Chapter 1170 The scalper will always be the savior (seeking a monthly ticket)
The next morning, the sky was clear and blue. It was a rare good weather.
The port of Aceras was bustling with activity, and the atmosphere was unprecedentedly warm.
Tens of thousands of people from the Elf Kingdom gathered at the port, but now they are neither welcoming His Majesty the King nor holding any grand festival celebrations, but... visiting.
Everyone's eyes were pointed in one direction, and the center of attention was the two Victory-class battleships moored in the port.
At this moment, the two battleships were covered with colorful flags, and the Ruman Empire eagle flag hanging on the top of the main mast was gently fluttering in the sea breeze.
Together with the Ark Royal next to them, they form the most spectacular scenery in the port.
Compared with these three giant battleships, each of which is more than two feet long, the main battleship of the Elf Navy next to it is as cute as a child's toy.
Even the Aselaans, who were used to seeing entire huge naval fleets coming and going, had never seen such a spectacular sight.
As if it was a festival, the people of Asselas walked to the port wearing their most beautiful clothes, crowded as far away as possible, and pointed at the two warships they had never seen before.
The vendors found an excellent business opportunity and mingled with the crowd loudly selling peanuts, melon seeds, beer, and drinks. The business was unexpectedly booming.
As if they were celebrating the most solemn spring festival every year, the children happily played and made noises among the crowd, making bursts of sharp, terrifying screams.
The young girls were wearing their most beautiful clothes, holding arms, chatting and laughing together. From time to time, a few young guys in heat would walk up and down in front of them deliberately.
Due to the large number of people, the city guards were afraid of an accident, so they had already set up a cordon on the pier to prevent people from getting too far forward. Therefore, most people could only look at them from a distance.
Those three huge ships are as tall as mountains.
But even so, people's interest in visiting remains undiminished, either climbing up a hill not far away and looking down from the mountain, or squeezing outside the cordon to visit these powerful weapons from humans with great interest.
On the pier, the taverns and restaurants closest to the battleships were already booked.
The rich sit leisurely on the balcony, enjoying the warm sunshine of early spring, sipping mellow mead, pointing at the battleships in front of them, showing off their knowledge to the beautiful female companions next to them, and at the same time enjoying the streets below their feet.
The envious and jealous looks of those poor boys.
"Bah. A bunch of Luthors, come and envy me." An elf man wearing a green hat unique to elves was lying on the railing of the balcony, looking down upon the young people in the crowd at his feet who were pestering the little girl.
His lips curled up. His inner sense of superiority was greatly satisfied.
Then he looked back at the ladies sitting at the round table behind him.
Those women are all young and beautiful, dressed luxuriously and have an extraordinary temperament.
They are all ladies from famous families in the city of Asselas.
There are beauties from noble families, the apple of an official's family, and the daughter of a wealthy businessman...
It can be said that the dream lovers of most men in Asselas are gathered here.
The man smiled proudly and admired in his heart: Why am I so smart and wise?
The decision to book this place in advance was really the right one.
Without this reason, given his ability, he would not be able to date so many beautiful women at once.
You know, these noble ladies who are as beautiful as flowers are always very busy. How can they find time to come to a place like this?
The cuckold man thought for a moment in his heart: If he could be like the kings of mankind, he could turn all these beauties into his harem, and then sit among them, leaning against the red and green, and flirting.
How great that would be~!
But then, a burst of laughter like silver bells came, breaking his sweet dream.
The man couldn't help but frown. Then he looked in the direction of the sound, and then couldn't help but sigh: Where there are flowers, there must be bees. The stronger the fragrance of the flowers, the more bees there will be.
The most beautiful flowers in Athalas are also surrounded by the most famous bees in Athalas.
A dozen young people of his own age were crowding around the women attentively.
Just like a male peacock spreading all his tail feathers towards a female peacock in order to mate, each of them dressed up as beautifully as a rooster, with the most polite smile on their face, and tried their best to please the peacock in front of them.
The girls, the girls were so amused that they kept covering their mouths and laughing.
The young man looked at them with disgust and cursed in his heart: You are a bunch of bastards. I clearly didn't invite you bastards to come over, but you shamelessly pushed your way in and called yourself a fucking noble.
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Where is the moral integrity of you bastards?
In particular, one of the young guys with an arrogant expression was occupying the seat next to a girl with his butt stuck out, and with a flattering expression on his face, he danced and talked to her.
And the girl he was entangled with was the center of the whole scene, the most attractive woman among the ladies present.
She is dressed in a pure white dress, with long, silky black hair draped over her shoulders, a beautiful oval face, a pointed chin, and a sesame-sized beauty mark at the corner of her mouth, which adds a thousand kinds of charm. Whenever she smiles, she opens it.
A black gauze folding fan covered his face.
This young woman, who is probably in her late twenties, is named Anais, and is the daughter of the owner of the largest fleet in Aselas.
Moreover, his father only has one daughter like her.
The most wonderful thing is that it is said that the old guy who is extremely rich has become ill due to long years of hard work and overwork, and he has only a few days left to live, and this woman has now begun to take over the family business.
As long as you marry this woman, it is equivalent to marrying a big gold mine. Not to mention that you have to work hard for fifty years. Even if you are your grandson or great-grandson, you don't have to think about the future at all and just live and die all day long.
That’s it.
Therefore, she has now become the target of unmarried young men in Asselas. This bald young man is one of them, and he considers himself the most powerful one.
At this time, a man came up from downstairs and called away the young man who was pestering the beauty. The cuckold young man quickly sat down on his seat. He smiled and said: "What did that boy Jose tell you? Are you so happy?"
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"Oh, Krum, I haven't thanked you for the party yet," Anais covered her mouth with a smile and said elegantly: "Jose? He was telling the story of his participation in the signing ceremony with humans yesterday. It's really great.
It’s fun.”
Krum smiled confidently and said: "I went too, but I didn't find it fun. I just thought those humans were too arrogant.
The Crown Prince even told me personally that one of their artillery pieces costs as much as 100,000 gold coins. According to that, the human battleship in front of me is worth 10 million. This is simply extortion~!
No need for any shame."
Anaïs sighed softly, then tapped Krum's shoulder with a folding fan, and said with a smile: "This is a seller's market, and the initiative is in other people's hands.
I heard that you were doing well in Navia. While they were in famine, a shipment of grain was sold for twenty-five times the price."
Krum laughed awkwardly and hurriedly explained: "I...I have a reason, because of the famine, including labor, all kinds of expenses kept rising.
And...and I also took a huge risk. There are always pirates in that area, and no one is willing to go there without paying such a high shipping fee."
Anaïs smiled softly without comment.
Krum rolled his eyes and said: "Actually, when it comes to being powerful, the deputy commander-in-chief of Lorraine who came this time is the most powerful. Do you know his title on the human side?"
"Pluto's neighbor?" Anais played with the folding fan in her hand and said with a playful expression: "The slander of the incompetent is the best compliment to the strong."
Krum said: "I have some dealings with the Flying Eagle Group. Their carriage costing 500 gold coins actually sold for 60,000. Isn't this too cruel?"
A woman next to him snorted unconvinced and said: "What is this? The Flying Eagle Group also said it. Buy it whether you like it or not. No one is forcing you to buy it.
If you ask me, a man like Prince Lorraine can be regarded as a real man. He can write a drama like a night banquet. He can fight with the high priest of the undead with martial arts. The Flying Eagle Group he founded is now the strongest company in mainland China, and even more so. The important thing is that people can make money and spend money."
"That's right..." Another lady sighed with a melancholy expression on her face, and said leisurely: "As far as I know, in the past half month alone, Prince Lorraine spent a lot of money just shopping for his girlfriend. Three million, three million~!”
When the girl was excited, she held out four fingers without caring at all and said: "On average, each girlfriend has 300,000 yuan."
Everyone knew that this woman was the daughter of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and the number she mentioned was definitely correct, and they couldn't help but take a breath.
On average, each girlfriend spends 20,000 yuan a day. What does she buy?
It should be noted that the top-notch hotel in Aceles only costs twenty gold coins for one night, and the top-notch silk suit does not cost more than one thousand gold coins.
"It is said that even the merchants in the Imperial City got wind of this and brought their goods to our Aceles, hoping to make some money." The woman added.
"Nouveau riche~!" Several men shared the same hatred and muttered fiercely at the same time.
Anais held her chin with her hand, looked at the sky absentmindedly, and said faintly: "I won't say it for half a month, but if there is a man who can spend three hundred thousand for me a year, I will marry him without hesitation. .”
Krum and the men around him wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads almost at the same time, feeling guilty for a while.
The wealth of none of them has reached this figure, let alone spending 300,000 yuan a year.
"Don't talk about you. It's Adele, a beauty like Adelin, who got married without even being willing to do so. Not to mention the princess of the Ruman Empire and the youngest chemist. Uh, the Alchemy Demon Guide."
The daughter of the president of the Chamber of Commerce sighed, and her eyes were as sharp as knives as she glanced at the men present. Under her gaze, the men who boasted a lot of money in their pockets all avoided her with a guilty conscience.
sight,
The woman raised her chin slightly and mocked: "Compared with him, the men in our Elf Kingdom all seem...as if...how do you say that, uh, by the way, a bunch of sissies."
"If only I could meet him before his girlfriend. I would snatch him away." A woman said infatuatedly.
Although Krum and the others looked indignant, they did not dare to speak. They were afraid that if anyone opened their mouths, these terrible girls would ask them to contribute 300,000 gold coins a year.
When women discuss the topic of the best man, the best option for the men around them is to shut up.
He couldn't explain why. But Krum suddenly felt that his future was gloomy, and it seemed that Anaïs, a smart woman, would never interact with him.
At this time, a large team composed of city guards and praetorian guards, numbering almost a thousand people, marched through the crowd with neat and vigorous steps and headed straight for the battleship on the dock.
The horn sounded on the battleship, and the sailors on the ship ran out of the cabin. Wearing pure white and spotless navy uniforms, they lined up neatly on the side of the ship, facing the people in the harbor.
The officers led by the captain stepped off the battleship and lined up at the port.
The Imperial Guard quickly positioned themselves around the two battleships, separating the crowd from the battleships, leaving an open space.
Seeing this posture, everyone knew that a heavyweight was about to appear.
A few minutes later, a long motorcade passed through the crowd and headed towards the pier.
The ladies standing on the balcony couldn't help but get up one after another. Someone roughly counted them and then said: "I'm afraid there are fifty or sixty cars."
The convoy stopped in front of the battleship. Caerion IV, Crown Prince Cadmus, Lorraine and Leo jumped out of the first carriage.
Krum's eyes lit up and he said: "It's the King and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I asked you to see the Crown Prince this morning, why was he unavailable?"
Several men next to him glanced at him contemptuously. This guy was always showing off his relationship with the crown prince.
"Actually, it's just a dog under the door." Someone muttered in a very low voice. The person listening next to him smiled in agreement.
"That's Lorraine~!" The ladies were very excited, pointing at Lord Lorraine in the middle of the crowd and jumping up and down, screaming like a dolphin.
Although it is impossible to see a person's face clearly from such a long distance, this does not prevent the nymphomaniac girl from holding her heart in her hands and saying with stars in her eyes: "So handsome. So handsome..."
Behind Caerlion IV and Lorraine, there was a large group of people. The total number was nearly three hundred people.
Anaïs tapped her delicate chin with a fan and said, "I seem to have seen a few people from the Presbyterian Church."
Jose took it back and returned. He walked to Anais and said with a smile: "Ana has good eyesight. Almost all the elders who are still serving in the Presbyterian Church are here. It can be said that the top leaders of the entire Elf Kingdom are here today.
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The young people around all exclaimed, and Anaïs said softly: "Is it just for this battleship? This doesn't mean that we have revealed our trump card."
Jose shrugged coolly and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. The humans will not give in even if they fight to death, so we are the only ones to give in.
Your Majesty is afraid that the people from the Presbyterian Church will make noise in the future, so he simply invited them all to come and have a look with his own eyes."
Anaïs turned her head, looked at Jose suspiciously, and said, "How do you know so clearly?"
Jose said nonchalantly: "My uncle told me these yesterday."
"Your uncle?" Anais asked in confusion.
Jose smiled proudly, deliberately keeping a calm expression on his face, and said slowly: "It's nothing. My uncle has just been promoted to the Presbyterian Church. With the grace of His Majesty, he was directly promoted to one of the Great Elders."
The eyes of the people around him suddenly changed when they looked at Jose. This kid was originally just a descendant of a middle-level and high-ranking person from Arceles. He didn’t have much power. Unexpectedly, he rose to the top in one step. He had an uncle who was a great elder, and that was the highest level in the kingdom.
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It’s really his grandma’s good luck~!
Anaïs had a charming smile on her face, poked Jose affectionately, and said, "Is your uncle here too?"
Jose said: "It was my uncle's housekeeper who called me down just now."
Anaïs smiled slightly, with a thoughtful expression on her fair and jade-like face.
At this time, Caerleon IV, accompanied by Lorraine and the captain, led his officers to board the battleship.
About half an hour later, Caerleon IV and Lorraine stepped off the battleship, and with the greetings of all the crew, boarded a carriage and left the dock.
However, the Praetorian Guards and the sailors on the battleship did not retreat and still blocked in front of the battleship. Suddenly, a group of military bands joined them and played lively music in the open space in front of the battleship.
A group of people walked out from the crowd at the pier, walked forward, and after being inspected by the Guards, walked along the gangway onto the battleship.
Their actions immediately aroused the surprise of the surrounding people. Some people rushed towards the battleship, but were stopped by the Praetorian Guards. Only a handful of people were able to pass through the human wall and onto the battleship.
Those who stepped onto the battleship were all very proud of themselves, looking down at all the living beings below from the high deck.
"What's going on?" Someone on the balcony shouted in confusion.
Jose replied lightly from the side: "Is this...uh, by the way, it seems to be an event organized by the human race, and tours of the battleships are open today."
Everyone couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, and all of them were a little moved.
It is said that human warships are not only strong and powerful, but also have amazing speeds.
Everyone is full of curiosity about it, and if there is a chance, they will naturally want to visit it.
At this moment, Jose changed his tone and continued: "But...but, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately.
The number of people allowed to visit is very limited, and only those who have received invitations can enter. And it is said that there are only 3,000 invitations, and they were all distributed before leaving the palace."
Krum finally discovered this rare opportunity. He smiled and said, "That's such a pity. Why didn't your uncle take you up to have a look?"
Jose didn't care, but said calmly, as if it was an ordinary thing, "It doesn't matter, uncle gave me an invitation."
Krum's expression suddenly looked like he had choked on his meal, and he smiled coquettishly.
With a victor's smile, Jose said to Anaïs: "It says you can bring a female dependent, am I lucky enough to invite Miss Anaïs?"
Anaïs smiled slightly, took Jose's arm, and the two walked down the steps together, leaving everyone in Akrum looking at each other.
Krum hesitated and gave up, followed Jose and the others onto the pier, thinking to himself: I want to see if you kid is just trying to make a fool of yourself.
Jose squeezed through the crowd, showed a golden invitation card in front of the Guards, and was allowed to board the battleship with Anaïs.
At this time, the crowd behind him pushed forward, and Krum was pushed to the front of the Guards. The Guards soldiers said in a formulaic manner: "Please show your invitation."
Krum waved his hands repeatedly and hesitated: "I'm not, I..."
The Imperial Guard glared at him with disgust and scolded: "You can't join in the fun without you, just go ahead and have fun."
Klum was pushed away by the person behind him and staggered aside. When he looked up, he saw the hateful Jose above his head holding the invitation card between his fingertips and waving to him with a smile on his face, a mocking expression on his face.
Krum clenched his fists angrily, and when he was at his wits' end, a mysterious voice came from behind, saying: "Want a bid, ah, bah, bah, bah, bah, do you want a vote?"
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