Chapter 2632 Runaway Princess

Conversely, if you take the initiative to seduce His Majesty the Emperor, even if the other party is just out of politeness, it is not good to refuse cruelly, so that you can hook up with half-push...

ah? this……

With a little regret, the Countess went to Bethlehem to take up her post accompanied by her adopted daughter Ruby. On the first day, she received an invitation from Princess Audrey to enter the palace for an appointment.

With the help of Audrey, the "little girl", the generous and hospitable Countess quickly opened up the social circle in Bethlehem. Unfortunately, this was only a superficial beauty, and her own work was delayed.

Crown Prince Kolofa, who is in charge of the foreign affairs of the Canaan government, is known as the "nine-tailed fox" in the international diplomatic circles, which shows his behavior.

Prince Colofa is very cautious about the disputes in the New World, and he still refuses to publicly support the colonial people's pursuit of independence, but he is very concerned about selling arms to the New World in private. The theme of every meeting with the Countess is to bring goods and have patience in bargaining Comparable to the aunt in the vegetable market, who cares about every copper coin, the Countess' mentality is about to collapse!

Make money, don't be shabby!

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Canaan has sharpened his head to get into the eyes of money, so it is no wonder that there is such a joke circulating in the world: "The greatest contribution made by the Canaanites to human civilization is the invention of 'usury'. "

When Mrs. Josephine was thinking hard about how to break the deadlock, Her Royal Highness the "silly, white and sweet" princess came to her and confide her inner distress.

After hearing her complaints, Mrs. Josephine had an idea and came up with a good idea to get the best of both worlds.

In order not to lose the conversation and arouse the disgust of the Canaan royal family, she couldn't encourage Audrey to run away from home in person, so she asked Ruby to bring a deck of cards and invited Audrey to play cards to relieve boredom.

There is such an ethos in Canaan, from the common people to the royal family and nobles, you must play cards with a little bit of luck, and no one will accompany you to play games without bets.

Mrs. Josephine did as the Romans did, and often organized card games in her living room, inviting ladies and gentlemen from wealthy families in Bethlehem to play cards and take the opportunity to inquire about information.

In today's game of cards, only she and Ruby played with Audrey. Both mother and daughter were not very lucky, especially poor "Miss Ruby", who had a rough time at cards and was not very good at cards, and lost all his pocket money in less than an hour.

"Ruby, I have no bargaining chips!"

Little Lori threw down the cards in frustration.

"My luck has just picked up, don't run away."

Madame Josephine appeared to be quite addicted to poker.

"Ruby, I can lend you money."

Audrey grabbed a handful of gold coins and handed them over.

"Ruby, I have principles and don't borrow usury!"

"Miss Ruby" was very strong, touched her storage bag, and took out the scroll case from it.

"Here is a scroll of 'Advanced Teleportation', can I use it as a bet?"

Um? Advanced teleportation? !

Her Royal Highness's ears immediately perked up, her eyes lit up, she rubbed her palms, and said to Ruby with a smile: "Okay, let's use this scroll as a bargaining chip! Come on, Ruby, work harder, I have a hunch you I can win it back with profit!"

"Yeah! Ruby and I have the same premonition!" Little Lori drew the cards confidently, "Luck turns around, I can't just lose all by myself, right?"

However, it turns out that "Miss Ruby" is still too young.

In less than ten minutes, she also lost the last bet.

With the help of God, Audrey caught good cards in a row, and at the end of the game, she returned the winnings to Ruby who was deeply shocked, and only accepted the scroll of Little Lolita with a smile.

Back at the palace, Audrey sent away the maid, packed her bags by herself, left a letter to her parents and brother-in-law, stating that she was going to the New World to find her brother Holden who had run away from home, and then tore open the scroll and turned into A golden light shot up into the sky, and after a few seconds, it was directly transmitted to the free port on the other side of the ocean.

...

On October 2, 1626, the first day Audrey came to Freeport, she got in touch with her friend Hailar.

After the two girlfriends met and made out for a while, Audrey followed Hailar to the camp of the Continental Army. What he saw was a scene of chaos, mountains of garbage, and sewage, which was too different from the scene she imagined. disappointment.

"30,000 to 40,000 soldiers are crowded in this small port city, and every day they just eat, drink, and scatter, they will produce countless rubbish. It is not easy to maintain this situation. At least there have been no outbreaks of infectious diseases in the military camp."

Hailar covered his mouth as soon as he finished speaking, as if he was worried that his words would come true.

Audrey held her nose, adjusted her mood a little, and asked her best friend worriedly: "Honey, the conditions in the Continental Army are more difficult than I imagined. I found that many soldiers can't even make up a set of military uniforms, and they run barefoot Running around, not to mention guns and ammunition."

"That's right, our troops are short of food and clothing. We rely on our brothers at sea to take the risk of looting the Fizen transport ship to supply supplies. At present, only one-third of the soldiers are equipped with firearms, and the bullets can't wait to be shot out and picked up again. Wash it and then go on." Use it, just make do with it.”

Hailar sighed, his eyes and brows were full of sadness.

"The conditions are so difficult, it is too difficult to defeat the well-equipped Feizhen regular army." Audrey said truthfully.

"That's true. There is one thing to say. Since the establishment of our mainland army, we haven't won many battles." Hailar was a little embarrassed, "From New Avalon to Midgard, and then to Freeport, we have been losing battles continuously The enemy is like a hunting dog chasing a rabbit, chasing our buttocks and beating hard, it is too bullying!"

"Continuing like this is not a long-term solution." Audrey frowned, "Winter is coming soon, at least we have to get the winter equipment in order before the frost, how cold Midgard's winter is you and I Clearly, without winter clothes to keep warm, let alone fighting, a heavy snowfall can freeze people to death!"

"We all understand what you said, but unfortunately there is no way."

Hailaer spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.

"To tell you the truth, although military uniforms against the cold are very important, they are not the most pressing problem facing the Continental Army."

"What could be worse than soldiers freezing?"

"At least until mid-November, you can make do without winter clothes, but before that, whether the Continental Army and Freeport are still there, you have to put a question mark first."

"Honey, what do you mean by that?" Audrey was confused.

Hailar smiled wryly, took her hand and walked towards the headquarters.

"You probably don't know that most of our soldiers have only signed short-term service contracts. A large number of soldiers' contracts will expire at the end of this month. If the new contracts cannot be settled, the troops will be disbanded and go home!"

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