"Why are they so small? Isn't there anyone over 20 years old? ”

"Marquis Smith, do you know that the average European nobleman will get engaged before the age of fifteen, and the average ...... over twenty."

"Oh, widow, is it said that a single nobleman over twenty years old is generally a widow? Widow is good, have fun. ”

“……”

Tom looked at the dense names on the list, and the backgrounds of these women, the daughter of the Marquis of XX, the sister of the Baron of XX, or something, most of them were no more than 12 years old, and even a few were only three or five years old.

What's the use of such a young wife coming, it is estimated that she will get engaged first, and then wait for more than ten years before everyone can play "Werewolf Killing" together, which is really boring.

That's right, Tom now likes to play werewolf killing with people every day from morning to night to relieve stress.

This is also the reason why Tom is not in good spirits, and the intrigue game of werewolf killing is really brain-consuming.

Tom looked at the names of these nobles on the list carefully, and most of them were nobles sent by the Queen of France or cronies of the Habsburgs, which was really interesting.

These are all conservatives among the conservative aristocracy of Europe.

This marriage should be a kind of bondage or demand in disguise, right?

Bound Tom to the old, adrift "old-fashioned sailboat" of the European conservatives.

At that time, all sorts of reasons will be used to solicit Tom's support for conservatives.

But that's too light, isn't it?

Who do you look down upon?

"The first thing, three candidates or something, I don't have an opinion, you can decide whatever you want, I don't care."

"What is the status of this marquis in Europe?"

"Can you marry this woman?"

Tom gestured to the daughter of the Habsburg Emperor of Austria-Hungary among the candidates for the throne.

Tom's seemingly casual finger made the two delegates break out in a cold sweat.

Traditionally, if Tom can get the position of marquis at his age, it is likely to be a member of the royal family or the Grand Duke's family, considering the great power of Tom now, he can barely marry the daughter of the Habsburg Emperor, but Tom's situation is a bit "special".

You can't tell Tom straight that the Habsburg royal family looks down on you as an American nouveau riche, right?

It's time for Tom's favorite part again, relying on absolute force or financial resources to "tease" these "ordinary people" who think they are of noble blood.

What bullshit aristocrats, what bullshit honor and pride, it's not the same fear of death, the same seeing a little benefit is like a fly seeing shit.

It's a pity that Tom didn't travel to Europe back then, otherwise he would have to learn from Napoleon I, the "lowly blood" who was despised by the European aristocracy, and forcibly married a member of the Habsburg royal family with a cannon at the gate of Schönbrunn Palace.

Tom saw that the two delegates were already white-faced and sweaty, and he made up his mind that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely go to "tease" the Habsburgs or the Romanovs.

These two "small fish and shrimp" are still shortcomings.

"The first thing, the throne of the Second Mexican Empire, you can just send someone to the palace in Mexico City, and you can be the emperor directly, just pay attention to a few more attendants."

"The second and third things can be regarded as one thing - to raise my status."

"Am I right?"

Tom turned to his side, twisted the swivel chair, and rested his feet on the table with his legs crossed.

"Looks pretty good, marquis, nobleman's wife or something."

"The marquis is also the top nobleman in Europe."

"Jumping from a commoner to a marquis, marrying the wife of a thousand-year-old nobleman, is really a winner in life."

Seeing that Tom did not continue to delve into the matter of marrying the emperor's daughter, the two representatives also let out a long sigh of relief, listening to Tom's approval of the first thing and the evaluation of the second and third things were also relatively positive, and their inner state of mind also improved a lot.

Just when the two thought that Tom was going to agree, Tom rolled his eyes, looked at the two representatives obliquely, and said with a faint smile:

"But, I refuse."

"My Tom Smith just like to say 'no' to you aristocrats who think you are of noble blood. ”

"Being a knight is nothing more than an act of interest to free the millions of Indians who have been enslaved by the United Mexican States."

"As for some bullshit nobles, I don't need it, I suggest you hurry back home and inform the two emperors, just say that Knight Smith has humiliated your royal family."

"Let them gather their forces and brave the famine and economic crisis to go on an expedition to Central America!"

"Hahaha!"

The two delegates, especially Chancellor René, watched as Tom Smith uttered this "presumptuous" remark.

Less than a year ago, Tom was still a loyal knight who could cry and "faint" at the funeral because of the death of the Lord, how can he become like this now?

"John, send-off, there are a lot of messengers coming today."

"By the way, you two should pay attention to bring more money and manpower when you send the new emperor, Mexico City is an empty city."

The two diplomatic representatives were taken out of the conference room with puzzled faces, and they couldn't figure out why Tom, who was still seriously choosing a "wife" one moment ago, changed his attitude one hundred and eighty degrees in the next second.

Without him, the harm outweighs the good.

From the perspective of interests, marrying a nobleman and becoming a marquis is really bound to the big ship of conservative aristocrats, and for a nobleman like Tom, who is "halfway home", there is no benefit.

From a personal point of view, Tom rummaged through the "list of candidates" for the Marquis's wife, and found that none of them were truly worthy of Tom's current power.

Tom now actually controls nearly two million square kilometers of land, which is larger than the area of three Austro-Hungarian empires, with a population of tens of millions, and the number of employees in the Heroine Company has exceeded the three million mark.

If Tom is willing, he can be an emperor and have fun, but as a result, these European nobles will give Tom these "crooked melons and cracked dates" to fool Tom?

To put it bluntly, the European aristocracy looked down on Tom.

Since you look down on me and still use this kind of thing to "disgust" me, why should I save face for you Europeans.

If you have the ability, you will fight Central America.

Come on, come here.

Tom knows that he has no naval strength now, but Tom is not afraid, it is not Tom's bragging, now he calculates that the Second Empire of France will forcibly come to Texas or the Second Mexican Empire regardless of domestic instability, and Tom can also guarantee that the First Army of Europe on the American continent will defeat the expedition of the First Army of Europe.

As for the naval blockade? Tom has been saving grain for fifteen years, and has he befriended the Vanderbilt Railroad Company for nothing?

After reading the list of "marquis' wives" given to him by the conservative aristocracy, Tom did not plan to continue to curry favor with these conservative aristocrats, both in public and private.

It is a waste that will be abandoned by the times sooner or later, and I dare to "humiliate" me, a "capitalist" who loves the country and the people in the new era.

If you tear your face, I will tear your face.

The biggest reason why Tom so brazenly humiliated the ambassador of a country was that Tom saw through the power struggle between the two countries.

How could the emerging bourgeoisie in the two countries think that your conservatives would support sending troops after a few words of humiliation?

In the era of industrialization, a war cannot be fought without the support of the bourgeoisie.

Tom watched the two conservative aristocrats in a daze, looking at the schedule in his hand.

"Next, the emissaries of Great Britain and Prussia?"

"Why did the envoys of these two countries come together?"