Chapter 486 Magic Association
A banquet is not a particularly conspicuous event for the Victoria Empire.
After all, even if the end is approaching and various materials begin to be scarce, noble banquets are still held almost every day in the empire's homeland.
It’s just that compared to the lavish luxury of the past, the tables of the nobles lacked many delicacies from overseas colonies.
For example, the roasted peacock, which used to be the absolute star of the banquet, disappeared because the peacock could no longer meet the needs of the nobles. It was replaced by the traditional roasted whole lamb, or a huge grilled fish.
For the nobles, the lack of supplies did affect their luxurious life, but this did not stop them from still pursuing luxury.
This just changed their dining table from pursuing novelty and specialness to returning to the traditional banquet catering style.
However, no matter how extravagant the banquet held by ordinary nobles, it cannot be compared with Perfectcott's coming-of-age banquet.
Not to mention the status and wealth gap between the two, just the number of guests they can invite is a completely different extreme.
Ordinary noble banquets can only invite several nobles of the same level. One or two nobles with higher status are the absolute protagonists and core of the entire banquet, and sometimes they even overwhelm the banquet. The influence of the master.
But in Purficott’s coming-of-age banquet, in a sense, there is no nobleman with a higher status than her. Except for the queen and the eldest princess, the Earl of the North may not have the highest title in the entire empire, but the Guardian of the North As a central minister of the Jia Empire, he is already the most powerful person in the Victoria Empire.
In addition, Perficott inherited Prince Edward's inheritance, in a sense, Perficott even had a part of the royal identity and the right to inherit the throne.
Of course, this so-called inheritance right is only a theoretical possibility. If Perficott wants to inherit the throne, he needs to kill all the existing heirs, and then kill all the royal family members in the direct and collateral lines of the royal family. After all the bloodline people were cleared, it was her turn.
After all, she has no royal blood, but only inherited Prince Edward's legacy.
But this does not conceal the noble status of Purficott now and the huge impact of her announcement to hold an adult banquet.
The simplest and most direct manifestation of this is that the Queen herself has made it clear that she will attend Purficott's coming-of-age banquet, and Princess Anne will also go with her.
The three major ducal families who are qualified to serve as Speakers of the Noble Parliament have stated that the family patriarch, the duke himself, will attend the banquet in person.
Although the Duke of Gloucester has served as the speaker of the Noble Parliament for seven consecutive terms, breaking the tradition of the three major ducal families taking turns to serve as speaker, this does not mean that the other two major ducal families have declined.
They have just lost a certain amount of political influence and capital, not disappeared from the imperial political arena.
Even from a political perspective, the more their influence declines, the more they have to appear on such occasions and demonstrate their influence.
The three dukes and the royal family are already the top dignitaries in the Victory aristocratic circle. In the entire aristocratic circle, except for Perfectcourt himself, there is no aristocratic family with higher influence and status. .
It is conceivable that the top noble circles are almost in full force, and how the other nobles should behave. Not to mention that the military has always been a die-hard supporter of Perfectcott. This time, almost all the prominent figures in the military attended, and the senior generals of the navy and army could be described as a gathering of stars.
In addition, those businessmen, bankers and large factory owners who have a certain status and power in the empire are trying their best to get an invitation to the banquet. letter.
For them, being invited is equivalent to joining the empire's top social circle and becoming a member of the upper class.
Those who are not invited are naturally inferior to those who are invited.
Because of this, some people who had not received an invitation but really wanted to attend the banquet began to try their best to get an invitation.
Providing financial sponsorship, drinks, and food for banquets is already a basic operation, and even trying to provide a specially customized large airship for banquets as the venue for the banquet is really shocking. Many people were surprised.
Some of these people did successfully establish a relationship with the Northern Lord's Mansion, and the things they sponsored were accepted by the Lord's Mansion, so these people barely got a ticket.
But this is only a very small number. After all, it is just a banquet. No matter how extravagant it is, it can be afforded by the top businessmen, so there are only so many people who can sponsor the banquet. A few businessmen or factory owners who have been assessed as having certain strength and influence.
As for the large-scale banquet airship, Purficott still didn't want it after some consideration. The main reason was that it was an open-top one. Considering the current weather in the north, holding a banquet in the open air was somewhat unthinkable. .
The church even sent three cardinals to attend the banquet in person, one of whom is the confirmed candidate for the next patriarch.
It can be said that the church has given all the treatment they can to Perficott. Not only that, they have also attracted a knighthood composed of referee knights under the Tribunal. , saying that he wanted to use this knighthood as a coming-of-age gift for Purficott.
The church’s move caught others off guard, and at the same time they didn’t quite understand what the church was trying to do.
Some truly confidential information has not been widely circulated, and only the real high-level people can still know it, so this presents a strange situation, that is, the middle- and lower-level dignitaries are sending information to the church. The Knights made various speculations, but the top dignitaries who really had the power to make decisions and interfere were all silent.
However, at this time, Purficott did not care about the preparations for the banquet. Her loyal old housekeeper was responsible for such matters, and the officials in the north cooperated. It was not Purficott's turn to worry about it.
Her energy was attracted by a technical report submitted to her from Langton, and she was carefully studying the contents mentioned in this technical report.
That is, by constructing a constant temperature barrier on the energy tower, and using the energy of the energy tower to support the operation of the constant temperature barrier, the technical concept of an open thermal energy heating field is realized.
"Magic Association? Why did they appear at this time?" Purficott was interpreting this technical report while also wondering why the Magic Association appeared at this time.
(End of this chapter)