Chapter 830: Chapter 830: Tranquility Smoke

Aslan glanced around, Duke Medea avoided subconsciously, she didn't want to do such a thankless thing.

Anyway, it's enough not to involve her in the matter of being away from Aslan for too long.

In the end, Aslan could only turn his attention to Ashley and Diego.

As the person in charge of the Valkyrie, Ashley has a fairly good understanding of intelligence work, and the couple's combat effectiveness is also good, so they can protect themselves.

"Ashley will leave this matter to you, and Diego will assist you throughout the process." Aslan said.

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task." Ashley said in surprise.

The Valkyrie Troop is now in charge of intelligence and security work within the empire, and is already very experienced in this area, of course it is a little worse than Vlada and Madam Sharon.

"Very good!" Aslan nodded in satisfaction, just about to speak.

Nuomili said: "Your Majesty, the war in the Asian East subcontinent is imminent. When will your volunteer army start?"

Aslan touched his nose in embarrassment, and looked at Agguiwen on the other side.

Agguiwen quickly said: "The army has been prepared, but the number of empty boats is limited. We don't think it will be soon."

Nomiri said dissatisfiedly: "The weapons and equipment are too slow, and we need to equip them ourselves, or you can let Agguiwen go to the town in person!"

Agguiwen's face turned green after hearing this.

The East Asia subcontinent is the back garden of the Maxim Empire, and there are at least a few great mentor-level powerhouses. In the past, he could hardly guarantee that he would not be beheaded by the enemy. Don't doubt the moral bottom line between countries.

Naturally, Aslan would not agree. Agguwen was not as good as Gawain and Arthur in leading troops in combat, but no one could match him in logistics and deployment of troops.

The logistics system of the Great Merox Empire is being established, and many places cannot do without him.

"Bring your own light weapons and equipment, that's fine!" Aslan said hastily, and he naturally heard Nuo Mili's real plan, and quickly agreed.

Hearing that Aslan's light weapon was brought with him, he nodded in satisfaction.

Arturia blinked and looked at Aslan.

Aslan nodded guiltily.

"Daughter-in-law, what weapons and equipment do you want, please ask as soon as possible, and I will do my best to satisfy you."

Artoria's eyes narrowed slightly with a smile, she shook her head and said, "Not yet."

"It's okay, I will prioritize scheduling to satisfy you if necessary."

Eletherina also looked at Aslan, and made a few mouth shapes to him, and Aslan nodded quickly to show his support.

Her request was very simple, that is, she wanted Aslan to accompany her well these few nights.

The meeting ended successfully, but when Aslan was about to leave, Wilson stopped Aslan.

"Your Majesty, are you satisfied with the shipment to the Holy Bretta Empire this time?"

Aslan nodded and said: "Very satisfied, especially the various types of freighters, which are much more complete than those currently in service in the Empire, and have better performance."

"That's great, Your Majesty, the empire is now planning to establish a state-owned shipping company, and these freighters are just in use." Wilson said hastily.

Aslan could only smile wryly and nod in agreement.

He can't spend money lavishly, and in the end he has to go to the Finance Institute to finish the work, and all the things he bought should go into the small royal treasury!

As the construction of ports in various places has become more and more perfect, sea transportation has become the cheapest cargo transportation channel in the empire.

For this reason, Mellow City specially built a railway directly leading to Weihai Port. In the future, the goods shipped from Merluo City will depart from Weihai Port and pass through the northern provinces and even the Ottoman Kingdom. The distance and time will be more than doubled.

It can also create countless new jobs, and Wilson will naturally not let it go. Compared with Essien, who is focused on government affairs and national infrastructure, Wilson is focused on how to create jobs for the empire and increase income in the empire's economy. .

In addition to building a shipping company, Wilson has already considered building a local tax that merchants pay on the way to sell goods, an administrative department with the nature of "buying money" or "passage fees" and "use fees" for ports and markets.

"You mean to establish a customs house?" Aslan said with bright eyes.

Wilson half-knowledgeed and asked: "Your Majesty, have you already considered it?"

Aslan nodded and said, "Go, go to my office, and I'll explain it to you."

Those who had originally left were immediately interested when they heard that Aslan was planning to establish another administrative department. Except for the military representatives like Agguiwen, who had to leave to take charge of their respective positions, everyone else followed suit.

The establishment of a new administrative department is also accompanied by the development trend in the future.

Although it is just a small department, once it is established, it will definitely hit certain industries and benefit the development of certain industries.

It was also rare for Arturia to squeeze Mordred into Aslan's office, seeing the office was full of people, Aslan said with a wry smile: "If I had known there were so many people, I would have said it directly in the conference room. "

"I envisage three main functions of customs. The first is to supervise and manage import and export goods, passenger luggage, postal items, and inbound and outbound means of transport. Some are called customs clearance management, and some are called to ensure the legal entry and exit of goods and articles. .”

"The second is to collect tariffs and other taxes. In addition to collecting tariffs, the customs of many countries also collect domestic taxes and fees during the import and export process, such as value-added tax, consumption tax and oil tax. Anti-dumping duties, Countervailing duties and fines on imported goods, etc.”

"The third is to investigate and suppress smuggling. The customs department investigates and arrests evasion of supervision, commercial fraud and evasion of customs duties, especially for goods and articles that are prohibited from being smuggled or restricted from entering and leaving the country, especially drugs.

When Aslan talked about drugs, his face became more and more serious.

Because in the past two years, the Maxim Empire has continued to smuggle new types of drugs into the country.

Recently, things called Anshenyan have appeared in various parts of the empire. Anshenyan, also known as Anshenyan, is commonly known as Dayan. It comes from the capsule of the poppy plant and contains more than 20 types of alkaloids, which can be divided into phenanthrenes and isoquinolines. The former such as morphine and codeine, the latter such as papaverine.

When Aslan saw Anshenyan, he understood that it was the opium of the earth.

"The college has given correct data that Anshenyan is addictive. When addicted to it, the person is crying and unable to lift his hands and feet. Even if a knife is placed in front of these addicts, they cannot be forced to put down Anshenyan. Those who smoke tranquilizers for a long time will shrug their shoulders and shrink their necks, and their color will be withered, just like an old man who is dying of illness."

Hearing Aslan mention the scourge of Anshenyan, many people's faces changed slightly. It was obvious that they were all people who had contact with Anshenyan.