Because they are evil, we must be upright, because they are cruel, we must be good, because they are insidious, we must be bright, and because they are shameless, we must be noble. We do not want anyone to shed blood, but we are not afraid of it. When the clouds clear and the snow melts, the world will see our beauty and their ugliness, and this is the only thing I firmly believe in: beauty will triumph over ugliness.

- Mahatma Gandhi (the founding father of modern India, India's greatest political leader, founder of Gandhiism)

After the Feather Forest Legion and the Fire Legion were transferred to the imperial capital by an order from Charlemagne and the Imperial Military Department, Bai Feng, who was also transferred, would also leave for the east of the empire; after losing the 100,000 elite soldiers of the two royal legions, the army around Bai Feng was still huge.

With the Spear Legion, the Cavalry Legion, the Wind Legion, the Iron Blood Legion, the Pro-Soldier Guard, the Death Battalion and other directly subordinate troops, the number of troops available for Bai Feng's command to be called upon is as high as 120,000, and if you add the six elite legions of the Eastern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, this number will rise to 240,000.

The Eastern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion that is being formed has 240,000 elite divisions under Bai Feng alone, and the other five Eastern Legions and ten standing legions add up to 250,000 troops, so that the regular army of the Eastern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is as high as 500,000!

Echoing the 500,000-strong regular army was the huge city defense army of the six provinces under the control of the Eastern Metropolitan Government, which reached 70,000 because of the official division of the province of Nice, which was comparable to that of the Northern Metropolitan Government.

Sixteen standing legions, four special legions, and five eastern legions, how to divide and garrison such a large army, and how to have those generals as overseers to command the army, these vital arrangements must be decided by the Prince of Pros and Bai Feng.

Prince William's Northwest Governor's Office, Prince Harry's Southwest Governor's Office, and Prince Philip's Northern Governor's Office, the Metropolitan Minister and the four Governors were all directly appointed by the prince who took office as the Grand Governor;

To a certain extent, Charlemagne's compensatory delegation of power to Bai Feng actually seriously damaged the rights and interests of Prince GLP, and it has to be said to be a tragedy that Prince GLP has to negotiate with Bai Feng on everything when other princes are wantonly installing cronies.

As a person with vested interests, although Bai Feng was deeply sympathetic to the plight of Prince GLP, he had no intention of giving up the power in his hands, and as for whether Prince GLP could finally gain a foothold in the east of the empire, it depended on his own choice.

Bai Feng, who was preparing to lead the army on July 5, welcomed a person in the barracks on the evening of the 4th, the Marquis of Besançon, the governor of Besançon Province, and Bai Feng, who had already explained everything to the other party, really couldn't understand why he came to him late at night.

Under Steve's guidance, the Marquis of Besançon, who walked into the military tent, said helplessly as soon as he saw Bai Feng: "Your Excellency, you will lead the army to the east of the empire early tomorrow morning, and before that, I want to ask you for help." ”

"Asking for my help?" Bai Feng, who regarded the Marquis of Besançon as his own person, did not know from the Marquis of Besançon what help the other party needed, so he promised without hesitation: "If you need any help, just say it, as long as I can do it, I will definitely not refuse." ”

"Your Excellency, you also know the situation in our province of Besançon, the number of refugees from the north is as high as one million, which not only depletes the food stocks of our governor's palace, but also puts a very heavy burden on the management of law and order in our province and the development of the province. ”

"Before, with the support of both you and the military department, we managed to stabilize the situation, and now, the grain and grass of the military department will no longer be transported to our Besançon Province due to the end of the war, and you are about to lead the army to the east of the empire, what will we use to feed those million refugees!"

"The war in the north has ended, and all the provinces have been recovered, won't the internal affairs department of the empire arrange for those refugees to return home?" As the Marquis of Besançon said, Bai Feng still knew a lot about the situation in Besançon Province, and his words were also to the point.

"The Empire's Minister of the Interior, Duke Amber, has indeed given us an order to arrange for the return of refugees from the North. The Marquis of Besançon, whose face was even more bitter, said in a sad and indignant tone: "However, he won't even give us a grain of grain, how can we arrange for the refugees to leave?"

"You mean, the orders that Duke Amber gave you are flexible?" Bai Feng, who understood in an instant, frowned at himself.

"Not bad. The Marquis of Besançon nodded and admitted: "The order of the Duke of Amber is that we in the province of Besançon will send a million refugees back to the north if we can, and if we can't, we will leave them in our province first; ”

"With a mere million refugees unable to get food to return to the North, is the situation of the Ministry of the Interior so embarrassing?"

"Duke, the situation of the Imperial Ministry of the Interior may be even more embarrassing than you think. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Facing Bai Feng's inquiring eyes, the Marquis of Besançon explained carefully: "We are not the only province of Besançon that is adjacent to the northern provinces, but the other provinces also have at least hundreds of thousands of refugees, and the Ministry of the Interior has turned a blind eye to the total number of refugees exceeding five million. ”

"If the Ministry of the Interior is unable to provide enough food for the relief of the refugees in the provinces for a month or two at most, I am afraid that the empire, which has just ended the war on two fronts, will once again fall into turmoil and chaos, and even we in Besançon Province will not be spared. ”

"Before leaving, I will leave you enough food and 10 million gold coins in the barracks for five million people for a year. Stretching out his hand to stop the Marquis of Besançon, who wanted to speak, Bai Feng said solemnly to him: "Help me guard Besançon Province, don't mess up." ”

The Marquis of Besançon, who was moved, also said solemnly: "As long as the last general is in Besançon Province for one day, no one will be allowed to take advantage of it! If anyone dares to make trouble in Besançon Province, the last general will definitely sweep away the troublemakers by thunderous means!"

Looking at the Marquis of Besançon, who was serious and showed his military style, Bai Feng smiled and changed the topic: "Since the Ministry of the Interior has no food for you, then you will leave these million refugees in Besançon Province, which is an opportunity for Besançon Province to grow!"

"Duke, the next time you come to Besançon Province, you will definitely see a brand new Besançon Province!"

After sending off the Marquis of Besançon, Bai Feng, who was alone in the military tent, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: the war in the northern frontier of the empire has just ended, and the problem of relief for refugees over there has been revealed, what can an empire without food and funds do to help refugees?

The food and grass of the Imperial Ministry of the Interior have long been exhausted in the long years of war, and the funds of the Imperial Finance Department, which are already scarce, are not enough to rebuild and recover the provinces and support the three million troops, where is the money to buy food to help millions of refugees?

In Bai Feng's view, if the empire with looming internal troubles cannot solve the most urgent food shortage problem as soon as possible, future turmoil and chaos are almost inevitable.