March 12, 1197, is a date that can be written into the history of the empire.

At ten o'clock in the morning of this day, the preparatory meeting of the Imperial Royal Airship Association of Erebonia opened. It was a gathering of celebrities, attended by His Royal Highness Olivet, the eldest son of the Emperor, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, and presided over by Regnitz, the representative of the Cabinet.

Among them, Duke Kane, who governs the state of Marel in the western part of the empire, sent his third brother Dietri Kane to attend, Duke of Albarrea, who manages the state of Crutchen in the southeastern part of the empire, sent his eldest son Ruffas Albarea to attend, Marquis Rogner, who ruled the state of Noltia in the north of the empire, sent his younger brother Heiger Rogner to attend, and Marquis of Haines, who ruled the state of Sharrant in the south of the empire, sent his eldest son Andrik T. Haines to attend the meeting.

In addition to the four famous families, the preparatory meeting also included more than 30 large and small noble lords from all over the empire, as well as a number of powerful commercial institutions, the first of which was the famous Lineford Society.

In such a group of powerful figures, Duchamp, who was not even an orthodox aristocrat, did not even get a seat, he hung up the staff badge, took a camera, and was busy in the venue.

Duchamp is now relaxed. The knowledge that should be squeezed by the mind is unreservedly dedicated to Irina, and what can be reminded of Ogua has also been advised. Now, he is lying on the railing on the side of the venue, carefully observing the main characters in the venue through the camera lens.

Olivier, no, should be honored as His Royal Highness Olivet, who has now regained his composure and honor as the eldest son of the Emperor, and although he has an amiable smile on his face, he shows more of his dignified dignity as a royal representative, and from time to time he smiles and converses kindly with the dignitaries on both sides.

Since His Royal Highness the eldest son rarely appeared in such public places, many guests who were lucky enough to see the honor, especially the female guests, could not help but fall in love with his demeanor, whispering in private, and their admiration for the royal family of Leezer Arnoor immediately jumped from respect to fanaticism.

Of course, it was not only this one who caused a sensation in the venue, some ladies simply took binoculars and, like Duchamp, strafed the VIP seats. This kind of atmosphere made Dietrie very uncomfortable.

Dietrie, of course, was no longer dressed as a hairy lad, he was sitting in the front row of the delegates' seat in a sumptuous gown, trying to eliminate distractions, and intently recall the strategy he had discussed with Duchamp yesterday. On his fine dress was a jeweled brooch of a white Pegasus on a blue background, the emblem of the Kane family.

Not far from him was Rufas's position. The eldest son of the Duke of Southern Albarrea, at first glance, is the heir of the line, although he is young, but with a kind of dignity of a superior. is also the Duke's Gate, and the momentum is many times stronger than Dietrie. On such an occasion, his aura is still overwhelming. Some of the female guests were secretly admiring his appearance and demeanor as good as the emperor's eldest son.

Andrik, the eldest son of the Marquis of Haines, although he is also the eldest son and heir, and his age is about the same as that of several other sons, but compared with Rufas, he looks much more immature, perhaps because of the stricter family education. There was also a gorgeously dressed elder next to him, who was talking to him from time to time.

As for the younger brother of the Marquis of Rogner, what to say? I feel that at the age of an uncle like him, he shouldn't come to get together with this group of young sons, and it is especially beautiful to see the past from the camera. Several times when filming, Duchamp wanted to shout, 'Uncle over there, please let me go'.

Duchamp looked at the representatives of the four famous families one by one, and suddenly became puzzled, grabbed Leam, who was also making soy sauce, and asked in a low voice: "Why are all the famous families sent by younger brothers or eldest sons?" Had they discussed it beforehand? ”

Learmour glanced at the first row of the venue with concealment and contempt, and said indignantly: "Some people think so highly of themselves that they are comparable to the royal family, and His Majesty has sent His Royal Highness Olivet as a representative, and they have each sent a representative of the family who feels that he is equivalent to His Royal Highness Olivet. ”

When Duchamp heard this answer, he couldn't help but be stunned, this is really a sore group.

The conference finally began, and a thin middle-aged man stepped up to the stage to preside over the meeting. Learmour pointed out on the side, this is Regnitz, the acting executive of the Cabinet Permanent Administration, I heard that he is expected to fill in the position as one of the deputy ministers, and is another civilian dignitary who has risen to prominence after Prime Minister Osborne.

After taking office, Regnitz gave a brief introduction to the Cabinet's support and expectations for the advancement of the aviation industry. Soon another graceful celebrity came up, and began a long and retreating opening, which made the audience in the back row yawn.

However, the guests sitting in front of him, including His Royal Highness Olivet, have always maintained a respectful and serious face, listening carefully like a schoolboy. This is all because this old gentleman is the brother-in-law of His Majesty today, the Earl of Elwin.

After the Earl of Erwin finally finished reading the opening chapter, the conference finally entered the substantive stage, and the delegates elected the chairman of the Royal Airship Society.

Duchamp couldn't help but yawn again, and the prince was sitting in front of the stage, wasn't it obvious.

Sure enough, Dietrie was the first to stand up and recommend Prince Olivet, and the other famous families scrambled to praise the stinky feet, and Prince Olivet was soon unanimously elected.

He was not modest, so he immediately took out a copy of his speech and began to read it.

When Duchamp heard this, he found that many of the contents of this speech were his contributions, and it was obvious that Irina had reorganized his stack of drafts and presented them to the prince.

This material was not leaked beforehand, and many of the attendees only now heard about the specific sports rules of the Airship Association.

Duchamp glanced at the Four Princes and found that many of them had obvious expressions on their faces, obviously some of the settings were different from what they expected. In comparison, only Dieter was at ease, and it was obvious that he had been passed by Duchamp.

On the first night of the conference, Duchamp talked to him, and the core was nothing more than a few points:

1. No matter how others behave, and no matter what his family commands, he just needs to vigorously praise Olivier's stinky feet at the venue;

2. Vigorously support several settings of the Airship Association, including some support measures for minor nobles and some support measures, showing the open-mindedness of the Kane family and the feelings of caring for the people;

3. After doing the above two points, the first director of the Airship Association is him.

After exchanging information with Duchamp on some of his family's demands and bottom lines, Dietrie formulated today's strategy.

In the management charter of the Airship Society, there are nothing more than two that conflict with the vital interests of the noble lords.

Article 1: The national first-class routes are subject to unified planning and management and joint operation, rather than monopolizing a territory or a route by one person as some people expect;

Second, the establishment of independent and mobile air defense forces.

These two articles are mixed for the nobles with real power, but it is obvious that the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, especially the conditions for the formation of the council, which are obviously beneficial to the nobles. The Kane family quickly agreed to the terms and made the first council member a bag.

After the elaboration of the joint operation plan, Olivier continued to announce that the method for the selection of directors of the airship association is actually very simple, that is, enterprises that own the airship industry, including airports, passenger-carrying scheduled ships, airship cargo companies, construction enterprises and other affiliated enterprises, can apply to become directors of the Royal Airship Association if they meet certain standards.

Among the directors, the chairman and executive directors are elected through the election. In view of the fact that this is the first preparatory meeting, after each company submits the budget and plan to be put into the airship industry, the airship association will approve the plan, and the quasi-director unit and quasi-executive director will be elected.

Just when the nobles were still pondering the pros and cons of the joint operation, and calculating whether to vote for Mira, Prince Olivet had already finished his speech.

With a wave of his hand, the staff brought up a huge map of the whole territory of Erebonia, replaced it with an economics expert, and began to talk about the potential and saturation value of Erebonia's aviation industry, the expected benefits of the routes applied by the nobles in various places, and how many years it would take to recover the funds invested in the construction of airports and airships, which areas are suitable for the development of more flexible small routes, which areas are only suitable for the development of low-cost freight, and so on.

This map, of course, is the masterpiece of Irina and her think tank.

In this world, the biggest advantage of developing the aviation industry is that it does not burn fuel, combined with the mountainous terrain of the empire and the experience of the earth, Duchamp believes that the aviation industry has great potential, under his persuasion, Irina ordered his subordinates to rush to make this more intuitive map, which area needs what kind of airship transportation, cost pros and cons, etc., are clearly explained, which is more conducive to the choice of inexperienced small nobles.

In the early days of the development of the airship industry, the data on this map was still preserved, which was completely a work of conscience, and at the same time broke the slander of some newspapers for the unfavorable cost of civilian airships.