Chapter XLVII: The Speaker's Hint
"Ridiculous, there must be a limit to nonsense, the Ferdinand family is the largest nobleman in the Holy Alliance, it controls four ports, and there are more than twenty kinds of exclusivity in the trade goods, at least four of which are scarce goods in the city of Guderis, if there is a real fallout, the price of these four goods will rise by at least half, who can afford this responsibility at that time? Not to mention that there is a temple behind the Ferdinand family, Archbishop Mortellis disappeared in Guderis, this matter has not been resolved, and then offend the church...... What the hell is President D'Addarion thinking?"
Speaker Wood frowned, "Their fleet is not armed with any weapons, and it is well known that they are stopping at the port of Goodris just to marry the girl from the Bretton family, and we have no reason to prevent them from entering the harbor, which is contrary to the liberal policy that the university town has always pursued." [ "
But the Lord was also a member of the Round Table Seven, and had a veto in his hand, and if he didn't agree, the proposal would not pass through the council. The inspector general took the coffee from the secretary's hand, stirred it twice with a spoon, and said lightly.
"Is there anything wrong with that?" said Deputy Speaker Sheldon, puzzled, "The Ferdinands' fleet is a caravan in its own right, and according to the trade regulations of the Free City-States, it can dock directly at the port, even without the approval of the City Council. β
Viscount Hutton sighed, " Originally, it really didn't matter, but Mograini had to do more, since sending a letter to the city council meant that the diplomatic process was initiated, and now if we reject him, according to the latest revision of the maritime security law of the Free City-State last year, once the fleet of the Ferdinand family sails within thirty nautical miles of Gudris, it will be regarded as an act of aggression, and the fleet and the city's land defense system of the nearby Free City-State should fire a warning first, and if the other side insists on advancing despite the dissuasion, it will face the fate of being directly sunkγ β
"So serious?" Deputy Speaker Sheldon was stunned, and turned his head to look at the fat man with a sad face on the other side of the cabin, who was the councilor in charge of foreign affairs in the university town, and the bill on the Ferdinand family's fleet requesting docking was also raised by him.
Stewart is very anxious now, he has been sitting there biting his nails since he entered the house, this matter itself is just a trivial matter, the fleet of the Ferdinand family is going to enter the port, and it is no problem to say hello to the city council in advance, but the rejection of the greeting makes things troublesome all of a sudden, Mograini has come all the way to Gudeis, but he can't enter the city, which is undoubtedly a very serious humiliation for the Ferdinand family, a bad one will turn into a diplomatic accident, and he will definitely not be able to escape as the main person in charge at that timeγ
But this doesn't make sense at all, what does the matter between the Ferdinand family and the Breton family have to do with D'Artagion? I haven't heard of any grievances between the latter and the two big families above, if you put it before, you might still guess whether this is a bloody love triangle story.
But the former obviously just got married last month, and the bride is also the vice president of the Gudris branch of the Wizards Association, Lilith, when this matter was exposed, many people were surprised, and the first thing that came to everyone's mind was the restrictive picture of an unscrupulous boss using his power to coerce female subordinates.
Because no matter which point of view, the two are not a good match, President Lilith is a recognized goddess in the entire Guderies City except for a cold personality, excellent work ability, a sense of responsibility and justice, serious and kind, on the other hand, someone is a lazy and lazy person, only holding a notebook and a dress-up figure every day to nest in the sofa and laugh stupidly, he can't even clean up his office, if it weren't for the former in the Wizards Association, I'm afraid it would have been closed long ago.
Therefore, when they learned the news of their marriage, most people were shocked, and then felt sorry for Vice President Lilith.
Stewart also secretly admired the female magician, but he knew that he had no hope, his family background was average, although the history was long enough, it had declined hundreds of years ago, and now it is basically only an empty shell, barely squeezed into the parliament and can only be responsible for diplomatic work without much oil and water, and he will never dare to mess with the president of the Magician Association.
It's just that what Stewart didn't expect was that he didn't provoke the other party, but the other party didn't seem to intend to let him go, seeing Deputy Speaker Sheldon looking at him, wiped the sweat on his forehead and hurriedly said, "Yes, in principle, if this bill is vetoed, then the fleet of the Ferdinand family cannot dock at Gudeis, no, more precisely, it cannot enter the area within thirty nautical miles of Gudeis." β
"What's the matter? Is that guy doing this to disgust us on purpose?" Deputy Speaker Cutler was short-tempered and impatient, "Let's just vote together to strip that guy of his seat in the Legislature, and we won't be disgusted by this kind of mess again." β
"Then your proposal will be vetoed by him with his veto. Speaker Wood shook his head, "Gentlemen, I have gathered you here to solve problems, not to listen to all of you complain to each other. β
"But that guy can't communicate at all, and the methods you use don't work for him at all, otherwise he wouldn't have come and left as he wants. The inspector general said leisurely as he sipped his freshly brewed coffee.
"You may not have much to do with that guy, but I know there's someone who can bring him to a knees. Speaker Wood moved her gaze to the sofa opposite, where the sorceress was sitting, and she had listened to all the discussions of the people in the room just now, but she did not speak until Speaker Wood looked at her.
"Vice President Lilith, this time I may be bothering you again, after all, it is about the diplomatic relations between the Free City-State and the Holy Alliance, if we let him continue to mess around like this, we will also be very embarrassed, only you can control him now......" Speaker Wood touched the arm of his chair.
"Well, I've heard that some time ago you've been pushing for a bill to help poor children in the city with magical talents to enter the Academy of Magic, and their expenses will be shared by the Wizards' Guild and the City Council, and I'm very appreciative of this proposal, but you also know that the City Council's annual income is not unlimited, especially in recent times when we've been strapped for money, but I can assure you that I'll still find a way to push this proposal forward. The implication in Speaker Wood's last sentence was already obvious.