Chapter 888: It Can't Be Empty
England, Royal Hunting Grounds, Viscount Rorek's Station.
Although it is said to be a residence, it is actually one of the many small mansions in the royal hunting grounds, such mansions are generally for the territorial nobles to live during the hunting activities held by the royal family, after all, in most cases, only the territorial nobles will bring their own dogs, dog servants, horses, grooms, hunting assistants and so on A large number of people, and the court nobles and legal nobles generally live with the queen.
In the activity room on the second floor of the Carlson family and all the members of the Carlson family, everyone also had a lot of questions that needed to be pointed out by Phoebe, the current de facto helmsman of the two families, so after the succession ceremony, Phoebe arranged a celebratory dinner for the employees of Titan, and after briefly guiding the atmosphere of the banquet, Phoebe called all the family members to the activity room.
At this time, Phoebe has taken off the obstructive and heavy full-body armor, and put on a blood-red dress that matches the status of the viscount, there is no brand but there are gold thread sewn marks and family inscriptions on the corners of the skirt, since Barbara appeared, except for underwear, of course, Phoebe has not worn clothes with brands for a long time, of course, at first this was just a little bad taste of Barbara, as I said before, at the beginning, Barbara tried to compete with Phoebe for the leadership between the two, after all, she was sent by Langley to supervise Phoebe from the beginning, and before Phoebe subdued Barbara, Barbara's mentality was quite strong when she faced Phoebe。
Phoebe sat on the sofa, next to her was Barbara with a black gem on her left shoulder, and on the other side of Barbara was Embleon, who was a little helpless about his fiancée's affair and liked to stick to Phoebe, and even vaguely knew that Barbara had been on Phoebe- But this kind of thing is not a taboo thing in the diplomatic circle of the United States, just like Valerie, she is a lace edge, the family's objection is that she is looking for people outside the diplomatic circle to mix together, and she is not ready to get married, which is obviously unacceptable at the moment when the family is about to have a huge development, political marriage is still the mainstream of the upper family, but finding a lover or something, it is really not a matter.
After all, the American diplomatic circle was the first to learn from the European superstructure and make real contact, and many habits were taken for granted by the American diplomatic circle, especially the lace edge This kind of thing is generally happy to be seen by men in a patriarchal society, so no one will think that there is anything wrong with Barbara or Valerie having a same-sex orientation, the key is to play the right person.
For example, before, when Phoebe was baptized, Valerie touched Phoebe's back, and Jane had actually seen it, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with it, if Phoebe was unwilling to accept Valerie, after saying it clearly, Valerie would not continue, in the diplomatic circle of the United States, in fact, it has always pursued the once extravagant attitude of old Europe.
As for whether it was unethical to discuss privately in the British aristocracy before, it was only for marriage, not for the matter of finding a playmate, after all, the Glourg Sagesons have always believed that they have inherited the glorious culture of the Roman Empire, although God is involved, but the Roman gods and Greek gods still profoundly influenced the concept of the upper class, as for what is the most common among the Roman gods in the upper class, everyone knows that it is nonsense, of course, because those are false gods who are weeping by God, so although the European upper class generally does not dare to marry openly, after all, marriage is to be sworn in front of God's spokesman, but in private……
In fact, it is because of this that Phoebe will know that her appearance will cause trouble for herself, you know, at the beginning, when Phoebe's knowledge level was not very rich, Phoebe understood through emotional induction that Locke's brother had thoughts about her, even if she later transferred to the Borglett family, Locke still chased after her, but because Phoebe was not an adult, Locke was still very restrained, so she gave Phoebe the result of using psychological skills to guide Locke to develop in the direction of aerospace......
Anyway, looking at the other two families who were also wearing formal clothes, he suddenly smiled and turned his head to look at Barbara: "Barbara." ”
Everyone immediately laughed, they knew that Phoebe had a face recognition disorder, when she was a child, she had to have a family meeting, someone had to show her where the family members were sitting, generally this job is done by Jane, but after so much time, Phoebe has achieved amazing results, so everyone even forgets that Phoebe is actually a disabled person in a sense.
As for why Phoebe knew that it was Barbara, it was naturally because Barbara was wearing the identification gem at this time - in fact, Phoebe also sent identification gems to both families, but for them, Phoebe did not worship Phoebe as much as Barbara, and knew that it was her duty to help Phoebe identify whether anyone who approached knew her.
It's just that when they are on the floating island, the two families will wear the identification stones, for them and non-Titan people, the role of the identification stones is equivalent to the ID card on the floating island, food, clothing, housing and other activities on the floating island are not purchased with money, but through Artemis identification and identification of gems, free of charge to the floating island residents, from a certain point of view, this way of living without currency, is indeed very convenient, of course, the floating island residents will be under the supervision of Artemis, will not produce a big waste, which is why Phoebe strongly excludes religion from entering the floating islandBecause there is a little bit of paradise on the floating island, where people live in high morals and high quality, Phoebe does not allow the Titan to establish a religion that idolizes herself, but she does not intend to make wedding dresses for any other religion.
Barbara grabbed Troy's hand beside her and raised it, "This is Troy." He pointed in the direction of the others one by one and explained them to Phoebe one by one, of course, this time there were also three family members who had not been said before, Phoebe nodded and said: "Hello Andrena, I'm sorry I can't remember faces, and for some reason, I don't trust people by sound, the identification gems I gave you before can help me distinguish everyone, but you can also see that as long as you leave the Atlantic Floaters, they don't like to wear that." ”
Andreina is the low-level girl that Locke found privately as mentioned before, to be precise, Barbara's daughter who was sent to the United States from Eastern Europe, and believes in E.Slanism- Of course, the reason why the Carlson family opposed Locke and Andreina's marriage was not because of her religious beliefs, but because Andrena's father had participated in the Chechen War as a foreign volunteer mercenary at the instigation of Barbara and her colleagues, and in the second Chechen War, Andrena's father was killed, and at that time, Barbara sent Andreina to the United States with great fanfare in order to attract more downlines, so Barbara also completed the plan to turn war widows like Andreina's mother into black widows- Barbara once told Phoebe that she would dare to go anywhere in the world except Russia.
The eldest son's wife is from such a background, which naturally makes the Carlson family feel a little annoyed, but now there is a major opportunity with the development direction of the two families, plus the 24-year-old Andreina looks very good this year, she gave birth to a girl after a year of marriage, and now she is pregnant with a boy, Bayer has already acquiesced to Locke's arbitrariness, as for Cornelia, although she didn't like Andrena very much at first, but the women from the diplomatic family are all good actors, and Andreina has always regarded Cornelia as a mother.
As for Barbara, Andreina didn't know Barbara's black history, only that her parents trusted Barbara very much and entrusted herself to Barbara, and Barbara introduced herself to her current husband, Locke, who was participating in closed space flight training in Antarctica at this time.
In fact, Valerie felt a little sorry for Andreina, and when she was on the floating island, she said to Jane in private: "I support Uncle Bayer, and Andreina is a little white sheep who has no understanding of the circle at all, and I feel that she is a little pitiful." Locke is really, Barbara just asked him to help take care of it for a while, but he pulled the innocent Andreina in order to resist the family, hmph, it's ugly. ”
Valerie is naturally not Andreina's looks, in fact, Andreina looks very good, after all, there are standards for Barbara to send people to the United States, and she will only send it if she can mix with models and showbiz, otherwise she will find a way to shirk it, after all, those people are mixed in the modeling industry and the entertainment industry, and Barbara can also use their TV or magazine in the United States to tell other downlines to listen, so that the downlines can continue to be loyal to her, right?
Andreina was fully recognized, or because of Phoebe's strong rise, Phoebe brought the hope that the two families had gradually realized to improve the family, so after completely mastering the dominance of the two families, the first thing Phoebe did was to get all the family members who were soaked outside back, such as Valerie and Geoffrey, who were not married, cut off the relationship, and Locke, who was married, took back all his wives and children.
As for the other two new members, one is Locke's daughter, also named Cornelia, and the other is Miho, the son of Mira and Troy.
After Barbara livened up the atmosphere, Phoebe nodded and smiled at Andrena, who was sitting next to Cornelia holding her daughter, "It's the first time I've seen little Corneilla with my own eyes...... I remember when I was a kid, Kony hugged me so that my brothers wouldn't bully me and give me a hug. ”
Worshipping the strong is the basic emotion of human beings, the simple Andreina lived on the floating island for more than two months before, where she felt that her husband's family was very powerful, not what she thought before, just as simple as a quasi-astronaut, Cornelia also told her, if there is a family leader in the two families, then it is this Phoebe who has not met in person yet, and also told her that the reason why Locke can become the astronaut that everyone envies, is also because of Phoebe's guidance, so she not only feels that Phoebe who is glued by Barbara is kind, but also feels that Phoebe is very kind。 And this time in the UK, Andreina witnessed Phoebe's inheritance of the viscountship, although she didn't know as much as she was from a diplomatic family, but she knew that Phoebe wanted to hold her daughter at this time, it can be said that in the absence of her husband, she would still treat herself with the friendliness of her relatives, just like her mother-in-law Cornelia, so she nodded and handed little Cornelia to Phoebe.
In the previous filming of "Hello Baby", Phoebe was able to make children quiet when they saw her, and it was naturally no problem to deal with little Cornelia who was a little more than a year old, while others understood what Phoebe meant by doing this, that is, no matter what happened before, if she had joined the family, she Phoebe would approve.
Phoebe stretched out her finger to hold little Cornelia, who was staring at her with big eyes, and then smiled at everyone: "The matter on the British side is basically over, but everyone must also know that if I join the Anglican Church is not handled well, it will still cause confusion to Titanus, the Atlantic Floaters and the subsequent floating islands, and even Onclaude." I would like to stress here that even though I have joined the Anglican Church, we will not waver in the total rejection of religion in Titan-Jot, in Unclave, and on the four floating islands, including the Atlantic Floaters. ”
Mira sat at the back with her son in her arms, and she also found that as soon as her son came in from Phoebe, he had been staring at Phoebe directly, just like little Cornelia, at present, only she and Troy were in the family and did not involve floating islands in Phoebe's plan, so she deliberately raised Mihe's hand, beckoned to Phoebe, and deliberately stuck out her tongue.
Phoebe said again: " As I said before, due to the wrong direction of the diplomatic bloc and the fact that the Soviet Union is too weak, the work of the diplomatic bloc has become better and better in the past 20 years, but this has also caused the work of the diplomatic bloc to be no longer irreplaceable, in fact, this phenomenon is not just starting now, since the Clinton era, there have been quite a lot of traditional diplomatic families forced to leave the diplomatic circle, and after the new president came to power this year, this phenomenon has intensified again, which has to be said that the decline of the diplomatic bloc is because we have not found a more suitable enemy for the United States, which seems to be evenly matched. But at the same time, it also shows that diplomatic circles cannot follow the previous model of cooperating with other circles and borrowing the strength of other circles to complete diplomatic activities. ”
Everyone was nodding, Mira also deliberately pressed her son's head and nodded, and Mihe's eyes were still looking at Phoebe, Barbara couldn't help but smile when she saw this, and quickly lowered her head, and at the same time she bowed her head and Abrun beside her, this pair was sighing in their hearts at this time: Why is Sister Mila not serious at all after she has a son?
At this time, I heard Phoebe continue: "So, I don't care what other diplomatic families think, we, a small group in the new diplomatic circle, will take the road of relying on our own strength to reach cooperation with other circles in the future, so the floating island project is our foundation, and in this fundamental place, there is no room for other thoughts, either, follow me, or, please leave." ”
Phoebe's tone is not aggressive, not sonorous at all, but everyone understands that Phoebe has drawn a bottom line on religious beliefs, that is, there will be absolutely no tolerance for the spread of any religion on floating islands.
In fact, Barbara understood that Phoebe was actually speaking to Ebron and Valerie and Jane, and that Phoebe meant that the work of de-religionization in various companies or associations that had been assigned in the past could not be stopped. For example, the religious ships around the Atlantic Floaters are ostensibly a compromise of their religious beliefs, but in fact, it is a way for these people to be marginalized by other people who do not go, and it can also allow Eblon to better grasp the progress of the work of going to religion. The same is true of the mining trading company run by Valerie and the Pandora Association run by Jane.
And after hearing Phoebe's words, Mira, who was sitting at the back and playing with her son, did not make trouble this time, but nodded seriously. And Andrena, who gave her daughter to Phoebe, was a little nervous, after all, she not only has religious beliefs, but now she wears a headscarf, if she were someone else, she may now speculate whether Phoebe is saying that if she continues to insist on her faith, her daughter will not return it to Andrena, but Andreina because she can't speak English before coming to the United States, so she doesn't have much contact with people, and she doesn't think about it that way, but she feels that after Phoebe finishes, it makes people feel very stressed, plus when she was floating in the Atlantic, she went to Sunni religious ships many times, so she now just thinks that Phoebe wants her to quit Islam.
Phoebe naturally felt Andrena's mood swings, but just like Barbara thought, she really wasn't targeting Andrena, but Phoebe didn't plan to explain, after all, it would be good if Andreina could quit.
"Bayer and Katyn have seen Titan's compulsory education system for themselves on floating islands before, and they should know that we are re-cultivating a value, a value that we can use in the future, just as the industrial group shaped the new middle-class values through various welfare activities. But all of this is still in its infancy, so it must not be disturbed by any religious beliefs, not only for the present of our two families, but also for the future of our two families and the other families who are attached to them. At this point, Phoebe took little Cornelia's hand and shook it, and continued, "That is, little Cornelia and Mi and their future, so I hope that in the next ten years, everyone will raise their vigilance against religious beliefs to an unprecedented height." ”
This time, everyone nodded, including Andreina.
"As for the diplomatic work that we should be engaged in, it can be said that in the current situation of the overall weakness of the diplomatic bloc, we cannot do much, but it does not prevent us from making arrangements for the future, and what can be thought of for the time being is the BRIC countries, among which China and India are the most important, after all, these two countries, one is difficult for us to enter, only Mira's side has made good progress, and the other ...... Don't mention it......" Phoebe shook her head.
"Hehehe......" Everyone knows why Phoebe shook her head, Titan sent people to India before, but even if it is the invincible Phoebe, there is no good way in India, this is not to say that Phoebe's knowledge is not enough, but because, India has actually been eroded by many foreign capital forces, leaving not much space for Titan, unless it can be fully involved in the supporting services of the military and police system like in the United States, but this is obviously unrealistic, after all, the congressional gang has always hoped that Phoebe will erase Titan's German identity and completely turn it into an American company, let alone sell military technology products to India。
"Okay, that's basically it, let's continue with the rest of the things as we have decided before. Phoebe finally finished.
Bayer, however, interrupted everyone and said, "Wait, Phoebe, there's something you need to pay attention to." ”
"Oh?"
Bayer said: "Although both of us have a close relationship with the Navy, and you are even more promoted by the Navy, but don't forget, you are a major in the Air Force, a member of the AFRL, in any case, in the technology you are now supplying to the army, the Navy can use far more items than the Air Force, and even the special mechanized infantry battalion on the Army side has obtained much more things from the Air Force, so you have to find a balance in this, at least not to make the Air Force feel that you are biased." ”
When the others heard this, some nodded, some pondered, and Ebron interjected: "Actually, Onclaude's Apollo space station is actually the Air Force." ”
Katyn shook his head and said: "Bayer means that the results for the Air Force and the Navy can be easily seen, although the Air Force has a stronger strategic balance capability through the orbital recovery project, but don't forget, this thing is not visible to ordinary people, and we have to find a way to give the Air Force more things that can be seen by ordinary people." ”
Phoebe nodded, "Well, that's a problem, I'll think about it, but you don't think I'll be able to conjure up some new technology all at once, do you? ”
Conilea, who was sitting next to Andrena, said, intentionally or unintentionally, "But you are about to squeeze God out, so you must sit in his seat." ”
The others were stunned for a moment, then some smiled and nodded helplessly, and some shook their heads, but everyone looked relaxed, after all, they knew that Cornelia was joking with his former adopted daughter, and they all knew that there was a new religious atmosphere on the Atlantic Floaters that regarded Phoebe as an idol......