Before ascending to God, be a good lord

In the luxurious box at the top of the stands, Liehuo, Black Rabbit and Meng Qiya, the muntjac who came all the way from the imperial capital, were sitting on long chairs watching the game.

"Lant's idea is really brilliant," Meng Qiya praised, "How much money will you earn from such a competition?"

"After a year, there are actually only tens of thousands of gold coins." Liehuo said nonchalantly, "The key is to unite the once scattered herbivorous orcs so that they can integrate into the Galloping Horse Plains."

After several months of continuous improvement of the competition model, the Horse Girl Racing Competition has become a comprehensive activity. To the outside world, it is a brand new tourist card of Yeqi City. Watching pandas, watching horse racing, and soaking in hot springs have replaced the previous spring activities. The status of the code has improved the outside world's understanding of Ye Qicheng.

For Ye Qicheng, the income from these events and tourism is more transparent and healthy than the customary industry controlled by the priests, which gives Lant enough confidence to manage the group of priests.

For the orcs, this is a grand event that lasts throughout the year. The selected centaur girls will become priests of the fire, traveling among various tribes to bring the will of the fire.

"Indeed, these girls came to Yeqi City not only to compete, but also to learn to take care of Warcraft, manage tribes, and deal with various races in Yeqi City. In the future, they will become priests of Agni and return to their original tribes. It will become the bond of the tribe." Meng Qiya saw the secret behind this.

"Yes, they not only have racing competitions, but also some professional competitions and assessments. Even if you can't be a priest, you can still be a veterinarian or a housekeeper," Liehuo nodded, "But such a competition can gain the greatest influence. To attract more tribes to join, Lant is also planning to set up a special school for orcs in the future."

Black Rabbit looked at Agni's complacent look and suddenly asked, "Where is your Imola? I think I haven't seen her for several months. If you don't want her to be a priest, you can leave her to me. "

"She, summoned by His Majesty Lucia, went to the southern forest again. She seems to be preparing to attack the high-level."

The Warcraft were chatting when they heard the voice of on-site commentators from several magic circles: "Dear viewers, the first Ye Qi Award middle-distance finals is about to begin, let us..."

"Ah! The golden ship..."

The starting signal came on, and the gate was clocked instantly. 15 horse girls galloped out, and only one of them clung to the side rail of the gate.

"The golden ship hasn't set off yet...it hasn't set off yet!"

"Rudolf's campaign is off to a good start, with no mistakes..."

In the box, the three-headed monsters looked at the images in the surveillance circle and were also commenting.

"The one called the Golden Boat seems to be favored by many people. Why did she climb up the side railing?" Meng Qiya was a little confused.

"Haha, that kid is like that. Although he is very strong, he can easily get into trouble." Lie Huo said nonchalantly.

Meng Qiya looked at him, "Hey, by the way, you two are here. Where are the wolves and tigers? And the foxes? Where have they gone?"

"They went to the Imperial Capital. The Finance Department of the Imperial Capital recently asked Lant to work there. They said there were too many meetings at the end of the year, so Lant took them all there and said they would work as assistants."

"Let Warcraft work as an assistant in the Department of Finance?" Meng Qiya couldn't bear it, "What an imagination!"

"The Rudolf symbol has arrived at the fourth corner and is charging on the outside! Rudolf is moving forward, Rudolf is moving forward! The Ringing Parade is working hard! The Ringing Parade is on par with the East China Sea Emperor... Rudolf has overtaken! Rudolf Going beyond..."

As the audience in the stands cheered again, the result of the competition was announced. A centaur girl named Rudolf won the middle distance championship of the first Yeqi Award.

"Dear viewers, the long distance finals will be held here in one hour, and the awards ceremony will be held in the afternoon..."

Amid the sound of the broadcast, quite a few spectators left the venue. Some went to the Panda Park, some went to the amusement park, and some went to the pub with their Golden Boat racing tickets and cursed.

……

In the Finance Department of the Imperial Capital, on the last day of the year 998, all departments were busy preparing for the year-end settlement. Lawyers kept shuttling through the hall, submitting and collecting various reports. Knights came in and out, escorting boxes of gold coins and account books. .

In this busy scene, Frank Douglas, the chief secretary of the Department of Finance, led a group of permanent secretaries, slowly walking down the corridor on the top floor, accompanying the most distinguished guest of the Department of Finance: Queen Tania Magic Network.

"Sir Frank, you must have been very busy in the past two days, right?" Tania said with a smile, "I just came to see Lant, you don't have to accompany me like this."

Tania had just finished visiting all the fairy queens and was about to return to Yeqi City. However, she heard that Lant had been working at the Finance Department of the Imperial Capital every day for a week, so she came over to take a look.

"Look what you said, it is our great honor for you to come to the Finance Department. We have prepared a small report for you..."

Tania knew what was going on as soon as she heard it, and asked with a smile: "Sir Frank? I heard that the cash flow of the Finance Department is very stable. Queen Helicolo knows that you have sufficient funds this year, why are you still thinking of asking for it from me? Money?

Lant built 100 new magic furnaces, which brought a stable source of cash to various components of the empire. Although the big nobles still had a lot of bad debts on their heads, they were all trying to find ways to slowly resolve them. Even the Department of Finance itself also wanted to pursue Healthy statements while massive debt relief.

Of course, it is not so much that the Finance Department did this voluntarily, but rather that it was feared that the newly established Magic Furnace Fund and the Energy Department of the royal family would replace the Finance Department's status.

Tania toured the entire empire and was naturally very aware of the current state of the Finance Department, so she said: "Besides, you can just discuss these matters directly with Lant. Isn't he here recently?"

As soon as Rand was mentioned, Frank's face became a little ugly, and he complained to Tenia: "Her Majesty the Queen, speaking of this, I also want to report to you the situation of Her Majesty Rand, although he said that recently in the Finance Department, we We also prepared a special office for him, and asked him to preside over our evaluation meetings, scheduling meetings, year-end summary meetings, and year-end review meetings..."

"He's all gone?" Tania was a little surprised. She didn't have to think about it to know how boring it would be. Lant really liked meetings, and it would be enough to just attend the territorial joint meeting.

"Well, in fact, except for the fact that he attended less than 15 meetings on the first day he came, we couldn't find him from the second day on." Frank said with a grimace, "We can see him entering the office every day. , but the assistant can’t see him when he goes to deliver reports and meeting agendas.”

"His Majesty Lant seems to have hidden himself in some unknown way. We tried to use magic to find it, but to no avail." Gordon Campbell on the side also said. "It's really fresh." Tania smiled and shook her head, and under the guidance of a group of legendary senior officials, she came to Lant's office.

The office prepared for Rand by the Department of Finance is extremely spacious, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is a hall.

Everyone can see a black tiger-striped wall as soon as they enter the door. The room is equipped with desks, bookcases, magic mirrors, and various magic circles.

"That..." Tania pointed to the tiger-striped fur covering an entire wall.

"It seems to be His Majesty Lant's curtains. There is a window on the other side of the curtains." Gordon said, "He didn't move anything after he came. He just installed a curtain. I tried to lift the curtain before, but it didn't work." success."

"...Isn't that the back of a tiger with magic patterns?" Tania muttered, "Tiger? Why are you here?"

"Huh?" Suddenly, the "wall" that everyone thought moved, the "wall" kept shrinking, and a tiger's head turned around.

"Tanya, why are you here?" The magic pattern tiger made a voice.

"Where's Lant? I came here to find him."

"He's watching the game here!" After saying this, the magic pattern tiger twisted his body and adjusted the magic patterns on his body so that he would no longer be stuck on the entire wall.

Only then did everyone discover that the so-called curtains and wallpaper were the back of a tiger, and Lant, whom they had been looking for for a week, was leaning on its arms.

"Tanya! Why are you here? Do you miss me and come here specifically to see me!" Just as the magic pattern tiger got out of the way, Tutapala ran over shaking his head and complained to Tania, "I'm here with you." You said, the food here is not good, it’s unpalatable and there’s not much meat. If Lant hadn’t insisted on letting me come, I wouldn’t have come!”

The area blocked by the magic pattern tiger is extraordinary. Lant, the magic wolf Totapala, the fox girl Fanir, and the big cat Catalina and her son are all here. It's like catching up with cat and dog lovers.

"Your Majesty Lant... you are actually raising monsters in your office?" Frank suddenly understood that Lant had used physical means to hide himself and fished in the Finance Department for a week.

"No, they are all my assistants. Frostwolf Forest, Hindukel's Magic Furnace, and the Department of Finance also have investments. Naturally, I want His Majesty involved to know the relevant accounts!" Lant said brazenly, and at his feet There is also a live broadcast of the Ye Qi Shang racing competition in the magic mirror next to it.

"Then why didn't you attend the meetings these days? You missed at least 84 important meetings." Gordon asked quickly.

"I was not notified of the meeting at all!" Lant said innocently, "and your meeting only lasted an hour, and there was no need for my participation at all. It didn't matter whether I was there or not, or whether there was even a living person participating. It doesn't matter, you just need to find a magic circle to play all the speeches..."

"It's unbelievable that an assistant financial officer would say such a thing..." Frank's nose was so angry that he twisted his nose.

……

March once again fell over Padmila. Lant led everyone to the altar on the top of the palace to offer sacrifices. Amidst the snowflakes in the sky, a ray of moonlight passed through the clouds and fell on the altar.

"Lant, there is something I want to tell you. You may have to be mentally prepared." In the moonlight, Willie sent him a separate message. "Your family seems to want you to go back. There are a lot of things in Helid that need to be finished, and they don’t have enough manpower there.”

"Huh?" Lant was a little surprised.

"When you first came here, they helped you advance the expenses and ensured your survival. I'm afraid they were afraid of such a day." Weili's voice was full of joy.

It was only after Lant came back that he realized that the time when he received a large compensation in his hometown was after he became Willy's favored one here, and the method of compensation was also very clever. Obviously these were not coincidences.

"Then it wouldn't be too bad if I woke up and fainted over there, right?"

"They will find a reason. You just need to clean up the main believers in Helid over there. They insist on letting you take them away together and bring them to your kingdom of God to keep Him company."

"Maybe they will sneak out of the station and become a new hidden danger..." Lant muttered.

"When it comes to the disposal of a main god, there is no foolproof method. No matter how we make up for tens of thousands of years, how he struggles, he is always in a state of see-saw. You can give him a brand new space and let him 'turn over' at will. The biggest improvement in thousands of years.”

"Yes, he brought disaster to a goblin empire. His priests usurped countless demigods and usurped many high-ranking people. In the end, they just spent their time in a new kingdom of God." Lan Te sighed.

"The real cause of the Goblin Empire's demise was its own greed. Although they created a great civilization, they lost their way in their glory. Even without Helid, they would have been doomed."

Speaking of this, Willy sighed unconsciously.

"Lant, regardless of whether they are gods, goblins, dragons, humans, orcs, elves, mermaids, or sea beasts, although these races have different life spans, they cannot avoid declining after their glory, even if the entire race becomes a god. God descendants are no exception.

Although you have unlimited expectations for your race and territory, you should also understand that maybe just a few hundred years later, the rise and fall of the Galloping Horse Kingdom will no longer have anything to do with you. "

"Of course, what I can do for the lord is actually almost done. Maybe I can only become a god in the future..." Rand knew that he was not capable of handling all government affairs in detail. In comparison, the magic furnace The Forger is already his best future.

Amidst the heavy snow, Yeqi City ushered in the new God Emperor Year 999.