Walter sputtered loudly: "Will this disaster be the end? No, it's just the beginning! The royal family will not let us go, that tyrant has a small mind! Believe me, I have been a courtier for more than ten years, I can't understand it any better~ What about those minions?! They have long coveted our fertile territory and wealth in the south, and have been trying to extend their claws to our courtyard, deprive us of our property, and usurp our property! There are also those gangs Evil people in the north! When we knelt at the tyrant's feet and licked his boots to ask for forgiveness. That tyrant will inevitably follow the trend to carry out bureaucratic reforms and get rid of the officials who have been officials in the south for generations! Those who have always supported Following us, generations of sages who have been loyal to us have been kicked out of the administrative unit and replaced by those lowly civilians who passed the so-called assessment and were actually bribed by the royal family to control our basic administrative unit and control us... besides..."

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, er, Your Excellency Forspor." Hajim interrupted his speech with a tone of panic.

"What's the matter? Hajim! This is the last time!" Walter stopped and took a breath, glaring at the clerk from the small country town.

"Your Excellency, you just said that the tyrant wants to abolish the officials completely, completely, and remove all the officials...?" Hajim asked tremblingly.

"Yes, 100%. The basic education in the north of the kingdom has been carried out for nearly a hundred years. When the large number of brave men were still there, the development was particularly rapid. The direct consequence of this was that the north was completely out of control. My colleagues and I , has been devoting all its efforts to suppress civilian promotions, uh, they have a fashionable name called 'civil servants', and you can tell what they do by hearing the name. In the north, we have completely, completely failed. The entire grassroots is mostly controlled by The tyrant and his minions, but because the economic lifeline of the kingdom was in the hands of us righteous and responsible southerners, their scale could not be expanded. It was quite a compromise. Is it just the end result, we have completely failed."

"The tyrant won, completely won! Even if the Ministry of Finance, the southern faction of other ministries, and even a few northern faction officials who were friendly with us were all slaughtered, it only made him a little confused. Hands and feet, now, he has promoted a large number of civilians to grassroots officials, hey, those unscrupulous people even praised him as a great emperor comparable to the fourth generation! What a shameless and lowly pariah!" Walter looked contemptuous.

"Your Excellency, what about the south? Does he have so many people to replace the officials in the south?" Hajim asked anxiously.

"Of course there are! Even if there are not enough people in the north, is there anyone in the south who has never read a book and dreams of wiping the boots of a tyrant? Use your brains!"

"Oh, my God! If such a thing really happens, then the civilization of the Grand Kingdom... oh no, the entire history of human civilization will come to an end!" Hajim beat his chest with his hands in grief.

After thinking for a few seconds, the civil servant quickly pulled himself together, and said to Walter excitedly: "Your Excellency, we must not let this happen, absolutely not! You are right, we must fight to the end, not only for the sake of We are also in order to maintain the most basic and core civilization treasure of mankind."

"Oh? What to do next? Tell me."

"Your Excellency, uh, I think you have made another common-sense mistake." Hajim paused, and continued: "Actually, we still have the Jun team."

"What kind of army? How many people are there? What is the combat effectiveness?" Walter asked three consecutive questions.

"It's the 7 people~ Of course, this number is not enough, but we can expand the number. The preliminary plan can be tentatively set as an expansion of 10 people. In this way, our combatable force will exceed the royal family."

"What are you going crazy about?!" Walter shook his head, "Sir Hajim, you let our only surviving chiefs form a new squad? What about the cities in each region?"

Walter patted his forehead and continued to talk about his doubts: "To be honest, gentlemen, you really opened my eyes. Before I came to the meeting, I would never have thought that the thirteen districts, ten of them Three big cities, plus more than 30 auxiliary cities, and about 7 county-level cities, large and small, almost [-] cities in total! Are they only defended by more than [-] people?! You are not afraid of those troublemakers Do you know that your hundreds of thousands of Maharajas are just written on paper, and then collectively rebelled?!"

Hajim responded immediately: "Your Excellency, in fact, if our King's team really had 35 people, then the south would have been full of rebels long ago. Mr. Fospo, that's what I said too. Why did more than 7 people be recruited?" Soldiers are legitimate reasons."

"The current situation in the south is not good, and the conscripts are too close to those low-level troublemakers, and they are not reliable. We are under pressure from the royal family, and there are indeed some miscellaneous matters that need to be handled by a monarchy. More than 7 people have been assembled. In fact, they do not participate in the defense work of the major cities. This urgent task is carried out by the private guards of the major city lords."

"What? Private guards? Well, there is another account in the tyrant's little book." Walter shook his head, "So, how many of these reliable private guards are there? What is their combat power? Can they be called out? How many?"

"Your Excellency, I have to remind you that these loyal and reliable guards are the unconventional king's team compiled and trained by the city lords who sacrificed their own interests and spent a lot of money in a spirit of selflessness. They belong only to, They are only loyal to their respective city lords. They have the great responsibility of protecting the noble lords and the people of their territories. They cannot and should not be wasted on the front line of fighting against the tyrant."

"Shut up, Hajim, sit down!" Walter couldn't take it anymore, "This is an extraordinary time, everyone must give their best!"

He looked at the big bald head: "Oswell, tell me, how many guards do you have? How many people can be transferred out? What is the combat effectiveness?"

Oswell hesitated for a while, glanced at Hajim angrily, and finally decided to tell the truth: "There are 1 people in total, including [-] spearmen, [-] crossbowmen, and [-] steamers." Gunners, fifteen hundred armored cavalry, and finally five hundred gunners and fifty steam cannons."

"Okay, then, call out all the gunners, and bring all the gunners and cavalry~" Walter's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Your Excellency Fossbo, these guards are the foundation of my ruling territory. I cannot deploy so many soldiers, because if I do so, there may be a large-scale rebellion in my territory." The bald head spread his hands, "Sorry, Your Excellency, I can only call out a thousand gunners, a thousand crossbowmen, er, plus five hundred cavalry and a hundred gunners, ten cannon."

"Damn it, it's already this time! You're still calculating your own personal interests!" Walter slapped the table and glared at the bald head, but Oswell didn't intend to compromise, so he shrank his head and stopped coming out. sounded.

As an old fox who has been in politics for many years, Walter understands that if he bargains with this group of people today, there will be no results for several months, so he can only hold his nose and bear it.

"Okay, let the others talk about how many people can be drawn, gentlemen~ this is for all of us, understand?! Oh, by the way, don't push in other old-style soldiers except cavalry! They can't fight The new king of the royal family! Do you understand!" Walter looked at the crowd, slapping the table and shouting.

The people in the room did not give a direct answer. They apologized to Walter, and then began to discuss with each other in low voices.

Watching this scene, Walter felt chills in his heart. He didn't quite understand that the political environment here has become so strange after only leaving the south for more than 30 years. It is completely different from his colleagues who were murdered in the north. Selfish, caring only for oneself and disregarding the overall situation.

The former chancellor of the exchequer became deeply worried. Judging from the current situation, in the near future, in the war that will determine the fate of himself and the entire kingdom, the chances of winning the southern faction are far lower than he expected.

If possible, he would never be involved in this mess, leading a group of ass-thinking idiots to make a gamble with little chance of winning.However, when he thought of his wife, children and children falling into the hands of that 'man', he could only risk his life.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency Fosbo~" The voice that made Walter bored sounded again.

Hajim got up, took a piece of paper, and said to him with a smile: "Your Excellency, we have already counted it, would you like to have a look?"

"No, just read to me." Walter lay back on the chair, staring at the ceiling.

Hajim shrugged his shoulders: "Your Excellency, according to our negotiations, we can call up a total of [-] steam gun soldiers, in addition to [-] cavalry, plus [-] artillery, and the artillery has reached [-]. All They are well-trained and well-equipped elite guards."

"Well, it finally sounds decent." Walter squeezed his brows with his fingers. Today's meeting was too exhausting for him.

"Gentlemen~ Now that we have initially reached a consensus, I think today's meeting can also come to an end." Walter thought over and over again, thinking that today has given him enough stimulation, and if he does not adjourn the meeting early, he may die suddenly on the spot.

"Everyone, during the adjournment period, all city lords, please contact the courtiers in the territory to arrange for the expansion of the king and the transfer of the guards. Representatives of other cities, please contact their respective city lords immediately and report to them the content of today's meeting. If you have any new questions during the contact process, you can also record them and discuss them together in the next meeting."

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