Chapter 462 [The Emperor’s Wedding]

In previous years, in late autumn, the imperial capital was rainy. This mainland city facing the Lancang River presents a misty and rainy scenery every October and November.

Especially in the north and outside the city, shops and hotels along the Lancang River will be opened to open a river-side location for people to enjoy here.

The merchant cargo ships slowly passing by in the drizzle of the Lancang River seemed to be passing through the misty rain, and the scenery was particularly scented.

But this year, this faint elegance smell was overshadowed by a strong festive color.

Starting from the port terminal of the imperial capital, along the ten-mile river channel eastward along the Lancang River, there are lights on both sides of the river, and beautiful silk tied into a colorful shed, stretching for ten miles! During this period, some colorful lights were decorated, especially when the lights were used at night, between the two sides, the Lancang River was like a jade belt flowing in the lights.

The river has been particularly lively these days.

The fleets of full loads from the east are also decorated with lights. Judging from the waterlines and slowly cargo holds, they are obviously full loads.

Most of these fleets were hung with the flag of the Rollin family.

From the Luolin Plain in the south, the children of the Luolin family, the elders of the family, and the well-known figures flocked to them.

Fleets are loaded with all kinds of cargo and gifts.

Specialties from all over the world, pearls from the East China Sea, spices from the South China Sea, gems from the north...

Especially in the past three days, an amazing fleet of ships has arrived at the Imperial Capital Pier almost every day.

The dock was full of heat. The laborers who carried goods at the docks almost vomited blood. In the past, they had to form cliques and fight for business. Now they were in a harmonious state. Everyone had endless business transactions from morning to dark almost every day. In the middle of the night, the leader was often woken up by someone to call him to gather people to go to the port to unload the goods.

In the imperial capital, all major city gates were also newly decorated.

The expensive and gorgeous silks in the past are now pierced on the big trees on both sides of the roads inside and outside the city gate, and the soldiers of the city guards and patrol soldiers from the public security stations. They have all issued brand new military uniforms.

Wearing brand new military uniforms and shiny leather boots, the soldiers all held their heads and chests up, trying their best to show their best spirits.

The square in front of the palace was almost cleaned up spotlessly, and even every gust of wind came out, a team of servants would immediately run out to clean it up.

And just south of the palace, the area where nobles and wealthy families gathered, at the intersection of the Luolin Earl's Mansion, from the intersection to the gate of the Luolin Earl's Mansion, the ground along the way was covered with petals of flowers!

The entire imperial capital was heavily made up with a festive color. It was as if the festival was celebrated, and the atmosphere became more and more intense.

Even the shops, hotels, and hotels of all sizes have issued notices to launch various items that match the festive colors.

Some people directly cut prices to attract customers.

The wine consumed in the imperial capital every day was more than doubled than usual. And all high-end custom-made clothes shops, especially the top ones, were almost unable to get married - all the wealthy ladies and all the noble ladies of the noble ladies are rushing to make the latest and most beautiful evening dresses.

All of this is of course only for one reason:

The wedding of His Majesty Hilo, the new emperor!

This new emperor is going to marry the youngest daughter of the Luolin family, the beautiful Miss Jill!

And this youngest daughter of the Luolin family is about to become the most noble woman in this empire!

...

"The most noble woman in the empire?"

In the morning, I stood on the street and had just walked out of a gold-selling cave. The carnival all night left a pale face on my face.

Rose, who had a big forehead, stretched his waist and looked a little strange.

The girl who was caring with her last night, her soft and boneless figure made him taste a wonderful taste. At this moment, she rubbed her sore waist and Ross limped onto her carriage.

Yes, his broken leg has been basically healed, but he has been living a life with great care. If Hilo conscripts him again, then the Count of Villa will soon "accidentally" break his leg again.

I remembered that in this gold-selling cave last night, the women in the dust talked about the upcoming wedding and the Miss Jill of the Rollin family.

"The most noble woman in the empire?" Ross smiled secretly while sitting in his carriage.

The most noble woman in the empire is in the northwest.

The carriage slowly drove on the street.

Ross felt a little frustrated and opened the window - he always liked riding horses, but since he "accidentally" broke his legs, he had to temporarily quit the hobby of riding horses.

At this moment, his body was still full of tobacco alcohol and powder. Ross opened the window and felt the cool morning breeze, and then he felt less stuffy.

But just as the carriage walked past a street intersection, Ross's aimless eyes suddenly tightened!

His eyes suddenly contracted, and then he was stunned for a moment.

I rubbed my eyes hard and looked carefully, but the place where I just looked was empty and there was no one else...

"I... were dazzled?"

...

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Chen Daolin held a ripe red fruit in his hand and took a hard bite.

This is a fruit specialized in the Roland Empire. It has a sweet and slightly sour taste, which suits his taste very well.

When it is in the northwest, it is impossible to eat it - in this world, there is no convenient transportation and no good storage means, fruits, which are easily rotten, can only be eaten in their place of origin.

If the fruits from the south are transported to the northwest, they will probably rot to the point where a fruit core is left.

Chen Daolin walked on the streets swaying. He didn't even wear a hat, and just staggered on the streets of the imperial capital.

He is not afraid that anyone will recognize him.

After using a simple transfiguration technique to change the outline of his face, Chen Daolin had turned into brown hair, with deep eyes and high nose bridge. This is a typical appearance of a northerner in the empire.

Wearing a gray cotton robe and a pair of dirty leather boots, Chen Daolin was walking on the street, looking at the lights on the shops on both sides, looking at the colorful lights hanging from the intersection, and looking at the patrol soldiers wearing shiny armor...

A strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

...

I returned to a hotel on Achilles Street - this hotel originally belonged to the Lister family, but has now been resold to another chamber of commerce with obvious reputations.

Chen Daolin returned to the room. He looked at Captain Hook, who was sitting by the window while drinking, and looked at Captain Hook downstairs outside the window, and then looked at Dickson, who was sitting in the corner, holding a book and quietly reading.

Chen Daolin smiled.

He threw a bag of fruit in his hand over, Hook caught it, picked it up and took a look, then threw another one and smashed it at Dixon. The magician caught it. He took it and took a bite, his eyes lit up: "It tastes good!"

"Sir, have your business done?"

Hook said in a deep voice.

Chen Daolin shook his head: "Governor Fritz's family is empty. I asked about it. The Governor was dismissed from office. The charge was for malfeasance during his term in the East China Sea. Alas, he stayed in the East China Sea for ten years. If he wanted to find it, he could always find Xiaopian. After Shilo removed him, he did not continue to make things difficult for the Fritz's family. I heard that their family had left the imperial capital and went to their hometown in the south."

Dixon's face moved and he said slowly: "Teacher, are you worried about Lucius?"

Chen Daolin said "Yes" and said slowly: "That boy looks weak and polite on weekdays, but he is actually the most stubborn. He was obviously not suitable for practicing magic at the beginning, but he still spent many years on magic. I am only worried that his personality would not give up so easily - whether it is the right thing or the right person."

Dixon thought for a while and said, "Even if Lucius was unwilling to accept it, Governor Fritz looked at him, he couldn't do anything out of the ordinary. Haven't they returned to their hometown in the south? That's good."

Before Chen Dao walked to the table, he picked up the kettle and took a sip. He let out a long sigh, his eyes flashed, and said in a deep voice, "The wedding will be held tomorrow morning. At that time... we will follow the plan I made and we will act separately."

...

Angulo seems to be a little sad recently.

The owner of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, the top great tycoon in the empire and the supplier of imperial army ordnance, has obviously been far less casual than before since the new emperor Hilo took office.

In less than a year, the Imperial Army's purchase of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce had plummeted by one-third. Many of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce's businesses were secretly suppressed and eroded by other wealthy families.

Some partners even tore up the contract, and would rather compensate him for a penalty for liquidated damages than draw a clear line with him.

Almost everyone knows that for the new emperor Hilo and the boss of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce are not the same person!

Because of this, everyone has enough reason to not be optimistic about the future of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce.

The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, which was originally second only to the Tulip Workshop in the empire, seemed to shrink in less than a year.

Fatty Angulu seemed to show an extremely calm attitude towards these.

He seemed to be unable to see any panic. He just began to shrink his business in an orderly manner. The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to withdraw from several industries, minimizing the losses. Some industries would rather not make money and sell them only at their capital.

Of course, in any field where the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce withdraws, a group of "upstarts" naturally poured in with excitement and frenzy, replacing his position.

Most of these "new rich" were some emerging aristocratic classes and chamber of commerce groups promoted after Hilo was crowned as emperor.

Angulu seemed to care about the arrogance of these people at all, and even people behind him were talking, saying that the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce was already in decline, and the fat man seemed to care nothing at all.

He only did two things.

The first thing he did was to go to the Magic Academy and signed a three-year supply contract with the Magic Academy. The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce will be fully responsible for the purchase orders for various magic research materials and magic medicinal materials from the Magic Academy in the next three years.

Everyone knows that doing business with magicians is the most profitable business - although a magic school, the total order quantity does not seem to be enough to fully compensate the businesses that Pompeii would lose.

However, the profits of the magic materials business are extremely high!

The second thing Angulo did was to take the initiative to go to the military headquarters and ask for a meeting with the new military minister, the current leader of the Luolin family, General Aker.

Aker originally thought that this fat man was here to beg for mercy or to beg himself to be generous.

It was beyond Aker's expectations.

When we met, the fat man Anguluo looked very calm. Although his attitude was very polite and humble, he could never be said to be humble.

The fat man took the initiative to make a request to Aker with a nearly calm attitude. He said that because the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce's business contracted, it would be difficult to continue to maintain the supply of military supplies to the Imperial Army for some time in the future.

He brought a list and proactively demanded that all previously unfinished supply contracts on this list be completely cancelled.

Aker glanced at the list. This was almost one-third of the annual transaction volume between the Imperial Army and the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce!

That is to say...once Aker nods.

Then the largest source of income for the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce: the supply of Imperial military supplies will be reduced by one third immediately!

Without one-third of the business and income, even for a giant like the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, it will hurt the bones and the vitality!

Aker was a little surprised.

But he didn't say anything, just looked at the fat man silently. Then...

He agreed to Angulo's request and signed his name on that list.

After the fat rich man said politely, Aker was silent in his office for a long time.

Later, he said something to the adjutant beside him:

"This guy is much smarter than everyone thought!"

...

Hilo has taken office. Of course, he has to promote a group of his own new teams.

Compared with the group of ministers of the former emperor, the group of people promoted by Hiro are the so-called "new rich".

Since these people have become upstarts, then the inevitable rule is: these upstarts must challenge the previous vested interests!

This is an inevitable rule.

All the benefits are a piece of cake. The old people in the past were qualified to eat these cakes because they had a high position and were of great importance.

But now, these newly in power naturally demand to redistribute this cake.

The cake is still the same piece of cake. If you have to divide the new ones, it is inevitable... some elderly people won’t be able to eat it!

Who are you snatching the old man’s cake?

There is no doubt that the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is a very ideal "snatch" object.

The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce has always been trusted and valued by His Majesty Marci. Everyone knows how Hilo got to power... So for the supplier of the army that the late emperor most valued, now... we naturally have to replace people to eat the cake!

There may be risks in robbing others, but if you grab the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce... even Hilo will only be happy to see it.

What makes Anguluo smart is that he is very conscious of the times.

He took the initiative to give in without waiting for others to grab it. He gave up a lot of business and business, gave up piece of cake, and threw it to those emerging forces to occupy it.

He took the initiative to run to the army and demanded a business of reducing his military supply.

This is the gecko's tail break.

Instead of waiting for others to stab themselves with a knife, it is better to take the initiative to cut yourself.

At least, when you are in your hands, you can still grasp the slightness and weight when you are doing it yourself.

The initiative to cut one-third of the business is enough to satisfy many people.

Angulo is at least a little accurate in his view.

The new emperor, Hilo, may be happy to weaken himself. However, the new emperor will never hope that his Pompeii Chamber of Commerce will be completely killed and completely replaced.

After all, the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest suppliers of military supplies for the Imperial Army! Whether it is the trafficking of military supplies, military supplies, or military rations.

To do business in this industry, at least the supplier needs to have strong strength.

You have to have strong production capacity and you have strong strength to sell food.

Moreover, with the supply of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce to the Imperial Army... If the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce is rashly defeated, the direct result will be that the military supply of the Imperial Army will fall into chaos for a long time!

Military soldiers have to eat every day!

Military soldiers have to wear clothes every day!

Military soldiers wear swords and weapons every day!

You can't let the soldiers suddenly starve and go to the front line to confront the orcs with their bare ass!

Even though the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce was never his confidant, Hilo never thought of completely destroying the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce.

First, it is for the stability of the army. Second,... I was not a confidant in the past, so it did not mean that I could not conquer them in the future.

The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to give up some of its interests, which proved that they were at least conscious of the current affairs.

This is very good and very smart.

...

What surprised everyone was that in a crazy way, the Luolin family, the largest "emerging" force, was unable to move at all in such a feast of sharing spoils!

Aker gave an order in person: "It turns out that the businesses belonging to the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce will not go back to dine a single gold coin!"

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November 1st.

In the morning, the Imperial Guard of Honor had already lined up and walked out of the palace.

A loud gift sounded.

Flowers, drums...crowds gathered in the square of the palace.

The lively scene is like New Year's Eve.

From Palace Square to Triumph Street, the three-mile long route will become the parade for the wedding ceremony.

It all the way to the gate of the Count's Mansion of the Luolin family.

The cavalry of the Imperial Guards, wearing brand new armor, lined up, and in the middle of the cavalry, rode a white horse. The one wearing that gorgeous dress was His Majesty Hiro.

The road was already under martial law, but it still did not prevent the empire from gathering on both sides of the road to watch the ceremony after the human wall formed by the army.

When the team arrived outside the Count's Mansion of the Luolin family, it was noon.

The roaring sound of cannons came. Fireworks that had been prepared in the palace and in the imperial capital began to set off.

Although it was daytime, the fireworks seemed not as gorgeous as the night sky, but the roaring salutes still added a bit of solemnity to this day.

Miss Jill of the Rollin family, the highly anticipated empire queen, has long been dressed in a gorgeous dress and beautiful face... She was held by Emperor Hilo and walked onto a double carriage.

The two of them stood shoulder to shoulder on the carriage, as the wheels slowly rotated, surrounded by the neatly lined up front and rear Red Feather Riders. They began patrolling along Triumph Street and accepted the cheers of the people in the city.

The last place of the wedding was in the cathedral of the Temple of Light in the imperial capital.

The wedding was personally hosted by His Majesty Heinx, the current Pope of the Imperial Temple of Light, which is also the unique treatment of the emperor and the queen.

Although the cathedral of the Temple of Light can accommodate thousands of people... it is almost crowded at this moment.

The empire can almost rank the number one noble family, the well-known figures of the Luolin family...guards, court etiquette officials, representatives in all aspects, magic academy, magic society, magician union...

What is even surprising is that even the Tulip Family far away in the northwest sent an envoy and sent a gift.

It can be said that at this moment, in the cathedral of the Temple of Light, almost all the leading figures of the current ruling class of the Roland Empire!

If someone throws a bomb here at this moment... I'm afraid that the entire Roland Empire will change its dynasty tomorrow!

At this moment, almost all the defensive forces in the entire imperial capital were concentrated around the church.

City Guards, Public Security Bureau, and... Imperial Guards and Red Feather Cavalry!

Almost all of them took out the most elite power, all the streets near the Temple of Light Church, three inside and three outside...

The people were still cheering on the Triumph Street from afar, looking at the fireworks that kept setting off, everything was like a festival.

...

In the north of the city, Chen Daolin stood by a canal and looked at the faint traces of fireworks in the distance in the sky.

I listened to the cheering sound of the crowd coming from afar with the wind...

Chen Daolin smiled softly and grinned.

"Human heart...hum."

Chen Daolin's smile was full of mockery.

These people in the imperial capital probably have forgotten that night ten months ago. The emperor they once supported was murdered in the palace.

But now, these people still cheered at the criminal who murdered the former emperor?

The people's hearts... are nothing but something that can be fooled at will.

He slowly put on a strange sealed leather jacket on himself, and then jumped into the canal...

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