Stormwind, House of Lords.

"Grand Duke Berval, if you repeatedly ask for troops, I will also fully support you, but you have also seen this year's taxes, if we want to send a large army, we can't afford it, but if we only send a small army, what is the use? It's just a sneer. Therefore, the bottom line of my request to the envoy is that we will send some materials to aid the continental coalition forces, but we will not send troops, we are not letting Angela go alone, we are powerless. "Katrana is in charge of the House of Lords, and Katrana is well aware of the internal affairs of the entire Storm Kingdom, bringing out the problems of taxes, baggage, and materials.

Bolval looked at the recent tax and food rationing situation, and it was indeed not optimistic. Moreover, Bolval noticed that there was still a huge deficit in the food ration outside Stormwind, but it was marked as having been rationed, and Bolval did not know what was going on, and the huge deficit in food was marked as having been rationed, which was simply dereliction of duty and fraud in Bowval's eyes.

Seeing this, Bolval's face darkened: "Then what's going on in this place, obviously there is still a deficit, but you have recorded that the rationing has been completed, where is His Majesty Varian?" ”

Katrana didn't laugh angrily, "Where is His Majesty Varian?" Are you sure you want to bring out His Majesty? ”

The other members of the House of Lords couldn't help it, and a white-haired old nobleman of Stormwind City snorted coldly: "Berval-Vortagen, you are the Grand Duke of Stormwind Kingdom, and you are in charge of the military, but power is not here to show off your might. ”

"Count Catlana's ability to govern is evident to all, her sophisticated methods, and her innovative ideas, and her contribution to our Stormwind Kingdom is well documented, not just by threatening others with her military power." The Earl of Remington-Richville was the former Speaker of the House of Lords, and because of Catlana's outstanding performance after entering the House of Lords, the Earl of Remington-Richville also felt old and weak, so he gave up the Speaker of the House of Lords to Catlana and mentioned it himself.

However, the Earl of Remington-Richville was not disappointed, over the years, the national strength of the Stormwind Kingdom has been thriving, Catlana has done a variety of measures in place, and the people's lives are getting better and better, such as the former Shining Gold Town, this small town in the middle of the Elwyn Forest, from a small settlement in the past, to the current transportation center of the Elwyn Forest, and then to the first major town of Stormwind City, how long has the Stormwind Kingdom been rebuilt, and the Shining Gold Town has developed rapidly, and now the Lion King's Pride Inn in Shining Gold Town resounded in the Lion King Stout of the Stormwind Kingdom, An idyllic setting for a leisurely break, with abundant fish, ubiquitous open-pit copper mines, and tall and stout Alwyn trees, this is a paradise for Stormwind.

The Earl of Remington-Richville recognized this foreign countess very much, and a series of administrative acts she implemented in Stormwind City had good results, and the people were getting richer and richer, and the nobles naturally made a lot of money.

Hearing the reprimand of Count Remington-Richville, Bolval was indisputable, and after Count Remington-Richville's words, Bolval's momentum disappeared a lot, after all, this was an elder who had been at the highest level of Stormwind City for a long time, and Breval did not dare to be angry with him.

"We have all discussed Katrana's orders, we are just like you think, the Stormwind Kingdom really cannot be absent from this entire continental summit, but this time our strength is limited. The garrison troops in various parts of the mainland need to be allocated material subsidies, the garrison materials in the western wilderness must not be cut off, the armaments of the twilight forest and the cursed land cannot be missing, and those legions guarding the kingdom, this money and materials must be prepared properly, only when the kingdom is protected, so that the expeditionary force has no worries, we can have the energy to take care of other things. ”

Boval's anger had obviously subsided, but he still didn't give up: "These are all things that Katrana said? ”

"That's right, that's what Catlana said in the House of Lords. She's right, if we can't even defend the royal city, will the soldiers who went out outside come back and see a devastated Stormwind City? We all agree with Madam Katrana's ideas, and we cannot afford to trade the safety of the kingdom for the honor of other powers. ”

Bowval's heart tightened, when Stormwind was slaughtered by the tribe, except for those refugees who were taken away by Ser Lothar, there were few survivors left in Stormwind, and even Prince Varian at that time almost grew up in Lordaeron. Later, after Varian led the refugees back to Stormwind City, he rebuilt the new Stormwind City in the ruins, and Bolvar naturally did not want to see Stormwind destroyed again.

Without waiting for Boval to speak, the Earl of Remington-Richville continued: "What is the matter with that shortfall of money, I will tell you now. Katrana took out the tax from her fiefdom and gave it to the treasury free of charge, and it was she who took the lead in making up for the shortfall in the entire House of Lords. Also, do you know why it's already night, and all of us are still gathered in the House of Lords and don't go back to our mansions? ”

Bolval immediately shook his head and said he didn't know.

"Katrana convened an impromptu council to reduce part of the budget of the House of Lords, so that the nobles of the entire Stormwind City can save a little more, and reserve more money and food for your military headquarters and those people who can't eat. Do you think that those abominable merchants will entertain the poor with their own food and wine for no reason? Have your soldiers ever cultivated a grain in addition to consuming supplies? Now, instead of running over to Xingshi to ask for sin, this is a bit uncourteous. ”

The Earl of Remington-Richville's barrage of words and rhetorical questions almost crushed Bolval to the ground, and even the soldiers who accompanied him were rendered inhuman inside and out.

Katrana Presto had been watching silently, bowing her head and looking sad, making many of the other councillors unhappy with the military department.

At this time, Catlana stood up and saluted the Earl of Remington-Richville, the Countess of the Provisional Council in the evening was only dressed in civilian clothes, her fair neck was particularly eye-catching compared to the long black hair, and the slightly tight-fitting dress revealed the countess's proud figure: "Lord Earl, I feel a little unwell, and I need to return to the palace to recuperate for some time. The plan we have prepared will be decided by you after deliberation, and in the next few months I will have the people of the Presto family pay the taxes to the treasury, which should relieve some of the pressure, so I will retire first. ”

Catlana Presto's departure did not calm the atmosphere on the field, but rather added fuel to the fire, making the nobles present more and more dissatisfied and even hostile to the people of the Berval military department. We're working overtime here at night for the things of the kingdom, and you're not taking the whole House of Lords into account, right, Countess Katrana is doing so well, and raising donations for the treasury for free, and your military department eats hers and uses hers, and you still come to trouble her? Isn't it a bit deceitful that the high-ranking members of the kingdom would allow such a thing to happen, it's a big joke.

Everything is as Catlana calculated, the people of the House of Lords and the Ministry of War are deeply suspicious, as the black dragon princess, Onexia's ability to figure out human nature is no worse than his father Netsario, and now Katlana has returned to her mansion, holding a glass of red wine in her hand and slowly tasting it, the bright red wine overflows from the corners of her mouth, flows downstream, slides through her white slender neck, and drips onto her chest.

"The plan worked, haha...... I don't know what new moves they will make, but it's really exciting. Onexia smiled triumphantly, her black eyes full of satisfaction.

This move to defend as an offense instantly made the high-level leaders in Stormwind City already dissatisfied with each other, and Onexia's goal was also achieved, as for money and taxes? Is the black dragon princess still short of gold coins, in the days of Stormwind City, the black dragon princess spent a lot of money in order to gain a good reputation, in the previous policies, Onexia pointed the finger at those merchants, nobles and commoners naturally lived better and better, and Onexia's reputation naturally rose.

However, Onexia did not do anything for Stormwind, she also secretly supported the Brotherhood of Defia to disrupt the order of the Stormwind Kingdom, and at the same time sheltered her brother Nefarian in the Blackstone Mountains to conduct colorful dragon experiments. The people of Lakeside Town are even more smiling and hiding knives, on the surface, they are constantly assisting the Morgan Sentry in the Burning Plains to guard Lakeside Town, but in fact, except for some supplies and a small number of militiamen, there is no assistance, how can a small sentry post stop the pace of the Blackstone Orcs, which leads to the persecution of the people of Lakeside Town by the Black Hatchlings and Blackstone Orcs, and lives in dire straits.

Although Onexia secretly did a lot of things that harmed Stormwind City, Onexia still looked like she was selfless and selfless for the righteousness of Stormwind City, and it was precisely because of her superficial efforts that Onexia was able to gain a firm foothold in the House of Nobles and gradually take control of power.

……