Seeing Danica look over, Ai Xue realized that her reaction was a bit too intense. She was not sitting there or standing, and her face turned red.

Danica sighed and said, "Sit down, don't stand there."

“Yes, master.”

After Ai Xue sat down, Danica continued, "Okay, since you say you have the ability to control Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce, then let me tell you why Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce often has problems. I arranged for Emily's Guards to supervise Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce, the Administrative Department and the Military Department. In recent years, many illegal bureaucrats have been arrested, most of which come from Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce."

"This..." Ai Xue didn't know what to say. She didn't expect Danica to ask about the leaked news, but talked about it. She had never considered this issue at all, and she didn't even know who the Guards had arrested and how many people they had arrested. She had no right to ask Lemir and Catherine how many they had been arrested.

"Do you have people who restrain the Aishi Chamber of Commerce?" Danica's tone became a little stern. "Do you think of yourself as one of the administrators of this kingdom? Or do you just regard this place as your place to make money?"

"I don't...no..." As Danica's gaze, Ai Xue's voice became lower and lower, and she couldn't even say the last sentence.

Danica was a little upset when she saw Ai Xue like this. She put down her teacup and said, "Although Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce is just a chamber of commerce, it actually manages the finances of the entire kingdom. This way, you can draw some people from the chamber of commerce to be responsible for taxation and kingdom finance. The rest should do business and separate the people in these two aspects. Don't have people who are responsible for business and taxation. It would be strange if there is no accident! In addition, try to separate personnel changes and promotions in the two aspects."

Ai Xue lowered her head and said, "Yes, Master."

Danica paused and continued: "The Aishi Chamber of Commerce serves the Gemini Royal Family. Whether it is in charge of taxation or business, it must be supervised by the Guards. If there is another problem, you will not be able to escape."

"Yes, master." No matter what Danica said, Aishi could only agree.

Holding the teacup, Danica had no intention of continuing to drink. She put the teacup back on the coffee table and said, "Aixue, this is not a southern coastal area, and you are not a big businessman. Making money is not the main purpose of Aixue Chamber of Commerce. The key is to ensure the supply and circulation of materials. You are now in control of the finances of the entire Gemini Kingdom, so you should think more with this thinking. Okay, go back."

Seeing Danica pick up the magic notes placed next to her, Ai Xue could only say: "Oh, yes."

She walked out of the palace dejectedly, Ai Xue didn't know where to go. As for the reorganization of the Chamber of Commerce, she really didn't feel in the mood to deal with it.

Ai Xue felt that the whole sky became darker. She did not take a carriage, but walked on the stone road with a thin layer of snow. During the Chinese New Year, everyone was reuniting, enjoying food and happiness in her home with a warm fireplace, but at this time she was walking in the quiet inner city in the wilderness, allowing the cold wind to hit her face.

Ai Xue suddenly felt a sad feeling. What was the purpose of doing this! Ai Xue leaned on a tree next to the road, with no figure in her eyes, and she seemed to be the only one left in the whole world, and she had to live her life so lonely and sad, and I don’t know how many years it lasted. A special feeling of fatigue surged into my heart, and even a strange idea emerged: What would happen if I died here? Ai Xue remembered a sentence I saw in a book before: A person who committed suicide may not be due to despair, or it may be just because of fatigue.

Ai Xue fell into memories. When she was a child, she and her younger brother depended on each other. In order to make her two children survive, she went out to beg, pick up garbage, and even stole things. She was discovered. The owner of the bakery beat him up. At that time, she almost died. Ai Xue remembered that it was also winter, and it was extremely cold. She was thrown into the garbage dump like a rag doll. Maybe they really thought they had already put this damn little one.

She was beaten to death by stealing it. But she finally survived and took the half piece of bread that she had been in her arms back, replenishing some energy for her sick brother. When she recalled, Ai Xue wondered why she had such a strong desire to survive at that time. She remembered that her legs were broken and her ribs were broken. She crawled back with her hands. It was at least several miles away, so she gritted her teeth and crawled back, and she was not dead!

Suddenly, a shrill crow roar broke Ai Xue's thoughts, and the warm memories in her eyes disappeared instantly, changing to a sharp cold light. After carefully observing the crows on the treetops, Ai Xue put down her vigilance. It was just an ordinary crow, not Emily.

At this time, Ai Xue realized that she had come to a small tavern. Since she was here, she could drink some, which could warm her body. Before she went out, she had no plans to walk in the snow for so long. Her clothes were not very thick, and she felt a little cold now.

This is the inner city of Twin Cities, but there are also tavern shops in the inner city. These shops were opened by the Aixe Chamber of Commerce, the Administrative Department, and the Guards. They are mainly to serve the nobles of the inner city and to earn some extra income for them. Because Her Majesty the Queen has specifically requested that the military headquarters cannot have any industry, there are no shops opened by the military headquarters in the inner city.

Speaking of which, the quality of the things sold in the inner city shops is absolutely guaranteed. They are all high-end goods, and they dare not let in shoddy things. Those customers who come here are not affordable. However, although the things in the inner city shops are good things, the prices are really expensive, and they are expensive beyond their own value. They cannot be seen in terms of cost-effectiveness. Lemil, who is frugal by nature and Catherine, who has a fixed salary, rarely come here to consume. However, Aishi, who owns a large chamber of commerce, occasionally comes.

Ai Xue pushed the door open and walked in. The warm air instantly surrounded her. As expected, she felt much more comfortable. She looked around and saw that it was a very small tavern with only more than 20 square meters and four tables were placed in a scattered manner. No one was greeting her. There was a girl standing behind the counter, probably the boss. The girl was about 20 years old, wearing a black casual outfit, tied with a neat ponytail, and was rubbing a white porcelain cup on her hands, and a faint smile on her lips.

After seeing this girl, Ai Xue realized that this was a tavern run by the Guards.

This is actually quite interesting. Think about the reputation of the Guards outside. The place where the crows pass is silent. The last thing any noble bureaucrat wants to see is them, let alone come over. Ai Xue still doesn't understand why the Guards also have to open shops in the inner city. No one dares to come!

The entire Gemini Kingdom is only Ai Xue and the others who can treat the Guards with a normal mind. Although Ai Xue would verbally say that she was also under the supervision of the Guards, she would be taken away if she made a mistake. In fact, without Danica's direct order, Emily would not dare to arrest people of Ai Xue at all. Danica arranged the Guards to shock and restrain those emerging noble bureaucrats, but she would never allow Emily to have the right to directly arrest Ai Xue and the others. Ai Xue Chamber of Commerce, the Executive Department, the Military Department, and the Guards are in a mutual check and balance relationship. Only Danica can make a ruling on Ai Xue, Lemil, Catherine and Emily.

Seeing a guest coming, the ponytail girl behind the counter greeted: "Miss Ai Xue, do you have anything to drink?"

Ai Xue was not surprised that the Guards could recognize themselves at a glance. She said: "A glass of Fiery." Flame wine is a kind of strong white wine that is usually too exciting. But in fact, good Flame wine has a rich taste and a timeless aftertaste, and is a good drink.

"Okay." The girl poured Ai Xue half a glass of flaming wine and put it on the counter.

Holding this glass of lightly reddish liquor, Ai Xue thought of finding a place to drink it slowly, but she saw a person in the corner.

"Ah! It's you, I was shocked." Aishi really didn't notice that there was another person in this tavern, and he was his good friend, Maines Solomon.

Aishi sat opposite Maines and said, "Why are you here? It's the New Year now."

"I'm wandering around, alone, what's the New Year's Day? I occasionally find it very quiet here, and when I feel bored, I come over to have a drink."

"Quiet? It's quite quiet here." In fact, except for Aish, Lemil, Catherine and others, Maines would not see any guest coming in in the tavern run by the Guards.

"Do you drink and have side dishes?" Aishi noticed that in addition to a glass of amber wine, there was also a plate of stir-fry on the table. "You don't drink like a person who is addicted to alcohol." Maines was the only person Aishi knew who really likes drinking. It is said that when he was studying at Bunos Magic Academy, Maines got himself drunk every day.

"I heard that drinking like this won't hurt your stomach that much," said Maines.

Meins said extremely ridiculous words in a plain tone. She is now a fourth-level warlock and is still afraid that drinking can hurt her stomach? Even if she soaks her in a barrel for a few days, nothing will happen.

Seeing Ai Xue's face full of disbelief, Maines said helplessly: "I really think so. Maybe it's because my life is too exciting, so I have become a little calmer in my life."

This is a believable reason. Ai Xue also knew that since she became a warlock, Meins lived a worried life every day. Once the stigmatized profession of warlock is exposed, she will die. Especially since she lived in the sphere of influence of the Holy See, if the Holy See discovered by the Holy See that members of the Solomon royal family were studying evil energy, it would affect the entire Kingdom of Solomon. Such days would be too "exciting".

"Do you want to try it?" Mainz recommended to his good friend, "It's really a different feeling to drink with something."

"Oh, okay." Ai Xue picked up the spare chopsticks on the table. Because of Philis, many of the living habits of the Gemini Kingdom, at least the habits of the senior management, are biased towards the elves, such as only chopsticks were prepared at the banquet, and not the knife and fork promoted by the Holy See. Of course, it can also be understood as Danica deliberately weakening the influence of the Holy See on the people of the Gemini Kingdom.

After a small drink, Maines asked, "Where are you? Why are you here? Even during the Chinese New Year, you should be a busy person!"

Ai Xue hesitated for a moment and said honestly: "I was called to the palace by my master just now and scolded me."

Mainz smiled and said, "What's the reason? I think you made too hard for money?"

Ai Xue said in surprise: "Do you think so too?"

"I heard from others, too." Maines said, "But what do you think? Why use the Aishi Chamber of Commerce to occupy all industries so wildly? This is not conducive to the overall development of Twin Cities' commerce. It is not because you owe 100 million gold coins from the Elf King Court, right?"

Ai Xue sighed and said, "It's not 100 million, but it's about the same, it's 80 million gold coins. In order to build Twin Cities and Chidao, I borrowed 80 million gold coins from the Elf King Court. Although the interest rate is very low, it's also 80 million. Who can bear the profits?"

Mainz laughed and said, "I know why Danica has scolded you. Your thinking is still at the level of businessmen and does not regard yourself as a politician or a controller of the financial power of the kingdom. Yet, you have been in the mall for more than ten years and your thinking habits cannot change for a while. However, Danica is not a patient person, and she has given you several years."

Ai Xue muttered, "Then why do you think it's political thinking? It's just not making money?" Danica said several times, so that Ai Xue should not be obsessed with earning gold coins.

Maines stretched out a finger and said, "The first thing is that the Gemini Kingdom borrowed 80 million gold coins from the Elf King Court. Do you think Danica has considered paying back the money?"

"What do you mean? I won't pay back so many gold coins?" Ai Xue said in surprise. "That's the Elf King Court, one of the most powerful forces in the Katic Continent. Can we just lie to the account?"

Maines said: "Of course it's not a waste, but it's not a gold coin to pay it back. Doesn't your Aishi Chamber of Commerce have a large horse farm in the northern grassland? Is Danica spending a gold coin to obtain this horse farm? Aishi, merchants rely on gold coins to trade, but like Danica, they conduct political transactions, and the chips for trading in politics are not just gold coins, but may be a covenant, some kind of support, or even the other party's life. Among them, gold coins are not a particularly valuable thing. The Gemini Kingdom is next to the eastern forest. In the future, both sides will inevitably have to conduct political transactions. At that time, they can find a reason to erase the 80 million gold coins."
Chapter completed!