"It's us who make the empire great again!"

Bell looked at Justice Willon solemnly.

Justice Wilon was silent for a moment, and he remembered once again the huge debt he and his companions were now facing.

Thinking about the Bergman family behind Bell, and the circle to which the Bergman family belonged, Justice Weilun nodded a little against his will: "Yes, it is you who make the empire great again...... After all, you can't do anything without money! ”

Bell laughed.

"Yes, you can't do anything without money."

"Seventy years ago, how embarrassed was the empire at that time? We weren't born at the time, but we knew from our elders about the bleak state of the empire at that time. ”

"The army, there is no money to purchase ordnance and baggage. The government, there is no money to pay salaries. place, there is no money to maintain the municipality. ”

"Even ...... The roof of the Hydra Palace was smashed by a meteorite, and there was no money to repair it, and on a rainy day, His Majesty and the ministers had to discuss the government in the leaky hall. ”

"A weak empire, chaos."

"To the northwest, the Principality of the Blue Wolf, supported by the Highland Kingdom, has repeatedly violated the border; To the northeast, the armies of the Lucian Empire continued to encroach on the empire's territory through the Great Plains of Rulé; To the southwest, the Imperial army was beaten by bandits; To the southeast, the lords are on the verge of independence. ”

"There is no money to pay military salaries, there is no money to purchase ordnance and baggage, the morale of the imperial army is weakened, the morale is almost collapsed, and the entire empire is facing fragmentation."

"The government has no money to pay salaries, officials at all levels are neglecting their duties and leaving their posts, the imperial administrative system is almost collapsing, and Her Majesty's will is ...... At that time, the purported will did not leave the Hydrerador...... Because no one does what they want, no one wants to do things seriously. ”

"And what about the place...... The dikes collapsed, and floods were everywhere; The city is in ruins...... I heard that at that time in Hyderabad, the sewers were filled with filth, and the streets were full of feces and urine...... Oh, oh, it's just a dirty garbage heap. ”

"Because there is no money, the whole empire will collapse, it will die out completely...... Even, at that time, in the northern ice ocean, the only naval fleet that resisted the invasion of the snow barbarians, because of lack of money, after several old-fashioned capital ships were burned by the barbarians, the empire could not come up with money to replenish the ships. ”

"The great empire is actually harassed by a group of barbarians who are still in the tribal civilization...... They invaded the interior from the northern ice, and in just a few years, hundreds of towns and cities were raided and plundered, and millions of imperial subjects were taken captive and enslaved. ”

Bell filled himself with another glass of liquor and swallowed it in one gulp.

He simply put the wine glass aside, grabbed the huge one-and-a-half-liter bottle, and took two sips of the bottle to his mouth.

"We changed all that."

"Because of Junker's order, our ancestors saw the hope of changing their fate, so they donated generously, even at the cost of breaking their homes to serve the country."

"Seventy years ago, at the weakest of the Empire, at its most internally turbulent, and when the country was at its most difficult, the Bergman family donated 175 million gold marks to the Empire for the first time...... 175 million gold marks 70 years ago, Your Excellency Wei Lun, 175 million gold marks 70 years ago......"

"For this money, the Bergman family drained almost all of the liquid cash, and even mortgaged ninety percent of the family property to the Royal Bank of the Ice Sea Kingdom."

Justice Wei Lun nodded slowly: "I have studied this history...... Thanks to your donation, the Bergman family has received the name 'Rong', and has been given the status of nobility, and the title of 'Duke'! ”

Justice Wilon raised his glass and took a sip of the mellow wine: "The patriarch of the Bergman family at that time directly entered the Imperial House of Lords and had the power of executive elder, and he also became the speaker of the Ruhr City Council, and was even canonized by the emperor to take charge of all commercial, industrial, agricultural, mining and other economic related industries in the Ruhr City region. ”

Justice Wilun stared at the red liquor in his glass, and he muttered, "In the modern history of the Empire, there is a large chapter dedicated to this period of history...... 'The Rise of Juncker', and I remember the name of this large chapter. ”

"yes, the rise of Juncker." Bell sighed: "We saved the Empire, do you admit it?" ”

Justice Wei Lun nodded vigorously...... He did not fully agree with this opinion, it was not only the Golden Mark that saved the Empire, but also the sword and artillery, as well as the wise decision of Her Majesty the Empress, and the bloody sacrifice of the Teutonic nobles.

It is impossible to make a vast empire great again by relying on Kim Mark alone.

Only the spirit, will, and blood, with these more noble and precious things, combined with the golden mark, can make a huge country great again and nirvana.

In mainland Medland, there is incomparably rich, but there are more countries that are bullied all day...... For example, the neighbor of the Delenn Empire, the United Kingdom of Nice, which is spewing golden light from its pores...... They can be called the richest countries in the Metland continent, but whether it is the Deren Empire, the Ice Sea Kingdom, or the Saint Sia Kingdom...... Whoever wants to bully them can step on it.

Even, even the Lucian Empire can knead them a few handfuls from time to time, do you see if the United Kingdom of Nice can do anything?

So, Kim Mark doesn't represent everything.

Of course, Justice Willon will not refute any of Bell's opinions at this moment.

"Everything we have now is what we deserve." Bell said in a deep voice: "Titles, powers, and those positions in the government, in the army...... Including our growing family property, our factories, our mines, our forests, our fields, our estates and villages, which are increasing every year. ”

"We, bring the empire back to life...... We, keep the empire running. ”

"We have done so much for the Empire, so we should enjoy certain privileges."

Bell looked at Justice Weilun deeply: "Right now, in Ruhr City, something extremely ugly is happening...... The empire is coming to a better place, the empire is stronger, the empire is great again, so ...... Crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey, shameless, ugly......"

"Several honorable, glorious, and decent heads of the family are being prosecuted by the courts."

"Oh, tax evasion, smuggling, human trafficking, communicating with enemy countries...... These charges ......"

Bell looked at Justice Wei Lun very deeply: "These charges ...... Shameless, boring, it's just ...... Let our hearts bleed! ”

"That's right, I admit that we all have a bit of tax evasion, and we do sell some of the more sensitive goods to some big foreign customers...... Of course, we inevitably purchase some beautiful girls to meet the normal physiological needs of ourselves and our customers...... We...... When some of our customers inquire about some news, we give them some of the news we know at a little insignificant friendship price. ”

"It is even said that when our business in a certain area is threatened, we will use some small measures to protect the interests of our family...... In this process, there will inevitably be some violent means, and it is inevitable that several people will be killed and injured...... It is even said that those emerging families who want to encroach on the interests of our family may say...... I mean, maybe they were not careful, and the whole family had some unfortunate accidents! ”

"Isn't that a normal business practice? It's all about protecting our family's interests. ”

"To be more honest, it is true that the city of Ruhr, including the Ruhr region, and even several nearby provinces...... Officials from all levels of government departments are all our people...... It's because our people are doing well, isn't it? ”

"To put it more bluntly, it is true that the city of Ruhr, including the Ruhr region, and even several nearby provinces...... We are in the garrison, in the police, in the courts, in the security forces, and even in the Ministry of Supervision...... But isn't that normal? We have so many good people, we have to give them a good place. ”

"More ...... Well, the city of Ruhr, and the militia units of the Ruhr region...... Seventy years ago, when the empire was in turmoil, when foreign enemies and internal bandits were raging within the empire, it was the militia units of Ruhr that grabbed weapons directly from the factory production line and went into battle, ultimately defending the interests of the country and the honor of the royal family. ”

"Ruhr City, the militia of the Ruhr region, it's a tradition, a very good and beneficial tradition, isn't it?"

"Of course, I admit that in the last twenty years or so, the formation of militia units has been a bit large...... Accidentally, the number of militiamen who participate in daily training has exceeded one million...... But we in the Ruhr and the Ruhr region, there are hundreds of families, large and small, and everyone has factories and mines...... A million militiamen, tsk, spread evenly, how many can each family have? ”

Justice Willon began to rub his temples vigorously.

Aren't you enough of these damn Super Junkers?

Tax evasion, smuggling and betrayal of the country, and even, under the noses of the imperial capital, you have formed a million-dollar army......

You've taken control of local power, you've got your hands on the police, you've got your hands on the police, you've got your hands on the military...... The Ruhr region is already a country within a country.

The executive, the judicial, and most importantly, the power of the barrel of the gun...... What the hell do you want to do, you fat-headed, big-eared, fat-bellied guys?

With Her Majesty's temperament, it is a great miracle that she can tolerate this kind of thing for more than ten or twenty years!

In the most lawless and reckless years of Her Majesty the Empress, you would have been exterminated and a person's head would have been cut off.

According to the news that Justice Weilun got from Ruhr City, up to now, the Imperial officials are only going through the normal procedures and conducting a formal trial of the major families in Ruhr City according to the evidence collected from all aspects!

Her Majesty acted in accordance with the law, without using the supreme privileges of the royal family!

Are you not satisfied, and are you not grateful?

"What do you mean?" Justice Willon asked Bell with unusual caution.

"We are loyal to the Empire...... We are willing to accept the current situation...... We are willing to swallow all the bitter fruits. Bell coughed lightly: "But we also have to show that our attitude is ...... We need friends to help us with something. ”