Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 504 501. Proposal from the Ministry of Finance
With the gavel dropped by the chairman of the committee, Donbasser Leclerc Drochin, the questioning session on the relationship between Galloping Horse Plains and Kirislav finally came to an end, and the representatives of Kirislav and the Southeastern Kingdom never looked back Fleeing from the conference hall, they were afraid to stay for a while, Han Fei and Rand returned to the scene again, and had another 10-minute long sentence.

"Mr. Lanter, congratulations on your good start in the Empire." Hanfei Appleby smiled and stretched out his hand. "It is a pity for the civil service system that a person like you failed to join the directly-administered department of the Empire."

"Your Excellency Han Fei really lives up to his reputation as the Chief Civil Officer of the Empire," Rand held his hand tightly, "It is simply the fault of the Benma family that you are missing from the committee of the Benma Fund."

Donbasser on the side rolled his eyes and sighed at the hypocrisy of the two of them. If Han Fei was really allowed to join the committee of the Galloping Horse Fund, he might not be able to spend a penny of the fund subsidy.

When Rand went out with the little cardinal, he saw a person waiting for them in the corridor outside the door. It doesn't fit in with the savages here.

"Earl Lant, this is Gordon Campbell, Assistant Secretary of the Imperial Treasury," a staff member next to him introduced to Lant respectfully.

"Mr. Earl, congratulations on restoring order in Yeqi City!" Gordon showed a commercial smirk, reminding Rant of the time when he faced his superiors in his previous life.

"Hello," Rand exchanged greetings with Gordon, waiting for the official from the Ministry of Finance to speak.

"Earl Lant, I don't know how your territory is going to deal with the huge expenses after the war?" Gordon asked with a smile.

After hearing this, Rand obviously had a hole waiting to be stepped on. He really wanted to know how big the hole was, so he hurriedly asked: "At present, my idea is to sell special products in the territory. In addition, after the war protection policy comes down, There will also be some subsidies from the empire."

"I'm afraid you're not very familiar with the terms of the protection policy," Rand's answer fully met Gordon's expectations, and he hurriedly said: "The subsidy for the protection policy is the reduction or exemption of imperial taxes. With the area of ​​Yeqi City, it costs The tax paid must be at least 30 gold coins!"

"Oh, if that's the case." Lante nodded, "Please deduct it directly from the galloping horse fund!"

"Huh?" Gordon froze for a moment.

"The account books of the Yeqi City Finance Department and the Benma Fund share a relationship. As a believer of His Majesty, I am willing to pay the full amount and deduct it directly from the fund!" Lante showed a very serious expression.

"Ah, that... that's natural," Gordon was interrupted by Lante's spellcasting. He naturally knew that the account of the Yeqi City Finance Department was the Galloping Horse Fund, and even the Imperial Finance Department regarded the Galloping Horse Fund as its own. a part of.

What Rand said was to let the Imperial Finance Department pay the tax on the Benma Plain, which is obviously a fantasy for the Finance Department, even if the money originally belonged to the Benma family, it would not be acceptable.

"...But,..." Gordon couldn't figure out his thoughts for a while, but Rand spoke.

"As the assistant secretary of the Department of Finance, I think you don't need to introduce the source of the Benma Fund, do you? Even if you only look at the principal brought to the imperial capital by the Department of Finance of Daqi City, it can be deducted for at least 10 years of taxes." Rand took a step forward with a smile, causing Gordon to step back slightly.

"It can't be said that all the money that our galloping royal family brought to the imperial capital was eaten by the Imperial Finance Office?"

"That's...that's..." Gordon subconsciously wanted to say, "That's natural, and we've collected all the 300-year storage fees."

When has the money swallowed by the Ministry of Finance been spit out?However, Gordon's rationality told him that he couldn't just break up with Rand like this.

At this time, Hanfei Appleby on one side couldn't stand it anymore. Frank, the chief secretary of the Finance Department, served the Minister of Finance every day. He was the relative of the Emperor, the father of the current emperor, and the legendary mage Zhang Xu. Naturally, he was too lazy to run away. Came here to talk to Rant in person, but the secretaries of the Ministry of Finance thought highly of themselves and looked down on their opponents too much, so they fell behind in a few words.

Seeing that Gordon was in a predicament, Han Fei said something for him: "Earl Lanter, I guess the colleagues in the Treasury Department will express their admiration for your loyalty, but Gordon is probably here to help you Solve your war funding problem!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes," Gordon nodded quickly, "Our Ministry of Finance has a once-and-for-all solution!"

"Oh?" Rand's eyes were full of curiosity.

Gordon led Rand and Little Cardinal to an empty conference room, and said the suggestion of the Ministry of Finance: "Since the most powerful product in your current territory is the magic furnace, we recommend that you set up a mentor in the imperial capital." A workshop dedicated to the construction of magic furnaces.

The Department of Finance is willing to make arrangements with preferential prices, including providing all materials and selling all magic furnaces. You can get at least 10 gold coins for each magic furnace.And all the funds you need for this war can be paid in advance by the Finance Department. "

"Oh?" Rand showed a very curious expression, and the little cardinal beside him couldn't listen anymore.The newly built magic furnace means that the empire can issue 250 million gold coins, but the Treasury Department only intends to give Rand 10 gold coins of hard-earned money.

"Master Gordon, now that we are building a magic furnace, Yantiesi will give us 15 gold coins? Why do we build more in the future and give less?" Little Cardinal resisted the desire to expose, and asked said a word.

"It's very simple. After any equipment is built in large quantities, the cost will be closer to the material cost. Besides, mass production must mean someone imitates it. Your magic furnace may be difficult for ordinary families to imitate, but it is very easy for legendary families to imitate." Ge If what Deng said is not about the magic furnace, it actually makes sense, "Once your workshop can produce stably, the Ministry of Finance will guarantee that only your workshop has the right to manufacture the magic furnace!"

"Yeah, that sounds good." Rand nodded habitually. To put it bluntly, the Imperial Finance Department wanted to form a monopoly with Rand. a bad idea.

"How many magic furnaces does the Ministry of Finance want to produce?"

Gordon heard that there was hope, and hurriedly said: "800 units, the first batch!"

"..." Rand and Little Cardinal looked at each other. Sure enough, the Ministry of Finance wanted to use 8000 million gold coins to revitalize the galloping horse fund with a market value of 20 billion and keep it for itself.

Hearing this, Rand confirmed that the purpose of the Ministry of Finance was to let him take over the fund, but he did not want him to control the fund.If Rand really wanted to go to the imperial capital, this plan might be a good idea, but he only wanted to be a good lord.

"Master Gordon, I have a proposal. I will build 6 magic furnaces for the Marquis of Fiat. In the future, the Benma Finance Department will transfer all the shares of the royal family to the Marquis of Fiat!"

(End of this chapter)