Facing Xia Ping's words, Xu Qianya suddenly wiped her tears, stood up, and then solemnly bowed and said softly: "My godmother, it is my luck, Xu Qianya, to have a mother like you.
Know what I should do."
"Qianya, you are such a good child." Xia Ping felt relieved to see her like this.
"Godmother, I won't be wary of you in the future. I will do my best to be a good king." Xu Qianya promised.
"Qianya, I believe you." Xia Ping nodded vigorously.
"Godmother, do you think it's okay for me to replace the palace manager now?" Xu Qianya asked.
"Because she said I am here to control you and ask you to do what the church wants?" Xia Ping asked.
"Yeah!" Xu Qianya nodded.
"Then do you have your own thoughts on some things?" Xia Ping asked.
"I...I think her heart is towards me, but...but she obviously wants to use her current status to obtain greater benefits. She knows that you cannot be replaced, so she can only alienate you, at least to make me distrust you.
." Xu Qianya thought.
"Since you think she can be used by you, then use her. Everyone has their own ideas and thoughts, but the most important thing is that you have to control yourself and make good use of everyone. This
That's the key. After all, no one is perfect. Everyone has shortcomings. Using your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses is what you must do as a king's servant. Of course, I'm not qualified to tell you about this, but at least this is my understanding."
When Xia Ping was talking, she couldn't help but think of Lin Haoming. The Demon Lord seemed to use people like this.
"I understand, then tell me, what should we do about the current situation in Xu State? Xu State is too poor." Xu Qianya asked.
"What do you think?" Xia Ping asked.
"Although the Xu State has good war horses, it lacks food, the land is barren, and the winter is too cold. However, the church collects taxes and the nobles collect taxes. The Xu State is too short of money. I plan to reduce taxes, but only reduce the taxes of the nobles. Those people will definitely not be willing. If
The church is willing to take the lead in reducing taxes." Xu Qianya looked at Xia Ping, obviously hoping that Xia Ping would help.
Xia Ping looked at this little girl and couldn't help but laugh and said: "You kid, don't you have your own ideas? Do you want the church to also get tax cuts?"
"Yes, godmother, is that okay?" In fact, Xu Qianya deliberately acted coquettishly towards Xia Ping at first, with the intention of getting closer to her and hoping for her help. However, she did not expect that Xia Ping would say those words.
She was completely moved.
"Qianya, although you are young, you already have the potential to be an excellent king. Of course you can do this. At least I can discuss with the archbishop to reduce the local church tax by part." Xia Ping thought that Huang Feilong was a pragmatic and capable archbishop.
I believe that this matter must be discussed, and the Xu State incident is too big, and now is the time to stabilize the situation, so I believe that the church will not be too harsh.
"Really, Godmother, thank you!" After hearing this, Xu Qianya was also overjoyed. After all, the church has always only increased taxes, and has almost never heard of tax reductions.
"You kid, you are actually much more mature than I thought. You will be a good queen!" Xia Ping praised again.
The next day Xu Qianya followed Xia Ping to meet Huang Feilong.
Regarding the tax reduction, Huang Feilong also had a plan. When Xia Ping came to lobby, Huang Feilong agreed. However, it was impossible to reduce taxes for a long time and could only reduce part of the tax for ten years.
Although it was still a little short of what she wanted, Xu Qianya was still satisfied.
After leaving, Xia Ping knew that the queen had directly summoned several of the most powerful nobles in the Xu Kingdom.
July Witches.
"The State of Xu really made a sixteen-year-old girl the queen. I don't know if the national fortune of the State of Xu has arrived. The State of Chu borders Xu State to the north. The King of Chu has always coveted the war horses of the State of Xu!" Zhou Qingyao mentioned it in the meeting.
this matter.
"That child is very unusual. She relies on the church in exchange for tax cuts from the church, and then uses this to force the nobles to reduce taxes, so that the people can rest and recuperate. It's hard to imagine that she is just a sixteen-year-old girl."
Xia Ping thought about what happened in the past half month, and felt more and more that Xu Qianya was really a capable king.
"Oh! If so, Witch Xia, I suggest you develop her into a member of our Demon Lord Association!" Zhou Qingyao signaled.
"It's still early. There's no need for the moment. There's already Witch Xia over there. We'll talk about it when necessary!" Lin Haoming spoke up.
"Okay, sir!" Xia Ping breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. She didn't want to be controlled by this child. She wanted to see how far this child could go.
"The civil war in Kang will definitely require war horses. Witch Xia, how about I send people to Xu State to purchase war horses?" Dai Xiuying suddenly asked.
"Xu State also needs money, so it is naturally the best. However, Chu State is worried about Xu State becoming bigger and has been restricting Xu State's war horses from going out. Moreover, the road from Xu State to Kang State is long, and it is easy for something to happen on the way." Xia Ping was a little worried.
said.
"This is easy, Qiu Witch, we can cooperate, I will ensure smooth passage from Chu to Zhou." Zhou Qingyao took the initiative.
"Okay, I'll be responsible for the transportation." Dai Xiuying promised.
The day after the Witches' Association ended, Dai Xiuying found Li Wei's daughter, Li Yuechan.
"Mother, what you said is true. Have you really opened up the horse transport road from Xu State to our side?" Li Yuechan was a little surprised when she heard Dai Xiuying's words.
Li Yuechan is Li Wei's youngest daughter. She has good qualifications and high cultivation. Although she is not young yet, she is less than 600 years old and is already at the peak of the second level wizard. She also has a pivotal position in the Li family, although she is older than Dai Xiuying.
She is much older, but Dai Xiuying is her stepmother.
As Li Wei's daughter, Li Yuechan looked down on her brothers, all of whom had no abilities. If her father died, the Li family's status as the richest businessman in Dai would come to an end, so she preferred herself to others.
Inheriting the family business, of course, it is not appropriate for a woman to inherit the family business, so she did not marry outside, but found an honest and friendly man as her son-in-law.
Dai Xiuying asked her to handle the business last time, and this time he approached her again.
Li Yuechan knew the business opportunities in this. If Xu, Chu, and Zhou could all pass through, then half of the continent would be unimpeded. Then the Li family would not be the richest man in Dai, but a wealthy family that could be counted in the Harvest Continent.
Thinking of this, Li Yuechan also wanted to give it a try. Although she herself also doubted why Dai Xiuying would do this. Although she said that Marquis An stayed behind, she still doubted it. It's just that such an opportunity is really rare. If she misses it,
, she herself would not be willing to do so.
When Li Wei knew about this, he also realized that something was wrong, but his daughter wanted to give it a try. Although he suspected that there was something wrong, he still agreed. Anyway, he was old and didn't know anything. It was his daughter who was really in trouble.