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The next day someone came to the inn and took Downing and Icardi into the royal palace, which was more opulent than the arch-pacumber of the Holy City.

The meeting was not in the main hall, but in a relatively remote auditorium, and the attendants served tea. "Sir, His Majesty is having dinner and will receive you later, please be patient. ”

"Of course. "It was not surprising to Downing that His Royal Highness seemed to be still immersed in his own luxurious life, and did not take the war with the Holy See to heart, as is always the case with those who are accustomed to a good life.

A short time later, someone stepped into the hall, a bearded man with a big belly wrapped around a lion's head belt, a symbol of power, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Defence, apparently a shorter man who was His Majesty the King.

Downing and Icardi saluted respectfully, and His Majesty reached out to lift the young man up. "I heard from Remington that fifty tons of gold had been donated, and I looked up and showed me the generous young man. ”

The king looked at the young man, and the smile made the fat on his face tremble. "Look, the kingdom has endured because of such young people, energetic and powerful, and I will remember your contribution to the kingdom, so what do you want. ”

There must be demands for payment, no one would pay such a huge fortune to fund this war for no reason, and His Royal Highness the King is not stupid. "How about giving you the status of your duke?"

Downing mocked in his heart. "It looks like the old king is old and confused. He replied respectfully. "You have given me the status of a duke. ”

The king paused for a moment, and looked back at the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Defence spreading their hands. "Of course I remember, it was just a joke. He covered up his mistakes and sat in the most honorable position. "Then you must want something else. ”

"I've got enough benefits, Great King, I just want to do something for this war, trust me. Downing saluted with one hand over his chest.

"Well, when the war is over, you'll have a fiefdom big enough. The king took up the cup of tea on the table, and the tea was on his beard, and a servant came up to wipe it. "I approved Remington and Elwin's offer to allocate a hundred tons of gold for you, and you only need to provide enough weapons. ”

Downing saluted again. "Your Majesty, if necessary, I would like to form a mercenary army, led by Mr. Icardi at my side, who will stand firmly by your side. ”

The king glanced at Icardi, who had not taken the burly fellow in his eyes from the beginning. "Of course, I allow you to form mercenaries. ”

"Your Majesty, I have another request. Downing stepped forward. "If you need it, I can find enough reinforcements to join the ranks of the Holy See. ”

"No, no, no, now that we are strong enough, the sad Holy See will be hated. "The king was quite confident and did not feel in the slightest that he would lose this war.

It looked like it would have to wait, Downing left with the documents signed by the king, and Icardi had no affection for the arrogant king. "He's more disgusting than the papal ones. ”

"It doesn't matter, it won't be long before he'll feel anxious, scared, and then he'll be quite humble enough to talk to us. ”

Downing put away the paper that signed the king's name. "We have to go and enjoy the drama now. ”

With the script, those actors seized the time to rehearse, and soon the performance had already begun, and the new script was unexpectedly loved by the audience, and there was no reason why good actors and good scripts should not be popular, and the number of audiences began to increase wildly.

Small troupes began to become famous, and even some theaters in big cities sent invitations to go to big city theater companies to perform.

The tension at this time needs some entertainment to ease, especially those who are always silent in the atmosphere of the coming war, looking a little pessimistic, no matter who wins, in the end, the trauma of the war needs to be borne by them, the civilians.

"Look, great, we can go to the big city and I can't wait to perform at the Grand Theatre, it's the best place to perform, think about it, it's full of people, we're performing, and then they're giving us a round of applause. "Some actors were overwhelmed with excitement when they learned that they could go to a big city to perform.

"Don't get excited, we have to keep improving, and we don't make sure we make a mistake. "Someone warned.

"Don't worry, with a good script and good actors, we won't have any problems with our combination. ”

Everyone began to pack up and head to the big towns for performances, and Márquez is now joining the troupe, which has a large procession of carriages and a lot of people on the road.

Some of the audience recognized it and reported it with the warmest applause. "Good luck to you, dear actors, you will be summoned by His Majesty the King. ”

There is a troupe that wants to enter the big city of Hawke, and naturally there is a troupe that will be driven out of there, this Golden Bear troupe has a history of many years, and even participated in the king's celebrations, both in terms of seniority and popularity, and is more senior and well-known than the new troupe that is rushing to Hawke.

Coming out of the office of the head of the local theater, Mr. Saliff, the head of the Golden Bear Troupe, was in a rather bad mood. "Damn it, aren't we as good as that new troupe, you'll regret the decision you made. ”

Hawke's theater director told Sallive, the head of the Golden Bear Theatre Company. "I'm sorry, Saliff, I know you're of a very high level and very popular, but for now you have to put a break because the audience here wants to see fresh stories and your tour can continue when the new troupe is done. ”

The Golden Bear Troupe's tour was halted, the famous troupe had already performed in many major cities across the country, and this time it arrived in Hawk and was stopped just as it was about to perform, which was not a big deal, but Salif thought they had been insulted.

Of course, he had also heard of the new troupe, which recruited some third-rate actors, and then wrote some new scripts, and made a little name for himself in the town near Hawke, so he was invited to Hawke.

Back at the place where the Golden Bear Troupe was stationed, Salif entered his room, where his wife asked nervously. "How's it going?"

Saliff's wife is a famous actor who used to be famous, but she was a little bitter and mean, and drove away a lot of people in the troupe, just so that she could always dominate the heroine.

No matter what kind of play, she has only one request, you must play the heroine by yourself, and Salif, as the leader, will certainly not refuse his wife's request.

"We had to put our show on hold for a while, and Hawke decided to let the new troupe perform at the local theater first, and then us. Salif hung his head and ate the stew on the table.

"Damn, how could they make such a stupid decision, we're the most popular troupe. Salif's wife flew into a rage and threw her vanity case on the ground.

"Let them be, and we'll get out of here and go to the next city, and we will never set foot in Hawke from now on, unless he begs us on his knees. Salif chewed on the stew and grumbled. "Leave when you're done, you've got to tell the damn idiots to pack up. ”

Salif's wife doesn't think so, she has to have the upper hand in everything. "Saliff, there's no need for us to leave, let's see what the situation is, and see what the new troupe has in order to get that idiot in charge of the theater to make such a decision. ”

The new troupe entered Hawke, and this time they didn't have to sleep out because the organizers had prepared comfortable accommodations for them, hot water, and a delicious dinner, and now they were VIPs.

That night they stayed in a hotel, but some of them couldn't bear the loneliness and decided to go out and walk around the streets, so that they could finally re-enter the big city to perform, and they had to enjoy the stroll.

Several actors were followed in the dark. "Oh my God, I know one of them, it's Sean, and he's in this new troupe. Salif's wife hid her face with her collar and exclaimed, "Unbelievable." ”

Salif stared at several people. "Who is Sean?"

"Do you forget, he used to be an actor in our troupe, of course, just an extra, playing some trees or cows, sheep and animals and so on, and then I fired because he always had a lot of opinions and gave me all kinds of different opinions about my acting skills. Salif's wife introduced.

Salif let out a mocking laugh. "It's hard to imagine that a guy who can only play a tree or a cow or a sheep in the Golden Bear Troupe is the main actor in the new troupe. ”

"Let's go back and see again tomorrow night. "Salif's wife and her man have the same idea, such a troupe is not worth paying attention to at all, tomorrow night's performance will definitely end in failure, and the director of the theater will definitely be greeted with eggs by the audience.

The next night, Hawke's performance went ahead as scheduled, and the audience heard about the new troupe, and the small number of people in the town who had had had the privilege of seeing the show recommended it to their companions. "You won't believe what a great performance this troupe from a small place can have. ”

The room was packed, including Salif and his wife, who couldn't wait to see these people kicked out of the place, and the theater director would be begging them to come and perform.

The backstage actors were ready, but this time with a slight adjustment, Wyatt, who was not a professional actor, was playing a tree, after all, such a sacred place was the home of real actors, and he didn't want to really become an actor in a new troupe.

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