044 A grand event
The summit meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the full name of which is the summit meeting of the chairman of the nine-nation business alliance, is the highest political decision-making meeting of the nine-nation business alliance, and theoretically should be attended by the monarchs of the business alliance countries to vote on the important internal and external political policies of the business alliance.
The time of the summit is uncertain, in addition to the regular triennial meeting, it will also be temporarily held because of some important events, such as the assassination of Prince Kuigang two years ago, which triggered the Desik people to ask for guilt, and the business alliance held a summit to discuss the compensation resolution.
The candidates for the meeting, in theory or historically, are generally the monarchs of various countries. Later, with the stability of the country and the passage of time, each country would send ambassadors to attend the meeting, but in some special cases, the monarchs of each country would appoint trusted nobles and ministers to attend the meeting with the latest will of their respective monarchs.
Meetings are usually held at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce Chairs in Manning City, and in addition to the delegates from various countries, the Elders of the Adventurers' General Association are invited to attend as observers.
At the headquarters of the Chairman of the Business Alliance, there is a circular conference hall with dozens of seats, surrounded by a small podium in the center. When it is time for delegates from various countries to express their opinions, they will come to this podium and talk eloquently in front of dozens of delegates from all sides. As a matter of fact, some deputies who were not trained enough were so frightened that their legs weakened as soon as they stepped onto the podium.
Kerster, who saw this scene for the first time, was also a little weak-hearted. Today is the first day of the Business Alliance Summit, and Kester walked into the rotunda of the Business Alliance Chairman Meeting with Ambassador Munch, and dozens of seats were arranged in a circle from top to bottom, which made Kester amazed.
Kaman's area was in the southwest of the venue, next to the representatives of the other two countries of the three southwestern countries, and since Koster had come on behalf of the Carman regency, he sat in the center and was accompanied by Ambassador Munch. Feida, as a guard, sits behind Koster to protect Koster's safety.
The security of the venue was actually very secure, and in front of and behind each row of seats, there was a Manning with an axe and a giant axe standing beside him. The Manning Axemen are a unique guard of the Manning Kingdom, each of which is over 1.8 grams tall, with a strong body and swollen muscles, and holds a giant copper axe with a length of 2.5 grams, which is a major feature of the Manning Kingdom's army.
After Koster sat down, he looked around and found that this arrangement was really quite elaborate. The three southwestern countries sat in the southwest of the venue, the three northwestern countries sat in the northwest corner, and the eastern three countries sat directly opposite the three southwestern countries. It seems that there are also hidden mysteries in the small business alliance chairman's meeting.
Kster suddenly felt a little sympathetic to Munch beside him, as the ambassador of the small country of Kaman, he stayed in Manning all the year round, and he was probably not less angry. Munch noticed Koster's eyes, a little confused, not knowing what Koster's eyes meant.
Fortunately, the two did not have time to communicate, and soon after the ministers and ambassadors of various countries entered, a row of axe-wielding guards came in from outside the venue, and stood in a row in front of the row of seats next to the minister's seat of Manning, and with the sound of a trumpet, another row of more burly samurai entered along the side of the axe-wielding guards.
This group of guards were all black-haired and brown-eyed, wearing animal skin uniforms, with the right half of the shoulder exposed, and the animal skin clothes that had been turned off were tied to their waists. The figure is more burly than Manning's axe-wielding. Such an obvious feature, everyone present recognized them, they were Desik warriors.
As the Desik warrior stood still in the hall, a moment later, a half-old man with black hair and black hair stepped into the hall, dressed in a pure black complete aristocratic gown made of unknown animal skins, shining with extreme luxury.
"Welcome to Crown Prince Desik, Prince Ferdinand. A horn sounded, and Ambassador Manning, in the center of the venue, loudly announced the identity of the visitor, causing a commotion in the audience.
Koster couldn't help but straighten up and look carefully ahead, looking at the Crown Prince Desik, who he had seen for the first time but had long been familiar with. From Lolita's mouth, Khster heard more than once the name of Crown Prince Ferdinand, the lustful, greedy, cruel Desik.
Munch said beside him: "Prince Ferdinand came in person this time, the business alliance really gave enough pomp, and on the occasion of the chairman's meeting, Crown Prince De Sik was treated far more than the monarchs of other countries. ”
"That's also something that can't be helped, after all, the business alliance is equivalent to asking for Desik now. "And, judging from our current situation with Kaman, we may have to be more humble than Manning." ”
Kerst and Munch were talking ahead, not noticing Feida, who was pretending to be a guard behind her, staring at the place where Prince Ferdinand had entered, her fists clenched and excited. However, sweeping the row of Desik warriors beside Prince Ferdinand, her clenched fist gradually loosened again, and she took out a veil to cover her face.
Kester inadvertently turned around and found Feida dressed like this, and was stunned for a moment. He took Feida's hand and motioned for Feda to sit beside him. Feida obediently shifted her position, and then whispered to Koster's ear: "It's the disgusting Prince Ferdinand, who wanted Lolita back then, that old pervert." ”
Kerst patted Feida on the back, "Don't be afraid, no one can hurt you now, Feida." By the way, why did you put on the veil?"
"I'm afraid they'll be in trouble if they recognize it, actually, Lolita told you before that we stabbed that old pervert when we escaped. Feida explained.
Kerst didn't say anything more, and by this time Prince Ferdinand was already seated beside Ambassador Manning. Ambassador Manning stood up and gestured to the axe-wielding mannings around him. I could only hear the sound of the command "assemble! assemble" in the middle of the venue, and the axe-wielding guards lined up in a neat line and turned around and left the venue.
The door of the venue slammed shut, leaving only the envoys and their attendants to escort the venue.
Ambassador Manning, who was the convener of the summit, first came to the podium in the center of the room, stretched out his hand to press the void around him, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then cleared his throat and said in a loud voice: "Ministers, welcome to Manning City. ”
The first few topics of the meeting were extremely boring, nothing more than this year's trade treaties between countries, the celebration of the Double Day, the financial budget of the business alliance and the apportionment of various countries, etc., and Koster was bored listening to it in the venue, and his whole body gradually leaned on Feida's body.
When Count Munch saw this, he coughed twice, and Feida hurriedly stepped back a seat, and straightened out Kester's voice, and whispered, "Don't do this, Kest, listen carefully." Then he glanced at Earl Munch with a blushing face, and the old earl hurriedly lowered his eyes and pretended to look at the documents in front of him.
Kerst looked around, and found that the delegates of all the nations were all in high spirits, and he seemed to see that many of the young envoys were already dozing off on their tables. Indeed, these topics are routine topics, and the actual process of deliberation is discussed at the end of the meeting, and it is nothing more than a vote after reading it out at the meeting.
Kerst felt like a wooden man, and at the prompting of the Earl of Munch next to him, raised his hand, put it down, raised his hand, put it down. In an instant, a number of issues within the business alliance were immediately passed.
In fact, except for those envoys who have fallen asleep, most of the people's eyes have been on Prince Ferdinand from the beginning to the present, and everyone knows that the protagonist of this conference is this rumored lascivious little old man.
While the envoys were paying attention to Prince Ferdinand, Prince Ferdinand was also observing these envoys from the countries of the merchant alliance. Unlike the Desik Empire, which was dominated by a single race of descendants of the northern barbarians, the Shang people appeared to be multi-ethnic, which can be seen from their hair color, golden, black, red, and even brown and green hair that was obviously mixed with hybrids, all of which showed that the Shang people had different origins.
The envoys at the venue were almost all nobles, and the various family crests or royal coats of arms they wore glittered under the lights of the venue, like gems on the beach, and the dazzling gems dazzled Ferdinand for a while.
He glanced at it, half of the envoys were already drowsy, and the other half of the envoys were staring at him with various eyes, and behind those eyes, he didn't know what emotions he had.
Ambassador Manning was still talking eloquently on the podium, one by one the so-called resolutions were constantly announced, Ferdinand found that the ministers of various countries mechanically raised their hands and put them down, and he suddenly thought that this kind of political system seemed to be really special, De Sick, it was completely the emperor who decided, and sometimes the emperor could not decide, so it was discussed by several ministers. As the crown prince, many times his opinions are not listened to at all.
Ferdinand also found that there were several proposals made by Minister Manning, which no one agreed to at all. Envoy Manning was not angry, but mechanically dropped the proposal and quickly picked up another. What a strange political system, Ferdinand was deeply struck by it.
Just as Prince Ferdinand was still in the fugue, the deliberately raised voice of the Manning envoy suddenly sounded in his ears: "Next, we welcome Crown Prince Desik. The noble Prince Ferdinand, who took the stage to speak, will bring the latest diplomatic motion of the Desik Empire, and hope that the ministers of various countries will consider it carefully. This motion will be relevant to the diplomatic direction of the Union (Note 1) in the coming years. Okay, now let's welcome the Prince with a round of applause. ”
Ferdinand came back to his senses, and it turned out that it was time for him to speak. According to the results of his previous discussions with the business alliance, he needed to give a speech at this meeting about the future diplomatic trends, which was related to the possibility of the success of his plan, so Prince Ferdinand stood up, under the enthusiastic gaze of the audience, adjusted his royal dress, tried to make himself look more powerful, and took the first step towards the podium below.
Note 1: That is, the Nine-Nation Business Alliance, which is the self-proclaimed name of the insiders of the Business Alliance.