"Your Majesty, it will be difficult to explain such a huge movement. A lot of the tombstones of the common people's ancestors have been destroyed, and they need to be comforted in this regard."

Ariel looked at the huge battle over there, turned her head and said something to the fierce waves here.

Meng Lang took a sip of wine, shook the wine glass in his hand, nodded, and said: "This is indeed a problem. Civilians... civilians also need to deal with it. Well... let's do this. Ariel, go

Call someone from outside to come in."

With such a tone, he still treats Ariel as a maid, right?

But Ariel now wished she didn't have to touch the letter in her hand, so she quickly walked to the door and opened it. When the maid outside the door saw the door open, two people immediately walked in and greeted the emperor and nobles inside.

salute.

"Go, send an order to Sheriff Paladin Guangzhongguang, and ask him to lead his men to deal with the situation in the cemetery, calm the emotions of the civilians there, and prevent them from causing trouble."

The maid responded, and Ariel took advantage of this moment to quickly draft an order on the parchment and respectfully handed it to Meng Lang.

Menglang was just thinking about how to write such an order, but he saw the copy handed over by Ariel next to him. After scanning it, he glanced at Ariel with great satisfaction and smiled at the tide over there.

Said: "My lovely brother, you are really the happiest person in the world! To have such a good woman who is willing to follow you, you must cherish it and never let her down. Do you understand?"

Chao Tide smiled slightly awkwardly and remained silent.

Menglang rolled up the order, put a seal on it with a candle, then stamped it with the seal on the ring, and handed it over to Ariel again.

Ariel walked towards the maid over there with the seal in her hands and handed the order to her.

In this way, the piece of parchment placed in front of Ariel has now been used. Looking at the emperor's desk over there, it seems that there is not much parchment prepared for writing letters. Seeing this situation, he suddenly

Lang frowned slightly, but he was probably in a good mood now, so he didn't pursue it, and just said: "Then... Ariel, you go back and choose a time, and send it to me early tomorrow morning."

At this point, this disaster was finally over. Ariel breathed a sigh of relief silently, and naturally a faint smile appeared on her face. She bent down and nodded gently.

Meng Lang held the wine glass and took another sip. At this moment, the thunderstorm over the cemetery finally slowly disappeared. It seemed that the battle situation should have come to a conclusion.

Meng Lang seemed even more happy about this, nodded, drank the drink in his hand, and put down the cup.

Seeing that he seemed to be in a good mood, Ariel behind him thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, when I come to see you this time, in addition to hoping to meet Your Majesty in person and congratulate His Majesty on your enthronement, I also want to discuss matters with you.

Let’s talk about the guild tax on Mermaid Song.”

Meng Lang was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Ariel and said with a smile: "The tax on Mermaid Song? Oh, by the way, I remembered. When is your guild planning to dissolve?"

Ariel shrugged, suppressing the fear and tension in her heart, keeping that smile on her face, and said quietly——

"Your Majesty, it is easy to dissolve the Mermaid Song Guild. Not only can I disband the Mermaid Song, but I can also contact several cities in the border provinces to dissolve all the guilds in those cities, and solve your Majesty's concerns in one go.

trouble."

Menglang laughed, stretched out his hand, and patted Ariel affectionately on the shoulder. This action was no longer like treating a lady, but more like treating his confidant with respect, and said: "I knew it,

You must have a way, and I know you will never let me down."

Ariel bent down slightly and said with a smile: "Thank you for your compliment, Your Majesty. There are just some small things I want to confirm with Your Majesty."

Menglang: "You ask, I will definitely answer you."

Ariel smiled and said: "It is not troublesome to dissolve all the guilds in the border province, but the trouble is that after the guilds are disbanded, how to fill the original responsibilities of the guilds? Take my Mermaid Song as an example, if the Mermaid Song

The song was disbanded and all the members came to Hanhai City according to His Majesty's ideas. So how to ensure the public security situation of Pelican City? In addition to public security, there is also the responsibility of taxation. You know, the current Pelican City is not

What used to be a small town with only three or four hundred people is now a small city with more than three thousand people. Without a strong and powerful means of violence, it would be difficult to collect all the tax revenue."

Menglang stretched out his hand and tapped it in front of Ariel, showing an expression of approval, and said: "You have considered the issue very comprehensively. In fact, I have already considered this issue."

The emperor stood up, poured himself another glass of wine, sat down on the sofa again, and said with a smile: "You know, our empire has always used the Adventurer's Guild as the basic security force for regional encirclement. If our empire wants to

If you want to do something in these small towns, using the local adventurers guild is often the cheapest and most convenient way."

Ariel nodded: "I have experienced this myself." Meng Lang: "This method is cheap, effective, and seems to be very good. However, as time goes by, there will always be some guilds that do not do things very authentically and resort to the method of satiation.

Private pockets and internal and external collusion hinder the empire from doing things. On the surface, they seem to be working, but they are not doing anything. Sometimes these adventurer guilds even run local towns into their own territory. My tax official wants to

It’s a lot of trouble to collect taxes.”

Ariel tilted her head and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Any policy will have advantages and disadvantages. The key lies in whether the benefits are large enough to suppress the disadvantages."

Meng Lang exhaled, looking a little downcast, and said: "But the problem is, I found that these advantages may not be able to outweigh the disadvantages... Forget it, these are not the point, the point is how you said I should consider those adventurers

Right? I have already thought about it, I will let all those adventurers be incorporated into my imperial army. Then, I will let the imperial armies from other regions go to maintain the security of the marginal provinces."

Ariel frowned and said: "Mobilizing armies from other regions... seems to be able to solve the problem of collusion between the army and local areas, but another problem is that it also costs a lot of money? Your Majesty... I dare to ask

Let me ask you, the expenditure issue in this area...has it been resolved?"

In response to this, Meng Lang's brows that seemed relaxed just now wrinkled up again. He rubbed the bridge of his nose slightly and closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Ariel couldn't help but feel a little bit in her heart. Did she think she had gone too far?

Fortunately, the emperor was not a person who would express his anger at will. After thinking for a moment, he slowly said: "Since I came to the throne, problems at home and abroad have continued one after another... It's like someone is deliberately targeting me.

It’s like a stumbling block.”

Ariel was silent. Tide Tide over there also shrank his neck, not daring to speak.

"I don't know what happened to the Orion Empire. In the past year, it has been constantly provoking wars on our borders. There is also a severe drought in the country. There is no food harvest in many areas. Many refugees have begun to change.

I have become a bandit and a robber! Alas...I don’t know how those nobles discipline the people under their rule, and how can they be allowed to cause me so much trouble? It really gives me a headache."

Ariel closed her mouth silently and remained silent.

But after a moment, Meng Lang slowly exhaled, smiled at Ariel, and said: "However, someone recommended a method to me. I believe it won't take long for me to solve the financial problem.

question."

Ariel is very interested. Who has proposed a method that can solve the various difficulties currently faced by the Blue Bay Empire?

Menglang smiled and said: "Actually, you know this person too. He is your teacher. Do you still remember him?"

Ariel was stunned and couldn't help but cover her mouth and said in surprise: "Connor conservative teacher?!"

Menglang nodded and continued to say with a smile: "Yes, it's him. He proposed three strategies to me, and said that as long as I can follow these methods, the Blue Bay Empire will definitely be able to slowly return to its original state!"

"The first one is the one he respects the most. Let me tell you now, don't tell anyone else. I'm afraid he will get into trouble, you know?"

As he said that, Meng Lang turned his head and glanced at Tide Tide next to him. Tide Tide rolled his eyes and said, "Brother, you know I have no interest in politics or economics. If you want, I'll leave now."

Bar."

Meng Lang shook his head quickly and said: "How can this be possible? Ariel is your mistress, how can I be alone with your mistress when you are not around? I trust you, so don't tell others, haha."

Tide Tide once again showed a nonchalant expression and stopped talking.

Meng Lang then said with a smile: "First, your teacher recommended that I make peace with the Hunter Empire for the time being. I can even cut off some territory, pay some compensation, and recognize the other party's power. Then, use this period to

In the time of peace, let me promote reforms in our empire as soon as possible, and then issue a large number of various noble titles. It is best to give them some noble titles even to the untouchables in the slums."

Ariel was stunned and blurted out: "What is this for? If nobility titles are awarded casually, wouldn't the nobility become a bad street?"

Menglang nodded and said with great agreement: "I think so too, so I asked your teacher, but your teacher said that the purpose is to let the title of nobility be ruined on the street. Because only the nobility will be ruined on the street, and then it will be

Without nobles, in that case, I can take action to deal with those nobles who have plundered a lot of wealth in their own territories and refused to turn it over to the national treasury."

Having said this, Menglang crossed his arms with great longing and said: "Alas... I don't know how much money those nobles earn? They don't need to spend money to manage the country, they only need to spend money to manage the country.

Just put the money in your own pocket. But in addition to supporting the food and clothing of our royal family, the royal treasury must also be used to maintain the entire country! If possible, I really want to give some of them

Find them out and squeeze them dry! Let’s see how much money they have to gain!”

Ariel's eyes also showed a hint of longing, and she said, "This is really an exciting scene! So, Your Majesty, is that all?"

Meng Lang smiled and said: "That's not all. He also suggested that I adopt the method of supporting the people, reducing taxes as much as possible, so that the royal family and the rich and powerful nobles can live together for several years, or even more than ten years.

, decades of hard times. In this way, perhaps when my son grows up, the Blue Bay Empire can regain its former glory."

If that's really the case, then maybe it's a path worth taking... isn't it?

Ariel thought of this, nodded slightly, and said, "This method sounds good."

"Alas..." Unfortunately, His Majesty the Emperor's sigh let Ariel know that this best idea was definitely a waste.

"It sounds good. How could I immediately cede the land and pay compensation less than a year after taking over the land my father left to me? After all, I am still a person who has been on the battlefield. If I were to hunt down the murderer as soon as I came up,

If an empire begs for mercy, where is the dignity of the royal family? Ariel, you can be considered a member of the royal family, do you think this is shameful?"

Ariel was speechless for a moment.

"Of course, the face of the royal family is gone now. More importantly, how can noble titles be awarded casually? Those old guys have been nagging you for a long time when I asked you to become a noble. If I give out noble titles in large quantities,

, then it’s still okay?”

"As for extracting money from those nobles... Well, I think about it too, but now I still have to rely on them to maintain my empire. I can't do this kind of thing that extracts the pillars of the country."

"As for the method of recuperation... I won't go into details. My hope is to be able to do it a little faster... a little faster. I hope to be able to solve these problems within five years, instead of waiting until my son grows up and waits until he inherits the throne.

Only then will we be able to see a glimmer of hope. I don’t know what the environment of the entire world will be like by then. What if the Ora Empire starts to attack us again during this process?”

From Meng Lang's words and deeds, Ariel heard the helplessness and urgency in his tone.

The newly-appointed Emperor hopes that his name will leave a lasting mark in the history of the Blue Bay Empire, and that he can become a capable and responsible emperor. He hopes that the huge empire left by the late Emperor can

In his hands, you can continue to rise without falling into a trough!

This is a hope!
To be continued...