near-direct manner, which greatly increased the workload of the duke himself.

When I got here, I had to add that the courtiers didn't work hard and were perfunctory, and the resulting workload almost cost Fan's life.

"The duke is dead, and there is something to burn paper. ”

Fan hung a sign on his body.

He fell on his stomach on the desk, next to the approved documents.

He finally got the job done for the day, and then pounced.

"Thank you for your hard work, haven't you become more proficient lately?" Ellie took the large stack of papers and began to sort them out one by one.

"I don't want to be so skilled...... When will this kind of damn day end...... "Fan seems to have gone out of his body."

"Until the day you pass the title to your heir. ”

"Ah...... I was desperate! I couldn't see the end at all, so I ran away. With my secret technique: the elusive, even the edge of the world can escape to you. ”

"It's a lot of work to get you back from the edge of the world, don't add to my workload, Fan. ”

"Don't come to me, let me wander alone......"

"Are you sure you won't starve to death outside?"

"I'll bring enough gold. ”

"Targeted by bandits and robbed of all the money. ”

"Uh...... By the way, bring Leon again......"

"I don't think Master Aung will promise you. With the papers in her arms, Elle left her seat.

"Then please have a good rest today, you can have a snack, I have prepared the kitchen, I have to go to bed early at night." ”

"Ellie, stay and have a snack with me. ”

"I don't want to accompany you!"

The girl left her straight back to Fan, and left the study without looking back.

The work belonging to the Duke is finally over, but the work belonging to Ellie is only half done.

In the castle's reception room, the ministers, led by Thomas Bain, had been waiting for a long time.

Elle is responsible for distributing all the approved documents one by one.

"Lord Guy, Lord Duke believes that continuing to increase the burden on merchants will only lead to fewer and fewer caravans coming to the realm to do business (especially the caravan that Lord Duke is most looking forward to selling spices), so he has decided to abolish the checkpoints here and here, and to reduce the toll tax throughout the country, the details of which are written here. ”

Guy, the minister in charge of managing the business of the principality, a balding little old man, said dissatisfiedly: "Nonsense, Lord Duke may not understand the importance of taxes, but, Miss Bain, you will not be unimpressed, if you reduce taxes without authorization, not only the country, but also other countries will be affected, even the great King cannot change the tax rate at will, let alone our Duchy!"

"Presumably, Lord Duke must have his own considerations...... "Alicia has a gentle smile on her face, "It is an indisputable fact that the number of caravans coming to the Duchy to trade this month has decreased. Moreover, it is only the toll tax on the exchange of merchants that has been reduced, and I think the countries will not make a big deal about it......"

"That being said, it's not something I can do on my own. ”

"Rest assured, all the ministers will cooperate with you in your efforts to minimize the impact of this matter. Thank you for your extra care. ”

"Hmph, I can't help it, if everyone here can move, it's not impossible to do this, but then the workload will increase. The Duke just moved his mouth, which was enough for us to break our legs as courtiers, speaking of which, little Ellie, you are really hard. ”

Of course, Guy knew the Duke's usual absurd behavior, and the old man looked at the girl in front of him with pity. Since the time of the old duke, the ministers have often been able to see this little girl running errands for the old duke, and they almost all watched this girl grow up little by little, so they have some affection.

"What I've done is nothing compared to your lords. Alicia responded with a slightly apologetic smile, she stood up, and bowed to the ministers around her: "Your Excellency Duke is not yet familiar with government affairs, and sometimes it may be a bit nonsense, please bear with me." ”

"No problem, for little Ellie's sake......" A group of lolitcons in the hall responded instantly, as if they were the expression of a foolish father who promised his daughter to buy a rag doll.

"It's not good to be the irresponsible Duke in the first place!Little Ellie doesn't need to apologize to us at all!" This is a radical who has been completely brainwashed.

"Well, then, Lord Bernal, this is your share. ”

"Hmph...... Let me see what the Duke has in mind......"

A middle-aged man with gold-rimmed glasses and a polite look reluctantly took the document.

"Erect a statue of the Duke in the middle of the square, 46 meters high, 93 meters tall on a pedestal, pure gold, oh God, ......"

“......”

“......”

There was another commotion.

All in all, Elle continued to appease the ministers who were angered by Fan's various orders, coordinating their work, this is her daily work, and originally this should be done by Fan, but since the initial time, all the factions were angered by Fan, and a skirmish almost broke out in the hall, and 3 older ministers were directly stunned, and this heavy work overwhelmed Alicia's body.

Alicia had enough patience and a smile because she knew most of the principality's important ministers through her past experience, and his father, Thomas Bain, was the first of the ministers, and he also gave the girl enough support to carry out all kinds of work smoothly.

Clearly, though, it's hard work.

Not all of the ministers are as talkative as Mr. Gay, and some of them have been dissatisfied with Van from the beginning, although these people are not aimed at Alicia, but all kinds of overt and covert non-cooperation are inevitable, and Alicia uses her smile to resolve all of them.

Although it may seem like a lot of work, in fact, not only do you have to complete all kinds of daily tasks, but you also have to stop everyone from running out from time to time, and the girl named Alicia Bain is the busiest person in the whole Principality today.

Without Fan, the daily life of the principality can be maintained, but without Alicia, the bridge connecting the upper and lower levels will be lost, and the government affairs of the principality will completely collapse.

"Come to me in the study when you get back, I have something to say to you. Thomas whispered in Alicia's ear as he handed over the job to his father.

So, that night, dragging her tired body back home, Alicia did not fall headlong on the bed in her room as before, but fought hard and went to her father's study.

It's very gloomy and depressing, and it's very different from the study in the castle, which is full of warm sunlight and is reminiscent of afternoon tea and napping.

And the darkness of the night makes this gloom even more obvious.

"Father, may I ask what is the matter with me? Alicia said respectfully and distantly.

"Here, my daughter, it's hard work, sit down. ”

After waiting for Elle to sit down, the fat minister muttered for a moment, and then spoke, "Do you know about the new duke of the neighboring country?"

"Yes, Father. The girl nodded, "That Mr. Eddard, who used to be a guest at the house, is about to become the new duke." ”

"Well, nine times out of ten, although he has not yet obtained the permission of His Majesty, it is only a matter of time. Thomas nodded, and then said calmly, "In fact, today, the Duke sent a messenger to me again, and made a request like me. ”

"He wants to marry you, Alicia Bain, as his Duchess. ”

The girl's face changed, and she stared at her father closely.

But the Earl suddenly laughed faintly.

"Hmph, is that really the case? Alicia Bane? Hmph! He doesn't want Bane, but Alicia De Boer's blood!"

"Pol?!" the girl's face showed unconcealed surprise.

"Don't you understand? My daughter, yes, 18 years ago, in the name of Bane, abandoned the whole family, and left the country to come to this place, I never told you, it was some boring old things, there is no need to know too much, you just need to know that your real name is Alicia de Boer, with the noble blood of the former ruler of the Duchy of Boer, until now, the Boer family still has the right to claim the title of duke, as long as the descendants of Boer are willing to stand up, half of the nobles of the Duchy of Boer will be happy to support his rule, GilheimThe kind of nouveau riche who rely on riots and betrayal of the upper echelons does not deserve to be compared with our family at all. ”

Suddenly hearing the secret of the super expansion, even Alicia couldn't be surprised, after all, she was just a 15-year-old girl, 18 years ago, 18 years ago she didn't exist.

Count Thomas, continuing with a sarcastic smile, said to his daughter: "That unjust young man wants to secure his position by marriage with our family, and settle the question of inheritance in one fell swoop. Hmph, good idea, as long as you are not really stupid and know these old things, you will make the same choice. ”

"So, father, what do you mean?" asked Alicia with a grim face, vaguely aware of something.

"I agreed. ”

The girl's fists clenched tightly. The grip was so tight that the nails were deeply embedded in the palms of the hands.

"Yes......" she said mechanically.

"The riot 18 years ago, because I was able to survive because I broke away from the family, and now there are only two of us left in the Boer family, and if you want to restore the glory of the family, this is a shortcut, and you have reached the age of marriage, compared with our unreliable duke, wouldn't it be happier to be a duchess of a powerful country and let your children inherit that country?"

"If it's a shortcut, why didn't my father simply sell me to His Majesty, and didn't I have to agree to his request because my father was caught by that man?" Alicia hung her head, anger brewing in her words.

"Shut up, Alicia, you're so rude. The Count grimaced.

"Sorry...... Father, I'm tired. ”

The girl was equally expressionless, and she quickly stood up and left the room without saying a word.

"Touch!!", and the door to the room slammed shut.

In the study, the left Earl Thomas looked silently at the loud door, and then a self-deprecating smile appeared on his face again.

"Happy? Hehe, now that I can say such things without changing my face?"

"That's a ...... Fallen......"

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