Chapter 346 Meeting the King
A beautifully decorated carriage was driving slowly on the road to the Jingyao Palace. Baron Hansel Abbott was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, but in his head But it was turning extremely fast.
He was going to meet His Majesty the King soon, and he had to treat it with caution.
"My child, don't be nervous. Your Majesty is a generous and kind king. I have already given you some guidance on etiquette. For the rest...just say whatever you want."
Sitting next to him was a man in his 40s, Hansel's father, old Earl Abbott.
"Yes, Father."
Despite this, Hansel still looked complicated.
Old Abbott was very pleased. Just yesterday, his youngest son Hansel suddenly returned to Jingyao's home. Before the family could recover from the joy, Hansel couldn't wait to see the king. His Majesty.
Old Abbott asked about the reason. It turned out that the pirate invasion of Westport had spread to the northwest bay. The northwest lords headed by Earl Grayman planned to send troops to help the king, and their fleet had already set off south. And his youngest son returned to Jingyao as the special envoy of the northwest lords to contact the royal government to join forces to encircle and suppress the pirates.
Ah, Hansel, you can finally serve the kingdom upright like your brother and realize your long-cherished wish.
The old father was very pleased. Since this was the first time for his youngest son to meet the king, he decided to accompany him to the palace in person, so as to prevent Hansel from doing anything inappropriate due to his inexperience and leaving a bad impression on His Majesty.
The carriage slowly drove into the gate of the palace. Hansel took the initiative to get out of the carriage and identified himself to the royal guards standing guard, "I am Hansel Abbott of the Abbott family. He came to see His Majesty the King on behalf of the lords of the northwest."
Hansel Abbott? The guard felt that he had heard this name somewhere.
Huh? Isn't this the son of a prostitute? The son of a prostitute who was brought into the house by Earl Abbot in spite of the world's scorn. According to his parents' generation, the matter was quite a big deal at the time and ruined the Earl's future.
The contempt in the eyes of the guards flashed away. The royal guards were all young talents selected from the noble children with pure and noble blood. It is natural for people like Hansel who [polluted] the noble blood. Not a good impression.
He carefully examined the token handed over by Hansel.
“Go in!” the guard said angrily.
The flash of contempt and the contempt in his tone stung Hansel deeply.
For a moment, he suddenly missed the Northwest Bay. At least the people there would not look down on him because of his bloodline.
Hansel resisted the strong discomfort in his heart, turned around and entered the carriage with a calm face. The carriage started moving again and slowly passed the gate of the palace.
This scene was seen by people on another carriage not far from the gate.
"Hansel Abbott?"
Irene in the carriage looked at the approaching palace and said this name.
"What is he doing back at Jingyao? Did Paul send him here?"
"Baron Abbott? That's Hansel Abbott, who served as royal commissioner in Arda Baron? Your Highness, did you read that correctly?”
Guard Liya gently covered Ying's mouth and asked a surprised question.
"Yes, I'm sure I saw it correctly."
Irene answered confidently.
At the gate of the palace, the carriage was stopped by the guards.
"Who is it? Come out for inspection!" Because this carriage was extremely simple and had no heraldry marks. It looked like it was used by civilians, so the guard's tone was very rude, and a lot of people cheered. The carriages surrounded him.
"It's me." Erin opened the curtains covering the car window and looked at the leader with an unhappy expression.
"Your Highness Eileen!"
A group of royal guards were shocked. The person sitting in the car turned out to be the little princess who had not been seen for a long time.
They didn't know about Eileen running away from home, and thought that the princess slipped out of another door of the palace and went on a visit in plain clothes and then came back through this door.
"I'm sorry!" The captain led his men to bow in unison, and then quickly moved out of the way to let the carriage pass.
......
In a side hall of the palace, Hansel respectfully saluted the king, then held a letter in both hands and handed it to the attendant next to him. The officer walked up to Rodney and handed it over to him. If he were a close relative of Rodney, he wouldn't have to go to such trouble, but unfortunately Hansel was not, not even his father who had been sitting on the bench beside him for many years, so he had to follow the rules honestly.
The king, whose beard and hair were all white, unfolded the letter and read it carefully.
The content of the letter was that the lords of the Northwest Gulf, headed by Paul Graiman, requested to send troops to cooperate with the royal army to wipe out the pirates in one fell swoop. Yes, Paul felt that his weight was not enough, so he enlisted the Parker, Heller, Ferdinand and other families who were friends with him to jointly submit a letter to the king.
"Well... the ministers in the northwest are so loyal and brave. Once again, they want the kingdom to share its worries."
First, Paul Graiman took the initiative to send food when the kingdom's army was short of food, and later, it was Ger. Lyman roped in other lords to supply a large amount of high-quality and low-priced ordnance during the confrontation between the royal army and the rebels, allowing Rodney to take a high look at the lords in the northwest bay, a corner of the kingdom.
Especially for Graiman, the king specifically asked the officials in charge of the Heraldry House to investigate and understand the ins and outs of this family. He sometimes considered whether he should write off all the old accounts in history and restore this family. Family honor.
The king sighed: "Well, if the lords in other places are rushing to serve the country like the northwest lords, why worry about Giles not being able to pacify them?"
"Ah... that's right. , Hansel also deserves a lot of credit. Thank you for your hard work. It seems that Catherine’s decision to arrange for you to serve as royal commissioners to contact the lords everywhere was right.”
"Wherever, serving the kingdom is our duty." Hansel quickly expressed humility.
He continued: "Your Majesty, before cooperating with the kingdom's army to launch an attack, the fleet in the northwest bay needs a port as a landing place for repairs and supplies. Please make your decision."
"Well...port."
Rodney touched his beard, this request was reasonable.
"Hansel, can the generals in the northwest bay restrain their soldiers from causing chaos?"
The king was well aware of the urinary nature of the army in this era, and was afraid that these foreign troops would cause him some trouble.
"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the discipline of the northwest army is... second only to the regular army of the kingdom. Please rest assured that they will not harass the place."
Hansel in Al Da had stayed for so long, so of course he knew the army under Paul's command. He originally wanted to say that it was "unparalleled in the world", but he was afraid of disgracing the king.
"Okay, I trust your judgment. In this case, choose Kiel Port as the landing place of the Northwest Fleet. This port is closest to your brother Harrison's station and is also convenient for communication."< br>
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Hansel bowed to the king. He had learned from his father that his brother had been appointed as the commander of the crusade against pirates.
(End of this chapter)