Chapter 1683: Playing Flying Chess with Nobles
The Holy Alliance fleet gradually gained control of the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean, while Chu Yun played flying chess with the English nobles on the lawn of White Hall Palace in England and drank black tea.
Chu Yun played chess with the King of Denmark, the King of Portugal and the Earl of Levin of Scotland, while other nobles stood and watched.
The flying chess brought by Chu Yun was a very novel entertainment activity in the eyes of the English nobles. Although they did not understand the meaning of the chess pieces, they did not affect their grasp of the rules quickly.
Flying chess does not require much complex skills. In fact, luck is very important, which makes it easy to get started. Even the nobles who play chess for the first time can perform similarly to Chu Yun, making it easy for those who watch them to understand.
"It's really interesting. I'll pay £10 to guess Mr. Chu will win."
"Then I'll pay £20, guess Count Levin will win."
"15 pounds, His Majesty Joao will win."
Some English nobles around them who were unable to participate in chess were tickle and they had to place bets with each other privately to participate in indirectly.
"Mr. Chu, aren't you worried that our Holy Alliance fleet will lose?" After throwing the dice, Joao IV asked Chu Yun with some concern.
"It shouldn't be a failure, so what if it really fails?" Chu Yun took the dice without caring.
The Zhili Fleet and the Fourth Fleet combined have five steam ironclad ships, which may fail, but will never be destroyed. As long as the ironclad ship is protected by him to return to the east, after ten or twenty years, with the industrial revolution system, he can even complete the second industrial revolution, and at worst he will make a comeback.
What are you afraid of?
Chu Yun’s purpose was to open up the market. In fact, the local area has been developing all the time. There is nothing to say about his victory or defeat outside. As long as the local productivity continues to improve, he can make a comeback again and again, and it will be easier every time.
The steam iron armored ship has just been installed in the fleet, Chu Yun has not yet started the dreadnought, and the army has not yet equipped motorcycles and tanks...
It mainly took too much time to build a ship.
Seeing Chu Yun so calm, the Danish king and the Portuguese king looked at each other inadvertently, they didn't know why Chu Yun would not take this war that determines the future of Europe as one thing. In their opinion, if a war of such a scale is not won, Portugal and Denmark will be squeezed out by the continental alliance, and they do not have a way out like Chu Yun.
"Don't be distracted, I'm about to win." Chu Yun said to the two kings concerned about the chess game.
"Okay..." This time it was the Danish king's turn to roll dice.
Chu Yun didn't know that he had invisibly led the fashion trend in England. The aristocrats around him quickly asked the Chinese merchants if there were any such chess pieces and chess boards for sale. The magical game of flying chess quickly swept across the continent after Chu Yun left Europe.
While Chu Yun was playing chess with the king and nobles, women such as Sophia, Ella, and Da Yuer were just drinking tea and snacks. Ling'er, Xue'er, and Xin'er were playing with the little princess from Portugal.
They are as helpless as Chu Yun in war. If they go to the battlefield, they may even drag their backs. Even Chu Yun is only planning strategically, rather than going to the front line to point fingers.
Things like war are left to more professional professional soldiers.
"Sophia, how do you feel like being a queen? I never thought I would ask the queen such a question before." Ella asked.
"Actually, I don't like to argue with the old guys of Congress, but my days in England are too boring. Instead of just attending banquets, it would be more interesting to participate in parliament. Sometimes I would take Newbie to Edinburgh, Scotland to travel to Edinburgh, Scotland, as if it were relaxing. Scottish nobles and civilians thought that this was a sign of being close to Scotland, so every two years they would invite Newbie and I to live temporarily in the palace in Edinburgh." Sophia mentioned to them his current life in a casual conversation.
"That's not very interesting. You can travel to Scotland and argue with Congress and the cabinet." Da Yuer interrupted.
"But this place is too old, with many novel things missing, and I can't communicate my ideas freely with many people. I also have to play the role of a wise and unstoppable queen in front of the nobles and civilians. Oh, how can you know my pain?" Sophia sighed, "Even now, Xiner is not familiar with Mr. Chu. It's really worrying, why don't he let him stay in the East for a while?"
"Will you bear it? He is one of your few relatives now, except for your sister in the Netherlands." Da Yuer said.
Sophia was silent for a while. Indeed, if Xin'er followed Chu Yun back to the East, she would be completely alone here.
"What's more, neither the English parliament nor the cabinet will allow the crown prince to leave England at such a young age. It is the only crown prince. Unless Sophia, you are more successful and have another little prince, you can solve this problem." Da Yuer said.
"What do you think I am... I will give birth." Sophia began to fight back at Da Yuer, "I think Da Yuer's sister should add a male child. Although Mr. Chu believes that men and women are equal, Dongfang has always had the idea of giving birth to a male child."
"I..." Da Yu'er was rarely refuted by Sofia. When she thought of something shameful, she didn't continue to talk, so she had to change the topic, "Sophia, what should you do after you go back this time? Maybe you can visit the East through the queen in the future. Since the adults can visit the West, why can't the kings of Western countries go back?"
"Sister, what you said makes sense. I will also find a way to go to the East in the future." Sophia thought that Chu Yun had a rare trip to open up the market this time. After Chu Yun returned, it was really Junwen's return date. It was tens of thousands of miles apart, and it took 6 to 9 months for sailing alone. Both sides could not easily leave each other's country because of their important identities. I don't know if I can see it in my life.
"If it really doesn't work, I will wait until my newborn becomes an adult and let him become the king of the United Kingdom in advance, and then I will live in seclusion in the East. Since the Middle Ages, there have been cases of kings abdicating early, and if I persist, it should be accepted." Sophia said.
If the people from the English Parliament and the Cabinet knew that Sophia was doing so randomly, she would definitely cry without tears. This queen did not take the queen's sacred position as one thing, and she also wanted to abdicate early, which was simply a joke.
Chapter completed!