When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 898: Geangqi's Decision
"Speaker Goanzi, this is no longer an ordinary mob!" Mitternich, who was always smiling, now had a serious face.

In the Speaker's office on the second floor of the Constitutional Hall, he rested his hands on the three-bent-leg walnut table, with half of his body leaning over the table.

The copper candlesticks on the table, the dim candlelight was swaying with his words.

Under the marble arches, on the outer porch, and behind the desks that lined the wall, people dressed in monk's robes and jackets stood in groups of three or four.

Among them were centurions and monk leaders near Rapid City, as well as representatives of public opinion gathered in the city.

They were either whispering to each other or just keeping their heads down and not saying anything.

After hearing Mitternich's words, Goanzi, the provisional speaker of the Senate, who was sitting behind the long table, leaned back in his high-backed chair.

He narrowed his eyes, not hiding his hesitation at all: "I know, but proposing to use coastal artillery to bombard civilians is really..."

"As the deputy mayor of Rapid City, I ask for your order." Mitternich put his hands on the table, as if he was going to press down on Goanzi.

"Be aware of your identity, Lord Mitternich." A representative of the Senate stood up next to him.

The night watchman Carl walked out and glared at him fiercely: "Who are you? Are you allowed to teach Lord Mitternich a lesson here?"

Mitternich ignored the two men and just stared into Goanzi's eyes.

Seeing that Goanzi was hesitating, Mitternich's eyes gradually became disappointed. He turned around and faced the representatives and monks who were watching.

“I want to remind you that this is not a sudden incident caused by rising prices, there must be someone behind it.

If it was a spontaneous action of the people, how could they have put forward such clear demands and petitions?

What's more, they knew to use the dock strike to force us. Could this be an ordinary mob?
I dare say, this is not a petition, it’s a threat!
In the face of such threats, should we give in? Should we sacrifice the war monks on the front lines to please them?"

"This batch of military rations has been docked in Rapid City for five days and was supposed to depart today."

“No threats accepted.”

"Look at you, I'm sending artillery over here to send them into the sky one by one!"

Many monks of the Holy League and representatives of public opinion already had their own opinions. After hearing Mitternich's words, some applauded and cheered, while others watched coldly.

"We all know that we should suppress the rioters, but is it too much to use coastal defense artillery?" someone in the crowd shouted.

"They have already tasted the sweetness of robbing the grain ship, so we must severely deter them." As soon as the voice fell, Mitternich refuted without thinking, "Otherwise, once this gap is opened, the greed in their hearts will be uncontrollable, and trying to suppress it will only kill more people!"

Mitternich looked around, but couldn't find the person who had just spoken, so he had to continue responding:

“If Yiheshu was still around, we would have asked Yiheshu to suppress the rebellion, but right now the night watchmen and military police in the city total less than 500 people.

Apart from coastal artillery, I can't think of any other way to deter them."

"Are they wrong? They were also bewitched by others."

Mitternich did not expect that a hardcore monk of the Holy Way would stand up and say: "Ignorance is not a crime. We should arrest the instigators. Why bombard civilians?"

"Lord Mitternich is a bit too radical."

"Among the people who attacked the grain ship, some were people I knew. They were usually friendly and kind. There was even a veteran of the Salvation Army."

"But we can't find the instigator!" Mitternich slammed his fist on the table. "Bombard the citizens and lose the support of the people of Rapid City. If we lose the war, we will lose everything in the Thousand River Valley!"

"This is a necessary evil," cried Mitternich supporters in the crowd.

"In the dictionary of the Holy Way, there is no such thing as unnecessary evil!" Another person stood up and fired back, "They all suffered because of our mistakes. Do we have the heart to kill them? Then what is the difference between us and the Empire?!"

"Okay, you are so noble, but have you ever thought about what to do with the lives of the 30,000 monks? Do you dare to say that all the people who attacked are good people?"

"I……"

"Alright, alright." Staring blankly at the table in front of him, Ge Angqi yelled, "Is this the time to quarrel?"

Both sides fell silent.

It is not difficult to clear the blocked river.

The canal was often blocked, and the residents and workers in the dock area were already familiar with it.

The problem was that the dock area seemed to be united at this time, and there were traces of a large number of nobles and guild forces. They colluded and deceived some people, and brought other people who were unaware of the situation to block the river and the block.

If you don't give an explanation, you won't work, and you won't let others work.

Everyone present had already realized that it was a threat, but Mitternich and Karl advocated a tough stance while the others advocated appeasing first.

Goangzi stared at the mural of the holy tree angel on the wall without saying a word.

Everyone was waiting for the opinion of the Speaker who controlled the gendarmerie and coastal defense artillery.

But the longer he thought about it, the colder Mitternich felt.

"If they don't accept the petition and don't show any consideration, how can we get them to lift the blockade?" Goangzi's lukewarm voice sounded.

The room, which had seemed frozen, finally came alive again.

"Ask His Majesty to come back and deal with it? The citizens will definitely listen to him."

"But Pravda reported that Lord Xiongbao has announced his participation in the Thousand Valley War. If we calculate the time, the army may have reached the border. Can Your Majesty leave?"

Geangqi was even more worried: "At this moment, His Majesty should have just received the news."

"The speed of message transmission is still too slow. It would be great if there was something faster than ships and horses."

"I heard that the Miracle Sister of the Holy Trinity, Her Excellency Novia, uses a clockwork machine called a thropter, which is said to be faster than ships and horses."

"If you ask me, this won't solve the fundamental problem. We should write a simple common sense book for workers and force them to learn it, so that similar incidents will not happen again in the future."

"Everyone, everyone, what we are talking about is whether to accept their petition?" Geangqi shouted, suppressing the urge to curse.

“Even if we accept their petition, will it solve the dock problem?”

After asking this crucial question, the monks and representatives of the Holy Alliance began to offer their own suggestions.

"Not necessarily, but at least it's better than now. Now no matter what we say, they won't listen. They have to make an attitude first."

"Let's show our attitude first and let them work first, and then we can slowly work on the petition."

"For example, we first vote on whether to allow the petition to enter the adjudication system, and then vote on whether to allow the petition to enter the procedure... There are many places where we can delay."

"besides……"

"boom!"

Before the monks and representatives could come up with a conclusion, they heard the sound of a door slamming.

"That is?"

"Looking at the back, it looks like Lord Mitternich."

It turned out that Mitternich, who was usually good-tempered, rushed out of the office without even saying hello!

As everyone looked at each other, they saw the hot-tempered Karl standing up with a gloomy face: "Stir it up, stir it up. The front line has no food, and the army is defeated. Is there anyone in this room who can survive today?!"

"Captain Carl..."

Ignoring the shouts of others, Karl followed Mitternich and was the second one to walk out of the office.

Then another dozen people walked out of the office together, and the originally crowded room suddenly became a lot more spacious.

The rest of the people were silent, and finally a farmer representative asked in a low voice: "Sir Goangqi, do you want to call them back?"

"I was so rude just now. I'll go and call them back." The Holy Way monk who had started the conversation stood up and prepared to walk out.

"No need!" Geangqi looked a little embarrassed at the moment, and suddenly raised his cane as if he was going to throw it away.

But he was still afraid of falling out with Mitternich and the others, so in the end he just banged his head on the table in a fit of anger.

"Let them be. Inform the whole city, especially the dock area, and tell them to hold a public vote tomorrow. And dispel the rumors at the same time!"

(End of this chapter)