The construction minister who had just enjoyed the delicious food was not happy at all at this time. The satisfaction brought by the delicious food was not one ten thousandth of the harm this phone call did to him!

His face was livid, but when he opened his mouth, his words, his voice, and his tone revealed a kind of joy, "That's great, as long as you're okay. Many people are looking for you now. You can do it in a short time."

Better not to show up!"

"Of course, if you trust me, you can tell me your address and I can send you something to help you get through this difficult time."

The laughter coming from the receiver was a bit harsh, "Will you help me go to hell?"

The expression of the Minister of Construction gradually softened. Some things are just like this. After you have been unhappy for a while, you can calmly face the thing that caused you unhappiness.

His tone also became calmer, "If you can't trust me, then there is no need to call me. You know, I can find you in less than half an hour." He gently found it under the table.

I got a button and pressed it.

Then he took out a piece of paper and pen while speaking, "Listen, Preton, things are not as bad as you think. I and others have been thinking of ways to excuse you."

"The war with the Federation..." At this time, the study door opened quietly, and the housekeeper stood outside.

Pressing a button actually gives the butler a reminder to come to his study.

As the Minister of Construction, he often met with many imperial nobles of all kinds, as well as the privileged class.

Some of these meetings were pleasant, but some were unpleasant.

When encountering these unpleasant meetings, the best solution is for the "ignorant" housekeeper to urge them to end the meeting as soon as possible. The Minister of Construction can ask the housekeeper to send the other person out without getting angry, instead of him telling the other person to get out.

go out.

At this time, he waved to the butler and handed over the note he had just written. With his eyes and his fingers, he told the other person the importance of the content on the note, and then urged him to do it as soon as possible.

The housekeeper left with the note, but the call never stopped.

"...In fact, whether it is the Federation or the Empire, the conflict between us will definitely break out, it will just happen sooner or later."

"Lions may not reject flies, but they will definitely reject wild dogs. The federation's behavior is like attracting annoying wild dogs. You just happened to play a promoting role during this time period."

"Even without you, we will still launch a local war in two or three years at most, so you don't need to worry about His Majesty being angry with you."

"Please forgive me for what I am about to say may make you feel unpleasant. Preton, you always think that you are great and a 'Mr. Key'. You imagine yourself to be too great. We don't care about you at all."

!”

"His Majesty the Emperor doesn't even know your name. He doesn't have the time or energy to remember the name of an insignificant person in his mind. Do you understand what I mean?"

"You are just a little person, you think yourself too important!"

The Minister of Construction has belittled Preton very much. The more he belittles Preton now, the more he can create an illusion for the other party, as if... he is really not as important as he thought, even if he appears in front of people

In front of him, no one would do anything to him.

If this kind of words were said to ordinary people, there would be no problem, but the guy opposite is Preton, and almost half of the wealth he obtains from Nagaril every year goes into the pockets of the imperial ministers, and even some

Sometimes this number will exceed half of his income.

Not everyone is a gentleman. They will take whatever you give them, and they will thank you for these benefits.

Some people will ask you directly and give you a big number as soon as they ask.

To His Majesty the Emperor, Preton is indeed just a small figure, but the ministers still dare not let him appear casually, in case he reveals the transactions he has made with the ministers over the years, and only to a few people.

If you say your name selectively, something will really happen and someone will die.

To nip the danger in the bud, these big figures in the empire are more than familiar with each other?

"The whole world is looking for a little guy like me, but it seems like I'm really just a little guy!" Preton's self-deprecation gave the Minister of Construction a bad guess. He was too calm, as if he had nothing to do.

Afraid.

He was even able to laugh on the phone and keep talking to himself.

"You're not in the empire?!", he suddenly asked.

Preton laughed and replied, "Of course, are you disappointed? Of course I'm not in the empire, you have to thank me that I didn't say your name on the phone..."

The Minister of Construction's first reaction would be to smash the damn phone on the phone base. Communication between Gefra and the outside is through submarine cables.

From the current perspective, this thing is a bit...unbelievable, but actually it's not that unbelievable.

Gefra is an island country, but it is not completely separated from the continental shelf and hangs alone on the ocean. Its bottom is connected with the continental shelf and is a whole.

This also makes the seawater depth in this part not so deep, and engineering submarines can easily reach the bottom, which also provides the necessary environment and convenience for laying cables.

There is such a communication cable under the sea between Gefra and the nearest land. Calls from outside the island will first enter the transfer station and be manually transferred to the telegraph office in each city.

The telegraph office then transfers the call to a local phone account. During this process, the transfer officer will make necessary recordings of the call so that the content of a certain call can be found at any time.

Manually transferred calls often have a manual prompt after the recipient answers, such as "You have a call request from abroad/such-and-such country, do you need to connect it?"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this stage, due to technical reasons, this kind of ultra-long-distance long-distance calls require multiple transfer stations to provide terminal services to ensure that the call can proceed, so long-distance charges are charged in both directions.

, and the price charged is not cheap.

Most people don’t even have the financial resources to make international long-distance calls, let alone take the initiative to make international long-distance calls!

There was no prompt before the call was picked up, which is why the Minister of Construction mistakenly believed that Preton was in the country.

Domestic calls don't record, so he dared to say anything, but he regretted it now. The bastard Preton made a trap for him, and he jumped into it so simply.

The silence that lasted for more than ten seconds allowed the construction minister to stabilize from the two extremely short-term emotions of rage and panic. No matter how Preton did this, as long as he did not shout his name, then there would be no problem.

big.

"Where are you now?", he asked again for a question he had asked when the call was first connected.

Preton did not hide anything, "I am in a very safe place and there are many people watching me. If I just make a move that can misunderstand others, they will beat me!"

"That's not funny..." The Minister of Construction thought he was joking, but then he understood, "Wait, you were arrested, who arrested you?"

Before Preton could answer, the Minister of Construction had a guess, and the guess soon turned into reality.

"federal!"

"So you don't have to worry too much that I will betray you and you, your value is higher than mine, understand?" At this time, Preton, who was under strict supervision, felt an inexplicable sense of schadenfreude.

As long as he says the other party's name on the phone, it will cause a lot of trouble to the other party. He never thought that such a thing would happen before. The status of both parties has changed. Now the person who is afraid is not him!

"What do you want?", the Minister of Construction's scalp was numb. Falling into the hands of the Federation was not much better than falling into the hands of the Emperor. Now he was beginning to consider whether it would be better to surrender to the Emperor.

"No matter what you want, I must remind you first that I will not betray Gefra, nor will I betray His Majesty the Emperor!"

…

More than half an hour later, the butler came to the study of the Minister of Construction with a letter. He put the envelope on the table, then lowered his head slightly and said, "We found three telephones in that house, including

Both have been remodeled.”

"The call first went to one of them, and then was transferred to here. When we went there, there was no one in the room, and there were no clues left."

"I learned from the real estate developer that the house has been vacant for a long time..."

After hearing this, the Minister of Construction waved his hand and asked the housekeeper to leave. He looked at the letter with a serious look for a long time, then picked it up and cut it open with a letter knife.

There was no sealing wax, no fragrance. He took out the letter paper from it. There was no gilding pattern, and there was no family emblem. A pariah is a pariah!

He unfolded the letter and looked a little weird after reading it, because to a certain extent, what Preton needed was also what the empire needed. In other words, he was here to solve the empire's troubles?!

For several days, the sky above the capital of the empire seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds. The situation in the Amelia region was still not clear enough. The empire had already sent many army reinforcements to Amelia to carry out military operations.

However, these unsatisfactory armies seemed to be fighting against the elite Imperial Army. Not only did they have no significant results, but they suffered heavy casualties.

Some well-known people in the Amelia region who voluntarily surrendered also expressed their dissatisfaction with the current situation to the Governor and His Majesty the Emperor through various means.

Once the empire is unable to extinguish these endless resistance organizations in a short period of time, and the situation deteriorates, the entire region may be in turmoil, and even affect the empire's sovereignty.

After all, no one wants to live under such a high-pressure reign of terror every day. Maintaining this situation will only make more people join the resistance organization.
Chapter completed!