"Back to Your Majesty, the secret order has been issued, and the return date of Marshal Pippen has been set, and the military department will make every effort to contact you. Marshal Serka stood on top of the court and said calmly, the news that Marshal Pippen is not dead has long spread in the Holy Capital, but Marshal Pippen's recent situation is unknown, for a while, there are some people with ghosts in the Holy Capital, and they are somewhat frightened, and this is exactly what Calle wants to see, as long as the psychological pressure is great, there will still be some traces that can be traced after all, and this is what the city defense army Moko is doing now.

Kahler nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at Prime Minister Feng Lun and asked, "So now that more than ten days have passed, what do you think of the tax reduction requests of various provinces?" Lord Feng Lun, do you have a conclusion?" Feng Lun took a step sideways and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the old minister has discussed with the ministers, and the taxes of some provinces can indeed be appropriately reduced, but some taxes cannot be reduced. ”

"Okay, this result, give it to me in the study later. After Feng Lun saluted and said yes, Kahler continued to ask, "How is this year's harvest?"

"Back to Your Majesty, this year the empire has newly reclaimed more than 126,000 acres of land, but because of the missed cultivation time, the newly reclaimed farmland will be able to recover the estimated sixty percent, and now there are still unharvested farmland in individual provinces, and the total amount of grain cannot be accurately counted now, but the minister privately estimated that the total grain output this year is as much as five times that of last year. The face of the Minister of Agriculture is not relaxed, last year the Kotler Empire was spent in the war, years of war have long caused the displacement of the people, as for the cultivation of the land, it is even more impossible, but this year although there has also been a war, but the population of cultivated farmland has surged, coupled with the high protection of grain, the tax reduction and exemption has been large enough, it stands to reason that five times the total grain output should make the Minister of Agriculture happy, but his current appearance is still sad.

"Juventus, you are the Minister of Agriculture, and you are also the logistics director of the military department, why do you look so bitter?" Kahler has noticed that the Minister of Agriculture has always been bitter, as if he always has something on his mind, his experience Calle knows some, from a small logistics of the enemy army all the way to the 10th Guards Regiment and the Crescent Army, because of his excellent coordination ability, he has been soaring all the way, in just two years, he became the most disliked Minister of Agriculture in this empire, but his other identity makes the military and the government have to value him, Juventus is the logistics director of the entire imperial army, to put it mildly, the logistics lifeline of the various units of the empire is caught in this fat man who looks ordinary, and even a little cowardly。

But no one dares to despise Juventus, although the origin of this Minister of Agriculture is the Binis Empire, but he is also a person who has been trained in the two major legions under the regent, if he is deceived by his somewhat honest appearance, it means bad luck, this minister has moved his family to the Holy Capital, usually the most should not appear in front of his house The dignitaries and dignitaries in front of his house are like flowing water, but this Juventus Lord is a clean breeze on his sleeves, oil and salt do not enter, many people who want to enter the logistics department through him, there is very little success, and once he commits a crime, the punishment will be more serious, at least one-tenth of the heads on the execution ground are contributed by him。

Therefore, this logistics cake is fat in the eyes of the nobles and lords, because of the existence of Juve, it can't even get into a crack, and once the logistics is controlled, it means that at least more than half of the army is controlled, which is the meaning of Juve's existence.

It's just that His Royal Highness the Prince Regent often jokes, because Juventus is fat and belongs to the kind of physique that can grow some meat when drinking water, so the ghost ugly said that in the past, he may still say in ordinary times, but in the famine years, it is a sin for him to just stand there, of course, there are few people who can afford to joke with the Minister of Agriculture, and others do not have the courage.

"Your Majesty, the total grain output has increased fivefold, but the population has also increased a lot, according to Your Majesty's requirements, one-fifth of the total income of the empire should be allocated for military spending, but this year we are exempted from taxes, we can't collect this grain, the basic guarantee of the army can still be done, but in case there is any training, the logistics department is really tight, the minister is from the army, knowing that the army is the top priority, can it be reduced by two percentage points for the infrastructure construction of the empire?" As soon as Juve's words were finished, the ghost under the throne narrowed his eyes, and the other ministers also exchanged their heads, most of them agreed with Juve's words, but one person did not speak, so there were many ministers who were also staring at this person.

"Chancellor of the Exchequer, what do you think of the words of the Minister of Agriculture?" Kahler was in the court, and the ghost naturally would not steal the words, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kate, smiled slightly after hearing it and said: " The minister did not agree with the Minister of Agriculture said, the military expenditure was originally taken from seven, which is the law of the country, but in troubled times, His Majesty changed it to take one from five, which is also in line with the current situation of the world, and the Minister of Agriculture said that the lack of tax is mainly concentrated in grain, and now the reserves of the major empires are probably few except for the Ron Empire, but we must know that the hidden danger of the invasion of the demons has always been there, and the internal turmoil of our neighboring power Binis Empire is very likely to continue to invade our Kotler Empire, and if the military budget is reduced, I am afraid that it will be regretted at that time。 After saying that, Kate also glanced at the Minister of Agriculture, and the meaning conveyed was intriguing.

The two people had a disagreement, and the many ministers next to them naturally wanted to discuss with each other, but Prime Minister Feng Lun and Marshal Seka did not participate, and the court was naturally a little noisy, but soon after the ghostly cough came out, these ministers all shut up.

"Speaking of the army, I do remember one thing, I heard that at the border between the Orc Empire and my empire, there is an unknown force in the name of the Tenth Guards Legion, has the military department heard of it?" Calle suddenly opened his mouth to ask about this matter, let alone Secka, even Feng Lun was a little surprised, could it be that the aftermath of the Tenth Guards Legion is not over yet? At this time, someone remembered that the Tenth Guards Legion was defeated in the territory of the Kotler Empire, but not the entire army, and now it seems that there is still a follow-up to this matter.

As the marshal of the military department and the head of the department, Serka naturally had to be questioned, "The old minister has not heard of this matter, I wonder how His Majesty knew about it?"

"How does this king know that the marshal doesn't need to bother, but this military department, Lord Seka, needs to be put in order. After speaking, Kahler slowly stood up, waved his hand and said: "Today's court discussion is here, the prime minister, the military marshal, the finance minister, and the agriculture minister will stay, and the others will disperse!" Although the hundred officials still had some things to say after listening, they saw that His Majesty the Emperor seemed to have other things, and he was not in a good mood, so it didn't hurt to hold off for a while.

When the officials in the hall were clean, Kahler led the way to the study with the four ministers, and as for the ghost, he left directly, as if he had other things to do, but the most palpitating thing was that the murderous aura that the regent constantly exuded from the outside did not dare anyone to approach his side at all.

When he got to the study, Kahler sat down on the throne and gave the four ministers a seat and asked, "There is a spy in the military department, Marshal Serka, I need you to give me an answer within ten days." ”

"The minister commanded. Seka stood up and responded with a serious face, Calle shook his head and said: "We are all in the depths, and it has something to do with not noticing, but since we have found out, don't be soft, in extraordinary times, this king doesn't want anyone to be eyeing behind his back." In addition, the military budget is still maintained at one-fifth of the original level, Juventus, you don't have to talk first, implement it first. ”

Juven was about to open his mouth, but the emperor had already spoken, so he couldn't say anything more, but Kate stood up and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, hasn't the tax problem in the south been investigated clearly?"

As soon as he said this, the other three ministers present were stunned, and Kahler said very calmly: " The Kotler Empire's thousand-year-old ancestral industry, it is impossible to change the imperial policy for a few small lords, in view of the lack of manpower in the holy capital, so I asked people from foreign races to investigate on my behalf, and the initial data has been sent back, from the data in it, it can be seen that the intention of these six provinces is to swallow the remaining taxes, as for what to do, it is unknown, in the words of this investigator, the lords of these six provinces are all rich, so blatant, I am afraid that they have something to rely on. ”

"Among the six coastal provinces, they are basically near the province of Winston, does it have something to do with Lord Bakari?" Juventus was blunt, but soon he found that several people around him looked at him differently, Calle shook his head slightly, this Juventus is from a logistics background after all, and he still has too little experience in politics, but it is not impossible for him to say that this situation is not impossible, but the current Winston Province has been completely beaten by the Crescent Moon Army, and among the provinces around him, there are still existences that can be completely contained, so this province that was originally towards the temple should now be counted in the hands of Calle.

Now that the matter of the Minister of Agriculture has been resolved, naturally Juventus will retire, and after he left, Calle said with a calm face: "Maybe it is also related to the Guifan Society, after all, they are pervasive, when the emperor was there before, they were all in turmoil, and several provinces in the south have always been very comfortable, and now I have to find some way to let them know that the real decision-makers of the Kotler Empire are my Kotler family, not their imperial moths." ”

"Marshal Serka, has the Empire's naval fleet achieved any recent success?" Calle asked suddenly, Serka nodded and said, "All the pirates three hundred miles offshore have surrendered, and His Majesty asks what these are......"

"Since they are surrendered, then give them a chance to make meritorious contributions, divide the troops into two ways, and take the messenger back by the way. Outside the door was a familiar voice, with a hint of murderous ghost clinging to the door and said coldly.

The three ministers were all shocked, could it be that they would use pirates to harass these six provinces?

Such nonsense...... It's too child's play!