After Albert had made a few words of nonsense, Charles said no more to him, put on his hat and pulled the two of them directly after Mary, all the way down the corridor. ～

Because it was match day, there were a lot of people in this corridor, and there was a frenzied noise and alcohol everywhere, which made Charles's head hurt slightly, and the doors with house numbers along the way made him feel like he was wandering in a maze.

As they reached the door of a box, Mary's footsteps finally stopped, and she turned to look at Charles. "Sir, this is it, he's waiting for you."

"Well, that's good," Charles nodded, then smiled approvingly at Mary again, "You're doing a great job. ”

It was also thanks to Marie's relationship that he was able to hook up with the Marquis de Trivo and make today's meeting possible, so he was indeed very grateful to the other party.

Perhaps infected by Charles's smile, Mary's originally strict face couldn't help but flash a smile.

"At your service, as it should be, sir."

Then, without waiting for Charles to react, she turned back and gently raised her hand and knocked on the door.

While Charles was still in a daze, Albert suddenly tugged at Charles' sleeve and handed him a "Friend, I told you a long time ago, right?" You still don't believe ......" look.

No kidding, Charles gave him a look back.

Just as the two men were still joking with each other, a response suddenly came from inside the door.

"Is it Monsieur de Treville? Come on in! ”

Charles hurriedly pushed the door open, and then walked in with the group of people.

And then. He saw a middle-aged man, sitting behind a table with some meals, smiling at himself.

The middle-aged man was dressed very formally. It looks a little dark, the bridge of the nose is not high, the gray head is thick and slightly curly, and the gray beard is still very rough.

And beside him sat a young girl, looking at herself as he did. This young girl dressed up in a fancy way. Although it was not his wife at first glance, of course, no one bothered about it.

Oh, that seems. That's him.

Charles hurriedly took off his hat and saluted the gentleman with Albert, and then introduced himself at the same time.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. de Trivo."

"Ahh You're welcome! I was able to meet two young talents who sent troops like this. I'm so happy! The marquis stood up happily, and beckoned the two young men to sit down at the table, "Come, please sit down first, and we will talk while we eat." ”

Charles smiled and nodded, then sat down with Albert.

The girl brought by Mary and Albert sat next to them.

As soon as everyone decided, the Marquis de Trivo took up his glass.

"Come on. It's not easy for everyone to meet for a meal, so let's have a drink first, right? ”

"Cheers." Others, of course, will not object. So he raised his glass at the same time.

After drinking a glass of wine, the marquis looked at the two of them and laughed again, "I've heard the names of the two of them many times recently, but I haven't had the opportunity to meet them, and I thought it was a pity that I could finally meet today...... Looking at this, the two of them are really heroic, no wonder they can make such a career! ”

Although his tone was very easy-going and kind, he spoke in an equal tone, and it was obvious that he did not look down on these two people because they were younger.

Charles and Albert glanced at each other secretly, clearly pleased with his attitude.

"Ha, you're embarrassing...... Albert shook his head, then poured himself another sip of wine, "I've only been in the light of the Charles, and it's with his help that I'm able to do a little bit." Of course, it's to help him that I'm going to work hard to do something......"

"Hey, you're just too modest." The Marquis shook his head and drank a glass of wine.

If it had been before, Albert might have been just an unknown pawn in everyone's eyes, at most he was considered a pawn who took refuge under Charles's tent, but today, after he led a large number of gangs to wash his blood, he has been taken seriously by many people - although not necessarily positive, but at least he has the respect he deserves.

However, Albert, who has always been flashy and not keen on his career, does not care too much about this respect, but only jokes about it.

The men then began to talk over the wine, joking with each other from time to time, while the women next to them remained silent, only occasionally saying something to cheer up.

"If I'm not mistaken, your ancestor, the Duke de Treville, served under the Duke of Luxembourg during the Grand League War, right?" After chatting for a while, the Marquis suddenly asked.

"Yes, one of my ancestors." Charles nodded, "Thanks to King Louis, my ancestor entered the army in 1688, when he was under the command of the Duke of Luxembourg and fought against the Dutch in the Netherlands and Flanders. Later, during the War of the Spanish Succession, he accompanied Prince Martigue on his expedition to Germany and fought against the British Duke of Marlborough in Bavaria. ”

[The Duke of Luxembourg refers to François-Henri de Montmorency (1628-1695), a famous French general in the era of Louis XIV, who was made a marshal. In 1659 the same year the elderly Duchess of Luxembourg, Madeleine Charlotte de Clermont-Tennell, married. In 1661, he was awarded the title of Duke of Luxembourg.

During the War of the Grand League of 1688-1697, he was appointed commander by Louis XIV in charge of the Dutch campaign, and achieved great success. 】

As an important part of the aristocratic education, family history is a compulsory subject for the Trevile, and since he was a child, the Marquis of Trevier has explained to him the "great achievements" of the ancestors of the family, so Charles is naturally a treasure.

"Oh! And sure enough, it was! The Marquis immediately reconciled, "My ancestors also fought in that war, and also fought in Flanders, maybe they were in the same army back then?" ”

"Maybe." Charles smiled and nodded. "They should all be very brave."

"How proud they must have been in the fields of Flanders then!" The Marquis suddenly sighed, "Where did they expect to be today?" Hey, it's a shame that the glorious era that belonged to our ancestors has passed......"

Just as he was sighing, suddenly a deafening cheer came from the window of the box.

"Huh?" He let out a small exclamation, then stopped, walked to the window, and looked closely.

Then he let out a small cheer.

"It's No. 4, and sure enough, it's No. 4!"

"Looks like you won?" Albert asked, looking at his back.

"yes, I won, I knew early on that no one could beat that horse in this round today, so I made a big bet early and probably won a lot today." Although he tried to pretend to be calm, the Marquis's tone was still a little smug, "It seems that I really have good luck today." ”

Then, laughing, he sat back down in his seat, "Wait a few rounds, why don't you two play too?" I have some research on this, you can refer to my opinion. ”

Will this be able to remember the glorious era? Charles smiled bitterly in his heart.

"I'm glad you got such good news as soon as we arrived." Charles smiled and nodded, "However, as you just said, the glorious era of our ancestors is over, but we contemporaries can also create a new glorious era, can't we?" ”

"Oh?" The Marquis lengthened his voice and did not reply.

"Since our ancestors have fought side by side in the army, they must have wanted their troops to have the best weapons, right?" Charles shrugged slightly, "So, what reason do we descendants have not to do this?" ”

With his question, the originally relaxed atmosphere in the box instantly became a little solemn.

"I'm glad you could say that......" After a moment of silence, the Marquis smiled again, and then suddenly turned to look at the girl beside him. Honey, can you go get some ice cream? ”

"Ladies will naturally have their own activities." Charles nodded to Mary as well.

Then, the three ladies left the room at the same time.

"Sir, I think I understand what you mean." After they had left, and the door was closed again, the Marquis de Trivo looked at Charles with some seriousness.

"Now that you know, it's for the best, and I don't have to bother to explain." Charles nodded, then pointed at Albert, "That's right, we just want you to persuade that Mr. de Trivo to try our new guns." ”

"I understand your thoughts," the Marquis smiled, then took another sip of wine, "however, you also know that it is my cousin who serves in the government and not me, and I cannot promise you anything, at most I can convey your words to him. ”

In other words, do you only want benefits but don't want to make any promises?

Well, it doesn't matter that way.

"I'll be honest with you, Albert has now invested a lot of money in the production of this new gun, and we definitely don't want to see that investment go down the drain." Charles looked at the other and said very seriously, "Of course, I also ask you to believe that we are not doing this just for money, but to help the country's army have as much of an epoch-making weapon as possible...... For this reason, we can make a certain amount of concessions. ”

"A certain amount of concessions." Albert immediately chimed in. (To be continued!)

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