Hearing that, the Panda-kin Xiu Ming suddenly chuckled. "I finally understand what His Majesty Landen meant when he said the most important department in the Human Empire was probably the Imperial Capital Finance Department. Neither the Magic Academy nor the Imperial Capital Knights can unite the Empire as effectively as the Finance Department's contract traps!"
"Uh..." Klein and Louis's faces fell. Even being berated by a Goblin for ages hadn't stung as much as this jab from Red Dragon Rock.
"I have to make one thing clear: the Human Empire is very different from the Goblin Empire of old!"
"Of course it is. I already said that when we first began rolling out the Magic Furnaces, we weren't nearly as corrupt as you are. Back then, everyone wanted to give the Magic Furnaces to families or young Goblins who could help the Empire's future. But what about you?" The old Goblin held up the Finance Department's Magic Furnace Voucher proposal. "You want to divide up every single Gold Coin created by every Magic Furnace."
Watching Louis and Klein get silenced by Osser Plagg, Landen spoke up. "Lord Klein, Principal Louis, I said earlier that I would approve the Magic Furnace Voucher proposal if you could prove the Goblin Empire hadn't fallen because of finance. But now, I doubt you can even offer any evidence that the Human Empire won't fall because of it."
"Gentlemen, if the Empire has no better proposal, I suggest we first establish a Magic Furnace network and use the unusual conditions of the Gallop Plains to test the flow of magic and financial policies within it. If we find a suitable plan, we can gradually run pilot programs and expand them throughout the Empire."
Klein had no objections to Landen's proposal and nodded at once.
"If