Nearly two hundred intact Almohad Empire battleships. These are not broken ships rowed by pirates. They are all built with the best materials, the best craftsmen, and the most meticulous designs.
The reason why the Almohad Empire can travel across the seven seas, play gangsters everywhere, steal money, goods, and women is entirely due to their high-performance battleships and excellent sailors.
Even though the Ruman Empire is powerful, it has always been their shortcoming when it comes to maritime warfare. They are often bullied by the Almohads and dare not say a word.
Otherwise, how could those ruffians who were used to being domineering and arrogant swallow their anger and sign the "Eternal Friendship, Eternal Peace and Friendship Treaty" with them?
Regardless of how nice the words in the treaty were, it was actually used to deceive some foolish villagers. In the eyes of the big guys, no one took it seriously.
Not as good as.
They all have bad ideas in their hearts, like evil wolves lurking in the grass, ready to attack each other whenever there is a chance.
In order to weaken the opponent and enhance their own strength, they will do anything they can.
But now that there is such a great opportunity in front of us, if we don't know how to seize it, it will definitely be the product of incest marriage. (Although Brother Xiaoxi is also the product of incest marriage, he is definitely a special case.)
Even though Archduke Julius was the brother of His Majesty the Emperor and was the commander-in-chief of all the legions on the Eastern Front, he still couldn't sleep at the thought of such a big piece of fat being placed there.
After listening to Lorraine's introduction, he made some calculations in his mind. He couldn't hold it anymore and shouted, going out to find the three deans of the college to try to establish relations and find out the rumors.
Before Lorraine could stop him, he saw the old man rushing out of the door in a hurry.
He looked at the back of the Grand Duke and could only smile bitterly. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart, if the old guy saw that his wish failed, would he go into a rage and kill people?
Lorraine found that after her vacation, she had nothing to do. Moreover, she was busy with many things during this period, so it was rare for her to have free time. She chatted with Catherine for a long time.
They waited for a while, but were surprised to find that the Grand Duke had not returned yet.
Leo had already had a good nap, and he was bouncing around and full of energy. He was making a lot of noise. He dragged everyone to the ski resort he owned and had another good time.
When they finished playing and went back, it was already dusk, but they found that the Grand Duke still hadn't come back.
They waited for a while, until the moon rose, but still did not see the Grand Duke. Then they remembered that they had to attend the banquet, but the protagonist was not present, so why bother attending?
While everyone was anxious, they saw a guard running back in a hurry and reported to everyone that due to time constraints, the Grand Duke had gone to the banquet in advance and asked everyone to rush over.
In desperation, everyone could only change their clothes in a hurry and rush over.
Everyone in Lorraine arrived at the banquet in a carriage, only to see guests gathering inside, all well-dressed and with fragrant hair.
Seeing their arrival, the Grand Duke had already come out to welcome them.
Seeing his displeasure, Catherine couldn't help but feel a little worried. She was afraid that something would happen, and if he took it out on Lorraine again, Lorraine would definitely have sex with him because of her donkey temper.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him. She said angrily: "Father, what's going on? We've been waiting for you at home all afternoon, but you haven't even replied to us."
Her ability to turn defense into offense was so beautiful that no matter how angry the Grand Duke was in his heart, he could not take it out on her anymore.
He snorted coldly, and then cursed with a livid face: "I don't know which bastard, in order to make a little more money, came up with the bad idea of holding a bidding auction. And it also has to be divided into parts. In this way
, we will have to spend a lot more money."
After saying that, he was still a little unwilling and cursed bitterly: "That damn water thing, don't let me find out who it is when you turn around~! Otherwise I will definitely peel off his skin, then tear apart his bones and cramps, and finally hang him up."
There are sky lanterns on the flagpole."
People in Lorraine have never seen the Grand Duke so angry. It is conceivable that this incident greatly devastated him.
Seeing that the Grand Duke was so angry, Adele couldn't help but turn her beautiful eyes, knowing that her opportunity to apply eye drops to Catherine had come, and then she took a step forward to speak.
Catherine immediately raised her right elbow without leaving a trace and pressed it hard on her lower abdomen. Adele groaned in pain and then bent over.
The Grand Duke couldn't help but wonder: "Diel, what's wrong with you?"
Catherine lowered her head first and said viciously in Adele's ear: "I know what you are going to say, but shut up~!"
Then he raised his head, forced a smile, and said: "It's okay, she's fine, she just has her heel sprained."
The Grand Duke sighed and said: "Why are you so careless? It doesn't matter, right? You must be wearing very high heels again, right? You girls, it's true that in order to look beautiful, you can't dress up, but you should also be moderate.
Son.
Still, Nicole, you should also pay attention, I think those bills are a lot thicker, so you should buy less of those messy things in the future..."
Catherine listened to his nagging and surprisingly did not get angry. She just interrupted him hastily and said: "I understand, father. I will pay attention to it in the future."
As soon as these words came out, the Grand Duke immediately blocked the rest of his words.
Catherine quickly helped Adele and walked in without waiting for him to react.
Adele rubbed her sore, smooth belly and whispered angrily: "You...how did you know that I wanted to tell the Grand Duke that the bad idea was Lorraine's?"
Catherine looked back and said: "Nonsense~! Who else could come up with this kind of bastard idea that goes out of his way to make money except that guy who is always leaking bad water. Okay, don't give it to me.
Chaos, otherwise I will be rude to you~!"
"Then that silk shawl of yours..." Adele rolled her eyes and whispered softly but hesitated to speak. She would not let such a blackmail come to her door in vain.
"No way." Catherine said decisively, eyes burning with anger.
Adele sneered twice, and suddenly raised her voice and said: "His Royal Highness..."
Catherine was immediately startled and hurriedly reached out to cover her beautiful red lips.
Adele snorted twice, then twisted her flexible and slender waist, trying desperately to break free from Catherine's control.
Catherine was helpless and hurriedly compromised, saying, "Okay. I'll give you the black one."
Catherine looked at her delicate and beautiful face, which was as delicate as jade, and she couldn't help grinding her teeth in hatred, and said: "Don't move around now, let's go in."
As he said that, he hugged Adele tightly and walked inside.
The Grand Duke looked at their backs from behind and always felt that something was not right. Then he turned to Lorraine and asked: "What's wrong with them? Why do I feel like they are hiding something from me? Do you know what it is?"
Something?"
What kind of person is Lord Lorraine? He can tell what they are doing at a glance, but what can he say? Could he tell that murderous old guy that he came up with this bad idea? He won't eat him alive.
That's weird.
He also looked at the beautiful and graceful figures of his two sisters with a blank expression, shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "How do I know this?"
The Grand Duke couldn't help but look at him strangely.
Lorraine did not dare to be careless. She forced herself to smile calmly and said, "Women often have some ulterior secrets."
Leo also came over, glanced in the direction of Catherine and the two, and echoed: "Yes, yes. Women are very complicated. Who knows what they think about all day long~!"
The Grand Duke didn't expect that his son would have such a deep understanding of women after not seeing each other for a few days. He couldn't help but look at each other with Lorraine, then raised his hand and slapped Leo hard on the buttocks, saying: "Don't
Damn it, wait until you have a girlfriend before you say this~!"
Because of the interruption just now, his mood gradually calmed down a little, and then he pulled Lorraine and said: "Come in. Don't just stand outside. There are a lot of people here today."
Lorraine came to the hall under his leadership, and saw more than a hundred people in the large hall.
These people are all the various people who have gotten the news these days and know that Maple Leaf Danlin has a lot of money, and they came here after hearing the news.
There are envoys from the kingdom, big businessmen, nobles who want to separate one side, and even some pirate leaders who have sneaked in.
There are all kinds of people, all of them are luxuriously dressed and polite. You can tell at a glance that they are all important people who are either rich or noble.
Although there are one or two arrogant and rude guys among them, fortunately, their bodies are covered with gold and silver decorations. When they walk, their whole bodies are glittering and jingling. And they are extremely arrogant. They often use black holes,
The big nose covered with tangled grass-like nose hairs makes people look at people.
However, due to all the outstanding characteristics of this type of nouveau riche, they are extremely generous in their actions in order to fear that others will look down on them.
Looking at the shiny gold coins being thrown out like dust, it can be seen that he is not an ordinary nouveau riche.
No matter how far away Lorraine was, he could smell the copper smell coming from them, and he couldn't help but frown: Where did these guys come from?
The Grand Duke couldn't help but sneered and said in a low voice: "They are from the Lusen Empire, you know? In their own country, these guys are never willing to spend money like this.
Moreover, he treats all the people in his family as cattle, and wishes he could scrape all the oil and water off those people's bodies, and then suck out the marrow bones."
He paused, looked at the two guys who claimed to be princes with contempt, and said: "I even heard that the people in their country can't even afford salt. Do you believe it? They can't even afford salt."
The Grand Duke seemed to find it hard to believe, and said it twice.
Lorraine couldn't help but smile, nodded, and said: "I know such a thing. It is said that when a mother was about to drink water, she heard that her son was dead. But because there was a little salt in the bowl of water, she I carefully drank the bowl of salt water before going out."
After finishing speaking, he sighed and said: "That is really a great and disaster-ridden nation."
The Grand Duke was silent for a moment, then snorted coldly, and commented in a peculiar mocking tone: "A lowly and cowardly nation. If they dare not resist injustice and fight for justice, they will be even greater and more disaster-ridden in the future. ."
Lorraine was speechless for a moment.
Kapoor and other officers of the Rumain Navy who had already arrived at the scene saw the Grand Duke and Lorraine arriving, and they all came over to salute the Grand Duke.
Immediately afterwards, several middle-aged men dressed as nobles came over and exchanged greetings with the Grand Duke.
While they were talking, they all looked at Lorraine up and down with curious eyes.
The Grand Duke couldn't help but smile when he saw it, and introduced to them: "This is the Count of Lorraine, the Count of Lorraine of the Longyacao family. My friend comes from a famous family, is young and promising, and can be said to be a role model for our young nobles in Ruman."
No matter how he behaves in private, he still has to give Lorraine some face when he stands on stage, otherwise if the two of them are at odds and start a fight. Then, if Catherine gets angry, no one will be able to reap the benefits.
Those nobles immediately flattered them wildly. The grand duke had a bright eye and spared no effort in cultivating young people.
The Count of Lorraine led the student army to fight against 70,000 powerful enemies. He was truly a hero.
In the end, these big guys said: They came in a hurry this time and did not have time to visit. When things here are over, they must have a few drinks with the Count of Lorraine.
The Grand Duke introduced to Lorraine that these nobles were a certain Marquis, a certain Earl, and a certain Baron. They all came from some of the most famous families in the empire, and all of them had outstanding military exploits and were the cornerstone of the empire. Even if they were not princes of one party, they still held heavy troops. 's warrior.
After everyone said hello, they sat down nearby. Lorraine was also beside the Grand Duke, looking at everyone in the meeting hall.
Lorraine noticed that there were also a few aristocratic-looking people glaring at the Grand Duke and his group, and there were a few others who gathered together and glanced over here from time to time, looking unkindly.
The Grand Duke also paid attention to these people, but looked at them with a smile without caring, and said to Lorraine: "I will introduce you to a few people. Look carefully."
He pointed to the guys over there wearing white robes and dressed as foreign nobles, and said: "Those over there are the noble generals of Hillen. Their navy was still very powerful back then."
The Grand Duke paused briefly as if he was reminiscing about something, and then added: "Of course, that was only back then. Later, the naval commander West Germany was poisoned to death by their emperor, and the Sealand Empire's navy and land forces were in Wa After Linde was wiped out by me in one fell swoop, they declined.
Nowadays, all of these are just losers, and almost all of them rely on women’s nepotism. If they just know how to eat, drink, whore, and gamble, none of them can achieve anything.”
Lorraine looked at the nobles and had to agree with the Grand Duke's statement.
Although everyone is a noble, compared with the people on my side, those people are hunched over and obviously have no responsibility.
Unlike these nobles here, they all stand upright, look at each other directly with bright eyes. When they speak, their voices are loud, with the basic principle of "speak loudly when speaking good things about others, and speak even louder when speaking bad things about others".
Etiquette and tone are full of confidence. I am not afraid of offending others with my words.
All of them had yellowish complexions and swollen eyes, and it was obvious that they were drunk too much. Moreover, they looked at people with a somewhat vulgar look, like rats stealing things, without the slightest bit of self-confidence.
When they saw the people here looking at them, they lowered their eyes as if they were afraid of causing trouble, not daring to look up, but from time to time they raised their eyelids and glanced timidly over here. That expression was extremely vulgar.
.
Seeing this, Lorraine couldn't help but define them in her heart, "a bunch of villains, nothing to care about".
The Grand Duke turned his head, pointed at a few people on the other side, and said: "They are my current enemies, the generals of Bosilia. In the past few years, we have met frequently under the city of Samarkand. It's just that I took advantage.
There are more times. They also suffer more times."
Lorraine's heart moved. Although he was on duty at the top of the city these days and had no time to get involved, he had also heard that the guys from Bosilia were running up to the warships parked in the port. It is said that,
These guys who own gold mines and store their gems in barrels are determined to get those battleships.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes and looked at those people carefully.
I saw that they were wearing black burqas and thick white turbans on their heads. Each of them had a curved knife hanging on their waist. The knife was studded with precious stones and gold pieces, which looked dazzling.
Extremely gorgeous.
They were all staring here hatefully, with fire about to burst out of their eyes. It seemed that if no one was present, they would rush over, tear the Archduke into pieces, and then eat him alive without touching him with salt.
Dropped.
Lorraine felt a little worried. He reached out and touched his waist without leaving any trace. The handle of the musket was hard against his hand, and he felt slightly relieved.
The Grand Duke looked at his guarded eyes and couldn't help but smile and said: "You don't have to worry. Although they are enemies, they are also upright gentlemen and nobles worthy of admiration."
With that said, he waved and led Leo over.
Lorraine did not dare to neglect and hurriedly followed.
When those people saw the Grand Duke approaching, they were also stunned.
The Grand Duke walked up to them, then bowed solemnly and said: "Everyone, I am Juno, Grand Duke Julius. Your enemy. You must have known me for a long time."
Lorraine couldn't help but look at the Grand Duke with admiration. If nothing else, just his willful heroism, fearless courage and tolerant mind were enough to despise the world's heroes.
The eyes of those people were startled at first, and then gradually became excited. Finally, they straightened their clothes, bowed solemnly, and said one after another: "I have heard about your name for a long time, and when I saw you today, you are indeed well-deserved."
After they finished speaking, they each introduced themselves.
Only then did Lorraine know that these guys had spared no expense in ordering the ships in the port, and had sent the empire's naval commander, General Maluk, and a prince named Shaker.
The Grand Duke turned around, pointed at Leo, and said, "Everyone, this is my son Leo."