Chapter 73 This Must Be a Rebellion!

"Who's going to tell me, what's going on here?"

His Majesty Emperor Kendela's face was calm, and his tone was even more stable, which looked no different from the normal state.

However, it was this kind of normality that caused the entire hall to fall into a super gloomy atmosphere.

Several loyal ministers of the Candela Empire standing in the main hall often get along with His Majesty the Emperor. Of course, they know that His Majesty the Emperor behaved so normally at this time, which proved that he must be extremely angry at this time.

The important ministers all lowered their heads, not daring to make any movements, and even the sound of breathing was extremely low, for fear of attracting the attention of His Majesty the Emperor.

However, if they don't speak, it doesn't mean that they can really escape the past.

His Majesty the Emperor Kendela glanced at the ministers who bowed their heads, snorted coldly, and looked at the current Prime Minister of the Candela Empire, Grand Duke Rostov, who was closest to him.

"Rostov, tell me why those bastards in the Northeast Province have the guts to open fire on a mine in the empire? Do they want to rebel?"

There was a strange look in the eyes of Grand Duke Rostov.

The point of this incident is that the target of the Northeast Province garrison is not an ordinary mine, but a mine under the name of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Now His Majesty the Emperor has deliberately ignored this point, and even installed a most civilian who intends to rebel in the Northeast Province garrison, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor also has scruples in his heart.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor would never admit it, and it was naturally impossible for him, the Prime Minister, to reveal His Majesty's thoughts in public.

After thinking for a while, Grand Duke Rostov replied, "Your Majesty, I don't think Duke Tim is so courageous. This should be the result of the judgment of his subordinates in the Northeast Province."

"Judge yourself?" His Majesty Emperor Kendela suddenly raised his voice. "Who gave them the power to judge for themselves? This is clearly an attempt to rebel!"

Since His Majesty the Emperor emphasized twice in a row that the Northeast Province garrison who attacked the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's magic crystal mine intends to rebel, the loyal ministers below did not understand what His Majesty was thinking, and quickly responded.

"That's right! Your Majesty, these soldiers attacked the mines in the empire without orders. They must have planned something wrong. Fortunately, they were already fighting with Xin... and all died in the firefight, which saved the empire from worrying about it." Destroying them is a waste of energy."

The Grand Duke of Rostov glanced at the speaker of the Imperial Council, Duke Infinard. I sneered in my heart.

Duke Infinard has a close relationship with Duke Tim, Governor of the Northeast Province in private, so of course he will try his best to help Duke Tim get out of this matter.

However, His Majesty the Emperor made it clear that he did not want to make this matter a big deal, and the Grand Duke of Rostov also knew that it would be best to make this matter smaller and calm down as soon as possible.

Although the empire has been at odds with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce during this period. His Majesty the Emperor has also expressed his impatience with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce many times, but the empire is far from the time to completely break with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

If the relationship between the two parties is seriously damaged or even broken because of this incident, the loss suffered by the empire may be unbearable.

His Majesty the Emperor obviously knew this very well in his heart, so he directly defined the group of soldiers who attacked the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's magic crystal mine as rebellion.

"Cough. Speaker Infinard is right. As a soldier of the Empire, he dared to launch an attack without an order. Regardless of the cause, it is already tantamount to rebellion. I hope that His Majesty will issue an order as soon as possible to order the Northeast Province Let us conduct a thorough investigation of this matter and give an explanation to the people of the Northeast Province."

His Majesty Emperor Kendela looked at Grand Duke Rostov with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

The Grand Duke Galbut recommended to him the Grand Duke Rostov to take over as prime minister when he left office. In the past few years, he has always been very close to his heart, except for his lack of ability. A very reassuring candidate for prime minister.

Since His Majesty the Emperor, the Prime Minister, and the Speaker expressed their views at the same time, and there was no disagreement, then this incident has been classified, and even if other people have any thoughts in their hearts, they can only hold them in their hearts.

Just after everyone quickly discussed and agreed on how to deal with this matter, an internal servant hurried in.

"Your Majesty, Duke Tim has been connected."

His Majesty Emperor Kendela and Grand Duke Rostov exchanged a look, then nodded to the servant.

"Come here."

The waiter hurriedly retreated.

After a while, on the table in front of His Majesty the Emperor, a reddish light representing communication access lit up.

His Majesty Emperor Kendela pressed the communication connection button. A light curtain appeared on the right side of the hall, and the magical phantom of Duke Tim appeared in the light curtain.

"Your Majesty." Duke Tim obviously saw the situation here, saluted Emperor Candela first, and then nodded with other loyal ministers.

Watch Tim Dukes come to life. Seeing the background of a certain mine behind him, His Majesty Emperor Candela sighed inwardly.

Being able to have a direct conversation with Duke Tim, who is more than 2,000 kilometers away from here at the moment, and even see a real image of Duke Tim, is the convenience brought by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

In the past, if he just wanted to get a report from Duke Tim, he would have to wait until a week at the earliest.

Now that you have enjoyed the convenience created by the new magic technology brought by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Even His Majesty Emperor Candela is unwilling to return to the backward life of the past, let alone other people in the empire.

His Majesty Emperor Candela couldn't help but smile wryly when he thought that several newspapers in the empire had shouted to expel the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce some time ago.

If only it were that easy.

It is easy to say that the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce will be completely expelled from the Candela Empire, but it is almost impossible to do it.

The various industries of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce have already penetrated into the lives of all the people of the empire, from all walks of life in the entire empire, down to the daily life of ordinary civilians, all of which have varying degrees of contact with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Even if His Majesty the Emperor is dissatisfied because almost everything he does is concerned about the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, if he wants to target the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, he needs to be cautious and act cautiously. How can he casually call out the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce? Woolen cloth?

Thinking of this, His Majesty Emperor Candela looked at Duke Tim more helplessly, and only a small part was deliberately revealed anger.

"Tim, is there a result?"

As soon as the incident in the Northeast Province happened, the Northeast Province reported it layer by layer, and finally let the top of the empire know in just two days.

On the day of the incident, Duke Tim, the governor of the Northeast Province, set off to the location of the incident—the Baimeng Mine in the northwest corner of the Northeast Province.

It is now the second day after the incident, and the mine exposed behind Duke Tim should obviously be the Baimeng mine.

"Your Majesty, according to my preliminary understanding, the cause of this incident should be Xin..."

"Duke Tim, isn't that group of soldiers intending to rebel and maliciously attack the Baimeng Mine?" Duke Infinard quickly interrupted Duke Tim.

Duke Tim was taken aback for a moment, then quickly reacted, his eyes turned, he was silent for a moment, and nodded slightly.

"It is indeed what the speaker said. According to the report below, some soldiers gathered to make trouble because they were dissatisfied with the treatment in the army. I also heard that the Baimeng Mine is owned by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. I think there must be a lot of treasure hidden here. So I made up my mind to come here to rob. As for whether there is a will to rebel...I can’t say for sure.”

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor and the important ministers of the empire can define those soldiers as rebellion at will, but as the governor of the Northeast Province, if the soldiers below have the intention of rebelling, he can't escape anyway, so Tim The Duke must first make excuses for himself.

His Majesty Emperor Candela frowned and glanced at Duke Infinard, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with the close relationship between the speaker of the Imperial Parliament and the provincial governor below.

But now is not the time to worry about these things. He thought for a while and asked Duke Tim: "How about the loss of Baimeng Mine? How did they react to this?"

"The loss in the mine... According to the current statistics, 16 workers were killed, 37 workers were seriously injured, and the remaining more than 100 workers were slightly injured. The loss of goods is..."

"What about the loss of the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" His Majesty Emperor Candela considered Duke Tim's words.

Hearing this question, the other important ministers of the Candela Empire in the hall were all shocked, and their attention became more concentrated, and they stared at Duke Tim in the magical illusion.

"As for the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce..." Duke Tim paused, with a strange and bitter expression on his face. "Only two guards were slightly injured, and the others were not damaged."

"Oh……"

Hearing this answer, everyone in the hall let out a sigh of relief in unison, and the expressions on their faces became much more relaxed.

No matter how many workers in the mine died, it would not be a problem in the eyes of big shots like them, because they were just ordinary civilians and nothing could happen.

But the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce stationed in the mine are another matter entirely.

For one thing, the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce are regular employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Unlike ordinary workers who are only temporarily hired to work in the mine, they have no strict affiliation with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

So even if the workers suffered heavy losses, it had nothing to do with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

However, if the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's escort team suffered too much loss, or even some guards died in battle, then the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce would never let it go.

Secondly, the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce represent the armed forces of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, which is different from the ordinary employees of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce.

Exchanging fire with the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and even killing the guards of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce's guards, it can be completely equivalent to officially declaring war on the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, and the meaning is completely different.

You know, the targets of the previous war with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, without exception, paid a heavy price.

Among them, the most injured one was the Candela Empire twelve years ago.

However, after the relaxation, His Majesty the Emperor Candela and all the important ministers felt a sense of humiliation in their hearts.

Since when did the great Candela Empire start to worry about the loss of a chamber of commerce? (~^~)