"Your Majesty, this is this year's tax, look at it. Crest placed a thick stack of papers in front of Augustine.

Augustine's expression straightened when he heard this, and then he relaxed: "Forget it! I won't look at it! ”

"Good!" said Crest.

"First of all, in the spring and summer of this year, the income of gold coins has increased greatly, with an increase of nearly 10 million, an increase of about 30% compared with previous years. Reaching for a few papers, Crest pulled out a few and handed them to Augustine.

Augustine was overjoyed when he heard this, and the lazy look on his face disappeared.

Crest then reads: "Of the ten million revenues, the Royal Chamber of Commerce accounts for about sixty percent, and the rest is the tax on the checkpoint and the tax on the noble lands. ”

Augustine ordered someone to find out the previous documents, and when they were compared with the present, they did.

With a flick of the sheepskin scroll behind him, Augustine smiled: "In this way, the newly implemented policy is really good. ”

When Krest heard this, his face was extremely strange, and then he picked up a few documents again: "This is this year's grain tax revenue, compared with previous years, the grain tax has been reduced by about 20%. ”

Augustine's face, which had been happy just now, immediately turned stinky.

After carefully checking for a long time, he found that what Crest said was right, and the face was distorted so that the maid on the side could scare the maid on the side to death.

And Crest, who knew the emperor in front of him, knew that Augustine would not be angry.

"What's the matter? Are they demonstrating to me?" a low tone squeezed out of Augustine's mouth, so that the guards around him could feel the man's anger, "Are they! really so dissatisfied with my policies?"

How did Crest not know who Augustine was talking about, and the only people who could demonstrate to Augustine were the nobles. Augustine, who has always been strong, also had to admit that the most powerful class in this country was these rotten aristocracy. Now that the grain tax has been greatly reduced, it can only be shown that these nobles collectively resist the tax.

What Augustine did not understand was that these policies would be slightly detrimental to the interests of some nobles. But it will make the whole country strong, is it true that these nobles have been foolish to this extent.

As soon as he thought of this, Augustine's eyes were filled with a strong killing intent.

Crest smiled bitterly: "My king, the decrease in food is precisely because of the increase in gold coins. ”

Augustine looked stunned and was very puzzled by Crest's expression.

Speaking of this, Crest had to begin to explain: "Your Majesty, the goods of Flame City have been very popular in the kingdom in the past two years, and they have been affected, and the Resas Empire is also importing a large number of these goods, and even those bedbugs in the Moon Kingdom are secretly smuggling. ”

"Your Majesty. As I said earlier, the Royal Chamber of Commerce accounts for a large part of this year's new income. ”

Augustine nodded in understanding, and motioned for Crest to continue.

"Your Chamber of Commerce can make so much money, can those nobles let go of this opportunity?"

Augustine knew this, but making money is making money, and what does this grain have to do with it, it is obviously not a piece.

Crest knew that Augustine hadn't understood it just by looking at it, and to be honest, it was still very embarrassing for the situation to be uninvestigated.

So Crest continued: "Caravanserais, the merchant will not go empty, that is, it will be full when it goes. It should be full when it comes, but Flame City is not short of all kinds of goods now, but all kinds of raw materials, so most of these merchants will bring raw materials when they go. And most of the rights to exploit these raw materials were concentrated in the hands of the aristocracy. As a result, these aristocrats mobilized their peasants to turn into workers to extract raw materials. ”

"The land has to be planted by people, and how can the land that no one planted produce food, so this year's grain harvest is very poor. ”

Such a bend and a bend are rounded down. Augustine finally understood what was going on, but he was still unhappy.

No matter what time it is. As the most important component of society, there is never too much food.

With food. The ability to resist natural disasters will be greatly improved, and more people will survive, and these people are the strength of the country and the most important part of the country.

As a king, how could Augustine not understand the importance of grain to the country, so the poor harvest still weighed on his chest like a big stone.

"But Your Majesty, don't worry about food for the time being, the demand for food in the most important camp of the kingdom has been greatly reduced, and the logistical pressure is not as great as before, with Prince Gna's principality in front, the werewolves on the western front will not fight in a short time. And the kind of things called canned food produced in Flame City can be stored in large quantities, just the various kinds of vegetables, fruits and meat canned food produced in Flame City in various cities can meet the forced march of 100,000 people for two months at a time, I mean, we can store canned food as a national food reserve. ”

"That's right!" Augustine scratched his chin.

It seems feasible to say this, but Augustine still feels that it is not safe to put all his eggs in one basket at any time.

"Well, the plan is underway. Augustine wrote the order and handed it to Crest, and the matter was over, and then Augustin kept Crest: "My duke, is there any way to increase the production of food, you know, we can't always rely on Flame City, if the canned food production of Flame City drops, the impact on the kingdom will be very bad!"

"This. Augustine also knew that as the prime minister of a country, how could he not understand such a simple truth.

After half a ring, Crest said: "Your Majesty, the reason for all this, in the final analysis, is that the population is too small, and if you plant the land, no one will work anymore, and if you do the work, no one will farm the land again, and it would be nice if the population of our country was a little more." ”

Augustine then understood why a wise prime minister had not explained this to him, because the state was still carrying out Augustine's plan of recuperation, and even the camp of the River of Life, which was still holding it, was now lazy and immobile.

Crest's subconscious meaning Augustine heard it very clearly, what should no one do? Grab it! As long as you get it back, won't it be your own people?

And if you want to grab the population, there will be war, which is not in line with Augustine's policy, and in the face of a powerful emperor, this kind of saying that you are wrong at the first time is simply looking for death.

However, Crest's words were clear, and Crest was relieved! Augustine did not know what to do.

The policy has just been implemented for less than a year, and it is about to be overturned? Although there is no such thing as Chrysostom in this world, it is indeed a taboo for a country to change its order at the moment.

If the policy is changed arbitrarily, it will affect the prestige of the country, that is, the credibility of the country, and without these so-called high-ranking officials, the emperor is not even as good as a copper plate.

"What should I do?" Augustine was so irritated that he was not even interested in doing something shameful with the queen, and sat up and down in his bedroom.

People say that a companion is like a tiger, in the face of a violent tiger, the guards and maids have stopped, and those who can stay away will be two steps away, just afraid of being targeted and suffering from unwarranted disasters

Walking through thousands of mountains and rivers, admiring the red flowers and willows, and looking at the beautiful scenery one after another, all that was left in the hearts of Mo Xuan and his party was the word boring.

Even the active Shania sat lazily in her chair at this time, staring at the roof that she had been looking at for a long time.

There is only one person, and he is living in dire straits.

This person is Mo Xuan.

How many times Mo Xuan hated himself, why did he bring up the matter of asking for a etiquette trainer to Potlem, as soon as he thought of this, Mo Xuan remembered a sentence, he can't live if he does his own evil!

Standing up and sitting down, Mo Xuan felt more like a programmed machine, followed by an existence that was even more terrifying than the discipline pickets.

"Lord Viscount, your waist should be slightly bent at this time. ”

"Yes, don't squint, be majestic. ”

"Oh!! no, no, no, no, be gracious, and you should be right to Madame. ”

Buzzing, like a bunch of annoying flies flying around Mo Xuan's ears.

Whenever there is an etiquette class, it is the busiest time on the airboat, whether it is the guards or other people, they will come out to watch the excitement.

Looking at Mo Xuan's sad face, as if someone owed him millions, and there was a dead face beside him that had not changed for thousands of years, and he kept reminding him of the problem of etiquette in an annoying tone, Shania laughed happily. Only Aina felt sorry for Mo Xuan again, the tangled expression on her pretty face was heartwarming, and Cynthia, who was also the boss lady sitting on the side, constantly comforted her.

Danielle, who was sitting opposite Mo Xuan, had an old face like a blooming chrysanthemum, and he almost smiled proudly.

"Jacob, you're really a dead brain, why don't you just make it up, I can't wait to strangle you to death now!" Mo Xuan said helplessly to the ceremonial officer beside him.

Jacob's face did not change in the slightest: "Lord Viscount, when you speak, your tone should be louder, face." ”

"Ah!! pilot, how long will it take to get to Iron Wall City!I'm going crazy!" Mo Xuan shouted at the cockpit, covering his head.

"Hahaha!" The people who were waiting to see the excitement finally couldn't help but start laughing.

Mo Xuan stood up in annoyance: "Bastard, you are smiling very happily, aren't you!Tomorrow's etiquette class, you will take it with me, no matter how you say it, you are also my person, you can't embarrass me!"

There was silence on the airboat, and after a moment there were all kinds of cries.

The noisy airship rumbled through the sky, and the shark's hideous beak startled a flock of birds below. (To be continued......)