Alien Knights

Huggins' words caused Todd to enter a brief silence. After thinking for a while, the latter said: "From your tone, it seems that you are not optimistic that Emerson can be re-elected?"

Huggins touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm not optimistic, it's just that the situation this time is not optimistic."

Listening to the students not far away who were still sparing no effort to promote the benefits of war, Todd patted the wall of the carriage and said softly: "Go back to the palace first, and hold a dinner tonight for all cabinet members to attend."

Huggins responded, turned his horse's head, and drove the carriage slowly towards the palace on the top of the hill.

The afterglow of the evening sprinkled into the bedroom along the panes, drawing Todd's shadow standing in front of the mirror into a long oblique line.

Pulling the collar around his neck, Todd looked at himself in a formal suit in the mirror, and turned his neck a little uncomfortable.

Huggins, who was standing by the side, waved his hand to make the maids retreat first, and said, "Your Majesty, how is your lunch break?"

Todd, whose body is no longer human, will not have any problems even if he does not eat or sleep for several days. But facing the kindness of his subordinates, he still said: "It's very good. The days of drifting at sea are not very comfortable, and I can lie in bed and sleep well when I come back. This is really a great favor to me."

Hearing this, Huggins said with satisfaction: "That's good, that's good. Your Majesty, with all due respect, the north is a barbaric land after all. When it comes to living conditions and food standards, how can it compare to the rich Mu? What about West City? Moreover, whether it is the cabinet or the Protestant Church, you need to be in command. So, you might as well..."

Seeing that Huggins was going to continue persuading, Todd changed the subject in time.

"When I entered the palace, I found that there were very few servants here, but the number of guards was several times that of when I left. What's going on?"

Huggins gave Todd a look of "you should know": "Your Majesty, you are the only one in the entire royal family of Muxi City! When you left, there was no one else living in the huge palace, so I dismissed you." Most of the servants."

"As for the guards, you should still remember the vaults built under the palace?"

Thinking of the rooms full of gold coins under his feet, Todd, who was a black dragon inside, was actually a little excited: "I remember, what's wrong?"

"During the period of your absence, due to the accelerated economic development of Muxi City, the investment income and financial income have greatly increased, coupled with income such as patent royalties, Your Majesty, your assets have increased by nearly ten times. In order to pile up a large number of Property, I found craftsmen and aliens to expand the original two-story underground space to four floors."

Todd asked with interest: "Then how many gold coins do I have now?"

Huggins rubbed his chin in embarrassment, and said while thinking: "If you only count gold coins, it is about 20 million Jin Xu, which is 200 million silver moons."

"But if you count other valuables such as antiques, gems, and utensils, Your Majesty's wealth may exceed 50 million gold roses."

Seeing Todd's indifferent expression, Huggins mistakenly thought that the other party didn't know what the concept of wealth in this figure was.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to explain a few things. If you want, you can use the wealth to buy the entire Pope; or, if you melt all the coins, you can build a palace exactly like this one. I can do nothing It is no exaggeration to say that you are already the richest person in the world..."

Todd stopped Huggins with a smile: "Okay, I understand what you mean, now I am sitting on a golden mountain, and I will have enough food and clothing for the rest of my life..."

Huggins said helplessly: "In short, Your Majesty, you must find a way to learn how to spend money before the treasury can no longer hold your wealth... Or, you can marry a queen to help you spend money..."

Todd looked back at Huggins as he walked towards the door of the bedroom: "I'm afraid, what you really want to say is the second half of the sentence, right?"

Huggins shrugged, looked around and said, "Don't you think it's too deserted to be alone in such a big palace? You might as well look at me, my fourth child is about to be born ..."

Speaking of the child, Todd suddenly thought of Deirdre who was far away in Froststone City. Calculating the time, the due date was just around the corner.

He secretly decided in his heart that after the matter in Muxi City was settled, it was time to go back and accompany her...

Walking out of the bedroom and stepping into the living room where the dinner was held, Todd's appearance attracted cheers and applause from everyone.

Emerson, Cumberland, Terrence, Joe...

Seeing the familiar faces swarming in, Todd greeted them with a smile, and slowly sat down at the top seat of the table.

"Your Majesty, where have you been all this time?"

"Do you know what's going on in Muxi City now?"

"You're going to stay here, aren't you?"

"Your Majesty, do you know that the people are demanding war?"

Hearing the discussions from the crowd, Todd raised his right hand and gave Huggins a wink.

Huggins took out a bell from his bosom, shook it lightly, and said to the attendants, "Let's begin."

Watching one after another of delicacies being brought to the table, all the participants looked at Todd, who was smiling and said nothing, and gradually calmed down. Everyone looked at each other, decided to temporarily put aside the doubts in their hearts, and began to remain silent.

Todd raised his glass and said to everyone, "To the great Muxi Kingdom."

Everyone raised their glasses: "To the great Muxi Kingdom."

After drinking the wine in his glass, Todd looked at everyone and said, "There are three things for today's banquet. First, I want to hear about the changes in Muxi City during my absence."

Turning his attention to the closest cabinet prime minister, Todd said, "Emerson, go ahead."

Emerson, whose hair was already a little gray, stood up and bowed slightly to the king, and continued, "The Muxi Kingdom is now the most powerful country in the entire parish. The territory of the kingdom is mainly composed of four cities, namely Muxi City, Silver Ring City, Holy Acropolis, and Lonely Rock City, among which Lonely Rock City is nominally managed on behalf of... the kingdom's total population is close to 900,000."

Then came Cumberland, the kingdom's chief military adviser: "There are two resident knights in the kingdom, namely the Muxi Knights and the North Island Knights. People, 1,100 alien fighters. Looking at the entire parish continent, Muxi City is already a well-deserved military power."

Terrence was the third to stand up and said: "Musi University has been officially completed. There are almost 900 professors and assistants, and more than 5,000 students. The subjects cover physics, mathematics, astronomy, engineering, art, etc. Thirty disciplines."

Elijah, who was in charge of urban planning, followed up and said: "Since the completion of Muxi City, it has expanded the city's edge five times. Now, this city has become a large city covering an area of ​​more than 106 square kilometers. The length of the main road that four horse-drawn carriages pass at the same time exceeds 57 kilometers. The city is divided into two large districts, the upper district and the lower district, and each district can be subdivided into commercial districts, residential districts, industrial districts, church districts, In storage areas, port areas and other areas, the number of buildings registered with the planning department has reached 71,640..."

Listening to the participants one after another reporting the city data they have, Todd nodded happily.

After waiting for everyone to report, Todd looked around and said, "Then, let's talk about the second thing—about the election of the cabinet."