Walter foamed at the mouth and gave a loud speech: "Will this disaster be the end?" No, it's just the beginning! The royal family won't let us go, that tyrant has a small heart! Believe me, I've been a courtier for more than ten years, and I can't understand it anymore~ And what about those minions?! They have long coveted the rich lands and riches of our south, and have been trying to stretch their claws into our courtyards, deprive us of our possessions, and seize our inheritance! And the wicked people of the North! As we knelt at the tyrant's feet and licked his boots and begged for forgiveness. That tyrant will inevitably take advantage of the trend to carry out the reform of the bureaucracy and dismiss the officials who have been subordinate to the south for generations! We are to be removed from the administrative unit by the generations of village sages who have always supported us and who have been loyal to us, and replaced by lowly commoners who have passed the so-called assessment, but are actually bought by the royal family, to control our basic administrative units... And also... ”

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, uh, Dear Lord Fosbo." Hajim interrupted him in a panicked tone.

"What's the matter? Hadjim! This is the last time! Walter paused and paused, glaring at the scribe from the small country town.

"Your Excellency, you have just said that the tyrant, who is going to abolish the officials, is complete, complete, and will make all the officials ... Kick off? Hajim asked, shuddering.

"Yes, 100 percent, basic education in the north of the kingdom has been in place for nearly a hundred years, and it has developed especially rapidly when a large number of brave people are still there. As a direct consequence of this, it has led to a complete loss of control in the North, and my colleagues and I have been trying to suppress civilian promoters, well, they have a fashionable term called 'civil servants,' and you know what they do by name. In the north, we have failed, completely. Most of the entire grassroots are in the hands of the tyrant and his minions, but because the economic lifeline of the kingdom is in the hands of us, the righteous and responsible southerners, they cannot be expanded in size, and even through the establishment of the Iron Guard, we have made a lot of compromises for the royal family. But in the end, we failed completely. ”

"The tyrant won, completely won! Even the fact that the Ministry of Finance, the southern faction of the other ministries, and even a few northern faction officials who were friendly with us, were all slaughtered only made him a little confused, and now, he has promoted a large number of civilians to grassroots officials, hmph, those people even praise him as a great emperor comparable to the fourth! What a shameless and undignified pariah! Walter looked disdainful.

"Your Excellency, what about the South? Does he have so many men to replace the officials in the South? Hajim asked anxiously.

"Absolutely! Even if there are not enough people in the north, but the south has not read a book, and dreams of polishing the tyrant's boots? Use your brains! ”

"Oh my God! If such a thing really happens, then the civilization of the kingdom of Grande. Oh no, the entire history of human civilization is over! Hajim hammered his chest with his hand in grief.

After thinking for a few seconds, the self-scribe quickly cheered up and said to Walter excitedly: "Your Excellency, we can't let this happen, absolutely not!" You are right, we must fight to the end, not only for us, but also for the sake of maintaining the most basic and core of human civilization. ”

"Oh? What's next? Tell me about it. ”

"Your Excellency, uh, I think, you have made another mistake of common sense." Hajim paused and continued, "Actually, we still have the Jun team. ”

"What Jun? How many people are there? How is the combat effectiveness? Walter threw out three questions in a row.

"It's more than 70,000 people~ Of course, this number is not enough, but we can expand it, and the preliminary plan can be tentatively expanded to 100,000 people, so that our combat strength will exceed that of the royal family."

"What are you doing crazy?!" Walter shook his head, "Sir Hadhim, you're going to have our only remaining regulars reorganized into a new team?" What about the cities in each region? ”

Walter patted his head and continued his doubts: "Honestly, gentlemen, you really opened my eyes. Before I came to the meeting, I would never have thought that the thirteen major regions, the thirteen major cities under their jurisdiction, plus more than 30 auxiliary cities, and more than 50 county-level cities, large and small, would add up to almost 100 cities! Is it only defended by more than 70,000 people?! Aren't you afraid that those people will know that your hundreds of thousands of lords are just written on paper, and then collectively rebel? ! ”

Hajim immediately responded: "Your Excellency, in fact, if our royal army really had 350,000 people, then the south would have been full of thieves a long time ago. Mr. Fospo, this is also the reason why I said that more than 70,000 conscripted soldiers is reasonable. ”

"The current form in the south is not good, and the conscripts are too close to those low-level people, they are not reliable. It was under pressure from the royal family that we needed a royal army to deal with some miscellaneous matters, so we recruited and reorganized more than 70,000 people. In fact, they did not participate in the defense of the major cities, and this important task was carried out by the personal guards of the major city lords. ”

"What? Private guards? Well, there's one more account in the tyrant's little book. Walter shook his head, "So, how many of these reliable personal guards are there?" How is the combat power? How much can be called up? ”

"Your Excellency, I have to remind you that these loyal and reliable guards are the unconventional royal corps of the various city lords who sacrificed their own interests and spent a high amount of money on the training of the Kintar, and they only belong to and are loyal to their respective city lords. They have the great duty to protect the noble lords and the people of their realms. No, and should not, be wasted on the front line against tyrants. ”

"Shut up, Hajim, sit down!" Walter couldn't stand it anymore, "It's a very moment, everybody has to give it their all!" ”

He looked at the big bald head: "Oswell, tell me, how many guards do you have?" How many people can be transferred? How is the combat effectiveness? ”

Oswell hesitated slightly, glanced at Hajim with some anger, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Twelve thousand men in all, five thousand spearmen, two thousand crossbowmen, three thousand steam gunners, one thousand fifteen hundred armored cavalry, and finally five hundred gunners and fifty steam cannons. ”

"Yes, then, bring out all the gunners, as well as the gunners and cavalry~" Walter's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"Lord Fosbo, these guards are the foundation of my territory, and I cannot draw such a large number of soldiers, because once this is done, there may be a large-scale rebellion in my territory." The bald head spread his hands, "Sorry, Your Excellency, I can only call in a thousand gunners, a thousand crossbowmen, uh, plus five hundred cavalry and a hundred gunners, ten cannons." ”

"Damn it, it's all this time! You're still calculating your own personal interests there! Walter slapped the table and glared at the bald head, but Oswell was not going to compromise, and shrank his head and said no more.

As an old fox who has been in politics for many years, Walter understands that if he bargains with this group of people today, there will be no results in the conversation for several months, so he can only pinch his nose and endure it.

"Okay, let's talk about how many people we can draw, gentlemen~ It's for all of us, understand?! Oh, by the way, except for the cavalry, don't cram the other old-style soldiers! They can't stand up to the new king! Do you understand! Walter looked at the crowd and slapped the table and yelled.

The room did not respond directly, they apologized to Walter, and began to whisper to each other.

Looking at this scene, Walter felt a chill in his heart, he didn't quite understand that after only leaving the south for more than 30 years, the political environment here has become so unfamiliar, completely different from his colleagues who were killed in the north, the people here are all stupid and selfish, and they only care about themselves and ignore the overall situation.

The former Chancellor of the Exchequer was deeply worried, and judging from the current situation, in the near future, in the war that would determine the fate of himself and the whole kingdom, the chances of victory for the southern localists were far lower than he expected.

If he could, he would never be involved in this mess and take a bunch of stupid dolphins who think with their butts on a big gamble with little chance of winning. However, when he thought of his wife and children who fell into the hands of that 'person', he could only risk his life.

"Your Excellency, Lord Fausbo~" Walter's annoyed voice sounded again.

Hajim got up, took a piece of paper, and said to him with a smile: "Your Excellency, we have already counted it, do you want to look at it?" ”

"No, just read it to me." Walter leaned back in his chair and looked at the ceiling.

Hajim shrugged his shoulders: "Your Excellency, according to the total of our negotiations, we can gather a total of twenty-five thousand steam gun soldiers, in addition to six thousand cavalry, plus four thousand artillerymen, and the number of artillery pieces reaches four hundred. All are well-trained and well-equipped elite guards. ”

"Well, it sounds decent." Walter pinched his eyebrows with his fingers, today's meeting was too exhausting for his physical strength.

"Gentlemen~ Now that we have reached a preliminary consensus, I think today's meeting can also come to an end." Walter thought about it again and again, and felt that he had given him enough stimulation today, and if he hadn't adjourned the meeting early, he might have died on the spot.

"Ladies and gentlemen, during the recess, I would like to ask you city lords to contact the courtiers of your realm to arrange for the expansion of the king and the transfer of the guards. Representatives of the other cities are also requested to contact their respective lords at once and report to them on the contents of today's meeting, emphasizing the details of the transfer of kings. If there are any new problems in the process of contact, you can also record them and discuss them together in the next meeting. ”