In the main hall, Allen's face was already difficult to see to a certain extent, and Sersi beside him clearly noticed all this, according to his speculation, if Old Hyde continued the long architectural planning report, even if it was one more minute, Alan would definitely let his head fall to the ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

“..... As I said earlier, the money for the repair of this artificial waterway has become the biggest stumbling block in the planning process, and we can't afford to spend too much money on it, but we won't get the new tax revenue it brings until the man-made waterway is opened, so I propose....." Rednose Heiden paused, his face proud, "..... We can temporarily subsidize the compensation for slum redevelopment here, after all, ....."

'Smack-'

Sersi rose up and startled the crowd, who were almost asleep.

Kenny on the lord's seat woke up and removed his chin and pinched his messy beard. Alan turned his head sleepily and looked at the burly Sersi, only to see that his face was red, his fists clenched, and his jaw trembled with anger.

"Who the allows you to take matters into your own hands and move the compensation of those paupers?!" Selsi roared, "They need that money more than anyone else, and you spend a day in the slums? Do you know what the people there live like? Have you ever seen what they put on their plates? You wicked madman!!"

"Hey, Captain Sercy!" Old Hyde looked puzzled, "This is just a proposal, why do you accuse me like that?" he turned to look at Kenny on the lord's seat, then turned his head and raised an eyebrow, "This is the main hall, the lord is still here, before you speak, please clear your tongue, foul language is only suitable for the soldiers in the station." ”

"Damn!" Sercy widened his eyes like brass bells, and he stretched out his hand to point at old Hyde's red nose, "Where were you when you overthrew Sam's dark regime?!Where were you when Patton was in a daze?!What qualifications do you have to point fingers here?!"

"What qualifications do I have?!" Old Hyde blushed, he gasped a few times, trying to calm his breath, and after a few seconds, he changed to his usual tone. "Chief Selsi," he said, "it's just a proposal, and for the sake of Nipur's better proposal, I hope you trust me as much as Lord Kenny, and in many years you will see the sparkle on this blueprint!"

"Shut up!" cried Sersi disdainfully, "for the sake of this waterway, you will tear down the entire slums, and even take away the pitiful compensation of the poor." He glanced at the ministers in the hall, his gaze as sharp as the tip of a knife, "Why don't you ask the people sitting here, they have all witnessed your true face!"

Old Hyde suppressed the anger in his heart, his hands hidden in the spacious robe, and no one could see how tight the fist was clenched, and he tried to soothe the displeasure that appeared on his face because of the anger.

The hall was unusually quiet, and the ministers in the room sat up straight, looking at the two arguing and glancing at Kenny on the lord's seat from time to time.

"Hyde. Kenny took advantage of the silence between the two of them to speak, "That's a bit of a bad proposal, I've read this plan for the Assyrian-Nipur waterway, it's a huge project that will take up three years, we can't take those compensation money for three years, not to mention, it's not easy to tear down the slums, I think you should know that the south of the city is already crowded, isn't it?"

"Your Lord," Old Hyde turned, "with your wisdom, you should be able to foresee what trade facilitation this artificial waterway will bring us, it ....."

"It will really bring us unexpected conveniences in the future. Kenny admitted, and interrupted, "Konipur is still an infant child, we just took him from someone else, and you want him to run before he learns to climb?" He paused, stood up and looked at old Hyde, "I can feel your love for Nippur, I'm just like you, so is Captain Selcy, everyone here is for Nippur, no one doesn't want him to grow up quickly, but we have to give him time, the first thing to do is to let everyone in the territory fill their stomachs first." ”

"Yes, my lord, you're right. "But the two are not contradictory, and the townsfolk should do what they can for Nipur while filling their stomachs, right?"

"But the gap between the rich and the poor in Nipur is too great, and you should probably heed Sersi's advice and go to the slums to see what the people are doing, and then you will feel that it is the nobles who sit back and enjoy their prosperity all day long, and not the poor in the slums. ”

"Allow me to talk too much, fishmonger. "The gods have indeed endowed you with a gift in the matter of architecture, which means that you have an unshirkable mission and duty, and I suggest that you use this merit for the right path rather than for some purpose.....," he narrowed, and his words sharpened, "You should know in your heart what I'm talking about." ”

"Don't mention the sinking valley of the stone bridge, I have already clarified in front of the lord, that matter has nothing to do with me!" Lao Hai looked anxious and denied it.

"God knows what you've done?" Sersi didn't give up, "That's more than a hundred lives, and you've slept soundly all these years?"

"You mean that the Namu gods are unjust?" said old Hyde frowned.

"It's really unfair. ”

"All the injustices in this world are due to lack of ability, and in the future my children will also be barons, because I have spent my whole life for Nippur. "And they?" he said, righteously, "and what about them?" he pointed out of the Great Hall, "or they live for themselves, or the bad wine in the grocery store, or the cheap girls in the brothel!"

"You're not in a position to point fingers at anyone, old Hyde!" Alan stood up as he leaned on the table, moving the thick eyebrows on his left eye, and added, "Words are far more likely to hurt than sharp arrows, and if you are truly loyal to Nippur, loyal to your lord, you should apologize to the entire slum for what you just said!" he left the table and walked towards Old Hyde," he said. Don't give the honor of the past to your children, it will make them unable to move, not to mention, the time when power was in the hands of a few is a thing of the past, and today's Nipur belongs to everyone!"

There was silence in the hall, and every word Allen said was like countless silver needles piercing the hearts of the ministers present.

Kenny, who was standing on the lord's seat, did not speak, and he seemed to acquiesce to the young Chancellor's statement.

Lao Hai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, although the young man approaching in front of him spoke lightly, but revealed a kind of royal atmosphere, he didn't know what kind of inextricable relationship this young man had with Kenny, the only thing he knew was that he couldn't offend the young man in front of him, because more than half of Nippur's wealth was in his hands.

"You're right! I ......"

"Lord—"

One of the guards rushed into the main hall and fell to his knees on the steps in a panic.

"No..... Oh no! Lord, the patrol soldiers came to report that several strange-looking corpses had appeared on the street west of the city, and they said that the corpses were charred, but their faces were intact.....!

"Wheezing for what?" Sersi yelled angrily, "and what?"

"Those men are the famous nobles ..... the city" (to be continued.) )