Warhammer Throne

There are five days to go before the festival, Kislov, Bokaha Palace, and the State Duma of Kislov.

The representative of the nobles of Kislev Boye, Kislev General Marshal Dimitri Zayev.

Kislov Marshal Konev, Kislov Winged Cavalry Marshal, Griffin Legion Commander Romanov, Kislov Bear Cavalry Marshal Rokosovsky, Kislov Northern Front Commander Zaka- Fedosov.

Kislov's chief court minister, Petrov, and Kislov's finance minister, Dmilov, were all present.

These Kislov army leaders and landowners gathered to discuss the difficulties the kingdom was facing recently.

For Kislov, it’s quite interesting that this is a very, very empty country, with sparse settlements separated by vast ice sheets and large tracts of land. Even in the country, except for the three cities of Kislov. Except for Erlengrad and Prager, news about other settlements is intermittent, and direct rule is difficult to achieve. Therefore, each settlement has become highly independent, and a Boye nobleman completely controls the military and political power. There is no doubt that everyone recognizes the authority of the Czarina, but if His Majesty Kataly crosses the State Duma and gives them any mandatory order, these Boyer nobles will be very surprised and show their faces "You are teasing me." "The table.

The reason is like this. In theory, the Boye nobles must be appointed by the czar, but in fact this is a hereditary title.

Therefore, Kislov’s army is mainly composed of three forces: the city army directly loyal to the czar, the local army controlled by the Boyer nobles, and the imperial garrison supported by the leaders of the empire.

Under this condition, the Boyers in various places were highly independent and eventually formed the State Duma.

Now, in the Bokaha Palace meeting room, which is luxuriously decorated and covered with bearskin tapestries and ice sculptures, brightly colored frescoes and multicolored ceilings, everyone in the State Duma is discussing what to do next .

"The supply of the northern frontline army, the relief of the refugees, and the supply of the army of the Gakova Fortress in the south have all been arranged. We try to maintain 70%-80% of the ration. As for the army’s arrears, we give priority to guaranteeing the bear cavalry. Most of the salary paid by the Griffin Legion and the Krim guards can be paid. As for the salary of the Kesa Legion, the Strike Force, and the City Defense Battalion, we will grudgingly deal with it first, and wait for the festival to pass before making any plans." Marshal Dimitri Zayev nodded, and he slowly said to everyone: "Prioritize ensuring the combat effectiveness of the frontline army."

"What? There is no room for the repair cost of the Ostrosk Fortress and the reconstruction cost of the Slughof Fortress further north?" Marshal Zaka Fedosov, the representative of the Northern Front, said dissatisfiedly: "Then you can discuss. Doesn’t it mean that it’s all in vain after a long time. If the repairs of the two northern fortresses cannot be guaranteed, how do we ensure that the trade channel with Dulong City is unblocked?!"

"Then what do you mean?" Marshal Kieslov, Konev, the controller of the Kieslov Central Army, spoke. This is a tough soldier with a big bald head. He is wearing a brand new marshal. In military uniform, tasting vodka, his eyes were very sharp, and he looked directly at Marshal Fedosov: "What do you want? Fedosov, you might as well say that I am not interested in playing mysteries with you."

"What I want to say is that the military expenses and supplies you allocated to the northern front are too small!" Marshal Fedosov exclaimed: "Many soldiers on the front line lack food and clothing, and they don't even have medicine when they are sick! Forget it, I understand the difficulties of the kingdom, but what about the fortresses? Since the end of the Winter War more than two years ago, the two fortresses laid the base, but they were not completed for a long time. The soldiers hid in the semi-open fortresses. For the winter inside, if you don’t allocate enough funds to raise manpower, we won’t be able to finish these two fortresses next year!"

"This time the Norsca Expedition, the national treasury allocated almost 120,000 Ducats in input, but you only allocated 40,000 to us. This is really too little. We have to pay military salaries and guarantee supplies. To repair the fortress, the cost of building the fortress in the harsh environment of the cold and the cold is already very expensive. You want the horses to run and the horses not to eat the grass!"

"I said, what do you think?" Marshal Konev repeated: "I don't want to listen to you, I want you to come up with a solution!"

"At least another 40,000 ducats must be allocated to us." Marshal Fedosov emphasized: "I know that after the trade agreement with the Dulong City dwarves, tariffs and mineral taxes have formed new inputs, which is also a sum of money. The income is not small, because we have ensured the smooth flow of trade, so why can’t we take a part of tariffs and mineral taxes as our military expenses?"

"Trade tariffs and mineral taxes are directly conscripted by His Majesty Catalyn's tax officer and sent to the Ice Palace. It has nothing to do with us." The representative of the Boyer nobles, Marshal Dimitri said in a deep voice, "Katarin Your Majesty Talin is going to conduct a very important ice magic experiment and is in urgent need of money. As for our application..."

"Your Majesty disagrees. The treasure house and inner bank of the Ice Palace have been rescued many times, and you know this too." Tsar Finance Minister Dmilov said slowly: "The inner bank can't only produce items, no items. what."

"Very good." Grand Marshal Dimitri nodded helplessly. He turned to the Marshal Bear Cavalry and asked: "Constantine, what can you do?"

"I don't know." Marshal Rokosovsky's attention was obviously not focused on the meeting. He just said casually: "Perhaps, we can re-audit and see which piece of expenditure can be recalculated? Save a little bit. Is it a little bit?"

"How to audit?! How cost-effective!" Marshal Konev slammed the cup in his hand to the ground, and he blushed and roared: "That's the money, one hundred and four thousand five hundred and sixty-six pieces. Ducat! How can it be cost-effective again to let the northern frontmen go to war with the barbarians hungry? Or are the refugees not receiving money? Or are they not paying any payment at all?!"

The cup fell on the ground and shattered into several pieces, and the crisp sound was clearly audible in the conference room.

"I am the commander-in-chief of Kislov and Kislov’s Central Army. I know best that the soldiers of the Kesa Army and the attackers, the soldiers of the city defense battalion, many have been in the bakery and merchants, and even the gods. I owe debts for many months! Many soldiers come to my house to ask me for help, what can I do!" Marshal Konev roared: "Don’t I know that there is no money in the treasury, and we continue to fight the barbarians in the north. And the Gakova Fortress in the south is also facing a full-scale invasion of the green-skinned Akimu tribe!"

"If this continues, Kislov's Millennium Celebration of the founding of the country will soon be our country!" Marshal Konev's loud voice echoed in the conference hall, and he didn't care if the words passed out.

"Marshal Romanov." At this moment, an attendant rushed into the meeting hall, and he yelled anxiously: "There is an urgent matter."

"What's the matter?" The winged cavalry marshal raised his head, and the attendant whispered in his ear: "It's not good, because the Kesa army and the attackers paid too little, the army was mutinous, and they were fighting with the guards! An! General Delie committed suicide with a musket, which calmed the grievances, but the officers gathered together and came towards the palace. We must give an explanation!"

"What?!" There was a shock in the entire conference room.

"Konev, hurry up and stop them. You are the commander-in-chief of the Central Army and the commander of the city defense of Kislov. You have enough prestige to quell all grievances." General Marshal Dimitri immediately turned his gaze to Konev.

"Huh! Think of me now? It's too late!" Konev said impatiently and helplessly: "What do you want me to do?"

"Tell them the truth and the law clearly!" Dimitri persuaded: "You have always been highly prestigious in the army, and the soldiers will understand."

"Always only boiled red cabbage soup and fried pancakes on site. How can there be reason and law on site?" Konev spread his hands and said, "Give me a time limit. When will the payment problem be resolved?"

"this……"

…………I am the dividing line of red cabbage soup and filling crepes…………

Not far from the armory, Ugol General Beria and his lieutenant Xie Lieping looked at the armory with complicated faces.

The mutiny subsided temporarily, temporarily.

When the scene was at its most chaotic, General Andre, who was in charge of logistics, stood up suddenly. He stood on the table and shouted in his loudest voice: "I didn't do a good job. You owe payment. I can't do anything about it. It's me. I’m incompetent, I’m sorry, My Majesty Katalyn, and I’m sorry you, I declare that I am responsible for this!"

After speaking, General Andre suddenly took out a short blunderbuss and pointed the muzzle at his chin.

A gunshot awakened the fighting mutiny soldiers and the suppressing armory soldiers and Klim guards. Seeing General Andrey died for this, the Kesa soldiers and the attackers felt really uncomfortable, and they finally gave up. Siege of the Armory.

Then, the officers turned to prepare to head towards Bokaha Palace. The Kesa soldiers did not believe that money could not be paid. Many General Kislov and Boyer nobles participated in the Norska Expedition, and they pulled back. Ships and carts of trophies once filled the streets! They have money, go to them to ask!

Thousands of soldiers selected dozens of officers to go to the Bokaha Palace to ask for payment. The rest will queue up to lead the emergency and go back to the barracks to wait for news.

And deep in an alley on the main street, Beria led more than twenty heavily armed Ugol archers. Looking at the scene before him, he was a bit complicated, but he still resisted the attack: " It seems that the problem is much more serious than I thought."

"The salary is owed, and the streets are full of hungry refugees." Lieutenant Xie Lieping also said angrily: "I just asked, General, ten kilograms of big leba, two big bags of potatoes, a piece of butter and fifteen denga. That’s the treatment of company commanders and battalion commanders! Ordinary Kesa fighters and attackers only have five kilograms of large Leba, two big bags of potatoes, and nine denga."

Only nine! Beria remained calm, his heart moved, and then asked: "So what about the market price? Have you investigated it clearly?"

"The matter is urgent, I haven't had time to investigate the market price." Xie Liping repeatedly shook his head: "But I just asked a few passers-by, general, guess, how much does an ordinary roast chicken sell on the Kislov black market now? "

"How much?" Beria was not interested in playing a guessing game, and General Ugol was clearly planning something.

"Three silver coins! My God, three silver coins!" Xie Liping said quickly, "I can't believe it. It only sells twenty-five to twenty-eight at one of the best roasted capons in Brittany. Copper coins, my favorite is half a roast chicken with a bottle of vodka after the patrol, but here, the price has actually increased more than ten times!"

"Go, let's follow." Beria didn't answer Selepin's words. General Ugol immediately mounted his horse and led a dozen archers to follow immediately. It was not until he got on his horse that he slowly said: "Hall. Jinna, do you know her?"

"When... Of course, General, your new maid." Xie Liping didn't understand Beria's meaning. He also accepted a young and beautiful girl as his maid.

Did the general change his mind?

"She is the daughter of Little Boye! Outside the city has the entire little Boye's daughter with a wooden fence and wooden door village territory!" Beria said sharply, "Little Boye! Lord of the village of three hundred people! She has drunk three times. Months’ worth of porridge! Do you know what this means? Boyer has started to drink porridge. What about the citizens? What about the farmers? What about the refugees?!"

Xie Liping understood, and the lieutenant suddenly felt cold: "Why did it become like this?"

"So I said before. Our female czar may be an excellent wizard, but she is by no means an excellent king or commander of the three armies. Since she came to the throne, the kingdom has been messed up. She has rarely led the army by herself. Everything is the appointment of generals or the dispatch of supervising troops, and she never visits the people like His Majesty Ryan does. Her heart is only her research, her research, and her research!" Beria has yet to say anything, Xie Liping immediately lowered. The voice said: "Speak carefully, General, don't forget, you used to be a member of the House Committee. You should know that Cheka's secret police are everywhere in this city."

"This is a very bad sign, and we all know that if for a country, the bourgeoisie and the little lords and nobles have begun to fall in total, then the whole kingdom is already facing many crises." Beria ignores it. After Selepin’s words, General Ugol knew that if he was still an officer of Kislev, he would have "disappeared" long ago, but he was the special envoy of Knight King Ryan, Cheka and those people, dare not do anything to him. Kind of.

In this world, strength is still important after all.

In fact, Beria and Selipin know in their hearts, why the recent shortage of food in Kislov has caused prices to soar?

There are only two main reasons. One is the continuous war ahead and the large-scale levy of food for a long time. The second is that the empire’s recent internal strife has caused the empire’s food aid to Kislov to drop drastically, but two people I didn't say it, because it was unnecessary.

While talking, the Bocaha Palace arrived, Beria motioned everyone to stop, and they stayed to observe from a distance.

The Crimean Marshal Alexei looked at the large group of low- and middle-ranking officers who appeared in front of the palace, his face flushed with anger: "What do you want to do? After damaging the armory, do you still come to the palace to rob your army? ? Soldiers, take up arms!"

"Wait! We are not here to be robbers, we are all Mrs. Kiesler! We want to come to see His Majesty Katalyn today!" The Kesa warrior Alyosha headed by yelled loudly: "The State Duma What are the people doing? We are in arrears with our military payment! We have not been owed military payment for more than half a year. Many of us have been gnawing on the big liba for five months, even selling children and girls! I asked, when will you be able to pay off our debts!"

"Didn't we ask General Andrey to pay you the payment?" Marshal Konev rushed over with several marshals from behind. This talented man is powerful and has a big bald head. He is quite prestigious in the army. The Marshal hurriedly stopped at the gate of the palace: "It may be a little bit less, but it can’t be helped. This is my responsibility. I apologize for the past. Please go back and spend a good time. Let’s think about it. How about this, okay? My Konev pledged in the name of the bear **** Esun, that I have not received any salary this year!"

Marshal Konev is the commander-in-chief of the city of Kieslov and the commander-in-chief of the Central Army. He is very prestigious in the army, but today he miscalculated.

"You? Are you counting on that little salary for the holidays?" Immediately a Kesa officer came out and said: "Many of you have participated in the Norsca Expedition. Many of us have seen it with our own eyes. A lot of wealth, all kinds of armor, fur, paintings, velvet, gold, and silk looted by the barbarians! Those iron and copper ore, all kinds of livestock, and even many high-class goods of the high elves, one car and one It was transported to your mansion by car and ground, and it was all yours. The victory of the war is yours, the casualties are ours, the seizures are yours, and the disability is ours. Now even the military pay is not ours. NS!"

"That's right! Your Majesty Katalin handed Kislov to your group of State Duma, but what are you doing?! Hand over the money! Give out the military pay that belongs to us!"

"Get out! You wolves who can't eat enough, spit out the army's salary!"

"The State Duma, cannibal wolves, we must let His Majesty Catalyn know your true colors!"

The officers said that Marshal Konev was speechless, and he had a clear conscience about the distribution of the spoils, because he did not take anything.

But he couldn’t swear to Ursun that everyone didn’t take it. In fact, many nobles, generals, and Boyers who participated in the Norsca Expedition did madly collect a large amount of spoils and continue to transport them back to the country and their own. At home, they not only embezzled countless gold and silver treasures for their own possession, but also refused to hand over even a little according to Kislev's "honorable tradition".

Konev sharply accused a colleague, he transported back more than twenty carriages of wealth from Norsca alone, and his home was almost turned into a "Norsca Museum"!

Don't look at everyone arguing so happily during the State Duma meeting, but in fact they all made a fortune! It's just that these windfall wealth won't go to the treasury or the soldiers a little bit, it's all theirs.

Seeing that the marshal could not answer, the scene gradually became chaotic. The excited officers tried to break through the line of defense, while the Klimt guards raised their weapons and aimed them at their colleagues, brothers and robes.

Before the palace, the smell of gunpowder was full, and it seemed that another mutiny was on the verge.

Beria rode a horse and stood in the distance. He sneered when he saw this scene.

You must be watching somewhere in the palace, right? My Majesty the Czar?

Also, Konev's this obviously doesn't work, Yezhov, it's your turn to play.