. "...The northern prefectures that have just been recovered have been in war since last year. All the villages were burned down and production was almost delayed. This year's harvest is really impossible to count on... At present, almost 60,000 refugees have lived on relief funds, but once the mainland meeting was disbanded, the relief was nowhere to be settled. Even if you submit an application to the central government now, when the special funds are all allocated, people will almost starve to death..."

"... New Eno Auck is a little better, but the city of Guangrong is still in ruins. Many herders' livestock have not survived this winter, and most of the mines have not resumed work. Even if the taxes paid to the central government can be exempted, the fiscal revenue this year is still pitifully small. The money borrowed from the Temple of Trade Goddess last year for the sake of war is almost at the repayment period..."

"What's even more terrible is that among the civilians you just dismissed, there are about 7,000 people from the northern states or the new Eno Auck state under my jurisdiction! In addition, three thousand soldiers, based on the military ticket of at least twenty gold coins per person, that is more than 200,000 gold coins. Even if I only pay the discount, I will have to spend more than 20,000 gold coins. And there are also wounded people who need to be treated, the dead relatives need to be pensioned, the home needs to be rebuilt, and the production needs to be restored... Everyone is jealous of me for protecting the official position, but this is not a bad thing, but a bitter taste like bile..."

Ludwig was filled with sorrow and talked about the sufferings of the people of the New Enoak and the Northern State. However, although he spoke with emotion and tears, he was a pity that he had found the wrong partner from the beginning. The poor man was not an angel with a lot of sympathy, nor a lady with no knowledge of the world. Instead, he was a complete egoism, a dark elf female politician who had experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom for centuries, and was mixed with fish and dragons in the big dyeing tank. She soaked her heart to be darker than her skin.

"Since that's the case, why don't you just quit?" After frowning and listening for a while, Zena finally couldn't bear it anymore. She simply tore off her righteous mask and patted the table and cursed, "It's not easy to find warriors who like to go to the battlefield. Official fans who want to be the speaker are everywhere, and it's not that the sky falls and you are the only one who holds it!"

"... Since I have been elected as the leader by the people of the two states, I naturally cannot let down their trust and expectations." In the face of Zena's questioning, Speaker Ludwig was very upright, "In order to allow the people who trust me to overcome this difficulty smoothly, no matter how difficult and difficult the future is, I will carry this burden! So..."

He bowed deeply to the dark elf female politician, "Although the number of 100,000 gold coins is really inhumane, I still hope you can lend a helping hand. Hundreds of thousands of people in the new Eno Auck and northern states will always remember your kindness, and there will be a hundred times reward in the future..."

"Hmph! It sounds better than singing! You've said it so clearly, and you're pretending to be pitiful for me! Is it so hard to really treat me as an innocent little girl?" Zena snorted coldly from her nostrils, interrupting Ludwig's words, "What you said just now is all about expenditure. Now I'll calculate your income. See if your position is hard or not!"

"First, it is donations and subsidies from all walks of life during the war." She extended her first finger, "From the beginning to the end of the war, the condolence groups sent to the war zone by various religious groups in various places have never stopped. Before the establishment of the Mainland Conference, the central government also issued many orders to ask local governments outside the war zone to help you with some funds. Although most of them were walking on the catwalk to create a positive image, they did donate a lot of money and physical objects. According to the number of land I got, they added up to zero, which can be at least equivalent to 80,000 gold coins. In the end, all of these money was in the pocket of you, the speaker of the war zone. The mainland conference I led was not distributed in a copper coin."

"Miss Zena. Over the past year, I have paid all the expenses of the war zone people and guerrillas!" Speaker Ludwig still looked bitter, "It's been a whole year! Eighty thousand gold coins will make hundreds of thousands of people live a year. They will fight again and use them for post-war reconstruction. It's a drop in the bucket!"

"Well, even if you use it for refugee life." Zena waved her hand indifferently, then raised her second finger, "Secondly, during the war, you used the land of the new Eno Auck state as collateral and borrowed many times from the temple of Wokkin, the goddess of trade and wealth goddess, with a total amount of more than 700,000 gold coins!"

"Miss Zena, I have all exchanged the money for arms, and I have placed an order to your home armour factory. Later, I used it all in several wars in Glory City. Have you forgotten?" Ludwig said with great grievance, "And now, it has reached the repayment period on the loan agreement. Not to mention the principal, I can't even get the interest!"

"Hmph, are you really going to pay back the money? I heard that you have moved all the residents of the mortgaged land and waited for the Woking Temple to accept it! Anyway, the land is not worth much after the war, and it is not your own property, so I don't feel sorry for handing it over!" Zena mercilessly exposed Ludwig's small calculations, "And in my ordnance factory, there are a lot of white sticks you have made! Do you want to drag it until you step down?"

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"Third, the war has caused great damage, but it has also made many things lose their masters and become official property. Now the governors of these two states are vacant. You, Ludwig, have the final say on your so-called official property?" Zena raised her third finger, "This national crisis is really awesome! Hehe, I know just that there are two gold mines, six copper mines, six logging farms or salt farms, more than 30,000 hectares of fertile farmland, and countless pastures and real estate. And I don't know more! Even if you sell it at a discount, you can get more than two million gold coins!" Speaking of this, the face of the dark elf female politician was full of envy, and the strong sour smell could be heard in his words.

"Fourth, since the establishment of the Mainland Conference, in order to take care of the soldiers on the front line, I will allocate a lot of military pay to your 6,000 militiamen. It is all real money and no military ticket was added. Before the war, there was a large amount of opening fees, clothing fees and military subsidies, which should have 60,000 gold coins in total! But you have made a salary of national disasters. All of them are 60,000 yuan, and where are the rest?"

"Fifth, due to the influence of the war, in the past two years, the Northern State and New Eno Auck State have not paid any taxes, and they all come to your Speaker's pocket..."

"Sixth, after the armistice, at various stations in the Northern State and New Enoak State. Our army still has a lot of food, cloth, soju and medicinal materials to be transferred to the front line. Don't tell me that you didn't send anyone to receive it!"

As the dark elf female politician sternly sternly scolded each other, Ludwig initially argued a few words. Later, he could only keep wiping his cold sweat with his handkerchief, while Feiri, Charlotte, Renee and other young people were even stunned by the side. Looking at Speaker Ludwig who seemed to be on trial in court, each of them looked in disbelief.

Ludwig's image in Philip's heart has always been quite positive. Since the defeat of the Arctic Port in June last year, the speaker, who was promoted from the front, has led a group of mud legs that have never touched a gun. While working hard with the elite elves on the vast grassland, he tried every means to raise food and daily necessities for displaced refugees, and at the same time had to deal with open and secret arrows from behind. However, at his thirties, he was already tired of his sideburns and his body was so thin that he could blow away with a gust of wind.

After the hard battle in Glory City ended, Feili and others retreated to the rear to rest and spend the winter. However, Ludwig led his troops north, climbing ice and snow with local guerrillas in the snow-covered pine forest, and always active on the front line of fighting with the elves. When others were fighting for the quota in the mainland meeting, Ludwig was carrying a group of subordinates who were short of food and bullets, running away under the fierce attack of the enemy. He endured the most war pressure.

Although he suffered the most and persisted on the front line for the longest time, because he was far from the political center, he did not gain any decent benefits in all the political reshuffles. He was always just a state speaker. In the political arena of the New World Colonial colonies, Ludwig always played the role of a good man who was willing to contribute.

But at this moment, after hearing Zena's accusations. After learning the true face of this good old man, Feili couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook her head. She thought she was already a person with a bad heart. Unexpectedly, compared with the "good old man" Ludwig, his little tricks were already harmless! In addition to the strong shock of his heart, the glorious image of the ancient Taoist warm-hearted and dedicated to the people also collapsed - there is indeed no real good person among the politicians! In front of the dark elf female politician who had lived for more than 500 years, Speaker Ludwig, who was less than one-tenth of the other party, was like an ignorant naughty boy competing with the Paladin. He was beaten to throw away his armor by an incredibly accurate language weapon, and finally collapsed completely. After setting up a soundproof barrier with Karthas, he finally sighed and said the real purpose of the 100,000 gold coins.

It turned out that after the war, the northern state, a long-term turbulent land, suddenly soared in the officialdom, and suddenly changed from a hot charcoal ball to a hot commodity. After the threat of life, politicians found that not only had a large number of unowned industries to embezzle, but also could be exempted from tax payments of at least one or two years as usual. If they could also manage the Arctic Port, they could also make a fortune from customs and fur trade. In this way, Ludwig, the speaker of the two states, became the thorn in the eyes of many greedy people, and they had to be pulled out.

As soon as the armistice treaty between the Naserel Empire and the Elf Kingdom was unveiled, many former Northern State Assemblymen who were evading the war ran back from the comfort of the south, claiming that although Ludwig was successfully re-elected in the election, he served as the speaker of the two states alone, seriously violating the election laws and relevant laws, so he could only be treated as a special case in wartime. Given that peace has been restored, everyone should immediately call the referendum to overturn the election results and drive him back to the New Eno Auck State. It is justified that local members of the local assembly serve as the speaker. Several more radical guys even openly shouted the slogan "The Northern State is the northern state of the people of the Northern State, get out of the New Eno Auck State."

These people were bewitched in the parliament and the public, and seemed to have received support from the southern consortium. In just a few days, they bribed many officials and civil gentry in the northern states. However, Ludwig was on the front line at this time, and the magic communication was interrupted for several days due to technical reasons, and the news was a step late. When the left-behind creditors sent information with the fast horse, the republican proposal had been passed in the parliament, and the voting would begin in less than a week.

This matter is absolutely unanswered!

You should know that in this world, there are only one saints who can purely sacrifice their lives and blood for the country and the people. Ludwig has been climbing ice and snow this year, and fighting with the elves to death. It is not just that one day, he can take over the minerals, forests and other industries that have made a fortune. He has been looking forward to this extra money for a long time. Now he has finally survived until the end of the war, but a group of young people who were squatting behind during the war came to pick fruits. This is called how Ludwig could bear it.

But now that the war has ended, he cannot use military control regulations to restrict these politicians to pick fruits. If he is suppressed by force without voluntarily, he can only be labeled as a rebellious hat. Moreover, the proposal in the referendum has been passed. If Ludwig wants to save the situation, he has to take the legitimate route and strive to canvass in the referendum. Upon hearing this, Zena suddenly asked, "How much is the ordinary ticket this time?"

Ludwig replied with a bitter face, "Two gold coins are one vote."

Zena took a deep breath and asked again, "What is the price of the special ticket?"

Ludwig sighed, "The cheapest 400 gold coins per ticket, the most expensive one is three thousand gold coins per ticket!"

Zena felt very puzzled: "I only had two silver coins at that time. Why did the inflation reach this point now?"

Ludwig spread his hands and his face was full of helplessness: "There is no way, vicious competition!"

When everyone in the conference room heard this amazing price, they immediately whispered in a low voice, with a lot of envy in their words. Only Feili, who was ignorant of the inside, felt confused. Seeing this, Renee leaned over and bit her boyfriend's ear and explained the dark side: "This is the so-called campaign cost..."

It turns out that although the Naseril Empire was a democratic regime, the bribery of elections has been repeatedly banned since its founding. From the election of village chiefs to the election of chief officers, there are more or less power-for-money transactions. The so-called referendum is a game of money-burning - other elections. Since there are only dozens or hundreds of members of parliament voters, most of them can use indirect means of coercion and inducement. However, there are too many voters in referendum, and usually they can only clearly mark the price. The price is so high that it makes it look like an auction official position. The only thing that has improved over the monarchy is that the collection of money has changed from a foolish king to the entire public.

The so-called price of ordinary tickets refers to the money sold by each citizen with voting rights, which is usually a unified price in the entire constituency. The special tickets are the patents of prestigious people among the people. They are either patriarchs, religious leaders, famous beauties, heroes and students. One person can lead a large group of people, and this price fluctuates up and down according to their influence.

According to the local market conditions in recent years, although the referendum prices of all states in the New World are different from time to place, the average ticket is mostly less than half a gold coin, and the special ticket is no more than 2,000 at most. However, this time, the northern states received too much oil and water. The landlords and the consortiums behind them have all made great efforts to pull their teeth and win one blow. In addition, several unscrupulous ticket sellers and scalpers have made such a sky-high price.

As a result, Ludwig suddenly lacked ammunition. Although he had bothered to make money in this year, he deducted some private money from military expenses and relief funds. However, he has always been good at managing finances. He took advantage of the weak real estate market caused by the war and used all of this gray income to purchase houses and shops with appreciation potential in various places, which could not be cashed out for the time being. Therefore, there was not much working capital available on hand, and it was not as good as the new disruptor in terms of burning money.

Due to the tight time, Ludwig had no place to borrow. However, he wanted him to give up and be kicked back to the new Eno Auck State in shame, but he was really unwilling to accept it. In desperation, he had to hold the last glimmer of hope and speak out loudly at Zena, the only rich man around him, hoping that the other party could pull him.

However, although everyone is basically aware of this kind of thing, if they are left to the point of being clearly, no one will feel a little embarrassed. Therefore, Ludwig said a lot of official clichés, hoping that Zena could understand it from it, and then talk about it in detail in private. But he happened to be in a bad mood and did not communicate in advance, which made the two of them wrong. In the end, Ludwig had to break the window paper and say it clearly.

In order to get the much-needed campaign funds, Ludwig made a great ambition in front of everyone and promised to take out a large number of mine manors as a thank-you gift after winning the election. Zena was also a little moved by this - the national crisis is always the most abundant.

But now it is the time of war, and she has limited cash with her. Not to mention 100,000, she can't even make up 10,000 gold coins. If she wrote a check of 100,000 gold coins, no Woking Temple could come up with such a lot of cash at once, and she had to wait ten days and half a month. By then, Ludwig had already put up a bed and went home with a bedding. The election battle did not accept checks or IOUs. This was the iron rule that was passed throughout the empire after many evil politicians used empty accounts to overdraw checks and overdraw elections.

Just as the dark elf female politician was about to give up with regret, Feili suddenly had an idea and stood up from her seat.

"His Excellency Ludwig, Miss Zena." He spoke with a confident smile. "Since you are short of cash around you, why don't you discuss it with someone?"

"You mean those volunteer leaders? That's not possible!" Ludwig shook his head like a rattle. "They came from southern states and probably had some contact with the consortium that came to pick fruits. If we came to the door, they would not only not be willing to borrow money, but they would probably support my opponent in reverse. This road would not work!"

"Even if they are willing to borrow money, will they propose too harsh conditions. Ordinary people will not bring so much heavy cash when they go out. Most of them use traveler checks like me, and they don't have time to ask for money." Zena added, and she also thought it was not feasible to do so. "Even if we raise funds from the entire army now, we can't get 100,000 gold coins of Huang Chengcheng. So although it's a pity, let's just forget it."

"Sorry, I just said it too vaguely. You two seem to be wrong." Faced with the doubts of the two bigwigs, Feili did not retreat, but continued, "There are still a group of people here who have a lot of cash around them, but they will not compete for future returns with us. It depends on whether the two are willing to speak to them."

Everyone looked confused, obviously not understanding what this said. Feili had to point in a certain direction. Although most people were still confused, the dark elf female politician immediately flashed his eyes and then asked with a serious expression.

"Is this a feasible method? How should we borrow from them..."

"It's not a loan, it's a transaction." Feili corrected.

"Trade? But...what are you going to trade? We are here to fight this time, not to do business." Zena was still a little confused.
Chapter completed!