In the next three days, relying on the support of Knight King Ryan, the acting mayor of Erlengrad, Vladimir, did not face any opponent who could fight in the referendum. He won 87% of the votes.
After winning a wild victory, he was successfully appointed as the Grand Duke of Ehrengrad and the Mayor of Ehrengrad.
With his hand pressed on the Kislev Code, Vladimir was sworn in as Grand Duke of Erengrad on the stage. He said to everyone: "Give me twenty years and give you a miracle Kislev."
This is basically equivalent to being a lifelong consul.
The first thing Vladimir did after taking office was to rebuild the bureaucracy with the assistance of Ryan. All the old Duma deputies and the surviving bureaucrats of Erlengrad, Vladimir
Mir refused to recognize any of them. He announced that he would reorganize the entire bureaucracy. Taking advantage of this opportunity, a large number of people who were originally frustrated and had no chance to show their talents
Their own low-level technocrats and petty officers, citizens were promoted and selected, and a new Duma was formed. The originally bloated and slow palace became clean and efficient again, with fewer people but increased efficiency.
Those old bureaucrats, Vladimir, did not make things difficult for them. Among them, the qualified and capable ones were reinstated after inspection, and the rest were retired.
The second thing was to reorganize the Shilawik Group, announcing the national policy of horse racing and enclosing land, and at the same time cracking down hard on the "mountain doctrine" in the military. With the help of Ryan, the entire Shilawik Group was reintegrated, and those who dared to
Officers and Boyer who fought hard and showed loyalty and bravery in the Battle of Erengrad and Operation Bagration were promoted to important positions, while incompetent officers were passed on.
The boys danced the "Kesa Dance" excitedly, good times are coming!
The third thing is to formally sign a loan agreement and a free trade agreement with the Kingdom of Knights and Nuer. The contract document was signed in the name of the bear god Esun, the goddess of justice Valenna and the fairy of the lake.
After such rectification, the whole city suddenly felt refreshed.
At the same time, the cleanup of the remaining chaotic forces in 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 purpose, and prepared
In order to prepare for the powerful enemy, the Old Guards and the Nur Armored Army also made preparations for battle.
However, the cleaning activities went very smoothly, and the human coalition basically encountered no decent resistance. As the Chaos forces were gradually removed from the vicinity of Erlengrad, and the weather finally showed signs of warming, Ryan began to prepare for the withdrawal.
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That day, in the afternoon at Erengrad, Lane and Talleyrand walked and strolled together.
The King of Knights complained casually: "I'm always tired of dealing with bureaucrats, and I'm even more tired of the series of things after the war, but I know that wars are often not simple, and often the most important thing is the arrangements after the war."
Ryan knew very well that war is a continuation of politics. Just look at the comparison between Caesar and Napoleon.
In terms of military command and tactical battle capabilities alone, Caesar is definitely not as good as Napoleon. He actually made a lot of mistakes in the Gallic War and the subsequent Roman Civil War, while Napoleon never had any major problems with tactics or battlefield command.
, however the endings of the two people are not the same.
Because every war Caesar won for Rome allowed him to make a fortune in wealth, diplomacy or politics. Relying on political means and very powerful diplomatic means, he eventually ruled the entire Rome, and the emperor kept winning.
, but due to his inflated personal ambitions and insufficient diplomatic skills, he had fewer and fewer friends and more and more enemies. His First French Empire gradually turned into a public enemy of the European continent, with one country fighting against a continent.
"Hehehe~" Talleyrand was leaning on a cane. Erengrad was a little warmer in April, but the ground was still very frozen and hard. The lame man walked slowly. He knew that Ryan had slowed down because of him: "
Your Majesty, the bureaucracy is indeed very annoying, but it is an orderly society that has been groped for thousands of years.
The best way to rule has been summed up after years. What else should we do? Enfeoff the nobility? Or tribal slavery? Or return to fists and wildness? If we really say this, the rule of the undead is the best. They are all dead people, all
It is a tool, no exploitation, no oppression, democracy and freedom in the true sense."
"Hahahaha!" Ryan was directly amused by Talleyrand. If the King of Knights thought about it carefully, it was true that Nagash, the Lord of the Undead, was simply a beacon of freedom and democracy! Because he controlled all the undead by himself and the people ruled.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I want to say that you are really a capable person." Talleyrand took the opportunity to say, the lame man leaning on a cane: "You know how to control your desires, you understand where the limits of your kingdom are, and you are very capable.
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 loyal servant. You are responsible for warming the earth, and I am responsible for praising the sun!"
After saying that, Talleyrand put down his crutch and made a "Y" movement. Not only did it not have any sense of sacredness, but it looked very funny.
"Hahaha." Talleyrand's flattery made Ryan couldn't help laughing. After a series of military victories and political and economic gains, the King of Knights couldn't help but feel a little inflated.
He was already thinking about how to hold a celebration meeting when he went back. After listening to Talleyrand's rainbow fart, Ryan couldn't help laughing and said: "Talleyrand, you should say these words to Fenuba, or to the 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 am just a person.
Little people, Lord Tyrion never lacks people who can talk, but what he wants are warriors who can fight and rush.
, do you think I look like a warrior? As for His Majesty Fenuba, it’s really not a good idea to stay with him. There are some things that I don’t want to say. As you know, Your Majesty, except for my humble background, it is destined to be difficult to get opportunities.
Besides, I don’t like that kind of environment either. I really don’t like it. It has been rigid and decayed for thousands of years.”
"Why?" Ryan became interested now, and the King of Knights motioned Talleyrand to say more: "Speaking of which, I don't know anything about how Finuba runs his court."
"Um……"
Talleyrand tapped his cane on the frozen ground a few times: "Let me tell you two jokes, Your Majesty, classic jokes in the Assur court."
"The first joke is that as we all know, Phoenix King Fenubar likes Brittanian desserts, almond meringues. He especially likes to eat them. So when the trade with the old world was re-established, when the foreign activity area began to have
When the Bretons appeared, Finuba commanded his courtiers, saying that they wished to have such desserts, and arrange for them to be brought.”
"The person responsible for this matter is my distant relative, Minister Charles. When he heard about this matter, he took it very seriously. After a few days of investigation, Minister Charles reported three volumes with a total length of twelve feet.
Parchment "Draft for Comments on the Management Measures for the Introduction of New Desserts to the Phoenix King's Palace."
"His Majesty Fenuba attaches great importance to it. He looked at the parchment. The specific content is simple. Since you want to eat almond meringues, the palace must import raw materials, hire chefs, and create a set of cooking utensils. At the same time, it must also be specially made.
To set up a brand new kitchen, the final calculation will cost an additional 900 gold sovlins a year (the current exchange rate is about 6,000 Breton gold crowns), and then 150 gold sovlins per year for maintenance.
Please ask His Majesty the Phoenix King to approve the funding."
"His Majesty Finuba is unwilling to pay so much money. He said that the almond meringues on the market can be purchased for three pieces for one silver coin. Why has the price increased at least two hundred times at his place?"
"Our clever Phoenix King immediately said that I know that the Britannia dessert shop in the foreign activity area sells it. One silver coin can buy three or four yuan. You can just go there and place an order."
"Minister Charles did not dare to neglect, and immediately went to the dessert shop. The next day, Charles replied to the Phoenix King, saying that Britannia Dessert Shop no longer makes this kind of dessert, and the matter was dismissed.
"
Ryan sneered a few times. Just as the King of Knights was about to speak, Talleyrand stretched out his hand to signal Ryan to listen to him: "The second joke, one day, Lord Tigris came back from the old world, and he brought some of the empire's
The Thuringian honey-glazed charcoal-grilled sausages we are waiting for will be donated to Finland.
Nuba tasted it, but this move was blocked by the courtiers. The courtiers' reason was simple. Who knows if there is any problem with this special food? What if the Witch King and Witch Queen poisoned it?
It’s not poisoned, but what if Fenuba eats it and gets a stomachache?”
"Even if you don't have a bad stomach, if His Majesty the Phoenix King likes it very much and suddenly wants to eat it one day, where can the palace find such sausages temporarily? Won't we be accused of being unfavorable in doing things?"
"Everyone was trying to mess up the matter, but Lord Tyrion finally decided to donate this Thuringian sausage. As expected, Fenuba liked to eat it. Even if the court ministers held grudges, they couldn't do anything to the Tai brothers.
How about it? I can only tell Finuba that this Thuringian sausage is worth 1 gold Sovlin. If His Majesty likes it, they can buy some to keep. When Finuba heard that it was so expensive, he not only felt a little sorry, but he also didn't think about it again in the future.
I haven’t eaten it.”
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 most people after hearing this incident is probably to criticize the serious corruption in the Phoenix King's palace, but this is not the case, Finuba
Having traveled to the old world, doesn't he know the prices of goods in the old world? But he can't help it, because he wants to be safe, the palace ministers and chamberlains want to be safe, and the high elves in Ulthuan also need the Phoenix King to be 'safe'."
After saying that, the King of Knights took two steps forward, his smile gradually disappeared, and his face became colder: "So, a 'system' must be added to ensure safety, ensure that the pots are divided, and there must be no mistakes from the preparation of the ingredients to the final serving.
Wrong, I think Fenuba's court would love for the Phoenix King to eat the same thing every day of the year, right?"
"Stability is paramount to everything, Your Majesty." Talleyrand nodded with satisfaction, and the cripple said slowly: "The more important something is, the more it must be 'systematized' and 'institutionalized' to ensure safety and no responsibility for problems."
"In this way, we can explain the dessert incident, because the Phoenix King's court doesn't want Fenuba to eat our Brittanian desserts at all, but this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly, so we simply have a 'sky-priced dessert',
Let Fenuba retreat before the difficulties, and the Phoenix King retreated as expected, but what if Finuba really wants to bite the bullet and attack hard? That doesn't matter, 900 gold sovereigns, 150 gold sovereigns per year, this is a big sum
enough money to give way to the palace
Everyone in the imperial court has received enough benefits, so it is certainly worth taking a little risk. Even if someone goes to check, it will be a piece of cake from top to bottom, and no problem can be found." Talleyrand nodded, with a look on his face.
With a truly sincere smile: "I like to communicate with His Majesty because it is easy. Very few people will take risks and do things that harm their own interests. This is the nature of mortals, even though it may be good for the country."
"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 very high. Ready-made desserts bought in pieces are easily stolen by dark elves.
Leaving aside poisoning, even if it is done, there is no benefit or credit at all. This is a typical matter with huge risks and extremely low returns. Therefore, these palace attendants and ministers would rather solve the problem directly from the source and say hello to these people.
Stop building a store, just cut it across the board and be done with it.”
"When you understand all this, you will understand why His Majesty Fenuba knows everything, but can only accept it all, because His Majesty Fenuba understands one thing, whether he wants to be 'safe' or 'loyal'
?His Majesty the Phoenix King does not have enough confidence in his own abilities, and he is even less likely to change his entire palace. As for why, you know, he also wants his own 'security'."
"I understand, so, Talleyrand, why are you telling me all this?" Ryan nodded slowly, and in his mind could not help but recall the dull expression and empty eyes of Kodak on the throne.
Miserable, Fenuba, miserable.
As a result, the existence of the Tai brothers became Fenuba'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 slow to respond, but it has terrible mobilization power and strong execution power. If you kick its ass today, it may take a year or two to
It takes another year or two to say, 'Wow, that hurts,' but then you start trying to counter it with, 'Try this,' but you can't ignore it,
Because once it counterattacks, it will be extremely vicious and violent! It will not be complete." Talleyrand was silent for a while, and then said: "Just as we all know that Her Majesty Katalin's diplomatic skills are acceptable, but her domestic and military skills are a mess.
But no one has ever thought about why she is like this? Huh? Idiot? She is a strong person in the sanctuary."
"The answer is that its roots lie in her father, the Red Tsar Boris. The Red Tsar's powerful reforms and centralization of power have touched the 'desserts' of too many people, including local Boyes, including the Ice Witch Sisterhood, and also
Including the court ministers and the Duma."
"Everyone knows that the Red Tsar Boris is very powerful and cannot be deceived, but they can deceive Katalin together. The Red Tsar leads troops to fight outside all year round and neglects to educate Katalin. Katalin herself
She grew up surrounded by this group of people, and she was completely unaware of the root cause 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 allow the new tsar to exile and arrest them justifiably."
"Hey!" Ryan sighed, he completely understood.
"Katalin must make the Northern Expedition! And she and her army are hopelessly defeated!"
…………I am the dividing line between desserts…………
And just when Ryan completely understood the problem under Talleyrand's explanation, Bekafen, Kislev's temporary palace, and Katalin's private bedroom.
Holding the parchment brought by the Tsar's envoy, Katalin's face turned pale and she slammed the parchment on the table.
The requirements put forward by the group of people in Erengrad were very harsh. The Erengrad Shilavik group headed by Vladimir made very excessive demands. Katalin understood after just a quick glance that if she agreed 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!
Katalin tore the parchments to pieces in a rage!
"Someone is coming!"
"Here!" A Romanov Guardsman walked in from outside.
"Call all the Dumas and generals, boys, to a meeting immediately!"
"yes!"
The Czarina took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, because before that, there was one more thing to solve.
3,000 gold ducats and 5,000 silver ducats from the empire's Aust were added to her hands. Feeling the pain of the White Guards' battle, Katalin immediately allocated 800 gold ducats to the current finance minister De
Milov, asked to improve the food of the White Army.
However, just today, she received a small note sent in by a White Army logistics quartermaster who went through great troubles and asked the guards to send it in.
When the quartermaster received the goods, the consolation meal given to the White Guards was only half a bottle of imperial beer, a bowl of minced buckwheat porridge and a piece of barley bread. The total value was less than 120 gold ducats!
Where did the money go? Katalin was furious, and she suddenly realized that maybe she had been fooled for a long time!