"What is this for? They don't even give me a decent, high-sounding reason, they send you a message to tell you, and let you tell me about it. www.biquge.info Hey~ Giggs, this year's tax revenue will be 40% more, and you should hurry up and increase it by 40% on last year's material. And in the future, it will come according to this standard, and we will notify you when we decide to raise the tax again~"

After letting the palace maids waiting near this pavilion leave a certain distance, Giggs, who has been suppressing his emotions, said this matter in an extremely exaggerated tone, and his ironic acting skills made Alaye laugh and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.

"Giggs, I know, your mood is very complicated now, and I also think this order from the royal court is a bit excessive, they should have discussed it with you in advance~"

Alaye nodded as he spoke words of consolation to the side, and Giggs took a few deep breaths to calm his emotions a little.

Giggs naturally knew that Alaye and Sif, who had been on his side, must not have known about this matter, that is, they only knew about it after the order from the Moon Elf Court was transmitted, but he knew it a little earlier than him, and he naturally would not transfer the emotions in his heart to Alaye's body casually.

Taking a big step forward, Giggs sat directly on the stone chair in the middle of the gazebo, his right hand clenched into a fist on the table, and Giggs closed his eyes.

Alaye didn't say anything, and gently moved the lotus step behind Giggs, his cold fingers gently pressed Giggs's temples, and his delicate body was directly attached to Giggs's back, even through the clothes, Giggs could still feel the softness of the moon elf's body behind him.

With a light sigh, Giggs slowly opened his eyes, turned around and hugged Alaye into his arms, his chin against Alaye's hair, and for a moment neither of them moved.

Perhaps sensing that Giggs's emotions had calmed down, Aleier asked tentatively, "So, what do you mean?"

Tightening Alaye's body, Giggs still had a slight complaint in his tone, "The orders have been sent directly to you, if I say no to it strongly, won't it be difficult for you to do it?"

"When I go back, I'll inform the following to prepare supplies, by the way, is this more than the extra supplies still asking for food, arrows and leather armor?"

Alaye's slender leg pressed against Giggs's thigh, and the heel of his right foot kept tapping against Giggs's calf, giving a gentle "um" before suddenly speaking.

"I know what you're going to ask next, I can tell you this, because the Moon Elf Royal Court and the Elemental Elves have formed an alliance, and these forty percent of the materials are actually what the Royal Court has paid for by the alliance. ”

"And in return, the elemental elves will return the origin of the magic materials they captured before~"

Taking a hard sip at Alaye's soft face, Giggs got up with a smile, "It's still Alaye who knows me best, so be it for today, I'll order the people below to prepare supplies later." ”

"Well, don't worry, my mentality has been adjusted, and it will be fine~"

Waving goodbye to Alaye, and receiving a roll of the eyes in response, Giggs laughed and left the gazebo.

And if Giggs left, Sif came here, a moon-white robe shrouded in a proud body, looking at Alaye's slightly worried eyes in the pavilion, nodded imperceptibly, and sat opposite Alaye.

"He agreed?"

"Well, I agreed~"

"It's really bad news~"

Well, according to his character, if he still directly agrees to do this, it can only show that he is indeed very angry in his heart, and it can only be said that this order has widened the rift in the relationship between Giggs and the royal court. ”

"Then~ what will you do then?"

"Hmm, I don't know~ what about you?"

"I, I don't know~"

Seve smiled helplessly, and Alaye on the other side also showed a helpless and bitter smile.

......

The Hall of Politics.

While it was still early, Giggs directly wrote an order and handed it over to his secretary to issue directly to the departments responsible for the matter below, as for the reaction of his subordinates, Giggs naturally didn't care.

Thinking gloomily, Giggs took out the quill pen he had put into the pen holder and continued to write the order on the paper.

After simply folding it twice, Giggs rang the bell on the side of the table, and when he saw the secretary come in, he pressed his three fingers on the folded command, and reached forward to push it forward, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face.

"Give it to the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. ”

Giggs's words were remembered in his mind, and after the secretary bowed respectfully, he cautiously withdrew, and hurriedly walked towards a small building in the south of the Starfire Collar City, as for folding the secret order, he didn't even have the heart to look at it.

And after all the work on the table for the day, Giggs gave the last order.

"Convene all the brigade commanders and above officers to return to the Spark Territory for a strategic planning meeting for the kingdom for the next three years. ”

As soon as this order was issued, it immediately excited the officers who were eager for war within the military, and this kind of mobilization of the senior generals of the whole army for a meeting could not be called back to chat and drink tea, and almost no one believed that there was no big action.

And with war, there is military merit, and with military merit can be promoted, for the officer class who have ambitions in their chests and are younger, war is what they have been looking forward to.

......

When the chief officials of various places returned to the royal capital, it was naturally indispensable to arrange many things for the garrisons in various places, after all, the highest position of the generals left behind in various places was a wing commander.

What's more, for example, the various divisions stationed in the northern part of the kingdom and from time to time have skirmishes with the human army on the other side of the Twilight Forest, the current commander is only a wing commander after the return of Qiao and the others, and there are many things to arrange.

During the period when these high-ranking generals were dealing with various affairs and preparing to return to the royal capital, the kingdom suddenly raised a little more tax from all walks of life, although the increase was not large, but for the first large-scale increase in taxes after the establishment of the kingdom after the establishment of the tax standard, it still caused a lot of discussion from all walks of life.

In the midst of all this discussion, a piece of news was delivered quickly, and the citizens of the kingdom were convinced.

"Did you hear that? It's the inside scoop on the tax hike. ”

In a small restaurant in Xinghuo Ling, a guest said mysteriously to his friend sitting across from his table, but provoked a wave of ridicule from his friend.

"Tsk, do you only know now?Isn't it just those damn elves who have increased the share of the kingdom's supplies, good guys, it's really a lion's mouth, and when you mention it, you will mention forty percent, and this part of the increased materials alone is said to be able to supply the Spark Leader for half a year~"

"So much, how can you have more comprehensive news than I heard, tell me about it~" The guest who spoke at the beginning hurriedly asked his friend opposite, and what he saw was his friend's arrogant face.

"I have a relative, but the Lord who listens to all directions~"

An ordinary-looking guest in the hotel, after continuing to sit for a while, swaggered out of the hotel, seemingly casually wandering the streets, but when he approached a small building in the south of the city, he sneered very neatly. (To be continued.) )