[7/20] Makarovgrad Will Win!!!
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From Vsevolod Potapov → To All 3 November 1997
ON THE BACKGROUND OF POWER
The day for His Majesty Antonio I
began hard. The Ministry of Finance fell into the room where he was resting on a cot, with a plea to “save him from malicious and evil scoundrels demanding money, which the minister does not have.” His Majesty
listened to the daring servant and announced:
- We, of course, understand all the current
complexity of your situation, but we can
help you
in nothing, sir...
The Minister grinned and said:
- Here you are, Your Majesty, resting on a cot
and someone else, let’s not point
the finger at the director of the SBM and agent Chuev,
sleeping in their personal mansions with soft
beds, and one even more, the minister
switched to a whisper and leaned towards Antonio,
- he changes cars every day and...
- Oh, you brat! - cried Antonio, simply enraged by the informer-Ministry of Finance, - how dare you, smerd, come to the Tsar with a denunciation?! Who?! On SBM!! (here
His Majesty jumped off the cot and
looked out the door) What are you doing?!
The angry king furiously paced the room. He continued his scolding:
- Don’t you know that the whole country rests on these two
?! We are behind them like behind a stone wall! Immediately pay all the amounts they require! Or do you
want the Commonwealth to unite with the
opposition and begina war, in some places
turning into a civil one?
His Majesty
uttered the last phrase out of inertia and only now
realized such a terrifying possibility.
Borisov stubbornly repeated, despite
the King’s fears:
- But, Your Majesty, there is still no money!
- Yes, - Antonio thought, - here I
came up with a plan for Agent Lapezia. Today
I will sign an order for a new assignment.
- What funds can we count on
? - the Ministry of Finance's eyes lit up.
Antonio put out the fire with a blanket and poured it with
water from the decanter.
- You?! Not at all! - the king circumcised.
The circumcision was successful.
- And the state? - Finance sang in a thin voice.
- Very large funds. Very... -
His Majesty's gaze became clouded.
The Minister of Finance, holding onto the cut
budget, left the room, leaving His Majesty Antonio I in sweatpants and a sports T-shirt standing at a
lonely table, on which stood a decanter of water and a cut glass. The King of Makarovgrad thought to the Duma.