Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 453: Riot and Return to the North
The airship landed on the mooring tower of the lord's palace, and Perfect returned to his loyal North.

This is not a joke, but the North is indeed her loyal territory, where her will is best implemented and everything obeys her will.

Even the people have very high support for Perfectot, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the loyal North.

To put it bluntly, if Perfecto waged war against the empire, the people might complain, but if she wanted to be independent and become king herself, the people would simply put her on the throne.

Especially now that the Empire has announced the end of the world, the people in the North finally know why Perfectot wants to develop the North and why all the cities in the North have underground cities.

This made the people in the North very grateful to Perfect, because they were in the North at this moment, and they didn't have to find ways to come to the North like other people in the Empire.

Many people are now feeling fortunate that they made the right choice in the past three years.

The right choice was to come to the North to fight, rather than stay in the empire and indulge in prosperity.

After all, the North has been recruiting pioneers for the past three years, but most people dislike the bitter cold in the North and stay in the prosperous homeland of the empire.

Only those who can't make a living in their homeland or want a better future will come to the North to fight.

Now it seems that those who stayed in the empire and lacked the fighting spirit were eliminated, while the pioneers who came to the north were more able to survive the disaster.

It is also because of this that even when the empire was on the verge of unrest and riots and various undercurrents were surging, the northern border still maintained a relatively stable state.

Although the influx of the last immigrants from the Empire has brought some social security problems to the North, overall the North is much more stable than the Empire itself.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with the fact that Perfectoct has invested enough energy in the North.

At least the people in the North can fill their stomachs, have warm homes, and enough clothes to keep out the cold.

Although these seem simple, it is not easy to meet these three conditions at the same time in other places in the world except the North.

That is why Perfect was in a good mood when he summoned important officials and major vassals from the North to listen to their work reports during this period.

"I am very satisfied with your work during this period. You have done a good job." Perfectcot praised the officials and vassals in the North. This was a rare compliment for her. After all, Perfectcot always gave people the impression of being serious and unsmiling.

"This is our duty, my lord!" The officials and vassals bowed to Perfecto. Although they were extremely awed, they could not hide their excitement.

It is well known that it is difficult to gain praise from Perfectoct in the North. The Earl rarely expresses satisfaction or praise to someone.

This unprecedented treatment boosted the spirits of the officials and vassals, and they secretly made up their minds to perform their duties more loyally to their lord.

However, in addition to praising, Perfect also made more demands on officials and vassals in the North.

"The mainland of the empire is now in a precarious situation. Although I have tried to save the situation in the mainland of the empire, it is very likely that the North will become the only hope of the empire, or even the only hope of mankind, in the future. So I hope that you will work harder to do your jobs in the days to come, because you shoulder the heavy responsibility given to you by the destiny of mankind." Perfect encouraged the officials and vassals in front of him. Although there was a suspicion of chicken soup for the soul, the effect was generally good.

After all, the empire was still a dynasty under the feudal system. As their lord, Perfecto had a certain status difference from these officials and vassals. Her encouragement was a symbol of honor for these people.

"My Lord, we have received a request for help from the New World colony. There have been serious strikes and riots. The workers have united to oppose the rule of the Empire. The local governor has asked us for help and requested that you send troops and the Steam Knights to help him suppress the local situation." At this time, an official reported to Perfect, and asked her, "Because you have been in the Empire before, we dare not make a decision on our own. Should we send reinforcements?"

Upon hearing this news, Perfect couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She knew that Karen had finally taken action.

She was very happy about this happening, but she couldn't show it on her face.

She just controlled her emotions and nodded slightly, "What's your suggestion? Do you think I should send troops?"

"My Lord, the New World colonies are adjacent to the North after all. If the New World colonies are in chaos, it will affect the stability of the North." An official spoke up and explained his suggestions to Perfect. "In addition, workers' strikes and riots also have some impact on the North. We have also discovered the spread of similar thoughts among workers in the North before. Although we dealt with it in time, there are still some bad signs.

So if you agree, I suggest sending reinforcements to the New World colonies! The Steam Knights are powerful enough to suppress the riots in the New World colonies."

Although she had known about this matter for a long time, and even participated in planning a large part of it herself, when Perfecto heard that similar thoughts had emerged in the North, she couldn't help but be shocked by the influence of this matter.

However, after careful consideration, she turned her attention to the two military representatives of the North, Richard, who is now a major general, and Captain William, the representative of the Steam Knights.

Perfecto had not brought the two knightly orders from the north back to the empire before. She only brought her personal guards to Langton.

After all, compared to the empire's mainland, the number of knights in these two northern borders is not large. If necessary, she can mobilize more knights from the empire's mainland at any time.

In a sense, it is precisely because of the deterrence of these two knightly orders that the North can maintain the current stability and peace.

This has a lot to do with the fact that the people in the North have seen more about how powerful the Steam Knights are, while the knowledge of the people in the Empire about the Steam Knights is still more or less based on hearsay rather than seeing it with their own eyes.

Not to mention, some ambitious people hold the power of Steam Knights in their hands, and they do not take the deterrence of Steam Knights seriously.

But it is different in the North. As the symbol of the empire's strongest military force, the Steam Knights only have these two knightly orders, so their deterrent power is still sufficient.

"My Lord Earl, I think it would be beneficial to the North to send a part of the army to assist the New World colonies in stabilizing the situation." Major General Richard took the initiative to speak and expressed his opinion.

As a man with the surname Brandlis, although Major General Richard was not a direct descendant of the Brandlis family, he could still be considered a relative of the lord, so Major General Richard still had a considerable influence in the North. In particular, his rank was promoted from colonel to major general, which made him a further representative of the Northern Army.

In comparison, although Captain William controls a powerful force like the Steam Knights, he is relatively unable to represent the army of the North, and is also inferior in influence.

When speaking on such an important occasion, Captain William was more likely to express his support for Major General Richard rather than opposing him.

After all, no matter what, both of them represent the interests of the Northern Army. Any disagreements can be discussed privately, but they still need to keep in step in such formal and important occasions.

So after Major General Richard expressed his attitude, Captain William immediately stated that the Steam Knights were ready and could go into battle at any time.

Perfect hesitated for a moment. She didn't know whether Kallen and the others were ready to deal with the Steam Knights. She was also hesitant as to whether she should send these knights loyal to her to step into the trap she had set herself.

But then these unnecessary emotions were suppressed and abandoned by Perfect, she nodded and said: "In this case, send two flag teams to assist the Governor of the New World to suppress the riot!
Uncle Richard, is it okay for the Guards to send accompanying troops to assist the Steam Knights?"

Although Perfect called Richard uncle and used interrogative sentences to speak to him, Richard knew clearly that he could only answer with "no problem". Even if there was a question, it had to be "no problem".

So he replied very seriously: "Please rest assured, Lord! I will send the most elite company to accompany the knights of the North, and will never let you down."

"I'll wait and see." Perfect nodded slightly, expressing his satisfaction.

After discussing this matter, Perfectcott dealt with some government affairs. She once again emphasized and reiterated to the officials and vassals in the North the need to maintain stability in the North and asked them to build more shelters. Then she wanted to end the meeting.

However, at this moment, an official in charge of public security suddenly reported to Perfect with some hesitation: "My Lord, some nobles among the immigrants from the empire have behaved badly in the North. Some of them are unwilling to abide by the rules and laws of the North because of their titles, and even speak rudely to you. How should we deal with these people?"

"You're asking me this kind of question? In one word, kill." Perfectoct obviously didn't have the patience to deal with the problems brought by those nobles one by one.

She was originally annoyed with these guys. Those who could come to the North had already gone through a screening process, but even so, there were still some nobles among them who were used to bullying and domineering in the empire's homeland, and now when they came to the North, they still maintained their past style and habits.

This would undoubtedly conflict with the laws that Perfectoct had established in the North.

If they were just ordinary minor nobles, most of them would accept the punishment obediently. At most, they would think that as nobles they should enjoy certain privileges, and try to use their status and power to gain preferential treatment for themselves, and that's all.

Generally speaking, officials in the North would not make things look ugly for these small nobles. As long as they admitted their guilt and accepted the punishment, it was possible for them to receive a certain degree of preferential treatment based on their noble status.

After all, Victoria is still a feudal country, and it is inevitable that the nobles enjoy privileges.

But there are also some nobles who believe that their titles are not lower than Perfectoct's, and some even have higher titles. They believe that the laws made by Perfectoct in the North have no binding force on them.

Although you, Perfect, are the lord of the North and the North is also your territory, I am also an earl, a marquis, or even a duke. What qualifications do you have to control me with the laws you make?
There are quite a few nobles who hold this idea. After all, there are quite a few high-ranking nobles in the empire over the past few hundred years.

In the past, a count would have the capital to ignore the laws implemented by Perfectoct in his territory. After all, these were only the laws of Perfectoct's own territory, not the laws of the empire.

But generally speaking, other nobles will maintain enough respect for the lord, and will respect and abide by the laws she sets when they are in her territory.

Because this respect is mutual, if Perfect goes to someone else's territory, she must also obey the laws set by the local lords.

However, now, most of the nobles in the empire are strictly speaking landless nobles, and in order to carry out reforms, the empire gave the nobles many preferential treatments and privileges in exchange for their giving up the management rights of their territories.

This has resulted in a considerable number of nobles in the empire having long been accustomed to a life of privilege.

They were accustomed to enjoying privileges and not having to abide by general laws, which led to them not taking the laws set by Perfectoct seriously after they came to the North.

Officials in the North didn't know how to deal with this. After all, Perfect had returned to the empire before, and they really didn't know how to deal with it appropriately.

As a result, during the time when Perfect was away from the North, a lot of cases concerning nobles piled up waiting to be processed.

But now that Perfecto is back, these issues are no longer a problem.

For these officials in the North, as long as Perfecto gave the order, it would not be a problem even to kill all the nobles who had committed crimes.

Then, they now heard Perfecto's orders.

One word, kill.

Simple, direct and clear.

"Follow your will!" After making Perfecto's order clear, the officials knew what to do.

Perfect looked at everyone, and seeing that they had nothing else to do, he waved his hand to signal them that they could leave.

After everyone left, Perfect finally stretched himself, relaxed, turned around and looked out the window at Chernobog, his own city, with an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

This is her city, the territory she built.

(End of this chapter)