Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 8 Abandoning the Homeland
  In a solemn and luxurious building in Langton City, the two returning people were reporting the results of their visit to Perficott to a majestic old man.

"Is this Miss Brandless's reply? It seems that she is angry about what happened last time!" The old man was not angry because of Purficott's refusal of the invitation. Instead, there was a look of regret and remorse on his face. Expression: "If I had known about this matter earlier, I would have had a detailed discussion with Miss Brandless! The matter would not have reached this situation, and the empire would not have to waste several months to prove that she had Things that have been concluded.”

The old man in front of him sighed, then looked at the young man and asked him: "James, what do you think of what Miss Brandless said?"

"Your Majesty, I don't think Miss Brandlis is as angry as she appears." Although he still looked a bit decadent, in front of the Duke, the young man named James showed A bit of seriousness and seriousness made him look less frivolous.

James's answer made the Duke, who had been worried about preparing the crisis response committee, couldn't help but shine. He said to the young man he had always been very optimistic about: "Really? Tell me what you think."

Major William on the side also showed a curious look. On the way back just now, James told him that Perfectcott's words had a deeper meaning, but he didn't understand what was going on, so now he also behaves very... curious.

"Miss Brandless, I think she conveyed two messages to us." James explained his views to the Duke of Gloucester and expressed his analysis: "First of all, Brandless The meaning of the lady's words was very clear. She did not accept the invitation because the unfair treatment she had suffered before made her lose patience and trust in the imperial nobles.

She doesn't want anyone to interfere with her energy because of political interests, gender discrimination and other issues while responding to crises and saving the world.

She warned us that this crisis is not a disaster that the empire can deal with calmly. It requires our all-out unity to survive this disaster.

Therefore, anything that wastes time or has nothing to do with responding to crises and saving the world should be effectively controlled and prohibited. She does not want to, and we should not waste energy and time on these things.

Only if this is done will Miss Brandless agree to the Crisis Response Committee's invitation. "

Listening to James' analysis, the Duke of Gloucester couldn't help but nodded slightly and agreed with his analysis.

"Indeed! The empire is about to face an unprecedented crisis. If there are still people who are dragging their feet, wasting time, and wasting the empire's precious resources and energy on boring noble tricks, then they are not worthy of continuing to be nobles of the Victoria Empire. And exists." The Duke of Gloucester, who was sitting on the sofa, leaned back on the back of the sofa. He seemed to be relaxed, but he showed a strong momentum.

Although he inherited the title of Duke only because his surname was Gloucester, and because it was the Duke of Gloucester who could serve as the Speaker of the Imperial Nobles' Parliament, this did not mean that the Duke of Gloucester was just an incompetent person relying on the legacy of his ancestors.

He was able to sit on the position of Speaker of the Noble Parliament because of his duke title and the influence of his family. However, he was able to secure this position and break the sixty-year tradition of the three major ducal families in the empire taking turns to serve as Speaker. He was trusted by the Queen for seven consecutive terms. The speaker of the term relies on his own strength.

In the view of the Duke of Gloucester, compared with Perfectcott, who was able to conclude that disaster was about to happen through statistics and analysis and calculations, those few nobles who only relied on family connections to sit on the seats of parliament were really insignificant. .

For the Victoria Empire, which was founded four hundred years ago, other things may be in short supply, but the nobles...

Although with the empire's expansion into the New World and other colonies, and the popularization of steam engines, the empire's national power rose to an unimaginable level, the number of nobles was still too many, so much so that the Queen considered reducing the empire's nobles several times after she succeeded to the throne. quantity. Therefore, it is not difficult for the Duke of Gloucester to decide how to choose.

Of course, the Duke of Gloucester still wanted to hear James's judgment before making a choice.

So he adjusted his sitting posture and asked James: "You just said that Miss Brandless wanted to convey two messages, what is the other one?"

"It's a way to deal with this terrible disaster!" James opened his mouth with a piece of bombshell news, which attracted the attention of the Duke of Gloucester and Major William. In their eager eyes, James explained: "Bradley Ms. Si finally said that she wanted to hunt brown bears in the New World, which is actually telling us that to deal with disasters, we need to abandon our homeland and go to the New World and build shelters in the New World."

"Why the New World?" The Duke of Gloucester frowned. In his opinion, the price of abandoning the empire was too high.

The Victoria Empire is a powerful sea power country. Although the mainland is small, as the empire's fleet conquers and develops colonies one after another, resources and wealth from all over the world are gathered here. This is the most elite core of the empire. location.

There are the best universities in the world and the most advanced factories in the world. Countless talents gather in the core territory of the empire, where they contribute to the strength and prosperity of the empire.

It can be said that the Victoria Empire was able to establish colonies all over the world, allowing the empire's flag to fly under the sun forever, and the empire itself made at least 90% of the contribution.

Abandoning the homeland would be tantamount to abandoning the empire’s hundreds of years of accumulation since its founding.

Obviously, the Duke of Gloucester could not make such a decision.

But James...or Purficott didn't think so. He explained to the Duke of Gloucester: "Miss Brandless's words have made it very clear that the New World is far away from human habitation.

As the weather gets colder and colder, the empire cannot completely conceal the fact that the world is about to be destroyed. No matter what decisions you or Her Majesty the Queen make, the resources of the entire empire will inevitably be mobilized to deal with this disaster.

And this will undoubtedly allow people to discover the empire's actions and deduce the fact that this disaster has struck.

When the time comes, you can imagine what terrible riots those ordinary people who feel they have no hope of living will set off.

In this situation, only the uninhabited New World can complete the construction of the shelter without being disturbed by riots and other factors. "

(End of this chapter)