The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mette is struggling with a pile of diagrams, words, and figures to outline a disaster relief plan. The surprise and sigh at the beginning quickly gave way to solemnity and uneasiness. His political ally and close friend Richelieu sat aside and waited.
Sitting on the sofa silently. No expression or movement, just like a wax figure placed on the seat.
"I can't comment."
After closing the last page of printing paper, Mette leaned back in her chair in exhaustion.
"Whoever came up with this plan is too smart. If a 21-year-old businessman came up with this whole plan on his own...poor old Plessy, you and I are both second-raters.
Already."
The cardinal nodded with a grimace, acquiescing. Thinking back to when he was 21 years old, and then looking at his aging self...feelings of frustration and strength hit him at the same time, but now he was not letting the two old men indulge in
When I sigh in sadness.[
"To a certain extent." Richelieu took a deep breath and put his reluctance behind him. "This is the most complete response plan I have ever seen."
It's not perfect, nor is it terrible.
It is a proposal that is based on satisfying the interest demands of all parties to the maximum extent, can be carried out smoothly with less resistance, and can be effective in a relatively short period of time.
"I know, old friend. The church and the royal government need to save face and maintain the security of the country. The people need to fill their stomachs and have a stable life." After getting rid of one exclamation, Mette made a new one.
There is also Yu Ang: "But the national granary is opened to a private trading company and allowed to move around in the name of [assisting investigation]..."
"That kind of poison has the characteristic of infecting flour and wheat. It must be checked carefully,"
Richelieu's face still didn't have much fluctuation. He shook his head towards his sentimental old friend and put his eyes on the stack of papers.
Li Lin made it very clear in his report that hastily announcing the cause of the disease would catch the church off guard, lose the opportunity to adjust publicity, bring disgrace to the priests, and may even induce irrational fear of food among the people, eventually leading to a food panic.
A buffer period must be set aside to allow the church to find excuses for exculpation. It also allows the Agriculture Department and the National Granary to have time to investigate which parts of the current food reserves are contaminated and which parts were deliberately distributed to the victims.
"This is a huge job. The Agriculture Department and the Ministry of Finance cannot allocate so many audit inspectors. The existing members lack the knowledge and experience to distinguish poisonous wheat and flour. We do not have that much time to recruit and train a group of auditors.
, only use the ready-made personnel of v.e company."
Expenditure is not a problem, Charlemagne is not short of money, but as for time... the intensifying epidemic and the chaos caused by [Witch Hunting] do not leave the country that much time, which allows them to leisurely train a group of barely usable people.
Newbie.
"7 days - V.E Company guarantees that they can train a group of suitable accountants and examiners for the Royal Government within 7 days, and then let government officials take over the remaining work. By then, the Royal Government and V.E Company can
Announce the truth about the epidemic and start disaster relief work."
"But that can only temporarily alleviate the situation. It will take at least several months to complete the inventory, inspection, registration, and destruction of all grain stocks!"
Matt opened the second page angrily, pointing at a series of numbers and roaring.
"They checked their grain stocks early and asked for official support in carrying out relief activities for the victims in the disaster-stricken areas, leaving us with a lot of trouble to deal with on our own! Damn profiteers! Scammers! Stinky foxes!"
The Kingdom’s Minister of Foreign Affairs waved the report in his hand and vented his anger. In Metner’s view, this kind of independent relief effort outside of the official government was not worthy of praise at all, because it was actually discrediting the government and tantamount to attacking the government.
The countries loudly announced that "the royal government cannot handle this kind of thing, let us do it!". This will cause a major blow to the prestige of the government and His Majesty the King.
"If you refuse this request, it will only aggravate the crisis. Can you imagine the hungry people asking His Majesty the King and the government - "Why don't you let v.e. Company assist us?" People with low intelligence will not care about this pair of people.
How hurt the country is, they only care about filling their stomachs and not starving to death."
The prime minister coldly presented the facts, and Met stared at him with bloodshot and angry eyes. After staring at each other without giving in for dozens of seconds, the two important ministers of the kingdom lowered their gazes in humiliation.
Richelieu's comments are extremely pungent, and at the same time more than correct. So correct that it makes people right.
The people are short-sighted. The enthusiasm of caring about the rise and fall of the country and being patriotic and loyal to the emperor is too far away from them. Compared with these things, it seems like another world. Where will be tomorrow's breakfast and what will be eaten are the top priorities.[
Once it is announced that the truth of the epidemic is poisonous wheat, the government must prepare a large amount of safe food to stabilize food prices and people's hearts. However, the food that can be obtained in a hurry of 7 days is really limited. The census of the national grain depot may not be able to keep up with the food consumption.
There is a big gap between speed, supply and minimum demand.
Someone has to fill that hole, but the Royal Government does not have the spare capacity, and it is impossible for various food banks to provide so much safe food. In the end, we can only rely on the preparations that have been made, and we are just waiting for the Royal Government to sign the contract.
The v.e Consortium Ltd.
"I want to know what kind of monster lives in that guy's head... There are as many businessmen as there are who can find business opportunities from epidemics and food shortages. They can quickly find out the cause of the epidemic, and then negotiate with them according to their own needs.
How many people can formulate such a comprehensive and huge plan under the conditions? Besides, he is only this age...!!"
The Foreign Minister's cold eyes were fixed on the stack of detailed plans. Faintly, Matt could hear the young laughter of those old men who were mocking them.
"It would be great if he was my subordinate. With a little experience, he might become an excellent prime minister."
Richelieu looked at his old friend's frown and shook his head.
"I quickly dismissed that dangerous idea."
It was indeed very fast. In less than a minute, the prime minister of the kingdom gave up the idea of recruiting Li Lin to his subordinates. Not to mention the stubborn tradition of the nobles, they had to accept a commoner - or a wealthy commoner to enter the power field and share with them.
How difficult it is to have power, or even to give orders to them. Li Lin's personal talents and acting style alone have already made Richelieu quite afraid.
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