Chapter 373: The Prime Minister, the Governor and the Secret Agent

[The strongest country is undoubtedly the Holy Hiran Empire]

——So say the people of this continent.

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Among so many countries on this continent, the four major empires are recognized as the four strongest countries. Any one of the four major empires can mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops. Such national power has no impact on the rest. For a small country, this is unimaginable.

And among these four empires, which one is the strongest?

"There is no doubt that it must be the Holy Hiran Empire!"

——If you look for a random person on the street who knows a little bit about the international situation, they will definitely say this.

The Holy Hiran Empire has the broadest territory in the entire continent, bordering the sea to the west and the prairie of the Far East to the east. It is also bordered by the Britannia Empire, the Frankish Empire, the prairie of the Far East, and the sea to the west.

It is the only country on this continent with a population of more than 100 million.

Even the Britannia Empire, which had just annexed a quarter of the territory of the Rollin Empire and 30% of the population, was still far smaller than the Holy Hiran Empire in terms of territory and population.

At the same time, the Holy Hiran Empire is also the only country with a standing army of more than one million.

Even though the national strength of the Holy Hiran Empire has declined compared to the past, it still has a standing army of more than one million people.

A huge land bordering the sea to the west and the prairie to the far east, with a population of more than 100 million, and a standing army of more than one million...

Holy Hiran Empire - a veritable [[Superpower]]! !

In order to guard against this behemoth in the north, the Britannia Empire established the [Northern Territory].

1/3 of the Britannia Empire is in the hands of the territorial nobles, and the other 2/3 is in the hands of the emperor.

The two-thirds of the land in the hands of the emperor were administered at the county and district levels, with districts under the jurisdiction of the county.

The highest official of a county is the county governor, and the highest official of a district is the district magistrate, both of whom are directly appointed by the emperor.

In order to guard against the Holy Hiram Empire in the north, 50 years ago, the Britannian Empire centrally integrated the counties of Glamorgan, Highland, Shrory, Tiwa, Poian, Chefolk, The eight counties of Farside and Alderland established the northern border. And established the official position of "Governor of the North".

The above-mentioned eight counties are also called the "Eight Counties in the North".

The purpose of integrating these eight counties in the north into the northern border is to improve the efficiency of administrative management in the north, and to integrate and utilize all the resources in the north most effectively, so as to resist the behemoth of the Holy Hiran Empire in the north.

The northern part of the Britannia Empire has also become the only region in the empire with three levels of administrative management: border, county and district.

The Northern Governor, who controlled eight counties, became the most powerful local official in the Britannia Empire.

In the center of the Britannia Empire, the official with the greatest power and the highest status was undoubtedly the palace minister responsible for assisting the emperor in governing the country.

In the Britannia Empire, the official with the greatest power and highest status is undoubtedly the Governor of the North who is in charge of the north.

At this time, Jacob, the highest-ranking palace minister in the center of the Britannia Empire, and Humphrey, the northern governor with the most power in the region, were having a secret conversation in a secret room in Jacob's mansion... …

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"Sit down, Humphrey."

Jacob, who was sitting at the small round table, made a "please" gesture.

"I've already brewed your favorite Bailing black tea for you."

On the small round table, there were two teacups filled with warm black tea and a teapot.

Humphrey closed the door and walked slowly to the opposite side of Jacob. After sitting opposite Jacob, he picked up a teacup, put it to his nose and smelled it.

"Yes, Not Bad."

A smile appeared on Humphrey's wrinkled face.

"This tea is quite good."

"Of course, this is the finest Bailing black tea I bought specially.

"

After saying that, Jacob picked up a teacup placed in front of him and began to drink softly.

At this time, Humphrey also handed the tea cup to his lips, and drank the black tea in the cup softly with Jacob.

The two did not start the conversation immediately, but first drank black tea together in silence.

After the two of them drank black tea silently for an unknown amount of time, Humphrey first put down the tea cup in his hand and broke the silence:

"Today is already the 18th...the day after tomorrow is the day when the round table meeting begins. Haha, I really don't know how long this meeting will last..."

The roundtable conferences in history have been long and short.

The shortest one was completed in less than 2 days. The longest one lasted for 10 days before it ended.

As soon as Humphrey finished speaking, Jacob also put down the teacup in his hand and said in a deep voice:

"This roundtable meeting has a lot of content to discuss and is also very important. This roundtable meeting will most likely be the most important and significant roundtable meeting in the history of our Britannia Empire! The outcome of this meeting will at least affect the world’s trends in the next 10 years!”

"Is it the most important..." Humphrey chuckled, "Indeed it is... after all, this roundtable meeting will discuss three major events."

After saying that, Humphrey took out 3 large stacks of paper from his arms.

The covers of these three large piles of paper read:

[Knights of Michael Reconstruction Plan].

[Form the 4th Knight Order].

[Reform of the Knights’ Military System].

Looking at the covers of these three large stacks of papers, Humphrey said softly:

"This roundtable meeting will mainly discuss these three major events... Each of them is related to the military. It seems that the military will become the focus of the empire's future development..."

"Yeah. Yes." Jacob said, "Our empire must strengthen its military power now. The current international situation is still extremely unfavorable to us. We must further strengthen our military power to better protect us."

"Yes..." Humphrey sighed, and then said in a pleased tone, "However, fortunately, the 'Xia Feng' offensive was successful and dealt a heavy blow to the Luo Lin Empire. Now the Luo Lin Empire The national strength has been greatly damaged, and the state of war with us has been lifted. In the next ten years, there will be no major storms in the south."

"Yes." Jacob's face was still solemn, "The victory of the 'Spring Awakening' offensive and the 'Summer Wind' offensive successfully allowed our empire to eliminate the threat from the south. However, the international situation of our empire is still very dangerous."

"The Frankish Empire in the east is still in a state of unending struggle with us. The Holy Hiran Empire in the north, although it is now at peace with us, is still eyeing our empire... We still cannot relax."

"That's right..." Humphrey looked a little tired on his face and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Jacob, okay, let's end the chat. You came here to have a secret meeting with me. What’s the purpose? What do you want to talk to me about?”

Hearing Humphrey's greeting, Jacob was silent for a while.

Jacob was silent, picked up the tea cup that had not yet been finished, drank the remaining tea in one breath, and then said in a deep voice:

"I called you here to talk to you about the new leader of the Knights of Michael whom I selected..."