The snow had been falling in Nurenta for two days, and it had only abated slightly this morning, and the staff of the Place de la Parliament had just begun to clear the snow before their guests arrived, a large number of men and women of all ages, who had hurried to the square before dawn, and even though they had been tightly wrapped, many of the people who were in slightly poor condition were still shivering with cold. Unlike a few days ago, they did not come to make trouble, and they came to Parliament Square early in the morning to wait for an important vote: the emergency proposal submitted by Consul Delano will be voted on this morning.

In the square, you can faintly see the scattered people walking into the parliament building, which are the federal parliamentarians and their entourage, and they have special passages, so they do not need to go through the overcrowded parliament square.

The number of people waiting in the square at the moment is even better than the petition a few days ago, but the order is much better, and some of the guards who maintain order even have a relaxed look. These people were quickly reprimanded harshly by the captain of the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the lieutenant colonel scolded the idiots with hatred, and then asked his superiors for reinforcements, he felt that the number of guards would be at least twice as many as a few days earlier, most of the guards did not understand why the lieutenant colonel did this, and only a few old guards vaguely guessed the reason.

A member of the United Front, who was walking into the parliament building surrounded by his colleagues, turned his head to look at the lively parliament square down the hill, showed a look of disgust, cursed "rabble", and then turned around and walked into the parliament building.

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Draenor has just finished his speech.

Strictly speaking, Draenau's speech was very good, and if it had taken place anywhere else, the audience would not have spared their applause, but unfortunately it took place in the Houses of Parliament, and now almost no one cares about the content of the speech, in fact, most people have already decided to vote against it before the speech even starts.

Still, there was an established process for the meeting, and after Draeno's speech, lawmakers had the opportunity to make a speech to state their views, giving them the opportunity to influence the direction of the vote.

Liberal Party leader Hinds was the first to speak, questioning Delano the motives behind the non-war emergency proposal, calling it a serious violation of parliament and the spirit of democracy, and calling on lawmakers to vote against it. There wasn't much new in the speech, it was typical of the Liberal Party, and Hinds sat upright.

After that, it was the turn of the party leader of the United Front, Georgi, to give a speech, and somewhat unexpectedly, Georgi directly refuted Heinz's point of view, arguing that Delano had good motives and not a "violation of the spirit of democracy", which made Delano shine, although he did not know why the other side did it, but if he had the support of the United Front, then the emergency proposal was not hopeless.

But Georgi immediately changed his words:

"But I don't think it's a wise choice to put the federal state of emergency into it. ”

The huge turn of events caused an uproar in the audience, but Georgi did not care, and continued:

"It's a great deal of bad news that tens of thousands of Shadowsteel residents are trapped, and I understand Mr. Consul's concern for them and his guilt for not being able to rescue them. But we must admit that even if the federal state of emergency were to be imminent, the chances of us succeeding in rescuing these residents would still be slim. ”

"But the state of mind of the proposed state of emergency would give the federal government enormous powers, and yet the state of mind of Mr. Consul at this moment makes me wonder whether this sudden increase in enormous power will motivate the government to take unnecessary risks, and whether it will cause it to lose its sense of prudence?"

If the answer is yes, then it means that the government's assessment of the next series of rescue plans will inevitably be optimistic, resulting in a large number of rescuers dying because it is almost impossible to succeed in the rescue mission. And such a task should have been rejected at the planning stage"

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"Don't forget that these rescuers, who are also citizens of the Federation, cannot be so irresponsible for their lives!"

"Therefore, I propose that you vote against the emergency proposal, and in the current situation, we need a prudent administration, not a powerful gambler!"

Georgi gave a succinct summary of his speech, and the chamber burst into applause

Draenor trembled with anger, Georgi's statement sounded reasonable, but it really summed it up, in fact, it was just one sentence: the rescue operation was too risky and should be abandoned immediately.

But the rescue is not hopeless, and if the private forces are included, the Nulenta can definitely muster enough forces to come to the rescue, perhaps with a lot of losses, but it is better than letting the tens of thousands of residents of Yinggang Town be buried with this mining town. And in addition to the loss on the books, what is even more terrifying is that the attitude of the parliament will send a very bad signal: the Confederation will voluntarily abandon its citizens at the time of crisis.

These truths have been made clear by themselves, and Draenor is sure that these councillors are well aware of them. But so what? Their starting point is still personal gain. In the case of Georgi, Delano knew that Degen Mining had just given him a lot of benefits, and the speech was just an excuse for his negative vote.

Georgi's applause from the parliamentarians is enduring, and the parliamentarians are giving a perfect funeral to the newborn emergency proposal. Knowing that there was little hope, Draenor was ready to make one last effort. However, he was about to stand up and refute Georgi when he heard an angry voice:

"Nonsense!!"

The applause came to an abrupt end, and people turned their heads to look at the owner of the voice. Draenor was also surprised to follow the sound, only to see a woman with an angry face, her hands on the table in front of her, leaning forward slightly, staring at Georgi angrily. The woman's face was a little unfamiliar, and it took Drano a long time to remember, it seemed to be a member of parliament who had just entered the parliament, and it should belong to an inconspicuous small party, which seemed to be called ...... "Gureg Forward Party"?

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"The vote on the proposal for a federal state of emergency has just ended, and the results of the vote are now announced. A parliamentary official stood on the steps and announced the results of the vote to the people who were waiting in the parliament square.

There was silence in the square, and everyone was nervously waiting for the result. Many people silently prayed that this was the outcome they wanted.

Seeing those pairs of eyes, the official suddenly felt a little nervous, but still announced the result head-on:

"The state of emergency proposal received 174 votes against and 27 in favour, missing the required two-thirds ......"

Before the officials could announce the results, his voice was drowned out by a loud wave of voice, and the anger of the people was uncontrollable, and some people in the crowd even picked up stones and threw them at the officials. The guards on the side immediately began to cover the officer's retreat. The prepared guards began to throw tear bombs at the population, and the huge structure began to clear the population.

Seeing this chaotic scene, the guards could not help but feel great admiration for their lieutenant colonel captain, who fortunately had anticipated the huge commotion long before the meeting began, and had drawn a large number of security police from other places in time to come to reinforce him. Otherwise, the consequences at this moment are unimaginable.

Georgi and others, who were walking out of the parliament building, looked down at the riot in the square, and the good mood of successfully blocking the emergency proposal was gone, and one of the parliamentarians spat in disgust and scolded fiercely:

"Populism!"

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Caroline walked into the archon's office with a file bag, and mentally rehearsed another rehearsal of words of comfort to Draenor. In fact, Caroline, as secretary to the consuls, had never believed that the emergency proposal would pass, so she had been prepared for it for a long time.

Knocking lightly on the door, she pushed open the wooden door to her office with Draenor's permission, and saw Draenor slumped in her chair, facing the map hanging on the wall without saying a word.

It seems that His Excellency the Archon has still been hit, and it feels that his mental state is not very right today.

In order to comfort Draenor, Caroline has actually prepared three plans, and is now struggling with which one is better. Unfortunately, before she could make up her mind, Draenor spoke first.

"We've had a lot of luck, the weather has been so good lately"

Bad luck?

Yes, most of Gureg has been sunny lately, and the weather is really good.

But what does the two have to do with each other?!

It's over, and His Excellency Archon's mental state does look very problematic.

"That...... Forehead...... Your Excellency, I understand you...... You feel bad that the emergency proposal didn't pass, but you've done everything a consul can do, and the rest is ...... Go with the flow...... Right?"

Oops, I rehearsed so many times, but when I really said it, I was so stumbling......

Hearing Caroline's words, Draenor, who was slumped in her chair, sighed, and then sat up straight, Miss Secretary thought that her comfort had worked, and just as she was about to make further efforts to pull His Excellency Archon out of the abyss of depression, Draenor suddenly took over, walked quickly in front of her, and pressed his hands on her shoulders.

Draenor was already much bigger than Caroline, and the defenseless Caroline was pinned against the wall. When she saw Draenor's red eyes, she immediately shook her hands in fright, and all the documents in her hands fell to the ground with a thud.

"Did everything a Consulate could do?!" Draenor waited for his bloodshot eyes and asked rhetorically, "Let it be?!"

Caroline was stunned by the sudden turn of events and did not answer.

But fortunately, Draenor didn't expect her to answer, and continued to say to himself:

"No, there's one more thing I can do, and that's to use the federal Meteorological Disaster Fund. ”

"Meteorological ...... Disaster?", Caroline subconsciously repeated the word, and she immediately guessed the thoughts of her own archon.

"You're talking about using the Meteorological Disaster Fund to support the rescue operation in Shadow Steel?"

Draenor nodded.

Caroline was shocked by the fanciful idea, but on second thought, it seemed to work. She now understood what Draenor meant, "We've had bad luck, the weather has been so good lately."

The exact use of the federal wind disaster fund is decided by the consuls and does not need to go through parliament, but there is still a limitation: it can only be used in the event of a meteorological disaster. The occurrence of meteorological disasters requires an assessment by the Disaster Committee of the Federal Meteorological Institute.

Now that most of the country is in good weather, how can it be possible for the Disaster Committee to confirm the meteorological disaster? Isn't this talking nonsense with our eyes open?

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Viscount Finn glanced at the report handed over by his wife, and then glanced at his wife Minerva with a playful expression. Minerva's eyes were evasive, reluctant to look directly at the other person.

Viscount Finn's judgment was not wrong at all, Minerva's worries about the vote were completely unnecessary, and Draenor's proposal received not even two-thirds of the votes, not even two-tenths. Of course, he didn't know that Draenor and his beautiful secretary were now having big plans, and seeing the results of the vote, he just thought that this was the end of the matter.

As he said before, he never worried about this vote, and from the beginning, he thought that the emergency proposal could not pass. So he put all his energy on the acquisition of armed ships, or rather, on Samuel.

His work has been fruitful, and Samuel has so far not been in contact with the defense contractors or with other potential buyers.

It's a pity that not everyone is as reliable as they are. He glanced at his wife, who couldn't help but take a step back under his gaze.

He knew that his wife had wasted a lot of money in order to block the proposal, and the final result turned out that she had spent all this money in vain, and whether the congressmen she had bought voted for or against had no effect on the outcome - but the money taken by these councillors would not be returned.

Considering that his wife had wasted a lot of money, Lord Finn felt that he could use this as an excuse to attack and marginalize him from management.

Lord Finn was in a wonderful mood at the moment.

Unfortunately, it didn't last long when it was interrupted by a sharp knock on the door, and half a minute later, even the next office heard Lord Finn's angry roar:

"What?!Samuel has already signed a ship sale agreement with the shipbreaking yard?!"