The next meeting was even more interesting, because the voting gap became very narrow, proving that the previous negotiations were very reluctant.

Due to the poor performance of the police department and the judicial department, the Alchemy Council decided to remove the former police chief and judicial director from their positions.

Claude became the new police chief with a slim vote, and Claude was promoted again. Rudolph felt that he was the protagonist of the story.

The Director of the Tribunal has also changed. The original Director Jem was dismissed and the new Director was named Arden. However, Rudolph could not see any depression on Jem’s face. Rudolph guessed that Speaker Quint must have a certain regard for him.

There are new arrangements.

After the meeting, a police officer informed Rudolph and asked him to go to the deputy speaker's office.

The deputy speaker's office is very spacious, with three bays and three large windows.

There was a sofa in front of the last window. Claude sat there and gestured to Rudolph who came in to sit next to him.

Opposite Claude and Rudolph, Deputy Speaker Abel was deep in thought on the sofa. There were only three of them in the room at this time.

"First meeting, Rudolf."

"Hello, Mr. Abel."

When he saw Rudolf, Abel's mood improved slightly: "Rudolf, I am so grateful to you. It was you who saved the Dordo District this morning regardless of sacrifice."

Claude suddenly felt nervous, afraid that Rudolf would say: So, is there any reward?

According to Claude's understanding of Rudolph, the value of the title "Outstanding Citizen" depends on how much the badge can be sold for.

"It should be. Everything is what Director Claude taught us before. When we came to Mang Town, Claude, who was still the police chief at the time, kept telling us that we must keep the majority of people in our hearts. In this way

Only then can you be a good patrol officer.”

Claude seldom blushed, but now he was coughing, and the heat on his face made his hair float. Damn it, he might as well ask for a reward from the teacher...

Abel knew Claude. Claude might be good at teaching others certain skills, but it was hard to imagine that Claude would ask his subordinates to risk their lives for the Dordo District.

It's a pity that Abel is not in the mood now, he just smiled, otherwise he would have teased Claude a few words.

He looked at Rudolf and said:

"Rudolf, Claude and I have been to Vichy, the county town, in the past week to ask the Constitutional Army to support Fabro City. We cannot accurately grasp what is happening here. Rudolf, do you have anything?

Important findings?”

Rudolf was about to speak, but just when he opened his mouth, he heard someone knocking on the door. He saw Ivy coming in, holding a document for Deputy Speaker Abel to sign.

Deputy Speaker Abel noticed that Rudolf had stopped talking, frowned slightly and said to Ivy: "Ivy, go to the Alchemy Academy now and take a look. Don't make trouble in the Alchemy Academy at this time."

Ivy nodded and left the office.

"Okay, Rudolf, you can continue."

Rudolf asked, "Can I say anything?"

Claude took over: "Of course, Rudolph, you can say anything. Now is the time when information is most lacking."

Rudolf received an encouraging look from Deputy Speaker Abel before continuing:

"Mr. Deputy Speaker, I think there are two things that confuse me. These two things are not the wolf tide, nor are they the catastrophe directed by the Reifno family."

Deputy Speaker Abel and Claude both became serious. Is there anything more serious than these two things?

"The first thing is that the Tribunal suddenly became incompetent.

In my impression, or in previous records, the Tribunal has always been the most powerful department under the Alchemy Council. Whether it is combat effectiveness or intelligence collection, it can form a powerful deterrent to all heretics in Fabro City.

However, the Tribunal has been extremely incompetent in recent times, so incompetent that my vigilance has dropped a lot recently, and I feel that it is impossible for the Tribunal to do anything to me.

Of course, I know this is an illusion and the trial court deliberately behaved so slowly."

The Tribunal has always been the sphere of influence of Speaker Quint, and Deputy Speaker Abel does not have much influence on the Tribunal.

"The second thing, I think is probably the more critical thing.

As far as I know, Thor Mining Company was extremely busy before the Wolf Tide, and they opened a new Thor Trading Company.

Viscount Savant also opened a new trading company, called Rondeau Trading Company. The company's headquarters was renovated from a mansion in Rondeau district that was owned by Viscount Savant.

It is clear that a catastrophe is coming, but these forces are setting up trading companies one after another. Who are they trading with? What are they trading with?

In the blood-fog night in the early hours of the morning, even the central district where the parliament is located was attacked by vampires, but the wealthy Brown District acted as if nothing happened. I don't believe it if you say there is nothing fishy here."

This is also the reason why Rudolph wants to avoid Ivy. Ivy is the third daughter of the Thor family and it is impossible for her to be indifferent to the family's affairs.

Deputy Speaker Abel covered the lower half of his face with his hands and rubbed his eyelids.

Rudolph didn't say anything, and neither did Claude. They kept waiting for Deputy Speaker Abel.

Deputy Speaker Abel showed his eyes, filled with pain and helplessness.

After a while, Abel said:

"Rudolf, the place you focus on is indeed the most critical place..."

My friends in Vichy told me not to mess around lately to avoid getting into trouble.

Fabbro City, or Vichy County, or even some people at a higher level are pushing for something. They want a port city that can help them obtain resources in the wilderness.

The minerals and oil fields that have been discovered by various kingdoms and republics all have owners, but the wilderness that occupies one-third of the continent is an ownerless resource.

The forces in the wilderness are very difficult to deal with. Werewolves are outnumbered. The vampires have numerous castles in the wilderness. If you go deep into the wilderness, you can encounter high-level evil god priests. There are even several evil gods themselves deep in the wilderness.

If you want to develop the wilderness, you need to station troops and send troops to protect transportation lines. This is too costly and too high.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, the Mogwen Empire in the north has sent troops into the wilderness and is determined to develop the resources in the wilderness. This news has put great pressure on other kingdoms.

It was the same in the Carolingian Kingdom, some people were interested in those resources.

It is so difficult to implement it. The vampires and werewolves in the wilderness have no plans to deal with the Alchemy Council. Both sides have blood feuds, so it is not easy to talk together.

However, there is an alternative among the vampires, Reifno, who has been staying in Fabro City. There is also an alternative among the werewolves, the red wolf king Weistan, who has always wanted to build a werewolf city.

I suspect that these two people contacted Quint somehow.

Quint is worried about Fabro City's delisting plan. If Fabro City can be turned into a port city, if Fabro City can be made a starting point for developing wilderness, then Quint's importance will be great.

increase.

In fact, this is also true. This time I went to Vichy and found that many people were supporting Quint.

I think the shares of Thor Trading Company must be very complicated, so complicated that many people in the county and even the province have shares in it."

Deputy Speaker Abel stared at the coffee in front of him. The coffee had completely cooled down and had no heat at all.

"Quint doesn't want to be a smuggler, even though what he does is smuggling, smuggling things from the wilderness to other cities in the kingdom, and smuggling things from the kingdom into the wilderness.

"Fabro City Redemption Law"... The so-called redemption law is nothing more than an excuse and a cover-up for the smuggling trade.

If Fabbro City is full of blood servants, werewolves, and evil gods and priests, then it makes sense that we have to deal with these people.

I think that the eighteen thousand blood servants in Fabro City will definitely be of great use, but I don’t know what Quint’s specific plan is.

Rudolf, you reminded me, I will focus on the two trading companies to see what they are planning to do."

After a period of silence, Deputy Speaker Abel sat up straight and asked Rudolph:

"Rudolf, maybe you don't know alchemists very well. Can you imagine? For profit, alchemists can do anything.

The wolf tide and the night of blood fog are just some necessary means to obtain profits. Maybe in a few days, 18,000 blood servants will be recruited by them to develop the wilderness."

Is this Fabbro City’s version of “changing rice into mulberry”?

In order to increase fiscal revenue, the embankments were broken and the fields were flooded, forcing people to plant mulberry trees. As for some people who might starve to death... that is not very important. For the sake of their own money, they can only suffer the common people...

Rudolf nodded:

"I believe it, very much. I heard a bard say:

With 50% profit, the alchemist will take desperate risks;

With 100% profit, the alchemist dares to trample all human laws;

With 300% profit, the alchemist dares to commit any crime and even risk hanging his head;

With a 500% profit, the alchemist is even willing to sell the rope that hangs him.

For the sake of the alchemist’s golden shield, I can only suffer a little more for ordinary people.”

Deputy Speaker Abel smiled bitterly:

"I can only endure the hardships of ordinary people... This sentence is so accurate. This is not a bard, this is clearly a bard philosopher..."

Claude was not good at philosophy, so he couldn't get in the conversation. After a while, he said: "Teacher, the time has come. I have to lead the way for Colonel Guyton. Let Rudolph go with him."

Abel nodded and motioned for the two of them to leave first. He was meditating alone, wondering if he could come up with any good ideas or do anything.

Claude explained on the way: "The 56th Regiment of the Constitutional Army, which came from afar, needs to rest all morning. Now it's noon, and they need to quickly launch a retaliatory attack on the werewolves and vampires. Let's go show them the way and help them read the map.

Avoid maps that are too old and inconsistent with the current terrain.”

There is also a small airship parked in the square in front of the Parliament.

Standing in front of the airship was Colonel Guyton. He was nearly 2 meters tall and his waist was straight. He looked like a professional soldier.

"Colonel Guyton, I've kept you waiting for a long time. Let's set off now."
To be continued...