Chapter 399 Father Jack
The superstructure of the Pearl Bamogo is quite complete. In addition to the various cabins, there are also entertainment areas such as a large restaurant and an opera house. There are many parasols placed on the deck for gentlemen and ladies to sit down, chat and relax.
The lower warehouse area stores coal and a small amount of cargo. Of course, the lower-class cabins of ordinary ship passengers are also arranged here. They are crowded, dirty, and the environment is harsh, but the lower-class cabin ticket of 60 silver coins is only like this. treatment.
Unlike the gentlemen and ladies in the upper-class cabin, they can enjoy three meals a day in the big restaurant, and can even arrange for special delivery. These ordinary ship passengers must bring their own rations and water, or they can spend money to buy it from the waiters. In short, they are inferior The cabin is just a cramped shelter, and the Pearl Bamogo will not pay too much attention to them.
Chen Lun led the team cadres to the two staterooms.
When you push the door open, you will be greeted by a refreshing fragrance, which is obviously the effect of some kind of fragrance.
The room is spacious and bright, with large glass windows and good lighting. The tables, chairs, sofas and beds inside are all neat and clean and look to be made of excellent materials.
"Todd can still do his job. These two staterooms are enough for us."
Chen Lun held his silver cane and chuckled.
Then, he turned to look at everyone.
"Floy, Maggie and Connie stay here while the other gentlemen squeeze in and go to another stateroom."
"Yes, Mr. Jack."
"No problem, leader."
The circus officials responded one after another.
After everyone had packed their luggage, Chen Lun took them to the large restaurant area for dinner.
In the huge restaurant, many gentlemen and ladies were already sitting down to dine. On both sides of the restaurant, seven or eight long square tables were placed, with a variety of food piled on them, as well as some drinks and wine for the guests to take.
Waiters in white uniforms were rushing back and forth, pushing the dining cart to replenish food, or delivering cigarettes and alcohol to the guests in a hurry.
Golov found seats for everyone and respectfully pulled out a chair for Chen Lun.
"Captain, please sit down."
"Thank you."
Chen Lun nodded and sat down slowly.
After everyone was seated, Chen Lun called a waiter and asked him to bring some food and drinks.
"Do you have any special needs, sir?"
The waiter took out a small notebook and seemed ready to make some notes.
"Have some beef! Steak or fried beef meatballs are fine! And a bottle of red wine!"
Maggie said immediately.
The waiter jotted it down, and other people on the side also expressed their needs.
Afterwards, the waiter left and came back with a dining cart after a while, placing the food and drinks ordered by everyone on the dining table himself.
"Gentlemen and ladies, please enjoy... If you need anything else, you can call me at any time."
The waiter stroked his chest and saluted.
Chen Lun made a gesture, and Gorov understood what he meant. He took out four or five silver coins and handed them to the waiter as a tip.
"Thank you, generous sir."
the waiter said happily.
After he left, Maggie took a bite and shook her head in disappointment.
"Hmm...it's not as delicious as Miss Floy's."
"I heard that the chef hired by this passenger ship is a famous chef from the north. I think it is very good."
Noah gave his own assessment.
"But it really can't be compared with the food made by Miss Floy."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Floy smiled slightly, took a bite of the vegetable salad, and said.
"Mr. Jack, have you been to Wangcheng?"
Connie suddenly asked Chen Lun.
Chen Lun looked at her, put down the knife in his hand, and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
The food was certainly not as tasty as Floy's.
"Never been there."
Chen Lun shook his head.
He had been there in his previous life, but he only stayed there for a few weeks and was not very familiar with it.
"I have never been there either. I don't know what kind of city Tourmaline Kloster is... After all, it is the royal city of the Trisul Empire, the heart of the Sun Royal Family. It should be very prosperous there, right?"
Maggie said.
Other cadres also spoke out and participated in the discussion on this topic.
But without exception, no one has been to the royal city.
They are both curious and longing for it.
"There is no doubt about the prosperity of the Royal City. It is the capital of the empire after all... However, not only are the seven branches of the Orthodox Church located there, but there are also shelters and 24-hour surveillance by the Royal City Guards. When you arrive at the Royal City, it is best to keep a low profile. .”
Chen Lun said slowly.
"Yes, Mr. Jack."
the officers replied.
After the meal, everyone returned to the cabin to rest, while Chen Lun went to the deck alone to get some fresh air.
It was now dark, the setting sun had completely sunk into the sky, and the sky was covered with night.
Woo!
The passenger ship blew its whistle, followed by a jingling bell, announcing the official departure of the Pearl Bamogo.
Chen Lun leaned against the guardrail, feeling the sea breeze blowing in his face, watching the scene of the East District Pier in Peacock City gradually disappearing, with mixed emotions.
He didn't know exactly what would happen during the next trip to the royal city, but the results of several divination predictions indicated that it would not go well.
‘There are several purposes for this trip… First, let’s disembark at the Orange Bay and complete the mission of delivering letters to the Meteor Tower. Second, go to the royal city and sit in the Generous Council branch to arrange things properly. Third, meet the prince, join the Imperial Tribunal... Well, try to get everything done during the three months of version update. ’
Chen Lun is thinking.
A fashionably dressed lady slowly walked up to him.
"Sir, I seem to have drunk too much and have no energy... Can you light a cigarette for me?"
The noble lady held a slender lady's cigarette in her red mouth, and handed Chen Lun a carved brass kerosene lighter.
Chen Lun looked at the other party. Under the lady's feathered wide-brimmed hat, she showed a beautiful face, her cheeks were red, and she had obviously just drank wine.
He suddenly realized that the lady was accosting him.
"Smoking is bad for your health, madam."
Chen Lun didn't take the lighter, he just chuckled and said.
"But smoking can also get rid of sadness, can't it?"
Seeing this, the noble lady did not force it, so she started lighting the lighter, but failed to make a fire several times. The only time she succeeded was extinguished by the sea breeze.
She cursed with some annoyance, then looked at Chen Lun again, smiled, and took off the cigarette from her mouth.
"Well, you are right, smoking is harmful to health."
The lady leaned against the guardrail and looked at Chen Lun's face with aggressive eyes.
"Sir, I think you look like a friend of mine."
Chen Lun rolled his eyes secretly.
Are these pick-up lines from the bad streets of the past life so popular in this world...
And where can I find someone as handsome as me...
He cursed a few words, but wore a polite smile on the surface.
"Oh? Yes, that's a coincidence."
Chen Lun prevaricated.
He was about to find an excuse to leave and avoid getting too entangled with this woman. If Floy saw her, it would not be good.
But the lady flipped her hair with a melancholy look on her face.
"Sir, I feel that you make me very close to you, and I can't help but want to confide in you... You wouldn't mind a sad lady chatting with you, would you?"
Chen Lun just wanted to say he didn't mind.
But the lady thought of herself and said:
"I was born into a noble family, but I ended up with a useless husband... Recently, he and my friend were planning to open a company and go to the royal city to do business. Although I also know that he wanted to make a so-called career I don’t want my family to look down on my career, but I don’t think much of it. Sun, that’s a royal city, and it’s not that easy to do business there. But no matter how much I try to persuade him, he doesn’t listen to me. It makes me very distressed.”
Chen Lun said nothing.
He knew very well that a large part of the reason why this noble lady seemed to be familiar with her and was so quarrelsome with him was due to her high charm value. Of course, she did have a backlog of depressed things in her heart and longed to talk to someone, so she told Chen Lun about them while drunk.
The lady kept chattering until she mentioned that the noble family she was born in was actually related to a distant relative of a branch of the Sun Royal Family, and Chen Lun became a little interested.
‘It seems that this couple is planning to settle in the Royal City, and they have some relationship with the Sun Royal Family...’
Chen Lun thought to himself.
This relationship may play some role in the future.
"Fana, so you are here!"
At this time, a man's voice came.
Chen Lun and the lady turned around and saw a man in a blue suit striding over. He looked tired, but his eyes were bright, as if something had happened to make him high-spirited.
Beside the man, there was also a young man, wearing a white suit and looking quite handsome.
What surprised Chen Lun was that this man had black hair and his eyebrows were indeed similar to his.
"Fana, Petel and I have been looking for you. It turns out that you ran to the deck to blow the wind...why didn't you tell me? And it's a bit cold here. You only wore so much. What should you do if you get sick?" ”
The man in the blue suit said with concern.
"Dear Johnston, I told you! Twice!"
The noble lady named Fana said excitedly.
"But you were only talking about business with Peter and didn't even hear what I said, and now you come to blame me?"
Johnston was stunned for a moment, then apologized to the lady apologetically.
"I just wanted to do this seriously, but I ignored your feelings. I'm sorry Fana, I swear I won't do this again!"
"Hmph! This is already the thirteenth time you have sworn!"
Fana folded her elbows and turned her head to look at the sea.
Johnston was a little embarrassed. After the two were in a stalemate for a few seconds, he had no choice but to change the topic and look at Chen Lun.
"Um, who is this gentleman?"
"Jack."
Chen Lun shrugged and said softly.
"Well, Mr. Jack, do you know my wife?"
The man looked at him suspiciously.
"I don't know. I'm just here to get some air and chat with Ms. Fana."
Chen Lun smiled.
"If you mind, I'll leave now."
"Oh, no, I didn't doubt you, I was just asking."
Johnston glanced at his wife and saw disdain in her eyes, so he coughed and said.
"Mr. Jack, let me introduce to you. This is the friend I told you about, Peter. Does he look similar to you?"
Fana smiled and extended her hand to signal.
Chen Lun looked at the man in the white suit, who smiled politely at him and extended his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Jack. Your handsomeness surprises me."
Chen Lun shook hands with him briefly.
But I secretly said:
‘Extraordinary person... Well, [Star Faction Sequence 8-Trickster], no wonder the charm value is not low. ’
With the simple exchange, Johnston felt more and more that this young Mr. Jack was different from ordinary people, and his words revealed his erudition and aristocratic temperament, which made him want to make friends.
"I'm usually not a good talker, but I didn't expect to be able to chat with you so freely."
Johnston said to Chen Lun.
“Excuse me, where are you going on this ‘Pearl Bamogo’?”
"Imperial City Tourmaline Kloster."
Chen Lun replied.
"That's such a coincidence! If you don't mind, I would like to invite you to visit my company... Well, although the location has not been determined yet, I think it will be done in less than two months. I hope it will be done by then. Come and take a look.”
Johnston said enthusiastically.
"I will go if time permits."
Chen Lun nodded perfunctorily.
Immediately, Johnston pulled Petel back and chatted with him about the company and business. He roughly introduced that they planned to run a winery and provide some high-end jewelry customization services.
The ambition in his words almost made Chen Lun mistakenly think that he had entered a pyramid scheme.
Through Johnston's words, Chen Lun knew that in fact, these plans and ideas came from his and his wife's mutual friend Peter, and he kept praising him as a business genius. Before that, he had worked in two wineries and three jewelry stores. He has served as a senior executive in a commercial bank and has extensive experience in the industry.
Johnston even wanted to recruit Chen Lun into the group.
Because he planned this business, he almost exhausted his family wealth, and most of the funds came from funding from his wife Fana's natal family... But even so, he was still two thousand gold pounds short of the budgeted six thousand eight hundred gold pounds.
"Well, Mr. Jack, if you are interested in investing, I will give you a considerable share of the shares and dividends..."
Johnston said tactfully and wistfully.
"The wine industry and jewelry are the enduring industries of the empire, not to mention that the royal city is full of dignitaries and dignitaries. It is difficult not to make money by doing their business... To take a step back, even if it fails to prosper due to various reasons, But it won’t be a loss.”
Peter laughed from the sidelines.
"Interested in joining? Mr. Jack."
Chen Lun gave this person a meaningful look.
Judging from the other party's performance just now, he can already confirm that this guy is a liar.
He basically didn't speak during the chat, only a few words of some importance at critical moments, but they strongly aroused Johnston's passion and ignited Johnston's desire for money and status.
Perhaps Fana and Johnston, two ordinary people, could not detect anything at all, but Chen Lun, as a Sequence Five, could easily see through Petel's tricks.
‘Is [The Fraudster]’s extraordinary ability...Is this guy trying to make money or is he doing a promotion ceremony? Or maybe both? ’
Chen Lun shrugged indifferently.
"Well, I'm also very optimistic about this business. Two thousand gold pounds? No problem."
He directly took out an Imperial Bank certificate, wrote the amount of two thousand gold pounds on it, and handed it to Johnston.
The latter didn't react until he took the voucher and saw the amount on it, then he was shocked.
"This..."
Johnston was very surprised.
Who is this Mr. Jack in front of me?
He was able to take out two thousand gold pounds so easily without even frowning!
The noble lady Fana and the handsome young man Peter beside were both surprised.
Among them, there was a flash of joy in Petel's eyes, which was easily caught by Chen Lun.
‘Interesting…’
he thought.
Petel obviously didn't realize Chen Lun's identity as a transcendent. After all, the gap between the two sides was too big. He only regarded the guy named Jack as a rich scapegoat.
"Mr. Jack, what do you do?"
Johnston's tone was obviously more respectful.
"Oh, I don't mean to pry into your privacy, I'm just curious. It's okay if you don't want to say it."
The noble lady Fana also cast a curious look.
"Called a clergyman."
Chen Lun thought for a while and replied.
After all, this trip to the Royal City was mainly for the Royal City branch of the Generous Council.
"Are you a priest?"
The three of them were a little surprised.
In this world, the status of clergy is quite high, and on some occasions, they are even more respected than nobles.
"Well, you can say that."
Chen Lun nodded slightly.
"It turns out to be Father Jack... I would like to ask, which god do you believe in?"
Fana covered her mouth and asked politely.
Her subtext was that she wanted to find out which church Chen Lun belonged to.
Chen Lun glanced at her and chuckled:
"I believe in His Majesty the King of Slaughter."
"Oh! Sun! It's the Council of Generosity! You are the new priest of the Seven Orthodox Churches!"
The Fana couple were shocked.
Beside him, Peter's smile was uncharacteristically stiff. He seemed to sense something was wrong, and his heart beat faster. No matter which extraordinary person is in the wild, he will be nervous and fearful if he encounters a clergy member of the Zhengshen Church who is trying to be careful in front of him.
Chen Lun glanced at Peter with a half-smile, and then said to Johnston:
"After arriving in the royal city, you can bring your wife to the residence of the Generous Council to worship... My Lord is in charge of contracts, witnesses fairness, and is quite protective of businessmen like you. If there are any problems in the business, maybe he can help You.”
When Petel heard these words, his face turned pale with fright, and he secretly wiped his cold sweat.
"Of course, of course we will go."
Johnston laughed, then patted Pettel on the shoulder.
"But I trust Peter very much. Nothing will go wrong. Thank you for your kindness, Father Jack."
On the other hand, the noble lady Fana on the side took Chen Lun's words to heart.
When everyone parted, she also specifically asked for Chen Lun's contact information and various requirements for believing in the King of Slaughter.
Chen Lun watched the three people leave and chuckled. I woke up in the morning with a splitting headache and pain all over my body... I took out the thermometer and measured it, it was 38.5 degrees. I wrote this chapter with great force. I forgive you all my beauties... I don’t know if it’s a sheep. I'll buy an antigen reagent for testing tomorrow. If it's a sheep, I'll be slapped in the face. I just said yesterday that there are no sheep... I took ibuprofen and my fever has gone down a little, but I'm still not energetic. I'll try my best to keep updating it, but it's only two days. Zhang's words probably can't be done, alas!
(End of chapter)