A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

After Heymos made that promise, a silent tacit understanding seemed to be reached between the two.

No one mentioned anything about that night.

For the next two weeks, Heymos would sneak into his room every other day, even though he was in training camp.

According to Heymos, his purpose of doing this was just to see him.

He just wanted to be around him, to look at him, to talk to him.

This man always does what he says.

Heymos' promise made Garlan's sense of defense and resistance subconsciously disappear.

The way of getting along between the two seems to be the same as before, but in fact, they are much more intimate in words and actions.

When the two stood together, they just met each other's eyes, as if creating an invisible space where they were.

It makes people feel as if no one else in the world can insert them.

Looking at the pair of figures standing in the open-air corridor, the female officer who had been watching for a long time lowered her eyes, and her eyes showed deep thought.

After a while, she raised her eyes again, and her eyes fell on Garlan's face.

Garlan was raising his head, talking to Heymos who was beside him, he didn't know what he said, and he showed a happy smile.

Heymos looked at him with extremely soft eyes.

Taputi watched this scene deeply, thoughtfully.

She frowned, a look of uneasiness appeared in her eyes.

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Another day passed, and in the evening, Garlan had already returned to his palace and was listening to Tal's report.

Time flies, and Wangcheng's trade office has been running for nearly a year without knowing it, bringing him countless wealth.

It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to make money every day.

But even so, Garlan couldn't become the richest person in the world, because he spent money like water, throwing out gold coins every day like splashing water.

Although the income of the Commerce and Trade Department was growing crazily, the various projects that were fully launched in Aaron Landis also made the gold coins that Garlan scattered also increase crazily.

As a result, positive and negative growth barely maintained a flat state.

During this year, the two temples in charge of the legislative supervision and investigation and trial power of the Commerce and Trade Department also performed very well. Although there were occasional disputes, Suojia and Shemuer were able to deal with them quickly.

The system of separation of powers among the three powers has taken a stable prototype in the Trade and Industry Department.

At the same time, with the extension of the new avenue, Tal quickly expanded the branches of the Commerce and Trade Department to nearby large cities.

Many businessmen immediately moved upon hearing the news.

It can be said that wherever the new avenue is built, the branch of the Commerce and Trade Department will be established in that city, and the caravans will also flood into the city, thus making the city prosperous.

As a result, the consuls who were originally disapproving of King Garlan's large sum of money to build the new avenue changed their attitudes in an instant. They were almost all waiting eagerly, looking forward to the day when the new avenue would be built here.

Even a small number of city lords are looking forward to it.

Although the Commerce and Trade Administration will take away the business interests that belonged to the city owners, for those city owners whose cities are not well developed, even if the bulk of their heads are eaten by the Commerce and Trade Administration, eating a little soup next to them is better than what is now shriveled. It's not good to eat.

Under Garlan's order, the Commerce and Trade Department organized several large caravans and business groups.

These belong to the royal caravan.

Although backed by King Garlan, they do not compete with other merchants for the market. Their main job is to hoard and trade such strategic items as food, timber, cloth, herbs, salt, bronze, and iron that will affect the entire country. goods.

These royal caravans are very low-key on weekdays, because they are mainly hoarding. Except for the caravan that specializes in buying and selling luxury goods, the other caravans basically do not make much money, and they can only say that they are not losing money.

You know, businessmen seek profit.

Some unscrupulous businessmen will do anything for huge profits.

Seeing that Aaron Landis's business is booming, some unscrupulous businessmen want to disturb the water, intending to fish in troubled waters to make a fortune.

These royal caravans were formed after discussions between Garlan and Tal to deal with those merchants.

Once encountering unscrupulous merchants intending to hoard and disrupt the market, these low-key business groups will immediately end under Tal's instructions and dump those goods that are deliberately raised by unscrupulous merchants at low prices. Suppress them head-on, and will never stop until those unscrupulous businessmen are run out of money and have huge debts.

After two visits in this way, all the businessmen who were scheming were all honest, and they didn't dare to jump around anymore.

Tal, who had reported his political achievements and received Garlan's verbal commendation, was elated when Garlan, who had been pondering for a long time, spoke again.

"Tal, I have something here that I need you to arrange."

Garland said.

He has been thinking about this matter for a long time. Seeing that the business situation of Aaron Landis is very good, he feels that it is almost time to tell Tal to do it.

"Our trade with Yis is mainly wool, beef and mutton, and horses, right?"

Yisi is a country dominated by deserts and grasslands. It belongs to the nomadic people and the folk customs are sturdy.

Its animal husbandry is developed, but its handicraft industry is weak, and daily necessities need to be purchased in large quantities from Aaron Landis and other countries.Therefore, the unwilling Yisians often directly send troops to plunder.

However, even if the war continues, the trade between countries has never stopped.

"From now on, I will buy a large amount of wool and mutton from ISIS, and raise the price without any trace."

"Ah?" Garlan's words stunned Tal for a moment, and he said, "But Your Majesty, we also produce a lot of wool in our country, so why pay a high price to buy it from the Yisi people?"

"In order for the Yithi to expand their flock as much as possible."

"I don't understand..."

Tull scratched his head.

"Just do what I tell you."

Garlan didn't intend to say more.

Even if he explained it, Tal would not understand the damage to the grassland environment caused by overgrazing.

It will take a long time for this method of secretly undermining the power of the Islamic State to be effective, and nothing will be seen in a short period of time.

Therefore, Garlan didn't give any further explanations, but directly ordered Tal to do it.

"I see."

Although he still didn't understand Garlan's plan, as the loyal henchman of King Garlan, Tal always took His Majesty's orders as the most important thing to thoroughly implement them.

After nodding, he approached with a smile.

"Your Majesty, can I have dinner with you? I have a lot of interesting things to tell you~~"

After getting permission, Tal happily accompanied Garlan to have dinner, and while eating, he talked about a lot of gossip and gossip about the noble ministers to amuse his majesty, and then he sat down with satisfaction. leave.

From spring to autumn, the chubby little fat man has always been smiling and touching a new malachite ring that Garlan just bestowed on him.

He is not interested in other accessories, but likes to collect precious rings.

He thought, very good, there are still three, and he can collect ten, and then wear all ten of his fingers.

At that time, I will be able to look at the ten rings on my ten fingers every day... Just thinking about it makes Tal feel happy.

Regarding Tal's hobby, Garlan said, just make yourself happy.

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After taking a rest after dinner, Garlan went to the training ground behind the courtyard to exercise for half an hour, took a comfortable bath, and returned to the dormitory with a body full of moisture.

However, as soon as he entered the door, he saw two people standing in the room.

Heymos appeared here, and Garlan was used to it.

But another person who appeared here unexpectedly made Garlan feel a little bad, and even faintly guilty.

At this moment, his female officer was standing opposite Heymos.

Although Taputi was a head shorter than Heymos, her aura was no less than that of the Black Knight. She was tall and straight, showing off her graceful figure.

There was a slight smile on Taputi's beautiful face at the moment, but it was not the kind of gentle smile from the heart when he faced Garlan.

She looked at Heymos with this polite, well-placed smile.

This kind of smile is so perfect that it is as invulnerable as a copper wall.

Seeing Taputi's smile, Garlan's chest tightened and he panicked.

Taputi was angry.

And still very angry.

Since childhood, he has seen Taputi's smile twice.

And the aftermath...

The Boy King said that he didn't want to mention it at all.

Anyway, even Brother Kamos would hesitate when he saw Taputi's smile.

A little flustered, Garlan began to wonder how likely it was that he would turn around and leave immediately.

Uh... although it seems disrespectful to leave someone alone.

But it was too late, the smiling female officer had already turned to look at him.

"Your Majesty, Lord Heymos broke into your room without permission."

She said with a smile,

"If it bothers you, I'll get him out now."

It sounded like Taputi was asking Garlan for instructions, but she didn't give Garlan a second option at all in what she said.

The female officer smiled at Garlan.

In her opinion, the only option is to expel the trespassing man in front of her from the room of her majesty.

However, what Taputi didn't expect was that after she finished speaking, her little majesty did not answer immediately, but was stunned for a moment, showing a hesitant look.

Garlan was a little embarrassed.

Regarding the fact that Heymos always sneaked into the palace without authorization, he was a little troubled at first, but now he doesn't feel that much anymore.

However, he didn't want to make Taputi angry.

So he hesitated for a while and couldn't answer right away.

Garlan's hesitation was like adding fuel to the fire.

The smile on the female officer's face became more and more gentle, but the aura exuding from her body became more and more frightening.

She couldn't bear to be angry with her beloved His Majesty, so she turned her head to look at the culprit.

"Lord Heymos, wantonly sneaking into His Majesty's room is not allowed."

she says,

"I will inform the Priest of Ximuer about your rude behavior. Now, please leave with me immediately."

Heymos didn't speak, he and Taputi looked at each other for a few seconds, and then glanced at Garlan who was at the side.

When he saw the embarrassed look on Garlan's face, his originally sharp eyes softened.

"I see."

Heymos said.

It sounded like he was answering Taputi, but his eyes kept looking at Garlan.

Meeting Heymos' soothing eyes, Garlan's pupils shrank slightly.

He pursed his lips, and his eyes became determined.

When Heymos was about to leave with Taputi, he spoke.

"Taputi."

Garland said,

"Heymos can enter my room without permission, which I promised him, so he didn't make a mistake."

Tapti was taken aback.

She looked at Garlan who suddenly said these words in surprise.

Garlan also looked at her with candid eyes.

Not evasive.

When she met the boy's calm eyes, Taputi's mind suddenly recalled the scene she saw a few days ago, Garlan and Heymos standing side by side in front of the hall.

She didn't want to admit it, but she had to admit it.

There was an indescribable harmony in that scene.

As if they were born that way.

No one can keep them apart.

No one can insert themselves among them.

The smile slowly disappeared, and Taputi's expression sank little by little. She looked deeply at Garlan, the young king, the boy she had grown up with.

There was tenderness, affection, and seriousness in her eyes.

"prince."

Whenever she looked at Garlan with a solemn expression, she would call out the title she had been calling for many years.

"Have you really thought about it?"

She said solemnly,

"If you really make a decision...this is the most difficult path, you should understand that in the future, there will be countless difficulties in front of you."

"When those inevitable trials follow, when you feel exhausted and even painful ... maybe you will regret your decision now."

She shook her head.

"Prince, I don't want you to make a decision that you are likely to regret."

Just as Taputi was speaking in a serious tone, Heymos, who was standing aside, had a cold expression on his face.

But he didn't interrupt, didn't say anything.

Because what the female officer said was reality, a reality he had to face.

Gallan is the king of Aaron Landis, so if Gallan chooses him, there will be countless obstacles waiting for him in the future.

"maybe……"

Taputi's words had no effect on him, but Garlan's soft words made his chest tighten suddenly.

"It will indeed be difficult."

Garlan whispered,

"No one can guarantee the future, maybe I will have a day when I really regret it."

Heymos suddenly clenched the hand hanging by his side.

He will not allow it.

he thinks.

He lowered his eyes, the expression on his face remained unchanged, but his eyes were covered by the shadow of his forehead hair, but there was a gloomy expression.

Now that things were going on, how could he allow Garlan to shrink back?

Even if Garlan really regrets it in the future, he will never let go!

No one noticed his strange expression at the moment, and the voice of the boy continued to ring out in the room.

"But Taputi, there are too many uncertain things in the future. No matter what happens in the future, it will be a matter of the future."

"I don't know what I'm going to think in the future, but I know what I'm going to think now."

The boy's golden eyes stared directly at Taputi.

He said, the voice is very soft, but unusually firm.

"Now...Taputi, I don't want to lose him."

He says,

"I don't want him to leave me."

The room was very quiet, only the boy's voice echoed in it.

Taputi quietly looked at her majesty, her prince.

The boy's eyes were bright and frank, just like meeting him for the first time.

Time flies and things change.

Only this child never changed.

The magistrate's eyes softened.

She gazed tenderly at her Majesty.

She said, "Prince, I will never go against your will at any time."

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Outside the room, Taputi looked at Heymos.

At her request, Heymos came out with her because she had something to say to him.

"Master Heymos, since that is His Majesty's wish, I will not say anything more."

The female officer said so, but her tone was not good.

She raised her eyes and stared sharply at Heymos.

"However, Lord Heymos."

She said, word by word, eyes like swords.

"Your Majesty is still young, you are still a child, at least in the past few years, please absolutely, absolutely, absolutely do not do anything to him that you shouldn't do. Otherwise..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Heymos could almost feel the strong murderous aura from this female officer who had never been on the battlefield.

That terrifying aura actually suppressed him at this moment.

"Please do remember this."

said the magistrate, in a steady tone and with a smile on her face.

But somehow it makes people shudder.

…………

"What did Taputi call you out and tell you... eh?"

Before Garlan could finish his question, Heymos suddenly hugged him.

Nestled in Heymos' arms, the teenager blinked, a little confused.

He looked up.

Heymos smiled at him, and he looked at him brighter than ever before, as if there were stars shining in his eyes.

Garlan had never seen such a happy smile from Heymos.

"……You are very happy?"

"Ah."

"........."

Even if he didn't ask, Garlan could guess what made Heymos happy.

[I don't want to lose him. 】

[I don't want him to leave me. 】

Just two simple sentences...

Garlan's heart softened, he raised his hand, and lightly patted the face with scars on the corners of the eyes, but still very handsome.

"You are so easy to please."

The young man muttered in such a low voice.

Heymos didn't answer, he just smiled, smiled happily, and tightly held the hand that Garlan was pressing on his cheek.

…………

Yes.

It doesn't even need a word.

As long as you have one look, one look, you can control everything about me, everything about me.

do not forget.

My heart beats only because of you.

My soul will only exist with you.