"Chairman Vitte, I can agree to your request. However, there is something I hope you will convey to His Majesty the Emperor: the people are the foundation. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."
Ursus was undoubtedly a complete mess. Unless necessary, Shen Fei had no intention of meddling in its affairs. Besides, Talulah had no interest in power, so he did not mind helping Emperor Feodor. After all, Feodor was far better than those nobles.
Although Feodor's primary reason for reform was his country, that did not change the fact that he treated commoners far better than those nobles did. Shen Fei's side had already developed medicine to treat the Infected, yet in Ursus, only the Emperor's faction was purchasing it. Those conservative nobles loathed the medicine, because if commoners were not Infected, they would have no better excuse to exploit them.
As a result, uprisings had recently broken out across Ursus one after another, creating an enormous disturbance. Quite a few minor nobles had even joined them. Although the main reason was that someone in those minor noble families had contracted Oripathy, the uprisings were already far better than Talulah's previous Reunion Movement.
Shen Fei was utterly speechless toward those old nobles. They were far too greedy. He did not care if people with wealth, power, and influence enjoyed themselves; after all, they were qualified to do so. But he hated it most when they obtained that qualification solely by exploiting commoners. Arknights had far too many problems, and he found it troublesome to intervene. In another world, he would probably have overthrown Ursus long ago.
The reason was naturally the Fiends. If he overthrew Ursus, then he would have to face the Fiends himself. Shen Fei did not care about the Fiends Ursus