Proof of the Sun King

This year, the festival in Kislev was very sluggish. For more than ten years, the whole kingdom has downloaded songs and dances. Even in the capital of the kingdom, Kislev is rare. Now there are only depression and loneliness on the streets. Refugees They are still lingering on, and this is because of the new batch of relief food sent by the imperial province of Ostermark, plus the great nobles, generals and Boyers were forced by the tsar to vomit out a little booty, the refugees. barely survive.

Even so, the city of Kislev still has to lift dozens of corpses hardened by freezing every day.

"I remember when the Red Tsar was in power, this time of year, people from every family would take to the streets to make and cook crepes, and traditionally the first crepes were given to the poor as a tribute to the dead. Children. Early in the morning, they went to the streets to build snowmen, rich people started to make pancakes in the early morning, and people began to bundle dolls that symbolize winter with straw and cloth strips." Beria came out of the Bokaha Palace, and he said to his deputy, Shelepin. : "Look now? Refugees and poor people don't matter, even rich people are rare!"

"Sometimes I really think... uh!" Shelepin was fully armed, and he was eating a small meal bag with minced meat in his hand. This is the food of the Imperial Embassy today, and Kislev is seriously short of food. However, the grain reserves in the imperial camp and the embassy are still very rich.

"Khorkina?" Beria suddenly turned her head and said in a playful tone, "Tell me, when was the last time your family started pancakes on the morning of the Meat Festival?"

"It was five years ago when I returned to the general." The little girl's cheeks were flushed from the cold, and she said with some fear: "After that, it became less and less."

"Very good." Beria nodded, he didn't care: "You have a banquet with me in the evening, remember to just eat and don't talk unless I ask you to."

"Yes!" The little girl nodded again and again.

After more than a week of recruitment, the Ugol cavalry cavalry corps led by Beria has recruited and replenished more than 900 people locally. A strong man with no weapons and equipment, Bellia only used a bearskin coat for each person, a new set of weapons and equipment, a standard food ration and a small bag of jingling silver coins, and the simple conditions that promised to house his family, There were a large number of Ugol men who were willing to leave with him. Beria carefully selected more than 600 people and mixed them with the remaining 200 people to form a new Ugol Legion.

And tonight, he has a party to attend.

Tsar Katarin once strictly forbade Beria to redeem those felons and political prisoners in Cheka prison, because she could not tolerate these people being released to corrupt the honor of the Tsar, and she could not go to other countries.

However, Katalin didn't realize the most crucial point, that is, her kingdom is now precarious and turbulent, not to mention the low-level refugees, even the middle-level bureaucrats, Boyer and even the upper-level nobles and generals, life There are also a lot of people who started to become difficult and ineffective. She gave Beria an excuse to contact high officials, nobles, and generals in an open and fair manner, and when some "small gifts" and "a little thanks" were passed through various When the channel was delivered to these people's homes, some things were completely blocked.

It was still early in the evening, and Beria and Shelepin were wandering the streets with a few Ugor soldiers to inspect the situation.

And now there is a grand occasion on the street, that is, a corner of the street is full of people! People are everywhere! The refugees, clad in tattered grey clothes, were huddled together, vying to sell themselves to the Ugor officers here.

"Master! I've been a worker for three months! Can I work?"

"Master, I can write my name, and I can do arithmetic within 20. Can I enter the labor camp?"

"Me! Me! Me! I have an engineer's qualification certificate! Look, I have been a worker at Prager for two years, can I get in?"

"Master, although I am a woman, I can read and write! I turned out to be Boyer's daughter!"

"Please Jun, my family has been hungry for several days! Please let us join the Gulag! I'm willing to do anything!"

The scene was chaotic, and the Ugor soldiers were doing their best to maintain order, but the people behind were still pouring in, wanting to get a place.

"The Gulag labor camp is recruiting people from all of Kislev, asking for skilled workers who have worked in factories, or intellectuals, or noble ladies who can read and write!" A scholar stood at the door Shouting, next to him is the Cheka secret police, and every time someone passes the screening, a bowl of beetroot soup and two loaves of brown bread will be served.

At the same time, the Ugol people will also give out a sum of money to the Cheka police, which means that the person has been "redeemed", and the price is very cheap.

Soon, the people who came to apply for it had a dark humorous nickname "Grey Animal".

At first, the people of Kislev were skeptical about the so-called "Gulag labor camp", thinking that this was just another trick of the Cheka to purge suspicious elements, but Beria soon came forward and announced that he would join the Gulag. Those in the lager camp will enjoy food rations and personal protection, as well as a sheltered environment.

Mrs. Keisler still didn't believe it, but some people were really starving. They carried dozens of corpses from the city every day, so the first person to eat crabs came, his name was Mikhail, Born in a wealthy family of fishermen in Erlengrad, he is an encyclopedia-like all-rounder. He came to the city of Kislev alone to study, and with the help of the Ersun Church, he completed the eighth degree in only five years. Years of courses, he knows five languages ​​by himself and is proficient in physics, chemistry, mining and metallurgy.

However, these talents were not in use when Kislev encountered difficulties. Instead, he was forced to become a refugee because he could not work hard, could not be a soldier, and could not fish and hunt. He lived a very poor and half-starved life. He could have made a living by settling accounts for a store, but as the situation deteriorated, the store closed and he became unemployed, living off the gruel on the street.

Mikhail tried to write to the Czar Katarin to apply for relief, but the letter was "drowned" when it reached the Ice Witch Sisterhood. Originally, the Ice Witch Sisterhood sympathized with his experience and gave him a bag of relief food, but when When the reply arrived on his side, all that was left was a message.

The lack of ideals and talents made the scholar extremely disappointed with the kingdom, and he was already starving to the point of gnawing on the grass roots. He saw some "Gulag labor camp" recruiting people to work in Brittany, and It was clear that scholars were welcome and that they had food rations and sheltered quarters. Mikhail's mind immediately turned. He felt that if someone really wanted to kill him, it would not be so complicated. Cheka is a person who can be convicted and arrested at will. organization of people.

He decided to be the first to eat crabs.

Beria naturally knows how important this kind of person is to Ryan. What Britannia lacks is this kind of high-level intellectual! General Ugor not only personally greeted him and invited Mikhail to have dinner together, but also publicly announced that he had been granted the status of a free citizen and a generous grain ration of 100 grams of meat per day!

With the first, there will be a second, and with the second, there will be a third. Soon, a large number of scholars, high-level skilled workers, and those destitute nobles who have been destitute to drink gruel together will flock to them. And according to the price negotiated by Beria and the female tsar, how much is the adult man, how much is the old man, how much is the woman, and how much is the child, the Kislev court instantly gained a considerable amount of income, and it also reduced the amount of food. supply pressure.

Once you taste this sweetness, you will not be able to stop at all. Now Yezhov, the head of the Cheka, has sent people to stare at the venue of the "Gulag Labor Camp", and every person Beria accepts must pay on the spot. , otherwise no one will be released.

Beria expressed no pressure on this. After he finished the trade, he had a lot of money in his hand, and he didn't even need to use the special money that Ryan gave him. A meal of 300 grams of brown bread and a large bowl of beetroot soup can make them feel extremely satisfied.

At this time, Kislev could no longer control it. Before, the refugees took the initiative to vote, but the taste of this matter has completely changed within a few days.

The Cheka secret police have already started arresting people all over the city. Those who are skilled workers and high-level intellectuals have not come out to work. All of them have been caught in the Gulag and sold to Beria for money, and not only me, but the whole family. After all, the elderly, women and children, and children can also sell for money.

During this period of time, the black uniformed Cheka swept the city every day, and Yezhov took Beria to visit all the prisons except the Cheka prison, and let Beria personally "see the goods", bargain.

And with the passage of time, big nobles and Boyers have begun to join this "grey business", and they took the initiative to send those bankrupt distant relatives and surplus population to the Gulag labor camp to sell.

As a result, batches of "grey animals" were escorted by the army to Erlengrad and sailed to Brittany, ready to start their new lives. It is said that the warm south has not only bread and milk, but also wages. and life security.

"It is expected that there will be two more groups of people." Beria looked at the hot venue, he shook his head: "The good goods have almost been bought out, and there are not many people left."

"Hey, General, we have already bought 3,000 people. Can you believe that we spent less than 3,000 gold crowns for these 3,000 people!" Scum! Do you know that General, his methods of arresting people are very brutal. Some ordinary people still have surplus food at home. Yezhov let Cheka rush in to declare the crime and confiscate the food. Let people set fires, just to make these people go bankrupt and sell for money!"

"Very good, the more brutal he is, the better we are." Beria was very calm about this, and he shook his head: "If I guessed correctly, there must be someone behind Yezhov, and these people have made a lot of money. "

"Then what are we going to do now, General?" Shelepin sighed deeply. He has yet to adapt to the transition from Ugor's mercenary to Brittanian regular army.

"It's still early. Let's turn around."

The two have been hanging out for a while. No matter what, this is Kislev's festival after all. The atmosphere of the whole city is better than before. Thanks to the food support from Ostermark Province, the pedestrians on the street also A little more.

On the commercial street, a hawker was frying the famous pancakes of the Pork Festival, but before the two pancakes were ready for sale, a Kerim guard rushed over and took the pancakes and stuffed them into his mouth. Muttering and walking away: "Well, it's fried well."

"Master Jun, please be merciful, you can't do this, we still have family to support!" The hawker knelt down and cried, "What about our family like you?"

"You can eat pancakes for your family, idiot!" The Kerim guard wiped his mouth impatiently: "Really, what do these people know, let us eat to make our country stronger! This makes no sense. I understand, and I'm also embarrassed to ask!"

"This soul is weak!" Xie Lepin clenched his fists: "Damn, I really want to teach him a lesson!"

"Calm down... Forget it, let's go to Bingxue Street first." Beria shook his head, the good goods were almost cleaned up, and the next step was to plan how to rescue the big engineer Shergo: "Prepare for the evening banquet."

The two walked for about 30 minutes and entered the wealthy area of ​​Kislev. The scene here is quite different from the tragic scene outside. There are all the great nobles and generals of Kislev, and many others. Madam and the ice witches of the female courtier, they were gorgeously dressed and well-dressed, the streets were full of carriages, and there were guards everywhere, even Bellia and his party were forced to show their certificates and documents before they were released.

On this street, there are many shops. These shops do not have any signs and can only be entered by holding special documents. The shops on this ice and snow street are different from the empty shops outside. Nobles, generals and Boyers, also The ice witches who actually control the country can shop to their heart's content, and the store has a variety of scarce food items and specialties from Kislev such as caviar, cod, oyster, vodka, white bread and cream cakes. Available here, in addition to refined salt, white sugar, brown sugar and high-quality meat.

And all kinds of specialties of the whole old world, imperial stout, Breton wine and dress, Arabic chocolate, dwarf armor, high-precision jewelry and satin clothes, Tyrell shoes and coffee, Estalia perfume, The wood elf medicines are all complete, and there are many goods in it that Beria has just released, and because of the new arrival of a large number of goods, today's festival, the streets are full of shopping people.

"Do you know why all the food supported by the Ostermark Province is provided by the Imperial Army directly on the street?" Beria turned to look at his lieutenant and maid.

"Is it because you don't want the food to fall into the hands of others?" Xie Lieping thoughtful~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I'm telling you a joke, Xie Lieping, listen carefully. "Beria watched this scene, and he said calmly: "One day, Emperor Karl Franz, Emperor of the Empire, sent a letter to His Majesty Katarin, asking Kislev's army to destroy the mountains in their territory near the depths of the Roof of the World." A goblin lair, Her Majesty Katarin asked for a military fee of five thousand gold marks, and Emperor Karl agreed. "

"The five thousand gold marks were called immediately. Her Majesty Katarin was very fast. She immediately sent the winged cavalry to send the money to the general on the front line."

"The front-line generals were not ambiguous after they received five hundred gold marks. The order to send troops was immediately issued, and along with the military expenses of fifty gold marks, they were handed over to Boyer under his command."

"Boyer's response was also very fast. He exchanged five gold marks for more than fifty silver coins and handed them over to his personal soldiers. Several personal soldiers took their pay and set off immediately. They came to the foot of the Roof of the World Mountains. In a village in his hometown, they asked them to hand over a sheep and held a feast of whole sheep on the spot. After eating, they touched the oil on their mouths, patted their buttocks and left, and went back to report that there were too many goblins. In a fierce battle, the strength cannot be matched, but the loss is not small."

"After receiving the news, Her Majesty Katarin immediately sent a message to Emperor Karl Franz, saying that the goblins were too powerful and Kislev suffered heavy losses, and asked for a pension of one thousand gold marks, and then hoped that the empire would allocate another five thousand gold. Mark, let her try again."

"Emperor Karl did not approve this time, and the Empire handed over the five thousand gold marks to the province of Ostermark and Karak-Butcher's Fort. After the elector Hetwig-Wolfram and the Dwarf Butcher King got the money The two sides immediately formed a coalition, and the army was dispatched across the territory of Kislev to completely destroy this goblin lair and burn it down."

"His Majesty Catalin is very unhappy about this."