The Sun King's Evidence

This year's Maslenitsa in Kislev was very depressed. For more than ten years, singing and dancing throughout the kingdom were rare even in the capital city of Kislev. Now there are only scenes of depression and loneliness on the streets. Refugees They are still hanging on, and this is because the imperial province of Ostermark has sent a new batch of relief food, and the great nobles, generals and boyars were forced by the tsarina to vomit out some of their loot. The refugees Only then can one barely survive.

Even so, dozens of frozen bodies were still carried out from Kislev City every day.

“I remember when the Red Tsar (Boris Bokha) was on the throne, at this time of year, people from every household would go to the streets to make and cook pancakes. Traditionally, the first pancake would be given to the poor. To commemorate the deceased. Children took to the streets early in the morning to build snowmen, wealthy families began to fry pancakes early in the morning, and people began to tie dolls symbolizing winter with straw and cloth strips." Beria came out of Bocaja Palace, He said to his lieutenant Xie Lieping: "Look at it now? Refugees and poor people are forgotten, even wealthy people are rare!"

"Sometimes I really want to... ugh!" Shelepin was fully armed and was eating a small meal bag with meat fillings in his hand. This was the food for the imperial embassy today. Kislev was seriously short of food. However, the food reserves in the imperial military camps and embassy are still very abundant.

"Khorkina?" Beria suddenly turned her head and said in a playful tone: "Tell me, when was the last time your family started making pancakes on the morning of Maslenitsa?"

"Reporting to the general, it was five years ago." The little girl's cheeks were red from the cold, and she said with some fear: "After that, there were less and less."

"Very good." Beria nodded, but he didn't take it seriously: "You go to the banquet with me tonight, remember to just eat and don't talk unless I ask you to."

"Yes!" The little girl nodded repeatedly.

After more than a week of recruitment, the Ugor Cavalry Corps led by Beria has recruited and replenished more than 900 people locally. These people are all the elite Ugor and many powerful people in Kislev. A strong man with no weapons and equipment, Beria only used a bearskin coat for each person, a set of brand-new weapons and equipment, standard food rations and a small bag of jingling silver coins, as well as the simple promise of settling his family. There were a large number of Ugor men willing to leave with him. Beria carefully selected more than 600 people to stay, and mixed them with the remaining 200 or so people to form a new Ugor army.

And tonight, he has a banquet to attend.

Tsarina Katalin once strictly prohibited Beria from redeeming felons and political prisoners in the Cheka Prison, because she could not tolerate these people being released to ruin the reputation of the tsarina, nor could they go to other countries.

However, Katalin did not realize the most critical point, that is, her kingdom was now in turmoil and turmoil. Not to mention the low-level refugees, even the middle-level bureaucrats, boyars, and even the upper-level nobles and generals, their lives were in turmoil. There were also many people who started to have difficulties and poor turnover. She gave Beria an excuse to openly contact high-ranking officials, nobles, and generals, and when some "small gifts" and "little thanks" were received through various By the time the channels are delivered to these people's homes, some items cannot be blocked at all.

It was still early in the evening, and Beria and Shelepin were wandering the streets with a few Ugor soldiers to inspect the situation.

But now there is a grand scene on the street, that is, a corner of the street is full of people! There are people everywhere! These refugees wearing gray tattered clothes are crowding together, vying to sell themselves to the Ugor officers here.

"Master Jun! I have been a worker for three months! Can I work?"

"Master Jun, I can write my name and I can do arithmetic within 20, can I enter the labor camp?"

"Me! Me! Me! I have an engineer qualification certificate! Look, I have been a worker in Prager for two years. Can I get in?"

"Master Jun, although I am a woman, I can read and write! I am Boye's daughter!"

"Please, Master Jun, my family has been hungry for several days! Please let us join the Gulag! I am willing to do anything!"

The scene was chaotic, and the Ugor soldiers were doing their best to maintain order, but people from behind still kept coming up, trying to get a seat.

"The Gulag labor camp is recruiting people from all over Kislev. It requires skilled workers with factory work experience, or intellectuals, or noble ladies who can read and write!" A scholar stood at the door. Shouting, next to him is the Cheka secret police. Whenever someone passes the screening, a bowl of beetroot soup and two pieces of black bread will be served.

At the same time, the Ugor people will also pay a sum of money to the Cheka police, which means that the person has been "ransomed" at a very cheap price.

Soon, the people who came to apply for the job were nicknamed "Gray Animals" full of dark humor.

At first, people in Kislev were skeptical about the so-called "Gulag Labor Camp", thinking that it was just another Cheka trick to purge suspicious elements. However, Beria soon came forward and announced that he would join the Gulag. Those in the Lage labor camp would enjoy food rations and personal protection, as well as a sheltered accommodation.

Mrs. Keesler still didn't believe it, but some people were indeed going crazy with hunger, and dozens of corpses were carried out from the city every day. So, the first crab eater came, his name was Mikhail. Born in a wealthy fisherman family in Erengrad, he is an encyclopedic all-rounder. He came to Kislev City to study alone, and with the help of the Esun Church, he completed eight courses in just five years. After years of courses, he knew five languages ​​by himself and was proficient in physics, chemistry, mining and metallurgy.

However, these talents were of no use when Kislev encountered difficulties. Instead, he was forced to become a refugee because he could not do hard work, serve as a soldier, or fish and hunt, and lived a very poor and half-starved life. He was originally able to make a living by settling accounts for a shop, but as the situation worsened, the shop closed and he became unemployed, living off gruel on the streets.

Mikhail tried to write to Tsarina Katalin to apply for relief, but the letter was "swamped" when it reached the Ice Witch Sisters. Originally, the Ice Witch Sisters sympathized with his plight and gave him a bag of relief food, but when When the reply reached him, all that remained was the message.

The scholar was extremely disappointed with the kingdom because his ideals and talents were not put to use. He was so hungry that he was chewing grass roots. He saw that the "Gulag Labor Camp" was recruiting people to work in Britannia, and It was made clear that scholars were welcome and they were provided with food rations and sheltered dormitories. Mikhail's mind immediately started to spin. He felt that if someone really wanted to kill him, it would not be so complicated. The Cheka was a person who could be convicted and arrested at will. human organization.

He decided to be the first to eat crabs.

Beria naturally knows how important this kind of person is to Ryan. What Britannia lacks is this kind of high-level intellectual! General Ugor not only greeted Mikhail personally and invited him to have dinner with him, but also publicly announced that he had been awarded the status of a free citizen and a generous food ration of 100 grams of meat per day!

With the first one, there will naturally be the second, and with the second, there will naturally be the third. Soon a large number of scholars, high-level technical workers and those down-and-out nobles who have been so depressed that they drink gruel together will swarm in. According to the prices negotiated between Beria and the Tsarina, how much for an adult man, how much for an elderly person, how much for a woman, and how much for a child, the Kislev court instantly received a large amount of considerable income, and it also reduced the food supply. supply pressure.

Once you taste this sweetness, you can't stop at all. Now Yezhov, the head of the Cheka, has sent people to keep a close eye on the venue of the "Gulag Labor Camp". Every person Beria takes in must pay on the spot. , otherwise the person will not be released.

Beria expressed no pressure on this. After completing the trade, he had a large amount of money in hand, and he did not even need to use the special funds given to him by Ryan. The prices of these gray animals were very cheap, and the requirements were very low - eat one meal a day. A meal of 300 grams of brown bread and a large bowl of red cabbage soup can make them feel extremely satisfied.

But at this time, Kislev could no longer control himself. Before, the refugees took the initiative to surrender, but within a few days, the taste of the matter had completely changed.

The Cheka secret police have begun arresting people all over the city. Those who are skilled workers and high-level intellectuals who stay at home and do not work out are all taken to the Gulag and sold to Beria for money. Not only themselves, but also the whole family. After all, the elderly, women and children can also sell for money.

During this period, the Cheka in black uniforms were sweeping the city every day, and Yezhov even took Beria to visit all the prisons except the Cheka Prison, letting Beria "see the goods" in person. bargain.

And as time goes by, big nobles and boyars have begun to join this "grey trade". They take the initiative to send those bankrupt distant relatives and excess people to the Gulag labor camps to sell them.

As a result, batches of "gray cattle" were escorted by the army to Erengrad, and sailed to Britannia, preparing to start their new life. It is said that the warm south not only has bread and milk, but also wages. and life security.

"It is expected that there will be two more groups of people." Beria looked at the bustling venue and shook his head: "Almost all the good goods have been bought, and there are not many people left."

"Hey, General, we have already bought three thousand people. Can you believe that for these three thousand people, we only spent less than three thousand gold crowns!" Sheleping was a little emotional, but also a little angry: "That bastard Yezhov, Scumbag! You know, General, his methods of arresting people are very cruel. Some ordinary people still have food left in their homes. Yezhov asked the Cheka to rush in and declare the crime and confiscate the food. Some workers hid in their homes and could not come out. He would Let people set fires just to drive these people bankrupt and sell them for money!”

"Very good, the more brutal he is, the better we are." Beria was very calm about this, he shook his head: "If I guessed correctly, there must be people behind Yezhov, and these people have reaped a lot of benefits. "

"Then what should we do now, general?" Shelepin sighed. He has not yet adapted to the identity change from the Ugor mercenary to the regular Britannian army.

"It's still early. Let's take a walk."

The two wandered around for a while. In any case, this was Kislev's festival after all. The atmosphere of the whole city was better than before. Due to the food support received from the Ostermark Province, the pedestrians on the street also A little more.

On the commercial street, a vendor was frying the famous pancakes of Maslenitsa and preparing to sell them. However, before the two pancakes had just been prepared, a Krim guard rushed over, took the pancakes and stuffed them directly into his mouth, and then He muttered and walked away: "Yeah, it was fried well."

"Master Jun, please be merciful. You can't do this. We still have families to feed!" The vendor knelt down and cried, "What will happen to our family if you do this?"

"You can make pancakes for your family, idiot!" Guard Krim wiped his mouth impatiently: "Really, what do these people know? Let us eat to make our motherland stronger! This makes no sense at all. I understand, and I’m too embarrassed to ask!”

"This soul is weak!" Xie Lieping clenched his fists: "Damn it, I really want to teach him a lesson!"

"Calm down... forget it, let's go to Ice and Snow Street first." Beria shook his head. The good stuff has almost been scoured. The next step is to plan how to rescue Sergeant Engineer: "Prepare for the banquet in the evening."

The two people walked for about thirty minutes and entered the wealthy area of ​​Kislev. The scene here was very different from the miserable scene outside. Here were all the great nobles and generals of Kislev, and many of them. The ice witches of the lady and the female courtiers were all gorgeously dressed and well-groomed. The streets were filled with carriages and there were guards everywhere. Even Beria and his party were forced to show their certificates and documents before they were allowed to go.

There are many shops open on this street. These shops do not have any signboards and can only be entered by holding special certificates. The shops on this ice and snow street are different from the empty shops outside. Nobles, generals and Boyers are also here. The ice witches who actually control the country can shop here to their heart's content. All kinds of rare food and Kislev's specialties, such as caviar, cod, anchovies, vodka, white bread and cream cakes, are all available in the store. It’s available here, and besides that, refined salt, white sugar, brown sugar, and good meat are also indispensable.

And all kinds of specialties from the entire old world, including imperial stout, Brittany wine and dresses, Arabic chocolate, dwarf armor, high-quality jewelry and satin clothes, Tyrell leather shoes and coffee, Estalia perfume, The wood elf medicines are all complete, and many of the products in them are goods that Beria has just sold. And because of a large number of new goods, today is a festival, and the streets are full of people shopping.

"Do you know why all the food supplied by the Ostermark Province is directly distributed on the streets by the imperial army?" Beria turned his head and looked at his deputy general and maid.

"Is it because you don't want the food to fall into other people's hands?" Xie Lieping thought thoughtfully.

"I'm telling you a joke, Shelepin, listen attentively." Beria looked at this scene and said calmly: "One day, His Majesty the Emperor Karl-Franz sent a letter to His Majesty Katalin requesting that the The Slev army destroyed a goblin lair deep in their territory near the Roof of the World Mountains. Her Majesty Katalin requested five thousand gold marks for military expenses, and Emperor Karl agreed."

"Five thousand gold marks were transferred immediately. Her Majesty Katalin was very fast. She immediately sent a winged cavalry to deliver the money to the general on the front line."

"The general on the front line was unambiguous after receiving the five hundred gold marks. He immediately issued the order to dispatch troops, and along with the military expenditure of fifty gold marks, he handed it over to his subordinate Boyer."

"Boyer's reaction was also very quick. He exchanged five gold marks for more than fifty silver coins and gave them to his soldiers. Several soldiers took their military pay and set off immediately. They came to the foot of the Roof of the World Mountains. In a village, they were asked to hand over a sheep, and a whole sheep feast was held on the spot. After eating, they touched the oil on their mouths, slapped their butts and left. They went back to report that there were too many goblins and they In a fierce battle, if you are unable to defeat them, you will suffer heavy losses.”

"After receiving the news, Her Majesty Katalin immediately sent a message to Emperor Karl-Franz, saying that the Goblins were too powerful and Kislev suffered heavy losses. She asked for a pension of one thousand gold marks, and then hoped that the empire would allocate another five thousand gold marks. Mark, let her try again.”

"Emperor Karl did not approve this time. The empire instead handed over five thousand gold marks to the province of Ostermark and Karak-Butcher's Castle. After the elector Hertwig Wolfram and the Dwarf Butcher King got the money, The two sides immediately formed a coalition, and the army moved across the territory of Kislev, completely destroying the goblin lair and burning it to the ground."

"Her Majesty Katalin is not happy about this."

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