On the afternoon of the 33rd, all the teachers from Blue Dragon School came over, along with a dozen children who were chasing Gulea to school. The most important guests of tomorrow's ball are also arriving for tonight's reception.
The eldest son of the Kingdom's Southern Marquis Territory, Baron Jacob Elk, came specifically to coordinate food matters with Lant: "Viscount Lant, the Southern Marquis Territory has received approval from the Imperial Agriculture Department, and the first batch of 100,000 tons of old grain will arrive next month. We will deliver at least this quantity every quarter in the future.”
"Thank you so much. Please rest assured, Baron, our territory will deliver livestock and war horses on time." Lant attaches great importance to Jacob coming in person this time. He is the only one among the alliance composed of the Eastern Marquis, the Southern Marquis and the Southwest Earl who has personally come. Of the lord heirs who came, the remaining two families only sent their fourth sons or agents from the royal capital to clean up their properties.
"Sir, I really want to know why your new territory doesn't apply for subsidies from the empire for poverty-stricken areas?" Jacob asked, "I heard that Benma's impoverished territories in other places can also apply for subsidies from Benma. The fund is receiving additional mining and agricultural subsidies!”
As soon as the subsidy was mentioned, Rand began to complain: "I asked before, but the subsidy application alone requires a credit deposit of nearly 200,000 gold coins, and the paper materials that need to be prepared are calculated by the ton. Even one There are more than 300 indicators that need to be calculated in the small viscounty territory; if we calculate it according to the marquis territory, there will be more than 5,000 indicators. There are really not that many people who can write."
"You're right. Without a civil service team of 2,000 people, we can't even write down an application form and indicator comparison table." The Baron nodded.
In order to prevent the nobles from taking advantage of the empire, the bureaucracy of the imperial capital has set up a very strict subsidy application and assessment mechanism. The real backcountry has no idea about subsidies at all, and those who have heard about it have no money to apply. If they have enough money, they can find it. Territories that exceed the population accounting quota are generally not considered poor areas.
Therefore, a business was spun out, in which wealthy territories and poor territories jointly applied for subsidies, and the money was divided half and half between the two families. In fact, Jacob wanted to persuade Lant to apply together with their Elk Marquis Order, so that they could contribute the writing and Lant could become famous.
However, as soon as he entered the Padmila Palace, he put aside the matter of the joint application. Such a luxurious palace was obviously not what a poor territory should have, not to mention that the Yeqi City Administration Office also nominally owned the Galloping Horse Fund, although You may not be able to get money.
At night, in the Benma River Hall of the Royal Palace, Gulea looked at the huge space and asked Lant in a low voice: "Want to dance here tomorrow?"
"Yes, the first dance." Lant pointed to a circle of magic circles around it. "Did you see those? When we dance, there will be a weak wind and it will not hit the surrounding walls."
"Hit the wall?" Dragon Girl was a little confused, "Aren't you afraid of hitting someone?"
"No one, the first dance was just the two of us," Lant said with a smile.
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In the Galloping Horse Academy, a large number of students have gathered. The magicians followed the barbarians and demon-free people to the palace. There were many magic devices and magic circles at the banquet that they needed to ensure their operation. In addition, the mage apprentices and ordinary demon-holders As a waiter, I will handle all kinds of banquets from morning to night tomorrow.
The knights were more relaxed. They all distributed student armors, mounted their war horses, and followed the Galloping Horse Knights to complete the defense work.
"Ufi, you have to be careful. I think there are too many orcs in the city recently. I wish there were three or five every week. I have never heard of so many orc assassins in the capital before." Daqira Holding Uffiy's hand, "If it doesn't work, just follow the Fang Knight. There is no need to rush forward in everything!"
"Look what you said, if there weren't so many assassins, how would us knight students get the points?" Ufei said with a smile, "I really hope to get points steadily, but I don't know if there are any more in the city. "
"Ufei, help me keep an eye on my brother." Britt Lanyuan found Ufei specially and gave her some magic scrolls, asking her to help her brother Frederic more.
The last time Wu Fei patrolled with Frederic Lanyuan, if it weren't for her quick eyesight and quick hands, Frederic would have had to recuperate for at least several months.
"Britt, you are too polite. If it hadn't been for him that time, I would have been chopped down by the wild boar man." Although Uffi discovered the strange behavior of the wild boar man, it was the one who finally thwarted its counterattack and caused the greatest damage. Frederic.
"Then help me keep an eye on him!" Britt pursed her lips and forced a few scrolls to her.
The mages left in a grand manner. Before leaving, Britt and Daqila waved to Uffiy. Although Uffiy and the two girls were far apart in terms of family ties, they were now very good best friends. Wu Fei herself also understood that only in Yeqi City could she continue on the path of knighthood, instead of marrying into a big family.
Just when Ufei was still looking at the team of mages, a girl about the same height as her walked over.
"Knight Uffi, I have been hearing your name in the academy today." The girl has blond hair and a smile that is both enchanting and stern. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Dandelion. Today I just came from the royal capital to follow Guleiya-sensei, and I hope we can become friends in the future.”
"Of course," Uffi said with a kind smile, "we are in the same college, so we can naturally become friends."
"Oh?" Dandelion pretended to be surprised, "But I heard that Teacher Wendy once had some noble friends in Blue Dragon School, but then she was forced to come to Galloping Horse Plains, along with Lili, Sophia, and Qiong. The same goes for Ni and Yinghuo's teachers."
"Huh?" Of course Ufei knew what happened to Wendy and others, but she didn't understand why the girl in front of her brought it up here.
"Uffi, haven't you realized? Those children of the great nobles will not give us, the children of common people, the right to choose freely." Dandelion glanced at the mages who had walked away, " If you don’t believe me, look at it. Aren’t those mages all the children of the great nobles? The descendants of our commoner families have no magic inheritance. Even if they can barely inspire their bloodline and reach the level of junior knights, they will either become vassals of the great nobles or be sent to the wilderness. On the land."
"Knight Dandelion, in Lord Lant's territory, every demon-wisher can study at Galloping Horse Academy. Now, almost all of the most important mages in Lord's territory are from civilians." Ufei noticed. Something was wrong with Dandelion, but living in an iron mine, she also knew the oppression of common people by big families.
"Yes, so we should cherish the current environment of Benma Academy even more. We common people should unite and fight for more resources from those big families." The girl stretched out her hand, "Let them know that this academy belongs to a bigger family. For most people!"
[In view of the general environment,
"This college belongs to Lord Lant Galloping Horse, and it is a college run by the barbarian Galloping Horse tribe." Looking at Dandelion's slightly stiff expression, Ufei said sternly, "In addition, as Lord Lant's direct subordinate Leaders and members of the Galloping Horse Tribe, I must remind you that the barbarians are the majority of the people here!"
