Chapter 1003, Phoenix King's Dessert

Chapter 1002, Phoenix King's Dessert

In the next three days, relying on the support of Knight King Ryan, the acting mayor of Orengrad, Vladimir, did not meet any opponents who could fight in the referendum. He won 87% of the votes. After a wild victory, he successfully became the Grand Duke of Erengrad and the mayor of Erengrad.

Pressing the Kislev Code, Vladimir took the oath on the stage as Grand Duke Erengrad. He said to everyone: "Give me twenty years, and give you back a miracle Kislev."

This is basically tantamount to being a consul for life.

The new official took office with three fires. The first thing after Vladimir took office was to rebuild the bureaucratic system with the assistance of Ryan. Mir didn't recognize any of them. He announced that he would reorganize the entire bureaucratic system. Taking advantage of this opportunity, a large number of low-level technical bureaucrats, small military officers, and citizens who were originally depressed and had no chance to show themselves were promoted and selected to form a new organization. The Duma Parliament, the originally bloated and slow court became clean and efficient again, with fewer people but increased efficiency, and the original old bureaucrats Vladimir did not embarrass them, and the qualified ones passed the inspection Afterwards, the officials returned to their original posts, and the other part went through retirement.

The second thing is to reorganize the Hilavik Group, announced the national policy of staking land, and at the same time severely cracked down on the "mountain doctrine" in the army. With the help of Ryan, the entire Hilavik Group reintegrated, The officers who dared to fight hard and showed loyalty and bravery in the defense of Erengrad and Operation Bagration and Boyer were promoted to important positions, and the incompetent were all passed on.

Boyers excitedly danced the "Keza dance", good times, coming!

The third thing is to officially sign a loan agreement and a free trade agreement with the Knight Kingdom and Nur. The contract documents were signed under the witness of the three gods named Ursun, the bear god, Valenna, the goddess of justice, and the fairy of the lake.

After such rectification, the whole city suddenly felt a new look.

At the same time, the cleanup of the remnants of chaos in the Groward Forest is also continuing. Originally fighting in the forest, Nur's Imperial General and Marshal Erstein arranged a very detailed artillery support plan for this, and made a good job. In order to prepare to deal with powerful enemies, the Old Guards and the Nur Iron Armored Army are also ready to fight.

However, the cleaning activities went very smoothly, and the human coalition forces basically did not encounter any decent resistance. As the forces of chaos were gradually cleared from the vicinity of Erengrad, and the weather finally showed signs of warming, Ryan began to prepare for the withdrawal. .

That afternoon, in Ohrengrad, Lane and Talleyrand were walking together.

The King of Knights complained casually: "I'm always tired of dealing with bureaucrats,

I am even more tired of the series of things after the war, but I know that wars are often not simple, and the most important thing in many cases is the arrangement after the war. "

Ryan knew very well that war is a continuation of politics. Look at the comparison between Caesar and Nahuang.

In terms of military command and tactical combat ability alone, Caesar is definitely inferior to Napoleon. He actually made a lot of mistakes in the Gaul War and the subsequent Roman Civil War, but Napoleon never had major problems in tactics and command , but the ending of the two people is not the same.

Because every war that Caesar won for Rome made him a fortune in wealth, diplomacy or politics, relying on political means and very powerful diplomatic means, and finally ruled the whole of Rome, and the emperor kept winning and winning , but in the case of personal ambition expansion and lack of diplomatic level, friends are getting fewer and fewer, but enemies are getting more and more. His First French Empire has gradually become a public enemy of the European continent, and one country has to fight against one continent.

"Hehehe~" Talleyrand was leaning on crutches. Erengrad was a little warmer in April, but the ground was still very hard, and the cripple walked slowly. He knew that Ryan had slowed down because of him: " Your Majesty, the bureaucratic system is indeed very tiresome, but this is the best way to govern after thousands of years of groping in an orderly society. Otherwise, what should we do? Entrustment of nobles? Or tribal slavery? Or return to fists and wildness If you really want to say that, the rule of the undead is Zhuhoudi, all dead, all tools, no exploitation, no oppression, democracy and freedom in the true sense."

"Hahahaha!" Ryan was directly amused by Talleyrand. The Knight King really thought about it carefully. Nagash, the lord of the dead, is simply a beacon of freedom and democracy! Because he controls all the undead by himself, and is democratic by himself.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I want to say that you are really a capable person." Talleyrand took the opportunity to say, lame on crutches: "You know how to control your desires, you know where the limit of your kingdom is, you are very Know how to deal with bureaucracy, you have the power to smash it and rebuild it, you are like the sun, and I, Talleyrand, am your faithful servant, you warm the earth, and I, praise the sun!"

After finishing speaking, Talleyrand put down his crutches and made a "Y" movement, not only did not have any sense of sacredness, but looked very funny.

"Hahaha." Talleyrand's flattery made Ryan couldn't help laughing. After a series of military victories and a lot of money in politics and economy, the King of Knights couldn't help being a little swollen. He Already thinking about how to go back to hold a celebration meeting, after listening to Talleyrand's rainbow fart, Ryan couldn't help laughing and said: "Talleyrand, you should tell Fenubah these words, or tell Tyrion in your mouth said the lord."

"Your Majesty, your suggestion is too harsh for me." Talleyrand smiled helplessly: "I was able to make a difference in the Old World because of opportunities and good luck, but in Ulthuan, I was just a Little man, Lord Tyrion never lacks people who can talk, but what he wants is a warrior who can fight and punch. Do you think I look like a warrior? As for His Majesty Finnubar, it’s really not good to be by his side It's a good idea. There are some things that I don't want to say. Your Majesty, you know, except that I come from a humble background and it is destined to be difficult to get opportunities. I also don't like that environment. I really don't like it. It's been thousands of years, rigid and corrupt .”

"Why?" Ryan became interested now, and the King of Knights signaled Talleyron to say more: "Speaking of which, I don't know anything about how Finuba operates his court."

"Um……"

Talleyrand tapped a few times with his crutch on the frozen ground: "I will tell you two jokes, Your Majesty, classic jokes in the court of Asur."

"The first joke, as we all know, Phoenix King Fenuba likes Britannia's desserts, almond meringue, he especially likes to eat, so when the trade with the old world was re-established, when the foreign activity area began to have When the Bretons appeared, Finnubar ordered his courtiers, saying that he wanted this dessert, to arrange for it."

"The person in charge of this matter is my distant relative, the Minister of Shire. When he heard about this matter, he took it very seriously. Parchment "Draft for Comments on Management Measures for Introducing New Desserts to the Palace of the Phoenix King."

"His Majesty Finnuba attaches great importance to it. He looked at the parchment. The specific content is simple. Since the almond meringue is to be eaten, the palace must import raw materials, hire a chef, and create a set of cooking utensils. To set up a brand new kitchen, at the end of the calculation, it will cost 900 Azul gold sofrin a year (the current exchange rate is about 6,000 Britannian gold kroner), and then 150 gold sofrin will be maintained every year Please ask His Majesty the Phoenix King to approve the funds."

"His Majesty Finnuba is unwilling to pay so much money. He said that you can buy three pieces of almond meringue on the market for one silver coin. Why did the price increase by at least two hundred times?"

"Our witty Phoenix King immediately said that I know that the Britannia dessert shop in the foreign activity area sells it. You can buy three or four yuan for one silver coin. Just go there and order."

"Minister Charles didn't dare to be negligent, so he went to the dessert shop immediately. The next day, Charles replied to the Phoenix King, saying that the Britannia dessert shop no longer makes this kind of dessert, and this matter will be left behind. "

Ryan sneered a few times, and the King of Knights was about to speak, but Talleyrand reached out his hand to signal Ryan to listen to him: "The second joke, one day, Lord Teclis returned from the old world, and he brought some empires. The charcoal-grilled Thuringian sausage with honey sauce was brought to Fenuba to taste, but this move was blocked by the courtiers in every possible way. The reason of the courtiers is very simple. Who knows if there is such a special food? The question is, what if the Witch King and Witch Queen poisoned it? Even if they didn’t poison it, what if Finnuba eats up his stomach?”

"Even if it's not a bad stomach, if His Majesty the Phoenix King likes it very much, and one day suddenly says he wants to eat it, where can the palace go to find this kind of sausage temporarily? Will we not be charged with being unfavorable at that time?"

"Everyone is trying to stir up this matter, but the Lord Tyrion finally decided to offer this kind of Thuringian sausage. Sure enough, Finnuba likes it very much. The court ministers have a grudge and can't take the Tai brothers. How about it, I can only tell Finnuba that this Thuringian sausage is worth 1 gold sovrin, and if His Majesty likes them, you can buy some for them. When Finnuba heard that it was so expensive, not only did he feel a little sorry, but he would also buy it later. I haven't eaten."

After Talleyrand finished speaking, he looked at Ryan with a half-smile: "What do you think?"

"I understand." Ryan laughed loudly: "Safety is the most important thing. I think the reaction of the vast majority of people who have heard this incident is probably to criticize the serious corruption of the Phoenix King's court, but this is not the case, Finnuba Having traveled through the Old World, doesn’t he know the prices in the Old World? But he can’t help it, because he wants to be safe, the court ministers and servants need to be safe, and the high elves in Ulthuan also need the Phoenix King’s “safety.”

After finishing speaking, the King of Knights took two steps forward, his smile gradually disappeared, and his face gradually turned cold: "Therefore, a 'system' must be added to ensure safety, to ensure that the pot is properly divided, and there must be no food from the preparation of the ingredients to the final table. Wrong, I suppose, the court of Finnubar would like the Phoenix King to eat exactly the same thing at every meal every day of every year?"

"Stability is everything, Your Majesty." Talleyrand nodded in satisfaction, and the cripple said slowly, "The more important something is, the more it needs to be 'systematic' and 'institutionalized' to ensure safety and not be responsible for problems."

"In this way, we can explain the dessert incident, because the Phoenix King's court doesn't want Finnuba to eat our Britannia dessert at all, but this kind of thing can't be explained clearly, so we simply have a 'high-priced dessert', Let Finnuba retreat in the face of difficulties, and sure enough, the Phoenix King retreated, but what if Finnuba really wants to bite the bullet? That’s okay, 900 gold sofrin, 150 gold sofrin per year, this is a big sum The money is enough for the whole court to share enough sweetness, so it is worthwhile for everyone to take a little risk, even if someone goes to investigate, it will be a monolithic whole, and no problem can be found." Talleyrand nodded, his A genuine and sincere smile appeared on his face: "I like communicating with His Majesty very much, because it is very easy, and very few people will take the risk of doing things that will lose their own interests. This is the nature of mortals, even though it may be good for the country."

"Then in the same way, we can also explain why dessert shops no longer make that kind of dessert." Ryan touched his chin: "The price of desserts sold outside is very low, but the risk is high. Not to mention poisoning, even if it is done, there will be no benefit or credit at all. This is a typical matter with huge risks and extremely low returns, so these court attendants and ministers would rather solve the problem directly from the source and say hello to let this Don’t make a store, it’s over with one size fits all.”

"After you understand all this, you will understand why His Majesty Finnuba knows everything, but can only accept it all, because His Majesty Finnuba understands a truth, whether he wants 'safety' or 'loyalty' ? His Majesty the Phoenix King doesn't have enough confidence in his abilities, and it's even more impossible for him to change all his courts. As for why, you know, he also wants his own 'safety'."

"I understand, so, Talleyrand, why are you telling me all this?" Ryan nodded slowly, and he couldn't help recalling the dull expression and empty gaze of Kodak on the throne in his mind.

Miserable, Finnubar, miserable.

As a result, the existence of the Thai brothers became Finnuba's foreign aid, giving him a little power and space to breathe the fresh air outside? !

"What I want to say is, Your Majesty, the bureaucracy is a strange thing. It is unresponsive, but it has terrible mobilization and strong execution. If you kick its ass today, it may take a year or two. Say 'Wow, it hurts', and it will take another year or two before you start trying to counterattack 'Try this', but you can't ignore it, because once it counterattacks, it must be extremely vicious and violent! Not completely" Talleyrand was silent After a while, he said, "It's like we all know that Her Majesty Katarin's level of diplomacy is acceptable, but her internal affairs and military level are in a mess, but no one has ever thought about why she is like this? Huh? Incompetent? She is a sanctuary Strong."

"The answer is that the roots are all in her father, the Red Tsar Boris. The Red Tsar's strong reforms and centralization have moved too many people's 'desserts', including the local boys, including the Ice Witch Sisters, and Including the court ministers and the Dumas."

"Everyone knows that Red Tsar Boris is very powerful. He cannot be deceived, but they can deceive Katarin together. The Red Tsar has led troops to fight outside all year round, neglecting to educate Katarin. Katarin herself Growing up surrounded by this group of people, she is completely unaware of the root of the problem."

"Everyone also knows that the military legacy left by Boris is very rich. The powerful army he left to his daughter is difficult to defeat, but they can make the new tsar justifiably exile and arrest them."

"Hey!" Ryan sighed, he completely understood.

"Kataline will definitely go north! And she and her army are in ruins!"

……… I am the dividing line of desserts………

And just when Ryan fully understood the problem under Talleyrand's explanation, Beccafin, Kislev's temporary court, and Katarin's private bedroom.

Holding the parchment brought by the tsar's special envoy, Katarin's face was livid, and she slammed the parchment on the table heavily.

The group of people in Erengrad made very harsh demands. The Erengrad Silavik Group headed by Vladimir made very excessive demands. Katalin understood after a short glance. If she agrees to these conditions, then she can only be a puppet in Erengrad.

But if she doesn't agree to these conditions, then Erengrad will be de facto independent!

In a fit of rage, Katarin tore the parchments to pieces!

"Come on!"

"Here!" A Romanov guard walked in from the outside.

"Call all the Dumas and generals and Poyers for an immediate meeting!"

"yes!"

The empress took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, because before that, there was one more thing to settle.

The 3,000 gold ducats and 5,000 silver ducats shared by the Imperial Oster were handed over to her. Feeling the pain of the White Guards' battle, Katharine immediately allocated 800 gold ducats to the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, Germany. Milov, asked to improve the food of the White Army.

However, just today, she received a small note from a white army logistics quartermaster who had worked so hard to entrust the guards to send it in.

When the quartermaster got the goods, the comfort food given to the White Guards was only half a bottle of imperial beer, a bowl of buckwheat porridge with minced meat, and a piece of barley bread. The total value was less than 120 gold ducats!

Where did all the money go? ! Katharine was furious. She suddenly realized that she might have been fooled for a long time!

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