Give Me the Name of God

Holding the torch, Hema took Hermes and Pan to a corner deep in the cliff, where it was blank, covered with moss and vines.

Hermes observed it from all angles, shook his head and said: "I don't think there is anything special here."

Hema peeled off a small piece of moss, revealing a mottled and rough stone surface: "Do you feel special now?"

Hermes observed for a while, still shaking his head.

Hema scraped off all the moss, and Hermes seemed to see something: "Could it be that here..."

"This is the clay from Hephaestus." Hema took out a clay pot and rubbed the reconciled clay on the stone surface.

After the clay was dry, Pan Shen also found the problem. He touched the clay and the surrounding stone surface, and the touch was very smooth, without the slightest abruptness.

Hermes touched between the stone surface and the clay again and again, muttering to himself: "Someone picked a stone off the cliff."

"More than one piece, father," Hema said, "I have found three depressions, all of which are like this, extremely inconspicuous. I haven't searched all the rock walls, and there may be missing places."

...

Manda peeled an apple and stuffed it into Kissin's mouth. Kissin gobbled it down. In the past few days, he hadn't eaten or drank water, but he bleeds a lot.

"Hungry," Manda cut another piece. "Why wronged yourself so much. I prepared wine and roast chicken for you. As long as you answer one question to me, one question is fine. What is the name of your leader? "

Kissing licked the remaining juice on his lips, and said resolutely: "I have said countless times that members of the Priory have no right to inquire about the secrets of the leader, and have no right to know everything about the president."

"Just a little information, a little information is enough, even if it is a pseudonym, you must have a way of addressing him."

"We always call him the leader."

Manda put the peeled apple into her mouth: "It seems that we are in a deadlock again. I can only let my family entertain you well."

Manda was gone, Worm stood in front of Kissin, worm silk was spit out from Aofang, and wailing came from the cell.

...

No war or murder, Manda can only stay honestly in the capital.

Life in the royal capital is not so boring. The Minister of State has many things to do.

Manda has always been too lazy to deal with government affairs. He always believes that as long as the rules are established, the country will operate in the way he wants.

This is true in the Taiping years, but now the days are not so peaceful. The food shortage has not been completely resolved. The food of the Qinges people is constantly being sent to the port. The food before the new year is available, and the food after the new year until next autumn, Kaijie Luo also promised to send it, but the price will double.

"Food is becoming scarcer and more precious. It is not easy to collect the farmer's stored grain. I have to pay a higher price."

Manda agreed with Kaijero's opinion, but the double price was a bit unacceptable: "You know, I'm a bit tight on hand. In addition to food, there is a lot of money to spend."

Kaijero frowned and said, "But it's really hard to buy food after the New Year."

"I understand that I will not let you suffer too much. By this time next year, I will have completely overcome the difficulties. I will encourage the nobles to buy more silk and only buy your silk, because from today there will only be You can sell silk."

Kaijero is very satisfied with the exclusive trade: "With your sincerity, I will make less money. If I run a few more times, it will be 40% more than the original price, and I should be able to buy enough food."

A doubling became an additional 40%. Manda was very satisfied. He poured a glass of wine for Kaijero, and the two parties settled the deal.

Kaijero drank it, not only sighed: "I want to say a vulgar metaphor, I hope you don't mind, you can pee into a hip flask when you meet someone who is in a contract."

When peeing into a jug, what kind of a familiar saying, Manda pretended to be surprised and asked: "Why pee into a jug?"

Kaijero shrugged and said, "My father always likes to say this. I don't know what it means. It may be because the hip flask is too small. It is not easy for one person to pee in, and it is even more difficult for two people to pee together. This is a testament to our strong friendship."

Manda picked up the can again: "One more drink for our friendship."

...

Kaijero was sent away, and the ministers came again. They came to share the worries for Manda.

They knew that the kingdom was short of money, and the difficult situation made them sleepless, sleepless at night, because they knew where Manda got the money.

In order to help the kingdom out of its predicament, they recommended a talent for Manda.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs recommended: "This is Viscount Bert's second son, Aix. He traveled around the world and accumulated a good knowledge. He hopes that one day he will have a chance to work for you."

"Inappropriate wording," Manda corrected the Minister of Foreign Affairs, "not for me, but for the kingdom!"

Ax calmly walked to Manda, and calmly bowed a salute. This man was in his thirties, with a shrewd appearance, and his temperament revealing the city. It could be seen that he did have some insights.

After taking his seat, Axe took the lead to ask: "My lord, what problems do you think the kingdom has to solve?"

Good aura, he said it as if he could solve all problems.

"There are many problems that the kingdom needs to solve, and it may take a few days and nights to count them down."

"You are serious, in fact, there is only one problem to be solved, wealth."

Manda looked at Cheerdan next to him.

Cheerdan raised his eyebrows, he didn't like his attitude too much.

Talented people may be a little bit arrogant. Manda doesn't mind too much. He smiled and said, "Go on."

Axe seems to be a person who knows how to speak. Manda asked him to go on. He didn't say it directly, but wanted to sell it: "My lord, I would take the liberty to ask you, where do you think the wealth of the kingdom comes from? Here?"

This rhetorical question made Cheerdan even more dissatisfied, but Manda actually responded: "Farmers, craftsmen, merchants, wealth comes from them."

"What you said is inaccurate," Axe held the cup upside down on the table. "There are only two sources of wealth, one from outside the kingdom and the other from within the kingdom. You are a peace-loving person. If this cup is Below is the land of the kingdom. Since you don’t like war, then we can’t dig out the wealth outside. We can only dig deeper into the land under the cup.”

Manda frowned: "You let me squeeze civilians?"

"Don't use the word squeeze. The wealth of the common people belongs to the kingdom. You are only temporarily recovering the wealth."

"You should know how many penniless refugees are in the kingdom now."

"Don't underestimate the power of the refugees. They seem to have nothing, but they have flesh and blood. We put them aside. In addition to the refugees, there are also a large number of civilians living in Zhengnan and the southwest. They have not left their homeland. In addition to food for their livelihoods, they also have surplus wealth. These wealth are our main goal. Of course, you don’t have to do it yourself. This will damage your reputation. Just leave these things to the nobles. good."

Manda surprised: "The nobles will do this for me?"

"My lord, does the land of the kingdom belong to the king or the nobles?" Aix asked rhetorically again.

The Kingdom of Roma is a feudal kingdom. The land belongs to the king in name but in fact belongs to the lords of various places. This question is really difficult to answer.

Axe replied for Manda: "The land of the kingdom belongs only to the king. The nobles are eligible to use the land only when they are awarded by the king. You can take back part of the land of the nobles and let the nobles pay to redeem it. , The nobles will not create wealth out of thin air, they will follow this approach, take away the land of the civilians, and then let them pay back. In this way, you have gained wealth for the kingdom, and the grievances of the civilians will be borne by the nobles. ."

Cheerdan was taken aback, the arrogant man really made some sense.

Manda nodded and said, "Why didn't I think of such a good method, should I take back all the land of the nobles?"

Ax shook his head and said: "Don't act too hastily, otherwise it will provoke a rebellion. First, start with some of the nobles in Zhengnan, and only collect 30% of their land. If they dare to resist, they must be severely punished to emulate you. After success, The land of nobles in other regions can continue to be recovered, and the land of the nobles in the royal capital can be avoided. The stability of the royal capital is more important than anything else."

Upon hearing these words, the Minister of Foreign Affairs nodded with satisfaction.

Manda nodded and said, "What price should I use to let the nobles redeem the land? Too high may not be suitable~www.readwn.com~ My lord, you may not have been to Bayer, you don’t know. What is the price of the land there? In Silver Bear City, the value of a small courtyard is comparable to that of our manor. Even if you charge ten times the current price, it’s not too much. Every inch of land in the kingdom is gold. It should be sold at the price of gold, otherwise it will not be worthy of the status of our kingdom!

After you have enough wealth, gather the refugees and sell them to become slaves. You can continue to create wealth for you by giving them food for survival, and our kingdom will achieve unprecedented prosperity. "

Manda exclaimed: "Good point!"

Ax gave a deep gift: "You have passed the award, sir, this is just the first step in my plan for you. The land of the kingdom is very deep, and there is still a lot of wealth waiting for us to dig. The people of the kingdom are very hardworking, and they still Can contribute more."

Manda nodded and said, "You are lucky."

Ax smiled and said: "Being able to follow you, I believe that outstanding talents will eventually be useful."

"I'm not talking about this," Manda smiled. "You showed up when I didn't want to kill. You are so lucky."