Miss Louisa From the Valley of the Wind

Sixty and Forty

The new night is up. In the palace of the Valley of Wind was held a closed meeting of the king and ministers. Louisa, Crown Prince Lark, General Lucky and Climb were also present.

"Because everything has come, then we start the meeting. Your Majesty please lead the meeting" Teola said.

King Landen stood up and looked at everyone present.

"Good night everyone. Thank you for being at this meeting. Tonight we will discuss two issues" said King Landen paused for a moment.

"First on the improvement and development projects of road instructors throughout the Valley of Wind region. And the second, about a mining project in the village of Tov, Hilton region"

"For the first we will discuss is about the development of a road instructor. For that to minister Zake we are pleased" King Landen said.

Minister of Zake Valley stands.

"Thank you Your Majesty and your brothers. The development of the road instructor has started to run since three months ago. Starting from the village of Boundary, the territory borders the Wind Valley Kingdom with the kingdom of Gordon."

"For the repair and widening of the royal road to the city of Hilton all has been running smoothly. But for the construction of the road area we experienced a little obstacle "

"The problem lies in the jealousy of some who feel that the work they have been doing has been taken over by the government."

" While according to Hilton city heads, they have often done price markup to the detriment of the city government. But since this side had quite a strong influence, the city government could not do much"

"From that point on, after discussing with Princess Lorine and also the city chief, we took a decision that we would also apply to all projects throughout the kingdom."

"That decision was to conduct an auction for every repaired and widened street. For the data I have prepared in advance. Here we ask the opinion of His Majesty, and also all your brothers. Thank you" said Minister Zake while circulating a letter paper containing road data.

All studied the data, so that there was silence for a moment.

"Well, since everyone has studied the data please give your opinion on this matter" said King Landen.

"Your Majesty, I agree to hold the auction. Because if all the roads must be done directly by the ministry of development and regional arrangement, it will take a very long time. By making the auction to the other side, the ministry only needs to exercise oversight to ensure the project goes according to plan" Dave said.

"I also agree with Your Majesty. But I look more at it financially. By holding an auction, the developer will race to make the price of the project as cheap as possible in order to win the auction. Thus price markup is no longer an issue" said Minister Will Donzen.

"I agree with Your Majesty. By holding an auction, events like the one that happened, Hilton will not be repeated. Because I am sure that although it does not appear on the surface, the attitude of some city lord or relative of the city chief must be something like that"

All the ministers expressed their agreement with the auction to be conducted.

"If all have agreed, I will issue a decision on this auction" King Landen said.

"Everything related to the auction of the repair project and the widening of the road I leave to minister Zake."

"Thank you Your Majesty" said Minister Zake.

"Now we get into the second problem. It's about a mining project in the village of Tov. Princess Lorine, please"

"Thank you Your Majesty. The mining project for the Wind Valley kingdom was a novelty. Therefore I brought someone who is very experienced in mining. He is right next to me. Brother please introduce yourself" Louisa said.

"Thank you to His Majesty Landen and also to your masters. My name is Climb, I am from Topaz, Gems."

"I've been mining since my youth.. Regarding the village of Tov, I estimate that the project could last between thirty to seventy years. With a range of about fifty kilometers."

"If so, wouldn't the Gers village which is a training and pilot area be isolated?" ask minister Mark.

"No uncle. For that problem we have overcome uncle, by reactivating the shortcut used by residents so far"

"If so, what else is the problem?" ask minister Mark.

"A project, of course, requires a lot of initial funding. Can we handle it?"

"Princess, how much do you think the initial funds should be prepared?" ask minister Will.

"A hundred thousand pieces of Uncle Will's gold" Louisa replied casually which made all hold their breath.

"Mr Princess, that's a lot of money. Although at this time, the government already has more security money than that, but frankly I do not dare to release that much money at once" said Minister Will.

"I also kind of object to the Princess. Road infrastructure improvement projects will require a lot of funds. We also have to provide backup funds in case of funds outside our estimates plus our regular funds every month" Dave said.

"If so, is there another solution?" louisa asked who was indeed provoking their opinion.

All quiet. No one said a word anymore.

"If there is no solution from you, then I will hand it over to Brother Climb"

"I mean Princess ? And one more princess, why do you always call Climb's brother with the sister's call"

"Alright, I will introduce Brother Climb once again. Brother Climb, I became a brother a few years ago before I became a consort in Gordon "

"You must have heard of the hostage taking of all the mine employees in the city of Topaz a few years ago and I negotiated with the hostage-taker. "

"The question was then, because the local people had first mined there, then taken over by the government. Which makes them lose to the kingdom because they they they do not know the procedures and regulations that must be obeyed"

"Because the project has been taken over, then at that time I offered them mining elsewhere with initial funds from me including administrative management to the government. And that's when I raised Climb as a foster brother" Louisa told me at length.

"Climb, if the project is handed over to you, what about the distribution of the proceeds?"

"Sixty and forty percent Your Majesty. Sixty for miners, forty for mine owners"

"If it was our initial funding, what percentage for us?" ask Will

"Fifty fifty Lord Will. This rule applies throughout the central continental area, including the kingdom of Gordon"