Codex Pirates

Chapter 180 Naval Heroes

The maid stood there at a loss, looked at William again, but saw that William only waved to her, and she left without hesitation.

The prince was furious for a moment and wanted to chase after him, but a slightly cold call from behind made him freeze.

"Norton II!" William said slowly, "You are the crown prince, so you should be lenient. Is it what the future king of the Navia Kingdom should do to embarrass a little maid in public like this?"

"Hmph!" The young prince Norton II was already dazzled by his anger, and said bluntly, "With you here, I still have the day when I will be king?"

As soon as this sentence was finished, the face of the queen at the side turned pale, and the guards in the garden all turned their heads at the same time, looking at Prince Jonathan coldly.

William raised his head and smiled: "Your Highness, people are saying how ruthless the royal family is, and even rumors about how His Majesty's family harmed the people. I always thought it was a boring villain who was slandering, but now it seems that the rumors may not be groundless. Without me , your family has long been harmed by Reid's gang of traitors, and this country does not know what will become of it, but now you say such things to a benefactor and loyal minister like me?"

"I think you are too tired, you are so tired that you are delirious," William said to the guards in the garden, "serve the queen and the prince and go back to rest."

Several guards immediately surrounded her, the queen stood up in panic, and Prince Norton II leaned towards his mother in fear.

A guard made a "please" gesture to the two, and then a group of guards served, or watched, escorted the queen and Prince Jonathan to leave the garden.

An officer of the guard who remained came up to William.

"Where's the king?" William asked after glancing around the garden.

"A nobleman brought his daughter to visit His Majesty before. The nobleman left, but his daughter stayed in the king's bedroom and rested with the king." The guard officer reported.

William pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "That's all I have left."

He then ordered: "From today onwards, without my consent, no nobles and noble families are allowed to visit the king's family!"

The Tianlong people will come next year. Although William is not afraid, he does not want to add more twists and turns. He plans to increase the supervision of the king. In the past, William didn't care that this gang of down-and-out nobles communicated with the same down-and-out king, and even secretly communicated with the king. It's different.

...

Like a lion patrolling his own territory, William patrolled around the palace, and then rushed to the parliament building outside the palace. This building was requisitioned from the nobles who had their homes confiscated, and it was used as an office after a little modification. Place.

When he arrived in front of the building, he noticed that a nobleman was also rushing over from a distance. He was startled when he saw William and his party, and wanted to escape, but William sent someone to arrest him.

William looked up at the sky, then hesitantly looked at the anxious nobleman in front of him: "Who is this?"

"Viscount Ochoa." An attendant in the attendant room behind William reminded.

William called the guard in front of the parliament building and asked, "This Viscount Ochoa, did you sign in today?"

The guard was holding a thick book, flipping through it non-stop, and replied after a while: "No."

Viscount Ochoa's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he argued: "I went to visit His Majesty the King today, so I came late."

Since William took charge of the affairs of the kingdom, a group of nobles have been "tortured" by him. They have to go to the parliament building to sign in twice a day on time. Power ministers removed the title of nobility.

"I know, sending your daughter to sleep with the king. In your eyes, flattering the king is more important than the operation of the entire country." William waved his hand, "Go down, you won't come here anymore."

Viscount Ochoa sat down on the ground.

William didn't care about showing his power at this time. The Tianlong people were coming. In order to prevent problems, he planned to temporarily send all these nobles to deserted islands and countryside in the name of inspecting the work of going to the countryside and emigrating.

These pampered nobles will definitely not be happy, and William hopes to let them understand through reality that William doesn't care about their wishes at all, and William has the final say in this country now.

...

Under the transmission of someone with a heart, everything in front of the palace and the parliament building cannot be hidden from others.

The newly released newspaper called "Donghai News" received the news immediately.

In the office, the editor who was the first to receive the news saw the news. He was inspired, and with a swipe of his pen, he had already drawn up two news headlines:

"Why was the poor daughter whipped innocently by the prince?"

"The treacherous officials flattered their superiors and bullied their subordinates, and were severely punished by the first consul!"

The editor arranged a background for the maid who came from a slum, changed the reprimand to being whipped, and arranged for the nobleman who sent his daughter to serve the king to be a corrupt official. The contradiction between them, and through the inferiority of the two groups of the royal family and the nobles, set off the wise and mighty power of the kingdom's first consul, Lord Morgan Stolt William.

Afterwards, the editor sent the prepared news to the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief was quite satisfied and sent it to Gesetta's office.

"This editor is very promising," Gesetta looked at the headline and nodded appreciatively, "Give him second-class personal credit."

...

In 1511 of the Haiyuan calendar, spring.

"Come down, come down!"

On the pier of Kalmar City, a group of people looked at the sky with binoculars and shouted in unison.

A small black dot gradually descended from the sky, and it was only visible when it got close. It turned out to be a hot air balloon.

In the basket hanging below, a young man kept waving his hands excitedly.

When the hot air balloon wobbled down to the open space, William led the way, and a group of people surrounded him to meet him.

The principle of a hot air balloon is not that complicated, and the level of technology required is not that high. It is nothing more than the use of hot air. It was invented in William's previous life in the 18th century.

When William went on a state visit to various countries last year, he had already ordered people to develop it. Therefore, when Sabo left the Kingdom of Goa, there would be so many sky lanterns with the same principle as hot air balloons on board.

The attendant officer in the attendant room in the hot air balloon basket jumped out quickly.

"How is it?" William asked with a smile.

The officer seemed to reflect on it for a while before saying, "It's a bit windy up there."

William laughed. At this moment, another officer in the attendant room separated from the crowd, walked up to him, and said something in a low voice.

William immediately lost interest in hot air balloons when he heard the words, and tried his best to the first officer who bravely attempted manned flight, and then left.

William returned to his manor, and as soon as he entered the lobby on the first floor, he saw Ajin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, sitting on the sofa in casual clothes, and Aramis chatted with him.

When Ajin saw William enter the room, he got up quickly. William opened his arms and walked quickly.

William asked: "Didn't you say that it will take a month or two before you can return to Donghai?"

"The old hero of the Navy suddenly wanted to go home and have a look. Naturally, the Navy and the world government would not lose face. I also live in the East China Sea, so I took advantage of the opportunity to come back together." A Jin grinned.