The next meeting was even more interesting, because the voting gap became very small, proving that the previous negotiations were very reluctant.
Due to the poor performance of the Police Department and the Judgment Department, the Alchemy Council decided to remove the original police chief and the Judgment Department chief.
Claude became the new police chief with a slight advantage in votes. Claude was promoted again, and Rudolf felt that he was the protagonist of the story.
The director of the Judgment Department was also replaced. The original director Jem was dismissed and the new director was named Arden. However, Rudolf could not see any depression on Jem's face. Rudolf guessed that Speaker Quint must have new arrangements for him.
After the meeting, a police officer informed Rudolf to go to the deputy speaker's office.
The deputy speaker's office is very spacious, with three rooms and three large windows.
There is a sofa in front of the last window. Claude sat there and motioned Rudolf to sit next to him.
Opposite Claude and Rudolf, Deputy Speaker Abel was thinking on the sofa. At this time, there were only three of them in the room.
"Nice to meet you, Rudolf."
"Hello, Mr. Abel."
Abel's mood improved a little when he saw Rudolf: "Rudolf, I am so grateful to you. It was you who saved the Dordo District at the risk of your life this morning."
Claude's heart suddenly tightened, and he was afraid that Rudolf would say: So, is there any reward?
According to Claude's understanding of Rudolf, the value of the title of "Outstanding Citizen" depends on how much the badge can be sold for.
"It should be, everything is well taught by Director Claude before. When we were in Leman Town, Claude, who was the sheriff at the time, kept telling us that we must keep the majority of people in our hearts, so that we can be a good patrolman."
Claude rarely blushed. Now when he practiced coughing, the heat on his face made his hair flutter. Damn, he might as well ask the teacher for a reward...
Abel knew Claude. Claude might be good at teaching others some skills, but it was hard to imagine that Claude would ask his subordinates to risk their lives for the Dordo District.
It was a pity that Abel was not in the mood now. He just smiled, otherwise he would definitely tease Claude a few words.
He looked at Rudolph and said,
"Rudolph, Claude and I went to the county city of Vichy this week to ask the Constitutional Army to support Fabro City. We can't accurately grasp what happened here. Rudolph, do you have any important investigation results?"
Rudolph was about to speak, but just as he opened his mouth, he heard someone knocking on the door. He saw Ivy coming in with a document for Deputy Speaker Abel to sign.
Deputy Speaker Abel noticed that Rudolph stopped talking, frowned slightly and said to Ivy, "Ivy, let's go to the Alchemy Academy now. Don't let anything go wrong at the Alchemy Academy at this time."
Ivy nodded and left the office.
"Okay, Rudolf, you can continue."
Rudolf asked, "Can you say anything?"
Claude took over, "Of course, Rudolf, you can say anything. Now is the time when we are most in need of information."
Rudolf received an encouraging look from Vice Speaker Abel before continuing,
"Mr. Vice Speaker, I think there are two things that confuse me. These two things are not the wolf tide, nor the disaster directed by the Ravno family."
Vice Speaker Abel and Claude both became serious. Is there anything more serious than these two things?
"The first thing is that the Inquisition has suddenly become incompetent.
In my impression, or in previous records, the Inquisition has always been the most powerful department under the Alchemy Council. Whether in terms of combat effectiveness or intelligence gathering, it can form a strong deterrent to all heretics in Fabro City.
However, the Inquisition has been extremely incompetent in recent times, so incompetent that my vigilance has dropped a lot recently, and I feel that the Inquisition cannot do anything to me.
Of course, I know this is an illusion, and the Inquisition is deliberately being so slow."
The Inquisition has always been the sphere of influence of Speaker Quint, and Vice Speaker Abel does not have much influence on the Inquisition.
"The second thing, I think, may be more critical.
As far as I know, the Thor Mining Company was extremely busy before the Wolf Tide. They opened a new Thor Trading Company.
Viscount Savan also opened a new trading company, called Rondo Trading Company. The company's headquarters was renovated from a mansion of Viscount Savan in the Rondo District.
Obviously, the great disaster is about to come, and these forces are still setting up trading companies. Who are they trading with? What are they trading for?
In the bloody fog in the early morning, even the central area where the parliament is located was attacked by the vampires, but the wealthy area of Brown District was as if nothing had happened. I don't believe that there is nothing fishy here."
This is also the reason why Rudolf wants to avoid Ivy. Ivy is the third daughter of the Thor family. It is impossible for her to ignore the family's affairs.
Deputy Speaker Abel covered the lower half of his face with his hands and rubbed his eyelids.
Rudolf did not speak, and Claude did not speak either. They kept waiting for Deputy Speaker Abel.
Deputy Speaker Abel showed his eyes, with pain and helplessness in his eyes.
After a while, Abel said:
"Rudolf, the place you are focusing on is indeed the most critical place...
My friend in Vichy County told me not to mess around recently to avoid getting into trouble.
Fabro 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 proven minerals and oil fields of various kingdoms and republics all have owners, but the wilderness that occupies one-third of the continent is an unowned resource.
The forces in the wilderness are very difficult to deal with. The number of werewolves is innumerable. The blood clan has many ancient castles in the wilderness. If you go deep into the wilderness, you can encounter high-level evil god priests, and there are even several evil gods in the depths of the wilderness.
If you want to develop the wilderness, It is necessary to station troops and send troops to protect the transportation lines. This is too costly.
However, the Megwen Empire in the north has sent troops into the wilderness and is determined to develop the resources in the wilderness. This news has put a lot of pressure on other kingdoms.
The same is true for the Carolingian Kingdom. Some people have their eyes on those resources.
It is so difficult to implement it. The vampires and werewolves in the wilderness have no intention of dealing with the Alchemy Council. Both sides have blood feuds and it is not easy to talk together.
However, there is an alternative among the vampires, Revno, who has been staying in Fabro City. There is also an alternative among the werewolves, the Red Wolf King Westan who has always wanted to build a werewolf city.
I suspect that these two people have contacted Quint in some way.
Quint is worried about the plan to withdraw from Fabro. If Fabro can be turned into a port city, and if Fabro can be made the starting point for the development of the wilderness, then Quint's importance will be greatly increased.
In fact, this is also the case. This time when I went to Vichy, I found that many people supported Quint.
I guess the shares of Thor Trading Company must be very complicated, so complicated that many people in the county town and even the province have shares in it. "
Deputy Speaker Abel stared at the coffee in front of him. The coffee has completely cooled down without any heat.
"Quint doesn't want to be a smuggler, although what he does is smuggling, smuggling things from the wilderness to other cities in the kingdom, and smuggling things from the kingdom to the wilderness. "The Redemption Act of Fabro City"... The so-called Redemption Act is nothing more than an excuse and cover for the smuggling trade.
If the city of Fabro is full of blood servants, werewolves, and evil priests, then it is understandable that we have to deal with these people.
I think the 18,000 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 that I will focus on the two trading companies to see what they are going to do. "
After a moment of silence, Deputy Speaker Abel sat up and asked Rudolf:
"Rudolf, maybe you don't know much about alchemists. Can you imagine? For the sake of profit, alchemists can do anything.
The Wolf Tide and the Blood Mist Night are just some necessary means to make profits. Maybe in a few days, the 18,000 blood servants will be conscripted by them to develop the wilderness. "
Is this the Fabro City version of "changing rice to mulberry"?
In order to increase fiscal revenue, the dikes were breached and the fields were flooded, forcing people to switch to planting mulberry trees. As for the fact that some people might starve to death... that is not very important. For the sake of their own silver, the people can only suffer...
Rudolf nodded:
"I believe it, very much. I heard a bard say:
with a 50% profit, the alchemist will take risks;
with a 100% profit, the alchemist dares to trample on all human laws;
with a 300% profit, the alchemist dares to commit any crime, even risking hanging;
with a 500% profit, the alchemist is even willing to sell the rope to hang himself.
For the alchemist's golden shield, ordinary people can only suffer more."
Deputy Speaker Abel smiled bitterly:
"Ordinary people can only suffer more... This sentence is really accurate. This is not a bard, this is clearly a wandering philosopher..."
Claude was not good at philosophy, and he could not interrupt. After a while, he said: "Teacher, time's up. I have to lead the way for Colonel Guyton, let Rudolph go with us."
Abel nodded, motioning for the two to go first, while he was alone in deep thought, wondering if he could come up with any good ideas or do anything.
On the way, Claude explained: "The 56th Regiment of the Constitutional Army, which has come from afar, needs to rest for a whole morning. Now it is noon, and we must quickly launch a retaliatory strike against the werewolves and the vampires. We will go to show them the way and help them look at the map to avoid the map being too old and inconsistent with the current terrain."
In the square in front of the parliament, there is also a small airship parked.
In front of the airship stood Colonel Guyton, who was nearly 2 meters tall, with a straight back, and he looked like a professional soldier.
"Colonel Guyton, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time, let's set off now."
"It's okay, my soldiers also need to rest, and they have to rest enough this morning before they can go to fight. "
Several people boarded the small airship and flew into the sky. After leaving Fabro City, 25 airships of the 56th Regiment of the Constitutional Army were already waiting in the air.
The small airship flew to the main ship, the Silver Flame, and the small airship hung on the side of the main ship, and everyone boarded the main ship.
Claude and Rudolph were only here to act as guides, and the 56th Regiment was responsible for the specific battles. The first target of the fleet was the town of Leman in the south of Fabro City. A few days ago, the town of Leman was the base camp of the werewolves.
One morning was enough time for the werewolves to escape. At this time, the town of Leman was in a mess. The most common things on the streets were all kinds of clothes. It should be that the werewolves had just entered the town and learned to dress like ordinary people.
The traces of the activities of a large number of werewolves were easy to identify, and the airship followed the traces of the werewolves outside the town.
Werewolves need to rest, but machines do not. After chasing for three hours, the fleet finally saw a large group of werewolves. The werewolves fled on the hillside. Faced with a large number of airships, the low-level werewolves had no room for resistance.
"White phosphorus bombs! Get ready! "
For a moment, hundreds of white phosphorus bombs covered the entire hillside. The white phosphorus bombs exploded above the hillside, blooming silver fireworks.
White phosphorus burned on the hillside, and even the grass and soil were emitting white smoke. Those white smoke were all highly toxic phosphides. The white phosphorus bombs were matched with the side guns on the airship, with the muzzles facing down, bombarding the hillside.
Three rounds of white phosphorus bombs and grenades directly melted the hillside, and groups of werewolves were instantly wiped out.
Those werewolves who escaped could not escape far, and were killed by the artillery or machine guns on the airship.
At this time, in the horse farm on the southern outskirts of Fabro City, the Red Wolf King West was tasting steak.
A level 4 werewolf was reporting something to him.
"In other words, the 56th Regiment of the Constitutional Army attacked us first? Didn't they go to find Revno first?" The Red Wolf King was a little surprised: "Didn't Quint give us a heads-up?"
"No, great wolf king, does Quint have the ability to completely control the parliament? "
The Red Wolf King took another bite of steak and shook his head:
"We should not think of Quint too simply. Maybe this is also one of his plans. I have to say that this Speaker is much better than us in conspiracy. This is where we need to learn."
A man suddenly appeared outside the horse farm. He went straight into the horse farm owner's restaurant and saw the Red Wolf King in human form in the restaurant.
The visitor turned out to be Jem, the former director of the Trial Bureau who had just been dismissed. He said: "Dear Red Wolf King, the Speaker asked me to tell you that Colonel Gayton ignored the Speaker's obstruction and continued to complete his mission to solve the wolf tide."
The Red Wolf King knew that the fleeing wolf pack suffered heavy losses, but he did not say much. He just smiled and said:
"This is also unavoidable. I can't stop that 'Fiery Gayton', so let him go. Mr. Speaker, have you decided when to meet?"
Seeing Jem shaking his head, the Red Wolf King said:
"Oh, of course, Gayton is not in Fabro City. I don't think the Speaker will come out at this time. It is very dangerous for him to meet us at this time, although we will never have any bad intentions towards Speaker Quint. Then let's find a chance to talk after Guyton comes back."
Watching Quint's people go away, the Red Wolf King said at last:
"Revno is unlucky. Werewolves can run during the day, but the vampires can't even run during the day. He will have to wait for his castle to be razed to the ground.
I think Quint will apologize to him, and a light apology will be given to Revno very promptly.
For Quint, a weak partner is a good partner. By then, he will have the absolute initiative at the negotiation table."
The level 4 werewolf couldn't help but lower his head and asked, "Then do we still want to cooperate with Quint?"
"Of course we have to cooperate. We have paid so much, don't we just want to get more resources? More meat, more people, more weapons. It's too slow to expect the werewolves to come by themselves without trading.
As for Quint... There is no way. The alchemist is the most greedy apostle. Be patient and establish the trade route.
Our primary goal is to control other werewolf tribes through trade. When we are strong enough, we will settle accounts with Quint. "
After destroying a large number of werewolves in a short time, they continued to fly far away.
The next target of the fleet is the castle of the Ravno family.