When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 586: El Scholar Runs Fast
As soon as Rufair's leather boots stepped on the stone floor tiles of Flying Castle, a sudden gust of hot wind blew up the dust.

Rufair quickly held down the beret with gold tassels on her head to prevent it from being blown away.

Behind her, two young men, also wearing berets and carrying a shoulder bag each, jumped off the carriage in the wind and stood on both sides of Ruffield.

Passersby around all turned their eyes to the three travelers from other places, especially the girl with shoulder-length black hair in the middle.

In this era, it is quite shocking to the secular world and etiquette for a woman to dare to wear men's clothes and let her hair down.

However, when they saw the dark purple feathers on her beret, they all looked away.

That is the symbol of the Aiel and the Sarin Scholars.

The reason for this is that even if one is not an El, one will be awarded the title of "Honorary El" after joining the Salin Scholars Society.

Especially the bachelor's gown on the girl, which proves that she is a college graduate.

The Aiel people and college students are the two groups that like to be different the most, so it is understandable that this female scholar dresses like this.

While passers-by were looking at Ruffield, Ruffield was also looking at them.

As the weather gradually got hotter, people on Feiliubao Street took off their woolen jackets and animal skin waistcoats and put on long gowns and linen shirts.

Black wooden barges and white sailboats float on the blue Nauan River. Workers who are porting goods are bent over and carrying sacks back and forth on the dock. Farmers in straw hats are sweating profusely and dragging a large cart of fruits and vegetables towards the market.

Although it was not her first time here, there was a lot of anticipation in Rufair's eyes. She had heard too many stories about the Sacred Charter along the way.

It has to be said that compared to the Holy Aiel Empire's poor unwritten laws and local customary laws composed of case law, this "Sacred Charter" is more in line with the ancient Aiel's "spirit of law".

Cousin Catherine praised this place so much in her letter that she almost praised it as an experimental field for the ideal society of the El people. This attracted Rufiel, who was supposed to enter the Scholar's Tower for further studies.

With the convening of the Constitutional Convention, the contents of the Sacred Charter began to spread one by one in the Thousand River Valley.

Riots of varying degrees broke out in various places, so much so that the Savior Army and the Duke's Army stationed near Feiliu Fort and Rapid City had to disperse to suppress them.

No matter how the local clergy and nobles wailed, they were powerless to resist the power of the two tribunes.

Meliati's iron fist and Horn's radical policies were the biggest reasons why they supported Prince Conde.

But since Prince Kongdai and they have already lost, they can only accept the defeat.

Their final fate was to learn to accept their fate like the peasants.

As foreign private trade gradually resumed, the content of the "Sacred Charter" spread not only within the Thousand River Valley, but also began to spread to neighboring areas.

Most of the nobles sneered at this or laughed at it:
"Naive, I think this Thousand River Valley will be destroyed sooner or later."

However, the Aiel people, who have always had a parliamentary tradition, were jubilant.

Although the Salin Scholars condemned the Thousand Valley's expulsion of the lord for the sake of sponsorship by the imperial nobles, there are still many young Aiel scholars who are curious about this new country on the edge of the empire.

Lufeil is one of them. The two people behind her are both her classmates in college and the "Ai Guards" sent by her father to "guard" her.

"It doesn't look that great." Looking at the low houses and scattered crowds, a red-haired young man lowered his eyebrows with a look of disgust.

The other young man was much more honest and dull, and just advised: "Ms. Ruffield, we don't have many guards with us. You are of noble status, so you should cover your face."

But Luphile didn't hear what they were saying. Her eyes kept wandering among the crowd, and finally stopped on a slowly approaching carriage.

A little maid stood at the edge of the carriage, waving at Rufair.

The car door opened, and Catherine, wearing a black silk dress and with a lace veil covering her face, looked at her with a smile in her eyes.

"Cousin Catherine!" Rufaire lifted her skirt, ran towards the luxurious carriage, and threw herself into Catherine's arms.

Catherine stroked her long smooth hair with a smile: "You've grown taller than before." "When did you start paying attention to my height?" Rufeel raised his head with a smile, "I thought you would praise my beautiful hair like before."

At this time, the two young men from El who were following behind Rufiel came over. They were obviously concerned about Catherine's identity as a witch and did not dare to get too close.

Rufair immediately rolled his eyes at them and said, "Venece, Abaz, you two are such cowards."

The two young men smiled awkwardly. Rufair once spent nearly a thousand gold pounds on a consecrated great blessing, so she was not afraid of the witch's disease at all.

Neither of them had a clue. Even though Catherine was wrapped tightly, they were still too scared to move forward.

The three of them got into the carriage. As the space inside the carriage was small, the two of them sat on both sides of the coachman in a very chivalrous manner.

Inside the carriage, Rufair naturally did not mention the fact that the witch and Catherine were expelled from the El family, but took the initiative to bring up the topic of the Thousand River Valley: "Is the Constitutional Convention over?"

"Not yet." Catherine smiled and adjusted Ruffield's hat. "I'll take you to the hotel. I have to attend the constitutional convention."

"Can I go?" Rufeel's eyes immediately lit up. "Please, don't you have a good relationship with that despot and the patriarch?"

"The Constituent Assembly is a serious place after all. It doesn't seem right for me to bring you in."

"I promise not to speak." Rufell thought for a moment, "Or I can buy a seat. Is 1000 gold pounds enough? This is all I have. Do you have a Holy See Bank here?"

As the only daughter of Yuleli Larkin, a great nobleman of the Kingdom of Farlan, Rufair certainly had the confidence to wave away nearly a thousand gold pounds.

Before Lorenzo came to power, the Lakin family had served as royal ministers of the Kingdom of France for four generations in a row, including Minister of Navigation, Minister of Finance, and Minister of the Court.

Although later, Rufaire's grandfather was ousted by Lorenzo in the political struggle for the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs (i.e. Prime Minister).

A lean camel is bigger than a horse. Rufair's own savings amounted to less than 10,000 gold pounds, not to mention her dowry of 25,000 gold pounds.

The two young nobles have always been guarding her, which is also one of the important reasons.

"Don't." Catherine quickly stopped her. "The representatives of the Senate are all appointed by the autocratic princes and the patriarchs. How do you want to buy it? If you really want to participate, I can arrange a seat for you in the audience, but you have to write letters to invite some of your classmates to come for us."

"My classmates? You need scholars?" Rufeel asked doubtfully, "Do you have so many positions for them?"

"Yesterday afternoon, we just passed Article 3 of the Sacred Charter, establishing the Thousand River Valley Government, which will follow the policy of 'government by county governors and supervision by priests'.

All districts except Hotham and Longsand counties must appoint county governors.

Each county governor must have at least two or three judges, as well as a clerk and an accountant, as well as a primary school teacher and a water conservancy engineer.

We don’t need any bachelor’s or master’s degree, even students with art degrees are fine.”

This was also the result of a compromise between the Salvation Army and the Duke's side.

When Meliati proposed the idea of ​​county governors, Horn had expressed his opposition, because the county governors' combination of military and political power would easily breed rebellion.

But Meliati believes that this method can quickly gather strength and effectively reduce losses.

Her prestige is enough to suppress these county governors, and she can then think about suppressing rebellion and reducing power after defeating the Kingdom of Leia.

After five days of negotiation and debate, the two sides finally reached an agreement that the county governor would have control over military, judicial, and personnel affairs, but grassroots administrative power would be in the hands of the priest order appointed by Horn, and the head priest could supervise and impeach the county governor.

Of course, Langsand County is an exception as a special district of the Pope.

"Replacing priests with secular scholars is something that the Kingdom of France didn't do back then." Rufell couldn't help but sigh, "It's true that a blank sheet of paper is easier to paint on... Regarding the college students, I will write letters. There are a lot of college students who can't find jobs, and they will definitely be willing to come."

"That's great." Catherine knocked on the carriage wall. "No need to go to the hotel, let's go directly to the Central Palace."

(End of this chapter)