Flowers, Swords and France

After spending several hours, Charles finally finished dealing with all the documents on his desk. ☆→, there was no other way. Since he decided to hand over all the documents that were originally reviewed by the minister himself, he had to face this struggle with documents every day.

Charles had already left comments of varying lengths on these documents according to their importance, waiting for someone to take them to deal with. Just writing these comments made him feel that his hands were slightly sore.

This won't work.

Although it is a good thing to have more power, if you get stuck in this pile of documents every day and can't extricate yourself, it would be too much of a reversal of priorities.

The place where he will win is still in the political world.

Ah, I really hope to establish the organization I want quickly, otherwise just reviewing documents will make me have no energy to do anything else... He sighed in his heart, already quite tired.

Not only in the Army Department, but also in other places.

At this time, he felt more and more that he needed a private team to help him deal with everything. Because, whether in politics or business, he has been involved in too many aspects, and he can't handle it by himself.

What kind of person do I need to perform this kind of work? Charles frowned slightly.

This person must be completely consistent with his own interests, and have a clear mind and calmness, know how to deal with many things that are not in the light, and know how to keep secrets; this person must not be famous and does not seek prominence, and is willing to serve him in obscurity, and. More importantly, he must be completely loyal. Willing to do his best to help himself.

Does such a person exist in the world? When Charles thought about the need to meet so many conditions, he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Albert?

No. Although reliable enough, he is too ostentatious, and his actions are not the kind of meticulous and meticulous type, no.

Conze?

No, this person is capable, but too ambitious, he can only be controlled and used, and absolutely cannot be given full trust, no.

After thinking about it, he still couldn't think of a suitable candidate. At this time, he felt how weak his team was.

Alas, although he has already obtained a high position, the time is too short after all. If he wants to cultivate his own power, he still needs some efforts.

At this time, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Wait, if a girl can also do it...

Matilda?

No. After a moment, he rejected this idea again-although she is very good in terms of intelligence and experience, and has always been low-key, but... she is a child of the Dillion family after all, and will not think completely for herself. He also doesn't want to embarrass Matilda at that time.

Then... Mary?

She is smart and decisive, and from the previous cooperation. She is indeed loyal and does not seek to be in the limelight-to be precise. She is very aware of the fact that her position depends on Charles.

When leaving home in the morning, Mary's smile reappeared in front of Charles. Although the atmosphere was slightly ruined by the trace of blood, it still did not lose its charm.

If it is her, it would be a good candidate... he thought to himself.

After hesitating for a while, he finally made a decision to give it a try.

Of course, he would not implement it immediately, and he needed to observe it for a while.

After a short rest, Charles carefully put away his fatigue, then rang the bell on the table and asked his secretary to go to the office.

The secretary first bowed respectfully, then walked to his desk, carefully picked up the documents, put them in the briefcase he brought, and planned to take them out and distribute them to various departments later.

Then, Charles looked at his pocket watch, and it was noon.

He suddenly remembered something.

It's time today...

"After lunch, help me call Mr. de Trivo over, I have something to talk to him."

Because Charles suddenly spoke, the secretary was a little stunned, but he soon reacted.

"Okay, sir." He nodded and agreed, "I'll convey it to you right away."

Seeing that Charles had no other orders, he quietly took the documents and retreated again.

……………………

As Charles expected, just after the meal time, Mr. de Trevo, the director of the department in charge of weapons and equipment, ran over directly.

"Oh, Mr. de Trevo? Long time no see." After seeing the other party walk into his room gently, Charles greeted him warmly and friendly, and then asked him to sit down, "How are you recently?"

"Thanks to you... I'm fine recently." In front of Charles, this wrinkled face is now full of smiles, no longer arrogant and rude as before, "Mr. Treville, what's the matter with you calling me over?"

His eyes wandered, his tone was very humble, and he looked a little uneasy.

Looking at his uneasy look, Charles couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

"Oh, it's okay, you sit down first." In order to make him relax, Charles deliberately made his tone more relaxed.

"Okay, sir." Mr. de Trevo nodded quickly, and then sat down hesitantly.

Although he seemed to be more relaxed, he still couldn't hide his nervousness and looked like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Of course Ciel knew why, so he decided to continue to let him relax a little more.

"I didn't come to see you today to talk about serious business matters." Charles put on a kind smile on his face, "I just want to ask you something. I hope it won't make you feel unhappy. ”

"Oh, of course not, sir. I would be happy to discuss matters other than official business with you." Mr. de Triver waved his hand quickly, "After all, we need your guidance in many aspects."

"Ah, how can I guide you? I am so young and have never served in the military before. How can I be qualified to guide you?" Charles still smiled. "You should be the one to guide me, actually. I respect you very much and want to continue to seek your help on many things."

After hearing Ciel's first words. A trace of panic immediately flashed across Mr. de Triveau's face - because this was exactly the attack he had made on Charles at department meetings in the past, but after hearing the last sentence, he finally regained his composure. .

He glanced at Ciel secretly, looked carefully, and found that there was no displeasure on Ciel's face.

"No, please don't say that. You are one of the few young talents in our country. How am I qualified to guide you?" Without any delay, he quickly expressed his attitude. "We all admire your courage and common sense."

"Yes, I am indeed a reasonable person." Ciel once again gave the other party some relief.

Then, seeing that the other party had basically relaxed, Ciel raised his head again and said, "I called you here today mainly because I want to commend you."

"Huh?" Charles' sudden expression surprised Mr. de Triveau.

"I'm very satisfied with the efficiency of your department recently." Charles smiled and nodded, "The report is submitted very quickly. And everything is detailed and nothing is hidden, which makes my job a lot easier. Thank you. You."

After receiving Charles's encouragement, Mr. de Triveau immediately became happy, "It's great that you can say that, sir. However, you don't need to praise me specifically. I am your subordinate, and of course I have to carry out your instructions." It’s your will. Since it’s something you asked us to do, we’ll do it as quickly as possible. It’s not something worth talking about.”

"Oh, this is certainly worthy of encouragement." Charles waved his hand, "I hope your department can continue to maintain this kind of work efficiency in the future, so that my life will be much easier."

As long as you can continue to cooperate like this, you will have a future.

M. de Triveau immediately recognized what Charles was hinting at.

"That's natural!" Mr. de Triver quickly cheered up. "Sir, we will continue to implement your will in the future."

Then, he looked at Ciel carefully and smiled flatteringly, "The gun you specifically recommended to everyone has passed our acceptance, and we will soon make it the official equipment of the army."

"Really? So fast?" Charles seemed a little surprised.

"Since it's your matter, of course we have to deal with it as quickly as possible, sir." Mr. de Triveau replied immediately. It was obvious that he was trying hard to please Charles and make up for his previous mistakes. "I have already given instructions to my subordinates. It won't be long before formal orders can be issued. Just wait for the good news!"

In this pretended to be cheerful tone, Ciel lowered his gaze slightly, and there were so many thoughts in his heart.

After spending several months of hard work, he finally achieved his goal, and the new firearm he obtained finally entered the army's equipment sequence.

In other words, he finally won a hard-fought victory in a battle he had never wanted to wage against the entire vast War Department bureaucracy.

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How much energy did I spend trying to do something that was obviously beneficial to the country, myself, and everyone else!

Ciel couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Sir?" Seeing that Charles was still deep in thought, Mr. de Trival asked cautiously.

"Has it been completed? Will it be officially adopted soon? There won't be any more trouble?" Charles' tone became a little lower.

"Yes, sir." The other party did not hear the change in tone and just nodded enthusiastically. "Although it will still take some time, this is just a matter of final procedures and everything is a foregone conclusion."

"You have accomplished so many things in such a short period of time. It seems that you have spent a lot of energy..." Charles sighed softly, "Thank you, sir. Thank you very much for your efforts."

"What are you talking about? This is what we should do." Mr. de Triver waved his hand quickly. "We're just doing our job."

"Because of your efforts, my idea has a chance to be realized. Sir, I will commend you." Charles still insisted on his words.

"...If you wish..." Seeing Ciel's behavior, the other party finally relaxed completely and responded to Ciel with a smile. "But. I have to say that you should be the one who has contributed the most among us...I have no right to divide the honor you deserve."

Watch him relax. Ciel sneered inwardly.

The most vicious blow should be struck when the enemy is most relaxed.

"I will tell the minister. You will get a medal and double pension." He said casually, "I hope your retirement life will be satisfactory."

Mr. de Trival, who was relaxed, did not react at first. It was not until a moment later that he looked up at Charles in shock.

"Retirement...?" He half-opened his mouth and spat out the word with difficulty. "You mean..."

This word is exactly the nightmare he has been most afraid of in recent times.

Since Charles persuaded the president to change the Secretary of War. He felt that something was wrong, so he changed his previous uncooperative attitude and tried every possible means to please Charles, hoping to calm down this young but already emerging upstart.

Unexpectedly...unexpectedly, this blow actually hit him at the moment when he thought he had dodged it.

This young man is so vicious! Those performances he just performed were just to make himself relax and then see himself lost?

When I thought of this, in order to prevent this hateful young man from seeing the joke. He tried hard to suppress his emotions, but he couldn't help but tremble with shock, frustration, and anger.

"Well, you heard it right, that's it." while admiring the other person's appearance. Charles sneered and nodded, "Your Excellency the Minister thinks that you are overworked and need to enjoy a... a more relaxed and peaceful life. Of course, considering your loyal service to the country for many years. We will give You will be compensated adequately, please rest assured.”

Logically speaking, he has no control over this kind of personnel transfer. There was no need for him to inform the other party. However, out of an evil mentality, he specifically ordered others to keep the other party secret first, while he himself informed the other party.

And he got the result he wanted.

Looking at the other person's wrinkled face, which instantly became more distorted due to shock, loss and pain, Ciel's heart was suddenly filled with an indescribable joy.

"Sir, sir... you can't do this!" Mr. de Trival took a hard breath and finally regained control of his body. "I have done everything you said, why? And, Didn't you promise not to pursue it again? Why...why do you still do this?"

"Really? Did I promise you anything?" Charles frowned slightly, as if he was a little embarrassed.

Then, in the eyes of the other party who were looking forward to it again, he grinned slightly and said, "Well, okay, now this promise is void."

What a shameless person!

A surge of anger made Mr. de Triveau almost unable to hold back his anger.

He didn't know how much effort it took before he managed to calm down.

It seems that he was just delaying the attack before, wanting to get things done first. Now that the matter is done, I am no longer of use to him. Ridiculous... I was still lucky, thinking that he would spare... the people of the Treville family, and that was indeed the case...

He raised his head and looked at the face with a leisurely smile. He wanted to say something but couldn't.

"I think you should understand now. I have made it very clear - you have completed the work that the country needs you to do, and then you will get the treatment you deserve and then leave." Charles continued to smile. , but his tone became more severe, "I understand your mood at the moment, so I don't want to say anything harsh to you. , but I warn you, it is best not to think of tricks and add trouble to things that are already a foregone conclusion, otherwise you will have to bear the consequences on your own! Okay, after you go back, honestly arrange those tasks with your subordinates. , and then finish everything I ask you to do properly, otherwise... otherwise I think you will know the consequences yourself!"

"...Go tell them yourself! I don't have time!" Perhaps he had already given up, the other party yelled back at Charles loudly.

Is it already a broken jar? hehe. What a great performance.

"Really? Do you really want me to do that? Do you still want your subordinates to suffer along with you?" Charles sneered and replied, "If I tell them, it won't be so easy for them. "

His answer left Mr. de Treveaux speechless for a moment.

"You...you..." He murmured, but he couldn't form a sentence.

Many of his subordinates were promoted by him personally. Let alone friendship, he should not affect their future even if it is for the convenience of future operations.

"In order not to bring harm to others, I think it's better for you to speak up yourself. Remember, the things I tell you must be done properly, otherwise... I will never show mercy." Charles said coldly, "Okay. , if there is nothing else, you can leave."

In fact, he was still lying to the other party. Since he had decided to take action, he would take action directly to the end. He wanted to eliminate all threats in one go, so how could he give up halfway by his men?

Mr. de Triveau had no time to tell whether Charles's words were true or false. He stood up unsteadily, and then looked at Charles bitterly.

"You...you are really a shameless person! I'm waiting for the day you fall!" He said these words bitterly, turned around and wanted to leave.

At this moment, a word suddenly came from behind him.

"From your age, I don't think you can wait for this day, sir." Charles' tone was full of malice, "You should plan your retirement life well. I envy you. You will have so much free time soon!"

Mr. de Trivo bit his lip hard, and then left his office without looking back. (To be continued...)