Chapter 8

The new king's sincere invitation made it impossible for Isabel to come up with any excuses in a short time, so she had to agree. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Due to her long stay in the Tomahawk Fort prison and the limited conditions in the prison, Isabel returned home before dinner to take a warm bath, change into clean underwear, and use the lavender perfume that her father had given her. Although she cares a lot about some details of her image, but in the end she has to put on a dragon fur coat and put on a mask to meet the king, even if she has a cold and charming appearance and skin like ice and snow, King Frederick can't see it, even if Frederick moves the color heart, he can't contact her directly through the skin, at most he can only smell the perfume on her body.

In the evening, Isabel came to the palace, and a guard led her into the king's dining room. In the huge dining room, the only light comes from a candle on the table. Frederick sat at one end of the table, and Isabel sat at the other.

Due to the long dining table and the distance between the two, Isabel could not see her face even if she took off her mask.

"There's no one else here, I've prepared great food and wine, and now you can take off your mask and enjoy it." Frederick said.

Isabel took off her mask and gloves and set them aside, "Your Majesty, I feel honored to have dinner with you!"

"Today's dinner was made by the best chef in the country, and we savored it slowly. "At the same time. Frederick subconsciously glanced at her, trying to see her face for a moment, but the light was too dim to see only a shadow under the wide coat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Isabel opened the lid on the plate in front of her and found that the food on the plate was freshly grilled lamb chops, which was disgusting food for the Bloodline, but it was delicious for her, because she had been carefully trained by her mentor Hales, and she had adapted to human food, and she could eat anything that humans could eat.

"Tonight is a night of romance for me, a king, with a starry night and beautiful women in my company. ”

"It is a complete honour for His Majesty to invite me here. ”

"It would be nice to see you!"

"Your Majesty is really joking. ”

"I've always wanted to ask you, Isabel, where are you from, where is your home?"

"Why is Your Majesty asking me this?"

"It's just curious, nothing else, if you don't want to answer, it's okay, just don't ask. You are still the most loyal subordinate of the former king and me. ”

"Your Majesty asked me this, just to send the things that were rewarded to me directly to my home in the future, in fact, I didn't want to get more rewards, I just wanted to serve Your Majesty, and I didn't ask for anything in return. ”

Frederick smiled, "You are really good at talking, and I always feel very comfortable listening to you." It's just you and me here, why don't you let me see your face. ”

"I have been disfigured since I was a child, and now I am ugly, once I am frightened by Your Majesty, will I not become a sinner?"

"No, even if you scare me, you can only blame myself. ”

"Your Majesty, don't look at it, this is my privacy, I really don't want anyone to see my face, please forgive your Majesty. ”

"I'll just take a look. ”

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. ”

"Alright then, let's dine first and talk while eating. ”

"Okay. Isabel cut a piece of meat and put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly, analyzing the king's intentions at the same time. Did the king like the woman in the mask, or did he perceive something suspicious?

"Don't just eat, drink some wine, this is the best French wine, and it was once a favorite of the Sun King Louis XIV. ”

Isabel tasted the wine, "Silky on the palate." ”

"Yes, it's silky on the palate and has a great aftertaste. When you take the first sip, if you hold it in your mouth for a long time, it's like a woman's lips. ”

"Your Majesty is laughing again. ”

"When I take the second sip, the taste is completely different from the first time, like a woman's tongue. If it reaches a woman's mouth, you will also feel a hint of kissing with a man. ”

"Is this your Majesty's personal feeling?"

"No, everyone should feel that way, don't you?"

"For me, it's just red wine. ”

"Even if you really feel it, you won't answer it directly. ”

"I suppose Your Majesty has asked me to come here tonight just to invite me to dinner, right?"

"If I could catch a glimpse of you, or spend a romantic evening with a mysterious hero like you, it would be a good idea for me tonight. ”

"My subordinates don't know what Your Majesty means, please make it clear to Your Majesty. ”

Frederick put down the dishes, stood up, picked up the bottle like a gentleman, and began to walk towards Isabel, "Come, there is no one else here, and you don't have to treat me as an outsider, I will pour you the wine myself." ”

"Your Majesty, please don't come here. Isabel picked up the mask and covered her face, and her tone became very resolute, "Please don't come here, Your Majesty." ”

Frederick saw that her attitude was so resolute, in order to avoid a series of misunderstandings that might occur next, he instinctively stopped, thinking that he would not be able to see the face of the masked girl tonight, so he forced himself to hide his disappointment with a smile, "Well, I also hope you don't care about my presumptuousness, I am still your king, and you are still my most loyal subordinate." ”

"Thank you for your understanding!"

Frederick returned to his seat, "Did the British spies who were imprisoned in Fort Tomahawk Prison reveal anything?"

Isabel lowered her mask and continued, "They did not tell the truth, but despised the royal power. ”

"Blanca must have made them suffer a lot, right?"

"Yes, Blanca tried everything in his power to get them to tell the truth, and planned to turn against one of them. ”

"Rebellion?"

"It can also be said to 'divide' them. ”

"Whatever you do, as long as you can get the truth from their mouths. ”

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, it won't be long before that British spy will be at our disposal. ”

"It seems that Blanca has really worked hard for our country, and can plot against enemy spies, so my reward for him is not enough. ”

"At the moment, our worst enemy is still the United Kingdom, who has been interfering with us. ”

"Fortunately, we have a good relationship with France, and in the next step, I intend to form an alliance with Napoleon, with the help of this ally, I can build a powerful army, and then gradually regain the lost territory and resurrect the once glorious Nordic Empire. ”

"Your Majesty, your idea is good, but ...... Do you think Napoleon will recognize us as an ally?"

"Napoleon's ambitions are expanding, he needs more allies to aid him, and I conclude that he will not consider every nation to be his enemy. ”

"Your Majesty does not need to rush to sign an alliance treaty with him. ”

"Why?"

"Please Your Majesty first build a strong navy, because of the current situation in Europe, 'peace' is no longer possible, only countries with strong armies are qualified to speak, the stronger we are, the more our neighbors will respect us, friends will take the initiative to form alliances with us, and enemy countries will be more afraid of us. ”

"You're a good idea, but ...... It is not an easy task to build a strong navy, and the British are eyeing it, and once they perceive that we are building a navy, they will inevitably launch another naval battle of Copenhagen, and at that time, we will not only cede land and pay reparations, but I am afraid that my throne will not be guaranteed. ”

"Your Majesty don't worry, we don't need to make a big deal about this matter, Greenland, Iceland, Norway are still in our hands, these places are rich in forest resources, we can secretly build many shipyards and arsenals, and we can raise soldiers, within five years, Your Majesty will definitely build a powerful navy and realize the long-awaited dream of the Nordic Empire." ”

"Your proposal is very good, but to build a huge navy, it will take a lot of manpower and financial resources, and it will take time, and if we build a huge navy that is several times stronger than Britain, it will inevitably exhaust the national strength. ”

"Your Majesty does not have to use the state's money if he wants to build a navy. ”

"What's better for you?"

"We can go to the enemy country to grab the money for building the navy. ”

"With our current military strength?"

"Your Majesty is entirely free to build a navy first and then launch an invasion against the enemy. ”

"I know that it's easy to build a navy, but it's hard to train a navy. ”

"By 'navy', I don't mean the army at sea. ”

"The army on land is of no use at all, especially against a country like Great Britain, against Britain unless our ships can fly. ”

"Your Majesty said it well, then we will let the ship fly. ”

Frederick was taken aback, "What do you say, let our ships fly? Did I mishear?"

"Your Majesty heard me right, I did mean to let our ships fly. ”

"Isabel, you speak clearly, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to be in a hurry, I will hand over the relevant information to Your Majesty tomorrow, as long as Your Majesty agrees, everything will be easy to say. ”

"Alright then, I'll wait for your good news. ”

"Before I hand over the information to His Majesty, please don't tell Your Majesty about it. ”

"You just have to rest assured. ”

"It is an honor for my subordinates to discuss such an important matter with Your Majesty. ”

"The first king told me before he died that only Isabel could deter a powerful enemy from afar, so my father was not wrong. ”

"Blessings to King and Your Majesty. ”

"I wish you could talk to me a little longer. ”

Isabel put on a mask and gloves, "It's late at night, Your Majesty should rest early, I should go back too." ”

"Alright then, I'll wait for your news tomorrow. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Isabel returned home, disarmed, and the first thing she did was to prepare for the king a map of the construction of the navy. Influenced by the military engineer Lahague Odro, her imagination grew wilder, and she was able to figure out the principles of this with just a few simple sketches and figures. It took her five hours and more than 60 sketches to design a giant ironclad that could be used as a mobile platform at sea, and she named the ironclad "Frederick Mobile Island". She also budgeted for the amount of materials needed to build the moving island and the construction period. In addition, she also found the blueprint of the "Blood Angel" spaceship, and planned to combine the mobile island with the spaceship to build an invincible "sea and air force".

It took her all night to finally draw the blueprint for the moving island. At dawn the next day, when she was armed, she went to the palace with the drawings, and waited patiently until Frederick had finished changing his clothes before going to see him.

At this time, Frederick couldn't wait to see the drawings she sent, and in order to prevent leaking information, he called her to the office alone. Frederick took the drawing, spread it on the table, and examined it carefully, but he couldn't understand the drawing, so he asked, "What is this, Isabel?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Isabel's tone was very confident, as if she already knew that the king would definitely take her advice, "Your Majesty, the content on the drawings is very realistic, as long as you want to do it, it will definitely be realized, those so-called spaceships, just remove the mast of an ordinary ship, and then according to the drawings, install a burner and a huge air bag, and a spaceship will be born." As for the mobile island, the amount of work will be larger, and the manpower and material resources consumed will inevitably be large, depending on whether His Majesty is willing to spend money. ”

Frederick pondered, and as he thought about it, he said, "The things on the drawings are indeed tempting, but ...... Can it really be done?"

"As long as Your Majesty is willing to support this, it will definitely be realized. ”

"It seems that you are confident. ”

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will never let down Your Majesty. ”

"Is the moving island a sea take-off and landing platform for the spacecraft?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"Do you feel the need to build a moving island?"

"I think it's necessary. ”

"Tell me your reasoning. ”

"If we were to attack the British, and our ships took off from the mainland, and before they reached the British territorial waters, they would run out of fuel and crash into the sea, even if our ships took off from Normandy, France, which was closest to the British, and when we entered the south coast of England, we would run out of fuel and have to land in a short time. If we had a mobile island, we could transport the ship directly to the coast of England and let the ship take off from there, thus avoiding consuming fuel on the ship. In addition, the mobile island can not only carry spaceships, but also fuel, food, munitions, and artillery, as a huge mobile fortress on the sea. ”

Frederick continued to read the unbelievable draft on the drawing, "Your ideas are very thoughtful. Let's talk about the materials used to build the Moving Island. ”

"According to the drawings, about 20,000 tons of wood, thousands of tons of iron and thousands of tons of lime were needed. ”

"So much?"

"Yes. According to the structure on the drawings, the frame of the moving island was built with wood, 300 meters long, 100 meters wide, and 50 meters high, with a total of five floors, and the location of the office, galley, lounge, cabin, vents, steam room and shooting port was determined, and then all the shadowed parts on the drawing were filled with lime, so that the frame was extremely strong and not afraid of any bumps of the waves. Finally, the deck, bottom, and perimeter of the mobile island were once again covered with heavy iron armor, so that an impregnable mobile island, or sea fortress, was born, and when we encountered an enemy ship, we could completely not return fire, but with a quick charge, we could smash the enemy's fleet to pieces. If there is anything inappropriate, please give your Majesty more advice. ”

"Great, you've thought of everything I've thought. It's just that...... A project of this magnitude requires a lot of labor and money, where should I find it?"

"Your Majesty only needs to release the prisoners of the whole country, put them in designated places, put them under the supervision of the army, and put them under militarized management, and at the same time be responsible for the construction of mobile islands and spaceships, and as long as Your Majesty absolves them of their crimes, they will surely fight to the death. His Majesty only had to provide them with food and shelter, so that the state would not only have to spend a penny, but would be able to complete such a huge project on time. As for the project site, it could be located in northern Norway and Greenland. ”

"Isabel, you are very clever, and your plan is very useful. ”

"It stands to reason that this is a major military and political matter, and I, a soldier of the Ninth National Defense, should not talk too much, I still suggest that Your Majesty call the ministers to discuss, what I just said is just my personal thoughts, Your Majesty does not have to care. ”

"Your ideas are very good, far more than some of the ministers, but this matter must be kept secret and not mentioned in front of any of the ministers, some of whom are very jealous, and I fear that you will become a thorn in their side, a thorn in their flesh, and they will also be plotted against you. ”

"Your Majesty's words, I will definitely take them to heart. ”

"That's good, from now on, I have my own arrangements for the construction of mobile islands and spaceships, during this period, you are still a member of the Ninth National Defense, you have to do your job, as for other things, you can only listen, not ask. ”

"I see. ”

Frederick put down the drawings in his hand, "In that case, we might as well say something else." He walked up to Isabel, gazed at the purple eyes in her mask, and said affectionately: "Your eyes are like water droplets on violets, crystal clear, breathtaking, and inevitably evoke, these are the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen in my life." ”

Isabel instinctively lowered her head, "Please don't joke Your Majesty, it's time for me to get out of here." ”

Frederick grabbed her wrist and put his other hand on her shoulder, then tried to touch her neck, "With me, no one can hurt you." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the King's hand gently ran across her neck, causing her to take a step backwards and feel very uncomfortable, "Your Majesty, please don't do this. ”

"Why do you always avoid me, and am I not qualified to approach you as a king?"

"Your Majesty, please, let me go, I still have important tasks to do. ”

Frederick smiled helplessly, "I was joking with you just now, I didn't expect you to take it seriously." Okay, you go first, we'll see you another day. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"