Chapter 9: Miao Jie with Ill Intentions
Envira: "I don't think it's urgent. What's more, if you really want to go, Your Majesty, you may need to leave the child behind. Otherwise, none of us will be at ease."
So as Zelen's uncle, Prime Minister Heras was very decisive and determined to let Zelen not go out for the time being.
Lux: "Moreover, compared to the Golden Moon Party in the south, we can actually contact other people and ask them to come to Brunei Island. After all, even if our people have a certain amount of guns and ammunition for self-defense, their lives hiding on various islands or in certain mountainous areas are definitely not as good as ours."
Zeren: "The question is whether they will get into trouble at sea? After all, our enemies are likely to ambush our transport ships at sea. Otherwise, Prime Minister, we continue to maintain contact with Semeru Island in the south and build a safe route first. After all, they will not really refuse to do business with us, right?"
Envira: "But what can we sell to them?"
Zeren: "Firearms and ammunition. I don't believe that those members of the Golden Moon Party who can count and write articles but have never participated in military industry can produce qualified or even excellent firearms and ammunition by themselves. At the same time, I don't believe that they can repair guns or maintain other types of weapons and equipment."
When Zelen said this, Envira and Lux were extremely embarrassed. Although it is said that in the end-of-the-century environment, having a gun is much safer than not having a gun; but guns and ammunition are not ordinary commodities. And the Golden Moon Party had said to Zelen before that this was a force formed by civil servants, and they were good at doing business. But when it comes to industrial construction, the Golden Moon Party is easily blind.
Moreover, the investment cost of an arsenal is not low, and the members of the Golden Moon Party who are engaged in commerce will not continue to spend money on it. At the same time, the Crurod Empire did not have a state-owned or royal arsenal at the beginning of its founding, and the biggest reason was the high investment cost and procurement cost.
Therefore, during the coup, the Golden Moon Party did not hesitate to stand on the side of the Republican forces and jointly participated in the major event of clearing the royal family and establishing a republic.
Lux: "Will this work? Those profiteers will not be stupid enough..."
Envira: "Try it first and see how they react."
In this way, a more difficult matter has a guide. Zelen, the emperor without a crown on his head and wearing no high-end clothes, naturally continued to work in the production workshop of Ruger Company.
But when he finished his work during the day and returned to his home, which could only be called a large suite, another girl came to him with luggage.
At the same time, what made him very helpless was that behind this girl with an oval face, crescent eyebrows, cherry lips and a slight smile on her face was the former dean of the Royal Shaman Academy - one of his former teachers, now Schmidt Ivy Vivian, who had already turned gray.
Zelen: "Teacher Vivian, although I haven't been to your class for a long time, you don't have to send someone to urge me to study, right?"
Vivian: "Her name is Schmidt Jida Miao Jie, my oldest granddaughter, who is only 15 years old this year."
Miao Jie: "Your Majesty, hello."
Zelen: "Teacher, I... forget it, I guessed what happened, come in."
Zelen, who had given up a long time ago, didn't have much mood to debate with his former teacher. After all, when he was the grandson of the emperor, he had to accept the teachings and guidance of many teachers. Therefore, he learned about shaman, magic, and arithmetic from teacher Vivian.
Although he didn't know any spells and couldn't feel much magic power.
The only thing Zelen felt was arithmetic, which everyone was more accustomed to calling mathematics, was that he was relatively good.
But even so, Paula, Natalie, Naseli, and Miao Jie, four.
They were all "observers" who came to him specifically on behalf of their respective forces.
So, this was one of the important reasons why he gave up many real powers of the emperor of the Krurod Empire.
Especially during the reign of his grandfather, he was notoriously tyrannical. Not to mention that he didn't listen to all kinds of opinions, in order to destroy a neighboring country at that time, his grandfather used his imperial power to directly increase the tax rate several times.
Imperial power...
Although he himself felt that it was great to hold great power, the lessons left to him by his father and two brothers had told him the importance of decentralization. What's more, he didn't want his grandfather's things to happen again among himself and his descendants.
Vivian: "Have you been working in the arsenal?"
Zelen: "Although I am the emperor, I have to do something. Especially since everyone doesn't want me to continue to fight the enemy, and even let Natalie and the others stay by my side, I really can't stay idle."
In his big room, Zelen didn't mind that Natalie and the other three were by his side, and he said such unpleasant words directly.
Vivian: "Because you are indeed the last direct male member of the Krurod Empire royal family that we can find so far and know the actual ability and location. Your importance is not only reflected in actual combat, but your bloodline also has a very special power."
Zelen: "Don't be afraid of any form of magic attack."
Vivian: "So, I was the first one to suggest that you should be protected and allowed to work in a safer place. So Sennagu and his gang went over mountains and hills to find you."
Zelen: "Teacher, aren't you worried that I've frozen to death?"
Vivian: "Did you get an injection in your neck? It was a special preparation made by me and other shaman members. As long as you are not completely dead, the preparation can completely activate your body. And in a few years, you can have more offspring with Miao Jie, the three of them, and your wives who can't be pushed away in the future."
Obviously, his teacher is not an easy person to deal with. Presumably, Sennagu and other desperate guys must have suffered a lot from Teacher Vivian, and finally agreed to find him back to support the imperial restoration plan of His Majesty the Emperor.
Fortunately, for now, Teacher Vivian and his friends still support the monarchy and support His Majesty the Emperor.
Zelun: "Although we Rimai people have a long history of polygamy, can I handle so many wives?"
Vivian: "If it was twenty years ago, I would be very opposed to this. But the situation is different now. The number of male people here has been rapidly decreasing in recent years."
Zelen: "Just like now, I see every household..."
Vivian: "Yes, if you really recover the lost land, I guess you have to promote the idea of having more children. So you need to have a good talk with Prime Minister Tang Gelu and others on the Golden Moon Party."
Zelen: "I understand. But I have to state in advance that I don't have much money to support too many people. Even... Teacher Vivian, do you need some teachers who can teach children to read and write? I want Natalie and Naseri to work for you."
Vivian: "Okay."
Just like that, the fourth girl officially appeared in Zelun's family. In this regard, Zelen, who was quite depressed, naturally tried his best to live a life in the production workshop of Ruger Company, which was obviously not like the life of an emperor, and lived on the remuneration he received from Paula.
After all, no matter what, he has no money now, and the rebuilt Krurod Empire needs more money. So, work hard and don't think too much.
Otherwise, he will have to find a place to beg for food from kind passers-by like a beggar.
But what he didn't know was that it was because of his hard work that his four wives looked embarrassed.
Paula: "Anyway, I am the designated queen, Miao Jie, you have no objection, right?"
Miao Jie: "No. And... aren't we all here for the same thing?"