The sick princess doesn't remember what tyranny she has done to her country, at least no one thinks she did.

As a ruling class, she values her reputation more than her own life. However, it was not surprising that the Beihai people thought that they were living under the oppressive rule of the Flemish royal family, because this was what the Duke of Beihai had always talked about.

Zhou Shu called the sick princess just to confirm whether she knew about the 'holy woman' and whether she was a central leader. Zhou Shu, who came from the first world, knew very well how effective this trick of deliberately creating gods to incite national sentiments was, and he didn't want any accidents to happen in the so-called base camp of Baiyue Kingdom before he unified the whole world.

For a long time, Zhou Shu looked like an errand runner in front of the sick princess. However, he has a strong sense of ownership, and he has begun to think that the country is actually his own thing, a private property. Said that he didn't know much about her yet, but time will solve this qiē. It's like an old man who bought a smartphone, maybe he won't use it now, but as long as he learns, he can figure it out, and he can't give up studying because of trouble.

Lord Zhou had been convinced from the sick princess that the Beihai region was not friendly to the Baiyue royal family, and it was not surprising to see the current situation.

Putting down the phone, he noticed that the beautiful boy named Kernan was staring at him.

"Why, haven't you seen a martial artist with a toothache?" Zhou Shu lied.

"You're covering the right side of your face because of a toothache?" the pretty boy shook his head, "I kicked you on the left side of your face." Now it's neither red nor swollen, and you don't want to blame my head for the toothache. ”

"I didn't say you got it, I ate too much sweets before bed, right?"

Master Zhou took out a packet of dried fruits from his pocket, chewed it, and looked at the seemingly endless walking crowd in front of him. The longest queue he's ever had in his life was like this, the last time he met so many people was in Crescent Harbor, and the last time he was probably on a trip to the Great Wall. That's a sentence.

"Too much sweets before bed?" Kernan seemed to be interested in the topic, "worthy of a martial master, to be able to say such things without the slightest ostentation." ”

Zhou Shu frowned when he heard this, "What." Is it rare to have a sweet tooth in Haiyuan Castle?"

"Hmph, the people in the White Moon Region are all like you, who are full of superiority?"

"What's wrong with me?!!" Zhou Shu was inexplicably murdered by the little brother next to him, and felt very unhappy.

"Without us Northland Sea People, your Central White Moon Plain would be so rich?"

"Wait a minute!!" Zhou Shu didn't understand what this conversation was about. "If I'm not mistaken...... Are you saying that because the White Moon Region has exploited your Beihai region, I can eat sugar and eat tooth decay before going to bed?"

Zhou Shu asked tentatively, and then saw the little brother next to him with an expression of 'what else could it be', looking at himself unhappily.

"Oh my God......" he understood a little, "can you tell me what your helper's salary and basket of bread are for you?"

The pretty boy said a number, then spat at the bad taste of the cheapest bread, and then put on a look of displeasure. Zhou Shu also confirmed this. Beihai, a region with a certain degree of economic autonomy, seems to have been exploiting its own people under some pretexts, and this sin seems to have been passed on to the Baiyue region.

"Did the royal family charge you a very high war tax?" Zhou Shu asked.

"It's not very high. Kairnan said in a weird way: "At most, Cheng Dù, who made the newborn baby hungry to death, is older, like me." You can survive by eating frogs in the fields. ”

Hearing this, Master Zhou was too lazy to worry about this issue anymore. There has never been a free economy that has left workers hungry without natural disasters and wars. When he came to Haiyuan Castle, he saw no merchants that were common in other cities, and there were not a single one of those who drove the wagons to sell goods.

Obviously, there should also be a fairly heavy commercial tax here, and the goods are not in circulation. The crops that were completely worthless in the White Moon region and even in the eastern defeated city turned out to be quite precious here.

Although the material abundance of the White Moon Country. But it is not as good as modern agriculture. With the climate of the North Sea region, I am afraid that the yield of crops is also like that. If trade can be carried out normally, the surplus grain in the hinterland of the kingdom will be transported to the North Sea at a fairly cheap price, and the only thing that can stop this behavior is the commercial tax burden!

Zhou Shu took a look at Kernan's fruit body in the Book of Summoning again, this child should indeed have a stronger body. After so much exercise, he should have been a lap thicker than his peers. As a result, Zhou Shu could only find his muscles in the Book of Summoning when he took off his clothes, and he looked slim like an ordinary child in his clothes. This shows that he really doesn't seem to have enough to eat for a long time.

The lords under the White Moon Kingdom have considerable rights in their own domains, with the exception of diplomatic rights and some military rights. Almost complete sovereign rights. This is very different from the modern federal state, which at least follows a set of economic policies, although each region has different laws, and the North Sea region is obviously very liberal in this regard.

The call came to the sick princess again, she happened to have nothing to do today, but she was very happy that Zhou Shu was able to call every five minutes to greet her.

"Isn't it normal for the North Sea region to tax their people under the guise of royalty? It's impossible for me to clarify this, no one will believe us. ”

Zhou Shu really wanted to mention the sick princess, it was time for a tax system reform, and the central government must control the financial power. Fortunately, the currency of this world is still stuck in precious metals, otherwise each region must not have a money printing machine per person?

This kind of thing that will touch all vested interests is not busy, and the Wuxu Reform Law has made a perfect counterexample for Zhou Shu, a later person, and the ruts of the overturned car in front are also quite educational.

"That's what you're calling for?" asked the sick princess.

"Martial Master, do you have a toothache again? This time it's on the left. Kellnan asked.

Zhou Shu was crowded in the crowd, and it was also the first time that he discovered the difference between playing the country and sitting on the country. He missed his job in Crescent Harbor a little nostalgically, where it seemed more innocent and less of a headache than it was now.

"I think I should find a way, get in touch, and find a few people who understand economics to take classes...... Zhou Shu believes that the magician should be able to help him. He decided to let his summons go to college for a few months. He has more or less some foundation in this area, and believes that learning a foundation will be able to help Bai Yueguo, after all, what they lack now is just theory.

As for Kellnan, Zhou Shu threw him the bag of food in his hand. If only the kid could eat more. It's not going to look like this.

Secretary Zhou himself once heard her say in Asukai's bed that the reason why the women of the possessors of magic power are beautiful is because they have subconsciously modified their appearance and used their spiritual power.

Women usually want to be beautiful, free of excess body hair, and have tight and delicate skin. They have a very strong expectation of this, which is why most female magic owners are like this. But there are also strange-looking women among the magicians, the number is small, but there are indeed zài, which is why Yu Asuka and the magicians came to the above conclusion. After investigation. When those sorceresses were children, their aesthetic concepts were very problematic. There are also some female magic owners who are born blind, and because they don't know what it means to be good-looking, they usually look very casual.

For Kernan, who has no magic and is a boy, Zhou Shu still has something to ask him. For this child's misunderstanding of the White Moon region. He could only pretend that he didn't hear and didn't argue with him.

Following the flow of a large group of citizens who were not much better dressed than Crescent Port, they were dragged forward involuntarily. After about half an hour, Zhou Shu finally found himself in the square in front of the City Lord's Mansion.

There is a difference between the Duke's Palace and the City Lord's Palace, the former is more private and can be regarded as a private residence. The latter is basically no different from a government office building.

There is no duke's palace in Kaiwon Castle, only the castle lord's mansion. It's just a different name. It can be seen that the Duke of Beihai is more willing to devote his energy to urban governance than to his own comfort and pleasure.

The square in front of the castle lord's palace is often the scene of various official gatherings, and some ceremonies and public trials are held here. At this time, the great event of the prophecy of the Holy Maiden once a few years was also held in this square.

There used to be a fountain in the center of the square, but the water was stopped, and it was full of people. Some of the children climbed onto the building in the pond and looked in the direction of the city lord's mansion, and they were not at all worried about damaging the public property.

It was already a little late when Zhou Shu squeezed here, and he was no more than those citizens who came early, and he was almost the last to arrive. On a makeshift high platform in front of the City Lord's Mansion, there was a little girl wearing a simple gray robe. With a nervous face, he accepted the congratulations of the citizens.

"Is that girl a saint?" Zhou Shu took a closer look in the Book of Summoning, and then asked Kernan beside him with a suspicious expression. "Yes, that's right. ”

"Isn't she the owner of magic power?" Zhou Shu knew by just looking at her face that she wasn't, and the display of the Book of Summoning was the same.

"Perhaps. Kyernan shrugged, "She hasn't been pricked in the ears yet." ”

The White Moon Kingdom has a way of channeling potential magical talents, and the way to do so is by piercing the back of the ear somewhere. However, the people who need guidance are usually very weak in magical talents, at least in the wizarding world, and there is little value in guiding them.

Zhou Shu, with his rich experience in watching girls, can be responsible for telling Sù Kelnan, this girl is absolutely impossible to be guided out of the magic. If it weren't for her young age and a little bit of a little girl's cuteness, Zhou Shu would probably tell Sù Kelnan directly, this ugly girl is 100% an ordinary person.

The saint is equivalent to a consumable for Beihai, one by one every year, and it is impossible to push too good elite women to this. In Zhou Shu's view, the responsibilities of this profession are also very simple, at least much simpler than the living Buddhas in Tibet, and there are some similarities between the two.

The square was overcrowded, no different from the major squares in the Crescent Harbor after the arrival of the Calamity God, it was almost the kind of dense dù that could kill three or four people if a stone fell.

According to the situation that it is difficult to even walk, Zhou Shu feels that there will be no vain celebrations here, and if you don't get to the point quickly, you will be suffocated.

"It's almost getting started. Kernan reminded.

Zhou Shu also found that the two torches on the high platform were lit.

"Will the saint be burned to death?" reminded him of the witch execution.

"Why do you want to burn the Holy Maiden?!!!" Kernan reacted greatly to this sentence, "Do you people in the White Moon region treat the messenger of God like this?

Zhou Shu was also regarded as a native of the White Moon Country for the first time, "I said big brother, where do you see me like the White Moon Region?" Zhou Shu scratched his black hair at the boy.

It was also at this time that Kernan took advantage of his age. Twisting his head, "I don't know, I'm still a kid and don't understand this." ”

The North Sea region is quite far from the magical cities of the south. Probably for this reason, the magicians in the North Sea region seem to be very watery. Zhou Shu also stared at an unreliable-looking young male magic power owner behind the Holy Maiden, fiddling with a ready-made magic array blueprint for a long time, and it took a lot of effort to play the effect of a megaphone.

"The Holy Maiden is about to start prophesying?"

"It's the beginning of the prophecy!" Kernan explained, "Our saint had learned about the prophecy in a dream a long time ago, but this kind of thing had to be made public at the right time. ”

"When the time is right, don't you know the details?"

"What I know is not specific. Can you be quiet and listen honestly. ”

Zhou Shu wanted to ask Kernan why he didn't go to the square before, and wanted to ambush and kill people and steal goods. When he gets him, he will listen to the prophecy with all his attention.

Zhou Shu's ear power is very good. But it was hard to hear the timid voice of the saint in the distance. It's not that the effect of amplification magic is not good, but the main thing is that this girl is a very shy type who doesn't know how to speak loudly in front of people.

"Will she announce who the hero is?" Zhou Shu was quite excited, wanting to know how the Duke of Beihai would arrange for a girl with this character to tell lies.

"How is it possible, the prophecy will not be so direct. ”

Kernan was right. After Zhou Shu, it took a lot of effort to finally hear the prophecy. The little girl uttered a quatrain in a somewhat trembling voice.

The emaciated antelope will triumph over the strong lion

Because there are countless hungry ghosts in the battlefield

Ghosts dance with flaming weapons

The submission of the earth will begin with the thunder that will break the sea

"What the hell is she talking about?" Zhou Shu also regretted that he didn't turn off the translator and listened directly to the original text. Fortunately, not only did I not hear the rhyme at all, but it is likely that some of the metaphors were missed.

Just when he was depressed, the magician beside the saint also showed his magical powers, and wrote the words of the poem in mid-air.

Zhou Shu also didn't know words at all, and his eyes quickly grabbed his phone and 'clicked'. It is used as a deposit.

What makes him very much outside of him is that Kernan is literate. Zhou Shu was very sure that with this child's ears, it would definitely be impossible to hear the words of the holy woman. The pretty boy was looking at the words in the sky and muttering them in his mouth.

Zhou Shu was not ashamed and asked. "What does this prophecy mean? I don't know if there is any hero or not a hero. ”

Kellnan glanced at the adults around him who had a lot of questions, and he was not very willing to deal with him.

The prophecy is clear. Our emaciated, hungry North Sea people. We will eventually defeat the lazy and bloated Flanders because we have enough courage and faith. These things, combined with gunpowder weapons, will bring White Moon City to its knees......!

In Zhou Shu's opinion, this beautiful boy is like a little angry young man at this time, which is quite interesting.

Prophetic poems for the Holy Maiden. He was not surprised. He has seen a lot of things such as 'Mo Dao Shiren has one eye, inciting the Yellow River to rebel against the world'.

Zhou Shu's major is Western literature, so he naturally has read the West, and it can be said that he has been interpreted word by word for I don't know how many years.

As it turns out, there are only two uses for prophecy. Either it is man-made to fool the ignorant people, or it is hindsight and is interpreted and played.

At this time, the things that this saint recited were the first kind, and they were basically no different from the official rebellion in Beihai. It gave him a headache.

If this saint's words are equivalent to the official attitude of Beihai, then I am afraid that I will suffer quite a lot of trouble if I ask to take away the uninvited guest of the only heir of Beihai.

Master Zhou is also very fortunate that he came by chance to catch up with others to incite the people. If you go a little earlier or later, you will probably have to use force.

Regarding his task, Zhou Shu felt that he should still let Ula Mystery help. The previous incident Ula Mystery was quite angry because he didn't discuss it with her at the first time. This will make such a high-end thing as a prophetic poem, and Master Zhou thinks it is safer to find a literate person to ask.

At this time, there were not many citizens in the square who could read and understand the literal meaning of Kernan as well. When the saint had finished speaking, she stood on one side of the high platform. An old man dressed in formal clothes assured the citizens in a loud voice that he would mobilize all the wise men in the Beihai region to decipher the prophecy as much as possible.

Some of the citizens in the square heard this, and shouted loudly about their understanding of the poem, as if they were very eager to show it, but few people beat them. Zhou Shu could hear what these people said, and it was similar to what Kernan said.

However, Kellnan didn't understand what it meant that 'the earth's submission would begin with the thunder that would break the ocean', and the gang made it up to explain it.

Zhou Shu felt that in the next few days, this 'thunder of the segmented ocean' was about to appear. If the prophecy was really man-made, the Duke of Beihai must have a way to artificially turn it into reality.