Chapter 376 The Hesitant Navy Minister

Glass Island, White Queen District.

The residence of Navy Minister Dewes Ramos is here.

As founding families, Ramos Manor and Moriarty Manor are not far apart.

Their ancestor is Lanmaroc, a hero who is as brave as Lancelot. He fought to the end and died gloriously in the most intense war against the giants. Finally, after the crown master completed his sublimation, he became one of his knights.

If there are nobles in Avalon, then the Ramos family should be considered the top nobles.

It is precisely because of the bravery of the ancestors of the Ramos family that their family has controlled the navy or the army for hundreds of years. The head of the family can always become a commander of an army-even the last generation of the Great Guardian of Avalon is Dewes Ramos' uncle.

Old Dewes is walking in the garden, taking care of the garden with gardening shears.

White hair, straight back, and wrinkles on his stern face. Although no one provoked him, the corners of his mouth were still slightly curved downwards, like an angry lion, which was frightening.

It was not that he could not hire a good gardener, but he always felt that the gardens designed by those people did not suit his taste - although he could not put forward a clear demand, he just felt that those people trimmed it here and there. In short, he was not satisfied with it no matter how he changed it.

In the end, he had to do it himself - it was far from good, but at least it was not awkward.

"I suddenly have a bad feeling, Sheldon."

The old man said slowly.

Sheldon, the chief secretary behind him, also had a strong and tall body. He looked much younger than old Dewes, but at least he was in his forties or fifties, and there were obvious wrinkles on his forehead and eyes.

Sheldon thought for a moment: "I think... you are talking about the recent incident in the department?"

His words were obscure enough. But it was enough for old Dewes to understand.

"Sometimes I wonder if this is right."

The old man turned his back to the secretary and said slowly: "When Tommy was in power, I did not cooperate with him because I thought he was just a bastard orphan with impure blood and no father or mother; when Charles, the fat pig, invited me to work for the Star People, I also disdained to work with him... I can't say why, I just looked down on him."

Maybe I looked down on him because he used to have a tall and strong body, but he became a fat pig who had difficulty walking; maybe I looked down on him because he once dreamed of changing Avalon, but gave up immediately when he encountered difficulties...

Or maybe I just simply felt that the reason why Charles Drost was found by the Star People was because he was the "cheapest" one. If I work with him, I will also lower my own style.

He is not a pedantic knight, nor can he become a "noble".

But that would require the Star People to personally invite him and offer a high enough price - the title of Earl is good.

Instead of not showing his face and letting Charles recruit him.

Who do you think he is? Is he a follower of Charles, the fat pig?

On the other hand, it was because Charles had caused him trouble that he had to act radically now.

When he was recruited by Charles, he considered leaving himself a way out, so he did not report the matter.

After all, Xingti was aggressive at the time and directly pointed his spearhead at Avalon, and the Iris people seemed to have a strange attitude. The royal family of Avalon was still being cursed one after another, and it seemed that they had no resistance; alchemy had been open for so many years and had invested a lot of money, but in the end there was no good result; the future successors looked like they had no future, and old Meg was about to die.

Seeing that this broken ship was crumbling, he had to prepare to change jobs.

——Who would have thought that Charles would be captured alive in the blink of an eye!

He even gave in and was willing to spit out those secret information in exchange for survival——

Can you die, fat pig? !

Old Deweiss keenly judged that there must be a reason for the sudden improvement in the diplomatic attitude of the Star Antimony people and the sudden show of goodwill from the Iris side, which was almost a betrayal of national interests.

This is probably because the Star Antimony people failed to assassinate Drost and were safely and secretly imprisoned.

This means that the entire intelligence network of the Star Antimony people inside Avalon may be dug out, and the Star Antimony people must use goodwill to buy time and evacuate quickly.

Old Deweiss could not have confirmed this information with other colleagues, but he was sure that Minister Drost could not have only invited himself at that time.

The Inspectorate has been arresting people during this period, and those who were arrested did not resist fiercely, so they must have been caught with something.

Old Deweiss did not know who Charles would be the first to betray him, but it was only a matter of time before he finally spit out his intelligence.

Then he actually had only two options.

One was to die quickly, before he was betrayed, and pass on the position of the head of the Ramos family to his descendants-people are dead, and this kind of mistake that is just a matter of attitude and standing can be generously ignored. After all, he hadn't really made any big mistakes.

The other option was to fight to the end.

Try to get some leverage on the other party, or create some if you can't, and eventually form a balance of power - I won't mess with you, and you won't mess with me.

In fact, some people chose the first option.

Some old knights of his generation died this winter, not because of the cold weather... but because they committed suicide out of fear of crime.

- All of this was a chain reaction caused by the arrest of Minister Droste.

But some people still had a fluke mentality.

But Old Dewes didn't do this, in fact, it was just because there was currently no one in the Ramos family who could inherit. There are few of his descendants who are promising. The most talented and most promising to inherit his position is his grandson. And he is still too young to be the head of the family, let alone a minister.

The Lord of the Admiralty is not a random minister who can be appointed as long as the Queen authorizes him. Nor is it a position like agriculture or trade that can be filled by just anyone, or even a position that selects officials who do not understand the field.

If you want your grandson to succeed you as minister, you must at least promote him to the rank of rear admiral. This is the minimum requirement.

However, this period was a time of peace, and there was no war at all - promotion in peacetime could only be based on seniority. And in this case, Her Majesty the Queen is still encouraging "non-authoritarian paths to join the military." This means that he must also give up part of his promotion slots to extraordinary people who are not on the authoritarian path, so as to ensure that they can occupy a certain proportion of the senior management of the Navy.

And if he fails to pass on the position of minister while he is still alive, he can only pass it on to several generals under him according to the rules.

Although it may only be temporarily stored in name...

But once it is passed on, after you die...it depends on your descendants, who have struggled to reach the third level. If the other party can keep it safely, then they may never be able to pass it back again.

The position of Great Guardian has been unable to be retained. If the position of military minister cannot be retained, then the Ramos family will have ceased to exist in name only - even the Moriarty family at least still has the wealth they have retained from generations of business. , and the Ramos family only has connections in the military.

If even this is gone, then they will only have a fixed seat in the Round Table Hall.

Because of this, he had to take action.

"According to the results of our discussion, after getting this information, we should choose to disclose part of it immediately - the part that Aleister was a spy for Star Antimony. Use this method to reduce Aiwass Moriarty influence.”

Old Dewes said slowly: "But I'm thinking... is there any other way?"

Now Her Majesty Sophia is dying soon. The Arbitration Hall has asked ministers to stay at home, indicating that this is just for the next few days.

After they published the incident in the newspapers and spread it throughout Avalon, a week-long period of mourning would immediately begin.

During this period of time, Aiwass could not angrily quarrel with them in the newspaper - that would only make the people dissatisfied. After all, the evidence in their hands is solid and approved by the intelligence agencies of the three countries. If he wanted to give a counterexample, the appraisal from the Inspectorate was not enough.

After a week, the matter was basically settled. People have already formed an established impression and cannot tolerate him talking back.

Then they can negotiate with Aiwass... just let the Department hang there and do nothing. As a result, they won't do anything.

"But I always feel a little flustered today. It feels like something is going to happen... I feel like this plan is not safe enough."

Old Dewes frowned: "Because in the final analysis, this matter is nothing more than driving away Aleister and making people suspect that Minister Moriarty betrayed Avalon's interests for love. He feels that this young minister is not reliable enough." . But if you can't get more evidence from him, it will be difficult to completely stop his actions. At most, it will only add public resistance to his actions. If he really doesn't care about his reputation and the Moriarty family's industry, it may be completely possible. Provoke the other person.

"So, I'm thinking... is there a possibility that we give this letter directly to Minister Moriarty? We will only keep a copy... and then sell it to the old guys who are planning to do something. "

The old man squinted his eyes, his dangerous gaze flashing: "This can save the Ramos family, and also make other people vomit something..."

"...Sheldon, what do you think?"