"The work of farmers and craftsmen and the trade of merchant groups all depend on it."

"Legal and political governance and territorial management are all connected."

"Even the common people in our own fiefdom..."

"Even the handmade uniform you are wearing..."

Thales' expression froze and he looked down at his clothes.

Kasha waved her sleeves:

"With the current situation, of course we can turn to your side."

Qina snapped her fingers:

"Help you replace Kevin Deere and capture the Emerald City."

"Even if you replace him and take over the Kongming Palace, you have to give the Twin Towers Sword a try."

"But from now on, external forces from the royal family and the forces from the royal capital will be attracted to change the political affairs of Kongming Palace..."

"The Nan'an District has experienced drastic changes overnight, shaking the foundation of governance. That's a loss of life..."

They changed the subject and became wary:

"Shot in the foot!"

Thales frowned.

"External forces of the royal family, forces in the royal capital," he thought of the various people at the royal banquet, and couldn't help but ponder, "Are they so scary?"

"Terrible?" Kasha smiled sarcastically, "Your Highness, what do you think is it about the Emerald City that makes the capital jealous? Is it just that people are stupid and have a lot of money?"

"In other words, what can the Emerald City do better than the king? To be smart? To make people jealous?"

Thales raised his eyebrows.

Just listen to Qina sneer:

"You have never had serious dealings with your family members, or even the public and private figures around the royal capital, officials, merchants and subordinates, have you?"

"Or, it's all about you raising your eyebrows, and they just nod and bend down to serve tea and water?"

Thales' eyes moved: "How to say?"

Kasha sneered:

"Let's put it this way, for a long time, if our merchants want to go through the Central Territory, their business will have to rely on Yongxing City..."

Qina snorted coldly:

"That means twice the cost, most of which is spent on joint management and contribution from top to bottom."

"Open up the channels, advance step by step, and unblock the relationship - the prerequisite is that you still have a relationship."

"Especially in a business with a lot of money and water, a few regulations, a few market officials, and a few collusions between government and businessmen can make us lose all our money."

"Back and forth, out and in, walking east and west through Muhe to sell to Yongxing City is more laborious than crossing the ocean to Shenglin City in the Far East!"

"Not only do you control heaven and earth, but you also mess around and make huge profits!"

"This is not bad, provided that the people you meet are all officials who collect money to do things, and businessmen who sign to give money..."

"But if you don't do anything after receiving money, and you have to pay again if you want to do something, you will be tricked all the way to the point where you can't stand it and go bankrupt..."

"That's not all. If you encounter someone with a tough backstage, a ruthless heart, and dirty subordinates, you won't be satisfied even if you just accept filial piety..."

"You are not forced to accept their 'technical investment', appoint their people as 'resident guides', give them 'channel dividends', or even bullshit 'cooperation'..."

"Or worse, after you become a business group with the prefix of 'Wang Family', 'State-owned' or even 'Xingchen', well, the door will be opened, and no competitor will dare to look up at you..."

"But the operation itself is bad! The filial piety fee is more than the net profit, there are more small bosses than the employees, there are more people taking advantage of the situation to collect money than the part-time workers, and there are more people pointing fingers than doing the hard work..."

"The business is barely operating and cannot pay its debts. Within a few years, the business will fail. All the peers will be squeezed out, and there will be no way to make a profit. The business group will be miserable. In the end, they will break up. Maybe they will still owe dividends to all parties!"

"Investors, operators, upstream and downstream, buyers and sellers, even the industry environment, public funds and treasury, none of them can make a profit..."

Thales felt heavy after hearing this.

The two sisters spoke with gritted teeth.

"The relatives and children of countless nobles in the royal capital have only become fat. They eat a lot of food, and their brains are full of fat. They all feel that they are the pillars of the country. They find ways to build a foundation for the national economy and people's livelihood, build a foundation, work hard, contribute a lot, and have brilliant political achievements...

"

"The industry is depleted, and they will fly away like locusts, flying to other places to eat others..."

"Wait until someone else works hard to start from scratch and get the business back..."

"They - or their relatives and children who changed people, flew back again and repeated it again..."

Thales was silent for a while.

"You must be exaggerating. In fact, I have heard similar complaints, but that is," Taylor paused, "that is the people of Camas, including knowledgeable people within Exeter."

They complained about the Kingdom of Exeter, but they didn’t complain about the Kingdom of Stars so much..."

"That's natural!" Kasha interrupted him.

"This is how the Kangmas people started their business. They know their way around the world very well, and their relationships with the dignitaries of the royal capital are very good!"

"Foreign capital, domestic dignitaries, and absolute power are a perfect match!"

"It's hard for Xingchen not to make the country rich and the people strong!" Qina said sarcastically.

Thales sighed:

"Don't the king and the princes in the royal council know about this situation?"

"King? Royal Palace?"

"Whose pocket do you think the money went into?"

"Whose family's relatives and children, whose family's descendants?"

"From the royal family to the royal family, to the petty subordinate!"

"Everyone receives money, and there are relatives everywhere. Who dares, who thinks, and who is willing to take the initiative to bring this kind of thing up?"

"Donkeys and horses share the same trough, and the same road goes up and down. Who can do it and who can handle this matter without getting dirty or worried?"

"Some people want to, but can they?"

"Some people can, but do they want to?"

Thales couldn't help but sigh.

"In the Emerald City, the rules have been passed down for generations. If you can go to Judge Brennan for such a matter, even the Duke himself must obey the law and spit out anything he eats!"

"Who can I turn to in the king? To the judge? Who doesn't know that the promotion of close relatives in their family is complicated, and everything depends on the faces of their 'relatives'? To look to Prime Minister Cullen? In addition to swaying in government affairs and being stubborn,

What else can An De do? Look for His Majesty the King? He has to worry about national affairs and the revival of the stars. Even if his son asked him for money, he almost got killed with a knife!"

Maybe...maybe it's because the Iris Dukes know.

Thales remained silent, only the voice in his heart whispered:

They knew that if they acted arbitrarily, if they followed their own desires, if they did not abide by the law, one day they would destroy the Great Wall and be eaten by the big fish from the royal capital with greater appetites.

But those big fish - the supreme kings of the stars in the past, if they do whatever they want...

In the Kingdom of Stars, where is the bigger fish that can eat the Fuxing Palace and make the kings afraid?

Bigger fish.

But Thales then thought of the Bloody Year and couldn't help but clenched his fists.

"I see."

Thales sighed:

"More than a century ago, the virtuous king and his new administration promoted officials regardless of their origins, and eliminated shortcomings and made innovations..."

"The only disadvantage," Kasha said sarcastically, "is that there are more mouths to eat and more hands to stretch out..."

"These civil servants who have passed the exam and climbed up the ranks are much smarter than the stupid relatives of noble families!" Qina said unhappily.

"No matter how new or good the furniture is, it will eventually accumulate dust and become old," Thales said solemnly. "Now it seems that Mindis III's successors have not been able to carry out the system he left behind as consistently as he expected.

Continue to run healthily..."

However, the development of various parts of the kingdom is uneven, and there are many contradictions from top to bottom...

On the contrary, it is a corner of the kingdom that is ridiculed as a "parrot". Its status and size are not as good as the Emerald City of Yongxing City. It is the Kongming Palace whose power and power are not as good as those of the Fuxing Palace. It is Kevin Deere whose family name is not as famous as that of the Bright Star Royal Family.

family……

"Do you understand now?"

Just listen to the twins saying coldly:

"By helping you, we may be able to temporarily win the prince's favor and your majesty's favor."

"But you want the Nan'an Territory to become like this, destroying the foundation of rule and wealth accumulation for generations?"
To be continued...