Chapter 199 Return 3
La Di led the two people to Quick, who had fallen into a petrified state, and formally introduced both parties: "Your Majesty, this is the captain of the South, Quick. Mr. Captain , This is His Majesty the Grand Duke of the Principality of Eaton."
After speaking, he pulled Quick's sleeve.
Captain Quick reacted in a flash, like a little mechanical man tightening a clockwork. He knelt down stiffly and recalled the plots of foreign envoys meeting the king in the third-rate dramas he had seen. He gave a lame salute.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude... On behalf of Count Grayman of the Kingdom of Aldo, I would like to pay my respects to you."
"No courtesy, no courtesy. You are all my heroes."
The Grand Duke of Eton helped him up with his own hands.
"You risked your own safety and went deep into the wolves to save my wife and sister-in-law. On behalf of the Eton royal family, I pay tribute to you."
The Grand Duke thanked them cheerfully. , mixed with some aristocratic grammar that even Quick couldn't understand, but Quick just responded with a "hmm", for fear of saying something wrong.
Damn it, Lord Grayman, what should I do now? ? ? ?
"Please also convey my respect to Earl Grayman for me. Arda has won the friendship of the Principality of Eton. If he or his envoy comes to the Horn in the future, the Principality of Eton will definitely give him a warm reception."
"Yes. , Yes, Your Majesty, I will convey it truthfully.”
“Then, please accept our thank you gift.”
The Grand Duke clapped his hands and two attendants carried a wooden box. In front of Quick.
After the wooden box was opened, people around him exclaimed.
The golden light was shining, and there was actually a box full of gold ingots inside.
"No, no, no, this is absolutely impossible..."
Quick's tongue was tied up. He had never seen so much gold. How many gold can he buy and make? No.
But the Grand Duke said firmly: "No, please accept it. Half of it will be given to the warriors on the ship, and half will be given to Earl Grayman."
The two went back and forth. After giving in to the offer several times, Quirk finally failed to defeat the Grand Duke and accepted the gold.
"This is an attempt to poach my Foster family!"
The second son of the Foster family sounded the alarm in his heart.
"Uh-huh!!!"
Quiller cleared his throat loudly and said seriously: "Your Majesty the Grand Duke."
"You are?"< br>
Grand Duke Eton asked doubtfully. Judging from the other party's dress, he should be a native of Cape Bay.
“I am Queller Foster, the second son of Marquis Foster of the Corner Bay Alliance Council.”
“Oh, it turns out he is the child of Marquis Foster. I know him. Your father is a kind and open-minded man. The communication between me and him was very pleasant."
"Thank you Grand Duke, my father will definitely feel honored to hear your evaluation of him. "
"So, what is Master Foster here for?"
"Oh, the Grand Duke may not know something. The Foster family and the Graiman family are business partners. We are the earl's exclusive agent in Corner Bay. When my friend is leaving, it is natural for me to come and see him off."< br>
Quiller emphasized the word "exclusive agent".
"Is Earl Grayman still doing business with the Horn Bay?"
The Grand Duke still doesn't know that the porcelain purchased for his palace with a lot of money was shipped from the Northwest Bay by the Foster family.
But he soon understood what Queller was referring to.
The Grand Duke smiled and patted Queller on the shoulder and said: "I also cherish the friendship with the Marquis, and naturally I will not do anything to destroy the friendship. I came here just to express my gratitude."
Quiller breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other.
But he murmured in his heart: It seems that Paul's path in the Corner Bay will become wider and wider. He needs to remind his father to pay more attention to the northwest bay.
... Grand Princess Helen took her schoolgirl and spoke quietly.
"Where are your adventurer friends?"
"After the dinner last night, the local adventurer guild sent a letter. They set off overnight because of an emergency."
"Say Get up, how does that Earl Grayman treat you?"
"The Earl treats me very well. You know, given the conditions in the northwest bay, there is still a shortage of all kinds of manpower, so like me People who embarrass Da Yong are also valued.”
“Embarrassing Da Yong? I finally heard you tell a joke.”
"Senior sister, I'm thinking of something. What's the reaction from the church..."
Helen said angrily: "Huh, now they can't forcefully show the 'evidence' to the public. It seems like Knowing that he was in the wrong, he did not disclose this matter to the outside world. "
After all, there is no direct evidence. Detaining a female noble without authorization is a serious crime, and the church will not dare to cause public outrage in this regard no matter how hard it is.
“Have we ever negotiated with you?”
“No, they probably just wanted to let it go.”
"Then what do you think?"
"How can anything be so cheap in the world? My husband has decided to try his best to promote and join the anti-church alliance. The reason why he did not publicize this incident is because the time is still good. Not mature. Once the time comes, this will be one of the crimes of the church. "
"This... won't break out."
The rulers of various countries will unite to suppress the church. As a mage, La Di would like to see it, but if it leads to a war, that is what she does not want to see.
“War? It’s impossible. The church only has some defensive paladins. If all countries unite, will they have the courage to resist with arms?”
The Grand Duchess was clearly optimistic.
“I hope that’s true.”
Having said that, La Di is not as optimistic as Helen. Not to mention the influence of the church among the people, that is, among the ruling classes of various countries. There are also many loyal believers in the church.
I hope that no war will really break out because of this. Ladi, who is familiar with history books, is very clear about the history of several religious wars. They are different from wars that break out between countries due to interests. War under the banner of faith is more likely to break through the lower limit.
She doesn’t want to see such a prosperous Corner Bay turned into ruins.
...
After everyone talked for a while on the pier, it was finally the scheduled departure time. Under the watchful eyes of Queller Foster and the Duke of Eaton, Quaker, Ladi and others boarded the ship. Southern number.
The departure of the strange ship attracted many people in the dock area to pay attention here. If it weren't for the guards of the Principality of Eton blocking the area near the berth, they would have flocked here together.
A port attendant on the shore untied the cable tied to the dock pilings, and the sailors on the Southern took the cable to the ship.
Quiller shouted an order: "Weight anchor!"
"One, two, three..."
Many crew members shouted and pushed the anchor winch hard.
The huge and heavy anchor was slowly pulled up from the water under the action of the winch.
Since the Southern had no oars, several small galleys in the port were hired as tugboats to help it move away from the berth.
The sailor made a gesture to the tugboat, and the people on the tugboat began to paddle, and the Southern slowly moved through the cable.
Quick, Ladi and others stood on the side of the ship and waved goodbye to the shore. Queller and the Grand Duke and his wife who were standing on the pier also waved back.
The Southern slowly sailed away from the port and came to the open water. It untied the cables connected to the tugboat, raised the sails, sailed to the open sea with the help of the wind, and embarked on the journey back to the northwest bay. voyage.
(End of this chapter)