With Buffy smiling like this, Coco looked at Ai Luo with a somewhat aggrieved look, stretched out her hand and gently pulled Ai Luo's sleeve and shook it a few times.

Ai Luo naturally understood what this little girl wanted to do, so he immediately straightened his face and said very seriously: "No."

Coco said with a sad expression: "Brother President...please...please go back to the way you were before when you were the only one cooking the food, okay? I promise! I would rather eat less! Really?"

Eat less and save money for the guild! So...don’t let those two guys cook, okay? Please, brother guild leader!”

In response to this request, Ai Luo's face was still so tough. He snorted and flicked his sleeves, saying: "Our guild is a family, and taking turns cooking is an important way for us to connect with each other! And now we are getting busier and busier at work.

, I don’t have time to take care of your food all day long, so cooking your own meals can be considered a form of exercise.”

Coco was about to cry now. She stretched out her hands to grab Ai Luo's wrist again, and the tears in her eyes had already begun to sway: "Brother President~~! Wow... But they... what they did... is really

It’s... it’s too unpalatable!”

Buffy on the side was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Is it delicious? I think it's okay?"

Coco suddenly turned her head away and glared at the flower fairy: "In addition to drinking honey and water all day long, you can only eat some raw vegetables and fruits. No matter how unpalatable this kind of thing can be, how unpalatable can it be?"

After being glared at by Coco, Buffy rolled her eyes in return: "Ji Ji Wai Wai Wai, human beings are so troublesome and have so many requirements for things."

The little necromancer didn't have time to continue arguing with his best friend, and continued to pester Ai Luo and said: "Good brother~~~Please~~~Good brother Ai Luo~~~! Even...even if you

Just make me a bowl of porridge! I won’t mind! Did you know about last time? That guy from Cream caught a big fat worm directly from the Shining Forest out of nowhere and said it was delicious when roasted.

It’s delicious! And more! And that big guy! He can’t cook at all! He just throws all the ingredients into the pot, fills it with water and stews it in one pot, and it’s done after it’s cooked!”

The more she talked, the more pitiful Xiao Keke looked, as if she only had these few demands left in her life. Later, her voice even started to choke: "Brother President...so...

...So...just cook it yourself! Okay? I beg you! I beg you~~~!"

Seeing Coco looking so pitiful now, Ai Luo couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

Alas...poor little sister...if you had not asked for a girly decoration with so many pink decorations, so many dolls and soft lace hearts when you asked to decorate your room, you would have saved a lot.

A sum of money.

Feeling distressed?

Of course it hurts.

While he felt sorry for Coco, Ai Luo also felt even more sorry for his own money. If he didn't express his feelings to these bastard members and ask them to be more busy and stop waiting in the guild all day long to eat their own food, then he would

But he will go crazy!

so……

"What you say is so pitiful... Well, just like Buffy, just eat honey and drink water, and eat some raw fruits and vegetables when you're hungry."

Buffy on the side heard Ai Luo standing on her side and flapped her wings and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes! Coco, the fruits and vegetables cultivated by you humans are really delicious! Compared with the meat you eat, I

I still think honey water tastes better!”

After being flatly rejected, Coco's eyes darkened and she immediately slumped in her seat as if her computer was down.

Especially at this time...

"We are back! President! Look! I caught several echinodermis clams in the forest today! Although these clams look disgusting, their meat is very delicious when roasted!"

"President Ai Luo, don't worry and leave today's dishes to us. I brought so much firewood back, I can definitely cook a big pot!"

Hearing these two voices and seeing the two men returning happily, Coco raised her head suddenly, with a look of extreme despair in her eyes. To be honest, Ai Luo began to feel that Coco was really dead at this time.

The spiritual mage feels terrible.

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Upstairs, in the count's room.

The soldier whispered a few words into the count's ear and then left. Count Ruiying nodded, and the expression on his face became more solemn.

After the soldiers left, Margaux in the inner room also got dressed, got up from the bed, walked slowly behind Count Ruiying, put her hands around his neck and hugged the old man, and said with a smile: "My lord~~

~We are here for a vacation. Why do you still look so hardworking?"

"Oh... I also want to take a good rest."

Earl Ruiying opened the account book in his hand, shook his head while looking at it and said——

"Even if I want to take a vacation, I won't take a vacation for official duties. All I can do now is to adjust myself physically and mentally in a place like this while dealing with these annoying things."

Margot smiled, hugged the count's neck and kissed him gently on the cheek. This naughty little move also made the sad look on Count Ruiying's face melt away a little.

"This is the magic that can make Lord Earl smile~~How about it? Sir, do you think my magic is useful?"

"Hahaha, it's useful, it's somewhat useful. You are really a little goblin."

Earl Ruiying looked at the account book in his hand again. After just two glances, the smile at the corner of his mouth suddenly turned into a sad look: "It's just, if the magic of my little beauty can come to the front line, let those who are on the front line

It would be better if all the soldiers fighting there smiled."

Margo raised her eyebrows slightly and said softly: "Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"Alas...it's not a matter on the front line yet."

Earl Ruiying put down the account book in his hand and said helplessly——

"The front line is fighting, so His Majesty the Emperor requested that all kinds of materials be dispatched to the front line. Once the war starts, money will be like a river that has opened its gates. It will flow away crazily before you see it, and in the end it will only be left to you.

Next dry riverbed."

The old man leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes while Margot massaged himself, and said slowly: "Recently, His Majesty has been asking various lords and soldiers for money and food, and many lords are already suffering terribly. I

This lord is pretty good. Tianhe City is a small city in a peripheral province, so it doesn't ask for soldiers, but the amount of money it asks for is quite large. Now, I almost feel that this year's budget is about to collapse. If this continues

, I will start selling my private collection before the end of this year."

Margot rolled her eyes, gently rubbed Count Ruiying's shoulders, and said slowly: "In other words, the money is not enough? Well... this is indeed a difficult thing to handle."

Rui Ying rubbed his eye sockets and sighed: "Yes... In this world, money is always a difficult thing. Before, I, the Earl, only had a name and no real practice. Now it is not easy to have Tianhe City like this.

A temporary place to stay, but I haven’t even collected the little savings I had at the beginning. In this case, I have to spend money immediately... If I had known, I would not come to this Tianhe City. I don’t have any position. Now this

It’s not my fault to pay the money.”

After saying this, Count Ruiying let out a long sigh again. But Margaux behind him now smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, actually I think... this matter may not have been imagined.

It’s so difficult~~~”

"Oh?" A little doubt appeared on Earl Ruiying's face, "What are your ideas? Tell me about it?"

Margot waved her hand, with a shy look on her face, and said: "How can I be so good at ideas or something like that? I just have a small idea that is not a suggestion."

Seeing that Count Ruiying was waiting for her answer, Margot smiled and began to say: "Since it is all about money, then Your Excellency, Count, you have a good opportunity to make a lot of money now!"

Earl Ruiying: "Where?"

Margot pointed at the floor and said with a smile: "It's right here, in this Pelican Town. You can definitely make a lot of money here~~~"

Seeing that Count Ruiying was still wondering, Margo continued with a smile on her face: "Didn't there be news before that Pelican Town was going to expand? When I visited the town a few days ago, I could see some people in front of it.

To measure the land or something. Since it can be expanded, then this town must have started to become rich? Since everyone has money, then naturally they should donate some to give some warmth to the soldiers on the front line, right?

?”

Earl Ruiying tilted his head and thought for a moment, then slapped his thigh and said, "You mean... you want me to tax you?"

Margot clapped her little hands gently and said: "The Earl is really so smart! I just thought about it, and the Earl can immediately understand what should be done!"

Although there was a way to bring in money, Earl Ruiying quickly shook his head and said: "Taxation... although it is indeed possible. Pelican Town is nominally under the jurisdiction of Laohu City, and Viscount Norris of Laohu City

We know each other, and we have a good relationship. If the tax is really implemented now, he should have no objection... But Margaux, do you think that doing this is tantamount to directly robbing this town? This town
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