Book of Gods and Demons

　　 When Saint Attila is showing off his power in the sunny port of Tulum, Joe is clinking glasses with Salian at Hydra Palace.

　　 Salian, who is over forty years old, looks even younger than Gorkin, who is fighting in the Lanyin Corridor, because of his strong personal strength.

On weekdays, Salian, who is described as a'granite sculpture' behind his back, is a little excited at this moment. His face is a little red, and even the iron-grey hair that has been meticulously taken care of. There are also a few messy hairs from his forehead. Hanging down, dangling in front of his slightly fanatical eyes.

　　 He was holding the crystal glass and shook the glass gently, causing the red wine to hang a faint crimson on the wall of the glass.

　　 He was very excited to talk to Joe endlessly.

　　 Joe’s previous ‘deal’ has already been promised by King Mata XIII, and in the name of Salian, he has signed a formal ‘cooperative joint stock agreement’ with the Rittal family represented by Joe.

The imperial family contributed their efforts and escorted them. At the same time, they paid Joe a symbolic cash of 100 million gold marks, thus obtaining 50% of the shares of all the industries in the compensation that Joe received from the super Junkers in the Ruhr City region. .

　　 These 50% of the shares were put under Salian's name.

　　 To be more precise, these 50% shares can be regarded as Sallian’s personal property.

　　 This is a huge fortune. The ‘compensation’ provided by dozens of Super Junkers has a market value higher than the astronomical ‘stolen’ of the Whispering Forest Club.

　　 Those ‘stolen goods’ are ‘dead’s,’ ‘floating wealth’.

　　 And this compensation is an ‘asset’, an ‘industry’, and a ‘live wealth’, which can bring hundreds of millions of profits every year.

　　 This money, Sallian is very useful.

　　 Especially, among these ‘industry’, there are steel mills, foundries, various factories related to the production of ordnance, and there are also various raw material fields and mines. From the extraction and transportation of raw materials, to the processing and refining of raw materials, and finally to various finished products, even sales channels are available.

　　 Combining with the drawings that Joe dedicated to Salian, combined with the huge income that he can get every year in the future, Salian has a lot to do.

　　 Money, industry, and the imperial army's support for Salian, Salian is enough to hold more power and have a larger and more profound influence.

"Joe, you gave me a huge surprise. Really, I didn't expect that you could think of such a cooperative way of swallowing the bait given by those **** in one bite." Sallian couldn't hold back his joy, his face was full of smiles. Keep complimenting Joe.

"You don't know... You need to know... This cooperation is also a very meaningful thing for me." Salian looked at Joe very seriously: "These industries, and the profits they will bring in the future, as well as The power that they burst out of themselves... this is of great value to me, to those who are loyal to me."

　　 Joe has drunk more than twenty cups in a row under Salian's constant toast.

　　 At this moment, he was a little drunk, and asked Salian straightforwardly: "It seems that you...and yours..."

　　 Joe pointed to the ceiling above his head: "You are very short of money? But you shouldn't...As a member of the imperial royal family..."

Salian was also a little drunk. He simply sat down on his desk, shaking his legs, and complaining loudly: "Ah, Joe, you don’t know... You can know that the Durham Empire doesn’t poor."

　　 "I was poor, but since my grandmother ascended the throne, the empire has become stronger and wealthier for decades. The taxes collected every year are an astronomical figure. The empire's treasury is very rich."

"The royal family is not short of money. The royal family has many industries throughout the empire. Although they are all very traditional and old-fashioned industries. For example, mountains, manors, mines, etc.... But these old-fashioned industries are the most stable The industry is endless and flowing. Therefore, the royal family is also very rich."

　　 "However, the empire is so huge and the benefits are huge, but the annual expenses are also very huge. It is an astronomical figure that makes me feel scared when I think of it."

"In the last two decades, in the most powerful in the history of the empire, in the last twenty years, there have been more than five years, maybe seven or eight years? At the end of these years, the national treasury was almost exhausted, and the imperial family’s private treasury Drew a large amount of funds from the central government."

"Spending money is like running water, so in recent years, the empire has been frantically opening up colonies, frantically fighting its neighbors, and frantically grabbing new lands. Why is this? In order to earn more gold marks and earn more resources ."

"Look, it's not just the empire, but the powerful countries with sufficient strength in Medland are basically doing this. It's just that the nature of the empire is placed here, and we act more directly, more prominently, and more radically... …Well, in other words, we are more rude, direct, and shameless!"

　　 "We wanted to beat you, so we beat...Unlike the Ice Sea Kingdom, the Gaul Republic, and the Kingdom of Saint Xia, they still have to make excuses for the war? Oh, what a boring thing!"

　　 Salian drank a glass of wine in one sip, grabbed the bottle on the desk, and poured himself another glass.

　　 Joe blinked his eyes desperately and looked at Salian in a strange way.

　　Such a huge empire, such a huge tax...Although the empire fought in the northwest, in the northeast, and in the southwest, in the east, it was still arguing with several servants and vassal states of the Lucia Empire.

　　 But... it doesn't seem to be enough to exhaust the finances of such a powerful empire.

　　 Salian murmured: "Anyway, the imperial treasury is very tense, and the royal family's private treasury is also very tense. Sometimes, even with some top Teutonic private treasury, it also bottoms out... Ah, what a damn."

"So, we members of the royal family are actually... embarrassing." Salian's face was slightly red, and he coughed dryly: "So, I don't help that unscrupulous old guy conceal anything...He is profligate. Moreover, the money was spent where it shouldn't be spent, so even with my brother Conrad and I, we are very... embarrassed."

　　 Joe nodded vigorously.

　　 He remembered the poor traveler's cheque that Sallian had taken out when Ferdinand was blackmailing Saurian outside the Royal Bank headquarters.

　　啧, the grandson of the dignified imperial emperor, the prince who has a real fief, can't even get a million gold marks from his body...Oh, can you believe it?

　　 "So, where's the money?" Joe asked Sallian in surprise.

　　 "Yeah, where's the money?" Salian drank again, then poured himself a good drink. He raised his glass, shook it, and smiled jokingly at Joe: "Wait for you to have a golden star on your shoulders, um, you have become a great figure in the Guards or even... the major general of the Royal Knights. , You will naturally know."

　　 Joe's face went dark suddenly, and he rolled his eyes at Salian.

　　Salian smiled ‘chuckled’, happily put down the wine glass, then turned around, dig out a cigar box from the pile of papers on the desk, drew out two cigars, and threw one to Joe.

　　 Joe and Salian drank fine wine and smoked cigars, and the interior of Salian's office suddenly became fragrant and smoked.

　　 With a cigar between his fingers, Salian waved his hand and squinted at Joe: "As the Prince of the Empire, I have many methods...legal or illegal, to grab terrible benefits."

　　 "But the empire is a place where there are laws, and it is absolutely impossible for my grandmother to allow us to do anything we want.

　　 "This time, you really helped me a lot...With these outputs, with these industries, I can do a lot of things that I wanted to do before but I didn't have the energy to do."

"Joe, you are a very nice little guy. You should have a higher status in the empire, and you should make a greater contribution to the empire. But... you are now a policeman... Oh, hell, I don't look down on it. The police department, but the contribution of the police department to the empire is too limited."

　　 "In addition to knighthood and those medals and honors, what I can do...is to give you a better path."

　　 Joe looked at Salian without knowing it.

　　 Salian just smoked, drank, and chatted with Joe about the geography and humanities of Tulum Harbor with a smile, but didn't talk about serious matters.

　　 After chatting endlessly for more than an hour, someone knocked on the door of Salian's office.

Salian jumped down from his desk, dropped his cigarette butt, patted the ashes on his body, put away the smile on his face, and in his deep-set eye sockets, two dark gray eyes revealed daily habits. The coldness and even the ferocious shadow ~www.ltnovel.com~come in! "

　　 The door of the office quietly opened, and several court officials and a group of maids walked over carefully.

　　 These maids pushed in more than a dozen four-wheel carts with cork dolls from tailor shops.

　　 These dolls are seven feet seven or eight inches tall, with big waists and round waists. They are far beyond ordinary people, but they are in full compliance with Joe's body contours.

　　 The doll is wearing a dark gray army uniform.

　　 is a total of more than 30 sets of uniforms.

　　There are regular uniforms, training uniforms, and a few large dresses made of excellent materials.

"Joe von Rittal, a first-year student at the Imperial Military University, a major imperial commander, third-class staff officer in the War Planning Department of the Imperial War Department, and second-class confidential secretary in the office of Prince Salian von Hyderabad... The Grand Knight of Honor of the Imperial Royal Knights Sword and Shield, and the Centurion of the Imperial Knights of Hydra."

Salian stood in front of Joe and smiled at the dumbfounded Joe: "The Daedra Knights are the royal knights directly under me, with a total establishment of 10,000. Logically, the centurion of the Daedra Knights should also With the rank of colonel...you are a special case."

　　 "Because of your merits, I, in the name of the Duke of the Empire of the Black Forest, grant you the Order of the Defender of the Black Forest!"

Salian smiled triumphantly. He stretched out his hand and gently pounded Joe's shoulder: "Okay, kid, take off this black dog...cough, cough... take off this police uniform and put on Dmitry. The most powerful and glorious army uniform of the Durham Empire in the Lan Continent."

　　 "I still think you are more suitable to wear military uniforms."

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