Chapter 13 Fallen Empire

Zhang Tie sat in the car and did not get off, but carefully looked at this Philip. Until now, he was still not sure if it was a prank played by someone here.

This tradition of spoofing in public dates back almost before the Cataclysm, and it is a kind of well-meaning joke and prank in public, in which many people are often brought to some plausible reality by those spoofing guys Or scenes in which those who are being teased often make some people who are watching from the sidelines laugh out loud.

Zhang Tie has seen this kind of thing when he was reading a book. He heard that it was very popular before the cataclysm, but in reality, he has never encountered it once. Zhang Tie doesn't know if there are such boring people in Jinhai City. .

"Let me remind you that my time is precious. If this is a joke, I hope it will stop here. The consequences of wasting my time may be serious!" Seeing Philip, Zhang Tie directly used skilled and pure Siberian told Philip.

The bald taxi driver and Philip were slightly surprised by Zhang Tie's proficiency in Siberian. In this era, as Chinese people, there are too few people who can speak Siberian. In this era, Chinese is almost the standard diplomatic language in many countries, especially in Hebrew-speaking areas. On many occasions, being able to speak Chinese fluently has almost become a symbol of nobility and status. It is a common language in high society.

"Sir, as a diplomat of the Empire, I do have reasons to be ashamed of the dilapidated state of the Empire's embassy, ​​but there are reasons for all of this. If you don't mind my delaying your time for a few minutes, I can send the Empire The reason why the embassy has become such a situation is to tell you completely, this is a tragedy of a country, but I think that since your time is so precious, sir, then, this topic can be discussed in the spare time when you are waiting for your personal identity certificate Talk, what do you think?"

Zhang Tie looked at Philip's disheveled face, reached out and threw ten silver coins to the bald driver and got out of the car. When Zhang Tie took out the silver coins, Zhang Tie saw a bright light in Philip's eyes.

It's only ten silver coins. As for it, Zhang Tie sighed secretly. The current situation of this embassy looks even worse than he imagined, it is simply weird.

Seeing Zhang Tie get out of the car, Philip, the senior commercial counselor of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire Embassy in Jinyunguo, took Zhang Tie into the embassy like a hotel boy. This embassy is very similar. The offices of those black intermediaries who lure foreigners near the Black Yancheng Railway Station.

"Why is your embassy in such a mess?" Zhang Tie asked in Chinese.

"Sir, it's a long story. Since fifteen years ago, our embassy has been unable to obtain a copper coin from the country. Not only that, but we have to pay a certain amount of gold coins to the country every year. In the past, Jinyun State After the embassy in the capital was auctioned off seven years ago, we moved to Huaiyuan County, first in Yiyang City, then in Guanxing City, and finally because it was cheaper

With the support of a few well-meaning imperial businessmen, they chose to settle here! "

Philip's face was as bitter as a sun-dried bitter gourd.

"To be honest, maybe the places used by the government-in-exile to support the scene are a hundred times better than yours here!" Zhang Tie attacked unceremoniously.

"Who says it's not? The government-in-exile can at least gain a little sympathy. Unlike us, if I leave here, I'm ashamed to call myself a diplomat!" Philip sighed.

In the effort of saying these two sentences,

Philip has already brought Zhang Tie upstairs to the embassy.

It seems that in order to increase the persuasiveness here, in the windows on both sides of the upstairs corridor of the embassy, ​​there are various photo documents and files that prove the identity of the embassy.

Zhang Tie saw the letter of credence submitted by the Holy Golden Orchid Empire to Jinyun Kingdom from those glass windows that looked like cheap exhibits. On the letter of credence, the seal of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire's national seal and the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were clearly visible.

This opened Zhang Tie's eyes. If a liar can do this level, Zhang Tie thinks it will be worth it even if he is cheated. It is also commendable to do this. Zhang Tie has never seen such a high-level document when he grows so big.

Seeing Zhang Tie's expression of interest in the certificate of credentials in the exhibition cabinet, Philip hurriedly introduced him beside him.

"In the past, there was actually a letter of credence submitted by the diplomatic department of Jinyun Kingdom to the Holy Golden Orchid Empire. Later, under the solemn protest and negotiation of the foreign affairs department of Jinyun Kingdom, we put away the letter of credence and handed it back to the country. , This letter of credence was brought by the new ambassador a few years ago when he took office, and it was not submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Jin Yunguo, but it was placed in the embassy, ​​and no one cared anyway!"

Just as Philip was introducing the credential in the exhibition cabinet to Zhang Tie, the door next door slammed, and a yawning man in a baggy shirt, with a puffed stomach and a beard came out of the room. The inside came out.

Seeing Zhang Tie, the man blinked his eyes and regained his energy, "Ha, Philip, is there any business coming, so we can have a good meal tonight!"

Philip rubbed his face with his hands in embarrassment, and said to Zhang Tie, "Sir, please forgive me, let me introduce you, this is the military attache of the embassy, ​​Colonel Guqi!"

"Where are the two bastards Bailey and Ali, aren't they standing guard outside? Could it be that they went to the pier to work as porters to earn extra money?" Colonel Gooch said cursingly, and then rubbed his stomach, "Oh, I heard With the smell of those things below, my alcohol addiction came up again, Philip, do you have any money, lend me a silver coin, and I will buy a bottle of wine to satisfy my hunger!"

Philip ignored this guy, and even turned a deaf ear to the words of borrowing money. He directly pulled Zhang Tie away, "I will take you to the office of Ambassador Nicholas first. All the identity documents in the embassy are It is managed by Mr. Nicholas himself, and this is also the main source of funding for the embassy now!"

Turning a corner from the corridor, Philip brought Zhang Tie to the door of an office, knocked on the door, but there was no movement inside, knocked on the door again, but there was still no movement inside, then Philip simply pushed the door open, Walked in, and woke up a skinny old man who was sleeping behind the desk. After whispering something in the old man's ear, the old man sat up straight, He looked at Zhang Tie with bright eyes.

"Hello, I'm Nicholas, the ambassador of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire to Jinyun Kingdom. I heard from Philip that you want to apply for an identity document?"

From coming to this so-called embassy till now, Zhang Tie has figured out the status quo of this embassy. This embassy sounds amazing, but in fact, it is just a grassroots team. It is estimated that it is similar to those third-rate small companies and black intermediaries There is no difference.

Before Zhang Tie walked over, Philip, who was smart and thoughtful, quickly pulled a chair for Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie sat down, and with a flick of his hand, a gold coin fell into Philip's hand in a beautiful arc. yours!"

Philip grabbed the gold coin with lightning speed, and then put the gold coin into his pocket at once, with a smile on his face, "Thank you, sir, your generosity really makes this place flourish." Pi Shenghui, it is my honor to serve you!"

Ambassador Nicholas's throat trembled, and he swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva. With a kind of agility that did not match his age, his thin body jumped from behind the desk and came to Zhang Tie, bending over. , smiled enthusiastically, "Sir, please forgive me for my negligence before, what can I do for you?"

Zhang Tie raised his legs, patted his thighs lightly, and immediately took the initiative, "Tell me first, what kind of identity certificates can you apply for here?"

"We can apply for the official identity card of the nationals of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire!" Nicholas finished speaking, then turned his head to instruct Philip, and specifically explained, "Go and pour this honorable gentleman a glass of water, use the one I collected Plant good tea!"

Philip went in a hurry.

"Is it one of those fake identification papers?"

"Really, if it's fake, it's definitely a real identity proof, a legal identity proof that can pass unimpeded in the Holy Golden Orchid Empire." Nicholas said excitedly, "This is our embassy Business!"

"It doesn't matter if I wasn't from the Holy Golden Orchid Empire before?" Zhang Tie was surprised.

"It doesn't matter, absolutely doesn't matter, the Holy Golden Orchid Empire is an extremely open country that recognizes multiple nationalities. Anyone who wants to join the Holy Golden Orchid Empire, regardless of his race, creed, and original nationality, we all welcome , we only need a few gold coins and a simple ceremony, and we can quickly complete the procedures for you to become a citizen of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire!"

Damn, I really don’t know if I don’t see it. The world is so wonderful. Zhang Tie laughed secretly in his heart. exploded.

Philip carefully came over with a steaming teacup and placed it on the coffee table in front of Zhang Tie. Zhang Tie only looked at the small cracks on the edge of the white porcelain teacup and the listless "grass roots" floating inside. Good tea", and lost his appetite in an instant.

"I'm suddenly interested in your country. Tell me about the Holy Golden Orchid Empire. Such a country really makes people curious!"

During the introduction of Nicholas and Philip, the situation about the Holy Golden Orchid Empire gradually became clear in Zhang Tie's mind.

The Holy Golden Orchid Empire is a human country that appeared in the Weiyi subcontinent after the first human jihad. Although this country is not considered powerful, it can barely be regarded as a second-rate country on the mainland. Its strength should not be underestimated. Its population There are more than 26 million people, with a land area of ​​6.8 million square kilometers. The entire country has dozens of cities, large and small. It is a member of the Central National Alliance of the Weiyi subcontinent.

There is only one reason why the current Holy Golden Orchid Empire has fallen into such a strange situation, and that is that this country has an extremely wonderful king——Sea Song VII.

Everything about the Holy Golden Orchid Empire today is the best commentary on the final result of an often whimsical dreamer becoming an emperor.

Haige VII came to the throne at the age of sixteen. The first thing he did after he took the throne was to take out half of the money from the sacred Golden Orchid Empire treasury and gather strange people from all over the world to build a magical machine that can compete with A strange aircraft comparable to the aircraft capable of flying at supersonic speeds invented by humans before the catastrophe...

In the conception of Sea Song VII, this aircraft can not only have a speed far exceeding that of the airships of this era in the sky, but on the ground, it can also become a powerful machine warrior, attacking cities and fortresses, and destroying everything. Sea Song VII dreams of forming the only Gundam force of this era in the Holy Golden Orchid Empire.

The word "Gundam" was said by Sea Song VII himself. As for what it means, until now, no one can understand it. Anyway, according to Sea Song VII, as long as the Holy Golden Orchid Empire owns a troops, then it will be easy for the empire to dominate the world.

Sea Song VII's dream shocked everyone, and his persistence to his dream even wiped out the treasury of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire in just two years.

It is said that the reason why Sea Song VII wanted to fly to the sky and form that strange Gundam unit so crazily was that he had seen several military works before the cataclysm in the imperial library of the empire. As for what those military works were, Few people know that the royal library of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire has millions of books, but very few people can actually enter.

Sea Song VII's dream of building an airplane has turned into a terrible bottomless pit. This bottomless pit not only sucked in the wealth of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire like flowing water, but also made the crazy Sea Song VII come up with an even crazier idea when he was short of funds.

Sea Song VII is not only a crazy dreamer, but also a kind and good man. In the second year of his ascension to the throne, this kind and good man resisted all opinions and abolished the death penalty in the Holy Golden Orchid Empire.

In the third year of his accession to the throne, after personally inspecting a drought-stricken area in the Holy Golden Orchid Empire, he abolished several taxes that the empire had always levied on the common people, and added the words "never increase taxes" Written into the "Holy Code" of the Empire. He did something that no emperor of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire had ever done.

In his fourth year on the throne, at the age of twenty, he made an even crazier decision in order to assuage the anger of the imperial officials towards him and to gain enough research and development to manufacture the amazing machine it had dreamed of. .

As long as the officials of the empire swear allegiance to the imperial family and never betray, swear to abide by the "Holy Code" and are willing to pay a large sum of money according to their specific positions at one time, then, after signing an agreement and documents, the positions of imperial officials can be It becomes hereditary from the family, just like the throne of the empire, even the emperor of the empire cannot be removed.

The officials of the empire, big and small, went crazy...

Countless hereditary positions were sold by Sea Song VII, and countless wealth flowed into the empire's treasury, and then, the wealth that flowed into the empire's treasury fell into the whimsical dream of the emperor...

This crazy dream of Hai Song VII has lasted for ten years. During the ten years, the sacred Golden Orchid Empire, which was still relatively powerful, has been tossed almost insane by the emperor who has lost his nerve. Just when everyone thought that Hai Song VII could Slightly more normal, when he gave up his terrible dream, Sea Song VII had a new dream.

At this time, Sea Song VII just woke up from the dream of Feitian Gundam, and then plunged headlong into the vast ocean of Chinese culture in the Eastern Continent, after hearing that there is a magical secret in the Eastern Continent Boxing, which can be used to defeat the strength of a thousand catties with four taels of strength, and the strong with the weak, and it can be learned by both men, women, and children, Sea Song VII was excited, and then he brought a lot of followers, and left After acquiring all the things of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire, they ran to the Eastern Continent in an airship...

Haige VII dreams of bringing back this miraculous boxing technique, and then let all men, women and children of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire learn it. By that time, the tens of millions of citizens of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire will be able to use this boxing technique as well. Dominating the world is easy.

Sea Song VII has been gone for twelve years.

Twelve years later, King Haige VII came back. At this time, the Holy Golden Orchid Empire has run without an emperor for twelve years and no longer needs an emperor.

After a lot of painful lessons, Haige VII finally came to his senses, had an epiphany, and became detached...

What Gundam, what Divine Fist, what power, at this moment, the cloud is clear, Sea Song VII discovered that only light and love are the eternal truth of the universe.

"As long as we have light and love in our hearts, one day in the future, the demons will be influenced by our selfless love. I want to build the Holy Golden Orchid Empire into a heaven on earth, a kingdom full of love and light. Those who love and shine are all citizens of the Holy Golden Orchid Empire..." This is Hai Song VII's heroic declaration "full of selfless love" on his 40th birthday.

By this year, Sea Song VII was fifty-eight years old. After more than forty years of his rule over the Holy Golden Orchid Empire, the entire Holy Golden Orchid Empire is today, except for the capital of the empire, Oslie, which is still in the hands of the imperial family. In addition to allowing the imperial family to retain the last habitat, it is really a miracle that the empire did not disintegrate and fall apart.

Under the desperate resistance of other royal family members, the entire tax revenue of Oslie was finally not used by the crazy emperor to carry out the great cause of "light and love" that can influence the demons. The money, except Barely maintaining a royal guard of more than 20,000 people guarding Oslie and the daily expenses of the palace, the others are already stretched.

"Originally, the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire was a tasteless one with no lucrative value. It was not favored by people all the time, but after the position was bought out by the Hillary family, it was discovered that there was still a lot of lucrative value in it. At least the empire in various countries After all the real estate properties of the embassy and consulate were sold, the Hillary family bought out the investment of the foreign minister of the empire, and they all got back!" When Nicholas said this, his tone was full of envy, and his expression was completely Why didn't he think of doing this at the beginning and regretted it.

Zhang Tie was really dumbfounded when he heard that, a wonderful emperor created a wonderful country, Nima, there are all kinds of things like this...

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