Chapter 221 The King's New Clothes (Part 1)
January 19, 1493.
On a large-scale festival like the King's Ceremony, it is undoubtedly unqualified to hold the astrological official election today.
On the eve of the ceremony, the sky was bright.
A gloomy dark cloud floated from nowhere, covering several areas of Göttinghagen. The cloudy sky was so dark that no wind could pass through it.
The heavy and oppressive atmosphere before the storm is about to make people feel terrified.
In the Hill Plaza in front of the Royal Palace in the central city, all the people on this trip have arrived.
In order not to cause accidents, not only the black knights of the royal court were dispatched, but even the extraordinary squad of the three major sects of Baia were scattered around to protect the safety of William II.
A day ago, the city guards were mobilized to plan a reasonable route for the king's car.
"Your Majesty, we will start from Hill Palace, first around the central city, pass through Brighton, Mosley, Lance, and then circle back from west to east..."
An official described the route of the grand ceremony to the king. This route is the richest and most densely populated urban area, and it is very suitable as a parade location.
As for the docklands to the east?
Gosh, there's nothing crazier than sending a king to a place that smells of sweat and trash everywhere.
"That's it."
William II rode in an ultra-long luxury carriage pulled by nine horses at the same time, with a relaxed tone.
The black knight followed closely on both sides of the carriage, and the demigod of the knight with a stern expression closed his eyes tightly before setting off, always ready to deal with possible dangers.
After listening to the boring parade process, William II glanced slightly at the special guests around the palace.
Almost all princely families, institutions, well-known scholars, and even representatives of the emerging bourgeoisie should have come. Those who live in Göttinghagen must give him this face.
The king then asked unhurriedly, "Is Thilo here?"
The Chief of Palace Affairs lowered his head, his voice trembling slightly, "I would like to inform Your Majesty, Mr. Sollens claimed that he was sick and needed to be recuperated at home, so he asked his son to come to attend the grand ceremony on his behalf."
"He is waiting for me to beg him to come back, but I don't want to, Baia can leave anyone except me."
There was a mocking smile on the king's face, "It seems that we will be able to change a cabinet prime minister soon, and the new prime minister must be much more obedient."
"Your Majesty, there is another piece of good news."
The Minister of Palace Affairs said softly: "Ten minutes ago, we received information from the embassy that those professors who worked in the Seven Schools Alliance had already left.
They will come before the ceremony, because Sir Daniel of Bania has been in Göttinghagen because of the incident at the Royal Society last time, so he must be coming out this time for your ceremony. "
"it is good."
William II's attitude finally changed.
In fact, except for Columbia University and Miska, the professors of the other five schools do not belong to Bayerism.
Since they are willing to come, it is to give him face, especially Daniel, who is a leading figure in the academic world, must not be treated slowly.
"Where's the secret genius?"
"Your Majesty means Tuf Capet? He hasn't come yet. I think he wants to express his dissatisfaction by being late, but he will definitely come."
"Let him go, genius always shines."
Hearing this statement, the corners of William II's mouth curled up melodiously.
He didn't care if anyone was dissatisfied or unwilling, what he valued was that everyone would come, no matter who it was, they had to give him face as the king.
coming.
This is enough.
It wasn't until this moment that King William II in the luxury carriage noticed that there were dark clouds in the sky. In such weather, it might rain cats and dogs at any moment.
"Ulti, send your men to do something."
Hearing the king's call, the knight demigod who had kept his eyes tightly closed finally opened them,
"Your Majesty, please tell me."
"Look for the child of the weather in the capital and ask her to disperse the dark clouds. During the grand ceremony, no questions are allowed."
William II's tone was serious, and he immediately asked people to get started on this matter.
That is the Sequence 5 of the musician path. A powerful musician can mobilize the power of nature through himself, and after the Sequence 5, he can even change the local climate through the staff.
Breaking up this dark cloud is naturally not worth mentioning.
At his ceremony,
Everyone must bow their heads, whether it is the prime minister, geniuses, or those little shrimps, they must obey him.
Even this damn weather must bow its noble head.
...
In the VIP seat, several people from the Faculty of Humanities of Miskar Stark University took advantage of the moment before the "perpetual motion machine" was displayed, and took the opportunity to talk a few words first.
"Tu Fu hasn't come yet?"
The speaker was David Smith. He attended with his father, and immediately looked for acquaintances after arriving.
Everyone was here except Tu Fu, and a sense of foreboding led him to find Kelan.
And the lady from Weimar's family also looked at the guard of honor on Hill Square with uneasiness.
"Last night, he visited my father and some people from Central City. I don't know what they talked about, but it seems to be related to the Winster family."
Clan Solons took the initiative to sell this important information, and forgot about Elena,
"Ma'am, I guess he must have told you something."
The lady from the Weimar family nodded slightly, "I did promise him one thing. No matter what happens today, I will let my father protect the Winsters."
"The Winsters?"
Miss Bella Wayne in the group of four frowned, smelling danger in vain.
David stroked his chin and speculated privately: "Maybe he just didn't want to come because he was afraid His Majesty would blame him, but he didn't want to do it either. The price is too high."
Bella Wayne rolled her eyes too,
"Mr Capet was brought up by the Winsters in Leeds, and he has more affection for them than anyone else, so no matter what the circumstances, his own family will be considered.
He never asks for help, this time it must be something very urgent, so urgent that the power of the Prime Minister and Mr. Duke must be used at the same time. "
Bella's guess is undoubtedly the most reliable, and it also made the four of them feel a chill behind them at the same time.
For such a powerful person like Tu Fu, he had to risk his life to do something, even considering the safety of his family.
what is it
What else can the Grand Ceremony do now.
As Crane turned his attention to the Palace Guard, a huge curtain went with a trailer.
Under much anticipation, the "perpetual motion machine" shining with metallic luster finally appeared on the stage.
A huge oval-shaped fortress-like machine that does not need anyone to push it, the driver makes his debut with the moving bunker, and makes his debut amidst thousands of calls.
"That's the perpetual motion machine."
"By God, it looks so majestic."
"What is his use?"
Not only the nobles and ministers who were invited, but also a large number of people.
Although it has been separated by guards on both sides, people in the whole of Göttinghagen are paying attention to this matter. Not only the king's painstaking effort, the whole country is looking forward to its arrival.
"Kangdang."
Only a loud noise was heard, and the "perpetual motion machine" suddenly felt a strong vibration.
After the metal baffle on the surface faded away, its true body was finally revealed.
At the top, there is a sky-eye watchtower, with metallic luster blooming in all directions, and the gun barrel and mechanical barrel are nakedly exposed to the public.
Looking at the metal pipes emitting gunpowder smoke, the crowd once again elicited exclamations like waves.
The "perpetual motion machine" turned out to be a moving weapon platform.
Prime Minister Sollens will be replaced by the leader of the Labor Party in the cabinet. The Labor Party is a faction that has recently emerged in the House of Representatives, but there is a faint tendency to surpass the Liberal Party to occupy the second largest seat.
Also William II's candidate for Thilo Thorens.
He was fifty years old in his prime, which made him speak several grades louder, "Gentlemen and ladies, as you can see, this is one of the 'perpetual motion machines' forms, with four main guns, seven Rapid-fire guns, two anti-corrosion barrels, and eight machine guns that can shoot 300 bullets per minute can be switched to a defensive state. Even 20 rounds of armor-piercing bullets cannot easily break its defense.
What's more, the built-in engine of this machine is regenerated by liquid nitrogen through repeated cycles, which can be returned to the fuel valve an infinite number of times.
In other words, from today onwards, our steam cars will no longer use fuel, and every citizen can own their own private car. We will open up a wider territory and use these machines to grow inexhaustible food and inexhaustible ammunition , from now on, no one dares to covet Baia..."
Listening to the speech of the leader of the Communist Party, the minister of the palace who followed the king's carriage wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He remembered that he didn't tell him that at the time,
This saying keeps changing
Now it seems more exaggerated.
"Bang bang bang!"
The guard of honor fired a cannon salute into the sky, releasing a cloud of celebratory smoke.
At such an exciting moment, that terrifying machine started slowly.
In the anticipation of everyone, the king finally walked out of the carriage. He looked at his subjects confidently, slowly raised one arm, and ignited the atmosphere with his steady and loud voice.
"People of Baia, a new era is coming."
The Baia people watching, each of them yearns for happiness.
In the past three years, hundreds of huge factories have been built in Göttinghagen to manufacture perpetual motion machines, and it has cost millions of crowns, and finally saw the results today.
Fantastic results.
Even if every citizen of Göttinghagen absorbs countless industrial waste gas every year, even if every salary has to pay a specific tax, even if... there are too many...
They have suffered so much to achieve their ultimate goal.
But at this moment, they were finally able to stand with their heads held high on Hill Square in the capital.
Proud to say that I am a Baiyan,
forever,
Always proud of this amazing country.
PS: There are two more chapters on the method after 12 o'clock