One is that he has almost no one left in the lord's palace now. He doesn't understand the current situation of the province and the officials in the province. If he wants to find a suitable person who can replace Robin, he can't find one. He has to take ten thousand steps back.
He said that even if Robin tried to use a bitter trick, he would most likely have to endure it. After all, he had to let the provincial government run smoothly first, not to mention that Robin's behavior really didn't look like he was using a bitter trick.
The second is that the balance on his golden finger is almost the same as the balance reported by Robin. Although the difference is a few hundred magic dragon coins, the amount is not large. Maybe it is a miscalculation, or there is an omission somewhere. It may not be someone.
He took his prince's money, no, it was the people's money in the territory. From this point of view, he was at least a clean and honest internal affairs officer.
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After the allegiance ceremony was completed, the gap between the two was much less.
"Your Highness, what about the rumors outside the city?"
Obviously Robin is still worried that rumors will turn into murderous weapons again.
"This matter is indeed difficult to handle!" Vlad sighed.
"Your Highness, why don't you first write a notice in the name of the Lord's Mansion? Explain the detailed situation and post it on various important roads in the city. As for the troublemakers who spread rumors randomly, inform the city guards to increase their efforts to arrest them. First, arrest them.
Lock him up and interrogate him carefully to find out the mastermind."
Vlad nodded, "The suggestion is good, let's do it like this, but we don't need the city guard for this matter. Too much fanfare will easily cause chaos. Just let the patrol team arrest these people."
"It's my subordinate's lack of consideration, but... the patrol team... Your Highness, you don't know something. The patrol team has a bad reputation in our Hero City!"
The seat of the province of Methos is the City of Heroes. The reason why it is called the City of Heroes is because a rare war once occurred here. I remember that more than five hundred years ago, the Pandaria Empire was led by the Necromancer and the War Beast.
They invaded the Eternal Night Empire, but were blocked by the Hero City. Although the Hero City played an outstanding role in that battle, made a huge contribution, and produced numerous heroes, many heroes were actually sacrificed.
Now turn right out of the city and go straight to Mang Yue Mountain. At night, under the moonlight, in the jungle of countless tombstones, you can still see black shadows fluttering and heroic souls fluttering.
Because of this, this city that rose from the ruins was named the City of Heroes.
Vlad had a headache. He really didn't want to use the city guard. First, there was too much movement. It was better not to use the army easily in peacetime. The main responsibility of the army was to deal with the outside world. Moreover, using a fully armed army might have a bad impression on the people.
Second, during the conversation with the four major families the day before yesterday, Vlad discovered that the City Guards were almost controlled by the four major families. At this time, he did not know whether it was appropriate for the four major families to intervene, and it would be difficult to ensure that the situation would get better.
direction of development.
Vlad thought for a moment and said, "Let's see. There are still two groups of tauren guards in the lord's palace, and there are more than fifty magic warriors with two stars or above. That should be enough. Let them arrest those who spread the rumors."
"As for the patrol team...the patrol team is responsible for providing intelligence. After all, the guard team is unfamiliar with the place and still needs help from local snakes."
"My subordinates have long heard that all of His Highness's escorts are good men. With their help this time, the rumors will surely be put to rest quickly."
Vlad smiled slightly and said to himself that if it weren't for this group of tauren guards, it would be doubtful whether he would be able to come to the territory alive and take office. Although these tauren are sometimes very annoying, especially Tuomu, but live well.
Not bad at anything.
Of course, they cost a lot of money. These people like to drink, eat a lot, and have a bad temper.
Vlad could tolerate the large appetite, but his love of drinking and bad temper would make his own mother angry to death. Anyway, Vlad had already lost count of how many people he had paid for medical bills and how many times he had paid for financial losses.
Vlad couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Should he come up with a public property damage compensation bill first to take precautions?
Lest by then, if few of the people spreading rumors are caught, it would be a bit embarrassing for the people of Hero City to go to the Lord's Mansion first to demand compensation for the losses.
It seems that I will have to talk to Tuomu later and get a vaccination in advance.
The key is that I have no money now, I am poor, I am so poor!
Although he is a prince, he is not loved by his father and grandma. He does not have much savings. It is not easy to maintain the operation of the lord's mansion with the little savings.
"Hey, it's all because the house is too big, there are too many servants, and the guards are too strong!"
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"By the way, yesterday you said there is still a big hole in the fiscal budget. Have you thought of any way to deal with the current dire fiscal situation?"
Robin blushed a little when he heard this. Yesterday, he had planned to let Vlad hit a wall first, and then ask him for advice when there was no other way.
At that time, it will be the time for him to show his skills. If he operates like this, his strength will continue to rise!
Robin's plan was based on Zhuge's plan in Sangu's thatched cottage.
It's just that Zhuge Kongming succeeded, but Zhuge Robin failed, and cried out in despair, asking the prince to take him in.
"To be honest, since His Highness the Prince asked yesterday, I have no countermeasures. I just feel very ashamed. I can't sleep almost all night. I tossed and turned all night, thinking hard, and finally found an imperfect method to deal with the current predicament. This is not
, I was just about to report the plan to you, but I didn’t expect that His Highness the Prince would take the lead.” Robin said with an extremely sincere attitude.
Vlad thought "haha" in his heart, but his face showed a listening expression.
When Robin Zhuge saw Vlad's look like "Speak soon, I'm listening", he felt embarrassed and disappointed. Boss, I have made it so obvious. I stayed up all night, tossing and turning, thinking hard, even a subordinate has worked so hard.
, but there was no expression at all?
No verbal expression?
Vlad was very surprised when he saw Robin's delay in speaking, "Say, I'm listening."
"Ahem, in previous years, the money was allocated to the church and the city guard in one lump sum. This year, we can allocate it to them in batches. Anyway, they will not spend it all at once. In addition, Pan... no... Vlad Water Conservancy
The project will only be completed in about October. This project has always been paid according to the construction period allocation, so that the taxes will not be used up all at once, but can last for a period of time. During this period, we will have enough time to fill in the one hundred thousand magic dragons.
There’s a hole in the coin.”
Vlad nodded, this method is good, and the money may be used on a good project first to make some money.
Robin said cautiously, "In addition, we can also borrow money from the four major families. They have a lot of savings. We use taxes as collateral, and with His Highness the Prince's status as a lord, we will not worry about borrowing money."
After saying this, Robin felt a little embarrassed. After all, borrowing money was not a glorious thing, and it would have a negative impact on Vlad's reputation and prestige.
In fact, his original plan was to have the city guards destroy those free pirates, who had a lot of money and goods.
If you succeed, you will definitely get a share of the lord's mansion.
It failed. Anyway, most of the victims were people from the four major families.
Of course, even if a truly smart person knows that this method is better, he will not say it, at least not to himself.
Robin Zhuge is obviously not a fool. Through this rumor incident, he knows that he has offended enough people. In fact, from the tax amount of Vlad's Alien Mall, we can see the financial system of the entire province.
In terms of taxation, even if there is corruption, it will only be a few hundred magic dragon coins. If you cut off people's wealth, won't you offend others?
Zhuge Robin was very worried that he would encounter greater danger than this time if he offended others again.
It is obvious that Vlad very much agrees with this seemingly moderate suggestion, "Although the method is not novel, it is highly operational."
Robin breathed a sigh of relief. He was still worried that His Highness, caring about his face, would not be willing to open his mouth to borrow money from the four major families.
Unexpectedly, Vlad waved his hand and said boldly, "However, the situation is a bit small. Since it is a loan, why not borrow money from all the people in the territory? We can even borrow money from the Hades Marine Corps."
Robin Zhuge was already dumbfounded. He looked at Vlad as if he were looking at a god. His Highness, the Prince, must not be confused.
Robin's head was full of questions. He was very puzzled. "Borrowing money from all the people in the territory? And also borrowing money from the Hades Marine Corps?"
"Of course, if you think about it, if we owe the people money, they still don't supervise us at all times and don't let us spend money indiscriminately, because they may have a share of the money spent indiscriminately. In this way, corruption will not be reduced.
, even if we can borrow a large sum of money from the Pluto Marine Corps, they still have to fight tooth and nail to defend our territory of Methos. After all, if we are robbed by pirates or invaded by the enemy, how can we repay their money."