After the three-hour palace meeting ended, Todd walked with his tired body along the corridor to the palace under the guidance of Huggins.
"How are the food and accommodation arrangements for Henry the Griffin?"
Huggins was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "The war beast you are talking about? According to your instructions, we arranged it in the stable of the Knights and prepared barbecue and bread, but the trouble is...
…”
Todd stopped, turned around and said, "Is it attacking humans?"
"That's not true, but all the horses in the stable were so frightened that they bit and kicked and refused to stay where they were. Also, many people ran near the headquarters and tried to climb the wall to enter the stable, just to see the horse.
War beasts, the guards tried to drive them away, but with little effect."
Todd waved his hand nonchalantly: "In two days, when the novelty wears off, everything will be normal."
Huggins nodded in agreement.
After walking forward for almost a hundred meters, Todd looked at the endless corridor and asked Huggins: "How long do we have to go?"
"We'll be there in another fifteen minutes' walk."
Todd asked in surprise: "How big is this castle?"
"Two main buildings, five watchtowers, twelve sentry towers, thirty-six corridors, and two royal gardens, one in front and one behind."
"So big?!"
"The entire palace is only half completed. Muxi Academy is designing the largest, most complex and most gorgeous fountain; Muxi Craftsmen Association is building a full-length bronze statue of you; the Commercial Union has purchased a variety of rare treasures from various places
Alien Beast plans to build a hunting ground in the back garden of the palace. In addition, there will be an observatory, a vineyard, and a racecourse..."
"Wait, wait!" Todd looked at the carpets spread along the corridor, and then looked at the famous oil paintings hanging on the wall, and asked in confusion: "It will cost a lot of money to build this palace.
Right? If I remember correctly, there is not so much money in the holy treasury!"
Huggins looked at the king with strange eyes and sighed: "Your Majesty, please come with me."
After saying this, Huggins changed the direction of his feet and walked towards the depths of the palace.
Todd followed him through a wide slope below the palace and walked into a heavily guarded underground hall similar to a bank counter.
The appearance of the king caused everyone in the hall to stop what they were doing and bow in the direction of Todd.
While nodding and smiling, Todd asked in a low voice: "What exactly is this place?"
"You'll find out soon." Huggins continued to walk forward.
After passing several levels, Huggins stopped in front of a group of people with alien marks on their chests and said to Todd: "Your Majesty, they need to conduct identity verification on the visitors to ensure that the entrants have not used transformation, charm, possession, etc.
Superpower. Even you must be inspected, please be patient."
Todd expressed his understanding. After all, Lawrence's superpower almost caused the collapse of the Muxi Kingdom. Now it is natural to strengthen inspections in this area.
After passing the inspection, the two of them moved deeper underground into the palace, passed through a strange corridor, and then opened a door made of heavy lead plates, finally arriving at a labyrinth-like underground corridor.
"What exactly are you hiding under the palace?"
Huggins walked to a room, took out the key in his arms, opened the hidden lock in the door, and gently pushed the door open. The dazzling light inside made Todd, who had just adapted to the darkness, squint his eyes in discomfort.
"This is?!"
The room is not big, only seven meters long and wide, and no more than three meters high. There is a deep pool dug in the center of the room, with various gold coins piled in it. It has overflowed the edge of the pool and is close to the roof. The walls are raised.
The flame shines on the surface of the gold coin, diffusing bright golden light.
Todd stepped into the room and looked at the gold coins in the room. He didn't react for a long time.
Huggins glanced at the register outside the door and said to Todd: "There are 87,435 gold coins stored here, including the currency used by the southern empire and the coins used by the northern barbarians. According to the weight and
The purity, converted into parish currency, is almost equivalent to 90,000 gold coins."
Todd finally came to his senses. He turned his face to Huggins and asked in disbelief: "You mean, all this money belongs to me?"
The latter smiled helplessly and led Todd out of the room while continuing along the corridor: "Your Majesty, I think you still haven't figured out the situation."
Huggins led Todd into the maze corridor outside the door, walked forward for a while, pointed to the countless doors on both sides, and said to the latter: "Please find a door and take a look.
Look at the sign on the door.”
Walking to a door at random, Todd looked carefully at the sign on the door, which said something like this.
It was packed and sealed on October 13, 1172, with a total of 170,000 gold coins.
After changing to another door, Todd looked at the sign again.
The warehouse was closed on October 16, 1172, with 7,625 grams of special-grade gems, 162,580 grams of first-grade gems, and 55 boxes of other types.
Todd took a deep breath, pointed to the door and asked Huggins: "How many rooms like this have been built?"
"A total of 120 rooms have been built, and currently 109 rooms are fully stocked, with gold coins, gems, utensils, antiques, everything..."
Todd felt that his brain was a bit exhausted: "Have you ever calculated the total value of these properties?"
Huggins thought for a while and said: "Only Lady Mary knows the specific figures and lists. But the total inventory is probably equivalent to four million to five million gold suns, which is equivalent to 40 million to 50 million silver moons.
And this number is growing rapidly.”
"I've only been away for half a year! What did you do?! Did you rob the Vatican's treasury?!"
Hearing the word robbery, Huggins said with disdain: "Your Majesty, I used to think that robbery was a good job. I remember that the Muxi Knights worked hard from dawn to dusk in the territory of the Silver Ring Kingdom to rob those people.
Noble, after all the hard work, not to mention the dead and wounded soldiers, the money was only a few hundred thousand gold. Look, you are sitting in the castle, and wealth is flowing into your warehouse like water."
Todd held the wall with his hands, his head buzzing, and asked in a low voice: "Then where did the money come from?"
"Part of it comes from the operation of the royal industry, part of it comes from the registered patent commission, part of it comes from your previous holy treasury, and the rest comes from taxes and donations."
Huggins raised his eyebrows at Todd: "Your Majesty, when you come back this time, you may need to think carefully about how to spend your money..."
The eastern suburbs of Muxi City, the immigration area.
A knight wearing old armor sat in the corner of a drafty shack, with an ancient sword placed beside him.
The knight carefully opened the cooking pot above the fire pit, looked at the steaming oatmeal paste inside, smelled the food aroma of soil and wild vegetables mixed in the air, and swallowed unconsciously.
Standing up and slowly opening the door next to him, the knight whispered to the elder lying on the bed: "Sir Gordon, the rice is ready."
The bearded elder climbed up from the bed and said feebly: "Harry, are you the only one here? Where are the others?"
"The tavern in the city is short of a security guard. I heard that a lunch will be included, and Nerjie plans to go there to make some extra money. As for Kaponodas and Dizzy, they went out early in the morning and said before leaving that they found him.
A good way to make money..."
The elder grabbed the knight's wrist and said anxiously: "Then did you tell them...?!"
Knight Harry gently patted the elder's arm and comforted him: "Sir Gordon, please don't worry. Before they went out, I specifically asked them to take off their badges, leave their weapons, and not to claim to the outside world that they came from
Legation at the Holy Acropolis.”
Gordon nodded vigorously: "Yes, when we go out, as a member of the envoy, we have to take into account the image of the Holy Acropolis."
Seeing the impassioned look of the head of the mission, Harry reminded him in a low voice: "Sir, we have no money again."
Gordon asked in surprise: "Didn't we just sell the mules and horses carrying the luggage yesterday?!"
Harry calculated an account for the group leader with his fingers: "We have lived here for a week, and the landlord asked us this morning whether we have collected the rent for next week; the horses in the group need fodder, and one of them is still in need of fodder.
I had to find a veterinarian when I got sick; the food store at the entrance of the village needs to pay off its previous credit, and..."
"Hey, just tell me how much money is left?"
"Three silver moons, plus seventeen bronze stars."
"Well... five bronze stars can buy a piece of rye bread, and two bronze stars can buy a handful of fodder. In this case, we can still..."
Harry interrupted Gordon's calculation: "Captain, that's not how it works. Although the prices here are not as outrageous as in the city, they are definitely not cheap. A piece of rye bread costs twelve bronze stars."
Gordon, the head of the envoy, opened his mouth, but in the end it just turned into a long sigh.
At this moment, the door of the shack was pushed open forcefully, and a tall young man with calloused hands rushed into the room and shouted: "King Muxi is back! King Muxi is back!"
Hearing this, Gordon's eyes widened, he jumped from the bed to the ground, grabbed the visitor's shoulders, and asked excitedly: "Nerge! King Muxi is really back? Did you hear that right?!"
"It's absolutely true! People in the city are celebrating the king's return, and the royal family has also issued an announcement saying that a grand dinner will be held the night after tomorrow to receive the envoy from the Holy Acropolis!"
Gordon laughed and said: "We will see King Muxi soon! Our mission can finally be completed!"
When it comes to digesting this news, Knight Harry and Captain Gordon have very different priorities.
The former took Nerjie and walked to a corner of the room, confirming again: "The announcement really says it's a grand dinner?"
Nerjie's eyes shone and he nodded desperately.
"Wine and meat?"
“Wine and meat!”
After wiping the saliva from his mouth, Knight Harry said to the leader Gordon: "Sir, I have a proposal."
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