Chapter 68: The Banquet
At the beginning of November 135 AH, the Kingdom of Byron made a new administrative division of the territory and changed some of the place names. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The county seat was renamed Shangjin City, and Shangjin City was no longer the administrative center of the original Shangjin County, and all city-level settlements in the country were under the direct jurisdiction of the kingdom. The twenty-nine villages were renamed Baicun Fort, and the name of the castle of Baicun Fort remained unchanged.
On December 20, the construction of the official residence area and the new administrative office area was completed. On the 25th of the same month, the Maier family moved to the Bluestone Palace. The next day, officials began to move to their residences and offices.
On January 1, 136 New Year's Calendar, Maier held a New Year's banquet in the banquet hall of the Bluestone Palace. It was a "feast of friends and family", and in addition to Mel's relatives, the banquet was attended by Myer's friends or subordinates. Before the feast began, Maier made a point of telling everyone not to be informal, not to be informal, not to be inhibited, not to be inhibited - because it was very important, so he said it three times in a row.
There were many people attending the banquet, and it was also very lively. The banquet was buffet-style, with the attendants and maids busily busily moving around the banquet hall, removing empty trays and flasks from the tables and replacing them with new trays full of food and new flasks full of wine. Everyone ate and drank and chatted casually at the venue. Some of Mel's friends and subordinates were meeting for the first time, so there was still a bit of a stiffness in the banquet.
Hine was visiting Byrons for the first time. He didn't know any of the high-ranking officials of the Byronic Kingdom, but fortunately, his old boss Barton introduced them to him one by one, and specially introduced him to Yu Mingli, the top boss of the two in the kingdom.
Hine had heard of Yu Mingli for a long time, but he didn't know that Yu Mingli was a girl who was only nineteen years old. When Hine was in Sackin City, he always felt that as a sheriff, ability was the most important thing, and he didn't feel that there was anything strange about being in a high position. But after meeting Yu Mingli, he finally realized the complicated feelings that welled up in the hearts of those older subordinates when he was in Sakding City.
There are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, and a mountain is higher than a mountain - Hine knew these truths, but he was still a little unwilling. He forgot, however, that His Majesty, whom he deeply respected, would not turn twenty until March of this year.
Barton saw what was on Hine's mind. He said that at the beginning of his transfer, he also felt unbalanced. But Yu Mingli is indeed very capable in the management of public security, although she is not as good as Hine in criminal investigation, and her experience is not as experienced as Patton, but she has governed Byron City very well.
The Simon Exchange Post is the most chaotic place in the whole of Byrons, where there is a lot of fish and dragons, and there is everyone. Before Yu Mingli personally took over the police work here, there would be nearly a hundred vicious cases here every day, but after Yu Mingli personally took over the police work here, it only took her one month to greatly reduce the crime rate, which was something that neither Barton nor Hine could do.
Barton's words made Hine put away his pride and admire Yu Mingli. At the same time, a wonderful feeling arose in Hine's heart. He couldn't help but talk to Yu Mingli, but the two didn't have any common language other than handling the case, which made Yu Mingli feel bored, so her attention was quickly attracted by the smile of passing by with the child in her arms.
Hine thought it was interesting to chat with Yu Mingli, and when Yu Mingli left him to look for Xiaoxiao, he suddenly felt very lost, as if some treasure had been snatched away.
“…… Oh-oh-puff-puff-"
Yu Mingli made a few grimaces at the baby in Xiaoxiao's arms, making him giggle.
"Come on! Call sister! ”
"This kid has just been a full moon and can't speak yet."
Speaking of this, Xiaoxiao sneered, and forced a smile to say to Yu Mingli.
"Besides, even if he could speak, he shouldn't call you sister. You're only a year younger than me, so he should call you Auntie. ”
"Huh?"
Yu Mingli realized that she had already reached the age when she should get married, but she didn't even have a partner to be engaged. At this time, she remembered the gambles and rumors about Meier's marriage in Byron City, and she couldn't help but blush. Xiaoxiao saw Yu Mingli blushing, and couldn't help but laugh at her.
"If you want, it's not impossible to let him call you mom in advance."
As soon as Yu Mingli heard this, the flush immediately spread on his face, and his cheeks were red in an instant.
"What are you talking about, Your Highness the King and Princess...... I...... I ......"
smiled and playfully winked at Yu Mingli, and then whispered in Yu Mingli's ear.
"Mel said that if we are both pregnant again this year, he will marry a new princess in the middle of the year!"
"Huh?!"
This news made Yu Mingli's heart move, and he couldn't help but fantasize about the scene of his wedding with Maier. By the time she came back to her senses, Xiaoxiao had already carried the child to the lounge to breastfeed.
By the way, after Maier became king, both Kiki and Xiaoye were promoted to princesses. He also said that he would not take concubines in the future, but would only marry wives, and the wives were all princesses. As for the position of the queen, it naturally belongs to his wife Alice. Such a statement made the people very excited, because it was the first time that Maier had personally admitted that he would marry a wife in the future.
On the other side, Stranzy and Beafour, who had not seen each other for a long time, were catching up together, and their wives were chatting near her husband, and Lulu was among them. Alain was right behind Lulu, but he was chattering with He Yan Zhiheng about his experiences since he started business.
Soon after arriving at Byronsburg, Alain began to study business at the West Gate Trading Post. He Yan Zhiheng saw that he really wanted to engage in business, so he wrote a letter to his father and asked Alan to go to Liangyue City to ask his father for help. With the help of Heyan Ruizhi, Alan formed a caravan and registered as a merchant in Liangyue City. However, Alan rarely relies on running a merchant to make money, he relies on the super memory of the Lyding magician, walks between various cities, notes the prices and quotes of goods, tries to earn the difference in the local price, and when there is no opportunity, he goes to other cities, and runs a business by the way.
As the captain of the personal guard, Tal stood at the door of the banquet hall in a serious manner, and did not attend the banquet, and a Leyting maid quietly stared at him from the side. Tal noticed the maid's gaze and turned her head to look over.
"Miss Ryles, do you have something to do with me?"
Milan shrank his shoulders like a frightened creature and shook his head quickly.
"No, no, no, no, no, sorry! I'm sorry! ”
She bowed to Tar repeatedly, giving him a helpless smile.
After the outbreak of war, Maier led his army on two expeditions. During his expedition, Milan was left to take care of the pregnant Kiki and Xiaoye by the way. After the construction of the Bluestone Palace, Milan was incorporated into the team of the guards of the Bluestone Palace and became an ordinary guard maid. Today's banquet was attended by Beafort, and Maier told Milan not to come to the banquet hall. Milan was obedient and did not enter the banquet hall, but she came to the door of the banquet hall and hid to the side to secretly watch Tár.
Tal is very similar to Mel in personality, and he is also very handsome, and many girls like him. But he doesn't have any concept of feelings, so he hasn't officially dated a girl so far.
Milan and Tal met outside of Mayr's residence. By that time Beavor had already left Byrensburg, and Milan could leave his residence. But Maier wouldn't let her wander around, and if she was bumped into by Stranzie or Alain, things would be in trouble.
There's not much work to do at Mel's house, and it can be done quickly by four people. At that time, the bird was still Meier's personal maid, and when she was not working, the bird would always stick to Xiaoye, and Kiki would always be by Meier's side. Milan didn't know what to do, so they had to go outside and get some air.
By that time, Tal had become the captain of the escort, and would be at the door of Mel's residence every day. Tár was about the same age as Milan's brother, which reminded her of her own. So she took the initiative to chat with Tár, who was a very patient, polite, and considerate teenager. Milan saw the shadow of Mel in him, and she, who already had a great affection for Myer, was unconsciously attracted to Tár. By the time she realizes that she likes Tár, Tal has already gone with Maier to the Xiaohu family.
Milan knew she wasn't worthy of Tal, so she just wanted to watch him silently from the sidelines, so she was already satisfied. Tal didn't understand what Milan was doing, and thought she had something to do with her. In fact, every time Milan peeked and was discovered, she would pretend to come to Tár for help, and then use all kinds of improvised lame excuses to ask Tár for help, and Tár would patiently help her every time.
"What's going on this time?"
"Huh? Yes...... That one...... I...... I...... Broom...... Broom? That's right! I...... My broom is gone! ”
"Uh, the broom is missing?"
Tal grinned wryly.
"Is that broom important to you?"
"Heavy ...... Significant...... It still doesn't matter......"
"Are you asking me?"
"No, no, no!" Milan waved his hand repeatedly, "Probably! Probably not very important...... But...... But I want to find it......"
"But I'm on duty." Tal shrugged, "If you haven't found your broom by the time the banquet is over, you can come back to me for help." If I have time, I will definitely help you find it. ”
That's pretty much the conversation between Milan and Tár. The two would always meet again sometime after the conversation ended, when Tal would definitely be idle, and Milan would ask Tal for help, and Tal would go to help her. The two of them will definitely be alone then, and that time will be precious and happy for Milan.
“…… Anyway, let's all do it. ”
In the ballroom, Beamore smiled and clinked glasses with Stranzie. The cups used at the banquet were all glasses, which Maier had bought with the money he had saved, and had almost emptied his little coffer. He knew that Xiaoxiao liked glass products, but the economic situation of the Kingdom of Byron was still not optimistic, so he could only buy some glasses, and when the economic situation improved, he would buy better glass products for Xiaoxiao.
In November last year, Bifuel was transferred to the city of Rimi, where he served as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Police Department. In early December, Stranzy was also transferred to Liang Yuecheng as a director of the Transaction Management Division of the Finance Bureau. Both of them were happy about their promotions, and they knew that their quick promotion was not because of their own ability, but because the Kingdom of Byron was expanding too quickly and there was a shortage of officials, so the Administration Department had to promote a large number of young officials and let them serve in new territories.
On the other side, Alain finally finished his story. He knew that He Yan Zhiheng had already served in the city defense force, so he asked about his situation.
He Yan Zhiheng still did not meet the admission standards of the regular army in terms of physical fitness, and his witch phobia was not completely cured. But he has already become a reserve officer and is expected to be turned a regular officer in February this year. After the cabinet was formed, Liu Xiu recommended a new "military rank system" to Maier, which he planned to implement in March this year. At that time, He Yan Zhiheng will obtain the rank of second lieutenant of the city defense army and become the squad leader.
After Yanmeng fell ill, He Yan Zhiheng has been worried about her body. He knew that it was difficult for Ira's shrine maiden to get sick, and it was definitely a serious illness when she got sick. It has been a few months since Yanmeng fell ill, but her body still shows no signs of improvement. The witches hoped that he and Yan Zhiheng could go to the dormitory to see Yanmeng, and Yan Zhiheng also had this idea, but the witch's dormitory was definitely a place for him that he couldn't climb even if he climbed in.
Although he was already able to talk to Yanmeng within a few meters, it was because he was the only one in front of him, and he and Yanmeng were already very familiar. When communicating with strange witches, He Yan Zhiheng still had to run ten meters away, and as long as there were a little more people on the other side, he would be scared to the point that his legs would be weak.
He Yan Zhiheng felt that there was nothing to talk about at work, so he told Alan about himself and Yanmeng. Alan listened to He Yan Zhiheng's words, and immediately laughed, and then patted He Yan Zhiheng on the shoulder and said.
"You're really guilty!"
He Yan Zhiheng didn't understand what Alan meant, and Alan didn't explain, so He Yan Zhiheng still didn't understand Yanmeng's intentions.