Dark Moon Palace, side hall.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere fell into silence for a moment.
"I won't ask you anything, and you don't need to explain." Isabella finally broke the silence, her voice was extremely cold, "You just need to know that I can threaten you, and you must do what I say in the future Do."
This is coercion
Chen Rui smiled wryly, and sighed: "It's true that Laura did the 'Mie Hun', but this should be the only one, and you didn't deploy any means near the palace."
"Sure enough, you guessed it right," Isabella turned around, put on her veil, and threw a stone over, "So... what about this?"
Chen Rui took the stone and took a look. It turned out to be a photo stone. Just now, the scenes of the two dancing and kissing were all recorded. What surprised him even more was that the "coercion" scenes in the middle were all removed. It's two people dancing together, then hugging and kissing passionately.
(Wh, when...)
If this stone falls into the hands of Athena and the others...Chen Rui breaks out in a cold sweat.
Isabella took out another photo stone that was exactly the same and shook it, feeling more than one piece: "I think you don't want anyone to know what's in it, right?"
Chen Rui nodded quickly.
"I only have one condition. From now on, every time you come out of the palace at night, you must come to my place. Don't negotiate conditions with me. You have no choice. If you don't come, you will bear the consequences."
Chen Rui was in a cold sweat again, it seemed that she had also guessed the tryst with Xi Ya, she was indeed the dark devil's spy!
Although it was a cold tone, although it was a sinister coercion, but just now I could clearly feel that the lips were very hot. Fast heartbeat.
After Isabella left this condition, she didn't bother with him anymore, opened the door, and walked out without looking back.
Chen Rui followed a few steps, opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything, but turned into a sigh, watching the lonely figure getting further and further away under the moonlight.
The next day, Shea and Sikari had a formal meeting in the palace chamber.
Attendees included the head of the Flame Legion and the security officer Athena, the financial officer Chen Rui, and representatives of the Dark Moon families. The legion was attended by the deputy head of the legion, the leader of the Cloak Club, Agulie. Even in this kind of meeting, Agulie was still dressed in a cloak and did not show his true colors. As for Bai Ling's territory, Palando didn't show up, probably because he lost face at the ball last night.
"So... His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess is not going to hold a birthday celebration?" Sikali frowned slightly, and asked, this time he came here under the banner of celebrating Xiya's birthday, so this time he hit a soft nail
"It's just a fraction of a birthday that's not a whole number. It's not worth mentioning. Although Dark Moon has made some money now, due to the comprehensive renovation and construction of the city some time ago, and the cooperation with Blood Thorn Flower, it cost a lot of money. At present, there is an urgent need to raise money. Pay off the debt, so I don't plan to waste it. I appreciate the kindness of His Majesty Sikari, and as for those expensive gifts... "
Sikali could only nod his head and said, "The eldest princess's frugality is admirable, but since I have already brought those gifts, how can I take them back? Let's take them as a testimony of the friendship between the two territories."
Xi Ya thought for a while, then nodded: "Thank you so much."
Sikali took advantage of the situation and said: "To tell you the truth, Your Highness, I came to Anyue this time, besides congratulating His Highness on his birthday, I also have some... Uh, difficulties, I came to ask for help from Anyue, Your Highness, please take note of the friendship between the two places for many years." Come on, lend a helping hand."
Shia said calmly: "What is the difficulty? Your Excellency Sikari might as well just say it."
Sikali showed hesitation at first, and finally "plucked up the courage" to say: "Because I didn't notice at the lord meeting for a while, I participated in the fund-raising, and the emperor still hasn't returned it, which has led to a large deficit in Bailing. There is a serious shortage of expenses, and the territory is almost unable to operate, please look at the old friendship, the eldest princess, and give me a helping hand to solve my urgent need."
Sikali's request was already expected by Xi Ya, and now that Dark Moon is a treasure land that is so rich, which territory is not jealous? If it weren't for Dark Moon's strong military deterrence capabilities, he would have exhausted all kinds of methods to steal.
Xi Ya cast her eyes on Chen Rui, the financial officer, and Chen Rui immediately got up and said, "As Her Royal Highness said just now, Dark Moon's financial situation is quite tight now. The first is the renovation and expansion of the city, the renovation of the sewage and water supply system, A large number of debts left over from road renovation, repair and construction of various towns; the second is the loss of cooperation with the blood thorn flower territory of the shadow empire, and the funding includes the expenditure of the blue melted territory and surrounding territories; the third part is military expenses. The expansion cost of the Grand Army, military supplies, the construction of Valan Fortress and Valan Town, etc. These three parts of the cost are like three mountains, pressing on the head of Dark Moon. Although the construction and economy of Dark Moon have achieved certain results, they are still It is not enough to make ends meet. However, this is mainly caused by the large amount of money required in the initial stage of construction, and it will tend to be stable in the later stage. Now is also the most critical moment. We cannot save money. We must determine a complete framework, otherwise there will be butterflies if we are not careful. Effect, which will affect the long-term, some things, you can consider using the crocodile rule, when it is broken, it will be broken... "
Sikali and the people in Bailing's territory understood it. They said a lot before, just crying for poverty, but some of them didn't understand later, so Sikali couldn't help but said: "Your Excellency Chen Rui, what are you asking?" It's called the butterfly effect, what is the crocodile rule?"
This question hit Chen Rui's heart, and he immediately explained: "It's just some economic terms. The butterfly effect refers to the result of economic development, which has a great dependence on the initial conditions. Small deviations may cause huge problems. For example, there is a ballad, a nail is missing, a shoe is broken; a shoe is broken, a horse is broken; a horse is broken, a knight is injured; A knight loses a battle; loses a war and loses an empire. Then, we can regard a change of nails as causing the fall of an empire... "
People in Bailing Territory or Dark Moon's side listened to these wonderful remarks with great interest, especially the people in Bailing Territory, the way they looked at Chen Rui changed. Capable people are always worthy of respect.
The expressions of these people fell into Chen Rui's eyes, and they secretly laughed. In fact, many things were bluffing people with theories from another world. This endless theory swayed for a long time, and finally went back to Sikali to borrow The topic of money: "So, according to my analysis, it will take at least 15 years for Dark Moon to fully stabilize the entire income and expenditure structure and truly start to make a profit. At present, it is not appropriate to increase debts. Therefore, the eldest princess will not The decision to hold a birthday celebration is very correct. The current economic structure is at the most critical moment, and any decision is likely to affect the economic development situation in the next few hundred years. Therefore, under the current debt situation, we have to reluctantly Foreign aid, I think it is quite unwise! We can't ruin the plan that we have worked so hard to design because of face or so-called friendship. If there is any offense to these words, please also ask Her Royal Highness and Xi Lord Kari forgives."
"Fifteen years?" Xi Ya frowned slightly, sighed, and said to Sikali: "Your Excellency Sikari, you have also heard Chen Rui's analysis, what do you think?"
Sikali was a little dumbfounded for a while. Chen Rui's long economic thesis is really wonderful. The quotations and incisive analysis are impressive. Loophole
Facing the ball kicked back by Shia, Sikari wanted to kick it back again, but he couldn't get up and was speechless for a while.
Xi Ya sincerely admired Chen Rui's wise plan, and after some straightforward analysis put an end to the other party's desire to "borrow money", he added: "Well, I personally give some material support to Bai Ling's territory, the amount is not much , and please don’t dislike him, Your Excellency Sikari.”
This sentence completely blocked the possibility of Sikali borrowing money. An Yue was obviously crying for poverty and unwilling to borrow money, but he could only express his gratitude, which can be said to be a slap in the face.
Sikali thought for a while, and said again: "Since the dark moon has the difficulty of the dark moon, I don't want to embarrass His Highness Xia, so let's make another request. There is a large area of barren soil in the Bailing territory, which cannot be cultivated. The people just Live on a small amount of land that can be planted. I heard that Dark Moon obtained the secret method of transforming the soil in the treasure of the Blue Pond Mountains. It has achieved remarkable results and helped the blood thorn flower territory of the friendly city Shadow Empire to successfully improve a large area of barren land. I implore here His Highness sent people to renovate Bailing's land so that the people can live a life of food and clothing."
Sikari deliberately mentioned the cooperation between Dark Moon and Blood Thorn Flower, intending to imply that Xi Ya, since even foreign territories like Blood Thorn Flower can help, then they should help Bai Ling Territory, which also belongs to the Fallen Angel Empire. This territory has been "good" friendship before.
Xi Ya nodded slightly: "Please continue."
Sikali saw that there seemed to be a way, and he was secretly happy, and then said: "Dark Moon has developed to this day, the financial officer His Excellency Chen Rui recognized the key person, the internal affairs can be called the crown of the devil world, and the once turbulent Blue Melt Territory is now booming , Your Excellency Chen Rui has contributed a lot. I want to hire His Excellency Chen Rui to go to Bai Ling's territory as an economic advisor for a period of time to help Bai Ling solve some important problems."
Before today's meeting, Xi Ya learned about Palando's coercion and seduction at the ball last night from Chen Rui's report. Today, Sikari personally proposed an "invitation". It seems that this trip is coming to Dark Moon One of his real purposes is to poach the human treasurer.
Once Chen Rui goes there, it is very likely that he will never return. Even if he does not go, he may still attack him like Isabella used the evil gu at that time. However, the current dark moon is not the original dark moon. The human beings are no longer the original human beings. Chen Rui's own strength alone is enough to destroy the group of people like Sikali.
Xi Ya sneered secretly, with a thoughtful look on his face.