Gold is Justice

But just when Ariel was about to turn around to order Cream, the girl grabbed Ariel's sleeve and shook her head.

Immediately afterwards, she reached out her hand to fumble around inside her skirt, finally found a small bottle, opened it, and poured out two small white pills from it.

When seeing this pill, Mochi's eyes suddenly widened!The moment the girl lifted her mask slightly, she rushed forward and pressed her hand.

"Mochi?"

Ariel was taken aback, then turned to look at the blood girl.

Mochi said seriously: "There is something wrong with this medicine! It tastes exactly the same as the Du Lengjia in Dr. Koola's clinic!"

Hearing this, Dak on the side was also startled, but before he could speak, the princess shouted viciously: "What are you? Who allowed you to touch me?! Cough cough...cough cough Keke..."

Ariel didn't care about other things, she turned her head and asked, "Princess, are these medicines for your illness?"

The masked girl didn't answer, but became even more frenzied. She raised her foot and kicked Ariel heavily in the stomach, kicking her down.Mochi was startled, and hurriedly reached out to support Ariel who was beside her. Taking advantage of this gap, the masked girl quickly removed a corner of the mask from her face, raised her hand, and stuffed the two pills into her mouth.

But when the mask was lifted, Cream saw the lower half of the princess's face that almost no one had ever seen before!It was... covered with black horizontal lines, pulling the entire lower half of the face into an abstract painting!

Before Cream could observe carefully, the mask was covered again, and the princess was lying on the sofa, and after taking a few breaths, she slowly came back to her senses.

Mochi helped Ariel up, but Da Ke was reaching out to help the masked girl on the bed.

After the girl in the mask regained her composure, she raised her head and saw Dak beside her who was full of pity and care for her, she giggled again, raised her hand to let him hold her, and then said: "Go on, I'm going to take a bath~~ I'm going to go on a cruise! You promised it before, so don't go back on it!"

At this moment, Dak was silently watching the girl who kept playing with his temper. After a moment of silence, he finally nodded slowly and stopped talking.

At the moment, Duck no longer cared about Ariel at the side, but helped the princess into the dance floor over there, put his arms around her waist, and danced slowly with the other dancing crowd to the sound of music.I don't know what they are talking about on the dance floor now?But at least I can be sure that the princess must be very happy now...

"Looking at Dak's eyes, he seems to have expected such a result a long time ago. Moreover, this is a result he cannot avoid."

Cream put his hands on his waist, tilted his head and said.

Ariel exhaled deeply, and said, "Since it's a problem that even the doctors in the imperial city can't solve...then we don't need to think about it. It seems that our berserkers should be busy tomorrow." , let's go back after staying for a while today, and let him and the princess stay alone for a while."

After all, Ariel, Cream and Mochi could only eat and drink here again for a while.It was almost time, and just when they were about to leave, they saw that the emperor came out from the side door in light clothes, and mingled with the nobles with a smile on his face.But after a while, he bowed his head and said a few words to a servant next to him, and that servant immediately walked towards Ariel after receiving the order.

After all... still can't go.

Ariel sighed helplessly, she could only put down the wine glass in her hand, stood up, and patted the dust that was stained when she sat on the ground just now.

Soon, the attendants came over, and Ariel and the others could only smile back, and followed the attendants.

But now, the emperor has already walked into a side hall next to the main banquet hall, and Ariel was also led to enter the side hall.

"His Majesty."

Entering the side hall, this place is immediately isolated from the hustle and bustle of the main banquet hall outside, as if stepping into another world in an instant.

Ariel bowed to the emperor sitting on the innermost sofa and stood up.

Meng Lang chuckled, pointed to the sofa next to him, and said with a smile, "Sit, you sit!"

With a smile on her face, Ariel agreed.But when she walked in and sat down in front of the sofa, she heard a very surprised voice.

"what--???"

Raising his head, he saw that Elder Majik was also sitting across from him, sitting shoulder to shoulder with Priest Priest.

But now, Elder Magjik looked at him as if he had seen a ghost, with disbelief and surprise written all over his face! ... No, it's not just surprise. If you analyze it carefully, maybe... There is also a little panic mixed in it?

Ariel shuddered in her heart, is there anything she should be terrified of by this guy who fed her poison?

... Ah, yes, poison!Judging from his expression, shouldn't he have become an idiot long ago?

If this is the case, then Ariel felt that she should also be surprised, why was she still able to talk and think properly here?

If you really want to explain... then you can only say that the effect of this poison may be weaker than the Great Elder imagined.

Thinking of this, Ariel felt relieved a lot, since the effects of these poisons were somewhat unexpected by the poisoner, then she should not fall into the worst situation, and everything will turn around!

"Ariel, I asked you to come here now, and I hope to thank you again. You have solved a serious problem of mine."

Meng Lang patted his thigh, laughed cheerfully, and continued——

"If it wasn't for you, I don't know how long I would have to struggle. I asked you what reward you want during the day and you said you haven't figured it out yet. Have you figured it out now? Just say it!"

At this time, should I say that I want the emperor to withdraw the order to abolish the Song of the Mermaid?Then terminate the order to transfer all the information of himself, the entire Mermaid Song members and the elemental machine to Hanhai City, and return it to the royal family for safekeeping?

Hehe, even if the emperor agrees now, what about the future?

In the past ten years or so, Ariel feels that she has learned at least one thing, that is, never trust the promises made to you by those in high positions, because as long as the status of the two parties is unequal, all the promises made by the other party will be irrelevant. It's just a promise.

Therefore, even if Ariel really needs such a promise, this promise must never be made in such a private environment.Instead, it needs a more open, and a promise made by the emperor when he has more chips on his side.

"Your Majesty, I—"

However, just when Ariel was about to speak, there was a short and hurried voice from the door of the side hall.

Ariel looked at everyone sitting here. Among them were the elder of the Magic Association, the high priest of the Holy See, the dukes, marquises, and some ministers who usually had a good relationship with the emperor. The general and his teacher are also sitting in the corner now.

However, there is not a single maid or servant here.After looking around, these people all cast their gazes on Ariel in unison, and everyone looked at her as if it was a matter of course.

Ariel didn't intend to make matters worse here, so she got up, walked to the door, and opened it.

Outside the door was an attendant, holding a tray in which was a neat and exquisite envelope.After glancing at Ariel, the attendant bowed slightly, and handed the tray to Ariel's chest.

Ariel nodded and took the envelope after seeing the words "From Your Majesty" written on it.The attendant turned and left. After closing the door again, she handed the envelope to the emperor who was sitting on the sofa.

Meng Lang's expression was originally very relaxed, but after seeing the envelope, his expression changed immediately.He took the envelope, opened it, and looked at the letter inside.



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The content of the letter should not be much, and it took only a few seconds for Menglang to read it all.But after reading it, he grabbed the letter and held it tightly in his hand, as if he wanted to crush someone's heart, and remained silent.

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At that moment, the side hall that was supposed to be full of laughter and laughter was immediately suppressed by a very heavy atmosphere.Ministers, look at me and I look at you. Everyone didn't speak, but everyone guessed in their hearts what kind of letter it was.

And after such silence lasted for almost a full minute, the emperor finally came back to his senses slowly, unfolded the letter in his hand again, folded it, stuffed it into the envelope, and stuffed it into his pocket.

"Everyone, everyone here is my confidant, and I need your advice on some matters. Some of my decisions now also need someone to help me judge and negotiate."

After this narration, a smile appeared on the emperor's face again, as if the episode of the letter just now didn't exist at all——

"Speaking of which, it's already a new round of funding year. The previous tax year ended at the end of August, and then the settlement began. Up to now, almost the entire empire's taxes have been collected."

"Well, of course I said that today's gathering here should be just for chatting, so let's take it easy and talk about the governance of our empire through chatting. Carton, the last year's taxation that you compiled How is the report going?"

Everyone turned their attention, and saw a 30-year-old young minister with a cautious smile on his face, and said slowly: "Let's avoid, the tax collection in the empire is generally good, except for a few areas due to disaster years and refugees. The current data other than the nuisance cannot be counted, but overall this year's tax revenue is still almost five percentage points higher than last year."

Meng Lang slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "It looks good? Our budget this year seems to have a better surplus! By the way, everyone, what do you think... in terms of tax revenue this year, what should be the main investment? what?"

The ministers couldn't figure out what the emperor really thought for a while, and no one spoke for a while, and they all looked left and right, waiting for who would come first.

At this time, an earl sitting in the corner now said: "Your Majesty, since this year's surplus is good, I think it may be better to increase our efforts to build weapons and armor. Just now we The confrontation with the Hunting Seat Empire has entered a stalemate, once the war starts, we will definitely need a lot of armor."

Hearing this proposal, Duke Jin Guo laughed instead, but did not speak.

"Although armor is very important, I think the horse is more important."

It was another general who said this, and that general glanced at Elder Majik who was now smiling, and said slowly——

"After entering the battlefield, although armor can play a certain role, the decisive factor must be mobility. Therefore, breeding more war horses will undoubtedly directly improve the overall strength of our empire."

At this time, another minister smiled and said: "Well, the reason why the Murderous Seat Empire has been against us now, in my opinion, is because of their barbarism, rudeness and backwardness. Therefore, as a higher-level country, we , a more civilized country, we should fully educate them. Therefore, we should give more funds to the Holy See of Light, and then let the Holy See of Light go to the Hunting Seat Empire to preach. As long as the enemy soldiers believe in the God of Light, then we even You can get the opponent's fighters, territory and armor without using a knife or a gun. Isn't this much cheaper and more effective than any battle?"

High Priest Priest also glanced at High Priest Magik, who looked a little angry beside him, with a triumphant smile in his eyes.

only……

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to invest all the funds in the element machine."

As soon as this remark came out, the others had nothing to say, but Elder Majik of the Magic Association and High Priest Priest of the Holy See of Light twitched their eyebrows slightly, and all looked at the direction where the voice came from.

It was none other than the Connor conservative teacher who spoke.

The head of the old Teng Shu's department did not show the slightest fear because of two people staring at him, but said: "I think, since the element machine has been able to play so well in the border city in the past year, High-efficiency power, then transferring it to our Hanhai City will definitely develop more powerful effects. Now is not the time to hesitate, it should be a new round of investment in element machines. As long as If the element machine can develop more vigorously, more resources will definitely be created. In this way, our people can enjoy better and cheaper materials, and everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, so they can pay more taxes. As long as the empire is richer, things like armaments will naturally be steadily raised."

When Ariel heard these words, she was really moved.

She looked at her teacher very gratefully, and cast a grateful smile on his profile.

Although, this gratitude is only for the teacher's praise, and does not represent how much interest she has in this proposal.

"Element machine..."

Obviously, the emperor had been waiting for the arrival of this concept.

He touched his chin, thought for a while, nodded with a smile, and said——

"Carton, what's the growth rate of Pelican City's wealth?" The Minister of Economics was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I dare not lie to Your Majesty, but I just remember the fiscal revenue of each province now." , I may not remember the data for the specific town. I only know that the tax revenue of the entire marginal province has directly increased by almost 300% throughout last year."

As soon as this number came out, everyone in the side hall immediately made a noise!Everyone looked at Ariel sitting there with shock and disbelief.It was also at this time that even those who would never see the wind and the wind again immediately understood the true thoughts of the new emperor.

Regardless of whether the emperor coveted the beauty of his younger brother's mistress, or really admired her talent, or whether the emperor just used such a woman as a white glove to fuck (harmony) behind his back, it doesn't matter. Everything is not important anymore.The only important thing is that the emperor's goal seems to be this new thing - the elemental machine!

"Your Majesty! That's a devil's prop! If you don't make it right—"

Elder Magjik was of course aware of the problem, and wanted to speak quickly, but Meng Lang quickly raised his hand to block him, and said to the economic minister: "The effect of the elemental machine is indeed remarkable! If you let If the element machine enters the capital, and then arranges the land and construction, it should require a lot of funds. But this fund will definitely be earned back soon. Hmm... so, starting tomorrow, I will set up a new element department, and I will Arrange people to serve as ministers, and then take charge of the elemental machines in the entire empire, and try to spread the machines made with elemental machines as soon as possible!"

The great elder of the Magic Association is really anxious now. He even got up from his sofa and said, "Your Majesty! Elemental opportunity explosions are possible anyway! Even in the past There has been no explosion for a year, but no one can guarantee that it will not explode in the next time! Those things have not undergone strict safety inspections at all! Unlike magic, every magic needs to go through many other things to create it. The evaluation and investigation of the magician ensured that there is no unknown danger. But that is not the case with that demonic machine!"

Elder Majik's voice was a little sharp and noisy.Such noise made Menglang's brows frown slightly.

Seeing this, Priest Priest next to him quickly reached out to pull him, pulled him back to his seat, and shook his head slightly at him.

Seeing that the Holy See was able to wink, Meng Lang smiled and said: "Also, the Magic Association, ah. What about you, you must have made a lot of money last year? Of course, I have no objection to your making money. Making money is right for anyone. And the way you make money is so fast, it makes my heart itch. In addition to the element machine, you can also come and teach our economic ministers to see What kind of policy can be put in place to use your method to make money. Ah, I'm serious! Not kidding."

The corners of Majik's mouth twitched slightly, and he could only nod.

Meng Lang clasped his hands together, and said with a smile: "But other than that~~~ Since you are so profitable, the empire is short of funds in all aspects and needs to be filled. In this way, your apportionment of funds for the next year will be reduced first. 20.00% five each."

Elder Magjik was taken aback for a moment, and his face turned red for a while!However, in front of so many people, he was firmly pressed down by the high priest Priest next to him, so he didn't explode.

Seeing that High Priest Priest was so tolerant, Meng Lang couldn't help thinking that in the past ten days, the Holy See couldn't even do such a small thing, and it had to rely on its own non-staff personnel to solve the problem perfectly. Time was also a little angry, and then he smiled and said: "Ah, yes, Priest. The income of the Holy See of Light should be pretty good, right? With so many believers, the daily donations are quite a lot, right?"

Now, it was Priest's turn to tremble slightly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty...?"

"I think you should cut it down by ten percent first."

"This... this! That... yes, it's an honor, Your Majesty..."