"Your Highness Roland, I have no disrespect for you, please allow me to say a few honest words that you don't like to hear, whether you admit it or not, the people in power in the Far East are in fact a rebel army that started as a rebellion, and so far it has not been recognized by the imperial authorities, and the calls from the government and the opposition to launch an Eastern crusade and recover the Far Eastern provinces are very loud, for political and national defense reasons, The Imperial Government has always adhered to a principle prohibiting the export of strategically valuable resources to countries that have not yet concluded alliances, and you also know that magic crystals are important industrial energy and strategic resources, since the Imperial government does not recognize the legitimacy of the rebel regimes in the Far East, how can it export magic crystals to the Far East in violation of the law, if His Royal Highness Frank is instigated by you and insists on doing so, it will be tantamount to financing enemy countries, and he will be condemned by the government and the opposition."
Frank's face changed when he heard his fierce warning.
John Lauer struck while the iron was hot and continued to launch a general attack on Roland with his words and swords.
"His Royal Highness Roland's peep in my banknote issuance plan is based on the assumption that the government will inevitably issue banknotes indiscriminately.
This is really ridiculous, why must the rulers of the empire be as stupid as you think, must be unrestrained in the over-issuance of banknotes His Highness Roland, the silver banknotes you issued in the Far East are also banknotes, and the indiscriminate issuance of silver banknotes will also cause a financial bubble, do you have any plans to issue indiscriminate banknotes?"
"Of course not, at least not yet."
Roland replied helplessly.
"It is all the more strange that you yourself are able to control the amount of paper money issued, so why should you assume that His Highness Frank and the Imperial Government cannot exercise the same care, and that you are so arrogant that you think that you are the only wise man in the world," John Raul asked sharply.
Roland shook his head and smiled bitterly, speechless.
"Brother Roland, John doesn't know how to be polite, and his tone is too impulsive, you are so forgiving, I want to hear more of your opinions."
Frank's tendencies are already obvious, but out of politeness, he is still kind to Roland.
"Thanks to His Highness's appreciation, it's a pity that I'm only a shallow learner, so there's really nothing to say."
Roland was in a mood.
"Then that's all for today, I'll go back and think about it again."
Frank sighed.
No matter how you look at it, Roland has fallen behind in this-for-tat debate with John Lauer, and it is self-evident who he should listen to.
Roland saw that Frank had made a choice in his heart, and refused to express his position in person, just to save some face for his distinguished guest from afar, so he also made a full set of plays and made a full set of shows with a lost face on the surface, but he was very calm inside, and even wanted to laugh.
The interaction between people is like this: there are fewer drinks for a thousand soulmates, and there are more than half a sentence of speculation.
Roland accepted Frank's invitation and traveled thousands of miles to the Holy City to help him with his "great cause of reform", although for some self-evident reasons, he did not contribute all his wisdom, but Roland asked himself to be worthy of Frank, at least he did not tell a word of lie to Frank, and dared to take responsibility for the advice he provided and the criticism he made.
Unfortunately, Frank's suggestions to him were half-hearted, from land reform, agricultural reform, tax reform, religious reform to currency reform, Roland gave a lot of advice, Frank adopted four or five points at most, and the most important part was rashly discarded, which made Roland deeply regret.
Roland would not have cared too much if Frank's inability to fully take his advice was due to his wariness, his inability to fully trust a rebel leader from the Far East, or the fact that he had been so distracted by speculators like John Raul that he could not listen to his advice.
What really makes him feel very sorry is that Frank is not that kind of person.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a very contradictory personality, both open-minded, tolerant and sincere, but also very arrogant in his bones; He tried to portray himself as a corporal of courtesy and an undoubted image, and he almost did it, but at the critical moment, he still couldn't hold back his inner conceit, threw off the obstacles of others and acted according to his own ideas; He is well aware that his ongoing career has a long way to go and is full of dangers, and he tries to be more modest and cautious, but he can't always restrain his rash and impetuous temperament.
This contradictory personality allows him to get off to a good start in whatever he does, but it's hard to say whether he can start and finish well.
During Roland's week-long trip to the Holy City, he met many important figures in the imperial government and the opposition, but getting to know Crown Prince Frank was the biggest gain of his trip.
Although the time spent together is short, he has a deep understanding of the other party's temperament and way of thinking, recognizes Frank's various advantages and insurmountable defects, if fate will one day push him and Frank to a head-to-head position, Roland is confident that he can know himself and his opponent.
"Your Royal Highness Frank, thanks to your love, invited me, a countryman from the Far East, to come to the Holy City to participate in the fateful round table, in the blink of an eye I have been stranded in the Holy City for a week, during this time my eyes have been opened, and I have made a lot of interesting friends, now is the time to say goodbye to you, it's a pity that I am only a shallow learner, I can't help you anything, this is the biggest regret of my trip, I wish you a smooth implementation of the reform plan, the Yashan Empire will get out of trouble as soon as possible, I hope that the next time we meet, we can still drink and talk like today."
To be fair, Roland felt that Frank was already very good to himself.
Put yourself in the shoes of Roland if the core of the hostile camp came to his own territory alone, and it was difficult to ask Roland if he could treat Roland with the same enthusiasm as Frank.
When it was time to leave, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"Why, Brother Roland, you're going back to the Far East," Frank looked stunned.
"The Far East also has the difficulties of the Far East, and I have no choice but to do so, and I hope His Highness will understand."
Roland's face was silent, and he was ready to deal with the eventuality.
"I understand your difficulties, sorry very much, Brother Roland, your difficulties are more or less related to me, after all, we are all burdened with the expectations of countless people."
Frank sighed sadly, reached out and touched the storage bag, took out a book, and said to him emotionally: "I can guess without you saying it, when you received my invitation, your relatives and friends must have persuaded you not to come to the Holy City, but you still took a huge risk to come to me, and selflessly provided me with many valuable advice, Brother Roland, I really thank you, I gave you a small gift before parting, not only to thank you for your help, but also to leave a testimony to our friendship, please do not refuse." ”: