Deputy Minister Budia Ken...... No, now we can call you by your name - Budia Ken, you're arrested!"

The duke's son, named 'Budia Ken', had his mouth wide open, his eyes fixed on the 'arrest warrant' that slapped on the table in front of him.

The fat on his face trembled with shortness of breath, and he didn't even realize that his beautiful third secretary had scrambled out from under the table.

The officer who had led the team to arrest the 'former Deputy Minister of Imperial Manufacturing' looked at the secretary with impunity, and the secretary was in a panic as she straightened her clothes and fell into despair.

There was no hope for her...... After being discovered, there was no hope for Deputy Minister Boudia, whether she was arrested or not......

She knew very well what Minister Gregory's personality was, and she also knew what the various departments of the empire were like after the reorganization of His Majesty Caesar XIII, and unless she climbed the high branches, she would be like this for the rest of her life.

But why did she climb the high branches?

'It's over, it's all over!' thought to herself, and the secretary couldn't help but sob.

However, the hard-hearted officer will not pity the secretary because she looks pitiful, anyway, everything is her own choice, since she has done wrong, then she has to bear the responsibility for making this choice in the first place, and no one can help bear it.

"Budia Ken, what are you thinking?"

The officer, one hand propped up on the table, supporting his leaning forward, bowed his head and sneered contemptuously at the duke's son: "You won't be waiting for your father to send someone to save you, will you? Because he knows how stupid you are, and he knows you're going to get into trouble, so whenever someone like me appears, they're going to tell you — and of course, I know you know that you know that too, but what I'm trying to say is, 'We know that too.'" ”

Seeing the fat man in front of him raise his head in amazement, the officer couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth, bent down and whispered in his ear: "Budia Ken, you have been arrested, this time even your father can't cover up the trouble, there will be many nobles who will lose their titles, and all this comes from your stupidity." Your clan will also be hostile to other nobles because of your stupidity, and you can try to imagine it now, or wait until you are in prison, because you will have a lot of time there......"

Budia Ken's body stopped trembling and froze.

The officer straightened up, and a smile always appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Take it away!"

He didn't have time to waste time here, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers, who were following orders from above, stepped out from behind him, picked up the lost Boudia Ken, and roughly dragged him from behind the table.

"No, no......"

At this time, Boudia Ken finally realized what had happened to him.

He struggled with his arms and screamed, "I'm not going!

The loose fat on his body only gave him weight, not strength, and the two soldiers who had lifted him up were very strong, their arms like iron hoops, clamping Budya Ken's arms tightly, and letting him kick the ground with his legs, and they were carrying him forward.

Boudia Ken resisted walking out of the door of his office, but the officer and the team dragged him out of the office anyway.

"No, I'm not going, I don't want to go, let go of me, let go of my ......"

Listening to the scream gradually disappear, the secretary stood trembling at the door of the office, feeling the gaze cast from all directions.

Those eyes were filled with mockery or pity that made her feel a thorn in her back, and she couldn't help but burst into tears again, and ran out with her face covered.

Outside the gate of the manufacturing department, Grigory had just gotten out of the carriage when he met the group of soldiers who had brought Budia Ken out from behind the door.

Budia Ken saw Grigory, as if he had seen the last straw, and cried out: "Minister Grigory, Minister, they want to put -"

"They got my consent. ”

As he passed by, Grigory said something faint, and the rest of Budia Ken's words were choked in his throat.

He was dragged away from Grigory with a look of astonishment on his face, but Grigory didn't even look at him.

At this moment, the officer walking at the back of the line greeted him with a smile on his face, and extended his hand to Gregory from a distance, "Ah, Sir Carlton, I am glad to meet you!"

Gregor shook the officer's outstretched hand with strength and nodded, "Good cooperation." ”

The officer was stunned for a moment, and then laughed dumbly: "Hahaha, happy cooperation, happy cooperation!"

Then, the two politely said goodbye to each other, and passed by, like two parallel lines.

The moths in the manufacturing department were finally removed, so much so that Gregory's eyes showed a little pleasure, and he let out a white breath and walked towards the manufacturing department.

After the arrest of Boudia Ken, the riots at the construction site can be over, but the matter is not really over, and the next thing they have to deal with is the local aristocracy.

The railroad tracks would run through the domains of many nobles, and it would be difficult not to deal with them, so in order to give them 'enough respect', Gregory, as the head of the manufacturing department, had to go there himself.

There was already a deputy minister who had already set out, but he was completely unable to cope with this kind of thing, and the territory of the empire was too vast for only one person to talk to, it might take several years, it would take time to get the news back, and it would take time to prepare for construction, so that the official start of construction of a railway would have to be delayed until a few years later.

And it's just 'one' railroad, they need to lay the rails on the land of the empire, the railway network will connect the whole empire, they can't afford to wait a few years!

What's more, he recently had an idea - if the steam locomotive can't turn around, then wouldn't it be enough to install another locomotive at the rear of the car?

In this way, they may be able to build railways with steam locomotives, and the speed of construction of railways can be increased several times over.

And he still had a little doubt, even with Budia Ken's assurance, but the nobles who let the railway pass through their own territory all supported His Majesty, how could they do such a thing?

According to reports coming back from all over the country, similar things are happening at every construction site.

Whether it's pay deductions or bullying, these things happen.

It doesn't matter if it's one or two, after all, not all nobles loyal to His Majesty are not greedy, and even if they are not greedy, their people will want to make a fortune.

But this turned out to be something similar at 'all construction sites'...... That's a bit weird!

This reminded Gregory of the 'Mind Flayers', who had previously brainwashed some people into performing blood sacrifices to protect themselves.

There were many casualties in the riots at the construction site, and the negative emotions generated were unimaginably huge.

Although it is unpredictable, there are so many similar things happening under the control of the manufacturing department, which has to make Gregory suspect that this is a conspiracy.

Therefore, he was ready to leave the imperial capital, and before going to those noble territories, he stopped by those construction sites to take a look at the situation.

Maybe...... He can use himself as a decoy to lure out those who are hiding behind the scenes.

However, since many people may be implicated, this matter needs to be considered in the long term.