"Elder Sheila, why are you asking for food stamps?" Elder Fabi Euro of the Finance Group confronted Sheila in an oppressive voice.

A big man on the other side is so aggressive, Sheila does feel a lot of pressure. She used the records of the history books she had read to dilute the anxiety in her heart. Although the patriarchs quarreled fiercely, it was useless in the end. Because the Senate was incapable of solving the problem, their only ability was probably to give 'final advice' to the consuls. After the 'final advice' was issued, the Senate could kill the consuls without trial.

Caesar was declared a traitor after the Senate issued a 'final advice', and Caesar led his troops into Rome and overthrew the Senate. Outside of this system, the Senate was only a place for quarrels or assassinations.

In this case, it must be that the senator on the other side is just trying to establish his image by scaring Sheila. Sheila's father had foretold this possibility and had discussed with Sheila how to deal with it.

Sheila inhaled and exhaled slowly to calm herself. When her heartbeat returned to normal, Sheila glanced around the senators. Only then did he look at the old Fabi Euro with a threatening expression. Sheila asked, "Why did our food group come up with the issue of food stamps and not the finance group that came up with the proposal for the issuance of food stamps?" ”

Fabio was stunned, he wanted to force Sheila to say the reason, and he would lash out at whatever the reason. The senators of the Senate are all powerful, but most of the focus of everyone's attention is on the daughter of this small aristocratic family who suddenly rose up. It's infuriating enough to be a woman and juxtaposed with many men, and Sheila's rise to prominence makes the historic aristocracy seem nothing spectacular.

Sheila's rhetorical question was far beyond the imagination of Fabi Euro, and he was momentarily speechless and did not know how to answer. The finance team is now fighting openly and covertly, and they all want to take the lead. The country's fiscal policy is far from being on the radar of the elders.

Seeing Fabio being asked, the senators let out a burst of laughter. This made Fabio angry, and he could only shout: "Your proposal is nonsense!" I wouldn't make such a proposal! ”

"May I ask Your Excellency Fabio, have you ever bought anything?" Sheila asked calmly.

"Of course!" Fabio replied casually.

"May I ask your Excellency Fabio, if you don't have any money in your pocket, will you still insist on going shopping?"

Sheila's calm attitude and obviously arrogant way of questioning made Fabio very dissatisfied, and he angrily said: "How can I have no money! ”

"Yes, Your Excellency is rich. Then I ask Your Excellency Fabio, how much money is left in the treasury now? Sheila continued.

Fabio was stunned, he remembered that he seemed to have read such a document. At Tiberius' suggestion, the court was to provide the senators with relevant information. But the finance team is fighting among themselves, who is in the mood to look at the thick stuff. What's more, His Excellency Fabio does not know so much of a word, and it is very painful to read the documents.

Seeing Sheila quietly looking at him, Fabio felt that things were not good, he turned from defense to offense, and continued to shout: "I ask now why you are making such a proposal? ”

"Your Excellency Fabio, this is the information that the imperial court has given to our senators. From page twenty-seven onwards, there are the Imperial Fiscal Data. Sheila said as she held up the booklet in her hand, "Your Excellency Fabio, you should have read it, right?" ”

"I'm asking you now why you're making such a proposal." Fabio could only continue to yell.

At this time, the expressions on the faces of many of the elders who were watching the excitement changed from schadenfreude to disdain. One does wonder why Sheila is making such a proposal, but the reason for concern is to find out if it will benefit the Empire. Of course, everyone will also analyze what they can benefit from it. Fabio's purpose is different from everyone else's, and he really thinks that everyone can't see that he is trying to win his personal popularity by intimidating Sheila?

Amid many disdainful glances, Sheila continued: "Then I think that His Excellency Fabio does not know how much money is left in the Imperial treasury. ”

Faced with such a checkmate by Sheila, Fabio said angrily: "How could I not know? ”

So Sheila watched him quietly, waiting for him to say the number. Fabio was blinded at this time, but he was not good at stubble, and after an awkward silence, he suddenly laughed, "Your Excellency Sheila, since you said you know, then tell me a number and see if what you know is the same as me." ”

Sheila said, "According to this book, there are still 97,000 gold coins of all eras and 199,000 silver coins of all eras in the Imperial treasury. ”

"Oh?" Fabio responded angrily, took the information book from the councillor next to him, flipped to page twenty-seven and looked at it a few times, and then pretended to smile generously: "Haha, Miss Sheila, I admit that you are right. Looks like you spent a lot of time reading this yesterday. ”

Such deliberate disparagement made Sheila's heart angry, but her father's words were still clearly remembered in her heart, "The Gracchus brothers were supported only because they could tell the suffering of the people. I don't want you to be as reckless as their brothers, but telling the truth and leading the argument to telling the truth is the most effective way to do it. ”

Many of the patriarchs had not read the booklet much, so everyone either hurried to read it or gathered around the patriarch who had already started reading it to read it together. Seeing this data, many veterans gasped.

"Your Excellency Fabio, I know you're rich." Sheila continued: "Let's say you leave your purse at home when you go out, will you continue to buy things? ”

Fabio knew that he hadn't been able to scare Sheila initially, and now that he continued to use it, the effect was greatly reduced. If only Sheila had been scared to tears. However, the time has passed, and Fabio has chosen not to make useless efforts. He smiled, "It seems that Miss Sheila will continue shopping even if she doesn't have any money, right?" ”

Completely ignoring this seemingly playful taunt, Sheila continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, the situation in Eastern Rome has only stabilized slightly, and the crisis has not been resolved. In the past, the imperial court did not use gold and silver coins to import grain from the Yuan Kingdom, but paid for it with the Sifang banknotes, so what everyone saw was that a large amount of grain entered the granary from the port and then distributed to the families of soldiers. I would like to remind you once again that the previous trade in supporting the food of the urban people did not use gold and silver coins, but used the Sifang banknotes that people did not see or use much. So we will have a feeling that the imperial court is rich, very rich! The current situation is very clear to everyone, the Yuan State no longer sells grain to us, and we have to use domestic money to buy domestic grain. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know if you know what I said, in the past, the imperial court did not need to use the money in the treasury to buy and sell grain, and a large amount of grain entered the city and distributed it to the citizens, and did not use the money from the treasury, so the treasury looked very full. Now we need to use the money from the state treasury to buy food, and if you read my report, you will understand that the money in the state treasury is simply not enough. It's like buying something, if you don't have any money, you can buy what you want to buy. ”

Some of the elders understood this, and couldn't help but nod slightly. The patriarchs who heard this for the first time were dumbfounded, they could not figure out how to buy so much food without spending from the treasury in such a short time. This kind of operation is beyond their imagination.

When the conversation had subsided a bit, Sheila continued: "Since the treasury has no money, it can only be used to buy food with one kind of money for the time being. Unfortunately, I thought that the Finance Group would make such a proposal first, but I have not seen any such proposal from the Finance Group until now. And one of the responsibilities of our agriculture group is to put forward relevant proposals and submit them to the Senate for discussion. So you saw the proposal from the agriculture group. Elders, I wonder if you have any questions about this proposal? ”

Fabio also listened carefully, and he really didn't know the process of buying food before. It was only to see the imperial court magically under the leadership of Basellus, and suddenly make a large amount of food. Hearing Sheila ask the patriarch if he had any opinions, he hurriedly organized his thoughts in his heart, wanting to give Sheila a big embarrassment.

Unexpectedly, other patriarchs had already stood up and asked to speak, and the chairman of the meeting agreed to one of them's request to speak. Fabio heard the President of the Conference continue: "Your Excellency, please return to your seat. ”

"I'm ......, I haven't finished asking yet!" Fabio objected.

"Sheila has already answered your question, and you asked Sheila why she made such a proposal, and she has already answered."

"But I have other questions." Fabio said quickly.

The Chairman replied: "Your question has been asked, and now it is time for His Excellency Lukesius to ask questions." If you want to ask more questions, apply later. Please return to your position. ”

Fabio was angry, but he also knew that he couldn't continue to rely on the inquiry desk. Because Luketius had already come over, and the Imperial Guard, who was in charge of order in the Senate, was also looking at Fabio with great interest. According to the statutes established by His Excellency Tiberius, the senators who were on the inquiry table were dragged down by the Guards in charge of order. If the confrontation order is maintained, the senators will be punished by 3-7 days of not entering the senate.

Winning this lottery would become a laughing stock, and Fabio could only leave the information desk in a huff and give up his place to Luketius. Fabio was greatly upset at the thought that he had failed his first inquiry in the Senate. He glanced at Sheila again, and was quite jealous of the little girl. Being able to gain the support of all the nobles of Ankara in the east within a month, such a figure is really not easy to deal with. The joke of 'sleeping' clothes in aristocratic circles is that all the nobles of the entire Ankarai region are ...... It seems like it's just a joke.