Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 42 His Majesty the Golden King
  His Majesty the Golden King, if outside the palace it may refer to the currency with the largest denomination, within the palace, it is also appropriate to describe the Lord of the Kingdom of Saint Valois himself.

Charles XVI inherited the family's stature. He was short, fat and not dignified, but judging from his court and complicated clothes with white and gold as the main colors, it was easy to prove that he was the most prominent man in the Holy Kingdom.

Now he was chatting with the chief of the palace guard in the study, doing his little private hobby: playing with clocks.

"Your Majesty." The previous chat revolved around interesting things that happened in Valuauna. The captain of the guard observed that King Charles was in a good mood and spoke again hesitantly: "There was a fire in the center of the city a few days ago."

Charlie carefully placed the uninstalled balance wheel on the flannel and looked serious: "Mr. Guard Chief, have any of my people been injured or killed?"

"I don't know how to talk to you, God! This is Your Majesty's Chamber of Commerce, the building of the Lowe Chamber of Commerce. I'm sorry, this is my dereliction of duty." The guard chief's men will be surprised: It turns out that the officer's expression can still be like this sad.

"Why should you take it upon yourself? Isn't this the responsibility of the Chamber of Commerce itself and the security force? Just because the captain is your old buddy?"

"Your Majesty, I feel ashamed if you say this!"

Charlie felt a little bored by the guard captain's exaggerated performance. In the past, he liked to see other people's exaggerated reactions: "Okay, okay, investigate the reasons why things happened, take stock of the losses and report them to me."

"Your Majesty the Bishop, please see me!" the guard's announcement sounded in the foyer.

"Come in." "Your Majesty allows you to have an audience!"

Before the message was finished, there was a clicking sound on the marble floor, and His Majesty the King silently put the clock and small tools in the desk drawer.

Here, "bishop" refers to the only man whom the captain of the guard and most of the nobility hate: Du Plessis. He used a cane to drag his crippled right leg in. It could have been cured given his status and the divine grace he received, but he stubbornly kept his right leg disabled for no apparent reason. This was also annoying to others. .

"Your Majesty, according to preliminary statistics this year, grain production has decreased!" Although he was wearing a red robe, he looked like a mourning bird.

The captain of the guard calmed his expression: "Your Majesty, I will definitely complete the task you assigned me." He said without looking away, passed the bishop and left the king's study.

Charlie knew that there was a follow-up to the bishop's words, and sure enough: "You should restrain the tax collectors, tell them to restrain their greedy teeth and plump their lips, and leave a way for your Majesty's people to survive."

"Secretary Du Plessis, our tax collectors are all selected, virtuous people. Besides, the real greedy people are those bank guys, and I will pay them 3,700 at the end of this year. Ten thousand gold coins.”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that our tax revenue this year is only 80 million yuan. Nearly half of it is used only to repay the interest. It will be a disaster for the kingdom!"

"If they can't fill the bellies of the vultures with interest, they will stop lending money! They will also threaten me to repay the principal!" Perhaps farmers in other provinces cannot imagine that a man who is rich in the Holy Kingdom is also the Holy Kingdom's biggest liability. Weng, but this is an open secret among the nobles and bankers.

The cardinal continued to talk for a long time, which was much less pleasant than that of the captain of the guard. Before leaving, the bishop said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I have no right to interfere with the kingdom's military affairs, but I must remind you that the intelligence received recently shows that the empire's troops are mobilized extremely frequently."

"I know, I know, may the God of Light and Order bless us!"

The archbishop, the most authoritative divine agent in the kingdom, did not respond: "Farewell."

The foyer was closed, leaving only the ticking sound of hundreds of clocks in the study, large and small, all of Charlie's works. Only the bell of the Holy Kingdom, which he had tried to repair for more than twenty years, still failed to run smoothly and on time.

Even if it is your break, you should go to the research room in the morning to take a nap. Rorschach happened to ask two clothing stores. Of course there are clothing stores on Tianyuan Street, but the premiums here are too high and it is not a place that matches Rorschach's spending power. "No! I want to catch up on my sleep." Pascal refused simply and resolutely.

"Let me take a look." Paulina took the map Rorschach got from the magic guild and drew circles on it: "Let me mark the shops for you. This one has delicious food. There are several clothing stores here. The price is not bad, the merchant here can buy the experimental alchemy medicines and other materials we need."

Rorschach saw one street that was the most densely circled: "Avenue Dupont?"

"There are many clothing stores on Dupont Street, and the price/performance ratio is much higher. The tailors there have noses as sharp as dogs. Whenever the shops on Tianyuan Street come out with new styles, you can buy the same ones at Dupont's shop, and the price is still three cents. Less than one."

Is this the Huaqiangbei of the ready-to-wear industry? Luo Xia thanked her senior sister.

"By the way, now that you say that, I feel like I need to buy some winter clothes. Pascal, are you really not going?"

Pascal had already retracted into the leather chair closest to the fireplace. He found a comfortable position and said, "No!"

"What a pity." Paulina took Luo Xia's arm and moved step by step to the door. As she walked, she said, "It's rare that Master Kano agreed to lend me the carriage. Only juniors can enjoy the benefits."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier about such an unprecedented good thing?" Pascal ejected out of the cabin as if he had been stabbed in the butt. Leather chair: "I'm not sleepy anymore suddenly. Oops, it's so cold. Let's go for a walk and buy some clothes."

Rorschach was immediately let go, and Paulina hugged Pascal and dragged her out without any explanation, as if she was afraid that he would change his mind.

Luo Xia looked at the marked map and thought: "We can collect store information and make such a map to sell at the city gate. It should be quite popular with people from other provinces, right?"

"Not only people from other provinces, but also those idle Valouana people will buy it." Pascal, who was being dragged away, suddenly became energetic, took out a small notebook and wrote and muttered:

"You can also collect customer reviews to rate the store. If it becomes famous, we will charge money from the store to improve the score. We can eat both ends."

Pascal has so much experience in opening an Internet platform? Who is the time traveler? Rorschach put away the map speechlessly.

When they finally arrived at the stables of the research building, the three of them discovered that their beloved Master Carnot's carriage had been borrowed, but the driver was also on vacation! None of the three can drive!

"Have a taxi?" That was Rorschach's plan from the beginning, and it was no different now.

"Hire carriages are getting harder and harder to find these days."

"I knew that old Master Kano wouldn't let us take advantage! Let's forget it." Pascal turned around and was about to go back, when he suddenly received a cold look and shuddered:
  "I'll find a way."

After a while, Pascal actually pulled out a horse covered in thick terry cloth from the building. Mr. Snow followed behind: "A masterpiece of the Alchemy Department! You only need to input ether to drive it, and you can tell it the location and it will take you away. It is as smart as a tower spirit!"

Snow caressed the masterpiece of the Alchemy Department affectionately: "Don't knock this treasure over. Tell me how you feel about using it when you come back."

(End of this chapter)