Chapter 462 [The Emperor’s Wedding]

In previous years, in late autumn, the imperial capital was rainy. This mainland city facing the Lancang River presents a misty and rainy scenery every October and November.

Especially in the north and outside the city, shops and hotels along the Lancang River will be opened to open a river-side location for people to enjoy here.

The merchant cargo ships slowly passing by in the drizzle of the Lancang River seemed to be passing through the misty rain, and the scenery was particularly scented.

But this year, this faint elegance smell was overshadowed by a strong festive color.

Starting from the port terminal of the imperial capital, along the ten-mile river channel eastward along the Lancang River, there are lights on both sides of the river, and beautiful silk tied into a colorful shed, stretching for ten miles! During this period, some colorful lights were decorated, especially when the lights were used at night, between the two sides, the Lancang River was like a jade belt flowing in the lights.

The river has been particularly lively these days.

The fleets of full loads from the east are also decorated with lights. Judging from the waterlines and slowly cargo holds, they are obviously full loads.

Most of these fleets were hung with the flag of the Rollin family.

From the Luolin Plain in the south, the children of the Luolin family, the elders of the family, and the well-known figures flocked to them.

Fleets are loaded with all kinds of cargo and gifts.

Specialties from all over the world, pearls from the East China Sea, spices from the South China Sea, gems from the north...

Especially in the past three days, an amazing fleet of ships has arrived at the Imperial Capital Pier almost every day.

The dock was full of heat. The laborers who carried goods at the docks almost vomited blood. In the past, they had to form cliques and fight for business. Now they were in a harmonious state. Everyone had endless business transactions from morning to dark almost every day. In the middle of the night, the leader was often woken up by someone to call him to gather people to go to the port to unload the goods.

In the imperial capital, all major city gates were also newly decorated.

The expensive and gorgeous silks in the past are now pierced on the big trees on both sides of the roads inside and outside the city gate, and the soldiers of the city guards and patrol soldiers from the public security stations. They have all issued brand new military uniforms.

Wearing brand new military uniforms and shiny leather boots, the soldiers all held their heads and chests up, trying their best to show their best spirits.

The square in front of the palace was almost cleaned up spotlessly, and even every gust of wind came out, a team of servants would immediately run out to clean it up.

And just south of the palace, the area where nobles and wealthy families gathered, at the intersection of the Luolin Earl's Mansion, from the intersection to the gate of the Luolin Earl's Mansion, the ground along the way was covered with petals of flowers!

The entire imperial capital was heavily made up with a festive color. It was as if the festival was celebrated, and the atmosphere became more and more intense.

Even the shops, hotels, and hotels of all sizes have issued notices to launch various items that match the festive colors.

Some people directly cut prices to attract customers.

The wine consumed in the imperial capital every day was more than doubled than usual. And all high-end custom-made clothes shops, especially the top ones, were almost unable to get married - all the wealthy ladies and all the noble ladies of the noble ladies are rushing to make the latest and most beautiful evening dresses.

All of this is of course only for one reason:

The wedding of His Majesty Hilo, the new emperor!

This new emperor is going to marry the youngest daughter of the Luolin family, the beautiful Miss Jill!

And this youngest daughter of the Luolin family is about to become the most noble woman in this empire!

...

"The most noble woman in the empire?"

In the morning, I stood on the street and had just walked out of a gold-selling cave. The carnival all night left a pale face on my face.

Rose, who had a big forehead, stretched his waist and looked a little strange.

The girl who was caring with her last night, her soft and boneless figure made him taste a wonderful taste. At this moment, she rubbed her sore waist and Ross limped onto her carriage.

Yes, his broken leg has been basically healed, but he has been living a life with great care. If Hilo conscripts him again, then the Count of Villa will soon "accidentally" break his leg again.

I remembered that in this gold-selling cave last night, the women in the dust talked about the upcoming wedding and the Miss Jill of the Rollin family.

"The most noble woman in the empire?" Ross smiled secretly while sitting in his carriage.

The most noble woman in the empire is in the northwest.

The carriage slowly drove on the street.

Ross felt a little frustrated and opened the window - he always liked riding horses, but since he "accidentally" broke his legs, he had to temporarily quit the hobby of riding horses.

At this moment, his body was still full of tobacco alcohol and powder. Ross opened the window and felt the cool morning breeze, and then he felt less stuffy.

But just as the carriage walked past a street intersection, Ross's aimless eyes suddenly tightened!

His eyes suddenly contracted, and then he was stunned for a moment.

I rubbed my eyes hard and looked carefully, but the place where I just looked was empty and there was no one else...

"I... were dazzled?"

...

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Chen Daolin held a ripe red fruit in his hand and took a hard bite.

This is a fruit specialized in the Roland Empire. It has a sweet and slightly sour taste, which suits his taste very well.

When it is in the northwest, it is impossible to eat it - in this world, there is no convenient transportation and no good storage means, fruits, which are easily rotten, can only be eaten in their place of origin.

If the fruits from the south are transported to the northwest, they will probably rot to the point where a fruit core is left.

Chen Daolin walked on the streets swaying. He didn't even wear a hat, and just staggered on the streets of the imperial capital.

He is not afraid that anyone will recognize him.

After using a simple transfiguration technique to change the outline of his face, Chen Daolin had turned into brown hair, with deep eyes and high nose bridge. This is a typical appearance of a northerner in the empire.

Wearing a gray cotton robe and a pair of dirty leather boots, Chen Daolin was walking on the street, looking at the lights on the shops on both sides, looking at the colorful lights hanging from the intersection, and looking at the patrol soldiers wearing shiny armor...

A strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

...

I returned to a hotel on Achilles Street - this hotel originally belonged to the Lister family, but has now been resold to another chamber of commerce with obvious reputations.

Chen Daolin returned to the room. He looked at Captain Hook, who was sitting by the window while drinking, and looked at Captain Hook downstairs outside the window, and then looked at Dickson, who was sitting in the corner, holding a book and quietly reading.

Chen Daolin smiled.

He threw a bag of fruit in his hand over, Hook caught it, picked it up and took a look, then threw another one and smashed it at Dixon. The magician caught it. He took it and took a bite, his eyes lit up: "It tastes good!"

"Sir, have your business done?"

Hook said in a deep voice.

Chen Daolin shook his head: "Governor Fritz's family is empty. I asked about it. The Governor was dismissed from office. The charge was for malfeasance during his term in the East China Sea. Alas, he stayed in the East China Sea for ten years. If he wanted to find it, he could always find Xiaopian. After Shilo removed him, he did not continue to make things difficult for the Fritz's family. I heard that their family had left the imperial capital and went to their hometown in the south."

Dixon's face moved and he said slowly: "Teacher, are you worried about Lucius?"

Chen Daolin said "Yes" and said slowly: "That boy looks weak and polite on weekdays, but he is actually the most stubborn. He was obviously not suitable for practicing magic at the beginning, but he still spent many years on magic. I am only worried that his personality would not give up so easily - whether it is the right thing or the right person."

Dixon thought for a while and said, "Even if Lucius was unwilling to accept it, Governor Fritz looked at him, he couldn't do anything out of the ordinary. Haven't they returned to their hometown in the south? That's good."

Before Chen Dao walked to the table, he picked up the kettle and took a sip. He let out a long sigh, his eyes flashed, and said in a deep voice, "The wedding will be held tomorrow morning. At that time... we will follow the plan I made and we will act separately."

...

Angulo seems to be a little sad recently.

The owner of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, the top great tycoon in the empire and the supplier of imperial army ordnance, has obviously been far less casual than before since the new emperor Hilo took office.

In less than a year, the Imperial Army's purchase of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce had plummeted by one-third. Many of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce's businesses were secretly suppressed and eroded by other wealthy families.

Some partners even tore up the contract, and would rather compensate him for a penalty for liquidated damages than draw a clear line with him.

Almost everyone knows that for the new emperor Hilo and the boss of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce are not the same person!

Because of this, everyone has enough reason to not be optimistic about the future of the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce.

The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce, which was originally second only to the Tulip Workshop in the empire, seemed to shrink in less than a year.

Fatty Angulu seemed to show an extremely calm attitude towards these.

He seemed to be unable to see any panic. He just began to shrink his business in an orderly manner. The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to withdraw from several industries, minimizing the losses. Some industries would rather not make money and sell them only at their capital.

Of course, in any field where the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce withdraws, a group of "upstarts" naturally poured in with excitement and frenzy, replacing his position.

Most of these "new rich" were some emerging aristocratic classes and chamber of commerce groups promoted after Hilo was crowned as emperor.

Angulu seemed to care about the arrogance of these people at all, and even people behind him were talking, saying that the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce was already in decline, and the fat man seemed to care nothing at all.

He only did two things.

The first thing he did was to go to the Magic Academy and signed a three-year supply contract with the Magic Academy. The Pompeii Chamber of Commerce will be fully responsible for the purchase orders for various magic research materials and magic medicinal materials from the Magic Academy in the next three years.

Everyone knows that doing business with magicians is the most profitable business - although a magic school, the total order quantity does not seem to be enough to fully compensate the businesses that Pompeii would lose.

However, the profits of the magic materials business are extremely high!

The second thing Angulo did was to take the initiative to go to the military headquarters and ask for a meeting with the new military minister, the current leader of the Luolin family, General Aker.

Aker originally thought that this fat man was here to beg for mercy or to beg himself to be generous.

It was beyond Aker's expectations.

When we met, the fat man Anguluo looked very calm. Although his attitude was very polite and humble, he could never be said to be humble.

The fat man took the initiative to make a request to Aker with a nearly calm attitude. He said that because the Pompeii Chamber of Commerce's business contracted, it would be difficult to continue to maintain the supply of military supplies to the Imperial Army for some time in the future.
To be continued...