This is the scene that Vlad and his party saw when they arrived at Dracula Castle.

Without much greeting, Vlad, accompanied by many ministers and nobles, entered the castle.

Along the way, there were residents of the city who came to watch.

"Make way, thank you, please make way, hi~ Vlad, Vlad, hi."

In the lively crowd, a slender figure kept shuttling among the people around.

From time to time, loud shouts were issued, and this scene was immediately caught by Vlad, who had a keen hearing.

Just when Vlad was slightly confused about who was calling him, a beautiful figure had already appeared in Vlad's eyes.

At that moment, Vlad only felt that his heart suddenly beat violently, as if struck by lightning.

"It's her~!" Vlad murmured slightly absentmindedly.

Instantly, scenes began to flash through his mind. That was the girl who grew up with him before he went to the Ottoman Empire as a hostage.

At the same time, she was also his future wife: Marina.

In the end, the picture that was frozen in his mind was Marina falling off the cliff, and he was powerless to do anything. He saw the girl with his own eyes and finally died in his arms.

Looking at the blonde girl who kept shuttling among the crowd, standing up and jumping, waving her two slender white arms, with a happy and smiling face.

For some reason, Vlad felt that he suddenly had an inexplicable urge to cry and shed tears.

As if there was an illusion of reincarnation in another world, it suddenly came to his mind.

Vlad turned his head and ordered the guard beside him:

"Let the girl over there come over."

The guard first glanced at the chief minister beside Vlad, and after receiving a slight signal from the other party, he turned around and executed the order.

Vlad, who saw all this, didn't say much, but kept it in mind.

He needed to learn more about the situation before he could judge which of these people could be trusted and which needed to be cleared out.

It was impossible to judge a person's loyalty and goodness and evil based on these trivial matters.

"Hi~ Vlad, you are finally back." A touching voice suddenly sounded.

It was Marina, holding up a rather gorgeous skirt, trotting all the way over, with an expression that could not be concealed, and a hint of different emotions.

Looking at the slender figure, fair skin, and long golden hair in front of him, it was a little messy because of the intense running.

Before he could calm down his rapid breathing, Marina gently stroked his chest with one hand, and greeted Vlad cordially.

"Hi, long time no see, Marina."

Vlad jumped off the warhorse, came to Marina, and looked carefully at the grown-up girl.

Then he hugged the girl tightly and kissed her forehead.

Marina, who was blushing a little by this sudden scene, couldn't help but hit Vlad's chest coquettishly to cover up her shame.

The appearance of this scene made the surrounding residents in the city who were watching at this time cheer like a booing, and the scene was very lively for a while.

It can be seen that the governance here is quite good, and the civilians are not afraid of the authority of the nobles and the blades of the soldiers.

Vlad, who observed this, nodded secretly.

"Marina, come with me."

"Ah~!"

Before Marina responded, Vlad hugged her tight and slender waist, and before she could react, he put her on the horse he was riding and started to go towards the inner castle palace.

Seeing this, the Minister of Finance, Count Messer Land, behind him, couldn't help but show some relief, because he was Marina's father and Vlad's uncle.

Seeing the two childhood sweethearts still so close at this time, naturally they were in a good mood.

"Hey, you only know how to bully me, it's like this when you were a child, and it's still like this when you grow up."

Marina blushed and lowered her head, muttering softly, and at the same time gave Vlad an elbow to express her condolences.

"Hey, there are so many people here, can't you give me some face?" Vlad covered his chest and pretended to be in pain.     "Don't think I don't know your tricks. You always used this trick to scare me when I was a child, and I won't be fooled."

As she said this, Marina couldn't help but turn her head to look quietly, and she happened to see Vlad's face with a half-smile on his face, and she didn't know that she was being tricked again.

Vlad smiled slightly and whispered in Marina's ear:

"It's still the same as before~ Marina, you know I'm pretending, but you still choose to be fooled, you're still so cute."

The two of them whispered to each other along the way, still like before, bickering from time to time, and it's hard to tell that they haven't seen each other for many years.

It's obvious that even if they haven't seen each other for many years, they still keep each other's feelings in their hearts, otherwise they wouldn't be the same as before.

At this moment, Vlad undoubtedly felt very relaxed.

"Marina, take them to settle down in the palace first, and I'll find you when the time comes."

When the group arrived at the palace, Vlad instructed Marina.

Then he signaled Mariska and others to follow Marina to settle down first.

Looking at the figures of several people leaving, Vlad turned and walked towards the council hall.

"Earl Grantham, you are the chief minister of internal affairs. Please tell me about the recent affairs in the territory."

Vlad walked to the throne at the top of the council hall, without any hesitation, and immediately got into the role.

Looking at the dozens of people below, these people are basically the most powerful ruling class in Wallachia.

After listening for a while, he found that they were all trivial matters, so Vlad was not interested anymore.

"If there is nothing important, Lord Grantham, you can handle it yourself."

After calling out to the old man with sparse blond hair, Vlad looked at his uncle again:

"Lord Lander, as the Minister of Finance, please tell us something."

Lord Lander was thin and had golden curly hair. He nodded and then said:

"This year's autumn harvest has just passed, and the harvest is good. At present, the five major grain warehouses are full, enough for more than 26,000 residents in the city to use for a year.

In terms of treasury tax revenue, in the first three quarters of this year, the various Taxes, rents, etc., add up to more than 34,000 gold coins, but the royal family and the funeral of the previous old king have spent more than 16,000 gold coins in the past three quarters, and there are."

Hearing this, Vlad interrupted Earl Rand's speech: "Earl Rand, just tell me how much money the treasury has now."

Earl Rand paused, then looked at Vlad's deep eyes, probably understanding something:

"Your Highness, the treasury now has 73,600 gold coins, more than 100,000 silver coins, and a number of copper coins."

"How can it be so little." Vlad frowned slightly.

"Your Highness, the annual payment required by the Ottoman Empire will account for one-third of the total expenditure, so."

Although he didn't say anything else, Vlad had already understood it.

Waved his hand, let the Minister of Finance withdraw first, and then looked at the Minister of Military Affairs Viscount John.

"Your Highness, there are 3,000 garrison soldiers in the city, 2,200 infantry, and 800 cavalry.

There are 500 palace guards, of which 300 are cavalry.

There are 5,000 sets of armor, and a number of spears, swords, longbows and other weapons."

This is a middle-aged man with a strong physique, black curly hair, a beard, and a slightly rough voice.

He speaks simply and clearly, with a military style.

This made Vlad's first impression of him very good.

This meeting, which was Vlad's first return, lasted for two hours. He just got a general understanding of the specific situation of the kingdom and the familiar faces of the gangsters.

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