The day after the summoning order was issued, the local officials under the province who were a little closer to the Dark City rushed to the Dark City. In the days that followed, various magistrates and chiefs of different races also arrived, and hundreds of people filled the only inn in the Dark City.

Most of these people were familiar to me, the magistrates were basically my subordinates, the foreign chiefs were mostly my elders, and there was a long queue of people waiting for me to meet in the governor's palace.

The subordinates wanted to meet me to report on their work, and the elders were even more lazy, so I could only take time to receive them one by one. Although the Governor was so busy running around all day and night that his feet did not touch the ground, in the end he was unable to do anything, so I had to ask the three Governors of the Interior to help me deal with it.

It was easy to wait until everyone came, and after meeting them one by one, I also had a certain understanding of the current development status of the province. But it would be a few days before my father could arrive because of the distance, and we could not afford to delay it, so after consulting with Fichette, I decided to hold a meeting of the officials of the province first, and to settle the matter on the dark side first.

The meeting was held after lunch, and more than 100 people could not sit down in the conference building, so Kelly, who was in charge of arranging the meeting, puffed out her eyes and simply asked someone to move the meeting hall to the garden.

Before the meeting began, I went to ask Fichette.

"I can't go. Fichette sat down at his desk writing something, and replied to me without even raising his head: "This meeting is an internal affair of the Dark Province, and it is inconvenient for me to attend it in my current capacity. ”

"Why? They're all people you know! We used to attend meetings together. I was a little annoyed in my heart, why did I always encounter things that surprised me these days: "If Your Majesty doesn't go, I will be very unsure." ”

"O my Governor Cohen, you are stupid again......" Fischette put down his pen. Walked up to me: "Why don't you understand? It will directly weaken your influence in the hearts of these officials. There can even be other negative effects. ”

I scratched my head and used this gesture to show Fichette that I was confused.

"What would the governors of the other provinces think if they knew that the king was attending the internal affairs council of the Dark Province and was making accusations on the affairs of the province at the meeting?" Fichette explained, "The internal strife in the Empire, and the governors of the former royal faction did not immediately turn to Lu Man, except for the fact that Lu Man was not the orthodox of the Empire, they were still watching me. ”

"Watching you?"

"Yes, see if I am a king worthy of allegiance. Is it intended to do anything to them. Fischer nodded: "When I attend the meeting, they will think that I am meddling in the internal affairs of the province and taking power from you in disguise." If I were to do this even with a close friend like you, I wouldn't let them go...... By then, what do you think will happen to them?"

"I see. I nodded.

"If you have any difficulties in your internal affairs, of course I will help you. Fichette patted me on the shoulder: "But you don't want to be lazy in your own business." ”

"I know that. I said, "But for these governors, it is not a matter for them not to show up, and you should do something to let them know about your deposit." ”

Fischette smiled slightly: "Look at what I'm writing?"

I walked over to the table and saw that it was full of letters written by Fichette to the governor who had not participated in the rebellion.

"It turns out that His Majesty has thought of it a long time ago. ”

"These letters will not be sent until you have consulted with your father. Fischette said, "I hope these governors have not been bought by Luman." ”

"Don't worry, our chances are much better than those of Lu Man. I reassured him and said, "These governors used to be of the royal faction. has a lot of contradictions with Lu Man, and he also knows what Lu Man is in his bones. For these governor-general officials. Luman didn't want to buy them overnight. ”

"You're on the point!" Fichette said with a smile, "Go to your meeting, and don't lose your temper when you encounter something that is difficult to decide." ”

"Understood. ”

As soon as he walked out of Fischet's room, he met the three of Firin.

"How can it be so coincidental?" I smiled as I walked among the three ladies.

"It's not a coincidence. Kelly said, "The meeting is about to begin, and we have come here to wait for you." ”

"How did you know I was here? ”

"It was Filine who said it. Winsley came over and straightened my clothes, "I didn't expect you to be here." ”

"Is that really the case?" I chuckled, "Filine can already be a prophet." ”

Fei Lin smiled but didn't answer, but Kelly on the side said: "It's not just that, my sister said that you must go to invite Your Majesty to participate before the meeting, and Your Majesty Xià will definitely not agree to you, how about it?"

"Convinced, what's not to believe?" I exchanged a look with Firin: "I'm Cohen." Kaida has such an understanding of his wife, and it is too late to be happy. ”

"It seems that the long conversation under the moon before the flower can really deepen the relationship!" At this point, Kelly lowered her voice and said in my tone: "My dear lady, husband, I will send you back to the room first, and then I will write a letter......"

I'm so angry and funny, and I can only let her go.

※※※ "Ritsusho...... Hello sir!" As soon as I arrived at the venue, the officers sitting on the right side of the venue stood up and saluted me at the command of the officer on duty, and the civilian officials on the other side bowed to their chests.

"Hello everyone. I returned the salute: "Please sit down." ”

Everyone sat down, and the three ladies sat down in the seats behind me.

"After waiting for a few days, everyone is finally here, you are all important officials of the province, and this governor doesn't need to talk nonsense. I stood in front of my seat and looked around the audience: "In the past few days, I have met with you separately and have a rough understanding of what you have done in the past year. Frankly speaking, I think you have done a good job, although some people will inevitably make some mistakes, but it is also within an acceptable range, and they do not have a deep understanding of their responsibilities, and they have not yet figured out how to be an official. It doesn't matter, in my opinion, you can do better. ”

As he finished speaking, there was a smile on the faces of the civilian officers on the left, while the officers who had been following me in recent years sat upright. The amplitude of the eyes followed my figure in unison...... Compare both sides. It's a bit of a character.

"Although everyone did their part very well. But our efforts have not changed as fast as the shape shì. Lured by a certain force, Lu Man's beastly ambition and greed swelled overnight, and now it has contaminated half of the country. There was a pause in my words: "In order to avenge the death of His Majesty Kremer and his wife, we must change our strategy and send this brute to where he belongs!"

I received a unanimous response to this statement, and everyone replied in unison: "I want to follow you!"

"His Majesty Fischette has a way of dealing with the whole situation, and we don't have to worry too much about that. I continued: "But for me, I'm only focused on fighting. And this war is on the verge of breaking out! The entire province must prepare for the coming all-out war, and today's meeting is a war briefing and a war mobilization. We must be prepared to fight, and we must not let our soldiers die in vain because of lack of combat preparation!"

"Yes!"

"There are several important events in today's meeting, one of which is war preparation, and the other is the resettlement of the thirty-six tribes...... Both of these things are difficult to do, and everyone can talk freely!" Seeing that everyone's emotions were almost mobilized, I also got to the point: "Carlos. ”

Carlos, who was sitting on the right side, immediately stood up: "Yes, sir!"

"Let me introduce you to you, Carlos is the chief of staff of the army of the Dark Province. I nodded to Carlos: "You tell us about our army first." ”

"Yes. Sir!" Carlos turned slightly to face the civilian official, "For now. The total number of regular troops in my dark province is 150,000. Among them, there are 30,000 people in the original garrison of the province plus the trainees in the training ground, and 120,000 people who have returned to the dark province with the governor this time. ”

"According to the order of Governor Cohen, the General Staff has readjusted the 150,000 troops again, and divided them into three major corps and provincial garrisons. Carlos took out a piece of paper from his bosom: "The three legions are the First Legion led by Governor Cohen, the Second Legion led by Brigadier General Haiert and the Third Legion led by Brigadier General Moya. We will allocate a part of the experienced soldiers from these three major legions to enrich the provincial garrison, and the training ground will also receive a large number of qualified instructors. ”

"Let me say a word about why the army is divided in this way. I walked to the middle of the meeting: "I have talked with Kelly Interior Inspector, the most important duty of the garrison is the defense of the province, and it is stationed in various locations in the province to maintain law and order in peacetime, and in wartime it obeys the dispatch of the internal affairs department of the province, so this army basically does not go out of the border of the dark province. Is there a problem with their provision being provided by the garrison?"

"Your Excellency the Governor, the Lower Rank has a problem. A city supervisor stood up.

I nodded: "Say." ”

"Do you mean that the supplies you are talking about include weapons and equipment?" said the supervisor, "We can find a way to feed the army, even if I am hungry." Weapons...... I can't even cry!"

"You don't need to cry. I said loudly: "The weapons and equipment are uniformly distributed by the General Staff, and the equipment that has been replaced is ...... Kelly's Interior Inspector said that you have established a war reserve, and these things will be handed over to the reserve force on the spot!"

"Yes, Governor. The director said happily: "Xiaguan understands!"

I looked at Carlos, "Carlos, you go on." ”

"Yes, in addition to this, there is a tricky matter that needs to be solved urgently. Carlos continued: "As I believe everyone knows, our army has experienced many fierce battles in the Great War of Gods and Demons, and although we survived, we have accumulated nearly 10,000 wounded, including more than 3,000 soldiers who have become disabled. How to place them is related to the prestige of Governor Cohen, and it is also related to the morale of the army in the future, and as military personnel, we cannot solve this matter, so we can only entrust these siblings to you. ”

As soon as they heard that there were nearly 10,000 seriously wounded soldiers and more than 3,000 disabled soldiers, several directors of the Interior Department couldn't help but look at each other...... That's a lot of baggage!

"Your Excellency. Under the pressure of my vision, a supervisor cautiously said: "With such a large scale, none of our departments can afford it!"

"Yes, my lord, you also know our difficulties, and we really have a hard time placing these soldiers. Another supervisor continued: "Is it possible to send them back to their hometowns, or build camps to concentrate on them?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were several subtle noises from the group of officers on the right side of the venue. It's like a stool being squeezed. There was also the sound of clenched fists mixed in. I turned my head to take a look. The excited officers immediately regained their composure.

"I know the number of wounded is huge, and I know your difficulties...... No matter how difficult it is, you have to get these wounded in place!" My gaze swept over a cadre of internal affairs officials: "Have you thought about it? They are wounded for me, they are disabled for the whole dark province! I can't give them a few silver coins to drive them away, I can't build a camp and keep them like cattle, it's not me Cohen. What Kaida can do!"

"Your Excellency the Governor, we are also your subordinate officials, and it is not that we do not want to take care of these wounded. A supervisor hurriedly stood up and explained: "There is not a single person in the venue who is not your cronies. There is not a single officer who is not dutiful, and the Governor's business is our own...... But this is really tricky, can we give us some time?"

"It's because of the trickiness that I'm looking for you. Hearing him say this, my tone relaxed slightly: "What do you want you to do if everything is done by me, the governor? ”

Hearing me say this, the internal affairs officials immediately frowned and became sad. Actually, it's not that I don't understand their difficulties, on the contrary, I am very clear about their difficulties...... But if I don't accentuate the tone, the officers will be affectionate. The cohesion of the army is also difficult to guarantee. In fact, I already have a solution to this matter, but the whole thing must be solved by the Ministry of the Interior. Only then can the soldiers in the army understand that there are many people in the Dark Province who care about them besides me.

The venue was silent, and every official was racking their brains to come up with a solution...... Indeed, these more than 10,000 soldiers who can't lift their hands or shoulders are enough for people to drink a pot.

"Kelly Interior Overseer. Seeing that these officials have reached a dead end, I have to enlighten them: "You are in charge of all the medical centers in the province, you can talk about it first?"

"Okay, actually, I've been to see the wounded in the past few days. Kelly stood up: "We have enough medical clinics and pharmacy workshops, as long as we have the funds, with the current treatment capacity of the province, we will not have much problem providing perfect treatment for this group of wounded." But most of them are seriously injured, and after they are cured, I am afraid that the number of disabled people will increase further...... That's about twice as much as it is now. ”

"Do what we can to save them!" I said, "In the end, it is my responsibility, and I am ashamed if I do not properly settle them." ”

Kelly sat down after agreeing, and the seated Filine opened her mouth with a moving gaze.

"Dean Lorenzo. To my surprise, Filene first called Dean Lorenzo's name: "I want to hear your opinion." ”

Lorenzo stood up from the back row and saluted Filine before saying, "Madam, I am not an official in charge of internal affairs, and I can only express my personal opinion on this matter. ”

"Please. Feline smiled faintly.

"The reason why these wounded people feel so difficult to relocate is probably because they are perceived as disabled. Lorenzo said slowly: "What do soldiers rely on to become soldiers? It is a sound body, and once the body is disabled, then as a soldier, they are useless." ”

As soon as he said this, not only the faces of the officers turned blue, but even the faces of the civilian officials changed. Although he was telling the truth, all the officers under my command had risen from the soldiers, and my heart would bleed when I heard such words! I had to suppress the commotion officer with my eyes again, but in my heart I wanted to rush up and grab Lorenzo and give him dozens of big slaps with a bow left and right.

"But is it true that things have come to this point? Why can't we look at them from a different angle?" Lorenzo did not seem to feel that the atmosphere in the room had changed by his words, and continued quietly: "I have been observing these soldiers every day these days...... I have found in them, in these soldiers who have been through many wars, very valuable qualities!"

I breathed a sigh of relief that this old guy hadn't been stupid at all.

"They have a simple nature, they have a quick mind. Lorenzo slowly walked to the front row: "Under the teaching of His Majesty Fichette, their loyalty is not a problem! Military life has made them disciplined, battles have sharpened their will, expeditions have broadened their horizons, and they are no longer ordinary people with a discerning ......."

"Dean Lorenzo. Philene interjected, "I don't want to interrupt you, but can you please tell you the point?"

"Yes Madam, I would say that if properly trained, they are perfectly capable of being administrative officials at the level of village chiefs!" Lorenzo said, "You know, the lack of officials at the level of village chiefs has always been a big hidden danger in our province, where there is almost a vacuum of power, especially at this critical time, and it is very important to prevent civil strife. These wounded are loyal, strong, and vigilant, and under the leadership of the upper officials, it is not a problem to be a village chief. ”

After he said this, the people in the venue nodded frequently.

"Thank you, Dean Lorenzo, for your suggestion, please sit down. Feline gave me a look.

"Winsley Home Affairs Overseer. I asked, "Can our current school provide education for this special group of students?"

"Yes. Wen Sili replied to me: "We have enough space, although the purpose of learning for this group of students is different from that of ordinary students, but we can ask the staff to send someone to participate in the management, and individual courses can also be taught by officials from the Department of the Interior." ”

"Winsley's Home Affairs Superintendent has agreed. Then I said to the officials of the Interior Office, "Do you still have any questions?"

My internal affairs officials are not stupid, and with Lorenzo's idea, the next thing is of course easy to solve. Each supervisor took turns to say, from the education process all the way to the placement order, three times five divided by two to arrange the whole thing.

"What does the staff say?" I asked the officer, "What do you think about such an arrangement?"

"Report sir, we have no opinion. Carlos stood up and said emotionally: "I thank the Governor for those wounded brothers, thank you to all the colleagues in the Department of the Interior, and thank Dean Lorenzo!"

With that, all the officers, including the two corps commanders, stood up at the same time and gave a standard military salute to the interior officials. In fact, they also knew in their hearts that the placement of these wounded was very problematic, and they were very relieved to hear that their former siblings could have such a home. And Dean Lorenzo, this old fellow has also gained the favor of the officers since this moment.

"That's the best, and the Interior Department needs to hurry up with the time. I nodded and said: "Let them take care of it first, I don't ask them to make good results during this time, the situation in the province during this period of time should focus on stabilizing the dìng, as for the people's livelihood, I will send assistants to them one after another in the future." ”

"Yes!"

"Okay, now let's talk about the second thing. I said, "About the resettlement of 1.6 million people from the 36 tribes." ”

Hearing the alarming figures, the directors of the Interior Department bowed their heads very neatly. (To be continued......)