Fifteen minutes later, accompanied by Arrietty and Gabriella, Renault walked into an extremely spacious conference room and prepared to participate in this meeting led by the "Foreign Affairs Committee".

After this meeting, there was also a meeting on "Appropriation Approval of the Middle Rhine River Treatment Project" hosted by the "Water Conservancy Construction Affairs Committee", waiting for his attendance.

There are a total of 37 large and small committees within the House of Representatives, and there are as many as dozens of meetings held every day. There are no less than 10 meetings of higher importance such as "arms export".

As the highest speaker, if Renault earnestly fulfilled his duties, he would definitely fall into a sea of ​​literary mountains, busy like a spinning top all day, and there was almost no personal time and space.

However, this is impossible.

MMP, the master had a hard time going through it, and it was not for meetings every day...it’s for Nima, the master is not waiting...

As a result, Renault gave his daily affairs to his harem, and would never come to The Hague, unless it was an extremely important matter, such as the "Knighthood Donation Act", he would go out in person.

Hey, it's hard to be a human being, and it's even harder to be a speaker!

However, from another perspective, this just shows that the Qianhu Republic has already possessed the embryonic form of a "modern country".

In the former Qianhu Kingdom, the entire country was divided up by the nobles. Everyone closed their doors and played on their own territory. Others could only watch and had no right to intervene at all. Even your Majesty the king had less than 30 territories under his direct jurisdiction. %.

In this case, how many things can the kingdom have?

But now, Renault has used various means to destroy the old system and transition from "feudalism" to "centralization". The government's control has penetrated to the lowest level of society, and the resources that can be mobilized are countless times more than before. .

Take conscription as an example.

With Renault’s order, the Government Affairs Department and government agencies at all levels are fully operational. From the Republic’s nearly 5 million population, up to 1 million troops can be recruited, which is close to a 5:1 military-civilian ratio.

This is definitely an astonishing number, enough to scare off the jaws of all otherworldly turtles.

Under the premise of the same population, other kingdoms can recruit up to 300,000 troops, and the normal order of society is on the verge of collapse.

Compared with the two, this is almost 3 times the difference.

This shows how great the advantages of centralization are.

...

"Dear Speaker, Your Excellency, Secretary-General, Chairperson, and Members, it is a great honor to meet you all!"

The diplomatic envoy of the Silver Lion Kingdom, Viscount Chris, first spoke:

"I want to ask whether foreign investors are allowed to buy the railway bonds that your country will issue? We are willing to pay a high price!"

As soon as this statement was made, the conference room exploded immediately.

The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Count Plato Aris, rejected his request without thinking:

"Mr. Viscount, the question you asked is not the subject of our review today!"

Other committee members also expressed their opposition.

"Oh, Mr. Viscount, don't you think your question is too much?"

"Hey, this is the Republic, not the Silver Lion Kingdom. It's not a good thing to have too much appetite..."

In the noisy shouts, you can even faintly hear curses such as "greedy black guy" and "damn black charcoal head".

Renault smiled slightly, but did not speak.

"I didn't expect the rail bond to be so attractive, so even the foreign nobles were moved..." Alietti, who was sitting next to Renault, sighed in a low voice.

"There are 5 million Kinnars in the first tranche of railway bonds. This sounds like a lot, but there are more domestic investors, and they are not enough for them... No one wants to see foreign investors grabbing them." Miss Gabriella explained the essence in a single word.

Viscount Chris refused to give up. He looked directly at Renault boldly and said respectfully:

"Sir, may I have the honor to know your views on this matter?"

The meeting room was immediately quiet, and everyone looked at Renault nervously.

Everyone knows that the speaker has the highest ruling power, and no one dares to defy the will of this big man.

"You asked a stupid question." Renault spoke in a lazy voice, but it was as sharp as a dagger, pointing directly at people's hearts, "What you want to get, you must pay the corresponding price... as long as you are willing to give up enough benefits , Let everyone feel satisfied, who will refuse you to join this game?"

"The reason why you asked my opinion straightforwardly is because you want me to come forward for you... But the problem is, if I promise you, I will only be satisfied with you alone, but it will make more people dissatisfied. For me, it’s not a small price...then, what can you do to compensate me?"

Viscount Chris was silent.

Can he pay the price of satisfying mankind's strongest man?

Do not make jokes!

This is something the king can hardly do.

"Sir, please forgive me for my presumption." Viscount Chris sighed and bent down deeply. "Your words are full of wisdom... Give me a good lesson!"

However, this kind of "stalker but also grabbing food" approach has unsurprisingly aroused public outrage.

Chairman Earl Aris laughed loudly and unceremoniously:

"Mr. Viscount, you are really not very smart..."

Other MPs have also started the group mocking mode.

"Mr. Viscount, it seems that your abilities are not worthy of your ambition..."

"Mr. Viscount, the Speaker has said a lot of plausible sayings, study them more, maybe you can become a little smarter...

In the face of the violent attack, Viscount Chris couldn't help but pale.

Renault couldn't help frowning.

One of the very important reasons why he hates such meetings is precisely because the people are so messy, they are always full of entanglements of various interests, and the efficiency is ridiculously low.

He raised his right hand lightly, and the voice in the meeting room disappeared without a trace.

"Baron Kafka." Renault looked at another diplomatic envoy from the White Antelope Kingdom. "Tell me about your request!"

Baron Kafka bowed respectfully and opened his mouth and said:

"Sir, I want to know, is your country's magic weapons for sale? The White Antelope Kingdom is willing to spend a lot of money to buy 10,000 magic air guns... If possible, we also hope to buy the ‘barbarous bull’ armored chariot..."

Strictly speaking, Baron Kafka should ask Hai Chao Ling about this, not through the Parliament of the Thousand Lakes Republic, because they are two non-interference territory, and the Parliament cannot control the export of magic weapons.

However, everyone, including nobles and civilians, all agreed that the two were a whole.

Isn't it the territory of the chairman? Is it necessary to be so clear?

Reynolds thought for a moment, and said simply:

"It's impossible to export'Bull Bull' at the moment. You can talk about the magic air gun!"

A smile of surprise appeared on the baron's face for an instant.

As early as the beginning of last year, many people quietly asked the Haichao Chamber of Commerce to inquire about the purchase of magic weapons, but without exception, they all got a negative answer.

This time the Baron was ordered to come to inquire, but he didn't hold out much hope. He didn't expect Renault to agree to sell the air gun.

As for the "Bull Bull" armored fighting vehicle, he just asked the question without any hope. After all, no one would easily sell such a powerful military weapon to the outside world, and it is not surprising that he received a rejection reply.

"Don't be eager to be happy," Renault said lightly. "As we all know, the magic air gun is an epoch-making magic weapon. Even ordinary people holding it can easily kill the awakened."

"I said before,'What you want to get, you have to pay the corresponding price'... The Bailing Kingdom wants to buy 10,000 air guns. It is not enough to have Kinnar alone. I have other additional conditions... I'm afraid you don't. The permissions agree to these conditions."

Baron Kafka nodded like a chicken pecking rice:

"My Lord Speaker, I understand, I understand...I will notify the country immediately so that His Majesty the King will send a delegation with sufficient authority to discuss the procurement of weapons with your country."

This guy glanced at the dressed-up Secretary-General Arrietty, and Miss Gabriella, and added something awkwardly:

"In addition, I will request your Majesty to appoint'Her Royal Highness Jaina' as the head of the delegation..."

The meeting room quieted strangely. All the committee members pretended to hear nothing and saw nothing, sitting on their seats with low eyebrows and pleasing eyebrows.