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Erlongdel's face suddenly turned slightly red, and he felt embarrassed!" "Actually, Your Majesty asked me to come to Lord Lorraine to buy land. ”

Lorraine and Catherine looked at each other in surprise, when Lorraine handed the letter back to the city of Jouronde, he had thought that Emperor Jolund might bring a message to Lorraine or something, and take care of Emperor Jourende's own close brother.

But for Emperor Jourend, it was also a matter of writing a note or a letter to Lorraine.

Emperor Rulund is in charge of the entire empire, and the whole world, the phrase "the king's land" is also applicable in the Ruman Empire, Ruman's imperial power is highly centralized, and the local governor has the final say, and the appointment and dismissal of the governor are all controlled by the emperor. With a single order, an upstart like Lorraine, who had no roots in the Ruman Empire, could become the governor without dispute, and the local authorities would not dare to disobey the emperor's order.

In the central city of Ruman, the chief and deputy heads of all departments are also the emperor alone.

Whoever the emperor trusts, whoever can claim the king and hegemony in Ruman City, no one dares to be the emperor, if the emperor doesn't trust anyone, even if yesterday was the object of everyone's stammering, no one will pay attention to it after one night.

This was especially true in the army, where the commanders of the districts, all the commanders of the legions, were directly under the orders of the Emperor himself, except for the Emperor himself and the regional governors he appointed, such as the governor of Lorraine, the commander of the theater like Marreton, or the vassal king of the Archduke Julian, and no one else could mobilize any legion.

Russell was born as a commoner, although he was a cardinal. But in terms of his own strength, he is far from those big families, and even the strength of Archduke Julius is stable above Russell, but in the struggle with the wealthy nobles of the Juman Empire, Russell has repeatedly gained the upper hand, because he has the support of Emperor Julund.

Although the old guys in the heraldic courtyard have restrictions on imperial power, they actually only have procedural power, and they can easily be divided and co-opted, and they can still be consistent in some major matters related to the fate and future of the empire, but usually, it is already a miracle that they sit together and do not fight.

Luo Linxin said, isn't that place in the Ruman Empire the emperor has the final say, and he needs Emperor Zhulund to speak up in person for such a thing?

Don't look at the mess that Lorraine has made here, it seems to be quite big, but if it is Emperor Shirulund, it is really not in the eyes of the law.

If Emperor Zhulunde wanted to take care of that subordinate, a random leak between his fingers would be enough for them to eat, and he would not embezzle or accept bribes, and it would be a serious business to make money.

Not to mention anything else, that is, the emperor asked someone to purchase something from abroad, and the oil and water in it were enough.

But contrary to Lorraine's expectations, Emperor Jourende sent this deputy governor of the court.

Lorraine wondered in his heart: "If you just want land, you can't use such a big battle, right?

Catherine was also stunned, looked at Deputy Chief Leander, and said, "If it's just to buy land, you don't need Uncle Leander to make a trip yourself, right?

Leander said: "Although this matter is not big, it is not explained by His Majesty personally, I think it is better for me to go for it personally." Moreover, His Majesty also specially explained, I hope this matter can be as quiet as possible, and I don't worry about it if I leave it to others, but it's not a good thing, so I can only do it myself. ”

Lorraine wondered in his heart, why did Emperor Julund have to confess and not make a noise?

Catherine frowned as if she remembered something, and snorted softly.

Leander looked at Catherine's appearance, her expression became a little embarrassed and embarrassed, and said, "Of course Your Majesty doesn't need these things, these are all purchased by Your Majesty for the people around you." ”

Lorraine was even more strange in his heart, the people around Emperor Julund were not the same deputy governors? If they wanted to buy it, it would be easy to say hello to Archduke Julian.

Looking at Lorraine's puzzled look, Catherine sneered and said, "It's not for this lady, that sister." ”

Leander coughed twice when he was choked, Rao was a man of forty or fifty, and he still lowered his head and did not dare to look at Catherine and Lorraine.

Lorraine let out an "oh", and his heart was clear, it turned out that this emperor was prepared for his mistresses, no wonder it was the deputy head of the palace who came, and he looked cautious, this kind of thing is really unspeakable.

"Actually, at first, Lady Lucrecia wanted to buy some property for her family. I mentioned it to my majesty, and I wanted to say hello to Lord Lorraine through my majesty. ”

Kai Erin was stunned for a moment, showed a look of surprise, and said in a low voice, "It turned out to be her." ”

Leander smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty thinks it's not bad to do this, so I want to prepare a little more, and when the future comes, you know, it's better to leave some things." ”

Lorraine nodded secretly, thinking about the Wumeng sister who was forcibly pushed into the nunnery after Taizong's death, and said in her heart: This emperor thinks quite long-term.

The emperor is not old, but his mistresses are all young, in this feudal era where the average life expectancy is fifty years old, when the emperor is gone, his mistresses will have no one to raise anymore, and it is undoubtedly a good way to leave them a piece of property in a place far away from political disputes.

This kind of thing, although it can't be said to be a scandal, but if it spreads out, it will still become a joke after all, other nobles, officials or something, give their second wife and three properties to buy an industry, they can come in their own name, Lorraine doesn't dare to say that these people who blocked the door to ask for land are not for their mistresses, but the emperor is not good.

Lorraine was secretly amused in his heart, and said secretly: Our emperor is also very good-looking.

In fact, anyone who knows this Emperor Zhulund knows. This majesty is indeed a very good face, and my political achievements are all my leadership, and if you make mistakes, you are not effective.

Catherine pursed her lips and said, "Well, Uncle Leander, it's not a big deal.

Leave it to Lorraine and we'll take care of it for you. ”

Leander bowed slightly and said, "That's really thanks to Your Highness, for troublesome Lord Lorraine." ”

Lorraine smiled and said, "It's just a gesture, it's not a trouble, Lord Leander, how much land does Your Majesty want?"

Leander said: "Three," 300,000 acres. "Leander knows how huge this number one or two is, in the Ruman Empire, in the past, there were nobles who owned the eldest son and ten lands, but they all ended up with no good end, and now no one in the empire has more than 100,000 acres of land.

Of course, the total land of several big families in the empire is definitely more than 100,000 mu, and even more than 300,000 mu, but they all understand the truth of the tree and the wind, and they wisely choose to divide the family

After Leander finished speaking, she looked at Lorraine and Catherine a little nervously, this is a task given to her by His Majesty the Emperor, of course, there can be no mistakes, these lands are bought for the emperor's mistress, Catherine is very disgusted with this, and it is hard to guarantee whether she will agree to herself.

Lorraine and Catherine looked at each other, and then Catherine rolled her eyes and leaned into the sand, which meant "I don't care"

Lorraine pondered for a moment: "Lord Leander, since we are our own people, I will tell you the truth, it is indeed a bit difficult to ask for 300,000 mu at a time." ”

Catherine glanced at Lorraine in surprise, but instantly regained her normal expression.

Leander showed an embarrassed expression and said, "Is it difficult?"

Lorraine shook his head and said: "Let's put it this way, it's easy to say that it's simple, just the land that has been surveyed and recorded so far is already 170 million mu, 300,000 mu is really nothing, just find a place to draw a circle."

But this is the land that His Majesty wants, and it is Catherine's uncle, and it is troublesome for you to come all the way from the city of Jouman, and I cannot ignore this in any respect.

If you really let you be like those people outside who come to ask for land, take the certificate and go to mark the land by yourself, not to mention whether your majesty will say that I have no eyes, even Nicole can't spare me. ”

Catherine's pointed leather shoes kicked Lorraine in the leg and sneered, "What nonsense. ”

Lorraine shook Cather's hand and smiled at Leander: "Chief Leander, you are here with a mission, so I have to do this matter beautifully, so that Your Majesty is satisfied." Although the grasslands in the south are large, there are not many places with excellent conditions. Especially if it is not too far from the city, in this way, the most suitable place is only a few hundred thousand acres. ”

Catherine nodded and said, "Since my uncle asked for it, and Uncle Leander is also here, we naturally can't take the inferior land to make up the amount." ”

Leander breathed a sigh of relief, nodded with a smile, and said, "Your Highness, my lord, you have bothered a lot. ”

Lorraine waved his hand and said, "Yes, but Governor Leander, you are still a little late, in the previous war, Archduke Julian and most of the officials of the eastern provinces helped us a lot, and even said that without the assistance of the Grand Duke, we probably would not be able to survive this difficulty." ”

Leander smiled bitterly in his heart, and said secretly: It's still coming when it's time to come, I'll just say it, Russell is messing around like that, Catherine and Lorraine can't have no temper at all.

Leander hurriedly said: "During the war, Your Majesty paid attention to the battle reports you sent every day, but Your Highness, my lord, you also know that Russell is really not a thing, only paying attention to his own one-third of an acre, and you also know what kind of virtues those people in Ruman City are. ”

Catherine snorted unhappily, Lorraine patted Catherine's hand, waved her hand at Leander and said, "It's nothing, after all, it's all over." ”

Leander shook his head and said, "Your Highness, my lord, now in Ruman City, everyone is dissatisfied with Russell, but what can be done?"

My duty is only in the palace, and I can't talk about these things, otherwise I would have dragged Russell to judge in front of His Majesty.

Lord Lorraine, you have fought so hard in Nai'an, and you have achieved a brilliant victory even if your Royal Highness the Princess and Her Highness Leo risked their lives.

Russell has been tossing and turning in the north for so many years, and he has almost exhausted the empire, and he has not been able to conquer those barbarians. But he was actually embarrassed to say in front of His Majesty that Lord Lorraine's merits should not be rewarded, isn't this a human act, many people despise him for his actions, and there are still people who have been calling for Lord Lorraine. ”

Leander kept saying this, and finally his face turned red, and he didn't know if he was angry.

"Oh, yes," Catherine narrowed her eyes and said in a cold voice, "Russell is really getting worse and worse." ”

Lorraine could clearly follow Catherine's grip on her hand with increasing strength, and looked down to see Catherine's slender white tendons jumping up.

Lorraine stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Catherine's shoulder, and said with a smile: "What is this, as long as the benefits fall into our hands, the other vain names or something, are all floating clouds." ”

Catherine patted Lorraine's hand, snorted, and said, "Your heart is quite wide." ”

Leander said: "Your Majesty also specially asked me to tell Lord Lorraine, my lord, that no one can take away your credit and erase it." Majesty does this, there is a painstaking effort of Majesty. Lorraine nodded and said, "I know, okay, don't talk about that, Chief Leander." Since His Majesty wants 300,000 acres of land, I will naturally make every effort to prepare, but some time ago, most of these best lands have been given to related households, give me a few days, and I will think of a way to make His Majesty satisfied. ”

Leander only bent down and said sincerely: "Trouble Your Highness and Lord Lorraine." ”

Lorraine said: "Chief Leander, if you are polite to us again, I will be angry." ”

Leander patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, then I'll take all my vacation." In fact, this trip is also to see how Her Royal Highness the princess and Grandpa Leo are living in Ney'an. I am much happier to see you than I was in Ruman City, and now it seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess must be very happy. ”

In fact, Emperor Zhulunde didn't say this to the deputy governor of Leander, Emperor Zhulunde said to Leander at that time: Lorraine, looking at the old and sharp, in fact, he is very attentive, you see that he left, took away the daughters of several families, you went to Ney'an, you have to take a closer look. If Nicole is bullied by that bastard there, I'll put him back in the Praetorian Guard.

Catherine hugged Lorraine's arm, smiled proudly, and said, "So-so, it's this big day that caused me trouble, especially Leo, who didn't know that he had gone crazy there again." ”

Leander said: Grandpa's heroic deeds have been spread all over Ruman City, and now speaking of His Royal Highness Leo, His Royal Highness Du Zan must be the only one in our empire in the future, not to mention anything else, even many things in the palace are pasted with the logo of His Royal Highness Leo's Flying Eagle Company

Catherine smiled implicitly: "Don't say this to Leo, let him know that maybe he will be proud again, he is very skinny now, I can't control it."

Lorraine pulled Catherine to stand up, and said: "Chief Leander, you are also far away, now I can rest here, if it's okay, just walk around Nedel City, there are a lot of new things here, and I will do it now." ”

Seeing off Leander, Lorraine pulled Catherine and asked, "Who is this Lady Lucrecia?"

Catherine gave Lorraine an angry look and said, "What, are you very concerned?"

Lorraine hurriedly shook his head and said, "There, that's all, just say a word to make Your Majesty so attentive, but it's not easy to think."

Catherine snorted and said, "A very feminine woman." I said you, a woman who has time to care about other people, it is better to deal with the matter in front of you first, we obviously have a lot of good land in our hands, why do you say no to Uncle Leander. ”

Lorraine spread his hands and said, "The promise is too simple, in the eyes of your uncle, doesn't it seem that we are insincere." If your uncle knew that I had worked so hard to persuade others and put together my own money to make it up for him, would you say that he would be very grateful to me? ”

Catherine looked at Lorraine with wide eyes, burst out laughing, slapped Lorraine with her pink fist, and said, "Slippery head!

Lorraine laughed and said, "And." I have one more concern. This time it was Leander, it was the land that His Majesty wanted, and we gave it lightly, in the eyes of those who have a heart, I don't know that this is not a temptation

Catherine understood what Lorraine meant after a moment's thought, and nodded.

Luo Lin said: "This time, the mistress of His Majesty Xià may be the cheap brother-in-law of His Majesty Xià next time, and the next one may be the mistress of those uncles."

You know that those people's greed, His Majesty will restrain his women, but his women will not necessarily restrain their younger brothers.

The land in our hands, except for what we keep for ourselves, the rest may not be enough for your father, who knows if there will be any related households to greet you in the future, be prepared

Catherine raised her eyebrows and said sharply, "They dare!"

Lorraine said: "Why don't you dare, even if they didn't dare when you and I were here, but this land was fought down by us, and it was our own work." I don't want to wait for me to leave, and the capital of Nai An will become smoky because of the land

Catherine sighed, and then said thoughtfully, "It seems that this matter needs to be properly regulated, and the only way to let Uncle Leandel play with us for a few more days is to let him play with us."

Early that morning, when the sun had just risen over the horizon, there was still a chill in the air.

Located in the harbor outside of Nedel City, the lookout on the tall watchtower has already rung the bronze bell on the tower.

The bell signals of various lengths are announced to the port, and the "lucky gold" of the Flying Eagle Shipping Company. The three-masted galleon arrived.

The company now has nearly 100 large merchant ships under its umbrella. At the same time, new ships are still being built at the shipyard in Nai'an.

The ships also kept going back and forth in the Madidom Sea, passing through the golden waters of the middle of the continent that connected the nations, dumping their commodity gems "gold, ivory,

It is said that if you pay a starting price, you can even buy handicrafts made by the mysterious elves who live in the jungles of the south of Nai'an.

The main commodity of the Flying Eagle Company is their table salt.

Because of the high quality and low price of salt, and the very low manufacturing cost, coupled with the large-scale production of Lorraine. This has dealt a fatal blow to the salt production systems of the countries bordering the Madidom Sea. Even if there are still struggling to maintain it, it is also a dismal business.

Salt, a commodity that is only under grain and related to people's livelihood, can now be said to be completely in the hands of the Flying Eagle Company.

In the past, if the Ruman Empire wanted to play hooligan with whom, it had to send an army, and the empire's double-flowered red sticks would take them out to fight in groups.

It's very yellow and violent

And war has always been a fierce thing.

No one can guarantee that they will win every battle.

In other words, even if it is an old imperialist power like Ruman, once a war starts, it has to risk that if it loses the war, it will play with a smiling face and say good things to others. The compensation for the cession of land, and the princess or something must be taken again, and he will be reconciled with others.

But now it's a lot easier.

If anyone provokes Lord Lorraine to be unhappy, as long as he gives an order from the old man, a "salt trade embargo." Then the other party will not get a grain of salt in three months. Although those who own salt are generally "Haisha Gang", second-rate characters in this kind of rivers and lakes. But it is undeniable that they are all rich.

And the value of salt is like oil in the world today.

What's more, Lorraine has a unique technical advantage in his hands.

The consumption of salt, a product related to people's livelihood, is extremely huge. As long as everyone has to eat, when they eat, they have to eat salt. Even if you are a royal prince and noble, you don't eat food, only meat, but you have to go with salt, otherwise you can't stand it.

And Lorraine's salt-making technology was copied from the extremely mature methods of later generations. That method has been rigorously tested by industrial mass production, and it has completed this era.

Therefore, as soon as salt, which seems to be inconspicuous, reaches the hands of the lord of Lorraine, it is equivalent to Cai Huabaodian in the hands of the undefeated Dongfang. That's not a kitchen knife in hand, I have it in the world?

In this way, there is no need to send a single soldier at all. You can clean them up.

And their government officials have to face a large group of ordinary people who are extremely angry because they don't have salt to eat.

It is not impossible to even lead their ministers to step down because of this.

If the other party doesn't know the practice, instead of lying on the bed obediently and letting Lord Luo ravage, he will continue to struggle and resist indifferently.

Then Lord Lorraine will be supplemented by other means.

For example, trade barriers have been set up and trade tariffs have been raised. The large-scale purchase of gold caused the price of gold to fluctuate wildly in the short term. The use of the fleet in his hands to carry out large-scale grain smuggling, causing the other side's grain merchants to dump a certain local specialty, and hit the economic base of Hezhou.

If you fight with just a few sets of combination punches, you can directly defeat them from the economic level!

And the leaders of those countries are not without farsighted and wise men. While the Flying Eagle Company was carrying out their salt dumping strategy, there was a fierce resistance. It is another policy blockade, another increase in tax rates, and another piracy and copying.

But the secret intelligence department under the Flying Eagle Company, Jin Yiwei is not a vegetarian.

The CIA, which is subordinate to Jinyiwei, is specifically engaged in the first two jobs. And in their executive manual. There are also a range of ways to deal with various adverse situations.

As long as it is sound and dares to be unfavorable to the Flying Eagle Salt Industry, it will be bought first, and if the purchase fails, then it will be framed. If it doesn't work out, then bribe his boss, and beat his wife, second wife, son, and daughter with a series of golden sticks, and the custody is to beat people dizzy.

If you can't do that, then you're the most noble saint in the world. According to the Holy See, such a saint must have gone to heaven.

And the agents of the four would never mind helping them. I believe that the saints who can go to heaven one day earlier will also be happy about this.

And those who secretly spy on their production technology from the salt mills of the Flying Eagle Salt Industry and secretly copy and pirate copies in other places, hoping to make a profit, will not end well.

Because there is another organization under the banner of Jinyiwei that specializes in this work, the FBI. The hooligans are even more vicious.

As long as they dare to steal the patented technology of the Flying Eagle Company, those patented technologies that are protected by the sacred and inviolable laws of the Ruman Empire will be ruthlessly cleaned up.

They don't care about any jurisdictional issues, as long as you violate the laws of Ruman, even if you are hiding on the island of the dead, you will be caught. Then, in accordance with the Provisional Regulations for the Promotion of the Economic Prosperity of the World and the Protection of Patented Technologies, recently promulgated by the Governor of the province of T�Joumanian, the Count of Lorraine, you will be locked up in a water prison for 150 years, and then you will be brought to court by a lawyer.

And those salt farms will also be in a natural disaster, very strangely burst into flames and explosions, completely destroyed

"Lucky gold. This time, the galleon sailed from the port of the Eastern Province and returned to the city of Neder.

The ship was filled with much-needed food, cloth, and large livestock.

Although Nai An is an agricultural province, the focus of its policy has always been on the military. Coupled with the current opening of the south, there is a shortage of labor. And according to the imperial decree, the use of slaves was not allowed. Therefore, those who eat grass, milk milk, and never ask for wages, do not complain of hardship, do not call tired, and have always worked hard and complained about the big animals have become people's favorites.

In addition to this, there were a large number of passengers on board.

Carlos is one of them.

His family was not wealthy, just an ordinary farmer. The family's land was all rented from the landlord.

Later, when he came to the service period, he served as a soldier under the Grand Duke Julius of Constantinople for several years, and also made a lot of contributions on the battlefield.

Later, when he retired, he was tired of the bloody life and chose to retire at the moment.

At this time, I received a new reward decree from the Grand Duke Julius, and I heard that there was land for sale here, so I didn't think much about it at the moment. When choosing a generous retirement pension or a piece of land, he immediately chose the latter, and then took the text jiàn, boarded the sea ship, and came here to try his luck.

earth

The thought of the word made Carlos feel a pang of excitement.

As the son of a farmer, he remembers the experience of working for the landlord's family vividly, and has always dreamed of having a piece of land of his own.

He still remembered what his father had always said, that the sharp ground would always be a person's soul. Without the land, there is no soul.

Now, he's about to have a piece of land of his own!

Carlos stood on the bow of the ship, carefully surveying the real harbor city in front of him. Because they came early, there was no congestion in the waterways that came into the port as is typical of the peak traffic hours at noon every day.

The "Lucky Nose Gold" only waited outside the harbor for a while, and then sailed into the harbor under the guidance of the pilot.

They just happened to pass by another sea ship that was about to leave the port.

Carlos also had a close-up photo with a plainly dressed man on the boat opposite. Although the person on the other side was dressed ordinarily, Carol was sensitive from a soldier, and he could immediately sense that something was wrong from the other party.

The man kept touching his chest, and the discerning person could see at a glance that the man was hiding something important.

But he didn't care, and looked away from the other party's alert gaze. I was just vaguely curious about the identity of that person, but then I forgot about the other party.

Unbeknownst to him, the man was actually a secret envoy sent by the Bishop of Fordo to the Holy See. Hidden in his body were Fordor's meticulous collections. Hacked material about Schillelia and a joint petition by several district bishops calling for her deposition.

After the ship left the port. Raise the sails quickly, then with the help of the wind. Quickly disappeared into the horizon.

And on the other side, "Lucky Gold." At this time, the ship also slowly docked on the pier of the port.

The sailors worked together to set up the ship's gangplank on land and cheered together. Although they sail on the sea, their roots are still on land, and they are of course very close to the land.

Carlos carried his luggage, mixed with the flow of people who disembarked from the boat, and slowly walked off the gangplank.

Because of the reason for so many days of sailing at sea, when he stepped on the solid earth again, he felt a little floating under his feet, and he couldn't help but stumble two steps.

A sailor next to him saw it, hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a smile: "You seem to rarely take ships." It's normal, it's used to being bumpy on the sea, and when the net hits the ground, it's like this. We boaters call this the Motion Sickness Pier. Just take a few extra steps, and you're good to go

Carlos looked at the man in surprise, then thanked him before letting go of his hand. Then he asked the man, "Excuse me, how is the Flying Eagle Company going?"

The sailor was stunned for a moment, then looked Carlos up and down, and said, "You must have bought the land, right?"

Carlos nodded.

Then congratulations on your coming, and the Dixin University is in front of the Governor's Palace. All you have to do is ask.

However, if you're a first-time visitor. I would like to warn you, you need to go to the headquarters of the Flying Eagle Company first. Ha, there's a public carriage over there, and you can get in that carriage and just go straight to the door. ”

As he spoke, he stood on the side of the road and raised his hat high.

"Public" public carriage "Carlos couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. When I turned my head, I saw a very long, very wide carriage pulled by six horses, and I couldn't help but stammer, "That, that's," what is that?.

The sailor proudly introduced him: "This is our local characteristic public carriage. It has fixed lines. With just five copper plates, you can sit on this and arrive at your destination in no time. ”

By this time the carriage had come to a stop beside them.

The sailor opened the door and shouted to the driver, "Hey, friend. This one is to the Governor's Palace. He came from the net, and you must take care of him. When you get there, talk to him

The groom agreed boldly, and said, "No problem, come up"

Carlos's heart couldn't help but move, and the net began to think that he had encountered some kind of fraud gang, but he saw that there were already many people sitting in the carriage, men, women and children, including two uniformed soldiers. This, coupled with the fact that there were several identical wagons running back and forth throughout the port, immediately dispelled the concerns.

He took his luggage, climbed into the car, and then hesitated, and said to the sailor, "How much should I pay you?"

The sailor froze for a moment, then opened his mouth and laughed silently. And the people in the carriage also looked at him with smiles on their faces.

The sailor laughed, "Sir, you don't have to pay for this. It's just a gesture

As he spoke, he raised his hat, raised it slightly, saluted, and walked away.

Carlos was stunned for a moment, and sat down on the bench of the carriage with some amazement.

At this time, the carriage moved slowly.

Carlos Guò looked out of the wide window of the carriage and was surprised to see that the carriage was inlaid with glass that only the homes of wealthy nobles could have. To be sure, he also reached out and touched it.

It was finally determined that there was indeed nothing wrong with the glass.

Carlos couldn't help but be more and more surprised. This carriage can be inlaid with glass?

He wanted to ask someone, but when he saw the smiling eyes of everyone next to him, he closed his mouth in amusement. He didn't want people to think of him as a hillbilly.

Carlos looked out the window. I saw that the street was very lively. The roadside shops are full of goods, and there are vendors carrying all kinds of things back and forth on the street.

Everyone had a smile on their face. It was a smile that was full of hope for tomorrow and confident enough from the inside out, and it was extraordinarily cheerful.

Carlos looked. I couldn't help but feel cheerful.

The carriage traveled another distance, and in the middle of it there were people getting out of the carriage and getting on the carriage.

Every time he stopped the car, Carlos had to nervous to see if he had reached the Doge's Palace.

After another moment. The carriage stopped again. The coachman shouted to the car, "The guest who boarded the car at the harbor has disembarked here." In front of it is the Doge's Palace. No one can park there. ”

Carlos hurriedly agreed, and jumped out of the car with his luggage.

The coachman looked at him, and said, "Just go a little bit ahead." You've got to get there. ”

Carlos thanked him and turned to leave. At this time, the coachman's face immediately changed, and he shouted angrily, "Come back." You haven't paid for the car yet."

Everyone in the car couldn't help but laugh.

Carlos was in a state of embarrassment. Hurriedly took out a few copper plates and handed them over, and then ran away quickly.

When he had run away, he secretly looked back, and now that the carriage had left, he relieved himself and walked towards the gate not far away, carrying his luggage.

He came to the door and explained his intention to the doorman. Then, according to the other party's instructions, he bypassed the main entrance of the governor's palace and entered through a side door next to it. When I came to a tall building, I saw the sign of the Flying Eagle Company hanging in front of the door, and knew that I had come to the right place.

When he came to the building, as soon as he entered the door, he saw a huge notice board on the opposite side, on which the various procedures were marked with words.

Carlos took a look and followed the tips above. After passing through a hallway, I saw that there was already a long queue ahead.

At the moment, he was also at the back of the crowd.

After a while he entered the room, and, at the request of the clerk, pulled out the approval of the Archduke Julian, which was hidden close to his chest. Handed it over.

The clerk looked at the slip and was stunned for a moment. Then, under Carlos's uneasy gaze, he stood up with a blank face and said, "Please follow me."

With that, he took him and came out of the office again, and climbed up the stairs to the top floor. The clerk stood in front of a large door, knocked on it, and went in.

Carlos didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed.

When he entered the office, he realized that the office was extremely luxuriously decorated, and even the floor was covered with a thick wool carpet. There are all kinds of models all around, including ships, cavalry, and fortresses, and so on, as if you are in a toy kingdom.

At that moment, the clerk walked behind the large desk and spoke in a low voice with the man sitting there. As he spoke, he handed over the slip.

Carlos then noticed a long, white, chubby mountain boy sitting behind the desk. And on the boy's large and luxurious desk, there was a book thrown away, which the boy had obviously just thrown down.

Carlos peeked at it, and the title of the book was "International Finance and Management".

Then the boy roared angrily: "That abominable old man. It's not to give money again, just to approve the strips. Isn't that a steal from my pocket?"

Carlos couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.