Section 103 Entrustment

The situation in Eagle Falcon City is much better than expected.

Unlike the usual miserable situation after a military rebellion, Eagle Falcon City can be said to be intact at this time. When Duke Byron was doing his job, it was obvious that he had already regarded the city as his own trophy and his own, so instead of indulging his subordinates' misdeeds, he strictly controlled them. Due to the unique planning, the entire Eagle Falcon City can be easily divided into different neighborhoods. And the main content of this unrest was almost entirely concentrated in the aristocratic districts and royal palaces.

Of course, by the time Duke Byron realized that he had to retreat, he had no time to wreak havoc. In fact, from an objective point of view, even if he has enough time, he will not do any damage. It was easy to destroy the city, but what could he gain from such destruction? Aside from a notoriety and the hostility of countless people (especially the chambers of commerce), the most he could do was to plunder a sum of money. As a regent, Byron was very short of money in terms of "public funds", but as a great nobleman, he was not short of money in "private wealth". Because he has been trying to shift the former to the latter, the contrast between the two is even more prominent.

Despite the ups and downs, nothing seems to have changed in reality for the neighborhoods except the aristocratic quarters—except for the addition of many unfamiliar figures in the streets, who are heavily armed.

Not to mention the neighborhood, even the royal palace. Duke Byron didn't expect to lose the city at all, so the palace was cleaned up quite quickly. Most of the traces of the battle (mainly corpses, bloodstains, and broken things) had been removed, and in fact, when the little girl returned to the palace, she would have thought that it was still business as usual, had it not been for some of the marks that could not be erased for the time being, such as the marks of knives and axes left on wooden pillars, the doors that had been broken to facilitate searching, and so on. Everything in the past was just an unreal dream.

Of course, the Praetorian Guard, which originally guarded the palace, no longer existed as an independent force. According to intelligence, about half or even two-thirds of the Praetorian Guard soldiers chose to side with Byron in this turmoil, and Byron naturally took them all with him when he left. Not only that, but the servants in the palace also suffered many casualties, and the rest were gone, although they may have been forcibly taken away or scattered and hid in various parts of the city. However, this is the least necessary thing to worry about at the moment, for there is no one in the whole palace who needs them to serve except the little girl.

Before Byron left, he did a very thorough thing. That was to take away all the administrative officials of Eagle Falcon City, who must have been Byron's loyal men. What was left for the little girl was a royal city with no available manpower at all.

There are no sheriffs, no guards, no tax collectors, no tax collectors, no business, health, construction, management, education, and so on. Byron, by virtue of his position as regent, had already replaced the entire city administration with his own men in the last few years, and then took it all away at once.

At most, there were only a few low-level petty officials who were in hiding - Ashrufat had not yet gone to look for them, but he believed that even if he did, he would not find a few.

Not only the Eagle Falcon City itself, but also the officials at another level, that is, the ministers of the state, were also swept away by Byron. Either they will be left with him, or they will be sent directly to the gods by Byron after the houses in the noble district have been burned down.

Inside the palace, there is a medium-sized meeting room. It was a room that could accommodate forty or fifty people for meetings, and it was here that the Imperial Council, the highest meeting that decided the policy of the state, was held. As the Queen's personal bodyguard, Eshurufat had been here more than once.

At this very moment, an latest meeting is taking place here. Actually, it is not appropriate to say that it is a "meeting", because there are two participants in the whole conference - one of them is Ashrufat, and the other is a little girl.

"So we're ...... now," the little girl rubbed her head. Things were more troublesome than expected, and although she had already decided to take matters into her own hands (although she was underage, she was no longer willing to appoint another regent), she really did not expect such a bad situation.

"Nothing. Ashrufat replied unabashedly. "All the ministers were taken away by Byron, and so were the city administrators, and of course, the officials of the royal palace. This is the first problem we have to address. ”

Now they knew that the former head of the court, Skadra, had been captured by Byron. Although it was fortunate that the old man was not killed, it did not help the current bad situation.

"Do you mean, I'm a bare-bones queen now?" asked the little girl.

"Exactly. Ashrufat replied.

That's where Byron is ready to go...... The little girl bit her lip hard. She originally thought that retaking Eagle City was her ultimate goal, and as long as she could come back, everything could be corrected. Now she realized that things in the world world were far from being as simple as she imagined. She was even more lonely than ever, and no one paid attention to her.

"What should I do now?" asked the little girl after a few seconds of silence.

"If you listen to my opinion, everything is actually very simple, use it as fast as possible...... Appoint a group of people. Ashrufat replied in a voice that seemed emotionless. "The whole thing is divided into three tiers from simple to difficult, which are the vacancy of the royal palace, the vacancy of Eagle Falcon City, and the vacancy of the minister. ”

"If you can't find the right person in a short time...... What will be the result?" the little girl found that her brain was swollen. Growing up, she was largely closed. She didn't have much time to meet familiar and reliable people - of course, even if they did, they were all children of this age, and they were useless.

"If there is no one to take care of it, it will only take five days to ......," Ashrufat said. "I'm afraid Eagle City will start to turn into a garbage heap, and in just twenty days, it will become a real garbage heap. Every resident will start complaining that without a minister, you will have to solve all the problems on your own, think of your own plans and decisions. The vacancy in the palace is fine, as long as you choose another residence. ”

"Is it really that bad?"

"It's worse than that. That's ...... We're out of money. Byron took all the money with him when he left...... I'm not sure about that, though, and maybe there's no money in the area. It has long been no secret that the royal family is in high debt. ”

"Ashrufat, tell me what to do?" asked the little girl. It's not so much that she's asking, it's that she's begging.

"In my opinion, you will first appoint the ministers...... Form a Imperial Council. Ashrufat thought for a moment. "If you don't have enough people, you can do more than one person. Then appoint a minister to take charge of the running of Eagle Falcon City. ”

"I don't know who is the right person. The little girl wanted to say this, but suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind. By the way, isn't there a book about something like that?

"Ashrufat, your current position is ......"

"I'm nothing now. Ashrufat explained. "It can only be regarded as 'Her Majesty's envoy'. ”

"Very well, then I appoint you as my Prime Minister. "Before he came to his senses," he said, "and appoint you as my Minister of Finance, Foreign Minister, and Minister of the Interior,...... and she reported all the official positions she knew of in one breath.

"What are you...... You want me to be regent?" asked Ashrufat.

"No, I don't want you to be regent!" said the little girl very firmly. "I just want you to do these things......" She felt a heat on her face under Ashrufat's gaze, but she refused to back down. "Be accountable to me!"

It's hard to describe Ashrufat's expression at the moment. "You're leaving me alone...... Charge...... All the things? the Imperial Council composed of me alone?

"I bought you with all my trust!" she stood up. She didn't know how King Makremiz treated Garunas at the beginning, but she knew that King Makremiz didn't try Garunas step by step, but entrusted everything he had to him at once. "You also said that you would lend me all your strength!"

"I'm ......" Ashrufat stood up, and it looked as if he would walk away at such an unreasonable request, but the little girl finally reluctantly calmed down.

Ashrufat straightened up and made a salutation gesture to her. "As you wish. But in doing so, you will be relieved of my duties as personal bodyguard. Can I understand that?"

The little girl nodded. In the next moment, the little girl felt a little afraid. What did she do? It looked like she had done something stupid, not only stupid, but ridiculous. It is important to know that this is not the result of rational thinking, but is uttered entirely by an instinctive impulse.

"Shall I choose my lieutenant at will, then?" asked Ashrufat.

"You have all my trust. The little girl replied. She suddenly realized that Ashrufat had not refused, and although the appointment seemed ridiculous, he had not refused, let alone laughed...... This man called Eshurufat was either a superman or a madman.

"Alright, Eshurufat, then the first thing to do in this Imperial Council is to restore the Eagle Falcon City to its normal state as quickly as possible. This task is entrusted to you. ”

......

Ashrufat walked out of the conference room and ran into Barranca. Originally, the palace was forbidden to outsiders (those who entered had to pass through the pass of Skadra, the head of the palace), but this was not a normal situation at this time. The officers of the Guards Regiment were free to come and go.

"Lord Ashrufat. Barranca took the initiative to greet. "Has Her Majesty appointed a new Commander of the Guards?"