"We heard some news in the imperial capital that the royal family, the Department of Finance and the Salt and Iron Department are competing for the right to cast the magic furnace." Sophia dragged Jonny to find Lant, and she told him a shocking piece of information.
"The royal family and the Department of Finance?" Lant was a little surprised, "Shouldn't the Department of Finance be subordinate to the royal family?"
"I don't know their specific relationship, but Sherman comes to the Furnace Hall to see us every day these days, telling us not to talk to people in the Department of Finance casually, saying that they are all demons full of conspiracy."
"It seems that even the royal family may not be able to control a super department like the Department of Finance." Lant said with emotion.
In fact, when he went to the Finance Department to install the magic furnace, Lant could see that in a place like the Finance Department, even the chief was probably the fifth generation grandson of the God Emperor, the legendary mage Henry Oak Augustus, and the person actually in charge. Frank Douglas, the chief secretary, also had no real say.
Such a department seems to be driven by greed and chaos. Whether it is money or people, it is constantly expanding like a snowball, and will not stop until it is enough to affect or even obstruct the operation of the entire empire.
"I heard his apprentice say that it seems that the Finance Department thinks that you are their assistant minister. All currencies issued for the new magic furnace should be issued by the Finance Department, but the royal family believes that your position is the royal assistant financial officer. , so you only need to be responsible to the royal family."
Jonny added, "But I think they are all the same. If you ask me, it is better to let the Salt and Iron Department manage it. After all, the new order of 500 magic furnaces was made by them."
"How much?" Before Lant could speak, Little Cardinal shouted out first, "Is this an order for the entire empire?"
Sophia shook her head and said: "It does not include the various kingdoms, but only the imperial capital and the territories directly under the empire."
The little red bird was a little confused: "Even if these 500 units are installed in the entire empire, the density will exceed that of the current Galloping Horse Plains. Are there so many earth veins that the magic furnace can squander?"
Sofia smiled and said, "But the Department of Finance has already started to issue magic furnace coupons. It is said that the plan has been made. We are just waiting for Rand to start selling them after he takes office. The noble families who used to sleep with Sofia are all Came over and asked about this matter."
"It seems that the Department of Finance has committed its old habit again and is preparing to financialize the magic furnace again." Lant shook his head.
After the recent replenishment of seafood, Lant's magic pool has been significantly expanded. Even the scope and intensity of his control in the Kingdom of God have increased. In the past, he could only conjure the most basic items such as food and tools. In recent days, he has begun to try to change it. The layout of some rooms.
After several experiments, he found that if he stood outside the door when a room was closed and thought about every detail in the room, he could change the layout of the room and even slightly expand the area of the room. .
Discovering this ability, Lant transformed some restaurant rooms into bedrooms to make it easier for himself and the girls to rest.
Wendy, Lili and others had something to eat and then went to find their own rooms in the rest area to sleep. Only the mermaid Itris stayed.
"How are you? Are you satisfied with your room?" Looking at Iris's hesitant expression, Lant thought she wanted to change rooms.
For this only mermaid girl, Lant specially found a larger room for her, with a small swimming pool in it.
"I'm so satisfied. As your priest, I'm willing to do my best for you," Yitris thought for a moment and continued, "Your Majesty, Teacher Yalandro has thought of a way to deal with the sea monsters in the ice sea."
"Oh?" Lant became interested.
"You should know why the sea monster family that could not enter the ice sea in previous years because the water was too cold can enter in large numbers this year, right?"
"I heard that an undersea volcano erupted?"
"Yes, but it's not just that. Even if there are a hundred volcanoes erupting under the sea, it will not affect the overall temperature." Itris directly refuted Lant's point of view. "The teacher told me that recently, the mages of the Temple of Waves have It was found that under special circumstances, the mermaid tribe can also produce fire-based magic patterns, and such magic patterns will affect the Poseidon phase in the body, or the development of sea monster larvae.
The sea monster clan obtained a high-grade ammonite with fire magic patterns, which allows its offspring to absorb the energy in the volcano during their growth and maintain the surrounding seawater temperature while swimming. This is why the sea monster They overcame the temperature barrier. "
"Well...that is to say, not only this year, but every year in the future, the sea monsters may enter the fjord from the ice sea, right?" Rant understood. The sea monsters have clicked on a new technology tree. Rather than relying on natural phenomena by chance.
"One more thing," Idris said quickly, fearing that Lant would start to deal with those sea monsters, "it's not just the mermaids, the sea monsters are also cooperating with the humans."
Hearing about cooperation with Mermaid, Lant instinctively thought of his relatives: "You mean the Marquis of Fiat?"
The mermaid girl shook her head: "Not just him, many human lords along the coast or on the islands are secretly following the Poseidon clan. The new generation of Wave Temple masters are also very keen to use the magical products of the human mages along the coast to enhance the entire mermaid. The strength of the clan,”
"So what do you mean?"
Idris continued: "I'm afraid that soon, the mermaids and sea monsters attacking from the ice sea will also use the magic pattern cabinet!"
"Oh, I'm not worried about that. It's not uncommon for them to have one or two magic pattern containers, but if they want to use hundreds or thousands of them, there's no chance." Lant said with a smile, "You said this kind of support for Poseidon Human Workshop, can you or Jenny know the specific list?”
Because of the hostile attitude between the Dragon Clan and the Poseidon Clan, as well as the Dragon Clan’s control of the Temple of Wealth and the Dragon Kingdom, the official level of the Human Empire has always regarded Poseidon as hostile. Once Lant determines which workshop is secretly making magic products for Poseidon, he can Let the imperial officials shut down the workshop openly and honestly.
"Sir, after all, the nobles have been with the sea for so many years, and there will never be any obvious flaws." Yitris understood what Lant meant and immediately explained, "There are many pirates and smuggling ships scattered on the coastal islands. , these humans specialize in transit between the ocean and the island, and even the human empire cannot help them."
"As for Jenny Galloping Horse, her understanding of the Hindukel Basin is far greater than that of the coastal areas outside the Southeast Kingdom. However, Your Majesty, I seriously suggest that you let Jenny enter this kingdom. She is a very smart person. A girl who knows the imperial capital very well."
"I will consider it." Lant said this, but he was very conflicted in his heart. It's not that Jenny can't come in, it's just that there are too many people in line now. Little Red Bird wants Yu Ling and the four of them to come in together. Gu Leia wanted to let Dakira Feilong and Britt Lan Yuan come in, Wendy suggested letting Uffiy in, and Akiko even suggested letting Agni in.
Originally, Lant's Kingdom of God team was born out of his own core tent. After Yitris and Qiucao entered, it became his own divine court. However, after Gu Leiya entered, it turned into a mixture of divine court, harem, and A place with various complex combinations of cabinets.
If feasible, Lant really hopes to completely transform the Kingdom of God, at least into a small town or a complex building that can achieve different functions through space division.
However, now, although the Kingdom of God is not small, the space is too single and not suitable for so many people to come in, so Lant has suspended any new people from entering the Kingdom of God.
