Surin was also taken aback when she heard this, believing that she was not capable of making her fall in love with her, and there must be some reason why she did this.

Felicia saw that he had been staring at her, and then she also opened her mouth to explain: "Don't think about it, I am only marrying you in name, as long as you follow me, I guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life." ”

Hearing this, Su Lin also expected that it might be the best choice to be a titular couple with her now, and he still knew this, so he also nodded and agreed, while muttering in a low voice: "False, true, true, false." ”

"If you can really make me fall in love with you, it's not impossible for me to be a real husband and wife with you, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so. Felicia smiled, as if in reply to his words.

"I'll try. Su Lin looked at her and replied firmly, after all, such a big beauty any man would have ideas, and of course he would not be an exception.

After having this agreement, the two of them got along a little better, and they could chat a few words from time to time, Su Lin also knew that he had to take one step at a time now, and he couldn't really rely on her for a lifetime, wouldn't it be a soft meal.

In the evening, Felicia took Surin to the dinner party, and since she wanted to escape the political marriage in this way, she naturally had to do enough tricks.

When Su Lin arrived at the banquet hall, he saw a long table full of people, and sitting at the top was a man in his forties, with long hair hanging down his shoulders, some of which could be faintly seen, and the whole person also revealed a strong force.

At this time, Felicia also opened her mouth to introduce: "That is my father, King Antony of Curtis, and it is the queen who sits under him."

After a while, Surin recognized all the people on the table, to say that Anthony is also quite capable of giving birth, there are more than ten sons and daughters, and he also learned that his favorite ones are Princess Felicia and the youngest Princess Luna.

Just as Su Lin was looking at them, these people at the table were also looking at him, and they all showed disdain when they saw it.

"I don't know where the beggar came from, but he sat here like a dog. ”

"Big brother, you don't know this, it's impatient to see him like that, no wonder our sister will take a fancy to him. ”

In the face of these people's cynicism, Su Lin also smiled disdainfully, he was not angry at all, because it was useless to be angry, if it was useful, no one in the world would be angry to death, he was still ready to live a long life!

Felicia had also expected such a situation, and was originally worried that Su Lin would not be able to resist or cower, but now that he was calm, she felt a little more at ease.

Su Lin's performance was also looked at by Anthony, and he also looked down on him for being so calm, so he hurriedly said to everyone: "Okay, all quiet, let's get ready for dinner!"

As soon as the words fell, a servant began to serve the food, and I saw them come over with a metal plate, on which were whole chickens and ducks, as well as mutton, and naturally bread was indispensable.

After a while, the table was full of food, and Su Lin took a look, there were still quite a lot of types, but the quality was a little different, and he also saw some roasted apples and pears on one of the plates.

Surin was not surprised to see this, because he knew that in the Middle Ages, fruits were roasted and eaten, while vegetables, on the contrary, were eaten raw.

Sure enough, immediately after that, Su Lin saw some people directly pick up the vegetables on the table and stuff them into their mouths, muttering delicious while stuffing them.

Felicia also picked up a baked apple at this time and prepared to eat it, Surin originally wanted to stop it, but then he planned this idea, this habit is not something that can be changed in a while, and it will be slowly ** in the future!

At this time, Su Lin found another phenomenon, that is, they all ate with their hands, and there was no fork in sight, and each person was only equipped with a knife.

Fortunately, Surin has studied Western history and knows that the fork only became popular at the end of the Middle Ages, and there was no such thing at this time, otherwise he would have shouted: You think you are eating pilaf!

Seeing that those men were eating with oil on their hands, without any etiquette, Su Lin had no choice but to stop looking at them.

Then he turned his head to look at Felicia, and found that although she was also grasping with her hands, she was still quite gentle, and Surin couldn't help but be glad that her image of the goddess in her heart had not been destroyed.

After Surin tasted all these foods, he found that the taste was mostly sweet and sour, and the condiments were not very good, and the taste could only be said to be acceptable! It was not very delicious, but it was not very delicious.

Anthony also raised his glass at this time and said, "The wine I drank this time was produced in Hoto, and I also took a lot of effort to get it, how about you taste it?"

Immediately, everyone began to taste it, and many people praised it for its deliciousness after tasting it.

However, after Su Lin grew up, he only felt a little grape flavor in it, and the taste was weird, the taste was naturally incomparable with modern wines, and the alcohol content was relatively low, so it was more appropriate to call it a drink.

At this time, the eldest prince Lance saw Su Lin's expressionless face, and couldn't help asking, "My brother-in-law, what do you think of this wine?"

As soon as his words came out, everyone immediately looked at Su Lin, wanting to see what this beggar thought of this wine, and many people also laughed.

"Average!"

Su Lin spit out these words casually, he also knew that these people were deliberately embarrassing themselves, if he was really a beggar, naturally he would not know wine, but unfortunately he was not, naturally he did not have a good impression of this wine, he could only answer truthfully.

"Haha, in general, it's really a beggar, you can understand what wine. ”

"That is, this is Hoto's domestic wine, which is the most famous, and ordinary people can't drink it. ”

Su Lin only smiled at this, and did not refute it again, but secretly said in his heart: In the future, I will let you see what real wine is.

Felicia also slapped the table heavily at this time and shouted: "Leave without eating, so much to say." ”

Seeing her speak, everyone's laughter stopped, which shows that Felicia's status is still very important.

After a while, Antony suddenly stopped and said, "I would like to announce two things, the first of which is that soon the king of the kingdom of Hoto, Baird Gernon, will arrive, and the reception will be handled by Felicia, and nothing will go wrong. ”

"Yes, Father. Felicia replied earnestly.

At this time, Su Lin obviously noticed that the face of the eldest prince Lance had changed significantly, obviously very dissatisfied with this decision, but it was only that.

Lance noticed that Surin was watching him, and quickly regained his composure, while glaring at him fiercely.

Su Lin only smiled at this and shrugged his shoulders at him, indescribably chic, which made Lance even more disgusted like eating a fly.

Immediately afterwards, Anthony said: "The second thing is that this year's tax revenue is only two million gold coins, which is a lot lower than last year, and next year's expenses are still a part short, about 500,000 yuan, let's think about what can be done!"

As soon as he heard this, the eldest prince immediately took the lead and said: "Father, this is easy to do, let's just levy taxes immediately, if it really doesn't work, we will levy it a few more times." ”

"Yes, father, this is a good way for the eldest brother, let me do it!" the second prince Charlie also echoed.

When Anthony heard what they said, his face couldn't help but look ugly, if it was really that simple, and you still had to worry about it, I could do it myself, now the domestic tax is already very high, if you rashly collect taxes, I don't know what will happen.

At this time, everyone didn't dare to speak anymore when they saw his face, but at this moment, they heard Su Lin's sudden laughter, and everyone immediately turned their eyes to him.

The reason why Su Lin laughed was because he heard the two princes say that they would collect more taxes a few times, although he also knew that there was no formal tax system at this time, basically the lord could collect what he wanted, but it was not that collecting taxes meant that the money would increase.

Lance saw that Su Lin actually laughed at this time, and quickly stood up and reprimanded: "What are you laughing at?

Su Lin also smiled slightly at this time: "The technique of taxation is to pluck the most goose feathers and listen to the least goose calls." ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene immediately fell silent, and everyone also turned their eyes to Su Lin, a beggar could actually say such philosophical words, and even Felicia's eyes looked at him with a hint of inexplicable charm.

Anthony also glanced at Su Lingao after hearing this, this is still the most classic explanation of taxation he has ever heard, and now he wants to continue to increase taxes to cope with financial difficulties, and he doesn't want the people to oppose it, so he also asked with a smile: "Then do you have any solution?"

When Lance heard that his father actually started to ask a beggar, he couldn't help but joke: "What can he know as a beggar, I don't know where he heard this." ”

Su Lin directly ignored Lance, first took a sip of wine and then looked at the opening and asked Anthony, "Your Majesty, do you think the country's taxes are heavy now?"

Hearing this question, Anthony also fell into contemplation, in order to cope with the financial expenses, the domestic tax revenue in recent years has also been messy, all kinds of inexplicable taxes have run out, he also knows that the current tax is still relatively heavy, so he honestly admits it.

However, Lance didn't wait for Su Lin to answer at this time, and said first: "Even if the tax is heavy, as long as the tax rate and frequency are increased, it is not the income of the treasury that can be increased." ”

Immediately after that, Su Lin explained quickly: "Taxation, in fact, is to compete with the people for profit, according to the Laffer curve, under normal circumstances, raising the tax rate can indeed increase tax revenue, but when it exceeds a certain limit, people's production costs increase, and the income decreases, so that the country's tax revenue is not increased but decreased." ”

"Hmph, I don't know where I heard the crooked reasoning, and what is this Laffer curve?"

"That is, you beggar know what state finances. ”