Chapter 188: The Wise King
Bergman followed Roy, the butler, to the shooting range, and when he came back, he asked for twenty large revolvers from Charles, and Charles casually asked, "It seems that there are quite a few of you!"
This seems to be asking Bergman, but in fact, Reed knows that this is Charles asking himself, what do he want to do when he returns with a group of men before his service on the Eastern Front has not yet arrived?
"Bergman used to follow me on the Eastern Front, and his service period was actually long over, but it wasn't until I applied for a transfer this time that I left that damn place on the Eastern Front together, and there were several other comrades-in-arms who were in a similar situation to him, they all followed me all the time, and they went wherever I went......."
"Oh!"
Charles wants to continue to ask Reed why he returned to Nasser early and went home, but he feels that this is an invasion of Reed's personal privacy, and the two of them don't know what to say to each other for a while.
"Oh! By the way, I have made some achievements on the Eastern Front, in exchange for some rewards, I heard that Charles, you owe some money to avenge your father, you can use it first! Your status is different now, and it is still a ........ to lose your reputation if you always owe money."
Bergman got Reed's reminder and quickly brought a large bag and handed it to Charles.
"Actually, no, the debt will be settled soon......."
Reed waved his hand and said solemnly: "Charles, although my identity is different from yours, I am also my father's son, and I have a part in the revenge matter, which is the ....... I should pay."
Charles can't refuse anymore, and if he refuses again, he dislikes Reed's illegitimate status.
He took the large bag handed by Bergman, and opened it to see that there were gold coins, silver coins, and a roll of Franc banknotes that looked familiar, as if they were the banknotes that Bergman had obtained from selling the military version of the Awakening Elixir at the Clover Flower Fair.
Charles was suddenly a little embarrassed and ashamed, just now he was still wondering why Reed and the others didn't tell him after returning to Nasser, now it seems that raising money to pay off his debts is at least one of the reasons.
However, Olive quickly walked in after changing her clothes, and the embarrassment between the two was quickly resolved by the happy little girl.
"Reed, you've gone to the military headquarters to ask about your new position, what do they say, what position have you assigned?" asked Reed with great interest in Olive in a modified little lady dress, her eyes flashing wide.
Reid shook his head and smiled: "We just go and submit the application first, where is there a new position so quickly, every year the military department receives an unknown number of job applications, but how many are successful?"
Olive looked at Charles, and after getting his approval, she said: "Reed, in fact, Charles has already considered your new position, he has already talked to General Philo of the military department about your affairs, there should be news soon, you can wait at home for a few days with peace of mind, and carefully think about what department you want to serve." ”
Reed looked at Charles again in surprise, "Charles, have you met with General Philo from the military department? He is not as gentle and generous as he seems, I thought my father would ...... after he died."
Reed wanted to speak and stopped, he had been training in the Eastern Front for so long, he could naturally feel the warmth and coldness of people, since the death of the Marquis of Lorraine, his situation has become more and more delicate, at this time he just happened to be promoted to the seventh rank, so he left the Eastern Front and returned to Nasser.
"You're right, General Philo really won't give us a position for nothing, I exchanged something with him, the kind of new musket that Bergman tested just now, and I gave it to the royal family in exchange for something. ”
"A new musket?" Reed looked at Bergman suspiciously, who nodded continuously, "Yes boss, great musket!"
Seeing Reed's interest, Olive immediately proposed, "Let's go and see the new invention of the great Count Bayonne!"
A few minutes later, in the small closed shooting range in the backyard of the Marquis of Lorraine's palace, Reed watched blankly as Olive held two small silver revolvers and fired two guns in a row, and it took a while to realize that this violent little girl was his sister.
"Charles, you have given all these secrets to the royal family?" Reed said with a very distressed feeling as he picked up a delicate No. 2 revolver.
"Yes, I made a couple of very scary requests, such as forgiving my debts to the royal workshop, and asking you to choose a position of real power in the military at will, but they didn't reply to me right away, so we have to wait patiently for some time. ”
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Reed and Bergman looked at each other, always feeling that Xia's request was a bit of a lion's mouth.
Both of them were professional soldiers, and they knew the power of weapons very well, but they were a little slower to react to other aspects, and they did not consider how much impact the charr would have on the status of the number one military power in the continent of Florence if the spread of these technologies without a bottom line would have it.
But before Reed could think of how to persuade Charles, Roy suddenly walked in from outside, came to Charles's side and said, "Master, His Royal Highness the County Lord has come down!"
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Still in the dining room, Bergmann was again asked to go out to "visit" the gardens of the Marquis' Palace, leaving only the three siblings of the Fani and Chevalier families.
"I actually...... I want them to tell you in person, but they really can't afford to lose face, so they asked me to be this messenger, Charles, you won't be angry, will you?"
Lord Fani looked at the three brothers and sisters of Charles with six eyes brushing at him, and the expectant, puzzled, and indifferent eyes of the three of them made her can't help but want to laugh.
"Sister Fani, do you mean that the royal family agreed to Charles's request?" the little girl reacted the fastest, and immediately guessed the truth of the facts.
"Yes, His Majesty personally granted all the requests of the Charles, and asked him to bring the secret of that thing with him at the New Year's feast. ”
"Whoa, that's great, Reed, did you hear me? Charles?" Olive jumped three feet high, and she didn't know where to throw away the ladylike temperament she had cultivated over the years.
It took a moment for Reed to hold back a sentence: "I still feel ...... Incredible!"
Fani looked at Charles, who was always calm, and asked with a smile, "Charles, did you expect that His Majesty would agree to your request?"
"I wasn't sure, but now it seems that His Majesty the King ....... Much wiser than I thought!"
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Lord Fani went back after lunch, the military department and the royal workshop were still waiting for news of her, and after she left, Reed also proposed the position he wanted to choose from to Charles.
"MIA? Reed, you used to be in the field army, right? Why did you choose to go to MIA?"
It's no wonder that Charles is a little strange, Reed is already a seventh-rank transcendent, and he can hold a position up to the brigade commander level in an ordinary army unit, and then he can be promoted to a corps commander, which is counted as a prince.
But if you go to the MIA, it will be different, although the MIA is a new department with a history of only a few decades in Florence, it nominally belongs to the military department, but in fact it belongs to the direct jurisdiction of the king, there are many transcendents inside, and the relationship between various factions is also very complicated, and the strength and background like Reed don't know when it will be mixed up.
"MIA....... There's a lot of secrets in your hands, and you might be able to find something......"
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Charles saw Reed's red eyes and knew his true purpose, but the cause of the death of the Marquis of Lorraine must involve some big people, and Charles didn't want Reed to put himself in danger.
"Reed, in fact, my original intention was to let you serve as the brigade commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, then this unit is stationed near the county of Bayonne, and my fiefdom may change greatly next year, can you help me take care of it?"
Charles decided to play the emotional card, and his territory really needs to be taken care of by his own people, and Reed is a very good candidate.
"Of course you can, I will go to this unit to take up a post first, and then as long as I show the slightest idea of wanting to join the MIA, someone will naturally come to recruit me, and the CIA people like to woo officers with real power. ”
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