The sound of the analyzer's operation echoed in the independent space. It belonged to the blood of Fitch, the glutton refuser, and the unknown blood taken from the ancient temple. Under the control of Zero, the two bloods began to be compared and explored.

all the secrets that may exist in between.

The analyzer operated for a full half an hour before stopping. Chino stared at the screen. Finally, the symbol representing confirmation was reflected in his eyes.

No. 0: "After comparison, the blood in test tube No. 3 and test tube No. 4 contain homologous factors, and they are completely consistent."

Kino's pupils dilated violently. If you listen closely, you will find that even his breathing has become heavier than usual. The corners of his lips raised a dangerous arc, and he murmured: "Interesting... There is so much hidden behind the Scarlet Church."

A big secret."

Fitch squatted on the ground, yawned, and asked lazily: "What is the Scarlet Church? Is it delicious?"

Kino: "I'll give you a taste then."

"Okay~ Hehehe..." In the independent space, Fitch's crisp and slightly weird laughter kept echoing.

...

Time passed very quickly, and several months had passed since the invasion by the remnants of the Six Kings.

In the past few months, the Doguland side once again expelled the remnants of the Six Kings who entered the country outside the country, sent an engineering team to rebuild the breached ice fortress, and deployed another elite border defense force there.

Regarding the war between Doguland and the Far Eastern Dynasty, after subsequent meetings, the senior officials finally reached a consensus on a truce.

The death of the emperor's grandson Ye Lingchen in the territory of Doguland was a great shame and humiliation for the imperial court. However, in the desert battle, the Far Eastern Dynasty took advantage of the negotiation opportunity to attack Perseus and intended to capture the king. This was also extremely unkind.

In addition, Dinisha's intimidation was still there, and the two sides agreed that it was even.

In this way, the dust of an ever-changing conflict has settled, but the wheels of history are still rolling forward.

It’s the end of the year and the “return to snow” season, and it’s the New Year’s season.

The Kingdom of Doguland has the tradition of giving out "annual gifts" to officials every New Year. According to modern popular concepts, the so-called annual gifts are actually "New Year gift packages". The royal family issues high-quality grains, meats, silks, clothes, etc.

, so that the officials who have worked hard for a year can have a good New Year at home.

Officials at different levels naturally enjoy different annual gifts. According to the usual tradition, when issuing annual gifts, in addition to some New Year gifts, officials can also receive some monthly coins from the treasury. This is regarded as a reward from the king to everyone.

"red envelope".

High-level officials such as provincial governors and royal ministers can receive dozens of gold moons when issuing annual gifts, and some can even receive hundreds of gold moons, which is a very huge amount of wealth.

In previous years, the annual gifts were given out year after year according to tradition, but this year's annual gifts are a little different.

In the New Year's Gift Warehouse, a group of ministers serving in the palace are receiving the New Year's Gift here. Usually at this time of year, the atmosphere is always booming. Those who receive the New Year's Gift are greeted with courtesy, and those who receive the New Year's Gift also treat each other with smiles. After receiving

Everyone exchanged blessings with each other, and then went back to celebrate the New Year happily with their families.

However, at this time, the atmosphere in the warehouse was very depressing.

Since the major ink embezzlement case in Danyu City in the middle of the year, Ma Ban has been promoted from the small grain officer of Danyu City to the palace because of his meritorious service in helping to solve the case. Later, Perseus arranged to work as an assistant next to Lan Xian, the "right hand of the king".

For local officials, being fortunate enough to be transferred to the palace can be said to be a blessing from the gods. As long as there are no mistakes in work and good connections, further advancement is just around the corner.

However, after Maban came to the palace, his career was not smooth. The main reason was that this person had such a weird temper. He had to be serious about everything and never compromised. There were some things that clearly meant that everyone should take a step back and the sky was vast, so he had to compete.

, which made everyone in the palace, including Lan Xian himself, dislike him.

No, many officials went on vacation early before the Chinese New Year, but Ma Ban was arranged to come here to give out annual gifts, so he didn't have any rest before the Chinese New Year.

And even for a simple task like giving out a New Year's Gift, Mo Ban would have trouble with other people.

At this time, a minister named "Dylan" looked at the annual gift issued to him in front of him, frowned tightly, and asked Moban dissatisfiedly: "What did you receive?"

I saw that Dylan's annual gift bag only contained 30 kilograms of wheat, about 10 kilograms of pork, some fruits and vegetables, oil, salt and other condiments, and a few batches of cotton fabrics, but nothing else.

Ma Ban said expressionlessly: "This is this year's annual gift, what's the problem?"

Dylan scolded: "Moban, do you understand the rules? Nian Ci distributed these things, are you deliberately going against everyone?!"

Ma Ban took out a code about the official system from his arms and patted it on the table: "The Code of Doguland has a clear record that the annual rewards for officials at all levels are divided into three levels, one at the town level and one at the main city level.

, the provincial level and above."

"What you have in front of you are the provincial annual gifts. If you think there is something wrong, you can read the code yourself and see if it says so. If not, I will apologize to you."

Dylan was choked and speechless, and another minister came up to help: "Moban, the code is correct, but it is a standard from hundreds of years ago, and it is no longer a reference.

."

"And you can also look at the details. Those three levels are just the minimum standards, and they are not required to be paid like this. In previous years, during the Chinese New Year, everyone received very generous annual gifts, regardless of towns, main cities, or provinces, even the poorest

The region also did not say that officials should be given annual bonuses in accordance with the minimum standards."

"What's more, this is a palace and there are plenty of supplies. You insist on distributing them according to the minimum standard. Don't you mean to make things difficult for everyone?"

Ma Ban asked coldly: "Oh, what do you want me to do?"

Seeing that Mo Ban's mouth was loosening, Dylan's expression also softened a little, and he said slowly: "You are new here, and I don't ask you to do any tricks. Just be the same as last year -"

"Collect the wheat and give it to the palace chefs, who will rush to make all kinds of ready-made breads, cakes, and snacks. They will be made on the same day and sent to our house on the same day. 20 kilograms per day. No need to leave it overnight."

"We need to increase the amount of meat. Do you want us to take 10 kilograms back and stuff it between our teeth? And it's still fatty pork. How do you want us to eat it? Replace it all with high-grade meat, such as beef. Remember it must be beef tenderloin, not other parts.

, one person weighs a hundred catties.”

"The same amount of chicken, duck, and fish. Pay attention to the source of the meat. The poultry and beasts must come from plateau pastures. The fish must be caught live from the Sea of ​​Broken Moon and flown over by the Winged Beast Cavalry overnight. No dead fish."

"You should also pay attention to the place of production of fruits and vegetables. These fruits and vegetables of yours are all from local greenhouses and have a very bad taste. In previous years, the fruits and vegetables supplied to the royal ministers were all produced in Feiyuan Province. The forests there have a warm climate all year round and the fruits and vegetables are of high quality."

"There are also pieces of cloth. Everyone wears new clothes during the Chinese New Year. The pieces of cloth you handed out can only be used to make four or five pieces of clothing at most, and they are still cotton! Which ministers have you seen wearing cotton??? All of them are replaced by silk.

, two hundred horses per person, remember, all colors must be uniform, don’t just give out single-color ones.”

"Okay, I won't embarrass you, just do this for now, hurry up and get it done. It must be in our hands before the end of the year."
Chapter completed!