The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 291: One week later...a cold war

"Fifty percent of the roads have undergone renovation, from cobblestone to cement. This is a great thing for us but a new challenge has been presented. The horses." Sigrid spoke into a microphone at a council meeting which was being broadcast live to Eldorians.

This was being done to announce the new changes and show transparency in the process, giving the people the illusion that their opinions mattered.

A few chosen commoners that had been picked as the people’s representatives from different cities were sitting in the meeting.

"What is the problem with the problem with the horses?" Representative Darlen from Starfell asked.

"There are too many horses in the capital and I am guessing that it is the same in other cities and they need to be reduced or slowly eliminated as a means of transport, permanently."

A myriad voices rose in uproar.

"If there are no horses how will we go around?"

"This better be a joke?"

"The horse breeders will riot? Wars have been fought for smaller reasons than this."

All sorts of statements were made to oppose what Sigrid had said. And she understood why that was. She had always known that getting rid of horses and introducing other means of transport would be a challenge.

"Listen to me, I have not finished speaking and I don’t have much time to debate this with you so I ask that you give me your attention while I am still available." Sigrid said into the microphone. "Horses have been the most common means of transport for the longest time but there are disadvantages to them.

is their impact on the environment. I don’t know about the rest of you the I am tired of stepping in horse shit. No matter how much we keep improving the sanitation of the roads, it has not changed. The fact

crown princess say shit?" Someone asked, forgetting to cover

cannot discuss the troubles of using horses for transport without talking about safety. In the last month alone, there have been one hundred eighty accidents and fifty deaths

"But..." Someone started.

talking." Sigrid said in

silence fell over the room and she

conditions, horses cannot operate like in times of extreme heat, rain and snow. A lot of businesses are affected by this. You can

is because the new cemented roads are not designed for horse travel. Which is why the ministry

how will

cannot expect

again, voices of outraged individuals

of transport

was talking about cars and trains. In fact the mage estate had also made fifty buses which were ready to run. They had worked hard to make all these through through the winter, working with non mages on a off site location that was

for use and the cemented roads had been constructed in

that people will not like to hear but needs to be said anyway. All the roadside vendors will be moved to new assigned locations. The people’s representatives and the police must work together

them or expanded certain alleys. It was to prepare for this change. The capital city is not

strict and there will be a fine to pay if

exploded in the room and this time, not even Sigrid’s

from the side, Christie, Mauve, and Mrs. Elsworth were troubled. They could not comprehend how Sigrid was so well put together, business like and of sound mind in the midst of what was going on

Sigrid had simply answered that her husband had declared a cold war on her. They did not understand

the women dared to probe and they wanted to so badly but were afraid to. The women barely listened to the content being discussed in the meeting, they were too busy thinking of other things. On top of Sigrid’s marital troubles, they had to think about the debutante ball and their lives that would change if the cold war persisted and their crown princess