Chapter 144: The Prime Minister of the Empire (Part 2)

When Jacob, who had been taking good care of him, was standing behind him, Su Cheng hurriedly turned around and saluted Jacob.

With that warm smile still on Jacob's face, he waved his hand to signal Su Cheng not to salute.

"Mr. Cheng." Jacob smiled, "This is your first time at the year-end dinner, so there are some rules for the year-end dinner, you may not know, there is a very important rule of the year-end dinner, that is, when you enter the venue After that, no matter who you meet, even if you meet His Majesty the Emperor, you don't have to salute him."

Speaking of this, Jacob paused, and then continued in a joking tone: "Otherwise, there are so many dignitaries and dignitaries at the year-end dinner, and if everyone salutes one by one, there is no need to hold this dinner."

After listening to Jacob's words, Su Cheng laughed dryly twice.

What Jacob said made sense. There were so many dignitaries at this dinner party. If everyone bowed to those who were higher than him, then there would be no need to hold this dinner party.

Jacob walked to the table where the juice and wine were placed, poured two glasses of wine, and then handed one of them to Su Cheng.

"Let's have a drink together, Mr. Cheng."

"Ah, ah, yes, Mr. Jacob."

After Su Cheng respectfully took the wine glass handed over by Jacob, Jacob raised the wine glass in his hand slightly with a smile.

Su Cheng, who knew what Jacob meant, hurriedly raised his wine glass slightly.

Ding.

After the two wine glasses touched each other lightly, both of them pulled the wine glasses in their hands back to their lips in unison, and drank the wine in the glasses in one go.

After drinking the wine in the cup, Jacob let out a long sigh, and then sighed:

"Time is really fast, it's the new year so soon, I feel like I was celebrating the year-end dinner of 288 yesterday, but I'm celebrating the year-end dinner of 289 today, how fast time goes by ,Really are……"

After that, Jacob smiled wryly and shook his head slightly.

"Yes, time really flies by."

Su Cheng also agrees with the fact that time passes quickly. Like Jacob, he also feels that many things just happened yesterday.

"It's not just that the year-end dinner in 288 just happened yesterday." Jacob continued to smile, "Even a few months ago, I asked Mr. Cheng to become a knight and help me get Britannia from the present rescued from such a dangerous situation, the scenes of that day were as clear as what happened just this morning."

"Mr. Cheng, from the time you became a knight to now, you have told me with your actions that I asked you to become a knight and to help Britannia was right! I, Jacob, did not misunderstand the person. "

"Although you only became a knight in the second half of this year, Mr. Cheng must have been exhausted from what happened in the past six months. Just think about the difficulty and exhaustion of commanding and winning the rescue battle of the Lund Kingdom. That's enough."

After finishing speaking, Jacob bowed to Su Cheng.

"Mr. Cheng, you have really worked hard for the past six months. Allow me to thank you on behalf of all the subjects of Britannia."

After seeing Jacob salute him, Su Cheng was slightly taken aback, but he quickly reacted, and quickly returned the salute to Jacob.

"Mr. Jacob! You are too serious! After I chose to become a knight, I just did what I should do as an imperial knight, so don't thank me!"

"Besides, in terms of hard work, I am definitely far inferior to your Excellency! Mr. Jacob, you are the palace minister of the empire, and you have to assist His Majesty in handling government affairs every day! In terms of hard work, I am afraid that there are not many in the entire empire." People can compare with your Excellency! I want to thank you properly! Thank you for your contribution to Britannia this year!"

After listening to Su Cheng's words, Jacob showed a wry smile, and then said in a joking tone:

"'Your Excellency, there are not many people who can compare with your Excellency'... That's true, if you want to compete with the level of hard work every day,

I am very confident that I can become the champion of the whole empire. "

After listening to Jacob's joke, Su Cheng couldn't help smiling, and then said to Jacob in a tone full of admiration:

"I, Su Cheng, am just a small person, and I can't thank you for the subjects of Britannia, but I still want to say something solemnly to you, Mr. Jacob: Mr. Jacob, you have always been really Thanks for your hard work."

Although what Jacob said just now was in a joking tone, Su Cheng knew—what Jacob said was the truth.

The Prime Minister of the Britannia Empire is the highest official position that civil servants can obtain. In terms of status, it is the same as the status of a unified knight among knights.

The task of the palace minister is to help His Majesty handle government affairs, and a steady stream of various government affairs are passed on every day.

Of course, if the palace minister is an irresponsible person, then he can leave these government affairs alone and only care about his own enjoyment.

In the history of the Britannia Empire, there have been several such stupid palace ministers.

Su Cheng, who is very interested in history and has a lot of research, naturally knows the history of the Britannia Empire like the back of his hand.

The Britannia Empire was the most powerful country in the world before, and its national power completely surpassed the other three empires. It was a veritable superpower.

However, not long after being honored as a "superpower" by the people of all countries in the world, the Britannia Empire produced several fatuous ministers.

Unfortunately, during this period of time, there were not only several stupid palace ministers, but also several stupid emperors.

A stupid emperor deserves a stupid palace minister.

This combination is finished.

Under the "joint action" of these fatuous emperors and palace ministers, the national power of the Britannia Empire declined step by step, and the two titles of "superpower" and "world's largest power" were also given away by the Holy Hiram Empire. Taken away, until now.

However, it seems that the gods have not given up on Britannia. When Britannia's national power continued to decline and the people were gradually disappointed and desperate, the pair of monarchs and ministers, Gozevin and Jacob, finally appeared.

Even though Gozevin was a somewhat fatuous and incompetent emperor, and would make some absurd strategies from time to time, he was much better than his previous emperors.

As for Jacob, his deeds can be used as a model for all the ministers in the world.

Jacob is a well-known workaholic. When Su Cheng was still living in Falk's mansion, he had heard a little about Jacob's deeds.

In the 360 ​​days of the year, Jacob has only one day off from work, which is his birthday, and the rest of the 359 days, he is working intensively. This kind of life has persisted for decades until now.

The biggest feature of Jacob's administration was his daring to use talents boldly.

As long as he thinks it is worthy of being used, no matter how old the person is or how many qualifications he has, even if he will be opposed and disgusted by many people, he will boldly use it.

The most typical and ready-made example should be that Jacob asked Su Cheng to become a knight to help him and Britannia a few months ago.

The reason why the current national strength of the Britannia Empire has been able to stop declining, and has even begun to recover a little, is basically due to Jacob's dedication and ability.

Therefore, the words of gratitude to Jacob that Su Cheng just said came from the bottom of his heart.

Su Cheng admired Jacob from the bottom of his heart, and admired this old man who had been silently contributing to his country.

After listening to Su Cheng's thanks, Jacob showed a gratified smile.

"Thanks."

Afterwards, Jacob withdrew his gratified smile, and continued to say in a joking tone:

"Tonight's feast is a carnival that only happens once a year. It may be the only night in a year where I can relax so much, so at this time of the year, I will forget about all government affairs! Let yourself go! I am ready to enjoy the carnival tonight! So, Mr. Cheng, you can also relax tonight and enjoy it! If you miss the feast tonight, you will not know if you will receive the invitation until next year I wrote it! Hahahahaha!"

After listening to Jacob's witty words, Su Cheng chuckled a few times, and then said:

"Mr. Jacob, don't worry, I will. In order to enjoy tonight's food more, I specially ate less at noon..."

Speaking of this, Su Cheng suddenly remembered something, and stopped immediately, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

"...Mr. Jacob, talking about this kind of thing at the dinner party may be a bit of a shame, but... this matter is really important, so don't say it."

After all, before Jacob could answer, Su Cheng said in a deep voice:

"...Mr. Jacob, why did you recruit Alan Jones?"

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Jacob's hand, which was passing the wine glass to his lips, stopped in mid-air.

At the same time, Jacob's complexion also deteriorated at a speed visible to the naked eye.