There was no conversation along the way. After resting for the night at Wincheston Manor, he arrived two miles outside the city of Tyniec County early the next morning.
Nowadays, the Province of Wales has been reluctantly divided into "two counties and two districts", four administrative units below the province level. The "two counties" are the County of Tyniec and the Wells Valley including the border outpost and the town of Boulder. The "two districts" are Fort Marcy in the Côte d'Or Province and the city of Beaune in the western border of the Saône Province and the surrounding land.
Compared with the other three emerging administrative regions, although Tyniec is relatively poor and backward, it is the county with the longest history and the most complete establishment.
The highest civil affairs system in the province of Wales is the Government Affairs Office. Tyniec County has also set up corresponding government agencies. There are all official offices such as garrison officers, construction officers, peace officers, judges, and medical doctors. The Government Affairs Office also left some of the officials close to the original county and city, and then filled in the officials of the Government Affairs Office to complete it.
Most of the official offices in Tyniec County are subordinate administrative agencies deployed by the Government, but there is one exception - the Ministry of Commerce of the Government.
Before the north-south trade route in the valley was connected, Tyniec County was undoubtedly the only mature urban node in the province of Wales on the eastern route of the southern goods trade. In order to facilitate management, the official office of the Ministry of Commerce and the headquarters of the European Commercial Bank were located here, while the Valley Castle was only a subordinate official office of the Ministry of Commerce.
One of the purposes of Art's hurried trip north this time was to personally rectify the Ministry of Commerce (Continental Commercial Bank).
Officials, squires and nobles of Tyniec County learned about the count's personal visit to the county last night, so they went to the south of the city early to greet him.
Tinets government officials at all levels, seven or eight squires who permanently reside in the city, several officers from the Tynets Company of the Southern Xinjiang Garrison Corps, and a large group of spectators lined up along the road, craning their necks and looking at the road to the south.
After a while, waves of horse hooves accompanied by dust appeared under the rising sun.
The military and political officials were nervous for a while, but the citizens watching the excitement cheered loudly. For the poor Tyniec County, being able to see dozens of powerful cavalry galloping at the same time was definitely a shocking scene.
Looking at the cavalry team that came to kill Tengteng, Salter, the Minister of Government Affairs and Commerce standing at the head of the team, looked increasingly gloomy, and cold sweat had begun to seep out from his forehead.
After dozens of steps, Salt hurried forward and walked quickly, lowering his hands and nodding slightly in the middle of the road.
When the leading bay horse slowed down and approached, Salt hurriedly stepped forward to hold the horse, "My lord, the guilty servant Salt wishes you greetings."
The man on the bay horse was silent for a moment, slowly dismounted, walked to Salt and patted his shoulder.
"Old man! Come with me into the city." After saying that, he waved to the waiting officials and citizens and walked forward.
Sart was flattered and quickly led his horse to follow him.
After entering the city, Art was not in a hurry to go to the Lord's Hall (which also serves as Art's Lord's residence in Tynets County). After letting the Earl's Guards stationed in the Lord's Hall, he took Ron, accompanied by Salter and Lin En, the deputy director of the Tunnel Department who was stationed in Tynets, to inspect the entire county. They inspected on-site the renovation and expansion of the free market in Tynets County and the repair of roads and shops in the city. They also casually went to the county military camp to have lunch.
In the evening, the army, civilians, officials, and the gentry in the city gathered in the lord's hall, and spent the whole night drinking and drinking, singing and laughing.
Throughout the banquet, only Salter and a few of his knowledgeable business officers (who were also managers at all levels of the European Commercial Bank) remained frowning and kept drinking wine to anesthetize themselves.
After the banquet ended and everyone dispersed, Salt finally couldn't help it. He was cruel, and after obtaining the consent of the bodyguard Ron, he knocked on the door of Art's inner palace.
Att was sitting in the official room of the inner palace. He had already guessed that Salt would come on his own initiative.
Without any greetings, Salt fell to his knees after entering the door, "Sir, I am guilty!"
At ignored Salt, he picked up the steaming work table He walked to Salter with his cup and stretched out his hand, "You drank a lot of ale tonight. Drink this to relieve your hangover." Salter raised his head and stared at the cup in Arter's hand, his eyes full of fear.
He thought of countless ways to be punished, but no matter what, he never imagined that the Lord he had followed for many years would kill him directly or with poison.
The cold sweat on Salt's forehead turned into tears in his eyes. He tremblingly took the steaming, leaf-drying, brown hot soup from Art's hand, and choked with sobs: "Sir, I know that I cannot escape my guilt, and I am willing to die. I just hope that for the sake of my many years of loyalty, you will... Treat my children well."
"Your children have always been excellent, I should treat them well, no need for you to say anything."
"Thank you, sir!" After hearing this, Salt felt relieved, held the water glass with both hands, brought it to his mouth and drank it with his eyes closed.
Perhaps the poison was so strong that Salt only felt that his mouth was full of unspeakable bitterness.
Sart put down the water glass and knelt down with his eyes closed, waiting for the poison to take effect.
After a while, there was nothing strange except for the bitter taste in my mouth.
After a while, the bitter taste in my mouth almost disappeared, but there was still nothing strange.
Sart slowly opened his eyes and saw Art sitting back in the chair holding a steaming glass of water in his hand, tasting it slowly.
"Sir, what is this?"
"This is called Kudingcha, fried from the holly leaves I personally picked from the mountain."
"Sir~" Salt knocked his head on the ground, tears streaming down his face.
"Get up and talk."
Sart stood up slowly holding on to the armchair beside him.
"The Continental Trading Company is the result of my years of hard work, and it is also the fruit of your years of hard work. Now the Continental Trading Company not only has a scumbag, but also a traitor and a traitor. How do you feel now?" Art's tone was calm, but cold to the point of freezing.
Sart's legs went weak and he fell to his knees again.
"Okay! I need a standing minister, not a kneeling worm!" Art raised his voice.
Sart regained his composure, took a breath, and replied: "There have always been some corrupt people in European trading houses, because you have also said that trading houses are no better than the army, and the water is clear and there are no fish. However, this time the lower-level managers of the trading company colluded with the army's baggage officials, which was indeed an oversight on my part, and I should bear all the blame."
“As for the mole who was killed by Dawson, it was indeed me who recruited me. At that time, when the kingdom was newly established, the palace prime minister began to make things more difficult for the European trading company. I was anxious to find a sociable assistant, so I failed to study the background of the bastard in detail... ..."
"I am the chief official of the Ministry of Commerce and the head of the European Commercial Bank. No matter what, I cannot escape the blame. Today I also come to plead guilty to you with the intention of dying." Salt lowered his head after saying this and stopped defending.
· When Salt met privately with the steward of Baldwin's mansion, Hawkeye lurking in the trading house had sent a secret message to the south. However, when Salt learned the true intention of the steward, he not only sternly refused, but immediately took the initiative to report the matter to the south, and passed the news to the deputy captain of the task force, Dawson, who was on a mission in Besançon.
Involving absolute interests and the safety of the Earl of Wells, Dawson immediately led the Eagle Eyes and task force soldiers in the city of Besançon, stationed in the Continental Trading Company and began the inventory operation...
Salter is an extremely smart person, and Art has no intention of making a fool of himself in front of such a person.
"Salt obeys the order!"
Sart straightened his back habitually.
"With immediate effect, the honorary knight of the province of Wales, the Count of Wales, is dismissed from his position as Minister of Commerce in the Government of Sarte-Medici and Director of the Continental Commercial Bank. He retains the knighthood and the dividends of the commercial bank, and is demoted to the position of Commercial and Trade Officer of the Ministry of Commerce (downgraded by two levels). ), manager of a European trading house (downgraded by two levels), and fined fifteen thousand pfennigs. "
"I have sent an order to Manide, the deputy minister of commerce in charge of the southern goods trade on the western route of Provence. He will be transferred to the eastern front, and you will go to the western front."
"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace!"
"Lawrence has already led people from Provence to picket the European trading houses from south to north. He will arrive in Tyniec in almost a month, and he will be appointed as the Ministry of Commerce. Minister and general manager of the Continental Trading Company. "
"Sir Lawrence once served in the Continental Trading Company. He will definitely lead the Continental Trading Company to glory. I will give my full assistance to Lord Lawrence!" Salt said hurriedly.
At stood up and shouted sternly, "Nonsense! Lawrence is my Minister of Construction, and he came to wipe the butts of your Ministry of Commerce and Continental Trading Company because of no choice!"
"Do you know how much profit the Continental Trading Company will lose without Salt?"
Sart was speechless.
"Give you half a year to get back what you lost!"
"Yes! Sir!!"