In the high-rise building of the Finance Department, the hall on the first floor is more than 10 meters high. Starting from the second floor, there are rooms with a height of 3 meters. Very few rooms need to accommodate demigods or legends, and the two floors will be opened up and down into a 6-meter-high room. Large high-rise office.
Gordon Campbell led Lant to introduce the departments of each office, while introducing the main work content, personnel, and even the projects or funds handled by this department.
When he heard Shafren Helen mention before, no one knew how many people were under the name of the Department of Finance, Lant still found it incredible. However, now he learned that there were 12 knights, 12 fleets, and 6 ships under the name of the Department of Finance. After the Dance Priests Group and 25 breeding farms, he probably understood the scale of this super department.
"Sir Gordon, this is not very kind of you!"
Lant, who was led around several times by Gordon Campbell, said with a wry smile, "I had no intention of confronting the Department of Finance yesterday, but after being led around like this by you today, I felt like I was being paraded through the streets!"
"Sir Lant, you misunderstood. This is Mr. Frank's request. He asked me to introduce you more." Gordon was sweating now. He was simply following the request of the Secretary of the Department of Finance. He had no other intentions. I dare not have it.
After all, Lant is really free with his words and can curse them in front of the legends. No matter how dissatisfied they are with Lant, no one dares to express it in person.
"In my opinion, it's better to install the magic furnace as soon as possible. I also want to return to Yeqi City as soon as possible." Lant said.
"Yes, sir, let's go down now." Gordon and Lant finally walked to the prepared magic furnace room. People from the Salt and Iron Department and the Magic School had been waiting here for a long time. It only took Rand ten to install it. few minutes.
However, when Lant returned to the lobby on the first floor of the Finance Hall, he found that the entire hall was already filled with mages in the building.
Under the sculpture belonging to the Goddess of Wealth, there was only a small open space in front of the Imperial Civil Secretary Han Fei Appleby, the Chief Secretary of the Department of Finance Frank Douglas, and the Chief of the Palace Department.
"Ah, Sir Lant, please come here. Sir Han Fei has a copy of His Majesty's imperial edict for you!" As soon as Frank saw Lant coming, he quickly took him to the open space.
As soon as Lant arrived, golden light flashed in front of Han Fei, and a sacred voice echoed throughout the hall: "Lant, a descendant of the Benma family, is diligent in royal affairs, loyal and brave, and is the first to recover Yeqi City and resist the orcs. After that, he was immediately named Duke of Yeqicheng, Duke of the Empire, and Assistant Financial Officer of the Royal Family. The remaining titles will be appointed and removed by the Great Council after they have been announced."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lant knew that this was the appointment and dismissal of the emperor. Things like recovering the Galloping Horse Kingdom or establishing a principality must go through the Grand Council, and the emperor's highest authority is to appoint and dismiss imperial nobles and court nobles.
"The emperor is indeed a descendant of people from his hometown, and the imperial edict issued by him is so flavorful of his hometown." Lant said in his heart and walked to Han Fei.
"Lord Lant, what His Majesty the God Emperor and His Majesty the Emperor mean is that you are very knowledgeable about the Magic Furnace, the Magic Network, and finance. You should use your expertise to manage the Finance Department more." Han Fei personally guided Lant. He put on two ducal badges and said loudly,
"Your actions yesterday were completely correct. Not only did individual personnel fail to live up to the heavy responsibility entrusted to them by the Empire and His Majesty, they even showed no fear. They regarded every opportunity as a means to gain wealth and regarded the imperial nobles as their tenants."
"Thank you for your support." Lant could feel himself being stared at by countless pairs of eyes full of wariness, resistance and suspicion.
"Duke Lant, congratulations!" Frank Douglas immediately stepped forward to congratulate you. "You also visited the main office room just now. I have arranged for the heads of various departments to report to you immediately on the current situation of the Finance Department."
Frank knew very well that the current nominal minister of finance was the emperor's grandson, and Lant, the assistant minister, was equivalent to the real minister who actually presided over the work. The emperor probably meant to use this position to tie Lant down. , which can not only offset the turmoil that occurred within the Ministry of Finance yesterday, but also balance the outside world's views on this matter.
"Sir Frank, don't be anxious. Mr. Lant is busy with things right now. There is no need to manage the affairs of your department now." Han Fei blocked Frank in a leisurely manner, and then said to Lant: "According to regulations, now These badges only represent that you have these titles, and the formal canonization will not be officially assumed until the end of the year, that is, December 1, after His Majesty awards you the Grand Cross of the God Emperor and the Grand Star of the Empire."
"Thank you for the reminder." Lant said quickly.
Han Fei made a "please" gesture and took Lant out of the Finance Hall. As he walked, he introduced thoughtfully: "Sir, your Majesty has personally made you a Duke. This is the highest honor for the entire Galloping Horse family in the past 300 years. You should be here Go to the palace in person before December 1st to salute and express gratitude.”
The thank-you gift that Han Fei mentioned was also mentioned by Yawenni Jinyue before. The nobles should present their own treasures to the royal family, and the royal family will give them back as a show of grace.
Normally, the nobles' magic fairies, mid-to-high-level magic plants, and legendary-level magic equipment are all gifts from legends or gods and cannot be transferred to the royal family, so all they can offer are their own mounts.
"By the way, Princess Mengqiya also hopes that you can build some houses for the thunder beasts and earth dragons in Shanglin Garden according to the treatment of black scale horses." Han Fei did not forget to remind Lant, "She also said, If you are offering a magical beast, you can also take it directly to Shanglin Garden."
"Wait a minute, did you just call Your Excellency Meng Qiya Princess?" Lant was a little stunned. He felt as if he knew the emperor's incredible hobby.
"Yes, His Majesty the God Emperor and His Majesty the Emperor each have a legendary mount, and they were given the titles of Prince and Princess respectively." Han Fei understood Lant's idea at once and said with a smile, "If any of your Warcraft It can also reach Legend, I suggest you also give it a title to ensure that her tribe is under your control."
Watching Han Fei Appleby and Lant leave, there was a long silence in the Finance Department hall. A large group of Finance Department bureaucrats stood there, not daring to speak or move.
It wasn't until Rant and others had completely left that Gordon Campbell cautiously asked Frank Douglas.
"Your Majesty, Chief? Look at our work below..."
"Down there?" Frank suddenly became energetic and said,
"If Duke Lant takes office on December 1 and asks me how many people there are in the Finance Department, how much the empire earns a year, and how many projects it has now, how should I reply to him? If he doesn't get the answer, he calls each director individually. He went there, only to find that he still didn’t know anything about it, so what would he do?”
Frank's voice echoed in the hall, and he seemed to suddenly understand the emperor's intention in sending Lant here. This was a ruthless person who could truly overcome many cumbersome procedures and punish people accurately from the magical level. Send such a ruthless person to Going to a place like the Finance Department, which is a mess, can not only straighten the atmosphere, but also use the people in the Finance Department to calm down Lant's temper. It is a dilemma.
(End of chapter)
