Chapter 11: Augustine (2)
If there are fifty outstanding men in the younger generation, how many should there be in the younger generation of the Augustinian family? How many people are there in the whole family? Yichen felt that he had inadvertently opened a thick living family tree.
The corresponding dead family tree should be a thicker one, yes, thicker.
Nemoh gave the answer: "There are two thousand seven hundred and thirty-two direct members of the Augustine family, counting the old Buchuren who has been in a vegetative state for eighteen years, that is, the eighth uncle and grandfather of the young patriarch. ”
"Eight...... Granduncle. Yichen looked at his open thumb and forefinger, and his mouth was long enough to fit an egg.
"The Augustine family can now be in full bloom, thanks to the ancestor Mr. Duosheng in the cavity area, without Mr. Duosheng in the cavity area, there would be no Augustine today." Although he had never met, and despite the centuries-long gap with that "great man", Nemohe still admired and admired him.
"Ka-" Yichen put his fist in front of his mouth and coughed fiercely, "Monogamy has been going on for more than a hundred years, and besides, what is that Mr. Sheng...... Is it physically possible? ”
"Money can make a grinding ghost, hasn't the name of the gentleman been explained?" If he could go back to the past, Nemohe would definitely be the staunchest supporter of that "great man", he winked at Yichen, "As for physical strength, isn't the current Augustine family not formed overnight?" ”
Yichen put the wine glass on the plate of the passing waiter, and then silently gave a thumbs up to Nemohe, no, not Nemohe, only the "great man" who can marry and give birth is worthy of this wordless admiration.
"Although it was the first time I met Adam's people, the ones called 'Electric Silver Hands', I found that they were all wearing black gloves, is it family etiquette?" There was already envy and jealousy rising, and he hurriedly changed the subject.
"Shouldn't you have guessed from the name 'Electric Silver Hand'?" Nemoh felt that this silly-looking Lord of Darkness was indeed not smart, and he liked to ask questions that were not leveled, "Black gloves are exclusive to male clansmen when they become adults, just like a necessity in life. Of course, the young patriarch is an exception, he is the heir to the family's shame. ”
By the end, his voice was noticeably quieter.
Could it be that the flesh and blood were squeezed dry by the power of thunder and lightning? Thinking of the incomparably hideous withered hands, Yichen, who thought he had guessed the truth, suddenly had some understanding and sympathy for the Augustine family.
Adam avoided bad luck, and Yichen felt sorry for it from the bottom of his heart.
"With so many young people in the Augustinian family, how did Adam stand out as the young patriarch? It won't be relying on the two-layer relationship between his father and grandfather, right? He asked casually.
"The Augustinian family pays attention to fair and just competition, and the young patriarch is extremely talented, and he completely relies on his own strength to sit in the position of heir. It's a pity that the young patriarch is not interested in this position, and the reason why he did this is because the Snow Shame and the heir must be the same person. Snow Shame is qualified to fuse sword breath to become the Lord of Thunder and Lightning when [Dao Sword Ming Qi] chooses the master. Speaking of this, Nemokh's tone was a lot more helpless.
If you are not interested in power, there are probably only a few patriarchs in the Augustinian family.
Yes, without the temptation of money and wealth, the Augustinian family is not short of money, everyone is rich, and ordinary people can eat ten lifetimes with a single knife.
Yichen didn't say much, he had read the file of "Sorrow of Thunder and Lightning".
The previous Lord of Lightning, Abner, was Adam's great-uncle, and Evans, the host of the Lightning-King's Palace, was Adam's great-uncle. The brother who grew up wearing open crotch pants became mortal enemies in the blink of an eye, and this kind of blow is difficult for ordinary people to bear.
Abner and Evans fought for three days and three nights, turning the vast Thor's Domain, an unknown and uncharted area in the North Atlantic, into a sea of thunder and lightning, which took a long time to recover.
The Augustinians were involved in the Great War and had no reason to stay out of it.
In that battle, the Augustine family suffered heavy casualties, and the island of Thor was full of blood, and its vitality was greatly damaged, if it wasn't for Abraham, who was still the patriarch at the time, to take precautions and send the younger generation such as Jeders, who was still a child, out of the Thunder God Domain, even after forty years of recuperation, the Augustine family would definitely not have such a prosperous scene.
Brothers cannibalize each other and the family is devastated, this is "The Sorrow of Thunder and Lightning", a tragedy belonging to the Augustinian family.
And now, after forty years, the new Lord of Thunder and Lightning, Adam, is in the same situation as his uncle's grandfather, and his opponent is Joe Orle, the King of Thunder, and his cousin Ben Howard.
While speaking, the two of them had already come to the outer cabin of the Thor, and under the guidance of Nemohe, Yichen walked up to the rooftop.
Wentiantai is one of the six scenic spots of Thor, stepping on a level of white jade steps, climbing a large area of the round platform, the infrared sensor system detects that someone is coming, and uses dry ice to create a white mist creeping on the floor.
The sloping black curved wall stretched from five meters away, pasting the head of Nemohe, who was slightly taller than Yichen, and connecting with the ceiling with recessed ceiling lights.
Just when Yichen touched the curved wall and wondered what this so-called Wentiantai was, the recessed ceiling light suddenly dimmed, although it had no effect on him, but it put the round platform in a dim environment, only the white fog under his feet still retained the stubbornness to show himself.
The dazzling white light was like electricity, washing in, and the instantly transparent black wall startled Yichen, and when he looked again, the surroundings were already full of light, and in front of him was a white world.
The clouds seemed to be only a hand's distance away, and before they could touch the idea, the clouds ran quickly behind them, and then the next cloud came running from a distance.
It's not that the clouds are naughty, it's that the Thor is too fast, close to Mach 2, and has already surpassed some fighters with backward performance.
It was as if he was in a marshmallow world, but the slight coolness under his feet and the mist that reached his knees made Yichen feel as if he was really in the air.
If it weren't for the fact that he already had the ability to go to heaven and the earth, and he had a good time playing in the sky, Yichen thought that he would definitely be interested in this Wen Tiantai.
But now, he really can't be interested, as an existence that can fly, his goal has changed from aviation to aerospace, and traveling in the universe is what he envies.
"So Mr. Yi is here." Full of magnetic and gentle voice, just by listening to the voice, you can know that the owner must be a handsome person.
Yichen looked back at the young man who was walking towards him, a little shorter than him, with short silver hair, a purple haute couture suit, and a handsome angular face with a friendly smile.
"Young Master Guojie." Nemoh bowed slightly.
"Nemohe, you go and get busy, I'll talk to Mr. Yi." Guojie Augustine nodded, not forgetting to remind, "That is a very important guest of the Shan family, and the patriarch instructed him to serve it well." ”
Nemohe answered, said goodbye to Yichen, and walked down the rooftop.
"I heard my cousin say that the Lord of Darkness is on the Thor, so I came to get acquainted, and I'm honored to meet you, Mr. Yichen." Guo Jie bent down slightly, stretched out his hand, and introduced himself at the same time, "Guo Jie Augustine." ”
"Echen." Yichen shook hands with Guo Jie, while his gaze lingered on his black-gloved hands for a few more seconds.
The Gojie Augustine family, the hand of electric silver, the first-class electric silver thunderbolt, is also the captain of the Thor, the supreme commander of this top-notch aircraft that cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build.
But maybe not anymore, because Adam boarded this "plane" that couldn't really be incorporated into the ranks of airplanes.
"Attractions such as Wentiantai and Treading Wave Hall may be the most worthwhile for others on the Thor, but they may not be so effective when used on the Lord of the Dao Sword." Guo Jie made a gesture of "please" outside the rooftop, "Let's go to the Garden of God." ”
Yichen wanted to say that I had seen it, but he was afraid of losing the face of this first-class electric silver, so he could only smile and walk towards the steps.
Guo Jie, who seemed to know what Yichen was thinking, and was half a body behind, said: "The wonder of God's Garden is not something that can be experienced by simply strolling around, and Mr. Yi has not walked around either. ”
Even I didn't take a look around, Yichen raised his eyebrows, knowing that the place where this luxurious big guy in the air is not monitored is only the bedroom, and maybe the bedroom is monitored, thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder, and said in his heart, I hope this Lord Thunder, who has been in charge of the Thor for many years, does not have a habit of voyeurism.
"Where are we now?" Yichen asked.
"Just flew over the Strait of Dover, currently over Southend-on-the-Sea, London in front, and still some distance from Thor's Domain." Guo Jie replied quickly, giving Yichen a feeling that he was afraid that the Thor would fly out of the sky over Marina Southend.
"Thor Domain is really in the Atlantic?" Yichen couldn't help but ask curiously, he had read the information of the Augustine family, and the Thunder God Domain was the territory of the Augustine family.
He had always been skeptical that Thor's Domain was an unknown uncharted sea in the North Atlantic, not because he doubted the wealth and strength of the Augustine family, but because he felt that no patriarch would be unenlightened to isolate the family from human society.
"It's really in the North Atlantic." Guo Jie nodded, and his pace slowed down, "In the early days, the Thunder God Domain was just an extremely inconspicuous sea area in the Atlantic Ocean, and later the ancestors accidentally discovered the mystery in it, and it became the territory of the Augustine family after arguing with reason. ”
"Such a big piece of fat can't be kept by reason, right?" As he said this, Yichen pointed upwards with his index finger.
Guo Jie smiled calmly and said bluntly: "Therefore, the ancestor of Duosheng in the cavity area not only has the talent of the heavens and latitudes, but also has the heart of scheming, and the erudite and talented ancestor did not preach it after discovering the thunder pool, but spent half a year observing and exploring the thunder pool, until he found the lifeblood of the thunder pool and pinched it in his hand, and then made the thunder pool public." It's not open to the public, not many people know about this, and they are basically rookies. ”
"The club's history seems to be a little bit older than that of the Augustinians." Yichen muttered.
"Negotiation is inevitable, Ming Xuan convened the Destiny Xuan Meeting, the six Xuan Lords and a hundred Xuan members and the ancestors launched an extremely fierce verbal confrontation, the negotiations lasted for three days and three nights, and finally after the ancestors threatened to destroy the Lei Chi if they did not agree to the conditions, Ming Xuan agreed to the conditions of the ancestors." Guo Jie said sincerely, "With the power of one person, make Mingxuan compromise, the ancestor is worthy of being the ancestor, and it is difficult for us and other juniors to reach it." ”
Yichen wanted to say that he dared to ask what conditions your ancestors had proposed, but after careful consideration, he still resisted his curiosity and did not ask, first, he felt that this was not polite, and second, there was really nothing too curious, after all, it was a hundred years ago.
"After the Destiny Xuan meeting, that sea area was named 'Thor Domain' by the ancestors and became the private territory of the ancestors, and the ancestors were British, and the Thor Domain was not in the UK, but it also became a part of the UK, but this part is relatively special, simply put, it is not regulated." Guo Jie said, "Whether the ancestors turned the Thor Domain into a private territory, or the British turned the Thor Domain into a territory and territorial waters, the process was extremely difficult and the cost was unprecedented. ”
From the speed of speech, I felt that Guo Jie wanted to bring the sentence "price" over, and Yichen didn't talk too much.
"The existence of the Sea God Domain and the Augustine family is not open to the public and is not known to the world, you know this." Coming to the huge glass cover, Guo Jie took two light but fragrant cocktails from the waiter's plate and handed one of them to Yi Chen.
"Thank you." Yichen took the wine glass, but he just took it, he had drunk a lot with Nemohe just now, his stomach had already protested, his stomach was quite bulging, and it was really inconvenient to accept "drinkers" anymore.
"As the base camp of the family, the Thor Domain is composed of two parts, the Thor Sea Area and the Thor Islands, and the area is inconvenient to disclose, but there are a total of 43 large and small islands in the Thor Islands." Like the sound of steam, the glass hatch opened, and Guo Jie gestured sideways.
Yichen smiled politely and started the second tour of the Garden of God.