Chapter 627 The man has changed
"Go, my brave knight, and bring me the fruits of victory!"
On the stage, after the colorfully dressed "Eugene" gave the order, the actor put on thick-soled shoes so that the two-meter-tall character "Mezger" could step forward with a sword and shield to fight the stupid "Doss" After ten rounds, he was "stabbed to death". "Doss" sang an aria for more than two minutes before his death.
In the front two rows of the theater, the audience from the Principality of Wesson watched with gusto. Someone said to a lady next to him: "Why didn't I know your husband was so tall?"
Rhea shrugged and said: "The characters on the stage are like instant noodles in advertisements."
Several spectators around him burst into laughter.
This is a business travel group from the Principality of Wesson, which is heading to the Kingdom of Lisenberg to inspect the market. It is now waiting to change ships in Le Havre, a seaport city in the northern Kingdom of Gaul.
Behind the auditorium of the theater, several children squatted in the aisle. They had not paid.
The theater owners turn a blind eye to their existence. As long as they don't disturb the audience, just stay there. Once you get used to coming here, you will come to spend money when you grow up.
A boy looked at the actors on the stage celebrating their victory with envy, and couldn't help but murmured: "For such a great contribution, you must be rewarded with a bicycle, right?"
He often saw the children of city lords and high-ranking officials wearing beautiful clothes and colorful hats on Sundays, riding bicycles on the seaside breakwater, talking and laughing, and found a clean beach to spread their blankets. Drinking tea leisurely, the bicycle parked casually aside.
The boy has coveted bicycles for a long time, but the cheapest bicycle is equivalent to ten months' salary of his father, and the family cannot afford it.
At this time, a child came in from the door, went over and tugged on the boy's clothes, and whispered: "Joseph, please go home quickly."
In recent years, more and more ships have docked in Le Havre, the number of foreigners has increased, and security has deteriorated a lot.
Joseph thought something happened at home and hurried home.
"Hahahaha!"
His father's happy laughter came from the door of the house, and Joseph breathed a sigh of relief.
There were guests at home, and as soon as Joseph came in, his father Philip asked him to say hello to Captain Tom.
Tom nodded to Joseph, and then continued the topic: "He has rented a large shop in Weisenburg City and is doing a big business. There are many dignitaries among his customers. It is said that the Grand Duke Weisen is also His customers.”
When Joseph heard the name of the place, he immediately understood who he was talking about. It was his uncle who was sent on a ship to Weissenburg City last year.
He didn't listen to what the captain said next, because his uncle asked the captain to bring back many gifts, and he placed the boxes one by one on the ground for Lao Gao.
There was a box that was particularly big, and Joseph couldn't help but wonder, could it be a pony inside?
Tom saw that the family's thoughts were all on the gifts, and he left quickly.
Philip pretended to ask him to stay for dinner, but he politely refused.
“What a polite gentleman.”
The eldest sister in the family couldn't help but say.
Philip glanced at his eighteen-year-old daughter and said, "I've heard of him. At the beginning of the year, his boat... what was it called... the Jersey Island Oyster, hit the rocks and sank on a night of lightning and thunder? Later, I received insurance compensation and bought a new boat, called the Big Squid in the Lake.”
There is a legend among sailors that if a captain survives the sinking of a ship, he will never sink another ship in his life.
Therefore, he did not reject his daughter's interest in such a captain.
After Phillip finished speaking, he picked up the top box of the gift, with his name written on it, and opened it.
After him, family members opened their gifts.
"Yo ho!"
Philip took out a black suit gown from the box, made of woolen woolen fabric and lined with smooth southern spider silk.
He happily opened his other boxes, which contained woolen trousers, a snow-white shirt, a bowler hat, leather leather shoes, and a gentleman's walking stick.
When he opened a small box, there was a shining silver pocket watch and a letter inside.
Surprises sounded one after another in the house.
Joseph did not get a dress. The first box contained a toy airsoft gun and two large bags full of bullets.
The second big box contains a wind-up locomotive and several carriages, as well as a large pack of various tracks that can be assembled into different railways for the train to run on.
His mother and two sisters were even more surprised. Each of them got a set of beautiful clothes. The layers of lace on the skirt were dizzying. There were satin bows on the hats and even more decorations around the parasols. There was a beautiful lace embroidery and a pair of leather shoes.
Their bigger surprise was at the back. Each of them had a jewelry box, which already contained bracelets, tiaras, earrings, corsages, and necklaces. The mother’s jewelry box contained more shining diamonds than the daughters. necklace.
"Oh, he is so reckless!" They immediately found scissors, cut off all the price tags on the jewelry, threw them into the brazier and burned them, and then breathed a long sigh of relief.
The family's gifts were soon reduced to the large wooden box with the words "For my dear nephew Joseph" written on the top.
Philip borrowed a crowbar from his neighbor and spent some effort to pry open the box.
Joseph rubbed his eyes and couldn't believe it. There was actually a red bicycle in the box!
There are manuals on the car, written in several countries.
Philip studied for a long time before he figured out how to use the iron cylinder to inflate the wheels.
Joseph himself couldn't wait any longer, so he pulled the car and ran out the door, heading to the breakwater not far away.
When Philip went to return the crowbar, he put on a new dress. He happily told his neighbor that his brother had sent many gifts to the family. Finally, he said: "He said in the letter that he hoped to compensate me for my previous losses."
His wife began to go shopping for tonight's ingredients. The necklace around her neck was very dazzling.
Soon the whole street knew that the "Prince Da Franche" who once idled, ate, drank and almost ate up all his family property had made a fortune in Weissenburg and turned into an upright, good and conscientious person.
Baron Turgot mentioned it before, but everyone thought he had the wrong person, so they only believed it now.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh, the Principality of Wesson is really a good place.
Many people are thinking, why not send the incompetent guy at home?
At this moment Joseph is facing a crisis.
He pulled the cart to the breakwater, rode on it, and put his feet on the pedals like the young masters and ladies.
Before he could step on the pedal, he suddenly felt that the car was about to fall if it tilted.
There was a young man and woman walking in front of them. The man suddenly rushed over at a speed that left only a shadow and helped Joseph.
"That's not how you ride a bicycle." The man asked Joseph to put his legs down and stand. "Didn't you read the manual?"
Joseph's face suddenly turned red and he really didn't look at it.
The man shook his head and said: "Come on, let me teach you. First hold the handlebars like this, put your feet down, use your feet to make the car move, and control the front of the car..."
Joseph nearly fell down several times, but was finally able to ride away after an hour.
He said to the man: "Thank you sir, I don't know your name yet."
The man replied: "My name is Neville Longbottom."
Joseph said again: "Thank you Mr. Longbottom, I'm sorry to disturb you and your lady for a walk."
Frederick just smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Don't ride too fast in the future. You must see the road clearly, check the brakes frequently, change the brake rubber frequently, and don't crash."
After he finished speaking, he returned to the lady and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is it time to return to the country?"
Anna looked across the sea and said: "What do you think we should go to the Kingdom of England to see?"
Anna and Frederick did not return home immediately after running away. Instead, they landed in the southern part of the Kingdom of Gaul, and then traveled through the Kingdom of Gaul from south to north as merchants to observe the domestic reaction to the country's involvement in the civil war in the Kingdom of Tarago.
The result is that there is no response, and everyone comes out to fight with the family, and everyone should do whatever they want.
Frederick thought for a while and said: "I have never been there, or should we spend a winter there?"
Anna nodded and agreed.
In an agricultural society, there is basically nothing to do in winter, everyone is sleeping in the winter, and even the ruling class has begun to take a rest.
There will be no problems in the Principality of Wesson with Psyche in charge.
As for the Osmaga Empire, Anna is waiting for someone to jump out and cause trouble. This trip is to catch big fish.
Frederick held his chin and said: "How about we buy some goods and see if we can make a profit there."
Anna shook her head and said: "How can you not make money in business? It's boring."
"How about we dress up as ordinary people?"
(End of chapter)