Chapter Twenty-Nine: Empire
【Lookout to the sea at the edge of the expedition road to the sea】
After leaving the Pollay Islands, the team sailed from the Pollay Islands to the Wanghai Sea in a week with the currents and winds, and of course, thanks to Vivien.
The sea was as calm as ever, embracing all imperfections and gloom, and the expeditionary ships were like lonely boats wandering on the sea, following the currents in the mighty waves, and on board, the sailors lay lazily in hammocks, quietly enjoying the warmth of the sun.
Not every sailor liked to lie in the sun, and in the cabin there were sailors with gold coins in their hands and placing bets in a burst of uproar. Gambling is exciting everywhere, whether it is sailors or expedition members, they are all excited in front of this gambling table, and the most excited of them is the nobleman who has been familiar with the dock since he was a child-Yusheng County Lord, Lan.
"Hurry up! My big! My big! He was completely involved with a group of sailors, and he couldn't tell from her words that she was a nobleman, Lu Yunhou looked helpless behind him, and as for Hao Haihou and Bai Fenghou, they had already followed the footsteps of the county lord into the gambling game.
"How can it be big! Small for sure! My little! Donnie and Cruise were on the other side, and Downey didn't look like an elven genius at the table, however, Cruise had always been like that, roaring and saying, "Small! Small! ”
When the results of the gambling game were announced, a sigh and helpless voices came at the same time.
Donnie looked at Cruise excitedly: "It's so exciting! It's even more enjoyable than drinking a hundred years of craft brew, and it turns out that there are such exciting activities in human society! ”
"Hey, boy, you haven't seen much, if you weren't in a hurry to go on an expedition, I would definitely take you foreigners to play in the imperial capital for three or five days, so that you can see the life of human beings, it is a god-like life!"
"God doesn't favor a gambler." Vivien's voice rang out from across from Cruise, and it was clear that she was part of the gamble, but she was overwhelmed and the feeling of losing made her unhappy.
"Cut, I don't care about this money, Lu Yunhou, how much we have, give it to me!" Lan said to Lu Yunhou very proudly, however, Lu Yunhou looked helpless.
"The county lord...... We're losing all of our entanglements...... In this case, even eating will be a problem in the next city......"
"What are you afraid of! You can go to the show, and besides, how do you know I'm going to lose? I'll be sure to come back in the next round! Take the money! Fast! Lan is not afraid of lack of money at all, her experience on the dock since she was a child has made her dare to fight.
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"It's all because you idiots are interfering with my thinking, and I'm going to lose! I wanted to be overwhelmed! It turned out to be small! You bunch of rice buckets! "Lan has been scolding the three princes since he came out of the cabin, as if all the faults were caused by them, however, they looked at each other innocently, dumb and dumb, and couldn't say anything about their bitterness.
"This little girl is really interesting, but her temperament is too violent." Vivien also walked out of the cabin, although she also lost a lot in the end, but not to lose all the money, on the contrary, looking at the bright-faced Cruise, she knew that this guy had won a lot, and walked out of the cabin with Donnie in her arms.
"People, just to be chic, what precepts and practices are nonsense, it's true to live happily!" Cruise looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter spreading across the sea along the night.
"Captain, we will be able to reach the Wanghai Sea in three days, where there are more fish-people and more dangerous, you see...... Do you want to take a detour? The dragon walked over from the side of the ship, and Cruise thought for a moment and said, "No, we're going to go straight through Wanghai, I have a hunch that that kid should be waiting for us in Teague in the Sea of Borderlands, I want to make this trip shorter." ”
"It's better for you to discuss with Mr. Mars and Miss Narissa, after all, we are not in a particularly optimistic situation now, and although the supplies and gunpowder have been replenished in the Bolai Islands, the quantity is still not enough......" The dragon's words made Cruise fall into deep thought, he nodded, and walked into the conference room.
In the conference room, Mars, Narissa, and Dr. House were discussing the route with the captain, and when they saw Cruise and Vivien walking in, Mars asked:
"Captain Cruise, I don't know what you mean, I want to go directly from Wanghai to the Sea of Border, after all, this is the fastest distance, smooth sailing, and I can pass through the center of Wanghai in a week, do you say?"
"No, Wanghai is the center of the fish-man settlement, if you rush to go deeper, you will definitely have to conflict with the fish-people, in the case of the last time, it is not so simple to solve, and, didn't the dragon say, we don't have many weapons and gunpowder."
Narissa is very sure, she always thinks that safety comes first.
However, once the fight starts, it will definitely become extremely violent, and even lose your mind.
"Natasha has a point, but my personal preference is to go straight from Wanghai to the Sea of Frontiers, because I'm sure that kid will be there, and you're desperate to see him, aren't you?" After Cruise finished speaking, Mars and Narissa's eyes changed, and Anne jumped out on the side and stared at Cruise with big eyes.
"What! Uncle, did you say Skye might be in the Sea of the Border? Haha, I knew it! There's no way that guy just left me behind! Anne's excitement was representative of everyone's mood, and it was true that these people were expecting to meet the kid sooner.
Although Narissa is very dissatisfied with Ike's constant insults to God, the fact that Ike sacrificed his life to save Gina still makes her very optimistic.
"It's dangerous, but it's the shortest way to get to the Border Sea, I can use the power of the wind to speed us up, and when we get to the Border Sea, we can get more and better supplies." Vivian's words convinced Narissa, and everyone respected Vivian, the powerhouse of the elven race.
"Okay, let's just decide, go straight through Wanghai." After Cruise gave this order, the people all smiled and looked forward to the unknown frontier sea.
"By the way, Mars, has there been a reply to the letter you sent to the Imperial Capital? The carrier pigeon should have arrived. Cruise turned his gaze to Mars.
"There has been a reply, His Majesty Louis has conveyed his deep respect and blessings to you, the Chief of the Cabinet, Lord Thor of the Storm, has expressed his high respect to you, the President of the Council, Mr. Tasila, has expressed his deep greetings to you, and now the top of the Empire attaches great importance to this expedition, and the presidents of the various guilds have also sent blessings and greetings."
Mars's words undoubtedly made people's enthusiasm a little higher, and Vivien on the side cast a questioning look at Mars.
"High Priestess of the Elven Clan, if you have any problems, I can solve them all." Mars bowed to Vivien.
"I want to know about the structure of the upper echelons of the empire, and we elves can't understand the various systems of your Noah's humans, so I want to know about it." Vivien voiced her doubts, and Mars smiled and said:
"The upper echelons of the empire consisted of three institutions - the Cabinet, the Council and the Imperial Cabinet, which had different administrative functions, the Cabinet was in charge of the judicial and arbitration powers, the Council was in charge of the legislative power, and the Imperial Court was in charge of the executive power." Mars said simply, Vivien nodded understandingly, she also knew a lot about Noah's humans.
"The Imperial Pavilion is composed of the Emperor and three elected ministers, and the exercise of executive power can only be carried out by a resolution of four people, and must be supported by the Cabinet and the Council, otherwise the executive resolution cannot be implemented." What Mars said, Vivien remembered deeply.
The system of elves is not as perfect as that of Noah's humans, but the high intelligence and consciousness of elves are indeed incomparable to humans.
"In the same way, the trial and arbitration conducted by the cabinet also need to go through the imperial cabinet and the council, and the new legal system introduced by the council also needs to pass the trial of the imperial cabinet and the cabinet, such a triangular system is the most stable form of government at present, but, in any case, the supreme power of the imperial cabinet cannot be shaken."
"So, the power of the emperor is still dominant...... "Vivien murmured, "then, the monarch must be wise." ”
"Actually, in the Empire, there is an unknown organization, and I have always had doubts about the existence of that organization, but maybe it does exist, because, without its existence, the Empire is likely to be chaotic, but that kind of high-level thing is not something we can detect." Mars left Vivien with a question, and Cruise was also interested in hearing this, he didn't know about these high-level things, but he was interested in hearing about it.
"What kind of organization is that?" Vivien asked, and Mars smiled.
"That's an organization above the emperor, called, Duke's Palace, I know, you will have some doubts about this title, the existence of the duke will not be above the emperor, however, the name of that organization is like this, their members are called 'dukes', and the activities of this organization are all confidential, so I said, the existence of this organization is in doubt on the mainland, but I am convinced that it exists." Mars spoke his opinion, which made Vivien raise her eyebrows, and she couldn't help but ask him why he said that.
"Why do you say that? There is an old saying in the East that seeing is believing, and you haven't seen it. ”
When Vivien asked him, he did smile confidently, and his smile made everyone feel extremely confident, and his confident smile seemed to have verified the truth of what he said:
"There are things that don't need to be seen, and he's there, like a diamond, and even if it's in a box, he's still there."