I will be crowned king

After saying goodbye to a certain novelist, Anson, who took Lisa with him, deliberately stayed on the platform for another ten minutes before leaving the Royal Capital Central West Station with the gradually thinning crowd.

"Du—! Du—!"

Almost at the same time that the two people walked out of the station gate, a sharp and piercing siren suddenly sounded over the bustling street.

"Guards, people from the Guards are here!"

Suddenly there was a terrified scream outside the gate, and the crowd on the street immediately became commotion like a pot. It was enough to make the street with six carriages running parallel suddenly become overcrowded.

Those carrying luggage out of the station, those bargaining with the coachman, those who haven't figured out what happened... everyone joined in the sudden panic in an instant, pushing and shoving to avoid the approaching sirens. .

In the panic, the gentlemen lost their hats and luggage, the children who could not find their families and parents sat on the ground crying, the charming young ladies and the graceful ladies competed with each other for high notes... everyone became brainless. The flies desperately want to escape from this panic.

After squeezing through the crowds of people, Anson, who was not in a hurry, reached out to stop a taxi before it could escape:

"To Clovis Cathedral!"

"I'm extremely sorry, but you'd better find someone else, I...oh?!" The anxious coachman was sweating profusely. Just when he was about to run away, he discovered that there was an extra little hand on his reins.

Looking back, an innocent and cute little girl turned over and got on the carriage without knowing it, holding two large suitcases and smiling at him.

"Twelve coppers!" The hired coachman gritted his teeth and offered a high price.

"Eight."

The Guardsmen on the opposite street were already honking their horns and shooting to drive away the crowd. Anson, who had no expression on his face, bargained seriously: "There should only be four streets from here to Red Brick Street, right? I don't think it's worth so much."

"The Ring of Order is up there, can you change the carriage?!" The carriage driver was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, and he tried desperately to pull on the reins, but found that the little girl's hand seemed to be locked on it, motionless. :

"Okay! For the sake of the child, ten, ten coppers! It can't be any less. If it's any less, just take my car away!"

"make a deal."

Anson nodded decisively and immediately got on the carriage. The anxious coachman immediately swung the reins and drove the carriage away from the place without even asking for money.

Under the scorching sun at noon, the carriage rushed along the street; the coachman, who was very familiar with the surrounding road conditions, first detoured from the one-way alley between the houses to the opposite street, and then quickly passed through a shabby street market. After confirming that no more noise was heard outside the steam train station, he finally slowed down.

"Excuse me...are the Royal Guards in the Royal Capital that scary?"

Looking at the coachman who looked like he was about to survive the disaster, Anson asked curiously.

"Scary? Ha!"

The coachman chuckled and said in the tone of a coachman looking at a stranger: "Sir, is this your first time in Clovis?"

"The second time." Anson casually chatted:

"When I came here last time, the kingdom and the empire had not yet started a war, and the Guards... were not what they are now."

"That's right!"

The carriage driver had an expression that said, "It's true." "You've been away for too long, and the city of Clovis is no longer what it used to be."

"In the past, thieves only dared to wander around the streets, but now they are blocking and robbing people on the highway; those who work in factories are exhausted during the day, and at night they will rob drunkards and homeless people with a hammer and shovel; Tianyi, who runs a security company, Dark has become a gang, and apart from military camps, there is no place they dare not rob."

"But all the gangsters and robbers are inferior to the Guards." The coachman suddenly changed the subject:

"Because in the entire city of Clovis, they are the only ones who dare to rob openly!"

So the discipline of the Guards has deteriorated to the point of robbing people on the street... Anson thought to himself.

Of course, this may also be a strategy: deliberately indulging military discipline and condoning robbery to make the Privy Council understand the consequences of disbanding the Guards, and use this to blackmail the other party to delay or abandon the Urban Public Administration Act.

The advantage of this is that it is very effective, but the disadvantage is that it will seriously affect the morale of the army; once the well-disciplined soldiers suddenly lose control, it is impossible to re-control them.

But facing the Guardsmen who dared to even think about the "Great Train Robbery", Anson seriously doubted whether they could think of this level.

"They didn't dare to do this before. At that time, there were 20,000 to 30,000 troops stationed in Clovis. When the kingdom and the empire started fighting and one army after another was transferred, they began to become arrogant... What if In the past, how could the Privy Council be so polite to these scum!" the coachman said angrily.

"Do you know the Privy Council?" Anson asked in surprise.

"Of course I know. It is the highest authority in the Clovis Kingdom. It has the authority to submit bills to the king, formulate taxes and... and... and execute administrative orders - every responsible citizen of the kingdom should know this!" The husband said in a matter-of-fact tone, and even asked Anson:

"Young man, don't you usually read newspapers?"

"Well, I just came back...what, are the newspapers starting to talk about this now?"

"Not entirely, but the Clovis Truth Newspaper talks about this." The coachman became more and more excited as he spoke:

"That's a good newspaper. It has everything in it. In the pub near my home, there is a young man who will read the newspaper to the customers for a fee. I listen to every issue!"

"..." Anson.

Recalling the evaluation of this newspaper by a certain novelist and second-rate detective, he suddenly came to the realization that "there is nothing new under the sun" - some things, even if they change to another world and era, as long as there are still people who like to fight with him Things that don't matter will never disappear.

Twenty minutes later, the carriage slowly stopped in front of Clovis Cathedral on Red Brick Street.

Carrying the box in one hand and holding Lisa in the other, he slowly stepped out of the carriage and walked along the marble stairs towards the magnificent church in front of him.

The Clovis Cathedral, located on the red brick street, is one of the oldest and most modern buildings in the royal capital. It was born in the first two hundred years of the founding of the Kingdom of Clovis, and continued to flourish in the following centuries. It has been continuously renovated and expanded; while retaining many historical traces, the body has also changed from a separate church at the beginning to a group of buildings spread throughout the red brick street.

Among them, the cathedral, which is more than 150 meters long and has five towers, is the latest among many buildings; the huge bell tower with its front facing the sky is the pinnacle of architecture in this era.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

Looking at the tower whose top could not be seen even when looking up, Lisa, standing under the church door, opened her eyes wide and exclaimed:

"Anson, where is this place?!"

"Uh...this is the cathedral." Anson's expression was a little complicated as he explained:

"It is the place where offerings are made and prayers are made to the Circle of Order."

"Oh..." Lisa nodded seriously, as if she really understood: "Then are we also here to pray to the Ring of Order today?"

"No, our purpose here today has nothing to do with the Ring of Order." Anson shook his head:

"We're here to get money."