The Marquis of Krillos got out of the carriage and walked slowly towards the palace. All the court guards on duty who met along the way gave him a solemn chest salute, which was to express their respect for the Marquis of Krillos.
In just three years, it was this man with a disability and two scary scars on his face who managed the finances of the reunified Krissen Empire in an orderly manner, not only assisting His Majesty the Emperor to reorganize the The three major armies of the empire still have spare energy to develop some livelihood industries, so that the economy of the empire is no longer as embarrassing as it was when it was first unified. Even His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress have been able to spend a lot of time holding some royal courts in the past two years. Activity…
"My tribute to you, Honorable Earl Selig." Sir Hendry, the head of the palace, greeted him respectfully, and gave a standard half-bow court salute to the Marquis of Krylos: "Your Majesty will accompany you in the back garden. Drinking afternoon tea with the queen, because the little prince's birthday anniversary, the queen is going to hold a grand celebration banquet, so His Majesty invited the adults to come here, just to spare a sum of money to organize the little prince's birthday celebration party... "
While leading the way, Sir Hendry revealed the reason why His Majesty invited the Marquis of Krillos. The Marquis of Krillos smiled and nodded at him: "Thank you, Sir Hendry, I remember your wife said when she went shopping in the business a few days ago, that the beginning of next month will be the 30th wedding anniversary of your husband and wife, right? Just yesterday I got a bottle of Forest Moon Dew, which is called a spirit perfume. I think it would be a very suitable wedding anniversary gift... "
Sir Hendry was very happy. Forest Moon Dew is a well-known perfume in mainland China. It is produced in a small amount every year. A small bottle is worth a dozen or so Goldfords. I believe that my mother-in-law will have the same perfume as hers if she gets this perfume. The capital of the female companion to show off, this time should not bother me anymore: "Thank you, I am ashamed to receive the gift from the Earl..."
It's ridiculous to say that the Marquis of Krillos now holds three positions. One is the real host of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, who has developed the Ontario Chamber of Commerce into the largest chamber of commerce in the Krissen Empire, a business giant's mind. The second is to be forcibly recruited by His Majesty the Emperor and appointed as the treasurer of the empire, responsible for rectifying and managing the fiscal revenue and expenditure of the entire empire. The third Marquis of Krillos is also responsible for managing the royal family's internal treasury, which means that he has to take care of the emperor's private treasury. This is a drudgery that can only make money but not lose money...
In order for the Marquis of Crylos to serve him wholeheartedly, the Second Highness, that is, His Majesty the Emperor, generously conferred the title of Marquis of Crylos, who was aliased as Serig, as an honorary earl, and vowed that as long as Kerry The Marquis of Ross can serve the royal family and himself conscientiously for ten years, and he will definitely confer the Marquis of Krillos as the Earl of the territory...
Perhaps in the eyes of the Second Highness, he treated this so-called merchant's son in exile to the empire as well as he could. Of course, the talent of this businessman's son named Selig is still very outstanding. He lived up to the expectations of the emperor. He reversed the financial disadvantages of the entire empire in three years, and now the emperor and empress Both His Majesties are in the mood to hold a grand celebration banquet for the seventh birthday of His Highness the Little Prince...
The Marquis of Krillos doesn't like to come to this palace, which is known as the center of imperial power, just like he likes to stay in the small building where the Ontario Chamber of Commerce is located when he handles official business. That's where he feels more comfortable. place. But there is no way, every time he is summoned by His Majesty the Emperor of this empire, the enemy buried in his heart, he has to suppress his desire for revenge to deal with His Majesty the Emperor.
In the heart of the Second Highness, he had already completely forgotten the Marquis of Krillos, who was once the envoy of the business alliance and was later denounced as a liar by himself. He was just an insignificant person. But the pain of Marquis Krylos' injuries reminded him all the time that disfigured and hidden lurking around the imperial capital and His Highness the Second Highness, what was he doing? Like a poisonous snake, he peeped The moment the fatal blow was delivered...
After passing through several corridors and turning around several side halls, a piece of greenery appeared in front of my eyes. The November sun gently sprinkled in the sparse tree shade, leaving a mottled and fine golden light. Some palace maids are playing on the lawn, throwing small cloth bags full of spices to each other, and the crisp and sweet laughter is like the ringing of silver bells... .
It was tea time, a time of rest and relaxation for the ladies-in-waiting at the court. As if the Marquis Krillos didn't see the beautiful scenery in front of him, he pulled out a gray veil from his arms with a gloomy face. Sir Hendry, who was next to him, quickly took it, and then carefully covered the face of Marquis Crylos with the veil, and tied a knot at the back of his head...
This is the first time that the Marquis of Keriros was recruited into the palace by the Second Highness three years ago, because the two scars on his face from the forehead to the chin frightened the queen and the maids, so the Second Highness The Marquis of Encrylos can cover his face when he enters the palace in the future. In the eyes of others, it is His Royal Highness, His Majesty the Emperor's favor and love for Earl Selig, but in the eyes of Marquis Krillos, this is clearly another naked injury and humiliation. Scared my wife and maid, and let myself cover my face to meet each other...
"Aha... my treasurer is finally here..." His Highness the Second Highness held a golden cup and greeted the arrival of Marquis Krillos with a smile. It could be seen that he was in good spirits and mood.
"Your Majesty, Wan An." The Marquis Crilloli bowed his head slightly to His Highness the Second Highness with a blank expression, and then turned around to formally greet His Majesty the Queen next to him. According to the etiquette of nobles, Her Majesty the Queen should extend her left hand to the Marquis of Keriros to kiss his hand, but Her Majesty the Queen hastily returned a half-bow and took a step ahead, avoiding to the other side of the garden.
"Mr. Selig, please forgive my queen's disrespect. She grew up in the Eastern Wilderness Prairie when she was a child. The two scars on your forehead will always remind her of those vicious grass barbarians. Those savages I always like to draw a few knives on my face to show my ferocity. When my queen was six years old, she hid in the grass and witnessed those ferocious grass barbarians invading her home. Killing her parents in front of your eyes is a nightmare that haunts her memories and will never be forgotten...so she is extremely sensitive to the scar on your face..." His Royal Highness apologized to the Marquis Krillos for the queen's rude behavior .
"I'm sorry..." The Marquis of Krillos expressed his apology calmly: "But the scars on my face are not what I wanted. Your Majesty, you know my escape experience. For me, it is these two scars. It was the scars that made those who pursued me think that I was dead, so I escaped. Therefore, I can only express my apologies to Her Majesty for the fright that I received... "
"It's okay," His Royal Highness raised the gold cup in his hand, and soon a court maid also presented a silver cup filled with fine wine to the Marquis of Keriros.
"I let you enter the palace this time mainly because of discussion. Helaiside's seventh birthday is coming in two or three months. The empress and I have decided to hold a grand New Year's banquet at the end of this year before serving Helai. Si De held a birthday celebration and invited all the nobles of the empire to come to participate. Therefore, the queen and I are going to listen to your opinion on the budget for holding these two celebrations. Of course, if we can, we are I hope this event will be as grand as possible... ”
The Marquis of Krylos was speechless, how anxious and fanciful should he be? Prince Hlaist's birthday is March 7th, and it's only mid-November, at least three months away, so there's absolutely no need to start preparations now. But after thinking about it, the Marquis of Keriros immediately understood that March is the rainy season, and it is also the most inappropriate day to go out.
Generally speaking, even if the New Year's celebration held on January 1st lasted for ten days, the nobles and their families who came to participate in the New Year's celebration would not be able to stay in the imperial capital until the rainy season passed. Basically they will go back to their territory or estate to spend the rest of winter and rainy season before the ice and snow thaw in February. What the Second Highness and his Queen are worried about is that many nobles will refuse to come to the little prince's birthday celebration in the rainy season. If that happens, the Second Highness and his wife, who are holding the little prince's birthday celebration for the first time, will look very dispirited face…
To blame can only be blamed on the wrong month of the little prince Helaiside's birth, which happened to be the rainy season. So the little prince had never held any grand birthday celebration before, that is, the Second Highness and the Empress in the palace celebrated casually with some maids. Now the Second Highness and the Queen may be out of compensation for him, so they decided to hold a grand birthday celebration for the little prince Helaiside when he was seven years old, and invited the nobles of the empire to attend.
The Second Highness's intention to combine the New Year's celebration with the little prince's birthday celebration is that he wants to keep the imperial nobles and their families who came to participate in the New Year's celebration until March, and then go to the little prince's birthday celebration. This makes it more popular. But it is not so easy to entertain these imperial nobles and their relatives. You have to provide event venues and hold various events and banquets so that everyone will not feel bored and bored during the long winter and rainy season. All this costs a lot of gold coins...
"Your Majesty, the current financial situation of your empire is still a little tight. You need to invest more gold coins in road traffic and some people's livelihood to make up for the damage caused by the war in the past few years. Although I personally do not recommend that Your Majesty and the Queen spend a lot of The money spent on such banquets and celebrations, but I remember that His Majesty's inner treasury has ample reserves of gold coins, enough to pay and hold such celebrations, could it be... "
The Marquis of Keriros shut up with some doubts. It suddenly occurred to him that linking the New Year's celebration with the little prince's birthday celebration would cost hundreds of thousands of Goldfords. The Second Highness obviously meant to hope that this The expenditure is paid out of the treasury, not for him to pay for the royal treasury, even though such a celebration should have been paid for by the royal treasury...
"Uh, Sir Selig, although under your guidance and overall planning, the royal treasury's reserves have reached nearly one million Goldfords, which has greatly improved and enriched the daily expenses of our Krissen royal family. , but for holding such a large-scale celebration, I think it is very beneficial to the unity and stability of the nobles of the entire empire, so the cost should be borne by the treasury, just like the celebration of the empire, what do you think?" Second Highness My face didn't turn red when I said that...
The Marquis of Krylos sighed secretly, and bowed slightly: "As you wish, my lord, I will raise funds for the New Year's celebration and the little prince's birthday celebration as soon as possible, and mobilize manpower to deal with it immediately." The necessary venues need to be remodeled, and various materials must be stored, and artists from all over the world must be recruited to perform. I will complete the budget report for all preparations within three days and submit it to His Majesty for viewing... "
His Highness the Second Highness laughed with satisfaction: "I knew that Sir Seliger would not let me down. I am very relieved that you are doing business. Now the empire is calm and the people live and work in peace and contentment, so it is worthwhile to spend more on the celebration this time." Yes. I’m already thinking about whether we should announce that Helaiside will become my crown prince and heir to the empire on the day of Helaiside’s birthday, so that his first birthday celebration will be meaningful and also It will make those imperial nobles wait so long to participate in this birthday celebration and feel that their trip is worthwhile... "
A light flashed in the eyes of the Marquis Krillos, and after the Second Highness finished talking about his plan, the Marquis Krillos bowed his head and said: "As a subject, I dare not doubt His Majesty's decision, all I think about is how to go back The budget plan for this celebration is running out, so I will resign first."
His Royal Highness laughed dumbfounded, but what he liked and admired the most was the appearance of the Marquis of Krillos, who only paid attention to finances and ignored other things. This is why he called the Marquis of Criros his "treasurer". Of course, what he needs is the Marquis of Criros' financial management skills. He waved his hand: "Then you go back first, Sir Selig, I'll leave this to you..."
The Marquis of Krillos nodded, bowed again, and then turned and left accompanied by Sir Hendry, the head of the palace.
After leaving the palace gate and getting into the carriage, the Marquis Krillos had a look of excitement on his face. He knocked on the wall of the carriage, and soon the guard's voice sounded outside: "My lord, do you have any orders?"
"Go to the Earl of Wixas and ask him to come to see me right away," said the Marquis of Krillos.
"Yes, my lord."
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