Chapter 772: Honest Man
There is no doubt that Phoebe is a person with many identities, although she has never been proud of it, but people who know how many identities she has, all of them are proud to stand next to someone who can switch between any of them without a trace, and the most obvious one is Barbara. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But sometimes Barbara also thinks that Phoebe is too difficult to serve, and is more Swiss than Swiss - and in this case, it is old-fashioned.
The reason for this is that Phoebe had to wear armor and a Welsh broadsword in accordance with the tradition during the succession ceremony in September, and meticulously complete the audience ceremony and the inspection ceremony.
Not to mention that if she did so, Phoebe would become the only nobleman in the traditional British aristocratic circle in the past twenty years to perform a full set of rituals, and instantly compared those modernist high-ranking nobles.
When she first heard about Phoebe's idea, Mrs. Lorek laughed wildly at first, thinking that Phoebe was saying this to make her happy, but a few days later she received a call from a duke, who hinted that Phoebe's idea of performing a complete ceremony was good, but it would force the young Queen of the United Kingdom to accompany her to complete the whole ceremony, which was a bit unpleasant.
Of course, the old lady Lorek was also stunned, she had seen the complete ceremony, in addition to the nobles who were awarded, the king who presided over the ceremony was not easy at all, in the past, the average age was less than forty years old, even when he died, he was a strong age, the old king and the young king can do the same thing, but the old queen with the support of modern medical technology, really does not have the energy and physical strength to complete the entire ceremony according to the traditional etiquette.
So Mrs. Lorek quickly figured out the Duke's core idea: we know that your family, like us, values decency the most, but we can't make us undecent for the sake of your decency, right?
Old Lady Lorek understood that Phoebe could not have thought of this, but Phoebe really not only said it, but also had people inform the noble council, which made her a little puzzled.
And speaking of which, as her body became much better than before under the treatment of the medicine sent by Titan, she didn't even have to use a wheelchair, which made the old lady faintly afraid of Phoebe, the heir of the family she personally found.
However, the old lady also knows that Barbara, the chief maid selected by Phoebe, is indeed very capable, although she is an American, but after all, she is also the adopted daughter of a diplomatic family, and the guests who attended her engagement ceremony almost covered the entire American upper class, Mrs. Lorek felt that there were some things that might be better for Barbara to come forward, on the one hand, if she preached in front of Phoebe as an elder, I am afraid it would be counterproductive, on the other hand, I am afraid that I want to myself, Phoebe is both a sister-in-law and a chief maid, and explain it more clearlyγ
When Barbara received a call from Mrs. Lorek, she naturally thought of one of the many things she was doing when she arrived on the floating island: using new materials to create ultra-light full-body ceremonial armor and scepters for Her Royal Highness.
But Barbara also understands that Phoebe must complete the whole ceremony, because the history of the Lorek family shows that his title originated from the betrayal of the former Kingdom of Wales, although there have always been people in the family who wanted to join the army to wash away the disgrace of the title, but the sad thing is that all the members of the Lorek family who joined the army will die, even if they work in the logistics unit. Therefore, it is rumored in aristocratic circles that the Lorek family is a family cursed by the King of Wales, which also makes the Lorek family, which has always borne the badge of killing the king, not being accepted by the Grand Duke or the Duke's power, so there will be a situation where the previous royal family wants to take back the territory of the Lorek family, but no one helps to speak.
And the floating islands that Phoebe is going to sell to the British crown are counted as the expansion of the kingdom - although the British still have to pay for the new floating islands, the problem is that Phoebe can not sell them to the British.
Therefore, compared to those unlucky people in the history of the Rorek family, it is obvious that Phoebe is indeed meritorious, and this is a serious martial honor, much more justifiable than many Viscounts of Rorek in the past. The award ceremony of boasting of merit and martial arts is a formal indication that under the leadership of Phoebe, the Lorek family will still not rely on other big nobles as before, but the situation is different from the past, including the royal family, all have to let Phoebe.
Barbara knows that Phoebe is sometimes very easy-going and easy to fool, but she will not back down at all in this kind of thing, and even Barbara has some pity for Her Majesty - Phoebe even prepares ultra-light armor and scepters for you, and Phoebe uses more than forty pounds of armor and more than twenty pounds of Welsh broadsword handed down from the family, so why don't you hurry up and kneel and lick?!
Well, Barbara's pity comes from her dual identity as a German and an American, and in fact Barbara knows that the Titan is almost exactly the same as her, and feels that their leader Phoebe can always make them feel extremely honored and proud, although Phoebe is to inherit the British noble title, it looks like groveling to the British, but in everyone's opinion, this Napoleon is like arresting the Pope to give himself a medal, although nominally so, but in fact who is strong and who is weak, at a glance.
As for whether anyone will question Phoebe bullying the old lady of the royal family or something, please, this is politics, not charity, in politics, the strong can give when they want, and if they don't want to give, they don't give, and the weak can either endure or die - yes, this is politics.
Therefore, in the eyes of Barbara and the Titans, Phoebe is quite merciful, and specially prepares ultra-light armor for the royal old lady.
Of course, since the royal family's agent asked, Barbara would naturally convey it to Phoebe, and Phoebe didn't think about it for too long, so she gave Barbara an accurate reply: "In addition to Song's middle name, add a second middle name, Germania." β
"P.S.G.L, this feels a little weird......" Barbara muttered.
"Seems like any abbreviation seems strange to you, right, B.F.B?" Phoebe was referring to the abbreviation of Barbara Frings Borglett, who was Barbara's own surname and Borgleet was Ebrun's.
"Hehe, well, you're right, I made fun of this. But are you sure you're going to use Germania as your second middle name? while our people would be happy to do so, but not necessarily the English. Barbara said that Germania, on the one hand, can be regarded as an anthropomorphic pronoun for the Germans, and it is a pronoun from the Germanic or barbarian period, that is, the period when it was played by the Roman Empire, on the other hand, it is the German goddess of war similar to the female god of war Athena born by the German people after the German Empire unified Germany through three wars, so Barbara is very suspicious, and the British may not agree.
Phoebe said, "Don't worry, they'll say yes, especially after your engagement ceremony." β
Barbara thought for a moment and suggested, "By the way, Phoebe, I remember that the earliest Germania used spears, and it just so happens that in your movie, you also use spears, do you want to make the British think that you want this middle name purely because of this?"
"Hmm...... It's not a spear, but in terms of length, it's supposed to be a spear, right?" said Phoebe.
"Well, if you ride a gun, I mean, at least give the English a plausible explanation, lest they simply think you're more German," Barbara asked.
"Do you think we're leaning towards Germany?" Phoebe was surprised.
"No, you don't, but don't forget, the British are actually very fragile and sensitive, even during the days of the Empire, they were like that, they felt that others were trying to harm them all the time, and sometimes just because of a joke, they would find a way to embarrass others and even make them unlucky. Barbara explained.
"Oh...... That's ......," Phoebe agreed.
Wait, in that case, wouldn't Phoebe's request for a full award ceremony make the British uncomfortable?
Of course not, because Phoebe's request is legitimate, the reason is that her purpose is to restore the family's reputation, which is recognized in the entire aristocratic circle, and it is an act that makes the family look decent again, and its priority is much higher than the indecency caused by letting the old lady of the royal family have to perform a complete ceremony, and most importantly, asking the old lady to perform a complete ceremony actually gives the royal family a lot of decency - after all, the nobles pay the most attention to etiquette, and the more complicated the month and the more retro the etiquette, the more grand it is.
Barbara knew that only the second middle name that Phoebe wanted, Germania, would make the British feel uncomfortable.
But as an Titan nine, Barbara understands that the Titan still has some opinions about Phoebe being a British nobleman, but after using the middle name Germania, the Titan employees will only rally more closely around Phoebe, so Barbara will naturally not stop Phoebe, but is actively trying to minimize the impact of this middle name on the vulnerable British.
So, as soon as Phoebe agreed, Barbara laughed and said, "Well, I'll speak to Madame Lorek and let her understand your intentions in doing so." β
"Well, that's it. Phoebe said.
As soon as Barbara heard it, she knew that Phoebe was going to hang up the phone, and quickly said, "Wait~ You don't ask me how I'm doing?"
"You're on a floating island, how can you have a bad life?" Phoebe actually meant, I know you're actually doing well, so I didn't ask.
"Hmph~" Barbara snorted and said, "Oh, by the way, Artemis won't have any more problems, right?" The Pentagon guys want the submarine force to conduct an exercise to deal with a global crisis and pick up important people -- this is what the Capitol gang is forcing to do as soon as possible. β
"No, didn't I tell you the day before yesterday, it was just because our people were a little uncomfortable with so many outsiders suddenly coming, which caused Artemis to respond, didn't everyone know?" Phoebe wondered.
Barbara laughed dryly and said, "Yes, my little genius, everyone likes her more because of this, the problem is, you can't have such a problem during the drill." β
Phoebe was silent for a moment and said, "Barbara, I think it's good that something goes wrong with this exercise." β
"Huh?"
Phoebe said: "You see, if the exercise goes well, whether it is the Pentagon or Congress, there will be more demands, it is better to let the exercise have major problems, so that they will focus on solving the problem of picking up important people, lest we have to deal with their other requirements, isn't it good?"
"That's ......" Barbara was stunned, and had to admit that Phoebe was right, but Barbara asked again: "But the problem is, we are almost up to that exercise, you know, there are naval personnel at the entrance of eighty meters." β
"It doesn't matter, we can put forward some reasonable suggestions, for example, the problem of navigation in the open sea and the like, anyway, we want to emphasize that with the current submarine technology, if we really deal with extreme conditions, it is obviously impossible to smoothly pick up important people. β
"Uh...... Do you still want the Pentagon to pay for some new equipment? This seems to be a bit of a trick, right?"
Phoebe patiently explained: "Just like the labyrinth system has a version for them to use the lost, our deep-sea submarines can also have a version for them, and it can also make them be honest, what's so bad about that?"
"A simplified version of the deep-sea equipment...... Unlikely, right?" Barbara wondered.
"Of course, the deep-sea part is removed, and the shallow sea and the high-speed moving part of the sea surface are retained...... Oh, by the way, in addition, you can also tell the price building and the military that this new type of platform can be used as a platform for rapid rescue of coastal areas in peacetime, so that in case the country and coastline near which base is affected, such as a tsunami, etc., the US military can quickly provide rescue forces, due to the large capacity, it can be much more effective than using helicopters and speedboats for rescue. β
ββ¦β¦ Okay, I'll tell them about it, but they're going to ask for a deeper dive. β
"Don't worry, the Pentagon won't, after all, they have their own deep-diving submarines, and they are reluctant to open up their technology to us, at least not yet. Phoebe said.
"Then I see, by the way, I read your recent exchange of messages with Troy, what the hell is going on with him?"
"He, I guess Mila told him to understand the intention of going to China, plus your engagement banquet, he is not qualified to attend, so he was stimulated and wanted to perform better in the Chinese plan, so I accompanied him to make trouble, at least for now, the effect is still quite good, at least the Chinese seem to like him." Phoebe said.
"Can't you, right? Troy doesn't seem to have that brain...... "Barbara naturally knows that Troy is actually quite honest.
"I said everything, it should be Mira who explained to him, and he was stimulated, don't you know that when honest people are stimulated, their reactions will be more intense......?
Before Phoebe finished speaking, Barbara laughed: "Like every time you can make me weak?" Well, indeed, you are usually very honest, hehe~"
ββ¦β¦ I hung up ......"
"Bye-bye ~ honest man ~ haha ~ " Barbara felt that she had won again, and her interest was high.
"Doodoo ......"