In the Grand Council, the God-Emperor and the Prime Minister finally took charge of the ownership of the Galloping Horse Plains and Yeqi City. Prime Minister Metroya announced: "Your Majesty has decided the ownership of Yeqi City, and the final result of the Galloping Horse Plains will be determined at the end of the year."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Both Dusen Baixiao and Peterev got what they wanted. Dusen Baixiao secured the ownership of the southeast side of Galloping Horse. He will use this ownership to entrust Lant with a marquis, allowing Lant to Become the strongest supporter of the Bai Xiao family. And Peterev is afraid that the rand will swallow up the entire Galloping Horse Plains. Since he only gives less than 1/2 of the rand, he can plan the rest.
"Now that the discussion on Yeqi City is over, let's discuss the next item. Sherman, has your Salt and Iron Company paid attention to the Galloping Horse Plains?" Mitroya asked Sherman Iron Diamond again, "I Why do you hear that the barbarians on the Benma Plain have been very active in recent years, not only plundering the dragon's caravans, but even attacking the interior of the Dragon Kingdom? How did the barbaric land of the Benma Plain support so many people? How many barbarians are there? And how did they produce so many black-scaled horses?"
Of course, all the nobles present knew that the barbarians on the Galloping Horse Plains relied on the food of the empire. The empire needed the salt, magic iron ore, iron armor, and black-scaled horses on the Galloping Horse Plains. The value of these minerals and equipment was not only sufficient. The barbarian tribes purchased large amounts of food from the south of the empire and even fed the border nobles. It's just that none of this can be brought to the table, and no one can really say it at the conference.
At this moment, everyone is looking at Sherman, the chief of the Salt and Iron Department. This legendary dwarf rune master began to follow the God Emperor as a senior rune master. After the God Emperor discovered the legendary level, he was promoted to legendary rune master. Then he took charge of the Empire's Salt and Iron Department. , is the person whom the God Emperor trusts most.
Since he has been in charge of the imperial organization for hundreds of years, he has naturally become a dwarf. At this moment, Sherman was sitting as firmly as an iron tower, with his eyes lightly closed and breathing evenly. Chief Charlton on the side couldn't stand it and quickly poked him.
"Huh?" Sherman seemed to have just woken up. "Where are you talking about?"
"The iron ore and salt mines in the Galloping Horse Plains, Lord Sherman," Han Fei repeated.
"Oh oh oh, yes, there is a galloping horse plain, but the minerals there are under the agency management of the Dragon Kingdom, a little guy with the surname Blue Dragon." Sherman said with a guilty conscience. I'll go back and ask my chief secretary. .
"How could your secretary tell you what you need to know?" The Emperor complained in his heart. He knew that the parliament should be over. He glanced at Han Fei, who received the message.
"In this case, Mr. Sherman may wish to go back and inquire and report to the Prime Minister alone. Today's content will be recorded in the meeting minutes. Please read them by all the adults attending the meeting. If you have no temporary agenda, please leave the meeting in an orderly manner."
. . . .
All nobles, demigods and legends who left the Great Chamber walked in the corridors of the Parliament. No matter how powerful they were, they must walk inside the Imperial Parliament. This has been a requirement since the founding of the Human Empire.
"It seems that Mr. Sherman has no interest in the distant Benma Iron Mine?" Charlton, the chief of the front department, and Sherman, the president of the Salt and Iron Department, left side by side. In terms of strength, Charlton gave Sherman He is not qualified to carry shoes, but both departments are directly under the imperial court.
"If I were you, I wouldn't find anyone to persuade the barbarians to take the path of devouring." Sherman lost his sleepiness and his eyes were shining.
"What did you say?" Charlton was a little surprised.
"The distant frontier, the tribes in the mines, and the representatives of the Salt and Iron Department, it sounds like a seamless plan, right?" Sherman ignored Charlton and continued, "But the Salt and Iron Department never instigates others. , unlike some departments.”
"Your Excellency Sherman, the Chief of Staff did not instigate anyone. It was their own choice." Charlton's explanation was a bit subtle. It sounded very similar to some of the demons wanted by the empire. All our actions have been approved by His Majesty."
"Including digging holes for the heroes who liberated Yeqi City?" Sherman quipped, "Just because they don't want to cooperate with you?"
"My lord, what he rejected was not me, but His Majesty's goodwill."
"Oh? It seems that Lord Charlton should really concentrate on training. If you become a legend one day, you may know whether His Majesty has any good intentions towards that boy." Sherman glanced at Charlton and continued Said, "There is an old saying in the predecessor of Yantiesi. If a boy endures hardship without asking for anything in return, it means that he wants more than you can give, and you don't know what he wants. Recruiting so many ambitious boys When they come under your command, how much can you give them?"
. . . .
In the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, Han Fei was drinking tea with Frank Yellen, the private secretary of the Chief Financial Secretary.
"It seems that His Majesty Peterev failed." Frank held the latest parliamentary report in his hand and got the result after reading it through.
"Oh?" Han Fei glanced at Frank, "I think he is very satisfied. After all, the current Kirislav has not even touched the Lokilav Pass, and has not even opened up the Frostwolf Forest. As long as the Galloping Horse Plains does not completely change hands, He was not a complete failure."
"But now that the Benma family has occupied the southeastern part of Benma, they will definitely find a way to block the east and west mountain passes." Frank held up the tea cup and said with a smile, "The area of Benma Plain is so large. The population is so small, how can we stand on the plain without a hundred thousand people?"
"But Viscount Lant is really an interesting nobleman. He can actually make the barbarians fight for him. I dare say that the barbarians are the most suitable army on the Galloping Horse Plains." Han Fei could tell from various materials. After learning about it, he came up with an answer similar to Ben Call's.
"I'm afraid that's the case," Frank said non-committally, "but why doesn't anyone make new claims about the Galloping Horse Fund?"
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, who had read the entire meeting minutes, asked, "I remember when this fund was formulated, wasn't it used to recover Galloping Horse? Now that Yeqi City is also running, such a large sum of money cannot be used to renovate the capital." An argument?"
"Oh, Frank, such a large amount is the real ballast of your Finance Department. Are you sure that the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister really want to hand over the control of the fund from the legends of the imperial capital to an unknown person?" A little nobleman?"
"That's why colleagues in the Department of Finance are very worried, fearing that the parliament will have a new statement this time. After all, even the sacred Supreme Council cannot deny that the ownership of the fund still belongs to the Galloping Horse Royal Family in name at least."
"I believe that if the respectable Viscount can become a legend, he will definitely think that it is very necessary for the fund to be controlled by reliable people." Han Fei smiled and added, "Of course, if he fails to become a legend, he may not be able to do it for the rest of his life." I don’t even know about this fund!”
"The converse is also true. If he is too obsessed with funds, he will definitely not become a legend."
"Yes, let us pay tribute to the heroes who recovered the horse"
"pay tribute"
(End of chapter)
