11 May, Charsteburg.

Archduke Trophil-Cliff gathered his lords early in the morning for a discussion meeting on the Battle of Crane City.

Meetings like today's had long been routine during the Battle of Kranling. And in recent days, such meetings have been particularly frequent,

Because of the unfavorable war situation in the Crane Territory, the Duke of Trofil is full of worries about the future, he needs the lord to be by his side, and he also needs to have a more accurate grasp of the direction of the war on the front line.

Only then can he feel secure.

"The war in Brill Heights is still in a standoff situation as of twelve o'clock yesterday evening... But word came that the main battalion of orcs was planning to increase the garrison at the entrance to the high ground. "Because of the formation of the Crane City Alliance, Viscount Palek-Anto did not have to worry about the elves sneaking up on the rear, so he transferred from Patinburg to Shastburg.

"This is terrible news. Viscount Pelux-Cather frowned, "I seem to see our impending defeat. He looked at the Duke of Trophil, "Your Highness, we must prepare in advance..."

"Prepare for the retreat?" Trofil's tone was a little cold, "you should know what we have paid for this war, and you should also know what we will face after the retreat!"

"The Elven First General Thranduil and Rue-Eze of Feld have promised us that they will guarantee the integrity of our principality. Pelux-Cather snapped it and said, "We still have a chance, as long as we understand..."

"Do you know how to grovel to that half-elf mongrel of Rue-Ize?" Trofil interrupted Pelux rudely, his bloodshot eyes staring at the Brill Heights on the conference map, "If that's the case, I'd rather die on the battlefield of Klan Territory." ”

"My lord, maybe we don't even have a chance to die on the battlefield in the Klan Territory. Viscount Palek didn't care about Talofel's anger, he took two steps and walked to his sovereign's side and said, "The other members of the alliance are discussing the retreat from the Klan Territory, they..."

Trofil looked at Viscount Palek's gaze as if he could eat people, "Even you are thinking about retreating?"

"Your Highness, the war situation has become obvious, and now unless the orcs take the initiative to give up attacking the Klan Territory, or the elves send their main forces to reinforce the Klan Territory battlefield, what awaits us is only defeat. ”

Viscount Palek was unafraid of Trofil's gaze and looked at him, "It takes courage to admit defeat, and you need that courage now." ”

"You—" Trofell subconsciously clenched the saber at his waist.

Pelux's eyelids jumped when he watched Trofil's movements, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Highness, we should remember this defeat and wait for the opportunity to come to the Crane Territory again." He stood by Viscount Palek's side, "Although we have lost this war, the alliance still exists, and we can rely on the strength of the alliance. ”

"More than 300 years of history have taught us that the safest thing is to take power into our own hands. "Trofell is stubborn.

Palek immediately retorted: "But we can't grasp such power now. ”

"You..."

"Knock Knock"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Trofil's anger, making his mood worse.

"Knock Knock"

"Knock Knock"

“...”

The knocking on the door did not stop, and it seemed anxious for a month, and the anger in Trofil's heart was suddenly replaced by an uncontrollable tension, and the other lords also raised their hearts to their throats at this moment...

Could it be that the defeat at the Battle of Klan Ling became a fact?

This is the subconscious thought in everyone's mind,

After Pelux and Palek looked at each other, Palek walked over and opened the door.

Unsurprisingly, outside the door was the Chief of Security, Sir Naclay Pouck, who walked into the room under everyone's gaze, walked up to the Duke of Trofil and saluted, "Your Highness..."

"Is it the news from the Crane Collar?" Trofil said with a slight tremor in his voice.

Naclay Oak shook his head and said, "No, it's news from Karen City... Your eldest son has sent a magical message announcing that a large horde of ghouls is coming towards the city of Karon. ”

"Ghouls?" Trofil breathed a sigh of relief, and the man subconsciously sat down on the chair behind him, took a few big breaths, and waved his hand: "Just let the city defense send soldiers to deal with them." ”

"But Your Highness... In the communication, Baron Garricklin personally recorded that the number of ghouls attacking Karen City exceeded 100,000, and there were many unknown monsters, many of which should have been legendary monsters!"

Naclay-Pool's tremor intensified as he spoke, and a pair of trembling hands handed over a letter with thick bark records.

"Are you kidding?" Trofell snapped out of his seat.

"I hope it's a joke too. Naclay pulled out a few more photos of his magic hair, "They've sent me magic photos, I think... You should probably take a look. ”

...

Castle of Castle de Crewe,

Pedi is being briefed by Police Chief Don Wrett on a detailed investigation into the 'legal smuggling' case.

As a major case secretly investigated by the police department recently, Pedi took it very seriously, and he even asked Don Wright to explain to him the details of the crimes committed by certain merchants.

He listened very carefully,

As the first real-name report case received by the police department since its establishment, he has reason to attach importance to this case.

The case itself is not complicated, and it can even be said that it is very easy to investigate.

It is that some merchants take advantage of the duty-free policy of some goods in the kingdom, and unite with the customs officials of Seka Town and Balan Town to secretly exchange goods and exchange certain goods that should have high taxes for duty-free goods, in order to make dozens of times the huge profits.

The case has been clarified,

The people involved have long been stared at by the police station,

But after making a final decision, Pedi summoned Don Wright and Paul, the bachelor in charge of the Kingdom's law.

This case has been the attention of the whole country under the planning of some people, so Peidi needs to take an attitude of impartiality in handling the case. Then the attitude of Bachelor Paul and the police station becomes important, especially the opinion of Bachelor Paul.

When Pedi asked what to do with the businessmen involved, Paul replied stereologically:

"Your Majesty, according to the laws of the kingdom, the customs officer who committed the crime will be sentenced according to the amount of embezzlement, and as for the merchant who commits the crime, if he has a noble title, he should be deprived of his title and sentenced to treason, of course, their merchant guild also needs to pay a sufficient fine!"

"Your Majesty. "This case is not an isolated case, since the beginning of the kingdom's commercial reform, the same cases have emerged in an endless stream in various places..."

"Then why haven't I received a report on this before?" Peddy interrupted Don Wright.

"Half a year ago, I made a special report on this issue, but Your Majesty... You told me not to focus on business reform. "Don Wright has always said something.

"Did I say that?" Pedi remembered, of course, but he wouldn't admit it, "maybe, but it's more likely that I didn't expect this to be so serious... You should have reminded me. ”

Naturally, Don Wright wouldn't be stupid enough to say something as stupid as 'I warned you at the time,' and Pei Di didn't want to dwell too much on this issue, so he pointed at Don Wright, "You continue what you just wanted to say." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Tang Wright nodded expressionlessly, "I think the punishment of the offending businessman should be increased, and a more perfect investigation system should be established." ”

"The law requires us to be fair and just to everyone and every case, and we cannot increase or reduce the punishment because of a particular case. The scholar Paul immediately objected, saying, "The majesty of the Law can only be preserved by absolute justice." ”

"The greed of a merchant is greater than you can imagine. Don Wright looked at Paul, "Some of the merchants have committed enough crimes to walk on the gallows more than ten times. ”

"Who are some of the merchants you speak of?, Your Excellency?" said Paul calmly and looked at Don Wright, "the law will not spare any crime, and if you can provide a list and produce strong evidence, I will bring proceedings against them against the scholars of the United Academy, and I promise that no one will escape the punishment of the law." ”

"If that's what you really think, Bachelor, I'll do what you want—" Don Wright didn't have the stupidity to explore the nature of something, and although he didn't care about what the other party was doing, he still chose to obey, "but I suspect that you will choose to remain silent when you see the list and the evidence." ”

"Why do you have such thoughts?" Paul said calmly, "I am only providing advice, and I will not directly intervene in the case itself... I am only ordered to preside over the kingdom's new law, but I am not the enforcer. ”

"You..."

"Knock! knock!" the crisp but relatively muffled voice recalled, and Pedi tapped his hand lightly on the tabletop, "You should have seen the internal announcement I wrote myself. His crimson eyes looked at Paul with the majesty of the superior, "You know that for a long time in the future, I will not have the energy to manage the internal affairs of the kingdom..."

"So, my request is simple... I don't want to see these moths in future wars!" Pedy's words were sharp, "I don't have time to deal with these people, and I don't have the energy to talk to them about the law...", as he spoke, his gaze turned to the Chief of Police, Don Wright, "This case will be closed within a month, and I will have the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Edwin Film, assist you." ”

Don Wright was stunned for a moment and then hurriedly said, "If Sir Edwin Film's assistance had it, this case would have become much simpler. ”

Peddy sighed and looked at the two representatives of the kingdom's laws with a serious expression, "The problem of smuggling is a big problem, and if it is not reined in, similar or more serious problems will occur in the future... So, this case is a relatively minor problem, and you should find a way to solve the problem at the root. ”

"There's always been a bill in the police department..."Don Wright hesitated, because the bill had already been vetoed by Hanina. Hannina's reasons are also very strong, she is afraid of the suspicion from the king, and the growing power of the police department.

But Don Wright had already said it at this moment, and it was impossible to take it back, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "We can set up special departments in Balan Town and Seka City to investigate smuggling cases..."

"We have set up a customs office!" Paul said without waiting for Don Wright to speak, "Since the establishment of the kingdom, dozens of functional departments, large and small, have been established, and then many have been abolished under the supervision of the Prime Minister's government... We've been repeating certain mistakes for the past month. ”

Over the past few hundred years, the Karen people have long been accustomed to being ruled by the aristocracy, and they are relatively new to the rule of the current kingdom, and the prime minister's government is busy creating new departments or eliminating redundant ones every day in order to better govern the country.

"Customs only has the right to supervise, not to investigate. Don Wright immediately said: "I even found that the customs officials did not know who to turn to after discovering the smuggling problem, and if this continues, it will only breed more crimes." ”

Paul then said, "Then give the customs the right to investigate the case." ”

"Customs and smuggling are two different things, Bachelor. Don Wright frowned, not knowing how to explain it for a while.

Pedi fully understood Don Wright's thoughts, but he was also a little uncertain, after all, such a thing is not something that can be decided with a hot head on the table.

In the beginning, Pedi also set up some departments based on the memories of his previous life, but it turned out that most of the other departments except for the police department were not very useful and became a burden.

However, Peidi would not veto it immediately, he thought for a while and pointed to Don Wright and said: "Write your proposal into a written report, submit it to the prime minister's government for discussion, and then send it to me after forming a plan." ”

"I'll arrange it as soon as possible. Don Wright nodded.

"Alright. Pedi stood up, walked to the desk and patted Don Wright on the shoulder, "Go ahead and get your case in hand, I hope you'll be able to bring me good news in a month." ”

A month to investigate this kind of smuggling case, even if the evidence is sufficient, is very urgent, in the past, even if a special aristocratic team was set up by Kawalburg, it would take several years to investigate and deal with it clearly.

"I believe that with the full cooperation of the Prime Minister's Government and the Ministry of Finance, as well as every official of the Customs Department, one month is completely sufficient. Don Wright bowed down and spoke, and as the words rang out, the man began to slowly retreat towards the door.

"You go down first, too. Pedi turned his head to look at Paul to the side.

As the scholar exited the room, Pedy walked over to the clerk, Sir Banjie Avar, and picked up the transcript of the conversation he had just finished writing to look through it.

Today, so far, he has met with many people.

After casually flipping through the records of the conversations between several people, Pedi looked at the Secretary General Otwood Knight next to his desk, "What's next?"

"You summoned Baron Aemond, the mayor of Balan, who has been waiting outside for almost two hours. Altwood had already taken the schedule to heart, but he still subconsciously opened the record book.

"Well," Peddy nodded, "I won't see him, and let the office draw up a document of appointment appointing Baron Aemond as Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief of Logistics for the Iruk Garrison Barracks." ”

"The list drawn up by the military department ..."

"Do I have to appoint my officers according to the list drawn up by the military department?"

"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty. ”

Pedi shook his head indifferently, walked to the side of the map, looked at the battlefield where the Klan Collar was staggered, and looked at the staff officers on the left and right, "Is it the latest intelligence?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. A middle-aged staff officer said, "Maybe in less than ten days, the battle of the Crane Territory will be over." ”

"It seems that the goddess is able to hear my prayers. Pedi smiled and said that he had always been tolerant of the low-level officers.

The knock on the door sounded when Secretary General Otwood had just walked to the door, and before Don Wright could open the door, the door was pushed open through the outer door, and Erin Fil, in a blue aristocratic dress, came in.

"I noticed that the evil energy in the magic net suddenly became very active..."

"Your Majesty, I hope I haven't bothered you. Before the door could close, Pedy's elven advisor, Drahiel, walked into the room.

"Your Majesty!" Immediately after, it was Baron Hanina, the chief of the kingdom's intelligence, who appeared in Peidi's eyes.