4.8 Buddy
Two hours later.
The steam train crossed several streets through the city bridge, and finally reached the port area of Bix. The train stops on a trapezoidal platform. The people on the train stepped off the train from the main entrance, note: Binghe wanted to take the train skylight, jumped off the roof of the train, and was stopped by Lantao City.
After getting out of the car, the group walked in a regular queue towards the palace area.
Bix's capital palace is not a skyscraper.
Rather, it is a magnificent pier that is fifty meters high on the side facing the sea. You can let the giant ship dock. At the docks, steam cranes transported the ship's cargo and transported it down the docks via steel rails, and the huge docks also had turrets and arc-shaped forts guarded by them. This fortress is the palace. And the entire dock complex cargo transmission, administrative center, multiple functions of the sea defense fortress. It's a retro palace that saves money over skyscrapers.
Accompanied by the knight in charge of Bix's reception, the Chosen King of Oka and his party ascended the steps to the fifty-meter cement hill-like structure.
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The crowd came to the outer hall of the palace.
The waiter of Bix, dressed in a light blue woolen servant costume, walked over and whispered, "Please wait. ”
The waiter's tone was steady and flat, and there was no emotional meaning.
But the Oka nobles who were on this trip to choose the king knew the hidden meaning at this time.
Leaving the envoy waiting in the side hall without saying any reason was the nobleman's way of expressing displeasure.
Obviously, Archduke Bix was very unhappy with the Oka Empire's forcible arrangement of his youngest son to join the Elector of Heman. Archduke Bix is very self-aware, and knows that under the current situation on the mainland, the weak Bix is not suitable to participate in the election of the king at all.
Pratt & Whitney, who is like a jackal, and Oakley, who has a stubborn donkey temper, will make this king selection very troublesome. And Archduke Bickers didn't want his youngest son to be involved in these troubles.
Of course, even so, Archduke Bix can only lose his temper in this way. Oka's power, Bix, could not be disobeyed.
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Out of his own aristocratic upbringing and quality.
Toucheng and Peso and the others stood in the queue, silently enduring this dismount.
However, Bing He in the team was completely unaware of the reason why his group was waiting in this side hall. Note: This related knowledge is taught by the Gun Flame family, but Binghe has not learned it seriously.
After standing in the line for a few minutes, Gunflame Bingnu couldn't bear it
Binghe began to move his pace quietly, and when he found that no one stopped him, he further let go of his courage and quietly broke away from the line where everyone was standing.
Binghe pretended to be casual and paced down the hall.
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It was the first time that Binghe had come to the palace where the royal families of the mainland lived, and Bix enjoyed peace all year round, much richer than ordinary principalities. In this side hall are various paintings, sculptures, and rare specimens.
At first, Binghe was still looking at it from a distance, but after a few minutes, Binghe, who was becoming more and more curious about the displays in the hall, got closer and closer to the exhibits on the walls.
At first, he was two meters away, and then he gradually stepped into one meter away
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Seven minutes later,
"Ahem, cough, cough" A very deliberate cough came out of Chengtou's throat. The high-ranking knight stood in place and stared fiercely at Bing Core seven or eight meters away. And on the wall in front of Bingnu. Hanging specimen of the head of a giant beast. This giant beast has a two-meter head and a sharp mouth with sharp teeth, and it is unimaginable how big its body is.
Hearing Lan Tao Chengtou's coughing warning and feeling the threat in the eyes of this high-ranking knight.
Gunflame retracted his hand as he tried to touch the specimen.
Bing was quite interested in this specimen, and when he saw such a huge fang, he couldn't help but want to touch it.
If Lan Taocheng didn't cough to stop it, Binghe even wanted to take advantage of the inattention of the people around him to secretly pull two hairs on the specimen as a souvenir.
If no one was watching, Binghe would have jumped right up from the wall and tried to ride on the beast's head.
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The attendants in the hall seemed to be aware of Binghe's hyperactivity.
The waiter walked in front of Binghe and said politely: "Your Excellency, this specimen is a specimen of a giant red tiger hunted from the Far East six hundred years ago, the left fang is 2.31 inches long, and the right fang is 2.32 inches long. The eyeballs are mica substitutes. "The waiter's subtext: 'Be honest, you kid, don't break things.'"
However, Binghe couldn't understand the meaning of the waiter's subtle smile.
Binghe, who connected with the travel memories of his previous life, thought that this guy took the initiative to be a tour guide for himself. Binghe couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "The sense of service of the aristocratic family in this era is just right. ”
Face this servant who is leaning in. Binghe asked him further questions with great interest. "How old is this megalodon?" Is it a male, or a female? How many adults are there in general? What about living in groups? Or living alone? ”
The waiter's eyes narrowed and he looked at the spear flame Binghe vigilantly, and randomly began to answer smoothly in the order of Binghe's inquiry.
At first, the waiter suspected that Binghe was here to find fault, trying to make things difficult for the Bix family and make the Bix family lose face in the aristocratic circle.
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Because the aristocracy had no idea of the origin of the collection and put it in public, if it was revealed, it would be ridiculed by others for the nouveau riche.
And a top nobleman like the Grand Duke, if the waiter can't tell the origin and specific information of the items collected by the lord like a few treasures. Then the waiter is incompetent, and the great nobles who choose such a waiter have no taste.
So the waiter put on the attitude of defending Bix's honor and began to answer Binghe's questions.
As he listened, Binghe took out a small notebook and noted the key points, while also asking the waiter to speak slowly.
After saying that, Binghe walked over to the next exhibit and continued to ask a lot of questions.
Faced with a lot of problems, this waiter had to enter the mode of free tour guide. Walk with Binghe from the left side of the hall to the right side of the hall. Of course, in Binghe's shameless questioning that doesn't care about the image at all, sometimes he doesn't care about the ignorance of some cultural common sense that is exposed in the inquiry.
The waiter breathed a sigh of relief, and was sure that the boy was not here to cause trouble.
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And after Binghe finished visiting the last exhibit, the Grand Duke of Bickers just came out of the aisle.
Archduke Bickley occupation for the fortress.
The fortress has a domain, which the Grand Duke unfolds when he arrives at the palace from the city. He was always well aware of the visitors in the palace.
also saw the lively and active Binghe from the beginning, and as Binghe asked questions, the duke smiled at Binghe's behavior.
It's rare to find anyone so interested in the Bicks Collection. And the man was still a half-old child.
Due to Binghe's young age, after seeing Binghe, the Grand Duke thought that Binghe had nothing to do with the politics of the upper echelons of Oka, so gradually, Grand Duke Bix decided to treat Binghe differently in his heart, and he regarded Binghe as a guest.
The Grand Duke chose to wait until Binghe had finished visiting the exhibits before coming in. The aim is not to interrupt the visit.
And the city penetrated them, and the Grand Duke of Bix made them wait.
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After entering the side hall, the Grand Duke accepted the credentials according to etiquette and conducted a procedural exchange of official discourse. Wave your hand and let the team of the king wait.
Then the Grand Duke arrived in front of Binghe with a smile on his face and asked, "What is your name?" ”
Binghe showed respect: "Ronggang, this is my name in the field, I can't name my family, now I am a professional mechanical controller." He is fourteen years old. ”
The Grand Duke asked in surprise, "Aren't you an Oka man?" ”
Binghe said with some embarrassment: "I'm a wanderer. At present, I am separated from my family and am in the middle of travel, and I have benefited a lot from the mechanical manufacturing of the Oka Empire, and I think I will also gain something in Bix. ”
The Grand Duke frowned, the two characteristics of "fourteen years old" and "mechanical controller" did not belong to the "wanderer" at all
The wanderers who are separated from the family among the nobles are basically the people who are in the lower profession and have insufficient potential, and are not valued by the family and leave in disgrace.
The Grand Duke looked at Binghe's natural appearance, his face became strange, and he thought of a ridiculous word: "Running away from home." ”
However, the grotesqueness in my heart was contained.
The Grand Duke looked at Binghe, nodded with a smile and said, "Suta is the same age as you, I hope you and him can get along well." He was away for the first time. ”
Suta – The seventh son of Grand Duke Bickerley. It is also the candidate who is now sent to the king.
Binghe nodded: "It's an honor."
The Grand Duke nodded, told Binghe that he could continue if he wanted to go shopping, and then instructed the servants on the side to be responsible for guiding Binghe's actions in the palace area.
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Half an hour later.
In one of the gardens of the palace.
Binghe, who had dessert in his mouth, sat on the swing chair, and to the left of Binghe was the protagonist of the king that Oka was going to escort this time, 'Suta'.
This prince was very reserved when he first saw Binghe. It seems to have a faint fear of leaving home.
However, with Binghe in the chat, he talked about what he had seen and heard in various countries since his travel. The two soon became friends.
During the discussion, Binghe said that he had set off from the port of St. Sauc and then drifted to St. Sauc after a long sea voyage, Suta's eyes were shocked, and of course, after the shock, he was extremely interested in asking about the details of Binghe's journey along the way.
The fear of the outside world subsided a little for the teenager who had been in Bix for a long time. After all, the mechanical controller in front of him is an expert who has gone far away. With such a companion who was familiar with the journey to the forefront, Suta felt that there was no need to be so afraid.
In the face of Suta's look of amazement and envy, Gunflame Binghe's tone also became frowning when he talked about his family's journey. Suta was the first person since the trip not to speak negatively of Binghe's travels. Binghe: "It's rare to meet a confidant in life." ”
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And Binghe also hated to meet Suta too late. The conversation was on the fortress lineage. And this has made Binghe gain even more
Although Suta has not yet succeeded in inheriting the upper profession, he has accepted the inheritance of the orthodox fortress.
In the past, when Binghe came into contact with the information of the upper professionals, he always checked books, and occasionally checked the legal lineage information of some lower and some middle professionals. I don't want to be like this today at all, and meet a friend who has nothing to talk about.
After hearing Binghe's curious inquiry about the fortress's lineage, Suta complained about the difficulties in inheriting the lineage. Suta not only asked Binghe to take out the magic stone to check, he also took the trouble to explain to Binghe where the difficulties were.