At this time, the Chancellor Dick did not supervise the construction of new ships, as the Admiralty in Paris had thought, but lived in a castle on the outskirts of Toulon, enjoying the long-lost world with his wife.

Of course, this was not done by Minister Dick on his own initiative, but was forced.

The current Minister Diko is being placed under "house arrest" in the castle by his wife, enjoying a long-lost "vacation"

Although Chancellor Dick was very reluctant to sit idle, this holiday was not something he could decide.

Who let himself annoy his wife some time ago because he stayed up all night.

As a result, his wife used the power granted to her by the emperor and forced him to take a leave of absence.

Fortunately, his wife did not force him to take a leave of absence in front of everyone in the shipyard, but privately announced the emperor's order to make him take a mandatory break.

Otherwise, Dicko's old face would probably be lost in the shipyard.

Even so, many of the shipyard's designers vaguely guessed that Minister Dick might have been unable to come to work for a few days because of his wife.

However, everyone at the shipyard was happy about Chancellor Dico's leave.

After all, Dick's sleepless work at the Toulon shipyard was a bit worrying.

Even if a machine keeps it awake all day, it can't bear it.

Not to mention a living person, but also an old man over fifty years old.

Many shipyard designers and workers can hear the occasional coughing sound in the room as they pass by Chancellor Nickard's private office.

Crucially, since there was no one in the entire shipyard who held a greater position than Chancellor Dick, many of the designers' persuasions were taken on deaf ears by Dickow.

Now that Minister Diko has been forced to take a vacation, both the shipyard and the design institute are very happy.

They also did not want the sudden death of a minister who thought that he knew both the building of the navy and the management of personnel.

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When a telegram from the Admiralty Telegraph Office in Paris was sent to Toulon, the first reaction of the Maritime Telegraph Office in Toulon was to delay as long as possible to give Chancellor Dicoeur enough time to rest.

However, because the content of this telegram was closely related to the emperor, the Toulon Maritime Telegraph Office did not dare to slack off at all, and they quickly sent someone to send the telegram to the castle on the outskirts of Toulon.

When the members of the Maritime Telegraph Office rode to the gate of the castle, the two marines who were in charge of guarding the gate of the castle immediately stepped forward to ask questions.

"I have here a telegram from Paris, which needs to be handed over to Chancellor Dico!" The member of the telegraph office took the folded telegram in his pocket and said to the two Marines.

"Telegram to us, you can go!" The Marines said to him after taking the telegram from the members of the telegraph office.

"Yes!" Members of the Telegraph Office saluted the Marines and left.

The Marines picked up the telegram and pushed open the castle gate to enter the castle, at this time Theodore was "imprisoned" in the castle. Dick was sitting on the couch with his legs crossed and pretending to be Dick flipping through the newspaper, while his gaze occasionally glanced over to Dikov, who was sitting on the other side of the couch.

The Dikov man, who was sitting next to the Minister Diko, knitted his sweater with his heart, and said to the Diko minister: "Until you adjust your schedule, I will never let you take half a step out of the castle, and you will die of this heart!" ”

When Minister Diko heard his wife's reply, he immediately put down the newspaper in his hand and "begged for mercy" from his wife: "Madam, be merciful and lift my ban!" Now the new ship is at its most critical point, and I need to take care of everything myself.

If something goes wrong with them, I still have to be responsible for the accident!

I can assure you that as long as this ship is launched, I will honestly follow the schedule! ”

"Walking on the Stars"

"I ask you!" The Dickov stopped knitting his sweater, looked up and asked the Minister Dicko, "How long will it be before this ship is launched?" ”

"One...... Oh no! Trimester! It only takes three months to get into the water! Minister Diko hurriedly replied to the Dikovs.

"You're lying!" Dykov frowned slightly, and said to Minister Dicko: "The workers of the shipyard told me that it will take at least half a year for this ship to be launched!" ”

"You see, I forgot that it was half a year!" Minister Diko pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said to Dikov, "As long as it takes half a year, I will have a lot of time to accompany you!" When the time comes, you can do whatever you want! ”

The Dickov man looked at Chancellor Diko quietly, his eyes full of distrust.

"I can assure you!" Minister Diko replied with an oath to the Dikovs.

At this moment, members of the Marine Corps appeared in front of the Minister Diko and the Dikov people, "Your Excellency, here is a telegram from Paris, please check it!" ”

With that, the Marines handed the telegram into the hands of Minister Dick, and quickly left.

Minister Dicko, who received the telegram, opened the telegram and consulted its contents.

After a while, a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of Chancellor Dico's mouth, and he handed the telegram to the lady sitting beside him, and said with a hint of smugness in his tone: "Your Majesty has asked me to return to Paris next Monday to report to him on the expenditure of the navy for the whole of last year. ”

The Dikov man stopped what he was doing again, glanced at the contents of the telegram and replied to the Minister Diko: "Then you will return to Paris this Sunday!" ”

"That's not going to work!" Minister Diko said to the Dickovs, "You can't report without materials!" I'll have to go back to Paris early to sort out my paperwork! ”

"Then return to Paris tomorrow!" The Dickov replied to the Minister Dicko: "But I will return to Paris with you!" ”

Minister Diko's expression froze slightly because of the "return together" of the Dikov people, and then he smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course! ”

Subsequently, Minister Dick returned to the Toulon Shipbuilding Center under the name of collating the documents.

The designers and workers of the shipbuilding center had surprised expressions on their faces when they saw Minister Diko return.

Minister Dico, who entered the office, asked his designers if the shipyard had progressed as expected in the days since he was away.

The designer told Minister Diko that everything was going according to the progress of Minister Diko, and it was expected that the basic structure of the ironclad ship would be completed in about half a year.

"Good!" Chancellor Dick nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered his designers to give him an estimate of the new ship, and then ordered the designer to make another model of the ship.

"Your Excellency, what are you going to do here?" The designer asked Minister Dick with a blank expression.

"Of course, it's to welcome His Majesty the Emperor's inquiry!" Chancellor Dieco's tone was as usual, "We have wasted a lot of money and time building such a ship, and we must not let Paris look at our models and data!" ”

Speaking of this, Minister Dick half-jokingly replied to the designer: "Otherwise, Your Majesty will have to give me a long vacation completely!" ”

"That won't happen!" The designer replied to Minister Dick in a firm tone, "Your contribution to the Navy is in the eyes of each and every one of us!"

If all of us can see your contribution to the navy, then His Majesty the Emperor will naturally see it too! ”

"You're right!" Minister Diko nodded and replied to the designer, "But now we have to get the data out as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes!"

After a night of hard work by Minister Dick and the designers, they finally showed the external structure of the ship in the form of wooden carvings, and also roughly calculated the data of the new warship.

Minister Dico, who had obtained these two things, raised his head suddenly, and suddenly had a feeling that the world was spinning.

Minister Dico, who was in a state of temporary dizziness, gritted his teeth and staggered to his feet, and the designer on the side hurriedly helped Minister Diko up and said, "Your Excellency, I'll help you to the sofa to rest!" ”

Dick waved his hand and said to the designer, "No need! I still have to catch a train with my wife, but I can't afford to delay here too long! ”

With the help of the designer, Minister Dico walked towards the door step by step, and when he arrived at the door of the office, the dizziness finally subsided slightly, and Minister Dico broke free of the designer's hand and told him: "Remember, you must not spread the word about what happened just now!" Do you understand? ”

"But, Minister, your body!" The designers were a little worried that Chancellor Dico's body would collapse.

"It's okay!" Chancellor Diko shook his head and said to the designer in a sparse and ordinary tone, "I know my body, these are all old problems!"

It's okay to take a little rest, and you must not spread the word about it! ”

"I see!" The designer nodded and replied to Chancellor Dicko.

Chancellor Dieter left the shipbuilding center alone and took the train to Paris with his wife.

The train departs promptly at 2 p.m. and arrives in Paris the following morning.

When Chancellor Diko and his wife arrived at the Paris train station, they saw the Emperor's aide-de-camp, Jérôme. Lieutenant Colonel Patterson.

Obviously, Jérôme. Patterson was there to greet them.

"Hello, Mr. Patterson!" Minister Diko to Jérôme. Patterson says hello.

"Minister Diko, the Emperor has sent me to meet you!" Jérôme. Patterson bowed to Dicko, and then guided the Dickos to the two carriages.

Jérôme. The carriage in which Patterson and Dicko rode would go to the Douilleur Palace, while the carriage of the Dickovs would return to the Termen's residence in Paris.

The carriage was carrying Diko and Jérôme. Patterson set out towards the Douinlery Palace, and soon arrived at the courtyard of the Douinlery Palace.

Getting off the carriage, Diko arrived in Jérôme under the leadership of Basilio. Bonaparte's study, meeting with him.

"Chancellor Dico, you're back!"