Gold is Justice

After arranging the daily preparatory work, Ariel began to continue planning the members who will officially travel on this mission.

"Then, after everything is prepared, we need to allocate some people to carry out the task of this trip to the territory of the blood race. Cheese, as a blood race, you have to do your part in this trip, and you must do it."

Cheese nodded in agreement.

"And then... Since we are going to the territory of the blood race this time, I don't want the blood race members to think that we humans are here to attack them. But at the same time, I don't want my side to lack too many people who can suppress the blood race. power. So, Margaux, Suta, one of you two will do. Which of you will go?"

As soon as this sentence was uttered, Margot immediately understood what it meant.She smiled and said: "Oh, of course I should go~~~ Sister Suta has never gone out to fight in a serious way. This time the guild championship battle also did not appear, so now I will continue to fight in the guild It's better to stay inside."

Hearing what Mago said, Suta blushed a little, stood up quickly, and said, "President, this time...or let me go this time! Since I joined the guild, I haven't talked to any members of the guild yet." What kind of large-scale mission have you all done together...so if you need to go to battle this time...I am willing to go!"

Ariel glanced at Margo over there, and seeing the smile on the priest's face, she also nodded with a smile, and said, "In that case, let's go to Suta."

"In addition, since there is a paladin like Suta on this trip, our front row is guaranteed. Brad, Buffy, you two will stay in the guild this time and assist Margot to do things together. .”

Chapter 84 Calling for help

"Ah, there is also Coco. Although I know you want to go too, but the vampires seem to be born with a strong immunity to magic. Your curse and undead summoning skills are not effective for the vampires, so this time you Stay too." "Of course, there is Tesla. You don't have much fighting ability, and I don't want you to encounter any danger, so you stay too. If you encounter things on weekdays, you must listen to Ma According to Song's instructions, during my absence, Margo will temporarily lead Mermaid Song."

The remaining members nodded earnestly without expressing any objection.

Then, Ariel looked at the other members with a smile, and said: "In this case, I will now decide on the members we will start with. Suta in the front row, Cream Assassin in the middle and Cheese in the back, plus me. Of course, Napa! Do you want to go together? With you here, I feel more at ease~~~"

Napa floated up from the counter over there, slowly came to Ariel, landed on her shoulder, opened her mouth and yawned, and said boredly: "Hmph, I knew you couldn't bear to leave me .Okay! This time I will accompany you to set off together!"

Ariel smiled, stretched out her hand and gently rubbed the little white cat's chin.

However, just after Ariel arranged all the work, most of the members showed cheerful smiles.

but……

"President, what about me...you didn't mention me just now."

There is only one person with a serious expression now, and it is undoubtedly that Dak Guangzhongguang.

Seeing Dak stand up suddenly, Ariel was slightly taken aback, then said with a smile: "Oh, sorry, I missed it. Then, Dak, you can stay in the guild together and wait for us to come back."

Dak seemed a little excited about Ariel's lightly arranging him to eat and die in the guild.He stood up, clenched his fists slightly, and said in a trembling voice——

"President Ariel, I... don't you think I'm not strong enough? Do you think I will drag you down?"

There was a surprised expression on Ariel's face, then she smiled, waved her hand and said, "No, no, you misunderstood. You see, you have just joined our guild, and you may not be very familiar with many things, and you haven't done everything well yet. mental preparation. So I want to make you more familiar with the things in the guild. So this time, you can rest in the guild."

"I don't need a break!"

However, after Ariel said such an understatement, Dak became even more excited.He left his seat, came to Ariel's seat, and said seriously: "President, I joined Mermaid Song just to be useful! I... I don't understand finance, and I don't know how to arrange work. I don’t know what our guild is doing right now. The only thing I’m confident in is my fighting ability! So this time, if you firmly disagree with me even going to the blood clan’s territory, then I will definitely not agree of!"

Ariel was taken aback for a moment, and her face once again showed embarrassment: "But... your violent personality doesn't mean you've changed for the better..."

Hearing this, Dak immediately raised his hand and swore: "I swear here now! I will definitely control my sanity and never let me fall into madness so easily! Chairman, please allow me to go together , if I am not allowed to participate in the trip to the vampire's territory this time, I will really regret it for the rest of my life!"

Seeing such a resolute attitude in the eyes of this berserker, Ariel knew that the fire was almost over.

At that moment, she nodded helplessly, and said, "Okay... Now that you have made such a strong request, what else can I say? This time, I will add you to the expedition team. I hope you can control your emotions well." Mind, learn how to get along with us guild members."

"Yes! Thank you, President!"

Upon being granted, the boy immediately laughed like a child.

I have to say, looking at this smiling face, she is really pretty and cute~~~ Ariel really wants to take out her clothes and show him through them...it will definitely be very beautiful yes...

Immediately, Song of the Mermaid began to act according to the predetermined arrangement.In the next week, Margaux and Cheese went to Tianhe City and Xiehu City, sold the sewn clothes, purchased the offal and blood of those pigs, and dragged the carloads of blood and ice Liver back.

Brad, Buffy, and Coco went to the Fairy Forest, and asked Qiangwei and the others to produce a lot of medicinal herbs, so that the blood would not deteriorate while coagulating, and then together with Ariel, they made blood sugar cubes.

It's also fortunate that humans don't eat blood and liver very much, and those poisonous herbs are not rare items, so these two items can be obtained at almost no cost.

Dak watched all the members with interest, then went to the blacksmith shop based on his understanding, and asked to forge weapons or equipment that everyone lacked.

When Cheese heard the news from the Changmian Mountains, saying that the portal finally opened again after a year...

Margaux, Brad, Buffy, Coco, and Tesla are responsible for staying behind.

The six members, Ariel, Napa, Suta, Cream, Cheese, and Dak, formed the expedition team for this blood clan territory and walked slowly towards the mountain range.

After arriving at the portal after half a day, the cheese took the lead in reaching out and entering the portal, and then stepped in.Immediately afterwards, the other members also stepped into this portal together, embarking on this journey thoroughly...

——On February 1304, 2, the loom shop entrusted: -16 gold, earmuffs: -100 copper and 7 iron, guillotine plow production: -5 gold, clothing element machine production: -2 gold, experimental fabric raw material purchase: -100 gold, purchase of fabric raw materials: -8 gold, purchase of equipment and materials: -300 gold and 9 silver, cloth sales: 8 gold, fundraising: 80 gold, balance: 1521 gold, 4127 silver, 7 copper and 1 iron (debt: 7 gold , interest 3512%; debt: 10, interest 7733%; debt: 20 gold, interest 1521%) [urban development degree: 15]——

Hanhai City, in the administrative office of the imperial palace.

Today is indeed a good weather. In such a good weather, it is especially suitable to drink a cup of warm afternoon tea, eat two small biscuits, and then spend a wonderful... work in this peaceful and harmonious atmosphere day, right?

Crack - clap clap.As the door opened, sugar-coated wine came in from outside.The old man looked at the middle-aged official who was drinking coffee on the balcony of the office with a gentle smile on his face, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, sir! What brings you here?"

The middle-aged official quickly put down the coffee cup in his hand, got up, walked towards the sugar-coated wine, and stretched out his hand to support him.

Sugar-coated wine was leaning on crutches, and when he saw the middle-aged official, he nodded cheerfully and said, "I'm going to change your majesty's medicine today, but I came a little early, so I want to come to your place for a while. Why? Like? Is the new office okay?"

The middle-aged official laughed, arranged for the teacher to sit on the sofa, and took a seat beside him, and said with a smile: "That's all. Work, of course, requires a good working environment. Otherwise, we How can civil servants maintain the normal operation of the entire empire?"

Sugar-coated wine nodded slightly, and another clerk next to him brought a cup of coffee. Sugar-coated wine took it with a smile, stirred the cube sugar in it, and then placed the coffee on the coffee table next to it.

"I really didn't expect it... the onion in the economics department that no one looked down on back then has now become a minister of economics in the Hanhai Empire. I think you should be the most accomplished one among your classmates Bar."

The civil official smiled, raised his feet and said, "I dare not say anything else, but in terms of achievements, I really don't give up much. For example, let's learn from that guy conservatively. Although he always got the first grade in school, But what about being number one all the time? He is just a teacher at best now, he wants money, no money, no power. Hahaha, sometimes I really want to invite conservative students to come over and be an official with me But he is always reluctant to come together, I really don’t know what he is thinking.”

Sugar-coated wine laughed, nodded and said, "Everyone has his own ambitions, and we can't always force others. Some things are very important to us, but for some people, he may really look down on your position."

"Look down on me, the Minister of Economy?"

A look of arrogance flashed across the civil servant's face, and he snorted.Immediately, he took a letter from the desk beside him and handed it to Sugar-Coated Wine.

"Teacher, you can see for yourself."

Sugar-coated wine took it, and opened it while asking: "What is it?"

The civil servant took a sip of coffee and said with a sneer: "It's a letter from the Magic Association. It was sent by a magician named Eddie Invincible. When I was not busy, Old Teng Shu would invite me back to be a An honorary teacher, took a few economics classes on behalf of me, and the magic apprentice at that time came to listen to my class at that time, so I knew him."

Tang Yijiu read the letter from beginning to end, then frowned and shook his head, and said, "Oh...the Association, the Holy See, they are really getting more and more hip."

The civil servant laughed and said: "You let people from the Holy See and the Association go to war, of course they have no problem. But at present, if it is not on the battlefield, then both the Association and the Holy See are simply a joke. Although this child did not say anything in the letter Explain in detail, but just by guessing, I know that they must be played around by my elementary school girl, so I have to write to ask me to give them advice."

The first thousand and eighty-five chapters, how can you not make money as an official?

After reading the letter, Tang Yijiu put the letter down and said with a smile: "You admit that this child is your school girl? She doesn't have a formal school status."

The civil servant smiled again, and said: "Let those people from the Holy See and the Association look down on the people in our economics department, as if we can't do anything but calculate accounts all day when we study economics. This elementary school girl can be regarded as a The glory of our economics department!"

Sugar-coated wine did not speak, but smiled faintly.

"But..."

After taking a sip of coffee, the official glanced at the corner of his mouth, and smiled slowly——

"The anger of the economics department is all given out by a little girl who is not even recognized as a student. Does this count as a face to our economics department? Or does it seem that there is no one in our economics department, so we can only let this cute elementary school girl in Rampant outside?"

Sugar-coated wine laughed and said: "Don't look down on your elementary school girl, she is now the second prince's mistress and a nobleman." The civil servant nodded, took another sip of coffee, and said with a smile: "I know, teacher. One However, how capable is a talented little girl? It's not that she's too smart, but those guys are too stupid. According to my estimation, this girl should also rely on her beauty to confuse the second prince, and then she won the royal family's endorsement. It can be so smooth. It's just ridiculous that the Holy See and the Association can't see such an obvious thing?"

"However, now that the association and the Holy See have both written to ask for help, I still have to give this face. So I was just thinking about how to deal with this little girl who is a little too noisy, so that she can become a little more obedient."

Sugar-coated wine smiled slightly, but then he exhaled slowly and said: "I know what you think, and I understand that you want to take advantage of this opportunity when the association and the Holy See beg you to show off your strength as much as possible. But overall On the other hand, I still don't recommend you to go too deep into this matter."

The civil servant smiled without showing any surprise, and said, "Because she is a nobleman, because she is the mistress of the second prince?"

Sugar-coated wine also picked up the coffee and took a sip: "No, because it's unnecessary."

Putting down the coffee cup, the old gentleman said in a relaxed tone: "I used to think that the royal family and the duke's mansion asked me to find a way to get that girl. I was really afraid that the girl would win the bet and pose some kind of threat to them. But Now it seems that my thinking is completely unnecessary."

"Judging from the crown prince's attitude, this maid's current behavior seems to be in line with His Highness's thoughts. We are loyal to the royal family, so what we have to do is definitely not to tear down the royal family's platform, but to find a way to help the royal family maintain their status. and power."

The civil servant lowered his head and thought for a while, then put down the coffee cup in his hand, leaned his upper body towards the sugar-coated wine, and asked sincerely: "Teacher, what do you mean by this...?"

Sugar-coated wine smiled and said: "The Holy See and the association are all for power and profit. They opposed the maid's elemental machine for power and profit. If that's the case, let them continue to compete with each other. For your side Said, the most important thing you need to do is to ensure that after all the struggles for power, the final benefits must fall into the pockets of the royal family. In this way, the life of your civil servants can be easier, isn't it?"

The civil servant thought for a while, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment!He nodded vigorously and said, "I see, teacher. I already know what to do now!"

Sugar-coated wine smiled: "Oh? Tell me, what are you going to do?"

The civil servant also laughed along with the sugar-coated wine, and said slowly: "Recently, His Highness has been trying to find ways to reduce those guilds, and wants to bring them under the control of the royal family. So, if I draft a document here, request that the If the tax amount that the original guilds need to pay is increased from 15% to 50% of their annual income, wouldn’t that mean that all the guilds can go bankrupt in one go and be incorporated in the end?”

Sugar-coated wine laughed and said: "Good idea, this method is good. Yes, you should do what you should do. The Holy See and the Association want you to help deal with that maid, why do you really follow the steps of that maid? Just raise taxes , In this way, no matter what the maid does in the future, no matter how much money she earns, it will basically all belong to the royal family. At the same time, you can also suppress the maid's arrogance a little bit, and let her understand that it is not her ability, but It's the people above her who are willing to let her do anything."

Although Sugar-coated Wine laughed happily, the civil servant next to him suddenly frowned after laughing with him twice, and said, "But teacher, if you really do this...will there be riots in those guilds? After all Collecting so much tax in one go..."

Sugar-coated wine waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, because the most powerful light of heaven will never riot, and will stand on the side of the royal family wholeheartedly."

The civil servant's eyes lit up: "What do you say? Teacher, what kind of inside news did you get?"

Sugar-coated wine laughed, and said: "Don't ask why, anyway, the Light of Heaven will definitely stand on the same side with the royal family, you just need to know this. The current president of Light of Heaven has already appointed a general As long as the time is right, the Light of Heaven will be disbanded and finally reorganized into the Royal Army."

The civil servant nodded and said, "Since you have said that, teacher, it must make sense. I understand. I will spend more time communicating with the people from the Light of Heaven."

The two smiled at each other and took a sip of coffee.

While tasting the wonderful taste, the sugar-coated wine said with a smile: "Besides, there is one more thing to tell you."

The civil servant smiled and said, "What is it?"

Sugar-coated wine lay lazily on the sofa, and said slowly: "The Hunter Empire has officially declared war on our country. Just about a month ago, on the day of the wedding of His Royal Highness the Second Prince, they launched an army to attack our border Come in."

In an instant, the civil servant's hand trembled slightly, and he said in surprise, "How did this happen? It's been a month? Why didn't anyone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mention it?"

Sugar-coated wine chuckled and said, "How could you expect people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to know these things? Aren't they the last group of people to know?"

The civil servant frowned and said, "How did this happen...why did they suddenly launch an attack? I remember that the armistice agreement was just signed at the end of last year." Sugar-coated wine nodded and said: "The murderer's seat gave The reason is that during the Chinese New Year, a team from our Blue Bay suddenly broke into the border of the Hunting Seat, rushed into a wedding venue, and took the bride away in front of all the guests. It happened that the man of the wedding He is a border general of the Hunting Seat, so the friction between the two sides immediately started."

"The border side said that they would thoroughly investigate this matter, but within half a month, the murderer's seat directly said that they couldn't wait any longer, commanded troops to cross the border, and started attacking us in the name of begging for a bride. "

The civil servant still frowned tightly, and said, "So, what is the truth? Did our soldiers really kidnap someone else's bride?"

Sugar-coated wine shook his head slightly, looked at the official's expression with a little bit of indignation, and said, "Is this important? This is just a fuse. As for the flame that ignited the fuse?" What's the point of letting someone else go?"

Only then did the civil servant understand, and nodded immediately.

Sugar-coated wine exhaled, and said slowly: "Since the border has begun to enter a state of war, I guess it won't be long before the troops of the Hunter Empire will come in. And they will occupy some urban areas in our country."

The civil official thought for a moment, then nodded slightly, and said, "I see, I understand. Before this, our country's border defense largely relied on mercenaries, that is, those guilds. In this way, we can To achieve the level of protecting the border with the least amount of money. However, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requested reform last year, many guilds are not so willing to participate in the royal order to defend the border. Especially three years ago, it was required that each guild The financial calculations of the guilds are pulled out separately, which reduces the fuzzy accounts of many guilds and caused a big blow to the income of those guilds."

"But this way..."