Chapter 14: Marietta

"Dear ministers here, I am the representative of Sawange Arms Company, Linmington Sandy Abbiata. I am entrusted by the Polygonum Party to come here specially to negotiate. Although I am very glad that you can re-establish the A state power, but as the representative of the Polygonum Party, I I still submit such a negotiation statement to you. This is what our Polygonum Party hopes you can accomplish. As long as these are completed, our Polygonum Party is willing to return to the rule of the Crurod Empire unconditionally and work for Crurod. The development of the German Empire has given everything to oneself.”

So a few days later, as a middle-aged man holding a briefcase and wearing a sky blue suit came to the Congress in Sugui City, all the congressional officials looked at the documents in their hands with embarrassment.

Envilla: "Mr. Lymington, the first condition here is for your Majesty to marry the daughter of the Savanchi family. This matter..."

Abbiata: "Regarding this matter, I can only say that it was personally requested by the current party leader, my father. And we all know that His Majesty already has four wives, so there is actually no problem in marrying one more wife. What's more, we didn't ask him to make our daughter the queen."

Envilla: "But Mr. Lymington...well, I need to ask His Majesty about this issue. Next is about the positions of officials. Do you want the Minister of Industry and its related positions, Lux?"

Lux: "Agree. It seems that you Polygon Skull Party knew our difficulties and did this deliberately, right?"

Abiata: "This is called each getting what he needs, isn't it? In other words, you have actually agreed to the next conditions, but the first one is difficult, right?"

Envilla: "Yes. After all, His Majesty has delegated power to our Congress, so we cannot live up to his trust in us."

Soon, in the public reception room of the arsenal in Sugui City, Zelena, who was busy helping to make bullets, saw Mr. Lin Mington and learned about the various conditions he proposed.

Zelen: "Why do you have to put your girls next to me? As you can see, I just work in the arsenal. I only have one day a week to listen to the prime minister's reports on political affairs, and then sign and seal them. Symbolizing the power of the emperor and so on..."

Abiata: "Your Majesty, this is how we, the Japanese and Mai people, selected the first emperor. Therefore, as the mediator of the major forces of our Japanese and Mai people, you must ensure that you listen and understand, right?"

Zelen: "Then...oh, you are afraid that I will take sides, right? Well..."

Abbiata: "What's more, the royal family has had a special ability for a long time."

Zelen: "The resistance to magic attacks is stronger than other people."

Abbiata: "Yes."

Zelen: "Oh, Paula."

Zelen himself didn’t want to say anything about this matter. Anyway, as the core family of the empire, the royal family has long been the target of wooing by various forces.

Even though he has now delegated a lot of real power to Congress and asked congressional officials to complete many things for him, as the last male member of the orthodox royal family, he himself couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It is not easy to be an emperor who delegates power.

Paula: "Stumu Alice Marietta... um, 14 years old? Is this a Savannah girl? How do you feel..."

Abbiata: "After all, we need to invest in a majesty, so we will not send a girl who is too old. Moreover, Marietta is the daughter of the son-in-law who married into the Savanchi family. She is still Savanchi in blood. A member of the Qi family. At the same time, are you Her Majesty the Queen?"

Paula: "Yes. All women who come to His Majesty the Emperor will be approved by me, and they must be approved by me before they can live here."

Abbiata: "So after seeing the information and photos I provided, do you agree?"

Paula: "Agreed."

In this way, Zelen's future life will be accompanied by another woman. In this regard, Zelen could only wish to find a place to hide and stop suffering.

Abbiata: "Well, we, the Polygonum Party, are willing to lead more means of industrial production and more dispersed people to return to the banner of the Crurod Empire."

So at night, when Zelen returned to his big room, he looked at Paula and the four of them, feeling all kinds of embarrassment in his heart.

Miao Jie: "Actually, it's pretty good. Anyway, if more girls come over, Zelen will definitely be very happy in the future."

Zelen: "Happy? I said Miao Jie, including you, you are all my guards who are specially watching over me. If the forces behind you want to push an unpopular bill in the future, then..."

Miao Jie: "You can rest assured about this. You are not coming out to take power. If I ask you for help, it is better to find an opportunity to have an underground meeting with other forces. And compared to this, I am specifically making sure that you will not get involved in politics. After all, The officials below feel very uncomfortable when there is an emperor who cares about this and that.”

Paula: "That's right. I am still related to you by blood, and my grandmother was the mistress of Zelen, your great-grandfather, so I also hope to find some way to lock you up."

Zelen: "I'm not a prisoner..."

Paula: "As long as you stay out of politics and keep delegating power, everything will be easy to discuss."

Zelen: "Got it."

The emperor is not easy to do, so even if he is given some power, things will still be the same. But Miao Jie was right. Today's congressional officials are not willing to have an emperor above them to take care of this and that.

Therefore, this is why the former Sennagu was able to win the support of many large families, or so-called aristocratic families, and even the civilian class to launch an armed coup.

At the same time, Zelen himself began to realize little by little why the republican ideology could take root in the territory of the Krurod Empire. Therefore, he could not make the same mistake as his grandfather.

Even if he raised the flag of the empire again now.

However... he looked at the night sky outside and thought of the workers in the arsenal.

These workers had different ideas from him. The workers did not understand the difference between monarchy and republic. They just wanted the officials above to give them enough food to eat, and nothing else.

In other words, Zelen needed to let the people have food to eat, so that the people could support him and even take up guns to jointly maintain the empire. And how to ensure that the people have enough food to eat is the most important thing for Zelen besides officials and the army.

In short, compared to Zelen's dead face, the twin sisters Natalie and Nasri smiled. Anyway, for them, having a husband who doesn't take care of things is actually quite good.

Paula: "Also, do you want to copy some of the weapons and equipment you got from Semeru Island? I heard you talking about this with other workers."

Zelen: "That's right. They said that those poisonous lice are like locusts, overwhelming and killing. Machine guns, mines, cannons, grenades, as long as they are useful weapons, we need them very much. For this, I am usually busy making bullets for everyone. The soldiers are really exhausted."

After speaking, Zelen slumped in his chair. Even though the Congress handled a lot of political affairs for him, he didn't think that he had much to do.

So a month passed, and by mid-March, with Sugui City as the core city, the entire area of ​​​​Boni Island, which is more than 740,000 square kilometers, has a population of less than 1 million. In addition, the island itself has no shortage of rice, rubber, pepper, sago, and coconuts. The pig farm and the fishery were quickly rebuilt, and a base camp for counterattacks against the occupied areas was officially established.

But...

Marietta: "It would be great if this island had more metal resources, especially non-ferrous metal resources."

As Marietta, who has a similarly curvy figure and a face that is no worse than Miao Jie, said, the area of ​​​​Boni Island is large, and the products on the island are also quite rich due to the tropical rainforest environment. However, the island that can support people lacks metal resources, which is completely unfavorable for the subsequent expansion work and the difficult task of how to recover the lost territory.