honor me as god

Chapter 477 Chancellor of the Exchequer
Wangcheng is far away from Twilight City, and Resakhar didn't dare to delay for a moment, riding a dragon and flying with Kino for two days and one night, the dragon was almost flying stupid, and rushed to Wangcheng at the fastest speed.

The leaders of the five royal families are all performing official duties in their respective provinces. In the royal city, except for the royal ministers at all levels, only King Perseus and Edward, who has accepted the suspension, are here.

In the conference room, Perseus, Edward, Rezakhal, and Chino were sitting here, and Razakhal reported the ins and outs of Po's kidnapping.

After hearing this, Perseus had a very bad expression on his face, and said in a furious tone, "How did things turn out like this?! The three-clawed golden dragon was kidnapped in our country. This is a serious diplomatic accident!"

Resakhar lowered his head, and said in a low voice: "A Bao's caravan has always been full of experts, but who knows that the person who planned the kidnapping would be A Bao's personal bodyguard Hu Shanrong. It is easy to block external enemies, but difficult to guard against internal ghosts."

"Tsk." Perseus held his forehead, frowning tightly, unable to express his anger.

If Ah Bao was kidnapped because of a lapse in law and order, it would be easy to pursue responsibility.

But just like Resakhal said, the ghosts are hard to guard against, and the bodyguards tied up the master. No one can count on this matter, and they can't help but scold them.

Perseus thought for a moment, then looked at Kino: "Before Ah Bao left for Deerwood City, did he discuss business with you in Twilight City?"

Kino nodded: "Yes, I need a batch of natural materials and earth treasures from the northern snowfields, so I ordered the goods from Abao's caravan. Because the transaction amount is huge, and the two parties are not familiar with each other before, Abao is not familiar with this business. I personally came to Twilight City by myself."

Perseus asked suspiciously: "Is everything normal in the transaction between you? Is there anything unusual?"

Kino shook his head: "Everything is normal, there is no abnormality, how it came and how it went. I really want to say something strange. When Abao left Dusk City, Hu Shanrong didn't follow for some reason."

Perseus narrowed his eyes and asked, "Hu Shanrong is Abao's personal bodyguard. He didn't follow Abao when he left? Did Abao say where Hu Shanrong went?"

Chino still shook his head: "Personnel scheduling is Ah Bao's private matter, so it's not convenient for me to ask. Judging from Ah Bao's words and deeds when he left the city, he must know about Hu Shanrong's departure from the team. As for the reason, I really don't know."

Perseus only felt that the first and the second were big: "This Hu Shanrong is really dying. He won't do it sooner or later, but he wants to do it in the kingdom. In recent years, the relationship between Guland and the Far Eastern Dynasty has just eased. If Because there is another rift in this matter, it will not be enough for Hu Shanrong to die a hundred times!"

Everyone was silent, and now it was not their turn to make decisions in this situation, only waiting for Perseus to make a decision.

Perseus rested his forehead in thought, and after a long while, he said silently: "Now that Abao's life and death are unknown, it is not ruled out that he may be dead, and Hu Shanrong is asking for money from the corpse. Let's do this, prepare with both hands—"

"In principle, Abao's life is the first. The 1000 gold moons requested by the kidnapping letter will be transferred from the treasury. As long as Abao can be kept, even if Hu Shanrong escapes abroad with the money, it will be fine. Even if people arrest him, the Far East Dynasty will not sit idly by this kind of person."

"But we must also make a good plan. If Abao has been killed, we must properly explain the matter to the Far East Dynasty. On the one hand, all officials at all levels in Lulin City will be removed from their posts. On the other hand, Hu Shanrong must be captured alive and let him The history of the crime and the ins and outs of the crime are all explained clearly."

The general direction has been set, and the next step is the issue of candidates.

There are now three people in front of Perseus, Resakhal, Kino, Edward, Perseus' eyes swept over their faces one by one:

"Resakhal, although you act as the governor of Fenghuo Province, you are in a different place after all, and you are not familiar with the local situation, so you are not suitable to be the host."

"Qino, Ah Bao has business dealings with you recently, and he visited Twilight City before the incident, out of the principle of avoiding suspicion, this matter cannot be entrusted to you."

Finally, Perseus' eyes fell on Edward: "Edward, because your clansmen participated in the assassination of Bolton, you have been removed from office. But you and I have worked together for many years, and I believe you have nothing to do with it. Your job is just to make a statement and give an explanation to the outside world."

"In fact, I very much hope that you will return to your original position as soon as possible. After all, Fenghuo Province is close to the desert area and is the province with the most chaotic security situation. You have governed there for more than 20 years and are the most familiar with the situation. I believe you are also very eager Redeem your merits and prove yourself."

"Therefore, the matter of Bao's kidnapping is entrusted to you, and Chino and Resakhar will assist you. Remember one principle—whether Bao is dead or alive, you must see people when you are alive, and you must see people when you are dead." Corpse, absolutely can't find out until the end is unclear!"

"Then Hu Shanrong, live. Remember, I want to live! I want to hear the ins and outs from him, and he must not bring me a dead person back!"

"After properly handling this matter, I will resume your position as governor in advance."

The king gave the order, and Edward could not refuse to refuse. He stood up and bowed to Perseus: "I obey, Your Majesty."

Perseus wrote a king's letter with a pen, stamped it with the "laurel seal" symbolizing royal power, and handed it to Edward: "Take this letter and go to the treasury to withdraw 1000 gold moons. Then I will talk to you Repeat——Abao, if you live, you want to see people, if you die, you want to see corpses. Hu Shanrong, you want to live.”

"Obey!" Edward responded and took the handbook.

The three left the meeting room and rushed to the treasury.

The national treasury is the custodian and cashier of the kingdom's financial revenue and expenditure. The Doguland treasury consists of two parts. One part is entrusted to the official bank and is responsible for local financial revenue. It is called "branch treasury".

The other part is set up separately by the royal financial department to coordinate the central financial collection, called the "general treasury", and the highest person in charge is the "minister of finance" designated by the king.

The daily operations of all parts of the kingdom are basically maintained by "branch treasuries". The official bank maintains close cooperation with local administrative agencies, and currency exchange and taxation are carried out through the official bank.

The "General Treasury" is mainly responsible for the overall regulation, such as the storage of coinage raw materials, the recycling of old coins, the issuance of new coins, the regulation of the total amount of currency in the market, and so on.

There are also some emergencies, such as wars, natural disasters, violent market fluctuations, etc., that require the "general treasury" to carry out macro-control, and the power in this regard is also firmly in the hands of the royal family.

In dealing with the Abao incident this time, Perseus directly bypassed the local system and opened the "General Treasury" to directly mobilize funds to Edward. It can be said that he paid great attention to it.

The "Minister of Finance" who is the highest person in charge of the "General Treasury" at the time is named Baldine van Dogolande, the younger brother of King Perseus, and one of the eight princes of the royal family.

In terms of seniority, princes and princesses such as Andre, Bolton, and Solandelle should address Bauerdian as "Second Uncle".

Kino and the others first visited Bao Erdian's mansion with a handbook to explain the cause of the incident. Of course, the latter also cooperated very much and took them to the Kingdom's general treasury together.

(End of this chapter)