The first dance was not very long, only about five or six minutes. After the harp played the last trembling note, the band stopped playing, and then the hall burst into warm applause.
After the first dance, His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress waved to everyone and then left the room. As the hosts of this dance, they naturally knew that if they were here, the young people would not be able to let go. So after completing the etiquette
After taking on the dance lead role required by the host, he left the hall neatly and left the space to the young people.
"Okay, I'm going to take a rest." Lawrence, who didn't like dancing very much, gave a vague explanation to his partner and left the center of the hall alone, completely ignoring the pretty temporary partner.
There was obvious reluctance in his eyes.
After leaving the crowd in the center of the dance floor, Lawrence came to the long tables located at the edge of the hall. These long tables were all covered with white linen tablecloths embroidered with beautiful golden patterns. On them were placed a variety of food, wine and top-quality cigars.
Cigarette. But what shocked him a little was that he actually found five or six gold-shell lighters beside the cigar.
"This is a lighter, a small thing from the New World." Just when Lawrence was wondering when his product had become popular in the palace here, Prince Eugene's voice sounded from behind him. "Use it.
It’s much better than matches. The only drawback is that the output is too low. It took us more than half a month to wait for this batch.”
"No way." Lawrence shrugged and said, "Who told you that all the lighters you ordered are top quality. The enamel royal emblems on them all need to be fired by hand, and the yield is not high. Half.
Being able to deliver all the goods within a month is already very fast.”
"How do you - do you have anything to do with the lighter manufacturer?" After hearing what Lawrence said, Prince Eugene quickly reacted and asked. "This is something that our Consul General at the Eagle Fort Consulate of the White Eagle Federation got.
, I heard from him that this kind of thing has only just become popular among the upper classes in the New World.”
"Yes, it only took a few months from the time I invented this thing to the time I opened a factory to sell it." Lawrence said, "But I didn't expect it to spread here in such a short period of time."
In the palace."
"You are indeed a genius. You can say that from all angles." After hearing Lawrence's explanation, Prince Eugene patted Lawrence on the shoulder and said with a smile. "By the way, why don't you go dancing? You know, for
For nobles, those things between men and women are indispensable."
"I just don't like these things, and I'm not a noble." Lawrence looked at the men and women dancing happily in the middle of the dance floor and said. "Besides, didn't you just come out after the opening dance?"
"That's right." A smile appeared on Prince Eugene's face. In his eyes, Lawrence, like him, was a genius in some aspects, so it was completely understandable for him to have his own persistence and choice.
"Since we don't want to dance, then don't stay here." Prince Eugene suggested after each drank a glass of champagne, "We can go next door and play shooting."
"Sounds good." Lawrence nodded, because he looked a bit silly standing on the edge of the dance floor without dancing, but as someone who attended the palace dance for the first time, he was still a little worried. "But that's all we have.
Nothing will happen if you leave, right?"
"This kind of royal private dance itself is for everyone to make friends with each other under relaxed conditions, and it is not a sentinel in the army who is not allowed to leave at a designated location and time." Prince Eugene, who often enters the palace to attend such dances, expressed his opinion on this type of dance.
The matter was handled very easily, "Look, there are several people over there ready to go out and stroll in the garden."
Lawrence looked at where Prince Eugene was pointing, and saw a man and a woman holding hands walking out of a door on the side of the hall. From where he was now, he could just see the door leading to the door, which was also brightly lit at night.
garden gate.
"Then I have no problem." Lawrence shrugged with a relaxed expression, and then followed Prince Eugene and walked out through the door he just entered.
After arriving at the door, Prince Eugene said a few words to a valet, and the valet led the two of them forward along the corridor. Then he opened a door on the side of the corridor.
This indoor shooting range was different from what Lawrence imagined. It was much smaller than he imagined. At first he thought there was some defensive magic on the wall of this house, but when the servant handed over the gun, he
Discover that there is a big difference between the facts and what you think.
Because the bullets used in the handed pistol are very small, it can even be said that these bullets are completely different from normal bullets. Although it is an integrated ammunition, it looks very simple. It is like adding a primer directly to the ordinary ammunition.
warhead.
"This thing is definitely not as powerful as the bullets we usually see. It is just a toy." Prince Eugene arrived with a pistol, "But at this time, if we want to shoot, this is the only thing we can play with."
"
Although they said they were here to shoot and relax together, Prince Eugene actually hoped to take this opportunity to discuss with Lawrence a series of topics such as the characteristics and use of mortars and the establishment of an emergency medical and health system within the army. After all, this category has just been discussed
The topic that was interrupted by the beginning of the ball was not suitable for discussion in the hall or the garden.
After the chat started, Lawrence discovered that Prince Eugene was a professional soldier who had been in combat for a long time. Therefore, he quite agreed with some of the views from his previous life that he subconsciously brought out during the chat. For example, Prince Eugene thought that Lawrence's proposal in
It is a very correct view now that the core of the army in the era of hot weapons is firepower density rather than manpower density.
Because of this conversation, Prince Eugene began to complain to Lawrence that there are many people in the army who are still thinking decades ago, thinking that bullets are stupid and bayonets are heroes.
However, this idea is not completely without benefits. For example, the rebel Guards thought this way before, so they could intensively charge towards the palace with bayonets. As a result, they were easily blocked outside the palace wall by a few resisters led by Prince Eugene.
It took such a long time to be unable to penetrate, and at the same time, heavy casualties were incurred.
Just as the two people finished a round and put their guns on the bar and leaned against the bar in the shooting room while chatting and drinking drinks, the door of the shooting room opened and an unexpected person walked in.
"Your Majesty, why are you here?" Hearing Prince Eugene's voice, Lawrence, who was sitting opposite him, quickly turned around. As a result, he saw Emperor Joseph I opening the door and walking in.
"Salute to you, Your Majesty." Lawrence and Prince Eugene bowed to the emperor at the same time, and then Prince Eugene asked:
"Excuse me, are you here?"
"Ah, I'm here to see the heroes who made great contributions in putting down the rebellion." Although His Majesty the Emperor is over 50 years old, he looks very energetic. "Thanks to your hard work, this rebellion can be so simple.
The end of.”
"This is what we should do, Your Majesty." Lawrence and Prince Eugene nodded slightly at the same time to show respect, and then watched the emperor enter the room.
"Okay, my nephew Eugene, please stay away for a while. Mr. Lawrence and I have something to say." Because the relationship between uncle and nephew was relatively close, Emperor Joseph I directly stated the reason for his coming.
Watching Prince Eugene and the two servants exit the room and close the door, Lawrence focused his attention on the emperor, and at the same time his muscles tensed up. Because he really didn't know what the emperor needed to see him for an interview. Therefore,