Chapter 103 Entrustment

The situation in Eagle City is much better than expected.

Unlike the miserable situation that usually occurs after a war chaos, the city of Eagle Falcon can be said to be intact at this time. When Duke Byron took action, he obviously regarded the city as his own spoils and his own things. Therefore, not only did he not indulge his subordinates in their own actions, but instead strictly controlled his subordinates. Due to the unique planning, the entire Eagle Falcon City could be easily divided into different neighborhoods. The main content of this turmoil was almost entirely concentrated in the noble areas and the royal palace.

Of course, when Duke Byron realizes that he must retreat, he has no time to do any damage. In fact, from an objective perspective, even if he has plenty of time, he will not do any damage. It is easy to destroy this city, but what can he get from this destruction? Apart from a notorious and hostility to countless people (especially those chambers of commerce), he can plunder at most a sum of money. As a regent, Byron is very short of money in "public funds", but as a great nobleman, he is not short of money in "private wealth". Because he has been working hard to transfer the former to the latter, the comparison between the two seems even more prominent.

Although there have been many twists and turns, in fact, for other neighborhoods except the noble district, nothing seems to have changed - except for the many fully armed strange figures on the streets.

Not to mention the neighborhood, even the palace is the same. Duke Byron didn't expect that he would lose this city at first, so the palace was cleaned up quite quickly. Traces of the battle (mainly corpses, bloodstains and broken things) had been mostly removed. In fact, when the little girl returned to the palace, if it weren't for some traces that could not be erased for the time being - such as the traces of swords and axes left on the wooden pillars, the doors that were damaged for easy search, etc. - she simply thought that everything here was still as usual. Everything in the past was just an unreal dream.

Of course, the Imperial Guards that originally guarded the royal palace no longer existed as an independent force. According to the information, about half or even two-thirds of the Imperial Guards' soldiers chose to stand on Byron's side in this turmoil, and Byron naturally took them all away when he left. Not only that, many servants in the palace were also injured and killed, and the rest were gone, but they might have been forcibly taken away, or scattered in various places in the city. However, this is the least worrying of all the troubles at present - because except for the little girl, no one in the entire palace needs them to serve.

Before Byron left, he did a very thorough thing. That was to take away all the administrative officials of the entire Eagle City - without thinking, they must be Byron's loyal subordinates - away. What was left for the little girl was a royal city with no manpower at all.

There were no sheriffs, no guards, no tax collectors, no tax collectors, no business, health, construction, management, education, etc. Byron, with his status as a regent, has replaced all the administrators of the entire city with his own people in the past few years, and then took them all away at once.

At most, only a few low-level officials who were hiding were left - Ashu Rufate, who had not yet gone to look for them, but he believed that even if he went to look for them, he would not be able to find them.

Not only the city of Hawks itself, but also the officials at another level, that is, the ministers of the country, were also wiped out by Byron. To be left with him, either the consequences of the burned houses in the aristocratic areas were sent directly to the gods by Byron.

Inside the palace, there is a medium-sized conference room. This is a room that can accommodate forty or fifty people to hold meetings. Previous imperial meetings - the highest meeting that decides national policies - were held here. As the queen's personal guard, Ashu Rufate has been here more than once.

At this moment, a latest meeting is being held here. In fact, it is inappropriate to say that it is a "conference", because there are two participants in the entire meeting - one is Ashu Rufate and the other is Xiaoyao.

"So we now..." The little girl rubbed her forehead. Things were much more troublesome than expected. Although she had decided to take power (although she was underage, she was no longer willing to appoint another regent), she really didn't expect such a bad situation.

"Nothing." Ashu Rufate replied without any concealment. "All ministers were taken away by Byron, so were city managers, and of course, the officials in the palace. This is the first problem we must solve."

Now they already know that the original court chief, Scadra, had been captured by Byron. Although it is a blessing to know that the old man was not killed, this did not help the current bad situation.

"You mean, am I a bare queen now?" the little girl asked.

"That's exactly that." Ash Rufate replied.

This is the situation that Byron prepared for... The little girl bit her lips hard. She originally thought that regaining the Eagle City was her ultimate goal, and as long as she could come back, everything could be corrected. Now she realized that things in the world were far less simple than she thought. She was even more lonely than before, and no one paid attention to her.

"What should I do now?" After a few seconds of silence, the little girl asked.

"If you want to listen to my opinion, it is actually very simple. Attach a group of people as quickly as possible." Ashu Rufate replied in a voice that seemed to be emotionally unrelated. "The whole thing is divided into three levels from simplicity to difficulties, namely the vacancy of the palace, the vacancy of the Hawk City and the vacancy of the ministers."

"If you can't find a suitable person in a short period of time... what will happen?" The little girl found that her mind was swollen. During her growth process, she was basically closed. She didn't have much time to date and meet those familiar and reliable candidates - of course, even if she met, she was all children of this age and was useless.

"If there is no one responsible for management and care, it only takes five days..." Ashrufate said. "The Eagle Falcon City will probably start to become a garbage dump. In just twenty days, it will become a real garbage dump. Every resident will start to complain that without a minister, you must solve all the problems alone, think about your own plans and decisions. It's okay if the palace is vacant, as long as you choose another residence."

"It's really that bad?"

"There is something worse than this. That is... we have no money. Byron took away all the money when he left... But I'm not sure about this, maybe there is no money here. It's no secret that the royal family has been heavily in debt."

"Ashu Rufat, tell me what to do?" asked the little girl. Rather than saying that she was asking, she was begging.

"In my opinion, you first appoint all the ministers... to form a royal meeting." Ashu Rufate thought for a moment. "If you don't have enough people, you can also hold multiple positions for one person. Then appoint a minister to be responsible for the operation of the Hawk City."

"I don't know who is suitable." The little girl originally wanted to say that, but suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind. By the way, isn't the book recording similar things?

"Ashu Rufate, your current position is..."

"I'm nothing now," explained Ashu Rufate. "It can only be considered the 'Her Majesty' of the Queen'."

"Very good, then I will appoint you as my prime minister." Before Ash Rufate came to his senses, "in addition, you will appoint you as my finance minister, foreign minister, and interior minister..." She reported all the official positions she knew in one breath.

"You...want me to be regent?" Ashu Rufate asked.

"No, I don't want you to be regent!" the little girl said firmly. "I just want you to take on these positions..." Under the gaze of Ashu Rufate, her face felt a heat, but she refused to retreat. "Responsible to me!"

It is hard to describe Ash Rufate's expression at this moment. "You are leaving me alone... responsible... all things? The imperial meeting composed of me alone? I am alone?"

"I bought you with all my trust!" She stood up. She didn't know how King Markremiz treated Garunas in the first place, but she knew that King Markremiz did not try Garunas gradually, but entrusted everything to him at once. "You also said that you would lend me all your strength!"

"I..." Ashu Rufat stood up. He seemed to be leaving because of such unreasonable requests, but the little girl finally managed to calm down.

Ashu Rufat stood up straight and saluted her. "As you wish. But in this way, you will be lifted from my position as a personal guard. Can I understand this way?"

The little girl nodded. The next moment, the little girl felt a little scared. What did she do? It seemed that she had done something stupid, not only stupid, but also absurd. You should know that this was not the result of rational thinking, but was said entirely based on an instinctive impulse.

"So, can I choose my deputy at will?" Ashu Rufate asked.

"You have all my trust." The little girl replied. She suddenly realized that Ashu Rufate did not refuse. Although this appointment seemed ridiculous, he did not refuse, nor did he laugh at it... This person named Ashu Rufate was either a superman or a madman.

"Okay, Ashu Rufate, then the first thing in this imperial meeting is to restore the Eagle City to normal as quickly as possible. This task is handed over to you."

...

Ashurufat walked out of the conference room and happened to meet Baranka. Originally, outsiders were forbidden to enter the palace (those who entered had to pass the level of Scadra, the chief of the palace), but it was not normal at this time. The officers of the Guards were allowed to enter and exit freely.
Chapter completed!