The Privy Council meeting adopts the round table method, a circular table with three levels inside and outside.
Lu Ming sat on the outermost floor. As Lu Ming, who had just been nominated to become an alternate member of the Privy Council Economic Committee, he was certainly one of the most peripheral members of the Privy Council. He would not become a full member of the Privy Council until a three-month observation period.
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The Privy Council is divided into seven committees, the Nobles Committee, the Cabinet Committee, the Economic Committee, the Judicial Committee, the "National Assembly" Executive Committee, the Northern Border Affairs Committee, and the University Committee.
Each committee only divides cabinet members according to their responsibilities, and there is no such thing as a chief committee member. In name, all members have equal status.
Among them, the Nobles Committee and the Cabinet Committee are the largest, each with a size of twenty or thirty people.
The Northern Border Affairs Council is mainly composed of the dukes of the principalities bordering the North and Styx Empire.
Other committees only have three or five members.
For example, the Economic Committee, plus Lu Ming as an alternate member, has a total of four members.
There is Earl Moro, the chief tax officer of the empire; Earl Woodrow, the director of the Statistical Efficiency Office of various guilds in the empire; Viscount Hansen, the president of the Imperial General Chamber of Commerce; and now there is Lu Ming, the Yuan Marquis of the Snow Lion Grand Duchy and the chairman of the board of directors of the Yellow River Consortium.
Theoretically, Lu Ming's noble status is not recognized in other principalities.
Therefore, even the viscount or even baron present had a much higher title than his.
But as long as the emperor of the empire still comes from the Snow Lion family, he will be second only to the duke and higher than the earl in the ranking of the nobles of the imperial capital.
This Privy Council meeting was a formal meeting held every three months, and even the Dukes of the five principalities on the northern border also came over.
In fact, in the past, the five northern dukes could only arrive at the meeting at the beginning of the year. At other times, it was normal to be short of people. After all, some principalities were far away from the imperial capital and had inconvenient transportation.
But for this meeting, Constance Transportation Company sent an airship to pick up all five dukes.
A dozen high-ranking dukes from the principality, including members of the noble committee, were also picked up.
Among the main topics at this Privy Council meeting, there is no doubt that the railway network that Constance Transportation Company will build to connect the major cities in the empire is the focus of heated discussion.
These big cities are the capitals of some powerful principalities. It has become a difficult problem for these powerful principalities to share the investment, especially how to calculate the share of investment.
The actual operator of Constance Transportation Company is the Yellow River Consortium, so the preliminary plan was read out by Lu Ming.
In principle, participation in the railway construction plan is not mandatory, and those who are unwilling to invest can be completely excluded from the plan.
But the problem is that there are people who are keen to participate, but they are far away from the imperial capital, and they may have to pass through the territory of the principality that is unwilling to participate.
A dozen of the Dukes of the Empire's superior principalities were included in the Committee of Nobles.
As for the railway construction plan, these dozen top principalities are all in the initial plan.
After all, the capital of its principality is usually a relatively prosperous big city, and some are also transportation hubs.
Several dukes started arguing on the spot.
Only the Duke of North Cedon, who had eaten grapes early, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and watched this scene with a smile.
The other four princes of the royal family also remained calm.
In fact, normally speaking, I agree or disagree, for such a huge plan, it may take more than ten years for some railway lines to be scheduled, especially in the construction stage when railways have just emerged.
But it happened that Lu Ming even had the ability to complete the construction of railways in the entire empire overnight.
Although everyone present did not know this, they thought that laying the railway would not be difficult and the speed should be very fast. After all, the long railway from the imperial capital to the end of the Snow Lion Principality, North Ceton Castle, suddenly appeared. Although it seemed to have been carried out secretly,
But it's very efficient.
After Lu Ming read out the preliminary plan, he didn't say a word and just observed everyone's reaction.
The issue of railway construction alone was discussed from morning to late at night. It seems certain that this Privy Council meeting will be postponed for several days before it can be concluded.
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Lu Ming's exclusive little train now has three and a half carriages, with an additional reception carriage and half a kitchen carriage.
The small train was running extremely smoothly on the broad Imperial City Street. Today's Privy Council meeting had just ended. It was already late at night outside, but the street lights were bright and reflected the green palm olive trees. The street scene was beautiful.
There were sumptuous dishes on the table in the reception compartment. Lu Ming smiled and entertained the five Privy Council members he invited, and also sent them to the Yellow River Hotel to rest.
Several members of the Economic Committee came except the Chief Tax Collector. Although the Chief Tax Collector, Count Moro, must be on the side of the Snow Lion family, otherwise he would not be able to occupy such an important position.
But he probably didn't want to get too close to the unknown Marquis Yuan, so he declined the invitation.
Earl Woodrow, the general manager of all the guilds in the empire, and Viscount Hansen, the president of the General Chamber of Commerce, were all excited to ride the Yuan Hou's train.
The other three are three of the five northern Dukes.
Lu Ming wanted to meet some new friends this time, so friends such as the Duke of North Cedon were not invited because even among allies, each has its own interests. The more people there are, the more restrictions the topic will have.
The five northern Dukes and Lu Ming were also invited.
But the Duke of the Northern Czech Principality, the most powerful of the five principalities and the one with the broadest border with the Styx Empire, directly refused.
Northern Czech Republic is one of a dozen superior principalities, bordering Northern Czech Republic. There are various territorial disputes between the two principalities, as well as historical blood debts.
However, from the intelligence collected by Lu Ming, it can be seen that the relationship between the Northern Czech Principality and the Styx people is even more bloody. In order to protect the empire's borders, almost every generation of the Northern Czech Duke family has lost members. From the Red Crossbow against the Styx Empire,
Legion, and later the Musketeers Private, the Northern Czechs paid a heavy price, but they were unyielding and fought bloody battles to keep the Styx people away from the border.
The Styx people have always followed the technical route, but in recent years, the sudden reform of rifled guns and the emergence of various heavy-armed cannons have put the cavalry-dominated Northern Czechs at an absolute disadvantage, but they still refused to throw the Styx people away.
Instead, he gritted his teeth and faced the harassment from the Styx people again and again, and the price he paid was extremely heavy.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although the values divided into countries are now like a game in the world of ants in Lu Ming's eyes, Lu Ming still has some respect for the Northern Czechs.
, this has nothing to do with values.
At today's privy meeting, the Duke of Northern Czech hoped to declare war on the Styx Empire in the name of the empire, and the result is predictable.
After all, the Styx Empire's harassment of the border seemed to be caused by local lords.
For example, the Southern Czech Principality of the Styx Empire often invaded the Northern Czech Principality. There was a blood feud between the two sides.
Many nobles at the Privy Council seemed to regard the border conflict as a dispute between the two lord families of the Northern Czech Republic and the Southern Czech Republic.
It's really not worth dragging the empire into a full-scale war for this reason.
In particular, there is still normal trade between the two empires, and even the technology of the Styx Empire is still being introduced in many fields.
After the meeting, the Duke of North Czech Republic was of course full of anger. In addition, it was an open secret that the prince of the Yellow River Consortium and the Duke of North Czech Republic were business partners. When he faced Lu Ming, his expression was extremely cold.
"Marquis Yuan, are you not angry with my Uncle Hansen?" After drinking for thirty years and gradually becoming familiar with each other, Lopez, the Duke of the Eastern Czech Republic, toasted to Lu Ming and suddenly mentioned the Duke of the Northern Czech Republic.
The three northern princes invited were Lopez, Duke of the Eastern Czech Republic, Johnson, Duke of Northern Lanshan, and Munirio, Duke of the Danube Mountains.
The three principalities are all small principalities with a population of less than 500,000. They used to be counties. Fifty years ago, at the National Assembly, all local states that were not dominated by powerful principalities were promoted to principalities, and local lords were promoted to dukes.
The Danube Principality has a population of less than 100,000.
The National Assembly is a check and balance carried out by the five royal families in order to hinder the further growth of powerful local principalities.
But this also resulted in an overwhelming number of principalities in the empire.
The five Grand Duchys each have a population of around 10 million.
Although it was not stated explicitly, the dukes were divided into four levels.
The dukes of the superior principalities are naturally first-class, with a population of more than three million. There are more than a dozen superior principalities in the empire.
Those with a population of less than 3 million and more than 500,000 are ordinary principalities, that is, normal principalities. There are more than 40 ordinary principalities in the empire.
With a population of less than 500,000, such as Eastern Czech Republic and Northern Lanshan are lower-class principalities.
The Danube Mountain Principality with a population of less than 100,000 is classified as a "small principality", and the Danube Mountain Principality is relatively large among the small principalities. After all, there are many small principalities with a population of tens of thousands.
The Principality of East Czech Republic, formerly a county belonging to the Principality of Northern Czech Republic, was secretly supported by the Duke of North Czech Republic for independence, and finally split into the Principality of Eastern Czech Republic.
The Duke family of the East Czech Republic was originally a branch of the Duke family of the Northern Czech Republic.
Duke Lopez of the Eastern Czech Republic always called Duke Hansen of the Northern Czech Republic his uncle, but Hansen simply ignored him.
Hearing Lopez mention his "uncle" at this time, Lu Ming smiled: "How come, Duke Hansen is a hero in my eyes. When he was in his prime, he single-handedly cut down dozens of Styx invaders in the midst of heavy siege.
I respect him very much, but he has some misunderstandings about me."
Lopez looked around and sighed, "Actually, when my grandfather announced his separation from the family, my father did not agree. I was still a child at the time and had no opinions. Now that I am older, I gradually understand my father. Unfortunately, many
There is no turning back..." As he spoke, he quite disapproved of the family's decision back then.
"It's okay to be independent from the family and not be a burden to the family." The one who interrupted with a smile was Viscount Hansen, the president of the General Chamber of Commerce. He was a slightly fat old man.
He has the same name as the Duke of Northern Czech Republic, but their personalities are obviously very different.
The Duke of the Northern Czech Republic has a fiery personality, while Viscount Hansen has been dealing with businessmen for a long time. He also does business himself, and his treatment of others is gentle and gentle, as if there is no trace of fire.
However, according to the information collected by Lu Ming, he was extremely greedy and was extremely ruthless in dealing with big businessmen who did not agree with his wishes in paying tribute.
At this time, he interrupted, naturally because everyone knew that the Duke of Northern Czech Republic was on good terms with the Yuan Dynasty, and the topic of Lopez somewhat offended the Duke of Northern Czech Republic. After all, Northern Czech Republic was behind the independence of the East Czech Republic.
The Duke's father, who took office as the head of Northern Ireland.
Lopez smiled awkwardly: "The president is right."
In terms of title, he is higher than Viscount Hansen. In terms of political status, he is also a lord with a territory of hundreds of thousands of people.
The empire didn't pay much attention to business in the past. Although Viscount Hansen was at the center, in the eyes of local powerful factions, it was nothing more than that.
But after all, the small local lords can't afford the central figure's troubles behind his back.
Lopez did not dare to offend the chamber of commerce president.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "Speaking of which, I really want to have a deep talk with Duke Hansen. He is at the forefront. If the railway line is built to the Northern Czech Principality, once the war breaks out again, the empire's assistance will soon be
We can get there. Duke Lopez, can you help arrange a meeting between me and Duke Hansen?"
Lopez was startled, then smiled bitterly: "Why would my uncle care about me? But, Marquis Yuan, do you really want to build the railway to the Northern Czech Republic?" It was quite incredible.
Viscount Hansen laughed from the side and said: "I heard that the population of Northern Czech Republic has been decreasing, and I am afraid that it will soon be less than three million. It's just that the regulations of the superior principalities were formulated in the early years, so there is no talk of downgrading." Look.
Xiang Lu Ming: "Marquis Yuan, the population is small, which means the market is not smooth. This railway line is destined to lose money!"
Lopez's face immediately darkened.
Lu Ming nodded: "I've heard about it too. There's even news that the population of Northern Czech Republic is now more than half less than at its peak. I'm afraid the population is just over one million. It's conceivable that in the past two or three hundred years,
In order to resist the ambitious Styx people, the Northern Czech Republic has paid too much for the empire..."
Viscount Hansen was stunned, and then he felt that the Marquis of Yuan was serious about building a railway line for the Northern Czech Republic, and was not provoking this topic to deliberately mock Duke Hansen for being ignorant and lagging behind the times.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lu Ming pondered again: "Actually, the Northern Czech Republic borders North Czech Republic. It is enough to build the railway from the North Czech Republic to the front line of Northern Czech Republic, which is only four to five hundred
Kilometers, it is not a big problem to build it, and Honghua will not refuse my proposal on such a major matter." Lu Ming felt weird every time he called the red-bearded man, Duke of North Cedon, "Honghua"
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Listening to Lu Ming's words, Duke Lopez's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he obviously realized that the Yuan Hou was not just on a whim, but was really considering building that magical railway for the Northern Czech Republic.
"Marquis Yuan, why don't you meet with the princess of the Northern Czech Republic? My sister is smart and wise. If she agrees, she will definitely be able to convince Uncle Hansen..."
Lu Ming had also investigated and found out that Duke Lopez was talking about the fourth daughter of the Duke of Northern Czech Republic, Count Elizabeth of Czechburg.
According to the collected intelligence, this young countess is brave and good at fighting. Duke Hansen has already registered with the Privy Council, establishing her status as the first heir.
He is also a senior official in the frontline province of the Northern Czech Principality and the commander of the Prague Army, one of the two major armies.
Probably because Elizabeth's three sisters were all married, and her two brothers died in the "Battle of the Seine" in the bloody battle with the Styx people five years ago.
It was a tragic battle like a golden beach in the storyteller "Yang Family General" from his hometown.
The breech-loading rifle lines and Maxim heavy machine guns that had just been installed by the Styx Empire's Southern Czech Giant Principality ruthlessly harvested the Northern Czech's heavy charge cavalry. Elizabeth's two brothers were both charging without fear of death.
died heroically.
"Oh? Her Royal Highness Elizabeth seems to have come to the imperial capital this time, I know!" Lu Ming nodded slightly.
Raising his glass, Lu Ming said with a smile: "Okay, let's talk about something else!" He then smiled and said: "It's strange to say that our Northern Czech Principality is south of the Southern Czech Principality on the Styx River, and the Southern Czech Republic on the Styx River
The principality is in the north, but we call it Northern Czech Republic and the other side calls Southern Czech Republic, haha!"
Everyone laughed, but they all knew that it was named after the Czech region and the country’s imperial capital.
For the Styx Empire, the Czech region was in the far south, so it was called Southern Czech Republic.
The Czech region of the Lionheart Empire is in the far north, so it is called Northern Czech.
Everyone was talking, and the atmosphere in the restaurant quickly became lively again.
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On the outskirts of the imperial capital, the train slowly stopped.
There are hills and slopes, green trees, and a horse farm and hunting ground in front of it, which are owned by the Tiehe family.
In fact, this place is all gravel. Normally, even off-road vehicles from the First Continent would have difficulty walking, but the small train can walk on the flat ground.
Probably because it has a built-in magnetic levitation system, and it is a real magnetic levitation, and the levitation effect formed by the earth's magnetic field, there is no need for magnetic guide rails underneath, but the system will not be activated easily.
To an outsider, they only see that the train's tires run smoothly on gravel and do not get stuck.
At this time, the dining table in the reception room had been folded to take up less space. Lu Ming and Duke Lopez sat opposite each other on the wide black couch, but their eyes were looking at a group of white figures galloping in the racecourse from a distance.
Lu Ming held a telescope in his hand. Through the lens, he saw a silver female knight galloping on horseback. She was heroic in silver helmet and armor. She charged with a spear. On the saddle, there was a carbine and a short-handled musket.
"The Northern Czech family has a very good relationship with the Tiehe family. Her Royal Highness Elizabeth can borrow the Tiehe family's horse farm." Lu Ming said casually and handed the binoculars to Duke Lopez.
"No need, Mr. Yuanhou, I'll go down and talk to her right now." Lopez didn't pick up the telescope and said again: "It seems that the Tiehe family is the only grand duchy that supports the Northern Czech family. It seems to have become more powerful recently." As he spoke,
There was a bit of sadness in his tone, obviously he was dissatisfied with the aristocratic politics in the imperial capital and felt sad for the Northern Czech family.
Lu Ming nodded slightly: "Fortunately, I made preparations."
"What?" Lopez looked over in confusion and saw Lu Ming waving his hands slightly, "Okay, then I'll go!"
Lu Ming smiled: "Thank you for your hard work."
Lopez had been there for more than an hour. Lu Ming didn't want to waste time. When he had closed his eyes and wandered around the first continent, Di Baiya's voice came to his ears: "Master, they are here."
Lu Ming slowly opened his eyes, and saw Lopez walking up to the door of the passenger compartment with a wry smile, and then said to the outside: "Your Highness Elizabeth, please!"
Then a white figure jumped onto the carriage, a beautiful girl with blond hair and blue eyes. The snow-white clothes and pants complemented her slender figure. The small milky white leather shoes added a bit of confidence to the city girl, but her movements were vaguely heroic.
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Lu Ming thought to himself, girls still love beauty after all, so he came to the imperial capital and bought new clothes. He thought that this was not a style of clothing that could be seen in the northern Czech Republic now.
After Elizabeth, a young man in his mid-twenties followed, with black hair, black eyes, and a gloomy face.
Lu Ming had seen his images. After all, he had a dispute with himself not long ago. In his file, there were images recorded by Ansa with a compact camera.
It was none other than the first heir to the Tiehe family, the Violent Snake King Kerri, who was the former husband of Princess Kerri who wanted to frame her.
The Tiehe clan likes to use animals as their names. For example, Princess Kerri is named Bai Niu. She lives up to her name. She does have a pair of heavy and unusual giant peaks, which are even a little deformed. They are really similar to cows.
No matter how hard it is, the rest of her figure is slim, and her waist is also very thin.
It is said that there were several such talented cow beauties in the history of the tribal chiefs of Princess Keri, and all of them became the empress of the empire. At that time, the emperor of the empire was controlled by the Tiehe clan, but it was too long ago.
, the last time the Queen of Jufeng and the head of the Beihe family aspired to become emperor was five hundred years ago.
Princess Keri's family was exterminated, and it was probably because the Tiehe family was eyeing her. The beauty of the giant peak who only met once in 500 years must choose her as the princess.
After all, nowadays, although Princess Keri's tribe only has a population of a few thousand and is an uncivilized fishing and hunting tribe on the edge of the rule of the Tiehe tribe, the massacre of the tribe will still easily cause huge criticism from the outside world.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Without significant interests, the Beihe family would not do this.
Lu Ming was thinking wildly when he saw Elizabeth and Prince Keri walking over. He stood up and smiled: "Hello, Your Highness Elizabeth!" but ignored Prince Keri.
Prince Geri's face darkened.
"Your Excellency the Marquis of Yuan!" Elizabeth stood proudly and pointed to the prince beside her: "My fiancé, Violent Snake!"
Lopez laughed and said: "I didn't expect that my cousin would suddenly get engaged. Did you just decide today?"
Elizabeth nodded slightly, her deep blue eyes very calm, "My father will agree to whatever I decide!"
Prince Geri then straightened his chest and stared at Lu Ming provocatively.
The scandal of Princess Kori's escape has spread throughout the streets of the imperial capital, and some people believe that Princess Kori has been kidnapped.
But the upper class nobles used this to mock the Tiehe family, and secretly said that Princess Ri was secretly following the Yuan Hou just for enjoyment.
After all, the Tiehe family's hometown is located in a desert with deep grasslands and many people make a living as nomads. It is a barbaric land in the eyes of the imperial nobility.
The Marquis of Yuan was young and rich, and although he came from a remote lost land in the south, looking at it now, that small city-state was highly developed, and it would be embarrassing to laugh at others as a country bumpkin.
So, the result is self-evident whether a beautiful lady who likes to enjoy herself should stay in the bitter cold land of the grassland and be invaded by wind and sand day and night, or whether she should live in the imperial capital and enjoy the electric lights, telephones and cars.
Of course, it was actually the upper-class nobles who said this, and it was just a joke to laugh at the Tiehe barbarians. Probably no one really believed that Princess Ri had cheated on the prince of Yuan Dynasty.
Who said that the Tiehe clan was originally alienated from other ethnic groups in the empire, and that they were brutal and warlike and could easily offend others?
Even though it was a mockery behind his back, some rumors would inevitably fall into the ears of the prince.
Especially when facing the other protagonist of the incident, Yuan Hou, looking at the look on Prince Ri's face, his mood should be very complicated.
Elizabeth's words made him puff up his chest suddenly.
Yes, it doesn't matter if his wife runs away. Now his possible re-engagement is a famous heroine in the empire and the future duchess of the Northern Czech family. Not to mention that the fiancée herself is extremely charming and has a style that makes people dare not look directly at her.
So beautiful.
Elizabeth must come with him. It seems that she is also aware of these rumors and deliberately makes her future husband puff up his chest.
Lu Ming nodded calmly: "It seems that the assistance promised by the Grand Duchy of Iron River is urgently needed by the Northern Czech Republic. Your Highness Elizabeth, you are indeed admirable." Pointing to the couch opposite, "Please sit down, Duke Lopez and
Your Highness, please tell me, I have a plan to help your principality build a railway that connects to North China and the Imperial Capital!"
Elizabeth stared at Lu Ming with her deep blue eyes for a while, then slowly walked forward and sat across from the coffee table.
Prince Geri snorted coldly, followed and sat next to Elizabeth.
Duke Lopez smiled and said: "I'll go down and take a walk!" Naturally, he was afraid that there would be some secret discussion and it would be inappropriate for him to hear it.
After saying this, he jumped off the train without waiting for Lu Ming's answer.
Lu Ming looked at Elizabeth and said seriously: "Your Highness, as long as your principality agrees, the railway extending from the imperial capital to the front line can be completed within a month. Your Highness should have seen the trains and train routes when he came to the imperial capital this time. Can you
I understand that if this railway line is completed, it will be of great help to your principality."
"One month, so fast? How many road construction workers will be recruited?" Elizabeth's beautiful and delicate face showed a suspicious look.
"It doesn't require many people, and it won't affect the spring plowing in your principality. The railway line technology is simpler than building roads... Oh, anyway, I won't lie to you."
Elizabeth stared at Lu Ming: "So, what are your conditions? Our treasury..."
Lu Ming waved his hand: "Unconditionally, even road construction workers do not need to be recruited by your principality. Constance Transportation Company will recruit workers from the mainland to do the work. Of course, from an economic point of view, this is actually not good for your principality. After all, if you recruit people from your principality,
, the remuneration paid to the laborers is circulated within your principality. Of course, you don’t understand what I said. In short, it is unconditional. As part of the plan to support your principality against the Styx Empire, I have a blood feud with the Styx Empire. To me,
He said that supporting the development of the empire is just for my revenge!"
"You look down on people!" Elizabeth frowned. The arrogant girl was still struggling with Lu Ming's words, "You don't understand even if I tell you."
Lu Ming did not explain, and continued: "In short, my support for your principality will be all-round, and building the railway is just the first step." After a pause, "Of course, there is no need to marry you to the Tiehe family.
Well, you have to know that the Tiehe family has been secretly communicating with the Styx people, and your current actions are simply giving the future of your principality to the Styx people..."
"What did you say?! Stop talking nonsense!" Prince Geri suddenly stood up.
Lu Ming ignored him and kept talking to himself, "Fortunately, you just verbally agreed, leaving room for your father to agree, right? Your father probably doesn't know about this yet, and it doesn't count as a breach of contract.
, you are not considered a second marriage..."
Elizabeth's pretty face finally darkened, "What are you talking about from beginning to end? Are you ordering me?"
Indeed, the amount of information is too large for people to digest at once.
"Well, let's talk about the most important thing. I have never made it public about the collusion between the Iron River family and the Styx people, because no one would believe it if I told it, and it would immediately cause turmoil in the empire, because the Styx envoy is no longer here. I originally
I'm waiting for him to come here next time to capture this living evidence, but I'm also considering how to announce it to avoid triggering a civil war in the empire. But today, I can only tell you, so that's fine..." Looking at Prince Kori: "If you guys pull back from the brink.
, this secret will always be a secret... I think your father has not really made up his mind to stand with the Styx people and completely betray the empire, right? He is just at the stage of still looking for various possibilities! After all, Styx
The various tribes and ethnic groups in this country are actually very different from our southerners!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lu Ming's eyes flashed, "Besides, do you think the Styx people can really be used by you? Your wife who disappeared suddenly, oh, you haven't reported your separation yet.
How come you are engaged again in terms of relationship? It’s such an important matter, why can’t you admit that your wife ran away without showing any emotion? "
Prince Geri's face turned livid, "Don't worry about this!"
Elizabeth said calmly: "As long as I understand, it doesn't have to be published in the newspaper."
Lu Ming nodded: "Okay, that's not what I was talking about originally." He looked at Prince Keri and said: "Your missing wife is actually the Styx people who promised to give her a piece of land to resettle her exiled tribesmen.
That’s why she was arranged to disappear in my territory, just because I want to have more enemies in the empire, the better, which makes me very difficult..."
Prince Geri sneered: "Nonsense, why do the Styx people deal with you? Are you very important?"
Lu Ming smiled: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Originally, I didn't say these words to you. Remember not to hate your wife. She was forced to testify for me."
"You, what did you say?..." Prince Geri's thoughts were obviously getting more and more confused, but there was a slight possibility that he could vaguely hear it. His eyes widened: "She, where is she, do you know?!"
Lu Ming had already looked at Elizabeth, "Although she testified because she was afraid of me, I believe you can judge whether she is telling the truth or a lie!" As he spoke, Lu Ming clapped his hands.
The door leading to the second car was opened. Two beauties from the Republic of China, wearing blue jackets, black skirts, white stockings and cloth shoes, were in front of them. The one behind them was wearing a snow-white fur coat and a white hat.
A beautiful aristocratic woman wearing a cotton hat and two fluffy carved feathers hanging down timidly stepped out. She was dressed in a traditional nomadic noble lady's dress, which made her very beautiful, and the explosive size of her chest undoubtedly confirmed that she was
Her identity is Princess Kori - White Bull.
Prince Geri stood up a long time ago, his eyes were bloodshot, but suddenly he slumped down on the chair.
Lu Ming smiled at Elizabeth who turned to look: "He's fine, don't worry."
At this time, Bai Niu timidly came to Lu Ming's side, slowly knelt on the ground, and said cautiously, "Master, I'm here!"
Elizabeth's pretty face sank slightly, and she looked at Lu Ming with more disdain.
Lu Ming didn't expect this either. He thought it was An assassin who had trained him. He shook his head helplessly, "Get up. This is Earl Elizabeth. If His Highness asks you later, you must answer truthfully."
Bainiu didn't dare to get up, and knelt down at Lu Ming's feet, with a trembling voice: "Your Highness, what do you want to know? I, I will tell you everything..."
"Is the Iron River family colluding with the Styx people?" Elizabeth asked coldly.
"Yes, the secret envoy..."
White Bull talked about the characteristics of the Styx emissary, what he had said to him, and the daily life of the emissary when he was lurking in the Iron River Mansion.
Elizabeth asked some details, and White Bull answered truthfully.
Lu Ming nodded secretly. Elizabeth's questions were traps. If you lied, you would have time to think and hesitate.
Of course, from the actual demeanor of White Bull's story and some of her detailed descriptions, we know that she did not lie. Elizabeth was just being extremely cautious. After all, the matter was serious.
In the carriage, silence gradually fell, and Elizabeth was thinking about something.
Bai Niu talked a lot and panted softly, as if the two big pieces on her chest were a big burden to her.
But the sound of her breathing softly made the car feel a little more charming.
"I want to go back and think about how to report to my father!" Elizabeth stood up and said, "Farewell, Your Excellency the Marquis of Yuan!"
Lu Ming nodded slightly and looked at her back, "My commitment to provide support remains unchanged, and your principality does not need to be burdened. It's just that we have a common enemy."
Elizabeth's slender figure paused at the carriage door, then jumped out of the car.
Lu Ming turned around and signaled that one of the assassins took Bai Niu back to the inner carriage, while the other one carried Prince Geri and threw him outside the carriage.
Lu Ming picked up the tea cup and thought, when this guy wakes up, his engagement with Elizabeth will definitely be cancelled, and he will also see his missing wife here.
Everything feels like something is wrong. If he takes advantage of others, isn't it enough that you have robbed him of one of his wives, and you want to rob another of his wives?
However, it didn't matter what he thought.
He deliberately let him know that it was just to see how the Tiehe family would react. If it was as he said, it would be best to cut off contact with the Styx people.
If he had to take the risk instead, he would have no choice but to kill his clan directly.
I don't want to go to this step, which will greatly damage my popularity in the Lion Heart Empire.
At that time, I am afraid that I will have to take the terrifying Demon King route from the faith route, and I will also get the origin bonus.
