Gold is Justice

Sweeping away, Ariel's eyes returned to the tax official's face, and the smile also filled the girl's face again, and said slowly: "The emperor didn't want to treat us as rebels? Then the emperor What does Your Majesty want to regard me as?" The tax officer smiled and continued, "Is there any need to say that? Of course I treat you as a family member! After all, you are originally a member of the royal family. I believe there must be some misunderstanding in this Such a misunderstanding led to this stage in the end."

"However, although there is a misunderstanding, His Majesty believes that the misunderstanding in it can be resolved! Therefore, His Majesty hopes to resolve this misunderstanding with you. You see, because Your Majesty knows that I have had contact with the Earl before, Isn't this why I was specially sent to discuss these matters with you?"

As the mayor of Pelican City, the president of Mermaid Song, and the former slave of the Duke of Jinguo, should Ariel agree with this kindness now?

Think about it... This is actually a very funny thing.

Why?Because Ariel didn't believe in the royal family.

Remember the bet?Remember the promise of one thousand gold coins back then?

Ever since that incident, Ariel has solemnly told herself that she must never place her expectations on the pity of those in high positions.

Now, Violent Wave Bilan obviously didn't plan to come over and directly confront him.Then it is conceivable that the situation in the Blue Bay Empire must be very bad, which makes him feel that he can appease his side first, let his side stop making trouble, and then clean himself up after he settles other things.

Oh, trust the promise of the royal family?

Believe in royal awards?

A title of nobility?Promoted to Earl?

Now, with just such a piece of paper, a so-called reward, do you want to take away everything in your hands?Is it that easy?

Thinking of this, Ariel naturally remained firm in her heart.However, he couldn't immediately show a refusal look on his face, but continued to smile and said: "So, I know what His Majesty thinks. Well, if possible, I don't want to have too much trouble with Your Majesty. If Your Majesty decides not to meddle in my affairs, I don't mind accepting His Majesty's kindness."

Seeing the smile on Ariel's face, the tax officer immediately breathed a sigh of relief.Maybe he thinks there is hope?Immediately afterwards, he said: "My lord, my lord! I knew that my lord would not want to make a big fuss! It's really great that His Majesty's intentions can be conveyed!"

Ariel nodded, then pointed to the second floor, just in time to point at the rum cheese leaning against the handrail on the second floor: "Then, to express my sincerity, Your Highness Princess Bilan, please go back too."

Following Ariel's finger, the tax officer raised his head and saw the girl leaning on the handrail.

Of course, the tax officer had never seen Rum Cheese, and now he suddenly saw this ordinary-looking girl, and he seemed a little hesitant for a while.

In the same way, Tianjiuche suddenly heard that he was let go, and his face was also stunned.

"Who is this……?"

Facing the tax officer's question, Ariel smiled slightly and said, "You heard me right, this is the eldest princess of the Blue Bay Empire, Amusement Cheese Bilan. Although you didn't say it just now, I think it will It should be one of your missions to welcome this eldest princess back, right? Hey, sweet wine cheese, you can go back. Go back to the room and pack up your things, and then prepare to go. Oh, and, you go to Guang Zhongguang's room to see Take a look and see if the old man is willing to leave? You can all go."

It took a long time for Amusement Cheese on the second floor to recover from the shock.Seeing that this woman not only let herself go, but also let go of Paladin, Baron Guangzhongguang, who was leading the Imperial Cavalry Regiment, she couldn't help being even more surprised!

After all... After all, I am the eldest princess of the royal family!Before that, she was convinced that Song of the Mermaid imprisoned herself in order to treat herself as a hostage and a bargaining chip to negotiate with the empire!

But now, such a majestic eldest princess like herself is kicked out of the house by this woman like garbage, and she doesn't even want to be imprisoned and negotiate with her brother to exchange terms, such contempt... such neglect !It's just...it's really not treating her like a princess anymore!

"You...you never thought of respecting me from the beginning to the end? Did you...?!"

Facing Ariel's "contempt", Amazake gritted her teeth slightly.Her hands were tightly gripping the armrest, and her eyes were fixed on Ariel below, almost bursting into flames.

Ariel still looked relaxed, and said with a smile: "What respect and disrespect, you can leave, why are you talking so much nonsense? Go back and pack your things and prepare to leave. The economy of our Pelican City is relatively tight recently. You stay Eating plain rice here gives me a headache."

With a crash, the sweet wine cheese on the second floor suddenly turned over and jumped from above.

Perhaps it was because she was too excited and her movements were not very correct. The moment she landed, she involuntarily covered her belly again, gritted her teeth, but still stood up quickly, pointing at Ariel over there.

Seeing this, Brad and Coco, who were beside Ariel, slowly took two steps.Duck's complexion changed, and he took a step towards Rummy.

But at this moment, it was a one-armed young figure who was the first to stand in the way between Amazake and Ariel.

Jelly Frysh.

He stood silently less than three steps away from the sweet wine cheese, holding two iron coins in his left hand and put them back into his pocket. The expression on his face seemed a little nervous, but he still had the look of wanting to try it. "Get out of the way! Crippled!"

Sweet wine cheese raised her fist, but just as she yelled, the bandage wrapped around her abdomen began to smear traces of blood.

Regarding this, Ariel over there said very calmly: "Sweet Cheese, I think I respect you very much. I will treat you as much as I treat my guild members. I treat everyone in this city Every citizen is like that to you. Do you think this means that I have no respect for you? I think that my respect for you has far exceeded the etiquette that should be given to a prisoner."

"But in comparison, how much respect do you have for others? In your eyes, is it that only those who are more noble than you can win your respect? Or, in other words, only those who are stronger than you are worthy of your respect ? People who are lower than you, people who are weaker than you are not entitled to your respect? Just like now, do you have any respect for my important guild members?"

When she heard the words "important guild members", Jelly's face trembled slightly.At that moment, the tension on his face disappeared, and he stood in front of Jelly more confidently.

At this time, Tianjiu looked at the one-armed man in front of him.Looking at this man who was obviously just a cripple, but who was able to stand in front of her without changing his face or beating his heart, and even lowered his head to look into his eyes due to his height, in an instant, the anger in her eyes rose again!

Her fists began to clenched, and the killing intent in her eyes gradually increased!

Facing such rum, Dake at the side knew something was wrong, and hurriedly rushed to stop him, but he had just taken a step when someone grabbed his arm suddenly.

Looking back, it was the bard Egg.He smiled at Dak, and said softly, "Trust your little girlfriend, don't be nervous."

Dak was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head to look at the rum cheese over there again.

indeed!Although Tianjiu Cheese's eyes were full of killing intent, but her fist did not contain any "Qi".She didn't even raise her fist directly!

In contrast, Gel, who had obviously little experience in fighting against enemies, became obviously more nervous now. He even raised his left hand directly, and made a gesture of unknown meaning with five fingers spread forward.

Under such a stalemate, Ariel over there continued to speak: "Enough, Rummy. You should leave now, take your things and go back."

After finishing speaking, she turned to the tax officer in front of her, and said with a smile, "This is the eldest princess of the Blue Bay Empire. There is nothing wrong with Amazake Bilan. Please take her back together. After you bring her back, you will be able to Get an award."

In this regard, the tax official could only laugh twice and nodded.

"Humph!"

For such a result, Tianjiu Cheese snorted heavily, turned around and clutched his stomach, and climbed up to the second floor again.Seeing her walking so hard, with traces of blood oozing from her abdomen, Dak seemed a little distressed, and immediately wanted to step forward to help her.But the hand he stretched out was still thrown away by the sweet wine cheese.

After she gritted her teeth and returned to her room, and slammed the door behind her backhand, Dak was the only one left looking at the locked door in the aisle outside, sighing.

Margaux folded her hands on her chest, and said cheerfully, "This is really interesting. The problem of young couples in our guild is quite complicated~~~"

Ke Ke nodded: "Isn't that right, I don't like that woman, she's too self-willed, and too savage. If possible, I really want to see what color her dead soul is, it must be deeper than the deepest Darkness is even darker."

Ariel was not in the mood to care about what her subordinates were thinking, but continued to face the tax officer in front of her, and said with a smile: "Then if there is no problem, please go back today. You can spend the next two days in the Take a short walk around Pelican City to feel the style of our city. Oh, I almost forgot, you still know a lot about our Pelican City~~~"

The tax officer just gave a dry laugh, then shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Actually...Your Earl, there is one more thing that I hope to discuss with you."

"Oh? What else is there?" Ariel asked casually.

Tax officer: "That's... about the elemental machine. After all, His Majesty still hopes that you can lead all the elemental machines in the entire marginal province to the capital Hanhai City, and then establish an elemental machine factory there to serve the empire. You see ..."

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After all, I have come back to this matter after all...

Ariel really hoped that the tax official would not talk about this topic.If we don't talk about this topic, let today's topic end in a happy atmosphere where both parties are satisfied, how good would that be?Why bother to delve into these most fundamental questions?

Ariel sighed slightly, and said slowly: "Master Tax Official, do we... have to talk about this topic now?"

Hearing what Ariel said, the fool also understands how much thunder is hidden in this topic.

Of course the tax officer understands how big the problem is, but he must complete the job because of his responsibility, so he can only pretend that he didn't hear this sentence and continue talking——

"Your Majesty, please believe in His Majesty's intentions. Since there are varying degrees of misunderstandings between the two parties, and now that the misunderstandings have been resolved, I believe there is no need for us to make things so rigid, right?"

Ariel picked up the cup of tea in front of her, took a sip slowly, and said again: "I believe Your Majesty's intentions are true. But, since His Majesty's intentions are so true, why do I have to put all the elements Are all the machine factories transferred to Hanhai City? You know, the elemental machine factory in Pelican City has now formed a scale, and various supporting facilities have basically been completed. , the huge amount of moving (harmonious) relocation expenses alone is not a small amount.”

The tax official quickly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, His Majesty will help out the money here of course!"

The corners of Ariel's mouth turned up slightly, she chuckled, and said, "Help me out? Then... Mr. Tax Officer should also be doing financial calculations, right? If that's the case, then I might as well do a rough calculation with you now. "

At that moment, Ariel didn't even think about it, she directly dipped a little water in the glass with her index finger, and drew it on the table in front of her——

"Let's start with the wages of the workers. So far, there are about 1 people in Pelican City. Of these 1 people, about 3000 are working in my various element factories. If I If the factories are to be relocated, these workers will naturally lose their jobs."

"However, since His Majesty is willing to bear the resulting costs, and I can't fire them at will, then I can only ask Your Majesty to pay for their wage loss during the relocation process."

"I take a median. A worker in my factory can earn half a dollar a month. Judging from the distance from Pelican City to Hanhai City, it will take at least a month just to walk , then it should take at least three months to relocate these things. So, a total of 4500 yuan of wages needs to be paid. Ah, yuan is the currency created by our Pelican City, and one yuan is equivalent to the price of a gold coin Well, then the salary alone requires His Majesty to prepare 4500 gold coins first."

"Then, the wages alone are not enough. These workers also need to accompany me to relocate, and the food expenses along the way. Obviously, these travel expenses are extra. The three-month trip costs two yuan per person The travel expenses should be considered very economical, right? Then it’s another 9000 gold coins. In this way, it’s 13500 gold coins.”

"Then after arriving in Hanhai City, these workers need a place to live. Now their accommodation is built by me and rented to them at a free price, but it is impossible for Hanhai City to have so many free places to rent. ? Then, based on the two-year rental cost, the total number of 5000 workers, including their families, may reach more than [-].”

"If 5000 people live in Hanhai City, the rent of ten gold coins a year for one person shouldn't be too expensive, right? In this case, it's 50,000 gold coins a year, and 100,000 gold coins for two years. Plus the salary just now, and travel expenses , the labor cost alone is 113,500 gold coins."

"As above, it will cost more than [-] gold coins just to relocate personnel. Let's make a discount, and it will be [-] gold coins. Then, let's continue to calculate the relocation costs of the elemental machine factory..."

Before Ariel could finish speaking, the tax officer on the opposite side had already shook his head repeatedly, and at the same time kept waving his hands, and interjected, "Master Earl, what you said clearly means that you don't want to move? Your Majesty has already treated you as a respected person." Very preferential treatment, why are you still so stubborn?"

There are some things that Ariel really can't say clearly.

But now it seems that the tax official still doesn't understand it.

At the moment, Ariel could only exhale slightly, put her hands on her chest, and after thinking about it, said slowly——

"My lord tax collector, do you think I'm deliberately embarrassing you? But on the other hand, isn't His Majesty embarrassing me on purpose?"

The tax official's eyes widened, and he said excitedly, "Embarrassed? You... how can you say it's embarrassing? Why are you embarrassing!"

Ariel shrugged, and said slowly: "Do you think I was just talking nonsense about those expenses just now? If possible, I really hope that I was just talking nonsense. But the problem is that the number of these workers is real, so The required expenses are also real. Now, your majesty asked me to relocate all the factories back with a casual sentence, so has your majesty calculated the economic accounts here? Or, you, an economic official , and have you explained it to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can really understand the situation here?"

How could the tax official think of these things?To put it bluntly, he is a tax collector, and the biggest leader he can come into contact with on weekdays is just the lord of a region.If it weren't for the fact that he was a little familiar with Pelican City among the imperial officials, he wouldn't have been sent here at all in this matter!

At that moment, the tax official looked a bit embarrassed, he spread his hands, and said with a bit of bitter expression: "My lord, these economic issues... can be discussed! Don't you really understand His Majesty's good intentions? Do you think that even though you have openly fought against the imperial army, His Majesty is still unwilling to include you in the lineup of the rebel army, isn’t this enough to express His Majesty’s sincerity?”

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"If your Emperor is really so sincere, why doesn't he come and tell me these things himself?"

Ariel was a little tired of talking about this topic, so she directly opened her mouth and threw out a sentence——

"You asked Menglang Bilan to tell me himself, to tell me that the policies he implemented did not specifically target me, and that he wanted to completely kill me in this Pelican City. If he is really like you If he said it so sincerely, then he shouldn't be trying to take everything from my hands. Nor should he send the Imperial Knights to Pelican City and let the knights The regiment wants to crush us completely!"

Ariel's face was no longer smiling, but she said very seriously——

"Master Tax Officer, I understand that you are here to negotiate with me on behalf of the Bilan family. And I also know that you can't be the master of many things at all. From your conversation with me, I can see that the control behind you People don't give you much freedom at all."

"In other words, you are not here to negotiate at all, you are more like representing the person behind you to tell me what decisions you have made, and then ask me to abide by it."

"Since this is the case, then you don't have to tell me about the sincerity of your backer, that is, His Majesty the Emperor. I can't stand such sincerity, so I can only ask you to take my opinion back. "

After all, Ariel quickly got up, expressing the meaning of seeing off the guests.Seeing this, Coco and Margot next to him stepped forward, already expressing a gesture of "Please let me go".

Regarding this reaction, the tax officer was obviously a little anxious. He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it because of certain things.

After hesitating for a moment, he could only say with an almost pleading expression: "Master Earl, you...why are you doing this? Why are you making things difficult for a little tax official like me?"

"Let's go~~~! Our elder sister did not embarrass you! It is you who are ignorant!"

Ke Ke on the side covered her mouth, tilted her head with a half mocking smile, and said——

"The elder sister of the president has asked you to pick up the eldest princess. You are the hero who successfully rescued your imperial princess. Isn't this face enough? Still feel embarrassed? Hey hey hey, it's too much Bar?"

Margo glanced at Ke Ke next to her, but couldn't help but cover her mouth and let out a snort.But then, she immediately returned to the reserved look of a nun, and said slowly: "If we didn't talk about this topic, we could have dinner and chat. But now...you have booked a hotel in the city Is it? If not, I can recommend a cheaper hotel~~~”

At this time, Dak was still standing at the door of the room on the second floor.He lowered his head and looked at the eyes of the people below who looked up one after another to look at him. Although he was struggling a little, he still stretched out his hand, knocked lightly on the door of Rummy's room, and swallowed— —