The cold stone pillars, the unchanging palace, and the gray sky all day long.

Faced with this almost unchanging life, Dennis looked at the small window and sighed. The little girl who once longed to go out and be free now has put herself in another cage. Is this right or wrong? But, when you think about it, how can everyone live in a cage when they live in this world? How many people can really act according to their own preferences and wishes? Most people still don't repeat yesterday's events every day and live under rules and laws? This is order and civilization?

Dennis shook his head, he shouldn't think about it anymore, right now, there are so many things waiting to be dealt with by himself, the civilians of Kislev are still suffering and starving, he should not be passive and slack, he should continue to work hard. Dennis cheered himself up.

She walked over to the familiar cold stone bench and sat down, there was a meeting of the ministers today. Moreover, the content will be very important and confidential. Compared to the previous meeting of close ministers, only a few people attended the meeting today, and a few people trusted by the queen. Virgil, the Commander of the Palace Praetorian Army, Caroline, the Dean of the Magic Academy, Vladimir, the Minister of War, and Toritzka, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Virgil as an important member of his father's stay, Dennis is absolutely relieved of him, the knight's loyalty has been tested, at the beginning, his father Rhodes went north to lure away the greenskins, let Virgil guard the Black Hammer Castle, take over the Black Hammer Castle army, when everyone thought that Rhodes had died in the north, Virgil was still holding on, waiting for his lord to return. He had every chance of taking over Blackhammer, but he didn't. Eventually, he waited for the return of the White Bear Lord, and as a reward, he sat in the position he is today.

Caroline, as her father's wife, is equivalent to her stepmother, and Dennis is also 10,000 at ease with her, the Academy of Magic, as one of the most important institutional departments in Kislev, has never asked about the Academy of Magic since her father arranged for her to be the principal. According to my father's words, they all came together in the most difficult times, let alone now. It's just that if you want to treat her as her stepmother, Dennis still can't do it. Of course, her father didn't force her to do so. In the eyes of his father, there is only love, and love is a little doting.

Other people's words, in fact, have the possibility of anti-water. But Dennis had to reuse them. According to my father's words, since we want to use people, we must trust. Without trust, there can be no loyalty. If everyone is on guard, then in the end, no one will be faithful.

Dennis placed the bet on these men. Of course, what they want to do is not to rebel, but to think about Kislev. At worst, he was obstructed by some people, who falsely accused the Tsar and dissolved the office of the close ministers, and he no longer interfered in any of the affairs of Kislev. At worst, that's it.

Let go and do it. Dennis said to himself......

"Five, I'm glad you all came on time. ”

The door to the hall was pushed open, and several ministers entered almost simultaneously. Dennis sat on the stone bench in the middle, counted the number of people present, and couldn't help but smile a little satisfied.

"The queen's news, how can we be negligent, we must be the first to respond. ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Torichka returned with a smile.

Several people walked in and sat down at the long table, still in the same position, still in the same chair. It's still the same identity.

"If you want me to say, every time a few of us participate, just call the five-member council. ”

Interior Secretary Antonovich joked.

"That's your fault, Antonovich, the parliament is an institution only in the Empire, and we in Kislev don't like that. If His Majesty the Tsar Pavel hears this, I am afraid that your position will not be warm. ”

Chancellor Tolichka retorted with a smile.

"Alright, let's get down to business. ”

Caroline, the director of the School of Magic, interrupted the small talk.

"Well, okay. ”

Antonovich returned to-

"Queen, I have read your letter, and I have thought about it, but it is not easy to achieve the goal you have set for you. ”

"So we need to work together to solve a couple of problems. Population, money, resources and technology are what Kislev desperately needs right now. "Chase literature

Dennis flipped through the manuscript and said seriously. The notebook wrapped in cowhide was something she had to carry with her. It records her daily work, as well as the topics and processes of the meeting.

"First of all, we have to sort out the order of these questions, in your opinion, population, capital, resources and technology, which comes first and which comes last?"

Dennis asked.

"The old minister's humble opinion should be the population. I have counted that the country has lost nearly a quarter of its population since the three-year civil war in Kislev. And that's just towns and cities. How many villages and remote places, it is impossible to count at all. ”

Antonovich replied.

"You are wrong, Antonjovic, you must know that while population is important, technology and resources are equally important, even more important than population. The amount of resources determines the maximum number of people that a country can carry. You know the greenskin tribe, with the reproduction rate of these beasts, their numbers could have been many, many, but it is because of the scarcity of resources and food in their territory that they can only fight each other in order to survive, which causes their population to not grow explosively. ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Toricika said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't think you understand what the queen meant. ”

Vladimir stood up and said—

"If I'm not mistaken, what the queen means is that if you want to develop Kislev, you have to develop it first, whether it's people, resources, technology or money. ”

After Vladimir finished speaking, Dennis smiled and nodded. Obviously, that was exactly what she was asking the question.

"So, what do you think? General Vladimir. ”

Dennis asked.

"Population, as His Excellency Antonovich said just now, the civil war cost the whole of Kislev at least a quarter of its population. Without the people's backing, the kingdom will not be able to withstand any more wars in the future. We can't expect a group of veterans in their fifties and sixties to take up arms and go to the front against those monsters. ”

Vladimir said.

"That's right. ”

Dennis first gave an affirmative tone.

"But, I would say that you're all only seeing the superficial data. That's right, after three years of civil war, nearly a quarter of Kislev's civilians died. However, none of you see the data behind this set of data. Only a small fraction of the thousands of civilians who died were killed in battle, and the vast majority of civilians died because of war-related famine and shortages. They died of hunger and cold ......"

"The North is fighting for supplies and food, and the bloody Caterina is doing the same, and more brutally. Both sides did this at the same time, and in the end, only civilians were killed. Supplies are in short supply and prices are skyrocketing. Food was hoarded and requisitioned, and clothes and everything that kept them warm were forcibly requisitioned. Far more people died from cold and hunger than on the battlefield. In fact, many joined the corps for nothing more than a full meal. I'm not wrong, am I? General Vladimir. ”

Dennis asked suddenly. This left the old general with nothing to say. Indeed, I have to admit that what the young queen in front of me said was not wrong. This can't help but make Vladimir a little more admired. He didn't expect that a person who lived deep in the palace would be so clear about the situation in the outside world.

"Population is important, but without resources and money, many newborns will not survive the first winter of life. ”

Dennis tells a cruel truth. This can't help but make everyone here feel heavy.