After returning from Aaliyah's place, Chen Xing suddenly remembered that the No. 89 Citizen Cemetery where Su Xuefei was located was too dilapidated and planned to ask the finance department to allocate a sum of money for repairs.

Although he put all the responsibility on Ricardo, in fact, he was very self-blame in his heart. He didn't treat others well when he was alive, and what he did after death would be a drop in the bucket, but if you can do something, it will count...

So he asked Lao K to call the Minister of Finance and ask him to allocate 10,000 gold coins.

The Finance Minister hesitated a little, "Prime Minister, we can pay for this money, but, but..."

He hesitated to speak, looking like he was in a dilemma. Chen Xing couldn't help but frown, and said with some displeasure, "It's not straightforward to allocate 10,000 gold coins. Are your finances so tight?"

"No, it's not..." The finance minister waved his hand quickly, but in the second half of the sentence, he began to hesitate again, "It's just, it's just..."

"It's just what!" Chen Xing became impatient and raised his voice, "If you have any questions, just ask, don't act like a woman!"

The finance minister was trembling with fear. He took out his handkerchief and repeatedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Prime Minister, I, I..." He held it in for a long time, and finally said it out under Chen Xing's increasingly darker face, "

I am a subject of the Red Dragon Principality..."

This sentence seemed to be wrong and the answer was wrong, but Chen Xing immediately woke up.

He is the Prime Minister of the Northern Alliance, not the Prime Minister of the Red Dragon Principality.

The feudal enfeoffment system has the most famous saying: "The vassals of my vassals are not my vassals." This means that although the Red Dragon Principality is a vassal state of the Northern Alliance, Alia, as the lord of the Northern Alliance, has no right to govern the vassal state.

Officials can only issue orders through the Red Dragon Grand Duke.

Not even Aaliyah has this power, nor does Chen Xing, who was given the power by her.

Therefore, the Finance Minister of the Red Dragon Principality has the right to refuse Chen Xing's request. But after all, he is a superior. Even if he refuses, he dare not say it openly. Besides, ten thousand gold coins is not a large amount. It is just that the teacher has no name and cannot keep accounts.

Thinking a little deeper, Chen Xing suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very important thing.

That is, the situations of Aaliyah and Trilis are completely different.

Trillis's southern government sits on the Ice Blue City and has a directly governed Golden Powder Port. Although most of the fiscal revenue will be used to raise the Dragon Scale Guards and the Imperial City Guards, both places are very wealthy. One is

The Millennium Imperial Capital, the other is the largest port in the kingdom, with rich tax revenue. Excluding military expenses, there is more or less a surplus.

Alia's Northern Alliance is a wandering government that has no territory at all and lives in a vassal country.

Although Cuilisi made a mess and turned the Ice Blue City into a mess and everyone was in danger. When Chen Xing took over, the government was in a state of semi-paralysis and the economy was in a mess. However, with the help of Aqiaomu's black prison troops to purge the old power dignitaries,

She collected a large amount of property and enriched her small treasury.

But Aaliyah can't do this. Even if she wants to kill the goose to retrieve the eggs and cleanse the dignitaries of Dragon City, it will be the Red Dragon Grand Duke who will do it, and the profits will belong to the Maris family.

What's more, the dignitaries in Lizard City are far less rich than the dignitaries in Ice Blue City. They amass wealth in the center of power, and the wealth they accumulate is not of the same level at all.

In comparison, Aaliyah's Northern Alliance is extremely poor. Although the vassal country pays regular tributes, this is a time of war. The economies of various countries have been affected to varying degrees, and tax revenue has dropped significantly. Moreover, she also expects the vassal country to send troops.

Those who contributed to fight for her. War only burns money, so we can't expect them to pay much tribute.

"I'm sorry, it was my lack of consideration. You should go back first." Chen Xing rubbed his brows and said. Even if he is the Prime Minister who is inferior to one person but superior to ten thousand people, he must admit when he has made a mistake, otherwise he will not be able to convince the public.

"Prime Minister, it's actually no problem for us to contribute this money. Even if it's just me, or I can find a few friends to chip it in, it's no problem," the finance minister said flatteringly.

Chen Xing waved his hand and refused, "Thank you for your kindness, I will solve it."

The finance minister wanted to say something else, but Chen Xing ordered him to be kicked out. "If there is any need in the future, I will come to you. I still have things to do, so you should go back first."

Although the other party has good intentions, as the Prime Minister of the Northern Alliance, he cannot owe a favor for a mere 10,000 gold coins.

"Yes, yes." The finance minister nodded and bowed and walked out.

After the other party left, Chen Xing thought about it carefully and found that the situation was worse than he expected. In the entire Northern Alliance, not to mention a bunch of bureaucrats like Ice Blue City, there were only a few people available.

Lacey and Yeyang Bailiu can only be counted as half.

In addition to being the chief of guards of the Northern Alliance, Lacey is also the eldest princess of the Red Dragon Principality.

Ye Yang Bailiu has two identities, one is the great priest of the Northern Alliance, and the other is the branch president of the Iron Sisters.

No matter in terms of interests, emotions, or responsibilities, they cannot fully serve the Northern Alliance, so they can only be counted as half.

Then there are the Princess Guards.

According to Chen Xing's memory from his previous life, the Princess Army is an idol group composed of a group of beautiful girls, and its viewing effect is greater than its actual combat effect.

You have to be young, you have to be beautiful, and you have to have a certain amount of talent. These three conditions are already harsh enough. If you add in administrative ability, you probably won't be able to recruit people.

Faced with the current situation of the Northern Alliance, Chen Xing was so worried that he didn't sleep well all night. He woke up Margulies, the intern secretary of the Prime Minister's Office, early in the morning and rushed to the Guard's Camp to convene a meeting with personnel.

"Margulies, starting from tomorrow, you will stay at the guard's office as an intern." Chen Xing ordered halfway.

"Master, why do you keep kicking me around!" Margulies said with some dissatisfaction, "Before, I was an intern in the Staff Department, yesterday I was an intern secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, today I am an intern in the Guards Department, and tomorrow I will be an intern in the Security Department.

Where are you going to kick me?"

"Isn't this because I value you~" Chen Xing coaxed, "You are one of the people I trust most. Wherever there are difficulties, you will be needed."

"Really!" "When did master lie to you?"

Under Chen Xing's coaxing, Margulies was filled with joy and happily agreed to change departments.

Since Lacey went to Wuwuxu to take over the territory, and Yeyang Bailiu was dealing with the internal affairs of the Great Holy Church, both of them were away, so Ye Yangqingyan, the head of the logistics guard, was responsible for receiving him.

When she saw him again after an absence of half a year, Ye Yangqingyan acted a little coy, her eyes flickered, and she did not dare to look directly into his eyes.

The other party had broken up with him before, and even said a very classic saying, "I didn't expect you to be such a person." It would be strange if it wasn't embarrassing.

Chen Xing called Ye Yangqingyan to him, stared at her with squinted eyes for a while, and said, "Let's have a meeting today, and I'll settle the score with you later."

Ye Yang Qingyan did not dare to look into his eyes, lowered her head, nodded obediently, then twisted her buttocks and went to notify the female officers at the guard office.

Since the Guard's Office is a military camp, everyone lives here, and it didn't take long for everyone to arrive.

They all looked like they had just finished washing up, with blurry eyes. It seemed that the guards were usually pampered masters who had more money and less work.

However, these female officials were still very polite when they saw Chen Xing, saying "Good morning, Prime Minister~" and bowing at 90 degrees, with a very enthusiastic attitude.

In the conference room, Chen Xing sat at the top of the table, flanked by Ye Yang Qingyan, the chief of the logistics guard, Lan Xueqi, the messenger of Qianzhu, Ryoko Ito, the medical officer, the twins Hitomi Shiraishi and Ying Shiraishi, and the newly appointed interns from the guard department.

Margulies.

"Today's cabinet meeting of the Northern Alliance is held to understand the organizational structure of the Northern Alliance and to arrange future work." Chen Xing announced.

Probably because they were used to leisure, except for Margulies, the women in the guard's office all looked confused when they looked at me.

Seeing that several women did not understand, Chen Xing asked about the affairs that each of them was usually responsible for.

The result is that if you don’t ask, you won’t know, but if you ask, you will be shocked.

Bai Shitong and Bai Shiying were not officers, but they were called to make up the numbers because they knew Chen Xing, so that the conference table would not look empty.

Ryoko Ito is a military doctor in the Guards Department. She usually adjusts the diet and performs physical examinations on the girls to ensure their health and beauty.

As a logistics officer, Ye Yangqingyan is even more extreme. Apart from playing with cars, he occasionally takes everyone out to eat, drink and have fun, and knows nothing about politics.

Lan Xueqi is a little better and has a more stable personality, but the scope of her job is very small. She is to convey the orders of the Northern Princess. To put it bluntly, she is just a messenger.

After working on it for a long time, it turned out that they were just a group of little girls who were just having fun, just like the canaries raised in the royal garden. They didn't know anything about the internal affairs of the Northern Alliance.

If they have any merit, it is that they are generally young and beautiful, and have strong publicity capabilities. Also, with the investment of the Northern Princess regardless of cost, all kinds of precious materials can be obtained as requested, so all of them are strong.

Not vulgar.

But it is a bit unconventional to ask these pretty girls to go to the battlefield. Compared with the general army, the Princess Guards are more like an incubation pool for future strong men.

Perhaps in the near future, a group of strong men from the holy realm will be born among them, even legends, but for now, it is just a department that burns money and does not work.

Chen Xing asked how much money was left in the Northern Alliance's treasury. Ye Yangqingyan couldn't tell clearly. The person in charge of the money was the chief of the bodyguard.

Lacey gave her a fixed amount of expenses every month based on the number of people in the guard department, as well as the evolution potions and undercurrent relics in the material warehouse, as well as various valuable vehicles and military supplies.

Ye Yangqingyan is a typical moonlighter who spends all his monthly budget. Chen Xing visited the garage and dormitory and found that they were all luxuries.

Even Margulies, who was born as a noble lady, was a little surprised that some things were used better than hers.

Not to mention the various top luxury cars in the garage, each person has seven or eight sets of custom-made military uniforms, shoes, and accessories from world-famous brands, specially customized by West Africa Pharmaceuticals.

Not to mention the skin care products, even the daily mouthwash cups, toothbrushes, and even sanitary napkins are all customized by famous brands and printed with the small logo of the guard office, which can be said to be extremely luxurious.

Compared with the rustling grass in Su Xuefei's cemetery, it really feels like the stench of rich wine and meat, and the feeling of freezing to death on the road.

There was no way, there was no one in charge among this group of people, so Chen Xing had to ask them to bring the holographic projector to the conference room and let Lacey participate in the meeting.

When asked about the financial situation of the Northern Alliance, Lacey spread her hands and said just two words, "No money!"

The reason is that all the donations from various countries have been used to support the Princess Guards, and there is no surplus in the treasury. Chen Xing estimates that Lacey is corrupt. No matter how extravagant the Princess Guards are, there are only more than 200 people. It is impossible.

Offerings from the four principalities of Red Dragon, Black Feather, Silver Claw and Water Weasel.

Lacey most likely used the money to support her Second Red Dragon Army. In addition, Ye Yang Bailiu may also participate in it and get a share of the pie to help support her own Steel Sisters.

But he couldn't do anything about these two big corrupt officials. Unlike Aqiaomu, they could grab each other's pigtails and scrape oil hard. They were not only important ministers of the Northern Alliance, but also had their own forces behind them. Unlike Aqiaomu, they could only

Dependent on Cuilisi. Once it loses power, it can only be slaughtered by others.

After some talking, Chen Xing learned that the Northern Alliance currently has only two sources of income.

One is the tribute from the vassal country, but as Lacey said, they are all used to raise the Princess Guards.

Another option is to let Aaliyah go hunting in the zero area to help supplement expenses. Last time, because the Red Dragon Third Army failed to attack Chiyan, she was burdened with a heavy pension, so Aaliyah had to find a way to solve it on her own.

But the last time she came back, Aaliyah was injured. Although it was not serious, just some superficial injuries, she also recovered for a period of time.
To be continued...