Without a moment's hesitation, Charles knocked lightly on the rather heavy door.

"Charles, is that you?" A word came from inside.

He was so sure because there weren't many people who could knock on the door directly.

"Well, Your Excellency, it's me." Charles hurriedly agreed.

"Oh, come in!"

With the minister's permission, Charles entered the office of Viscount Dilion, the first minister of the Ministry of Railways.

Although the ministry is newly created and the office has only recently been found, and many of the renovations have not yet been completed, as the head of the department, the staff of the headquarters certainly have the responsibility and obligation to make the minister's office luxurious and magnificent, and they must not lose the face of the department. So the viscount's office was made to be extremely luxurious, almost comparable to his own living room.

Walking on the thick carpet, Charles walked briskly to the minister's desk, then bowed his head and saluted.

"Your Excellency, good morning."

"Good morning, Charles." Despite his middle age, with some bags under his eyes and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, Viscount Delier was still very handsome and dashing, and he smiled heartily, then threw the newspaper in his hand aside, and then pointed to Shafang on the side of the room. "Sit down."

In the beginning, the fact that a man had been a court courtier before the February Revolution had become a minister of the republic had aroused a lot of criticism both in parliament and among the people, but after half a year, the outside world had become accustomed to this seemingly incongruous fact, as if it were a matter of course. People's forgetfulness is always surprisingly great.

Inadvertently. Charles glanced at his desk, and he found the newspaper the minister was holding, just in time to flip through the page with the results of the horse race.

"Did you win?" He asked with a smile. As if he was joking with the minister.

If there were other staff members here, I am afraid that they would not dare to question the minister in such a tone.

"Oh! Big win! Earn a few thousand francs for one vote! After hearing Charles's question, the minister smiled even more heartily, "My hunch yesterday is indeed correct!" ”

"That's a good sign." Charles hurriedly complimented.

"Well, that's a good sign, and it's not just me." The Viscount nodded as well, then looked at Charles again. "My dear friend, you must have received the news too, haven't you? Your grandfather has already led a great army to defeat the Romans......"

"Hmm." Charles nodded dryly.

The minister suddenly took out a bottle of wine from his desk. Then two more cups were laid out, "Come, then, Charles." Celebrate. For you, for the Marquis of Treville! ”

"Thank you, thank you." The Charr is as good as a stream.

After two glasses of wine, the spirits of the two men became more relaxed.

"Charles, what's the matter with coming to me today?" The minister finally asked about Charles's intentions, as if he had just remembered something serious.

"I heard you're going to the council tomorrow for questioning?" Charles avoided answering his intentions first, "How's the material ready?" ”

"What else? What's the use of being well prepared? Those guys can't get any out of it, so they're hell-bent on getting us in trouble. No matter how good we do, they will keep making things difficult for us. Friend, this is inevitable, I am mentally prepared. As soon as he heard this question, the minister seemed to be a little worried, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, but his tone was still very relaxed, and he took another sip of wine, "However, don't worry, those people can only make us a little trouble in the parliament, and they can't stop our ......"

"That's fine." Charles also breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as it doesn't cause too much trouble." ”

"Hey, after all, how can we not be jealous of this hot place now that we are here?" His Excellency smiled slightly, "They only see the scenery in front of us, and they don't see the trouble we are bearing behind our backs!" ”

"That's right.!" Charles agreed with his words, and then vented in a rare way, "Looking at the surface scenery of the two of us, who can see that we will have so many troubles!" At the beginning, it was vigorous, but it turned out to be a long time ago, and everything was difficult! ”

As the two leaders said in private, the newly created department is facing considerable difficulties at the moment. Because of the start-up, its entire shelf had to be redesigned, and everything had to be slowly groped out of the dark. What's more, what's even more troublesome is that the division of powers and responsibilities between it and other government departments is also blurred, and other departments are of course trying their best to dig a bite when they see so much oil and water, and within this department, the current situation is also so complicated that it is simply impossible to sort it out.

However, the biggest headache is not here.

"You can see that we're surrounded by a bunch of fools, who are talking nice compliments while using us as thieves!" Charles continued to vomit bitter water, and quietly provoked the minister, "According to me, they are simply planning to treat us as crosses in the church, and we are usually offered well, and when there is a ceremony, we will use it for a while, and it is better to ignore nothing and leave nothing at all!" ”

"If only they were stupid, the problem is that they are all ghosts." After hearing Charles's words, Viscount Delier couldn't help but smile bitterly again, obviously empathizing with Charles. "Look at this, have you suffered a loss at the hands of this group of officials?"

Looking at the minister's teasing smile, Charles couldn't help but have a malicious sneer in his heart.

"I think this time, you will be the one who will suffer, Your Excellency."

"What do you mean?" The Viscount frowned.

"I have just received the news that our dear Monsieur Jean-Calvert is preparing to revise the Ministry's salary allowance statute......" Charles said, looking at his boss expectantly, "that is, he intends to give the Ministries a raise in disguise......"

Really. Just as Charles had expected, the corners of the minister's mouth twitched after hearing his words. Then it becomes a little whitish. Although he quickly regained his composure, Charles could get a glimpse of how angry he was.

"This guy...... Didn't you even come to ask me, did you decide on your own? After a moment of silence, Viscount Delierion gritted his teeth with a hint of anger that could not be concealed, "This bastard! ”

No wonder so angry, the most important issue of a department. Nothing else, it's a question of salary. Since it is crucial, it should be the responsibility of the boss himself. However, the permanent secretary of the ministry acted in such a way that he was ignoring the existence of the minister.

But it's really hard to deal with. If the Minister agrees to this proposal, it will be Mr. Calvert's sympathy. Ask for the people's lives. can win hearts and minds; If the minister is against it, it means that the minister is mean and unkind to his subordinates, and no matter how he responds, it seems to be in the favor of Mr. Jean-Calvert.

As for how to get this money out of the department's budget, that is the minister's responsibility, and it has nothing to do with him.

"You see, we're surrounded by such bastards right now." Charles looked at the minister with regret. "What if this continues, what will happen to the big deal?"

With Charles' question, there was another silence in the office.

After a long time. The minister took another sip of wine with hatred.

"Charles, let's promise him first, the ministry has just been established not long ago, and it is time to give everyone more money, at least to stabilize morale." Then, his face tensed even more, "But we can't always let them do whatever they want, can we?" These bastards now probably think they can leave us alone altogether. ”

"That's the truth!" Charles hurriedly agreed. "How can we let this scum lead us by the nose?!"

"Charles, you can't say that." The viscount suddenly smiled slyly, "After all, everyone is a department, since we want to make some achievements, of course we must focus on unity, and we can't attack each other because of some trivial things and make jokes for other departments......"

"Well, you're right." Charles agreed with him, and then waited for what he had to say.

Perhaps because of their long tenure as courtiers in the palace, Viscount Diliion and his Viscount Dillion had long developed a habit of speaking only five points, and sometimes even one point. When they talk to people, they often tend to tilt their heads a little to show their approval of what they have heard, or to show a sense of grandeur. They distracted from everything they heard, as if they really understood what they were saying.

Their language is full of words and phrases such as "yet", "but", "but", "if it were me, I would ......", "if I am in your ......position", and so on. After getting used to it, Charles also realized that when this person spoke, the praise in front was worthless, and the "but" in the back was really meaningful.

"But, of course, we can't just end this matter, is it that we, a future earl, a future marquis, are to be called upon by a man of civilian origin to become a marionette of others? Hey, how does this work? The viscount smiled even more slyly, "We've endured it long enough, and now we need to make these people understand who the leader is." ”

"Do you have any ideas?" Charles hurriedly asked.

"They have a hard backing, and they are all oil that has been soaked in the public gate for a long time, so we have to take our time." The minister whispered, "Charles, let's get some helpers first." ”

"What do you mean?" Charles seemed to understand something.

"yes, isn't it time to plan the route? There must be someone who can explore and design, right? You go find some engineers, the more the better, I will also have a few assessment committees, and some people will come in, let's find some of our own people to come over and strengthen the momentum, we can't just a few people fight them, right? ”

Charles looked at the viscount as if he didn't know him. "Great idea!"

Of course, engineers are looking for it, and of course cronies who are top of white-collar salaries are even more important.

"It was Matilda's idea." The minister shrugged his shoulders, "She's shrewd, but unfortunately she can't come out to be my secretary......" (To be continued......

PS: There are a lot of things on vacation, so I didn't have time to write...... But tonight finally caught up with ......

Xie Lu, Xie Shuyou, Dr. Bai Hechou, and the reward on the 28th floor......