The result of this discussion can be said to be a happy one, and everyone returned with a satisfied smile.

After everyone left, Ella relaxed, and said with a smirk to Lucis: "If they knew that we were going to talk to them about the prescription, I'm afraid they wouldn't be happy now."

Originally, it was impossible for the prescription for treating malaria to stay in Sathya and not give it out. They have always pretended to be unwilling to negotiate with the outside world, and they just wanted to increase the value of the bargaining chip. In fact, of courseWe still have to talk about it.

Now Ella asks Lucis to agree to the negotiation, and Lucis shows no affection, and when he sends someone to talk to the mission, Sathya will take the lead, soAs soon as the missions from other countries came, they would have to accept the offer from Sathya, and they would worry that if their side did not let go, the Sathya would follow suit and stop talking to them.

They had already seen how reckless that Sathya king was.

And Sathya, the left prime minister, was born as the Minister of Finance, and he attaches great importance to money and interests. It is basically impossible to gain the upper hand from him in a passive situation.

After such an operation, it is difficult for Sathya to make a steady profit.

After Ella finished speaking, she remembered that she had just offered to go to the wedding.

She actually regrets it now. She didn’t think too much about it when she brought it up, but now that she thinks about it, the women in the wedding are all noble women from other countries. They want to stay in Sathya to get married, and the missions have to wait for them to get married before leaving.And I had promised Lucis before, not to run out until the mission left.

This is mainly for her own sake. Everyone present knows that she is going to attend the wedding. Who knows if they will secretly do something to deal with her.

But she couldn't go back on her word: "It shouldn't be a problem for me to go to the wedding, right?" At worst, she just needs to bring more people to protect herself.

Lu Xisi was worried about her going out, no matter how many guards he brought, he said, "I'll accompany you."

Ella opened her mouth to refuse, feeling a little overwhelmed and unsafe: "Didn't you say that the capital is very chaotic these days, and there are many people who want your life? You should not go."

Ella once heard Tetis and others say that Lucis was often assassinated, even after she came to Shadia, she met twice (the temple priestess and the snake lady), although the perpetrators were executedIt seemed that things had calmed down in the last period of time, but those assassinations in the past were not only carried out by Percybson, but also many forces from abroad were secretly planning to take the life of the king. After all, Shadi Yatai was powerful.This king is too sharp and unfriendly to other countries. In addition, he has no descendants, and there are almost no members of the royal family who are successful. If he can be killed, then Sathya will inevitably be in chaos or even fall apart immediately.This is something that many people would love to see.

Ella heard from Tetis that when Lucis went out, she even encountered several times of assassination in the street. Although nothing happened in the end, she could see the danger in it.

So when there are people from all sides in the capital, Ella really doesn't want him to go with her.

But just because of the danger, Lucis is even more unlikely to let her go by herself: "We can go together so that I can feel at ease."

Ella persuaded a few more words, but Lucis insisted and refused to let go at all, so she had no choice but to give up, thinking that when the time came, she could only go and come back quickly, and don't stay outside for too long.

The news that several noble families in Sathya were going to marry noble daughters from Kata and several other dependent countries spread quickly among the noble circles in the royal capital. At first, others wondered why they were going to get married all of a sudden.It is better to marry a foreign noble daughter, but when they heard that His Majesty the King personally agreed to the marriage, everyone thought it was His Majesty's intention, and no one thought about it any further.

Several nobles are busy choosing a suitable wedding date. They all want to set the date as soon as possible. On the one hand, they are competing with each other, and they all want to be the first to invite Her Royal Highness. On the other hand, they also want to considerThe bride is a noble girl from outside, so the wedding date should be set earlier, so that the mission from their country can also stay and attend the wedding, so as to save face for the bride, otherwise, the number of guests on the woman's side will not look good when the mission leaves.

However, this date cannot be chosen randomly. In the customs of Sathya, the wedding date is usually set by asking the priests for help, so even if they want to grab the first one, they have to consider whether it is suitable or not.

At the same time, it takes time for them to prepare for the wedding. No matter how early they try to make the wedding look too hasty and lose face, it is easy to be chewed by others.

These aristocrats are also very measured. Before the wedding date was confirmed and Ella's consent was issued before the invitation was issued, none of them revealed that Ella would come to the wedding, in case there was any change.The news is the most well-informed, and everyone knows how important the silver-haired princess is now. Because of the recent changes in Sathya, other countries are so jealous that they are about to bleed. If you spread the news rashly, something will happen, Your MajestyThe first one will not spare them.

The more they thought about it, the more worried they became. In the end, they didn't even say anything about it until Her Royal Highness agreed. They also paid more attention to the safety of the guards on the day of the banquet.

At the same time, other missions also discovered that the ambassadors of these missions were in contact with the left prime minister of Sathya, and they were talking about the malaria prescription that they wanted very much but had no progress. As soon as the news came out, the other missions immediatelyWhen approached Prime Minister Zuo, he was flattering and pretending to be pitiful and asked why Sathya was only willing to talk to those countries. Their countries also wanted the prescription, and they were willing to meet Sathya's request just like the other party.

It’s not that they don’t know that rushing to beg Sathya will make them pay more, but Sathya has always been unwilling to talk about it. Now that King Sathya’s birthday is over, these peopleThe mission can't stay in Sathya for too long, if it doesn't seize the opportunity, it may really return empty-handed.

Moreover, they privately approached Kata and several other missions who were already discussing this matter for advice, knowing that this time it was because of the princess who spoke that King Sathya reluctantly agreed, although they felt that there was some drama involved.ingredients, but what if King Sathya changes his mind later and no longer talks with other countries.

So now that they finally see the opportunity, they are of course anxious.

The nobles were discussing marriages, and the missions were busy discussing prescriptions with Sathya. Everyone had their own concerns. Naturally, no one noticed that a small clerk in charge was executed for committing a crime.up.

This vicious incident caused by one person's selfishness was solved so quietly, and believe that the parties involved will not talk about it in the future.

Ella also finally received their wedding invitation.

The time they set was really early, all of them were between half a month to a month ago, and the dates were chosen very close, which meant that Ella had to take Lucis to attend the wedding banquet for several days in a row.

Since she agreed, it would be hard to miss the appointment, and she gave a positive answer, saying that she would attend on time.

When the former princess of the harem got married, although Ella didn't go out to attend the wedding, she was familiar with the general process, and she didn't plan to participate in the whole process, so she had to go to the woman's residence early in the morning to watch the man pick up the brideThen follow the bride and groom to the man's home to attend the wedding banquet. The whole process takes too long, and she is not a relative or friend of the two parties, so there is no need to do this at all.

So Ella only intends to reveal herself at the luncheon, and then come back after having a meal and giving a gift.

After confirming the time of the banquet, Ella will also start preparing for the gift giving.

Ordinary civilians who get married and participate in weddings only need to bring some money with them, but the nobles and the merchant class are different. Only giving money as a gift will be considered perfunctory to the people holding the wedding, and some valuable gifts must be prepared.

There is no need to worry too much about this. Ella opened her storage room, planning to dig through a few sets of unused jewelry and give them away.

It's been a long time since she came to the storage room to count all her belongings, and when she opened the door, she realized that the room was almost full.

"His Royal Highness has more and more things, and there is really no room for them here, so I decided to move some of them to the room on the other side of the bedroom. His Royal Highness's clothes and jewelry are all placed here. If you want to find others, you have to go to another room."Take it aside."

Oh, it turned out to be full.

There will be a small room on both sides of the bedroom for the owner of the bedroom to store things. Originally, Ella could only occupy one room, and the other room belonged to another bedroom, but no one lived in this area except her.With her current status, she wanted to occupy all the sleeping halls in this area, and no one would say anything.

By the way, the other room is almost full, and what makes it more and more full is the gold and silver earned by Ella, because there are no institutions such as banks and banks, so there is no place to save money.So her income can only pile up there more and more.

In fact, most of Ella's jewelry was given to her by Lucis. Sometimes Ella felt that Rusis treated her like a dress-up doll, and he liked to give her clothes and jewelry every now and then, and among themThe most precious ones were designed by himself and custom-made by craftsmen.

Although it is hard to understand why a king who has never had contact with the opposite sex would have such a hobby, Ella thinks that Lucis is a little cute in this regard, so she accepts all the jewelry that Lucis sends, and thenZhuantou also designed a bunch of armbands and bracelets for the craftsmen to give to him. This is not a reciprocal gift for them, but a kind of fun.

Recently, Ella even drew a pattern and asked the craftsman to make a few finger rings for Lucis to wear. They are beautiful and practical. She believes that Lucis will like them after receiving the gift. Unfortunately, there seems to be no jade in this land.exists, so the wrench can only be made from antlers.

Of course, Ella would not give the jewelry designed by Lucis herself as a gift. She chose the jewelry that she bought from merchants and she hadn't used it yet.The material is sufficient, and it is heavy to hold in the hand, and it is also suitable to be given as a gift.

But Ella didn't just take it casually, she still remembered the appearance of those noble girls, and she picked styles that suited them.

However, the original jewelry box was also provided by the businessman, and the quality was average. She asked the maids to get a few better quality ones, packed the jewelry, and waited to bring them to the wedding in a few days.

Pretending to be dressed, she suddenly thought: "Lucis is going too, does he need to bring a gift?"

Everyone is not surprised that the princess always calls His Majesty by his name in private. The rules of the Sathiya people are actually not that particular, especially after the relationship between the man and the woman is established, if they do not call each other more intimately, it will make outsiders feelTheir relationship is not so good.

Tetis replied: "It depends on your Majesty's mood."

The fact that His Majesty the King can attend their wedding is the best gift for the wedding host, and other things are secondary, but of course they will be happier if there are gifts.

When saw Lucis later, Ira raised her mouth and asked him if he wanted to prepare something.

Then Lucis, who was very busy, asked Wadiye to take her to the royal private treasury to help him choose.

The things in the storage room belonging to Lucis next to the king's bedroom are not suitable. They are all things that Lucis uses every day. Many of them bear the royal mark, which cannot be used by ordinary people, and are not suitable for giving as gifts.

He also asked Wadia to prepare a spare key for Ella: "You take the key, and it will be more convenient to find it yourself if you need anything in the future."

This royal private treasury is actually the king's own small treasury, and there is a separate treasury in the harem. Generally speaking, even after marriage, the queen can only manage the treasury of the harem, and the master of the harem is not allowed to do this without authorization.Managed royal private treasury.

As we all know, the king of Sathya is the richest person on the entire continent of Feiluo. The wealth in this private treasury inherited from the royal family for several generations can even exceed the treasury of Sathya.

Rusis asked Wadia to give Ella the key, which meant that she was allowed to enter and exit the royal private vault to use the contents at will, which meant that she really trusted her completely.

This trust is really too precious. If Ella didn't have a magic ring, she would be afraid of what would happen if she accidentally dropped the key.

When she took the key, Ella said: "That's right, I'll put my things in later. More and more gold coins have been sent recently, and I can't fit them in the storage room."

Sathya originally did not have its own currency system, but the former Minister of Finance who was promoted to Prime Minister Zuo proposed to create their own currency system, and also came up with several new currency styles. After Lucis agreed,This new currency is now officially used in Sathya.

In the past, silver was very valuable in Sathia. At the earliest time, the exchange rate with gold was 1:2, so many merchants from the Miou continent were willing to bring silver coins here to exchange for gold and bring them back, earning enough profits.Now this ratio has dropped a lot, but for this reason, it is at the level of 1:5, which is still too high compared to the 1:10 exchange rate on the Miou continent. However, the conditions of the two continents are different. The current exchange rate isThere won't be much change.

The style of the new coin is also very simple. On the obverse is Lucis's profile title—although that crude profile avatar has nothing to do with his appearance except that it is a human figure—and on the reverse is the royal emblem of Sathya.

Such gold coins, Ella, have been stored in several large boxes now, and if they are put down, her storage room will really not be able to fit them.

Thinking of the ashes in the money, Ella, who was about to leave, turned back and said to Lucis, "It's useless to leave the money anyway, do you want to consider opening a bank or something like that?"

Hearing that she had a new idea, Lucis put down the document in his hand: "What is that?"

"A place primarily used for currency exchange, deposits and lending."

Ella explained a little bit: "People can deposit money in it, and give small interest according to the time of deposit, and then the deposited money can be lent to those in need to repay the loan within a time limit, and their interest will also be charged.This is different from those merchants who lend usury, and the interest rate is much lower."

Although there are no such institutions as Qianzhuang Bank at this time, there will always be unscrupulous businessmen who lend usury.

Lu Xisi thought about her words carefully, and felt that this was indeed a good proposal, but there were still many problems: "Then how do you make people feel at ease to deposit money in the bank? How do you make people who borrow money pay back?"What about the money? What if they borrow the money and run away?"

Aila said: "It's not just that people can borrow money just by borrowing money. Of course, they must be strictly reviewed to make sure they have the ability to repay the loan, and then let them mortgage the corresponding loan before they can borrow money."

"As for how to make them deposit with peace of mind, shouldn't that be something that the people who set up the bank should think about? But if I really want to say it, letting the state come forward should be more reassuring than a private bank."

"And if banks can be established and opened everywhere, then everyone will not need to carry so many coins when going out. Just put the money in the bank and go to another place to withdraw it, which can save a lot of trouble.Yes, I think as long as the bank can give them enough protection, many businessmen should be willing to deposit their money in the bank."

Nowadays, businessmen have to run around outside to do business. This road is not an ordinary danger. Even if they are at home, they have to pay attention to being approached by thieves and robbers, so if there is a sufficiently secure organization that can help themBusinessmen will definitely be tempted to keep their property.

As for an institution like a bank, it is very easy to make money from money when it is backed by the state.

Lucis was thoughtful: "I'll go back and discuss with the ministers to see if it's feasible. If you have time, help me write a specific plan."

Aila thought about not going out of the palace recently, and she really had nothing to do, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, I will write for you when I get back."

She followed Wadiye to the royal private treasury. This was her first visit. When she discovered that Wadiye was walking down with it, she realized that the royal private treasury was actually built underground.

The palace is a two-story tall building, but there are some buildings underground, but Ella has never been underground, and no one else will take her there, because it is used to store items except for the private warehouse and warehouseOutside of the cellar, only the dungeon was built underground, and none of these three places was where Ayla would go in the past.

The gate of the private treasury is a huge stone gate, and it takes seven or eight soldiers guarding the gate to open it at the same time.

Although there is no light in this place day and night, there are ventilation holes inside, so even if it is not opened all year round, the air inside can still be circulated, which doesn't mean much.

The soldiers who went in first lit the lights in the private warehouse, and when the fire was lit, the entire private warehouse was exposed to everyone's eyes.

Not to mention Ella, even Tetis and the others came here for the first time. In their imagination, His Majesty's private treasury should be full of gold, silver and jewels like hills, and there are golden and shining everywhere, which can be seen at a glance.The kind that blinds people.

In fact, although there are indeed piles of gold, silver and jewelry here, they are all well stored in boxes and shelves, without any pearly shine, but rather dull.

"What would you like to see first, Your Highness the Princess?"

Not long ago, Wadiye heard that His Majesty asked him to hand over the key of the private treasury to Ayla. At this time, he was still in shock. He was also in charge of managing the palace since the time of the first emperor, and he knew very well that His Majesty's brotherWhen the first emperor was in power, not to mention the royal private treasury, even the treasury of the harem was not handed over to the queen for management. In contrast, His Majesty really paid too much attention to the princess, which made him, who is so used to the world, secretly feel guilty.At the same time, he became more and more aware that he must be as respectful and cautious in front of the princess as he was treating his majesty.

Ella didn't know the twists and turns in his mind. She thought that since she had prepared a gift for the bride, Lucis would prepare it for the groom.

So he asked, "Is there anything suitable for the groom? Jewelry amulets or something like that."

Most of the jewelry worn by men in Sathya is amulets, and you can't go wrong with these things.

Wadiye was very aware of the situation in the private treasury, so he nodded and said: "Yes, your Highness, wait a moment."

He took down a bunch of keys from the wall, and Ella noticed that there were many keychains hanging on the front. It seemed that the keys from different areas were hung separately.

With the keys in hand, Wadia took Ella to find what she needed.

This private treasury is really big, double the size of the multi-pillared hall by visual inspection, and it is also supported by tall stone pillars inside. It looks like an enlarged version of the multi-pillared hall as a whole, except that the throne is missing.high tower.

When he arrived at the place, Wadiye took the key and opened a large box. In the large box, several trays were neatly stacked. On the trays were fixed ornaments, just as Ella requested, most of which were amulets..

"These are all used by His Majesty to reward the ministers on a daily basis, and they were all placed in the temple for worship before. They are very suitable as wedding gifts. What do you think, His Highness?"

Aila saw that the amulets were very good, and there were many patterns and styles, so she didn't look at other amulets and picked them out.

Tetis at the side found that Her Royal Highness chose amulets similar to those on the jewelry she had chosen for the bride before. She secretly thought that the princess was careful, so that the gifts for the bride and groom were exactly a pair, and the meaning was very good.good.

Declined Wadia who was about to show her around the private treasury, Ella picked up the things and went back, and Wadia followed, he had to help Ella count the coins, register and register them and send them to the private treasurycome here.