Roland, Royal Palace, Court Gardens;

Every evening, the Court Garden gathers a very large number of people, and as long as the sky is right and there are no dark clouds, the daily activities here are essential.

A handsome young man, not very old, was sitting in a garden pavilion, slowly enjoying food and drinking fine wine.

Beside him, there was a red-haired man of the same grade as him.

In the palace, there is probably no second person who can enjoy food here in the palace garden except for His Majesty the King!

Augustine Roland, the supreme power of the Roland Empire, was also the fourteenth emperor of the Roland Empire since its founding.

And who else can sit beside him and eat in a relaxed and freehand manner, but the Imperial Duke of Thorn Flower Salur, who else can there be?

"Come, my friend, the new Duke, and toast to the tomorrow of the Empire!"

Augustine picked up the wine glass beside him, and the Duke of Thorn Flower also quickly picked up the wine glass in front of him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the glory of the empire!"

The mouths of the two touched lightly, and the two laughed heartily, and they drank it all.

The wine was in their throats, and the two looked at each other, and suddenly laughed.

"My brother, to be honest, with the current situation of your family, is it really no problem for the old duke to pass on the throne to you in secret?"

After Augustine put down the cup, he whispered in Salul's ear: "My friend, we grew up together, you can't fool me, tell me the truth!"

Listening to Augustine's words, Salur smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, you also said that we grew up together since childhood, is the situation of my family ...... Do you need me to elaborate?"

The two looked at each other, and then inexplicably burst into laughter again.

"Yes, you're right! Needless to say, I'm a brother, I'll punish myself! Hahaha!"

Augustine picked up the red wine glass beside him and drank it down.

His Majesty had drunk, and Sarul, as a minister, naturally couldn't sit still, so he picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"I won't interfere in your family's affairs, anyway, I only care about one thing, the future Duke of the Empire must be you, and I can trust the younger brothers of your peers!"

Although Augustine said it lightly, it was also a holy decree for Saruul.

Although Salul did not say it, he also kept the matter in his heart.

"By the way, have you heard about the Shunfeng Chamber of Commerce?"

Augustine took a bite of steak, and his eyes were full of yearning: "I really don't know how the owner of this Shunfeng Chamber of Commerce came up with such a thing, hot air balloons!

It's not fast, but if it can be used militarily, it will become our secret weapon!"

Salul nodded, and a cross-era product appeared, even Augustine was at the expense of the count, and as a duke, he naturally heard of it.

"But...... I heard that the owner of this Shunfeng Chamber of Commerce does not seem to be from the Roland Empire, if he uses the hot air balloon for military purposes, then if he sells the hot air balloon to two other countries as well...... It's also a big loss for us!"

Salul put down his knife and fork and said in a deep voice: "I have already seen that hot air balloon, and the manufacturing process is very simple, even without him, we can make it ourselves." To be honest, I've arranged for someone to study these hot air balloons these days. ”

"But the fuel that makes the hot air balloon fly is something I don't know. ”

Salur shook his head helplessly, if the identity of the empire is put aside, Salur really sincerely admires this inventor.

"Your Majesty, as a child of the Io Continent, I think that the person who can make such a cross-era product as a hot air balloon must be a genius, if he can serve the Empire, then it is only a matter of time before our Roland Empire becomes stronger!" Saruman said sincerely.

"But ......"

Suddenly, Saruman's tone changed sharply: "As the Duke of the Roland Empire, I must remind Your Majesty that this kind of genius, if it can't be recovered, it must not be allowed to grow up!"

At this moment, a guard suddenly hurriedly ran in from outside the palace garden and knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, the Shunfeng Chamber of Commerce has passed the decision back." ”

"Oh?" Augustine interrupted Salul with his hand raised, "How?"

The guard said respectfully: "Mr. Stark of the Shunfeng Chamber of Commerce said that he could agree to His Majesty's request, but he refused to accept the title of earl!"

"Oh?"

Augustine and Salur were conscripted at the same time, and the title given by the monarch was not wanted?

Others are crazy to grab a knight's title, and now the title is sent to the door, and you don't want it?

At this moment, the guard then explained: "Mr. Stark, the owner of the Shunfeng Chamber of Commerce, said that they are not from the Roland Empire, they are just merchants, and merchants should not have titles. ”

"Heh, this guy is kind of interesting!"

Salul smiled, "What else did Mr. Stark say?"

"Mr. Stark said that although he could not accept His Majesty's kindness, he did not want to throw away the title of earl just like that, so he recommended another person to come over, hoping that His Majesty would agree!

The guard's face was slightly ugly, though

His Majesty Augustine has always been very kind, and in times of peace he was definitely a wise monarch, but ...... It doesn't mean that his decision can be changed by someone else at will, and the person who changed it is still an outsider.

"Hehe, good fellow, you dare to ask for me!"

Augustine smiled coldly, but he didn't have much opinion on Caesar's request, originally this title was just a name, and he didn't have any real power, he just wanted to use the title to deepen Caesar's feelings for the Roland Empire.

As long as Caesar is willing to sell the hot air balloon only to the Empire, he can accept other requests as long as they are within reasonable limits!

"Tell me, who did he recommend?"

Hearing Augustine ask, the guard's face became even more ugly.

"Your Majesty asks you something, say it quickly!"

Saruman urged from the sidelines.

"Mr. Stark...... He...... He ......" The guard swallowed with difficulty, and continued: "Mr. Stark said that he bought a slave in the slave market a few days ago, and he liked this slave very much, so they became brothers and sisters, but slaves did not have names, so he named the slave Alice, and he wanted Alice to be the earl......"

"Bastard!"

As soon as the guard's words fell, Salul shouted angrily: "To let a slave be an earl, this guy is too ignorant!"

"Hehe......"

Augustine's face is not very good-looking, in their opinion Caesar is making things difficult for them, every slave is approved by the empire before becoming a slave, their name is stripped by the empire itself, and now Caesar has a slave to be an earl and regain his name, in their opinion this is a provocation!

"Your Majesty, please give me an order to behead this bastard in front of the horse!

Salur volunteered to fight.

Augustine took a deep breath to make Salul not so excited, and looked at the guard: "What was the identity of this slave before?"

"Back to Your Majesty! The villain has just gone to investigate, this slave is also a nobleman, a descendant of the Earl of Stanley in the south of the empire, and the slave was born after the Count of Stani was stripped of his title. ”

Hearing this, Augustine's expression also relaxed: "So, this slave is a third-generation slave? In that case, you should go and prepare for the canonization ceremony of the nobles tomorrow!"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty!" Saruman was about to object, but was stopped by Augustine's eyes.

Augustine waved his hand: "Don't worry, it's not a big deal for the third-generation slave to be a nobleman, don't forget, Oriana is now the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Empire!"