Chapter 730 Shrinking the Settlement
"Your Majesty the Regent, can you tell me what you want to do?" Wellington was not polite and asked Perfectcott about his doubts.
As the Prime Minister of the Empire, Wellington hoped to understand Perficott's thoughts, at least before other members of the cabinet arrived, to have a general understanding and preparation for what Perficott would do next.
It is true that he is from the North, but Wellington, who has become Prime Minister, is not willing to be a puppet elected by the North. He still hopes to make some achievements during his term.
After all, as the first prime minister in Victoria's history, Wellington still hopes that he can leave a good reputation in the history books. At least when people mention him, they are not talking about an incompetent prime minister.
However, facing a genius like Purficott, it was not easy for Wellington to leave a good reputation.
Purficott was in power above the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Her existence made Wellington and the Cabinet more like puppets than the highest center of power that actually managed the entire country.
It is very ironic to say that although Purficott has fully grasped the supreme power of the Victoria Empire, whether nominally or actually, she rarely personally participates in the administration of the empire.
Or to be more specific, Purficott is only responsible for regulating the overall administrative direction of the empire, and the specific implementation is the work of the cabinet.
That is to say, the power and reputation are in the hands of Purficott, and the work is done by the cabinet.
This situation undoubtedly made Wellington somewhat dissatisfied, or that he was not satisfied with being the executor of Perfectcott's will.
He longed for more, hoped to be able to use his talents, and hoped that he could make a difference in politics.
So faced with the situation where Purficott seemed to be doing something again, Wellington was eager to do more and exert more influence.
Faced with Wellington's inquiry, Purficott just glanced at him and said: "This snowstorm has had a huge impact on the northern border. Through these impacts, I can see our current shortcomings and blind optimism. The consequences brought about.”
"Blind optimism? Which aspect are you referring to specifically?" Wellington couldn't help but feel a sudden surge in his heart when he heard what Perficott said.
He was very worried that Perficott was planning to do something radical. After all, this man did have the ability and the right.
To put it bluntly, the Victoria Empire can still maintain a decent level and survive in the apocalypse, largely due to the wisdom and iron fist of Perficott himself.
Although she hopes to be gentle, judging from the previous coup, the empire cannot bear her kindness well.
In other words, the evil and greed of people's hearts allowed her to control the country with iron blood and power, and make everything move along the route she planned.
Wellington once asked himself whether the cabinet and imperial officials would be able to manage the current empire without Perfectcourt.
Yes, he didn't even consider whether the empire had the ability to survive the end of the winter without Perficott.
Because the answer is no, and it is recognized by everyone as no. Without Purficott, the empire would not even have been able to detect the arrival of the doomsday winter in time. Although even with Perficott's reminder, the empire could hardly be said to have detected the arrival of this disaster in time.
So Wellington was just thinking about whether the cabinet and the highest power center of the empire would be able to lead the empire in the cold winter without Perficott.
The answer is also no. Although the empire's bureaucrats are far from useless, and many of them even fulfill their duties and work conscientiously, there is an undeniable fact that they are all ordinary people.
And Purficott Brandlis is a genius.
The gap between her and ordinary people is even greater than that of any monkey.
And such a genius has not yet celebrated his twentieth birthday.
Her youth is enviable, her genius is despairing. Compared with such a person, Wellington feels that he has exhausted all his efforts by being her puppet.
Of course Purficott didn't know the various inner activities of the Prime Minister in front of her. She just glanced at Prime Minister Wellington and said: "I blindly believe that the empire has passed the most dangerous stage, even in this snowstorm." China also has enough strength to deal with disasters.”
When he said this, Purficott paused, and then continued: "However, the fact is that we simply do not have the ability to ensure that all cities and settlements can withstand the raging snowstorms and any extreme weather in the end of winter. All can destroy the empire’s current false prosperity, which is as fragile as a fortress made of sand.”
After hearing this, Wellington did not refute, because the empire was indeed in such a state now.
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Although it may be a little stronger than the sand fortress described by Purficott, it is still very limited.
So Wellington asked: "So how do you plan to improve the country and the people's ability to fight against wind and snow?"
"Shrink the settlements, Prime Minister." Purficott didn't like to hide things, and stated his plan directly: "Our current strength is not enough to support so many settlements, or the settlements themselves. There is no problem with their existence, but their distribution range and distance from key cities make their existence itself a problem
This snowstorm made everything obvious. When this kind of transportation is seriously affected, each settlement can only starve to death.
Although the weather controller can disperse wind and snow or regulate severe weather, once you have used this thing once, you will understand that nature’s weather system is very complex. Using the weather controller at will to interfere with the weather is likely to cause a larger-scale disaster. disaster. ”
"I understand what you mean. You plan to shrink the settlements to protect more people from wind and snow." Wellington analyzed the matter carefully and felt that he Found the 'true image'.
"No, it's not just about shrinking the settlements, it's about giving them more suitable residences and supporting compressed biscuits from the factory..." Popperficott said, and then sighed: "In this wind and snow, The first thing to be interrupted is the empire's transportation line! So we should consider if the conflict between the colonies and the empire center will increase for a long time.
Therefore, I decided to abandon some settlements that were not too important, and then use superior forces to fight this disaster after the overall shrinkage. ”
(End of chapter)