Cumberland and Emerson did not fully understand Todd's decision, but this did not prevent them from carrying out the king's orders.

　　 With the aid of the Holy Acropolis as the premise, Emerson began to think about a series of preparatory measures: "Since the decision to provide food aid to the Holy Acropolis, we must first determine the first batch of food supply and time."

　　 Cumberland added: "The amount of the first batch of grain should not be large, but the time must be as fast as possible. It is best for the convoy to transport the grain to arrive at the Watch Fort under the jurisdiction of the Holy Guard before the first snow."

　　 Emerson nodded and said: "I agree. I always have a hunch that this matter may not be as simple as it seems on the surface."

Todd asked the guards to recruit a monk who was in charge of agricultural development. He also summoned the person in charge of the management station and asked them about the food reserves and transportation capacity of Muxicheng. Finally, he integrated multiple departments and jointly finalized the delivery of the first batch of food. The amount and departure time of the convoy.

After determining the scale of assistance and itinerary, Cumberland said: "There is another problem, the head of the entourage mission. This trip to the Holy Acropolis, if an embassy can be established, it will help negotiate with the locals on the one hand, and on the other. On the one hand, it can also inquire about intelligence in time. However, the selection of the envoy is a trouble..."

Following the old knight’s thoughts, Todd continued: “The person in charge of the mission to the Holy Acropolis this time will not only bear the responsibility for food delivery, but also be responsible for future diplomacy with the Holy Acropolis. This person is in etiquette. They should be outstanding, good at handling complex international relations, and must have the ability to adapt to changes. There are not many such people looking at the entire Twilight City..."

　　 Emerson looked at Todd's hesitant look, and offered to ask: "Your Majesty, I'll go."

　　 The latter frowned and glanced at the chief privy envoy of the kingdom, but did not agree or refuse.

　　 Cumberland glanced up and down at Emerson, then shook his head and expressed disapproval: "You are not suitable."

Seeing Emerson's eyes widened and ready to attack, Cumberland folded his arms to look at the forward in time: "The gang of Holy Acropolis are all lunatics who admire force, old turtle, if you have to run over , Based on your body and the two fists, it is estimated that the tortoise shell will be demolished!"

Looking at the two in front of them, the old people who were nearly a hundred years old together, blushing and arguing in the conference hall, Todd with a painful head reached out his hand to stop the argument between the two, and said his decision: "Emo Sen, you should stay. The kingdom has a lot of government affairs that you need to coordinate."

　　 Cumberland scratched the back of his head: "Then what about the candidates for the mission?"

　　 Todd looked up at the ceiling and let out a long sigh: "Let me think about it again."

　　As a lot of government affairs were processed, the officials who came to discuss the matter gradually dispersed. Apart from the guards in the huge hall, only Todd and Hudgens were left.

　　 Turning his body to Todd, Huggins whispered: "Your Majesty, it's time for lunch."

　　 Todd looked at the porch at the end of the hall, and asked softly: "On the way back from the dinner day, did I ask you to check things?"

　　 Hudgens trembled slightly, pursing his lips and said, "I found it out, the report has been placed on your desk, and the two people have been controlled at home."

　　 "Is it correct?"

　　 "They have already admitted it personally."

　　 Standing up from the throne, Todd walked slowly to the outside of the hall.

　　 Hudgens thumped his numb thigh that had been standing for too long, and limped to follow Todd: "Your Majesty, where are you going?"

　　 Looking back at Huggins, Todd deliberately slowed down and left a sentence: "Bring them here."

　　 Sitting in front of the desk in the audience room, Todd was eating a simple lunch while flipping through the investigation report submitted by Mu Xi'an. He only saw half of it, so he pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers and closed his eyes depressed.

　　 There was a soft knock on the door, and Hudgens’ voice came over: "Your Majesty, the man has already been brought."

　　 "Let them in."

　　 Harkins led the two people into the room, stretched out his hand to beckon them to come forward, and guarded the door.

　　 The Raglan couple stood not far from the desk, staring at the carpet under their feet, with a panic expression.

　　 Todd continued to flip through the pages of the report while gnawing on the honey bread in his hand, as if he had forgotten the arrival of these two people.

　　Compared to her sweaty and shaky husband, Mrs. Raglan looked calmer. She looked pale and anxiously said: "Your Majesty..."

　　 Looking at the data in the report, Todd raised his mouth and smiled: "It's only been five months since you took office. The royal industry you ran has earned 670,000 Jinxu in perfume alone. What a remarkable achievement!"

　　 sounded like a compliment, but the Raglan couple trembled with fright.

"Let me see, next to Muxi Harbour, a 28,000 silver moon sea view residence; Lili El clothing store accumulates 7,600 Yinmoon clothing; investment in nearly ten stores in Muxi Town..." Todd reads the paper The speed was getting faster and faster, and finally he threw the report directly on the table: “Even the beggars in the West City know such a rumor that the swimming pool built by the Raglans at home is not filled with water, but A full pool of silver moon!"

"In order to earn commissions, you want to oversell perfume products under the condition of insufficient production capacity! Because the factory was unable to complete the order at all, you paid for the gunpowder production line supervisor and smuggled raw materials from the factory to increase perfume output. "

"Not only that, the two of you also recruited people, under the guise of free meals, instructed your subordinates to add green beans to the meals of the guests; even at night, ran to the diversion canal of the immigration area and injected medicine into it!" Todd uses his fingers. Rubbing his temples vigorously, he shouted angrily: "These things you have done have far exceeded the authority I gave you!"

　　 There was a dead silence in the room.

Seeing the panicked two people in front of him, Todd sighed suddenly. He gently picked up the report from the table and shook it vigorously in his hands: "You two may want to say that I have brought the whole kingdom. Why should I be blamed for huge profits?!"

"Listen! What I am angry about is not the behavior of the two of you. What really annoys me is your unscrupulous disposition to grab wealth!" He shouted out these words, and Todd seemed to be drained. With the strength of the whole body, he waved his hand in a disappointed manner: "You two, from now on, you will be suspended for investigation. Before I think about how to arrange you, please wait for me to think about it behind closed doors at home!"

　　 Watching the Raglan couple being taken out of the room by the security guards, Todd cast his gaze towards the person remaining in the room and said softly: "Huggins..."

　　 "Your Majesty."

　　 "You already knew it, right?"

"I……"

　　 "The hospital once found you and mentioned the behavior of these two people to you."

　　 "……"

　　 "These two are old friends of the monastery assembly, the first officials appointed by His Majesty, and the trustworthy people in my circle...that's what you thought then, I'm afraid that's what?"

　　 There was cold sweat on Hudgens’ forehead slowly overflowing, his mouth wanted to talk, but his tongue didn’t listen.

Todd's body turned his back to the sun outside the window, his face was indistinct, but his voice was cold and bitter: "I am a nostalgic person, but that doesn't mean that the longer I stay with me, the greater the privilege. !"

　　 Todd walked out of the audience room, walked into the outdoor garden, looked at the neatly trimmed flower branches, and muttered, "Is it a good thing or a bad thing to show the knowledge of my previous life to this other world?"

　　 A white figure flashed quietly from Todd's sight.

　　 Looking at the bushes in the distance, the woman in uniform wearing a thorn sword and wiping her hair with a dry cloth, Todd was taken aback first, and then he said, "Dion?"

　　Dion, who had just finished his swordsmanship practice, wanted to take a shortcut from the palace garden to return to the mansion when no one was there at noon, but he didn't want to run into the king here.

　　 "Your Majesty, what a coincidence." Dion straightened up, with a little surprise on his face.

　　 Looking at the saber on the opponent, Todd smiled and asked, "How about the work of the palace swordsmanship training?"

　　 "To be honest, it's boring."

Seeing Todd’s surprised expression, Dion shrugged: “Since taking this position, I have a considerable salary, but I have nothing to do. The guards usually practice their martial arts in the barracks, and the only Members of the royal family, don’t seem to be very interested in my swordsmanship."

　　 At this point, Dion gave Todd a slanted look, the meaning of the words was self-evident.

　　 Todd scratched his head in embarrassment. At the beginning, Dion was assigned the position of palace swordsmanship instructor, just to stabilize him.

　　 After all, Dion, a pheromone walking on the ground, can bring much disaster to the Kingdom of Muxi, no one knows better than Todd.

　　 Todd quickly changed the subject: "I remember you have another career, the executive judge of the Western Police Court?"

　　 Talking about the work of the court, Dion looked even more frustrated: "The executive judge is just a nicer name. Within the court, this position is called a debt collection judge."

　　 "Debt Collection Judge?"

"In Muxicheng, there are always some illegal vendors or rascals who deliberately default on the debts owed to others and refuse to repay them. At this time, the guys in the police yard come to me. Their most common routine is to bring The creditors and I found the debtors and told them that as long as we can win the weak judge in front of us, the debt will be free."

　　 Todd listened with gusto: "This sounds like a good way to collect debts."

"Your Majesty!" Dion took two steps closer to Todd and straightened his chest: "My family has always been engaged in foreign affairs and legal work in the city of Tyrol. The profession in my mind is not this kind of inferiority. Thugs!"

　　 Dion's face was close at hand, looking at the other's delicate skin that can be broken by a bomb, the crystal beads of sweat hanging on the collarbone, and the picturesque facial features, Todd's heart swayed for no reason.

　　 After a while, Todd reacted to what had happened, and quickly reached out his hand to give Dion a step back gesture.

　　 "Oh, sorry, your majesty, my power..." Dion quickly stepped back, blushing and covering his neckline with a cloth towel.

　　 Looking at the guy in front of him who was more like a woman than a woman, Todd rolled his eyes silently, and repeated a word in his heart.

　　 This is a man, this is a man...

　　 After waiting for his brain to clear up, Todd asked Dion, "You said your family used to work in foreign affairs?"

　　 Dion seemed to smell a breath of opportunity: "Your Majesty, not only is my family engaged in foreign affairs, but before I leave Tyrol City, what I did was the Secretary of Foreign Affairs' trainee."

　　 found a bench in the garden, Todd sat on it, smiled and asked: "How much do you know about the envoys of the Holy Acropolis coming to West City for help?"

　　 "Not much, but it is enough to make some inferences."

　　 "Oh? Tell me about it."

Dion thought for a while ~lightnovelpub.net~ and began to analyze: "As early as two years ago, the Holy Acropolis formed an alliance with the church to conquer the barbarians and the Silver Ring Kingdom. But last summer, the fighting was the most intense. At that time, the Holy Guard suddenly shrank its defenses and turned into a defensive position. Because of this incident, the church issued a special official document from the Holy Ministry, sternly condemning this kind of fear of the enemy."

"One week after the official document was released, the Holy Acropolis returned to the battlefield, but the relationship with the church quickly became ill. No one knows the reason for this. But there is an interesting rumor that the palace of the Holy Acropolis has increased the number of guards. Quantity, and all windows are covered with cloth curtains."

　　 Todd heard this and asked curiously: "All windows are covered with curtains? Where did you get this information?"

"Of course it is a tavern, Your Majesty. There are grocers from various countries and bards from all over the world. From their mouths, you can often learn some seemingly useless but implicitly truthful news." Dieng Gently circling the pale blonde hair with his fingers, he continued: "The next Holy Acropolis will gradually move towards the direction of breaking with the church, urging supplies and passive combat. The most puzzling thing is that it is here. At the end of the battle, the army of the Holy Acropolis gave up the handy spoils and returned to the city overnight."

　　 "Your Majesty, when these things are connected, it looks like it is nothing more than a food crisis, but in fact a hidden inference can be drawn. Do you know what it is?"

　　 Todd gently shook his head with a serious face.

　　 Dion squeezed the scabbard around his waist, and his pretty face was full of confidence: "The old king of the Holy Acropolis is running out of time, and a battle for the throne is about to begin."