People in Terra, governing a weird little country

"Aren't you confident in this plan?"

Nosis pushed up his glasses. "Even if I knew the result of the calculation from the beginning, it wouldn't be a reason for me not to calculate it again for confirmation. Science is rigorous."

Enchiodis turned his head away, not wanting to listen to Nosis's words which made sense but always made people feel uncomfortable, and said affirmatively:

"The three tribes passed the meeting. Although it was somewhat reluctant, the Kjerag National Assembly was officially established three hours ago."

"Who was the first Speaker of Parliament and Prime Minister of the government?" Nosis asked.

Enchiodis's expression suddenly became somewhat melancholy. He looked at the white snow slowly falling outside the French window, and after a long while he replied solemnly, "My younger brother - Ernst Shivaash."

Nosis was stunned, but not too surprised, as if this was something unexpected but reasonable.

"I thought it would be me," he said, without any regret on his face.

Enchiodis nodded. Obviously, before the final voting results came out, he also believed that the most likely candidate for the positions of Speaker and Prime Minister should be Nosis Edwais, the current head of a subsidiary family of Shivaash that specializes in the compilation and preservation of classics.

The reason was simple. Although Nosis's father had not been convicted, he had always been suspected of plotting to murder the previous head of Shivaash, that is, the parents of Enchiodis and Ernst. His identity inherently created a trust crisis with Enchiodis.

Secondly, he is one of the few people in Kjerag who has sufficient experience in foreign exchange and relevant management knowledge. He is the tallest among the short people in Kjerag.

For this reason, both Enthiotis and Nosis believed that if the Brontao and Perlochi families wanted to divide the power of Kalan Trade, putting Nosis in this position would be the best choice - based on the fact that they did not know the personal relationship between Enthiotis and Nosis.

To this end, they have even prepared a series of contingency plans and programs to be performed after Nosis came to power in order to present an image of the Kjerag government that is "hostile to Kalan trade" to everyone, gain their trust, and prepare for the final coup to seize power.

Yes, Enthiotis had long planned to completely end Kjerag's ancient system, take full control of it himself, and rebuild the world.

But all the plans failed with Ernst's coming to power.

"Perhaps, it is because your behavior is too extreme that they gave up on you and chose my brother instead."

Enthyotis said this half-jokingly, and then he was surprised to find that the usually stubborn Nosis lowered his head rarely and really fell into reflection.

What's this? I've advised and scolded you so many times but you didn't respond. Now that my brother has overtaken you, you've started to reflect on yourself? Were you some kind of young master who didn't know how to appreciate the blessings he had?

As expected, competition can change people. Nosis’ previous environment was too comfortable.

Enthiotis couldn't help but think wildly.

"It's a good thing that Ernst can make you pay attention. This at least shows that you lost in this matter, and in the future, if you want to sit in that position, you will have to face a strong opponent."

"Opponent?" Nosis came back to his senses, and shook his head nonchalantly in surprise, "I don't think a puppet pushed onto the stage can be my opponent. I was just thinking about how to get that position back reasonably and quickly."

Nosis' words were really too harsh, and Enciodis, who had always been tolerant of him, was furious:

"You'd better remember what you said. My brother is not a simple puppet."

"During the years when I went to Victoria to study alone, he was in charge of the entire Shivaash family, and he also took care of Enshia. The Shivaash family was able to return to the Three Clans Conference smoothly, and the Kalan Trade was able to enter Kjerag smoothly without much opposition. His achievements are indispensable."

"He may be limited by his environment and unable to see the wider world and the future, but that doesn't mean he will lag behind us. If you don't believe me, we can make a bet."

Enchiodis took the initiative to challenge.

Nosis narrowed his glasses slightly. He rarely saw this man who was so sure of everything he did say the word "bet", especially when he was looking at a person.

He thought about it for a moment and agreed to the bet:

"Let's make a bet on whether I can take his place within a month. The bet is..."

"Your research and development funds for this month." Enxioudis spoke first. Nosis widened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and finally nodded with difficulty.

It seemed as if Yelagund was unwilling to give Nosis a chance to regret, and the next second, the office doorbell rang.

"Love is coming."

Enxioudis said. Outside the door, a girl with black hair and twin ponytails pushed the door open and walked in. It was Moshi who had just left Ernst's office.

She bowed slightly to Silver Gray and glanced at Nosis, whose face was flushed red. Finally, she suppressed her curiosity and reported:

"Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ernst just went up the mountain."

"Go up the mountain?" Enthiotis raised his eyebrows and motioned for Moshi to continue.

"He went to Manzhuyuan to ask for Kjerag's overall account book."

"You know how to get the financial report first-hand, you have some skills." Nosis praised, then changed the subject and added a bit of regret, "Unfortunately, given the character and position of the Great Elder of Manzhu Academy, he will definitely not agree to hand over the account books. His trip is destined to be in vain."

Enthiotis didn't say anything, but it was clear from his expression that he agreed with Nosis's conclusion.

Only Moshi blinked, but what flashed through his mind was Ernst's confident smile and words before he went up the mountain.

Is it really impossible?

She thought so, but her attention was drawn by the sudden commotion downstairs.

Looking out from the French windows, a group of people holding weapons had gathered below the three-story building. The leader was an Ursus man wearing a leather Perlochi family emblem on his chest. It was Guluo from the Perlochi family.

Enchiodis frowned and pressed the communicator to contact the security on the ground floor: "What happened outside? Why are the Perlochi family here?"

"Chairman, they said they are here to investigate a case." The security guard was obviously at a loss, and explained in a hurried tone, "It is said that the new speaker found a problem when reviewing the financial report. The quantity and price of the steel we imported do not match. They suspect that we have hoarded the steel, so they are here to ask for an explanation."

Enxioudis's brows suddenly wrinkled into a knot, and he subconsciously looked at Nosis beside him, and replied at the same time: "Okay, I know, I will send someone to deal with it soon."

After saying that, he hung up the call, looked at Nosis, and said with a half-smile:

"My younger brother came here and actually checked his brother. He is really......"

"Nosis, don't regret it."

PS: The update is late, mainly because I was watching a house for rent during the day, so I was delayed. This chapter has 3,000 words. Please recommend, vote, and collect it!

Chapter 6 Nosis couldn't laugh, tears welled up in his stomach

Nosis is in trouble.

The Perlochi family was the group of people who disliked the Kalan trade the most. In their view, whether it was laying a railway on the land near the holy mountain or letting the black smoke from the factory pollute the pure air of Kjerag, it was a great blasphemy to Yelagund.

Actos Perrochi had long wanted to cause trouble for Enthiodis, but he had no reason to do so, because the Kalan trade and the factories and towns they built were really profitable. Even many people in his territory moved to Turikam with their families, which left him with no choice.

But this time it was different. The great elder of Manzhuyuan provided them with a perfect excuse - the Shivaash family secretly hid a batch of steel!

This matter is neither big nor small, it all depends on whether someone will take advantage of it to cause trouble. After all, steel is not something with obvious military uses like armor or weapons, and Actor can't just beat the Shivaash family to death with one punch just because they stole some steel.

But he could use this opportunity to force Enthiotis to give an explanation and disgust him.

As for the evidence, who cares?

As it turned out, his goal was indeed achieved.

When Guluo, who was sent as a pioneer, repeatedly asked Enchiodis why there was a mismatch between the batch of steel and the payment, Enchiodis had no answer.

Because he really hid a batch of steel to build a secret troop transport railway on the edge of Shivaash's territory.

Of course, he could explain or simply tell a lie, such as the international steel price rose during that period, or there was loss during transportation, or I used the batch of steel to repair the house, etc. There were as many lies as he wanted, and Enciodis had a way to make them look like the truth, without any flaws.

But the problem is that the people on the other side are also a group of unreasonable people.

Gu Luo just followed what Actor had told him before he left: "No matter what Enthiotis says, as long as he doesn't send someone out, this matter won't be resolved!"

On one side is the cunning and strategist, while on the other side is the one begging for mercy and being unreasonable. Enthiotis is speechless now. When a scholar meets a soldier, it is difficult for him to explain himself!

There’s no other way, so someone has to be held responsible, right?

The construction of the railway was a major project that was approved by the Manzhu Court, supervised by the three major families, and Enchiodis himself was the chief construction manager. This was not something that could be settled by simply throwing in a temporary worker.

If the Perrochi family wants to investigate the whereabouts of this batch of steel, there are only two people who can take on this responsibility.

The first one is the general manager Enchiodis, who admitted that he did not supervise the construction process strictly or that there were omissions in the process of purchasing steel, resulting in the quantity of steel being less than the predetermined quantity. This is the most convincing way, but it is also the least likely way.

The second person, of course, could only be the unlucky technical executive, Nosis Edwards.

"General Gu Luo, we already know your doubts and demands, but I think this is a small misunderstanding caused by asymmetric information."

"Steel is not something you can just buy and throw on the ground to build a railway. It still needs to be processed and adjusted, and in the process, some loss will naturally occur."

"The size of this loss depends entirely on the local technical level, and you should also know that with Kjerag's current level of industrialization, a large amount of loss is actually completely foreseeable. Rather, if Mr. Actor Perlochi had signed this blast furnace purchase application at the time, this loss could have been avoided. There would not have been such a misunderstanding between us. Of course, I am not accusing him of being short-sighted or looking for trouble. It is not too late to mend the fold after the sheep have been lost. Kalan Trade also welcomes him to send representatives to discuss the restart of the blast furnace plan at any time."

Nosis tried to fool Guluo, who had no knowledge of engineering, from a professional technical perspective, and even wanted to trick him into helping advance the blast furnace ironmaking project that had been delayed for a long time and had nothing to do with railway laying.

After a long lecture, Gu Luo's meager knowledge reserve was indeed exhausted as expected, and he fell into a brief silence. After a moment, he seemed to have figured something out, shook his head, raised his axe and pointed it at Nosis:

"I don't understand a thing you're saying! But what you mean is that you're in charge, right?"

"I..." Nosis almost couldn't control his temper, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, "Theoretically speaking, this is an objective factor--"

He was rudely interrupted before he could finish his words. Gu Luo had an "I understand" expression on his face:

"That's not right. Didn't you just say it was because of the 'technical level'? To put it bluntly, it's because your technology at Kalan Trade is not good enough! It just so happens that you are the technical commander of Kalan Trade..."

"It's the executive officer," Enthiotis corrected.

Gu Luo nodded: "Aren't you the technical executive officer? We are soldiers. If we lose the war, it's because I, the general, am not good enough. If you are a technician, isn't it your fault?"

Nosis' words were stuck in his throat. He knew that Gu Luo was just making trouble, but he couldn't say anything.

How to explain? Why does he feel that the more he explains, the more he loses? If he can explain it to Gu Luo, it would be like Chen Rui eating peppercorns, and Uncle (losing) is numb.

After being depressed for a while, he lowered his head in grief and anger, clenched his fists, and uttered a word from between his teeth: "Yes!"

"That's right, it should have been done earlier!" Gu Luo suddenly became proud, "If you don't have good skills, don't be a technical commander. I think this railway project should be stopped for a while. Maybe there are problems with the technology?"

Enchiodis shook his head calmly: "The railway cannot be stopped. Nosis, I will punish him, but this is an internal matter of Kalan Trade, and it is not the turn of the Perrochi family to make decisions. I will give you a satisfactory answer to this matter when the next National Assembly is convened."

Having said that, he turned around, ignored Gu Luo's stunned expression, and turned away with Nosis who was on the verge of exploding.

The security personnel of Kalan Trading also rushed out and blocked the main gate, stopping Guluo who wanted to break in. The tall and muscular man in the lead made Guluo look fearful.

"Master, I have something else to deal with. Please go back."

............

"So, you lost this bet."

Back in the office, Enthiotis looked at the still angry Nosis with a smile and took a sip of the black tea in the cup.

Nosis took several deep breaths before calming himself down and glared at Enthiotis.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, his chances of winning were infinitely close to 0.

As mentioned before, the matter of steel could be a big or small matter, depending on whether the other two major families and Manzhuyuan investigate further and whether they can produce decisive evidence to prove the whereabouts of this batch of steel.

Judging from the mutual probing between the two parties just now, it is obvious that the Perlochi family and the Manzhuyuan who instigated them cannot produce any evidence.

This can reveal two pieces of information. First, the root of this matter is that Ernst Shivaash has indeed obtained the Shelag account book from Manzhuyuan. He has completed a task that seems impossible to accomplish.

Second, Ernst Shivaash didn't know, or he knew but didn't tell the elders about the flow of steel and the evidence. Although he did severely cheat Enxioudis and Kalan Trade, he didn't go too far.

You've been a little too popular lately, and this is just a small knock.

This feeling emerged in Enxioudis' mind. He was suddenly surprised. The last time he was criticized and suppressed like this, he had no way to deal with it, when he was studying abroad and faced those shrewd politicians in Victoria.

But he quickly shook his head.

It must be an illusion. No matter how great Ernst is, he can't be compared with those old babies of Victoria.

In any case, it will be difficult for Nohis to take the position of head of government and speaker of the parliament until the negative impact of this incident is eliminated.

"Why don't you just step down from your position as technical executive for a month? You've already lost all your research funding for this month to me anyway."

It was a rare sight to see his old friend being humiliated, and Enthiotis was even in a good mood and smiled.

But Nosis couldn't laugh, anger and tears were swirling in his heart:

"Hmph, what's the point of him getting the financial report? Don't we know what Kjerag is like? The financial report will only make him more desperate. In that position, without the corresponding resources and backing, he will ultimately accomplish nothing. At that time, he will have no choice but to give up his position!"

"You're right." Enthiotis nodded. This was the most likely outcome. If it had happened before, he might have sighed with helplessness and regret for Ernst. But at this moment, he had a new expectation. "But, what if?"

"I always feel that my younger brother can give us a bigger surprise."

Nosis curled his lips, looking unconvinced.

Enchiodis was not annoyed: "Why don't we make another bet? Three months this time."

"Just bet!"

Chapter 7 Ernst Sends an Invitation to Make Money

Narrowing his eyes, he moved the account book in his hand closer and further away. Ernst had a certain charm of the subway, the old man, and the mobile phone.

After a long silence, he finally confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his eyes. His expression suddenly twisted and he couldn't help cursing:

"Damn it, how did Shelagh end up like this!"