The 136th chapter adult reception (2)
In the evening, at the foot of Mount St. Hilde.
At the intersection of the road up the mountain, in the woods on the roadside, several four-wheeled carriages with imperial royal badges embedded on the doors were parked in a row.
Several royal knights stood aside lazily, looking alert and not letting go of any movements around them.
In the open space surrounded by several carriages, Fericket sat on a small stool with a thick, cowhide cover, frowned and kept flirting the pages.
After turning over more than a dozen pages, Frickette cursed in a low voice, closed the book heavily, and threw it on the grass beneath his feet.
It can be seen that on the dark brown cowhide cover, several lines of gilded characters are printed with the title of the book and the author's signature - "Discussion on Command of the Battleship Fleet", and the author is Ma Yat, the first-class admiral of the Ice Sea Kingdom.
"It's meaningless, Lucien, it's meaningless."
Ficket shouted angrily: "The so-called large fleet, the total number of large and small guns in the entire fleet exceeds 150,000... There are no less than sixty battleships at all levels, damn, sixty!"
Fericket stood up, drew out his sword, and cut off a small tree as thick as an arm beside him with one sword.
His dark gray eyes flashed, and he roared angrily: "When the Kingdom of Ice Sea has begun to explore the conventional tactics of the large fleet, the entire Derren Empire took all the maneuvering power and could not piece together a large fleet!"
"Discussed the twenty-year shipbuilding plan, twenty years!"
"How many new warships have we launched in these twenty years? I can't bear to say that number."
"I can't understand why the equipment from the shipyards that I snatched back from the Kingdom of Santa Cia, those engineers, designers, and skilled workers, were actually controlled by the army?"
"It's so interesting. The army of a country has controlled the lifeline of the navy."
Lucien was sitting on another stool, reading the "Imperial Capital Daily" delivered by train this morning. The train speed was limited, and the contents in this newspaper were already an old news from nearly ten days ago, and he still read it with relish.
After hearing Ficket's roar and complaining, Lucien patted his head helplessly: "Your Highness, what can I do? When he entered the Kingdom of Saint-Chia, plundered those shipyards, and robbed so many engineers, designers, and skilled workers, it was the Army who robbed them of so many engineers, designers, and skilled workers."
"With that one's means, these resources are naturally controlled by the Army."
"So, this is also one of the purposes of His Royal Highness who asked you to come to Tulum Port - the Imperial Navy. It must have its own Marine Force. The navy with one leg cannot compete for that one no matter what."
Filcher inserted his sword into a big tree. He put his hands on his chest and looked at the top of Mount St. Heard: "Yes, this is one of my purposes for coming to Port Tulum... Have you chosen the location of the Marine Command?"
Lucien nodded with a smile: "It's not bad. They assigned us the original Customs Building in Port Tulum. It was a very solid fortress-style building, very practical and suitable for use as a command."
Ficket's face turned gloomy again: "I don't like that building. I've been bombarded and killed... But, well, we don't have to say anything about Tulun Port now. Wait first, and after our Marines' combat power is formed, we will take care of these trivial matters."
Six bells came from the bell tower of the cathedral.
Lucien stood up, took out a small gold-shelled pocket watch and looked at it, and said loudly: "Your Highness, prepare to set off."
"The customs in the south, the coming-of-age ceremony for important family members, guests start to enter the venue in the afternoon, with refreshments, wine and drinks, which is considered a formal social tea party."
"Starting at six o'clock, the dinner with the goal of showing off its financial resources will begin. The main dishes will be cooked in public... I'm very curious about what the main dishes that the Vitu family will prepare tonight."
"The dinner officially begins at 7 o'clock. From 6:30 to 7 o'clock, the protagonist of the coming-of-age ceremony will show off his talents. You know, it's like a male peacock spreading his tail. This is a way to show off his feathers and attract the opposite sex."
"After a short dinner, the dance party starts at 8 o'clock, until late at night, or even early in the morning."
Lucien put his small pocket watch back into his chest, shrugged and smiled, "It's a very complicated and boring program, much more fancy than the adult banquet in the imperial capital. But, understandable, isn't it?"
Felix pulled out his sword and took it back into the sheath.
He sighed sincerely: "Yes, it's understandable... they have money, so they can squander and waste it freely. And we have to come to the door in person to give the son of a little country bumpkin Junker the gift of adulthood."
Lucien sighed: "For military expenses, your respected highness, for military expenses."
Fellit sighed: "Yes, for the sake of the golden golden mark... His grandmother, who was respected by those who were respected at the time, gave in to those damn rich men for the sake of the golden golden mark, and opened up a chaebol noble system in addition to the traditional military aristocratic system of the empire..."
"Money is not omnipotent, but without money, it is absolutely impossible." Fricert shook his head in pain, and walked onto his carriage with a sigh.
In the carriage, Heinie, dressed in a dressed state, sat there expressionlessly.
Fickel looked at Henneway deeply and said in a deep voice: "Dear Henneway, today, you cannot be willful. Smile, you must smile brightly, and then, go get close to Joe's mother, sister, and sister."
"I don't care what you use, I don't care how humiliating you feel. In short, you have to eliminate your bad impression in their hearts."
"You want to be friends with the women of the Vitu family. Even if you can't become a caring best friend, you want to be their friend. Remember?"
Heinevey closed her eyes, and after a while, she opened her eyes, and then smiled sweetly: "Dear Fericket, of course I know what I should do...for the Navy!"
Ficket smiled, he patted Henneway's little hand gently, and said in a deep voice: "For the Navy!"
Ficket sat heavily in the carriage. After a while, Lucien rushed into the carriage. He smiled relaxedly: "The bigger the man, the later he arrived. This is the privilege of the man... Just now, the convoy of the Marquis of Seajac and Duke Ross has passed, so we can set off."
"As the imperial royal family, you cannot arrive earlier than them." Lucien whistled easily.
"I agree with this point of view very much... If not, I want to see Joe's talent show, we should have reached until seven o'clock." Fellet shook his finger: "Lucion, what kind of talent show do you think our fat son of Junker, the country bumpkin, will give us?"
A brisk laughter came from the carriage with a strong sense of ridicule.
Several carriages left the woods and returned to the road outside, rushing towards the Weitu family mansion in the middle of the mountain.
The Marquis of Seajac and Duke Ross's carriages passed one by one, so Fricel would undoubtedly be the last VIP to arrive... Waiting more than two hours in advance in the woods on the roadside, isn't this the effect you pursue?
On the grass in front of the main building of the Vitu family, the arrival of the Marquis of Seajac did not cause any turmoil.
After all, just around Hessen, there are more than half of the people in the marquis family, whose power and influence in the empire aristocratic circle are stronger than that of the Marquis of Seajac.
However, Duke Ross's visit caused a small commotion.
Including those who were also from the Duke's family, the big men who also came from Hesen to the gate in person, respectfully welcomed Duke Ross with a bandage wrapped in his left hand.
Everyone knows that the Southern Special Administrative Region is a free port and the three provinces are all the territory of Duke Ross. No matter how powerful aristocratic family is, if you want to share the benefits in Tulum Port, you must get the approval of Duke Ross.
Duke Ross, who was surrounded by stars like the moon, was in a good mood. Duke Ross, wearing a fur and red dress and a hat covered with bloody mountain azaleas, briskly shaking the folding fan and smiling happily.
"Hohoho, you guys, you guys, Joe is a cute and capable little guy. Oh, I still remember the first time I saw him, he was just such a small little guy."
"I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he became an adult. It's such an incredible thing. Hohoho, I just came here as an ordinary elder. Don't be restrained, celebrate and be happy as much as possible."
"Your Excellency Ross is right. I am just an ordinary friend here." Ficket's convoy arrived at the right time. Two dull-faced etiquette officials loudly reported Ficket's titles. Ficket, who was full of red face, walked out of the carriage with a loud laugh.
A lowly, exaggerated amazement sounded in the crowd.
The coming-of-age ceremony for the youngest son of the Vitu family was not counted as so many top nobles, but even members of the royal family attended the ceremony.
No matter what purpose these people came to Vitu’s house, they attended Joe’s coming-of-age ceremony.
No matter what the reason is, in short, the influence of the Vitu family in Tulun Port is evident.
Hesen raised his eyebrows and glanced at Duke Ross quickly.
Duke Ross smiled slightly and nodded gently.
Hessen, with the other six members of the seven-member committee, and a large group of leading figures from Tulum Port, met Ferrit enthusiastically.
"Dear Your Highness, your visit will make the Vitu family feel terrified."
"Oh, no, no, Lord Hessen, just treat me as Joe's ordinary friend... In the future, I will stay in Tulun Port. I hope that I can truly become Joe's friend, what do you think?"
Hessen bowed ninety degrees and assured Ferrit, "This is a matter of course. Please come in, Your Highness."
Chapter completed!