With the fall of the gavel of the chairman of the committee, Dumbaser Leclerc Drochen, the interrogation meeting on the relationship between the Galloping Plain and Kirislav finally ended, and the representatives of Kiritslav and the South-Eastern Kingdom fled the chamber without looking back, fearing that if they stayed a little longer, Hanfei and Rand would return to the field and have another ten minutes of hard work.

"Mr. Rand, congratulations on your good start in the Imperial Capital," Hanfei Abopbi smiled and held out his hand, "It's a pity that someone like you can't join the Imperial Authority. ”

"Your Excellency Han Fei is indeed worthy of his reputation as the chief civil servant of the Empire," Rand held his hand tightly, "The absence of you from the committee of the Galloping Horse Fund is simply a mistake of the Galloping Horse Family. ”

Dumbaser on the side rolled his eyes, sighing at the hypocrisy of the two people, if Han Fei was really allowed to join the committee of the Galloping Horse Fund, then I am afraid that the fund subsidy would not be able to spend a penny.

When Rand took the little cardinal out, he saw a person waiting for them in the corridor outside the door, this person was tall and straight, with a well-looking face with Chinese characters, and his golden back hair was meticulously combed, which looked out of place with the barbarians here.

"Earl Rand, this is Gordon Campbell, assistant secretary of the Imperial Treasury Department," a staff member next to him respectfully introduced Rand.

"Mr. Earl, congratulations on restoring order to Night Qi City!" Gordon gave a commercial smirk, reminding Rand of his previous life when he faced his superiors.

"Hello," Rand said to Gordon, waiting for the Treasury official to speak.

"Count Lante, I wonder how your realm is prepared to cope with the huge expenses after the war?" Gordon asked with a smile.

When Rand heard this, he obviously had a pit waiting to be stepped on, and he wanted to know how big this pit was, so he quickly asked: "At present, my idea is to sell the specialties in the territory, and after the war protection policy is down, the empire will have some subsidies." ”

"I'm afraid you're not familiar with the terms of the protection policy," Rand's answer was exactly in line with Gordon's expectations, and he hurriedly said: "The subsidy of the protection policy is a reduction in the taxes of the empire, and with the area of Night Qi City, the annual tax to be paid is at least 300,000 gold coins!" ”

"Oh, in that case," Rand nodded, "Please deduct it directly from the Galloping Horse Fund!" ”

"Huh?" Gordon was stunned for a moment.

"The account books of the Yeqi City Finance Department and the Galloping Horse Fund are in a shared relationship, and I, as a believer of His Majesty, am willing to pay in full, and I can deduct it directly from the fund!" Rand showed a very serious expression.

"Ah, that'...... That's natural," Gordon was suddenly interrupted by Rand to cast the spell, he naturally knew that the account of the Night Kirk City Finance Department was the Galloping Horse Fund, and even the Imperial Treasury Department regarded the Galloping Horse Fund as part of itself.

Rand's words were to let the Imperial Treasury pay the taxes of the Galloping Horse Plains at their own expense, which was obviously a fantasy for the Treasury Department, even if this money was originally from the Galloping Horse family, it was unacceptable.

“…… But,......" Gordon didn't make his mind clear for a moment, but Rand spoke.

"I think you, as the assistant secretary of the Ministry of Finance, must not need you to introduce the source of the Bull Horse Fund, right? Even if you only look at the principal brought to the imperial capital by the Qicheng Finance Department on Chinese New Year's Eve, you can deduct taxes for at least 10 years. Rand smiled and stepped forward, causing Gordon to back away slightly.

"Can't it be said that all the money that our galloping horse royal family brought to the imperial capital was eaten by the Imperial Finance Department?"

"That's ...... That's ......," Gordon subconsciously said, "that's natural, and we've collected all the storage fees we've been collecting for 300 years." ”

When did the Finance Agency spit out the money it swallowed? However, Gordon's sanity told him that he couldn't just mess with Rand.

At this time, Hanfei Apoppy on the side really couldn't stand it, Frank, the chief secretary of the Department of Finance, served the Minister of Finance every day, and it was the relatives of the God Emperor and the father of the current emperor, His Royal Highness the legendary mage Zhang Xu, who naturally didn't bother to run over and talk to Lantefei in person, but the secretaries of the Ministry of Finance thought very highly of themselves and despised their opponents too much, and they fell behind in three or two sentences.

Seeing that Gordon was in a predicament, Han Fei said for him: "Count Lanter, I guess my colleagues in the Treasury Department will definitely express their admiration for your loyalty, but Gordon is probably here this time to solve your war funding problem for you!" ”

"Ah, yes, yes," Gordon nodded hurriedly, "We have a one-and-done solution in the Treasury!" ”

"Oh?" Rand's eyes were filled with curiosity.

Gordon led Rand and Cardinal to a vacant conference room and said the Treasury Department's suggestion: "Since the most powerful product in your realm is the Magic Furnace, we recommend that you set up a Mentor Workshop in the Imperial Capital to specialize in the construction of the Magic Furnace.

The Department of Finance is willing to arrange all the materials and sell all the magic furnaces, and you can get at least 100,000 gold coins for each magic furnace. And all the funds you need for this war can be paid in advance by the Ministry of Finance. ”

"Oh?" Rand showed a very curious expression, and the little cardinal next to him couldn't listen anymore. The construction of a new magic furnace means that the empire can issue 2.5 million gold coins, but the Ministry of Finance only intends to give the rand 100,000 gold coins of hard-earned money.

"Lord Gordon, now that we make a magic furnace, will the Salt and Iron Division give us 150,000 gold coins? Why will more be built and less given in the future? The little cardinal resisted the heart of the debunking and asked.

"It's very simple, after any equipment is built in large quantities, the cost will be closer to the cost of materials, not to mention that mass production must mean that someone imitates it, your magic furnace may be difficult for ordinary families to imitate, but it is still very simple for the legendary family to imitate" What Gordon said If it is not a magic furnace, it actually makes sense, "Once your workshop can produce stably, the Finance Department will ensure that only your workshop has the power to manufacture the magic furnace!" ”

"Mmmm, that sounds pretty good" Rand nodded habitually, to put it bluntly, the Imperial Treasury Department wants to form a monopoly with Rand, and if Rand doesn't know about the mess of the Running Horse Fund, it's really not a bad idea.

"How many magic furnaces does the Finance Department hope to produce?"

Gordon listened to the hope, and hurriedly said: "800 units, the first batch!" ”

"......" Rand and the little cardinal glanced at each other, and sure enough, the Department of Finance wanted to use 80 million gold coins to revitalize the Galloping Horse Fund with a market value of 2 billion and keep it for itself.

Hearing this, Rand determined that the purpose of the Finance Department was to let him take over the fund, but he didn't want him to control the fund. If Rand really wanted to go to the imperial capital, this plan might be a good idea, but he just wanted to be a good lord.

"Lord Gordon, I have a proposal, I will build 6 magic furnaces for the Marquis of Fiat, and in the future, the Galloping Horse Finance Department will transfer all the shares of the royal family to the Marquis of Fiat Galloping Horse!"

(End of chapter)