BXBX NOVEL Chapter 133 Scheming With The Papis (1)
"Well that depends on the brat\'s charm!" General Farauld harrumphed as he replied to his old buddy.
But after some bickering, the two men immediately went back to business, "Now, what to do? How do you plan on redeeming this issue?"
Emperor Valentin frowned in distress, "It seems that I have to issue a decree for an Empire-wide search and lockdown for a few months. However, this will greatly impede the interactions we do with the nearby territories and allied kingdoms. I am afraid that we will lose a lot in this area."
The two men stayed silent for a while. The lookdown was not only to attempt to search the remaining forces of the Spectre on the rest of the territories, but also a way to disrupt the synergy between the traitor and the Spectre.
The sudden change will definitely catch them off guard and it would take them a significant amount of time to reinstate themselves within the Empire. Furthermore, the only solution for this was to change the reigning monarch.
This way, the Emperor could immediately pinpoint who among the nobles were the most agitated to this change.
However, there are risks that have to be considered, greatest among them were the damage it would give to the economy and diplomatic relations of the Empire.
If the Empire attempted to close their doors, even for a temporary measure, the nearby territories would surely be curious about what was happening inside.
Of course there would be spies inside the Empire, but that was the most crucial thing, the powers who sent them would immediately be paranoid and may lead them to view the Empire with animosity.
Furthermore, they may actually interpret this matter as a sign that the Seirende Empire was looking down on them. Declaring that the Empire would continue to exisit even without engaging with the transactions from the other kingdoms.
Overall, the entire plan was like disturbing the beehive while cutting down a nuisance tree, attracting a lot of angry bees.
"The cost is too much for the Empire to bear." Emperor Valentin rubbed his forehead in distress.
General Farauld also greatly understood where his old buddy was coming from.
It was not like the Empire was too weak to retaliate, it was just because of the fact that the enemies were inside the Empire themselves. This matter could greatly be used to shake the Empire\'s foundations.
"Sigh, it\'s no use to hastily think about it now. I still have a few days before going back to the territories to issue your orders. Take your time to think about it." General Farauld chose not to pressure Valentin.
"Hah…" Emperor Valentin also let out a heavy sigh, "I think I should visit my grandson for a while to ease this bad mood."
"Ehh, are you inviting yourself to my dinner date with my daughter?" General Farauld now regretted worrying for his friend.
"No no! You old stingy man! You\'ve been here for a while and could visit Eli and my grandson anytime! Why must you compete with me this time!!!"
"Hahaha, when we are kids we aren\'t used to sharing whatever little we have. How come you are so stingy now that we are old?!" Emperor Valentin ignored General Farauld\'s protest and immediately dragged his friend to teleport in Eli\'s cottage.
"Wait! I still have to fetch my lovely wife! I haven\'t seen her for so long! Aaahhhh!" Poor General Farauld found himself unable to resist Emperor Valentin\'s fast teleportation schemes.
They immediately found themselves inside Eli\'s living room, where they immediately noticed the bustling noise around the cottage.
"Madame, the marinate is ready!"
"I have sterilized the glass jars!"
"Good, let\'s start packing!"
They found Eli and the rest in the kitchen busily preparing for a large batch of pickled food rations in the kitchen. There were also more than ten servants from the Forgeworn estate outside prepping a large haul of dried goods.
"Eh, Eugine, Your Majesty! What brings you here?"
Tyce was actually free this time, when he heard that Eli was working to prepare a large batch of food ration for General Farauld and Leon, he volunteered to help by bringing some of his servants and supervising the work. One must know that it would be hard for Eli to prepare all these by herself and her little team.
"We actually came to visit Eli and my little grandson." General Farauld answered awkwardly, how could he explain to Tyce that he was dragged by his old buddy and made him attend the appointed dinner time way ahead of schedule.
"I see, I see, well Eli might not be able to entertain you properly. But why don\'t you just sit in the gazebo while I\'ll call her? Look, my cute grandson is happily playing there~" Tyce then pointed at the little gazebo, where it was comfortably set up to accommodate Little Han\'s play time with his furry nannies, Baobao and Wisey.
Without replying to Tyce, the two old men scurried towards the gazebo as if on a race, fighting over who would be able to hold Little Han first.
"Stingy man, don\'t look so creepy like that, you\'ll scare my grandson!"
"You are the one who should look at your face! It\'s severely burnt by the sun! I am afraid that Little Han will see you as a monster!"
Hearing the bickering of the two, Tyce could only helplessly shake his head and ask the servants to inform Eli of the old men\'s arrival.
Very soon, Eli, sporting a neat and clean look with her hair tied in a bun, she guided them back to the living room for some peace and had a servant arrive with a tray of tea and refreshments.
"Papi! Your Majesty! Apologies for not accommodating you right away." She greeted the two and immediately served them tea.
"No worries my child, this one dragged me to the cottage because he was in a bad mood." General Farauld obviously held a grudge towards Emperor Valentin and directly badmouthed him to his daughter.
"It\'s true that I am in a bad mood, young Eli, would you be offended because I just went here without warning to clear my mind?" Emperor Valentin did not feel threatened towards General Farauld\'s scheme. He was pretty confident of the relationship that he was able to establish with Eli.
"Well, I don\'t mind. Feel free to relax around, although you may find our hospitality lacking." Eli respectfully replied.
Emperor Valentin casted General Farauld a smug face as if saying, \'See I am this close to YOUR daughter~\'
"By the way, pardon me for being intrusive and impudent, but does your ill mood have a connection to the operation\'s matter?" Of course, the nosy Eli couldn\'t help but involve herself in the matter regarding the Spectre.
As long as it was about the well being of Little Han, she would not be embarrassed to involve herself in the picture.
"It\'s like this.." Emperor Valentin didn\'t hesitate to relay Eli their predicament, after all it was not the first time for him to consult with her regarding the matters of the palace.
"I understand.." Eli nodded with a serious expression on her face. After thinking for a while she voiced out her idea.
"I have a few ideas on how to properly address this." Eli calmly looked at the two men releasing her corporate woman aura.
"Let\'s hear it." The two replied with great focus.
"First, you do not need to deny entry or exit of the citizens and visitors in the Empire, you just need to ensure that their identities are verified and their movements are monitored. I will introduce you to the concept of Passport."
"Passport?" The two raised their brows in interest upon hearing a foreign word.
"It\'s basically proof of the citizenship of a certain individual while also recording their traveling information whenever they cross any boundaries..." Eli then went to further explain how a passport works in a way that it would be understood in this time period.
"So you\'re saying that each of the Seirende citizens wishing to travel across each boundary should be issued with Passport verified by the palace themselves? But I am afraid that this could easily be falsified." After hearing Eli\'s lengthy explanation, Emperor Valentin immediately raised his concern based on his understanding of the concept of passport.
"Well, aren\'t you already implementing the same mechanism for years already?" Eli replied with a composed expression.
"??" The two were baffled, what does Eli mean?
Seeing the puzzled expression of the old men, Eli gave a light chuckle and patiently explained, "The crystal card issued by the Seirende Central Bank, as well as the Emblem issued by the Empire for the entry to the SilverDew forest. Aren\'t they working exactly the same as the concept I have introduced?"
"This!" Finally getting Eli\'s point, the two almost got up from their seats and startled Little Han who was playing on his playground in the living room.
The mechanism to issue the emblem and the Seirende Central Bank was actually too stringent. One could not duplicate nor fake their identity as the individual needed to seal their registrations by blood. Just what they exactly needed!
Through Eli\'s fervent research of finding a way to come up with something close to a computer, she stumbled upon the mechanisms used by the Seirende Central Bank and the Silver Dew Emblem.
The key to this mechanism was the Memory stone and the Memory Lake.
The crystal card issued to the individual was activated through blood and was actually made of memory stone.
Once the details were engraved in the memory stone by a special pen made from the mana of an authorized person from the issuing institute, it would store this data to the memory lake, where the memory stones came from. A drop of blood would then identify the owner of the information.
There was also one more crucial thing that made Eli convinced that it was best to rely on the Memory Stone and Memory Lake, it was because there were only two individuals in the Empire, whom the memory lake recognizes.
It was Leon and Emperor Valentin.
This means that without using their mana, the memory stone and the memory lake would not recognize the transaction no matter how the initiator forces. It was because, unknown to people, the memory lake -
Was actually a sentient artifact!