Chapter Twenty-Three: The Thai Mine Scandal

"Where did all this news come from? Who's doing it? Cameron XI suddenly slammed a document recording a message that had spread almost throughout the entire Tammy Empire on the ground, and asked with a gloomy face.

At this time, it was none other than Energy Secretary Finn. Gal, because this news has a strong connection with energy. Finn only became the Minister of Energy a year ago, and the previous Minister of Energy had been dismissed by Cameron for a trivial matter, on the surface, Cameron at that time seemed like a madman who was about to enter the twilight of his life, so no one took this matter too seriously, but the recent series of events have made the nobles understand that old Cameron is not crazy at all, he is very sober.

Although Finn is not an absolute close confidant of Cameron, he is still an important member of Cameron's faction, but because he is not fully trusted, he has not received news of the eaux-de-vie from Cameron XI. However, at this time, he took advantage of Cameron's anger to secretly observe the old man who was about to die, but was a little surprised to find that although his face was not very good-looking, he did not have the slightest sense of twilight.

"Is that rumor true?" Finn secretly observed Cameron for a moment, and the more he looked, the more he realized that this might not be Cameron's real appearance, and the more he looked at it, the more it looked like Cameron had used other means to cover it up.

"And so it was!" Fein was even more sure of the veracity of the rumors.

Speaking of this rumor, it is actually related to the news that the Minister of Energy brought to Cameron XI this time, just a day ago, a shocking news suddenly came from the Reynolds star field. The customs of the Mulan Empire seized a batch of materials that were about to be transported to the Great Chu Empire, and the materials were transported a full 140,000 tons of Thai ore with a purity of more than 60%. And the general who transported this batch of supplies was a close confidant of Marshal Wall, and the flagship commander of the escort fleet was also Marshal Wall's eldest son, Karin.

Wall, as one of Cameron's two marshals, is regarded by everyone as Cameron's cronies, so there is no doubt that this matter has burned on Cameron's head.

What is the concept of 140,000 tons of Thai ore? The annual income of the Tami Empire is only about 10,000 tons. In other words, the Thai mineral materials withheld by the Mullan Empire this time are all the Thai mineral income of the Tammy Empire for the entire fourteen years. As the only material that is written into the constitution of the Tami Empire to prohibit private trade, the status of Thai mines in the Tami Empire even a three-year-old child understands, what does it mean to send such a huge strategic material to the enemy country for no reason?

You must know that although the Great Chu Empire has ceased war with the Tammy Empire, both the civilians and the soldiers in the country understand that this is only temporary, that is to say, the Great Chu Empire is an out-and-out empire, why did it send such important materials to the enemy country? Rivals?

Why did Marshal Wall do this? According to rumors, Cameron XI made a deal with the Great Chu Empire in order to find a way to prolong his life, and the Great Chu Empire provided Cameron with a potion that could prolong his life, and Cameron gave the Great Chu Empire 160,000 tons of Thai ore. 20,000 tonnes had already been traded, but now this is the second time, and this time the traders have stolen money.

At first glance, Finn was a little unconvinced when he heard such news. But now that Cameron has inadvertently exposed his physical condition because of anger, he believes it a little more, but it is precisely because of this that his heart is even more entangled.

On the one hand, he was glad that Cameron XI could live longer, because he had become the object of anger of the founding nobles because he had been branded as a Cameron faction, and once Cameron XI died, then none of them in the Cameron faction would have a good time. The first thing the new emperor did when he ascended the throne was probably to purge them of the Cameron faction to please the founding nobles.

On the other hand, he was also disappointed in Cameron XI. The reason why he stood firmly by Cameron's side was on the one hand because of his interests, and on the other hand, it was also because of the performance of Cameron XI when he was young, when he was known as King Cameron the Lionheart, he impressed the hearts of almost all the hot-blooded factions of the Tammy Empire, and those who had a passion for the Tammy Empire gave him infinite loyalty.

And now the fact is that Cameron has made such an almost traitorous act in order to prolong his life, if this is true, how should he choose?

At this time, Cameron had already fallen into extreme rage, and half a month ago he released 20,000 tons of Thai ore because of the completion of negotiations with Andrea, because the timely delivery of these Thai ores to the Great Chu Empire also traded a part of the water of life through the chrono-temporal teleportation platform, and his physical condition after taking the water of life naturally improved. Otherwise, I'm afraid that this news will immediately make him bedridden with anger.

Fortunately, this incident, known as the Thai mine scandal, has just broken out, and the news has just spread to the whole country. It didn't start fermenting, otherwise both Cameron and Wall would have been grilled on a fire these days. But despite this, Cameron still doesn't understand, who leaked the news? He thought that everything had been done seamlessly, but the fact was that his batch of supplies was intercepted by the people of the Mullan Empire.

Cameron didn't think that this matter was led by the Mullan Empire itself, because he knew very well that he wouldn't dare to fight the Tammy Empire if he didn't have the help of people in the country to give them ten dares, but who was cooperating with them?

You must know that at the time of the seizure of the pre-support materials, Cameron XI had already negotiated terms with the four marshals and the prime ministers, because they didn't want civil strife in the Tami Empire, so several of the real high-level leaders of the Tami Empire had already made political exchanges. Among them, Cameron XI no longer interfered in the army in exchange for these people's acquiescence to his behavior, which means that both sides have reached a tacit understanding.

"Okay, very good, Andrea, Langtesmig, Enos, I originally thought that you were all qualified politicians, but I didn't expect it to be such a group of two-faced guys, since you dare to do this, don't blame me for being ruthless." Thinking of this, Cameron XI raised his head directly and said, "Go and pass on to Marshal Mrak." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Energy Secretary Finn was about to leave, but was stopped by Cameron.

"Wait!" Cameron took a deep look at Finn and asked, "What do you think about this?" ”

After hearing Cameron's question, Energy Minister Finn's cold sweat instantly flowed down, how to answer this question? After thinking about it, I had to bite the bullet and say: "Back to Your Majesty, I won't believe these rumors, we all see Your Majesty's efforts for the revival of the Tammy Empire, and only those who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic will believe these baseless rumors." ”

"Oh, really?" Cameron nodded and said, "What if I told you that all of this is true?" ”

"Really?" Finn was choked and could barely speak, how should he answer? Pretending to be a die-hard? But as a powerful actor, can Cameron not be able to see that he can't help but speak? He knew that if he didn't answer well this time, it was likely to be a monstrous disaster.

But fortunately, Finn is also an old minister who has followed Cameron for thousands of years, and he is still very clear about his temperament, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "I believe that Your Majesty is for the Tammy Empire, but I don't understand what can make Your Majesty do this kind of enemy-seeking behavior." ”

"Huh?" Cameron snorted coldly, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and Finn, although Cameron saw that his scalp was numb for a while, he had to stiffen his neck and remain silent.

"Hey! If the empire had a few more loyal retainers like you, I would have to worry a lot less. After staring at Finn coldly for a while, Cameron suddenly sighed and said, and when he heard this, Finn knew that he had finally survived this hurdle, and fortunately he understood Cameron's temper, otherwise, if he was brainless and loyal, it would only make Cameron think that he was contrived, although it would not be good for him, but in the future, Cameron would probably kick him out of the core of Cameron's faction completely.

"I can tell you unequivocally that this batch of Tai ore is indeed used in exchange for a life-prolonging potion, but I am not prolonging my life for myself, because I can't rest assured in this empire. You know Kelifin's ability, not only can he not control those founding nobles, but he will also be toyed with by them, and now if he succeeds to the throne, the Tammy Empire will only slowly sink in front of these moths, and it will no longer be as glorious as it used to be. Cameron said with a sigh.

"Your Majesty!" Finn was a little choked, of course he knew the behavior of the founding nobles, and now half of his mood swings are pretended, and it is indeed true, because he knows very well that Cameron is right, the weak Prince Kellyfin really can't control this empire that has been made into a miasma by the nobles, and if he is allowed to take power, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Tammy Empire will lose its former glory.

"This elixir Nota has promised to make it itself as long as there is enough of it, and when the time comes, these potions that can prolong life can naturally be used by the pillars of your country, after all, only you pillars can support this empire, I am all for the empire, but unfortunately there are too few people who can understand me." First the big stick, then the emotional card, then the carrot, that's Cameron's means.

Although Finn also knew what Cameron meant by saying this, and knew that he was using political tricks to entrap himself, he had to admit that Cameron did a good job, at least he agreed with Cameron's words. Although he does not think that Cameron is completely selfless, he agrees that Cameron's continued rule is indeed beneficial to the Tammy Empire. (To be continued......)