Chapter Fifty-Eight: Lawton
Because of the changes suffered by St. Caron this time, I don't know what impact it will have on the nobles and barbarians who have long had different intentions on the border, after repulsing the dragoon captain, one after another reports of the loss of St. Caron were reported to her, and seeing the staggering numbers on it, the empress, who had just recovered from the fainting, felt a little dizzy.
Shani, the head maid who can make her feel at ease to explain her affairs on weekdays, is thrown away at this time to contact the forces of all parties, and she is already lacking in skills. Although she still has various ministers to discuss, she has long been aware that they are all ill-intentioned, but now there are too many things to deal with, so she has no choice but to order her subordinates to gather them over to discuss how to help the disaster.
In view of the fact that some military ministers or prime ministers held military power in history and plotted rebellion, in order to firmly control the command of the army, the positions of military ministers and prime ministers were abolished, and the imperial family directly controlled the imperial army.
When the three of them were seated, Gladyse came in from the house, and she sat down on the throne, and the ministers sat down and looked at him, waiting for the Empress to speak.
Gladys looked around at the minister, and said with a solemn expression: "This disaster has caused serious losses to the imperial capital, and the civilians are struggling in the ruins, and I have ordered the city guard army to go to the disaster again, but the treasury is empty, and it must cost a lot of money to rebuild the city, I don't know what methods you can solve these problems as the ministers of the pillars?"
The ministers in the audience looked at each other, shook their heads and said nothing.
Gladys sneered and pointed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the left and said, "Chancellor of the Exchequer, I heard that your family's caravans are all over the continent, and even the barbarians have your business name, I wonder if you are willing to help the crisis and donate some property for the reconstruction of the imperial capital?"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was busy crying and said: "Your Majesty, don't you know, bandits have been very rampant in the past few years, and the caravans of your family's families have often been robbed, and they have to change routes and hire bodyguards to protect goods.
Gladys sneered when she heard this, who didn't know that even the floor tiles in his house were made of sapphires, but his family's financial position was so entrenched in the management of finances for generations that even he could not force him to donate.
She looked at the other two ministers and asked coldly: "There are still remnants of Duke Nicholas near the empire, I don't know who is interested in leading troops to the battle?"
The ministers bowed their heads as if the rebellion had nothing to do with them.
The empress is very helpless, for this situation she also wants to promote some talented young generation to assist her in saving the country, but once she takes action, the young people she values will be deposed by these families who have controlled the government for a long time, and even disappear from now on.
Gladys picked up a document, raised it in her hand and said to the ministers: "The jailers have just asked for some important news from the mouths of the rebels, and according to their testimonies, it seems that some people's families have been eye-browning with them, and it seems that there are many connections, right, to tell the truth, the dragoons have always wanted to visit their homes!"
The ministers were shocked when they heard this, even if they suspected that the testimony in the hands of the empress was fabricated, but they did have a lot of dealings with Nikolai and other families, and no one could rule out the possibility that members of their own family were involved in the rebellion.
At that moment, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stood up, his gray beard curled up with excitement. He said indignantly: "I have long doubted Duke Nicholas's loyalty to His Majesty, and at the same time I am very saddened by the tragic situation of the civilians in the city, Your Majesty, please rest assured, my family will be responsible for the cost of rebuilding the city!"
Gladys knew the Chancellor's decisiveness, and he had removed his family from the list of rebellions, so that even some vague evidence pointed to their family, he could not help him.
The rest of the ministers, who were old and sophisticated, began to donate enthusiastically one after another, as if they were loyal ministers, and seeing that things had finally turned around, Gladys interrupted her thoughts and began to discuss the details of the matter with the ministers.
The rescue lasted until the evening, the city near Russell had been cleaned up, the people involved in the rescue were all unkempt and exhausted, the maids of the Hill family cooked the food, and carried buckets to deliver the food to the rescuers, and the hungry people had already ignored the dust on their bodies, and took the rice bowl and devoured the food.
"Eat it, thank you for your hard work!" a pleasant female voice came from Russell's ears.
Russell looked back in surprise, and it turned out to be Charlotte who bent over and handed over the meal. Instead of wearing her usual splendid attire, she wore the clothes of a servant.
Charlotte noticed Russell's puzzled gaze, and explained with a smile: "The servants in the house have gone out to help, and I can't sit idly by, I can only cook for you by changing this clothes!"
She handed over the rice again and whispered, "Eat quickly, it's too cold and the rice will be cold immediately." Hearing this, Russell hurriedly took over the job.
"It hurts!" Russell looked at his hand that was full of blisters because of digging stones, it turned out that he was too focused on rescue, but he didn't expect his palm to be tossed like this, and his hand hurt when he took the bowl.
"I'm so sorry!" Charlotte looked at Russell apologetically, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll feed you!"
Russell was embarrassed and hurriedly excused himself: "How can I trouble you? I'll be able to eat it slowly!"
Charlotte smiled and said, "You saved so many lives today, I should do it!"