Chapter 448 The Ceremony Itself Is Never the Point
For many, it was a sleepless night. However, for Fangzheng and the others, this night was very leisurely. Early the next morning, after breakfast, they were brought to the square of Golden Bay by the servants sent by Ogland, and began to participate in the ceremony .
Although logically speaking, if you don’t prepare for such a ceremony for 30 to 50 days, it’s definitely unreasonable, but the people who came this time are all big shots. If this is a ceremony organized by a certain country, everyone must be left behind first. First, it took a few days to prepare for various private operations, and then secretly reached a consensus with several forces, and finally started the ceremony.
But this time it was the Platinum Family who presided over the ceremony, so naturally they couldn't do it like this. There were a lot of people coming this time, but they didn't want to drink. And right now, they have all obtained the information and information they want, so the ceremony itself is not so important to these people.
Because of this, Ogrand didn't waste any more time. Although the Platinum Family has a considerable status in the Kingdom of the Holy Order, none of the representatives who came to the ceremony this time are much more powerful than them, and many of them are high-ranking Seriously, if the commander of the Seventh Fleet like Vice Admiral John didn't want to suppress the aura of the Kingdom of the Holy Order, how could he care about something from a noble family in the Kingdom of the Holy Order?
Now everyone has seen what they want to see. The Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wealth have indeed made great efforts to suppress the Kingdom of the Holy Cult, but they ended in failure. Not only that, but with the appearance of this mysterious fleet, it is almost equivalent to announcing that there is another force on this continent that can affect the situation of the entire world.
As for the name of this force, what background it has, and where it is, these issues cannot be understood in such a short period of time, but anyway, as long as they show up, it is enough for other forces .
So if the Platinum Family delays for a few more days, the others will not agree.
I'm worth several million every minute, how can I accompany you, a country bumpkin, to drink northwest wind? When are we sick?
O'Grand was naturally unwilling to attract the hatred of so many people, so the ceremony was held immediately on the second day after everyone arrived—of course, this was also a face for the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wealth, otherwise If you stay here for a few more days, I'm afraid these people will become angry and demolish Golden Bay.
Oh, look at those huge warships in the sky, whether they have the guts to talk about it.
The whole process of the ceremony was very simple. O'Grand didn't do anything annoying, but firstly told about the past and present life of Golden Bay, and at the same time explained to everyone how Golden Bay came back. In the hands of humans——after all, many people are also very interested in the rumors of the Golden Bay. No one knows the inside story except Fangzheng and Tilia, but Ogland also heard about it from Fangzheng, and then read it And so the words came out.
Of course, during this period, I didn't forget to brag about Fang Zheng's "wiseness and martial arts". Supporting it, she also smiled, and directly praised Fang Zheng as the hero who saved the Golden Bay... Although this is indeed the truth.
After that, Grand Knight Astor also spoke on behalf of the temple. Like Miss Ogland, he first boasted about Fangzheng, but this time he added a lot of praise from the temple, like " Abide by the paladin's principles", "Fight for the sake of eradicating evil for the rest of your life" and so on, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this temple is planning to show favor to Fang Zheng at the moment...
Of course, the Grand Knights of Astor did not forget to represent the Kingdom of the Holy Order that they will continue to support free navigation, safeguard the interests of merchant ships, and build Golden Bay into a new century... In short, it is such and such official words.
Lieutenant General John, who naturally listened to these words, had a dark expression on his face. You must know that these words were originally spoken by the Kingdom of Flame, but now the group of guys from the Kingdom of the Holy Order copied their speech... Except Except for changing the name of the country, it's almost verbatim!
This is blatant ridicule!
Representatives of other forces and countries obviously heard it, so the Great Knight of Astor spoke at the top, and the representatives below suppressed their laughter... Face-to-face or double-face, the enmity between the Kingdom of the Holy Order and the Kingdom of Flames is considered The knot is getting bigger... But the two countries didn't deal with each other in the first place, so this is nothing.
Looking at the expressions of the representatives around him, Lieutenant General John became more and more unhappy. This time he really lost his wife and lost his army. Not only was the Forward ship scrapped, but even his idiots fought with each other in full view. Fight——you just want to win, but you actually lost to a group of children under the age of ten? !
Lieutenant General John can be sure that after today's ceremony is over, this matter will become the laughing stock of all countries in the mainland!
But these are trivial matters. For Lieutenant General John, the most important thing is that from today onwards, their maritime hegemony of the Kingdom of Flames will completely cease to exist! !
You must know that the reason why the Kingdom of Fire can have such a powerful force and influence on this continent is entirely due to their control of the entire sea area. As a result, other forces had no choice but to make friends with them, but now that the Kingdom of the Holy Order had risen, these forces naturally no longer had to look at their eyes and act.
But... Even if he knew, what could he do?
Thinking of this, Lieutenant General John couldn't help raising his head again, looking at the metal warship in the distance. He has confirmed with the accompanying mage that those are not illusions or projections, but real existence. That is to say, these battleships are not illusions, so what would the Kingdom of Flame use...to deal with such a fleet?
Forget it, now let's see what those fat pigs who are in the eyes of money can do.
Lieutenant General John also sighed helplessly. As a soldier, there is only so much he can do. But the country of wealth should not ignore this. After all, the accumulation of wealth in the country of wealth has a deep relationship with the sea lanes. The wealth of the country caused immeasurable damage.
Soon, the speech of the Great Knight of Astor ended, and then Ogland, Astor, and Fangzheng walked out and threw a handful of dirt symbolically, and the ceremony was considered over. But... as I said before, the ceremony itself is never the point.
"Please wait!"
Just when O'Grand was about to announce the end of the ceremony, a voice suddenly interrupted her, and then everyone saw a fat man with a big belly and gorgeous clothes coming out of the crowd. Seeing his appearance, many people were stunned for a moment, and then silently entered the mode of watching a show—because this person who came was the representative of Kalong, the country of wealth.
"... Excuse me, is there anything else?"
Seeing the fat man's appearance, O'Grand frowned unobtrusively. She had already guessed the purpose of the man's visit, but... what should I do?
"Before the ceremony is over, I have one thing that I want to discuss with Your Excellency Fangzheng."
Having said that, Fatty turned his attention to Fangzheng.
"Your Excellency Fangzheng, your battleship is indeed amazing, it opened our eyes, but... when your battleship landed, it collided with our Forward, and our Forward was completely scrapped... I I think you should give us corresponding compensation."
"Oh?"
Hearing what the fat man said, Fangzheng frowned.
"Is there such a thing?"
"...Do you want to pretend it never happened? Everyone at the airport can testify for us!"
"That's it..."
Fangzheng raised his head, touched his chin, and recalled it carefully.
"Sorry, I didn't pay attention, maybe your boat is too small?"
"Ha ha ha ha………"
Hearing Fang Zheng's answer, a series of low laughter erupted from the crowd, and Fatty's representative and Lieutenant General John also looked gloomy—they spent a lot of money to build the Forward just to make it the largest warship on the continent. As a result, Fang Zheng said that his battleship was too small and he couldn't see it... Although he wanted to retort, he glanced at the Hell Angel class parked in the distance...
How angry, what the other party said is completely true, and there is no way to talk back! !
"But... there are so many warships, why did this one of yours get hit? I doubt if you touched porcelain on purpose..."
Fangzheng is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, and immediately misses the point with one sentence, and the others are also stunned when they hear this.
Yeah, you said these fat people are smarter than the devil in hell, how could they make such a mistake? All the other warships ran away, only the Forward? What? You said that the forward speed is slower than other warships? Do you have proof?
Could it be that these fat people did this on purpose so that Fang Zheng could be ripped off?
"So, Your Excellency Fangzheng, are you not going to admit it?"
At this moment, the face of the fat man's representative also became ugly, and he did not expect a Templar knight to be so shameless... and the faces of the others also became a little weird, although they all knew that the group of people like Caron wanted to It's going to be a scam, but this Mr. Fangzheng is a bit too...
"Cough, cough, can you allow me to say something?"
At this moment, Lieutenant General John also stood up and said with a smile. Seeing him stand up, the Grand Knight of Astor and Bishop Karl also changed their expressions slightly. But before they could react, Lieutenant General John had already spoken.
"In any case, Your Excellency Fangzheng, it is a fact that your warship collided with our Forward in full view. Of course, we also made mistakes. After all, this battleship has just been built, and we are not yet fully familiar with the performance of this battleship, but no matter what How can I say that this ship was built by us and Karon with a lot of money, so no matter what, you have to give us an explanation."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and looked at Lieutenant General John with a half-smile.
"So, what do you propose?"
"It's very simple."
Lieutenant General John also raised his head at this moment, revealing a smile.
"For the sake of fairness, we might as well use the 'Sacred Judgment' to decide. "
"Varied…………"
Hearing this, everyone around was stunned, and O'Grand frowned, and was about to say something, but before she could speak, Fangzheng had already made a decision.
"Okay, let's do it then."