Chapter 577: "Lobbying" The Mountain Barbarians (Part 3)

Britannia Empire, Pendragon, Baiyang Palace, Gozevin's study.

In the huge study room, a few important ministers from the center of the empire, including Jacob, and Gale were gathered.

Ge Zewen, who was sitting behind a large desk, moved his eyes to look at the pillars of the country standing in front of him, and said:

"I believe you all know by now - the bandit-defeating army has won a great victory! All the bandit troubles in the west have been quelled, and the bandit-defying army is now on its way to the headquarters."

"Nearly 70,000 bandits have surrendered. I am calling everyone today just to hear your opinions on how to deal with these 70,000 surrendered bandits... Cough! Cough! Cough!"

Before Ge Zewen finished speaking, he couldn't help but let out several violent coughs.

Looking at Ge Zewen who was covering his mouth and coughing, Jacob couldn't help but cast a concerned look at Ge Zewen.

"Ge... Your Majesty, you should pay more attention to your health. Since you have a cold, go and have a good rest first. There is no rush in dealing with the bandits. You should go and have a good rest first and wait for your health to recover." Okay, there’s no rush to discuss this matter.”

"Hahaha, it's just a common cold." Ge Zewen smiled, "Although I am old, my body is not fragile yet. I will be defeated by a small cold. Okay, let's start today's discussion quickly. , stop gossiping."

Jacob opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but after thinking about it, he finally chose to close his mouth with a troubled expression.

Jacob cleared his throat and then spoke first:

"Your Majesty, for these 70,000 surrendered bandits, I suggest that you make the best use of them."

"These bandits have done many evil things, so naturally we cannot let them go."

"First kill the chief culprit, their leader and a group of cruel people who have committed heinous and unforgivable crimes, and give an explanation to the people in the west who have suffered deeply."

"The rest of the people will be dragged to the east."

“You can never have too much of this nearly free labor anywhere.”

"The eastern straight road needs to be further widened and repaired. We can make the best use of these surrendered bandits, pull them to the east, and let them repair the eastern straight road."

Among all the people present, there were several important officials who did not know the existence of the "Southern Cross Project" with the purpose of destroying the Frank Empire.

At this stage, the "Southern Cross Project" is a top secret, and it is best for as few people to know about it as possible.

Therefore, in order to maintain confidentiality, Jacob did not say that the reason for repairing and widening the eastern straight road was to prepare for the subsequent launch of the "Southern Cross Project."

Having wider and better roads means having stronger deployment and transportation capabilities.

After the eastern straight roads are widened and improved one by one, the Britannian Empire's ability to transport baggage and deploy troops to the east will be further strengthened.

However, Gozevin understood what Jacob meant.

When he heard that Jacob wanted these bandits to go to the east to build a straight road, Ge Zewen heard that Jacob was planning to prepare for the subsequent "Southern Cross Project" and couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"This is a good solution. Do you have any objections to Jacob's proposal?"

"No objection."

"The lower official seconded the proposal."

"I agree with the proposal of Your Majesty the Palace Prime Minister."

…

Seeing that it was unanimously passed, Ge Zewen nodded:

"Okay, then it's decided. We'll kill the chief culprit first, and then drag the remaining bandits to the east to build a straight road."

Having said this, Gozevin paused.

His face looked thoughtful.

Then he raised his head and looked directly at Gale:

"Gale, it's just that you don't have anything important to do at the moment, so this task is left to you. You are responsible for commanding these bandits to go to the east and supervising the construction of the eastern straight road by these bandits."

"Yes." Gale saluted Ge Zewen and responded, "It will definitely fulfill its mission."

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Britannia Empire, northern border, somewhere in the Lygasus Mountains.

Jingle bell, jingle bell...

Because of his superb fighting skills and good foot combat, he was sent by Su Cheng to serve as Vivian's bodyguard. Samuel, who was protecting Vivian's safety, raised his head and looked at the origin of the crisp bells:

"Miss Vivian, I didn't expect your physical strength to be so good."

Vivian is quite petite. After putting on her shoes, she is barely over 1.5 meters tall and thin. Samuel originally thought that her physical strength would be very poor, and climbing the Legassos Mountains would be very difficult. Hard work.

Samuel was even ready to carry Vivian up.

But the reality before Samuel surprised Samuel. He didn't expect that Vivian's physical strength turned out to be very good.

In terms of physical strength, she is not even inferior to the elite soldiers of their knights. Ever since she started climbing the Lygasus Mountains and went to the three tribes that have not yet expressed their stance, Vivian has never complained about being tired, nor has she ever accepted the challenge. get help from others.

After hearing Samuel's praise for him, Vivian turned back and smiled at Samuel: "Because like my sister, I usually exercise all the time, so don't think of me as the kind of weak person. Weak woman."

"I really hope that the group leader can consciously exercise every day like you." Samuel said in a joking tone, "Our group leader seems to not like sports very much. In his free time, he basically spends his free time reading or writing something unknown. It’s something.”

"However, although the captain doesn't like sports and his physical strength is not very good, he is in good health. Since he arrived at Avalon Fortress last year to take over the position of captain, I have never seen him get sick or feel unwell."

Dingling, dingling...

Walking in front of Samuel, Vivian, when jumping over a boulder, the two bells hanging on her waist collided again due to the large-scale movement of her body, making a very crisp sound.

Hearing the crisp bell sound again, Samuel couldn't help asking Vivian:

"Miss Vivian, since I left Avalon Fortress with you and rushed to the front line, I have always wanted to ask you, why do you wear those two bells on your waist? Is it for decoration?"

"Ah, this."

Vivian touched the two white bells hanging on her left waist. Each of these two bells was as big as an adult's thumb.

Touching the two white bells, Vivian's face flashed with memories and nostalgia:

"These two bells are very important to me. They are the first gift my sister gave me. At the same time, these two bells also contain many precious memories of my sister and me, so I have been hanging them around my waist... Hmm? Ah, Mr. Samuel, look."

Vivian pointed forward.

And Samuel immediately looked forward in the direction of her finger.

Not far in front of them, white and thin smoke was rising slowly, and then drifted away with the wind.

"It seems that we are here." Vivian smiled at Samuel, "We have arrived at the first stop of our lobbying mission - the Qike Department."