Xiao Don't meet again, Roland took the slender hand of the lord's sister and chatted warmly, and inadvertently noticed that Liu Bofu was followed by a middle-aged man with a slightly chubby body, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a rather officer temperament, and asked with a smile: "Liuba, why don't you introduce us to us, who is this gentleman?" ”

"Oh! Look at my ......memory," said Lyubov, patting his forehead reproachfully, "I am so glad to see you that I almost forgot to introduce this gentleman, and last time you asked me to look for a manager for the locomotive factory, this Mr. Jonathan Vanderbilt is the manager I recommended to you." ”

"Hello, Mr. Vanderbilt, it's a pleasure to meet you." Roland reached out.

"Hello, Your Royal Highness Roland, just call me Jonathan, in fact, this is not the first time we have met, two years ago at the stock fair in Baiou Harbor, I had the honor to witness your demeanor." Jonathan shook His Royal Highness's hand with a little excitement.

"Oh? Speaking of two years ago, ah......"

Roland chatted with the professional manager with great interest, and soon learned that Jonathan was born into an aristocratic family in the North Bay, had been a naval officer, and after retiring from the army, he was engaged in the securities speculation business, nicknamed "Captain", and was well-known in the securities industry of the North Bay.

Two years ago, the port of White Gull was blockaded by pirates, the price of securities plummeted, Jonathan and his friend Campbell were involved in speculation, but Campbell could not bear the blow of speculation failure, jumping off the building to commit suicide, but Jonathan made a lot of money by mistake.

Deeply touched by the death of his friend, Jonathan vowed never to engage in speculative business again, and to use the money earned in the stock market to invest in business. This person is a retired naval officer, interested in ships, and the investment direction is mainly in the marine magic crystal steam turbine factory.

Lyuboff recommended Jonathan to Roland, in addition to his rich business and management experience, but also because Jonathan was a member of the board of directors of the three largest turbine factories in the North Bay, and Roland hired him as the manager of the Magic Locomotive Factory, so that he could use his connections to quickly establish a stable and low-cost supply channel with upstream manufacturers.

After returning to Baigull Harbor again after two years, Roland has changed from an ordinary adventurer to the crown prince, his identity is different, and the treatment he receives is naturally different. Lyubov specially arranged a grand dinner to welcome his arrival, and almost all the leading figures of the North Sea Federation would attend the dinner.

Roland had read the guest list that Lyubov had handed him, only a few of them were old friends he had met two years ago, and most of them were unfamiliar names, and this feeling was even stronger after comparing them to his title.

"There has been a great change in personnel in the North Bay in the past two years, and some of the ruling families of the former states have lost ground and been replaced by new rising figures, all of whom are eager to meet His Royal Highness, and I have to give them a chance to get their wish." Lyubov saw the confusion in Roland's eyes and explained it lightly.

Roland glanced at her and smiled knowingly. Two years ago, the North Gulf states were just a loose commercial alliance (the Bend League), but now they have transformed into a de facto federal state, and Lyubov has also changed from the speaker of the alliance with no real power to the queen of the North Sea with real power, which is the biggest change in the North Bay in the past two years. The city-states that were once independent of each other are now administrative districts under the jurisdiction of the North Sea Federation, and they have lost their former independence in all aspects of politics, economy, and military, and have to be subject to the federal government where Baigull Harbor is located. Lyubov is gradually strengthening the power of the federal government, trying to abolish the hereditary lordship of the local nobility and replace it with the "magistrate appointment system" currently practiced in the kingdom of Kolas, where the lords of the city-states are replaced by centrally appointed "mayors" and "unlimited hereditary systems" with "limited term of office".

The implementation of the above-mentioned system reform will inevitably be resisted by the ruling families of the city-states, and Lyubov has endured a lot of pressure and even risks in the past two years, and has encountered three assassination incidents alone, but fortunately, there is no danger. Her Majesty the Queen of the North Bay is not only the helmsman of the Yangbo family, but also a level 10 priest of Sesila and a level 10 Storm Lord, and if you want to assassinate her, you have to ask the legend to take action, and it is purely self-inflicted humiliation to find a few cats and dogs to deal with Lyubov, but instead she fell into the trap and was uprooted by Lyubov one by one, and replaced by an administrator loyal to her as mayor.

Now that most of the family power of the city-states in the North Bay has been defeated by Lyubov, the remaining families have taken the initiative to hand over their sovereignty and at least maintain a rich life. These disgraced nobles and the newly established rulers of the city-state are eager to consolidate their positions, and it is necessary to curry favor with Lyubov, and when the news of the visit of Lady Lyubov's closest political partner and rumored boyfriend, the prince of the Kingdom of Kolas, to visit Baigull Harbor, these guys who are eager to hug their thighs are of course eager to hug their thighs, and the reason is obvious - as long as they manage to win the appreciation of His Royal Highness the Prince, they will also gain extra points in the eyes of Lyubov, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Roland has little interest in this kind of social activity, but he always has to give face to Lyubov if he doesn't give face to others, and he has to attend the dinner, but it is still early, and he doesn't need to show up early to entertain those boring guys.

"Liuba, our airship arrived an hour early, and I want to use this free time to revisit the old place and do some personal business by the way."

"Of course, if you don't like to stir up the crowd, you can wander around alone, anyway, you are as familiar with me here as your own home, and I am not afraid that you will get lost, and Mr. Wittgenstein's family can be handed over to me to settle down."

Viktoria couldn't help but roll her eyes when she saw Lyubov's gentle and considerate demeanor beside her, wondering how Her Majesty, who was quite dignified in front of others, became a obedient little woman as soon as she saw Roland.

"Don't bother you, I'm also running errands for Mr. Matvey, if you don't mind taking a long detour, you can all accompany me, maybe you can get things done as soon as possible with the face of the 'Storm Lord'." Roland took the lord's sister by the hand and boarded the carriage that was already waiting on the side of the road.

The three members of the Wittgenstein family got into another carriage accompanied by Matvey's uncle and nephew and Jonathan, and Victoria chased after her sister like a little heel and got into her carriage, and corrected Roland's mistake just now.

"Lyuba is not just the lord of the city of White Gull Harbor now, you should call her the 'Queen of the Storm'!"