Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 The young maid bit her lip and lowered her head, restraining her urge to look. No one can deny the charm of Jenkins, even if he doesn't like to laugh or wink at the girls, but even this is attractive enough.

　　 Jenkins, who got out of the carriage, first picked up the cat and put it on his shoulder. Both were black and white. Then he bowed slightly and stretched out his hand to lead Dolores, who was wearing a skirt, down.

　　 During the hour that Jenkins changed clothes in the church, she also changed into a new set of skirts. This is also a dress that has not been seen before, but it is also very beautiful. Jenkins was a little surprised at what the 16-year-old girl put on her chest to make her figure so prominent.

　　 Thinking of this, I unconsciously thought of the hot night two days ago, and thought of the passionate red-haired girl...

　　 Without waiting for the chocolate to remind him, he also knew that it was not the time to think of this kind of thing, so he turned and looked at the restaurant behind him, some of which he was looking forward to seeing what kind of food.

　　【Mensaros】The restaurant occupies a large area, and there are no boxes. All guests dine in the lobby. The hall here is similar to a banquet hall, with crystal chandeliers hung on the ceiling, and the floor is bright to reflect light.

　　 It’s just that there are only 5 tables in the restaurant, which means that there are only 5 tables for guests a night. Each table is very far apart, and the waiter corresponding to each table is dressed appropriately, pushing the dining cart and walking in the restaurant.

　　 The guests who have already seated are dressed fashionable and noble. Gentlemen's formal wear and ladies' skirts are standard here, and then Jenkins saw the stockings on men's feet again.

　　 His face suddenly became ugly, and his appetite was affected. Julia noticed this. After folding the napkin on Dolores' side, she walked around to Jenkins's side, bent down under the dim candlelight, and asked in a low voice whether he needed other services.

　　 "It's okay, I'm just not accustomed to the so-called fashionable dresses, you know, I should be regarded as a relatively old-fashioned kind of person."

　　 He explained that Dolores, who was cleaning her hands in the copper basin, tilted her head and looked behind Jenkins, then chuckled and asked:

　　 "You don't like stockings?"

　　 "No, just seeing white silk stockings with lace wrapped around the legs of a stout man with thick legs makes me feel nauseous."

　　 This is not an exaggeration, Jenkins really disgusts such a dress. But this kind of dress is the current fashion. He has no reason to blame others. On the contrary, anyone can say that this is because he doesn't know how to appreciate "beauty".

　　 "That's it~"

　　 Her Royal Highness sighed softly, and a bold idea suddenly appeared in her heart. Maybe it was the solitude this afternoon that gave her confidence, maybe the fact that Alexia was not in Ruen at the moment made her bolder. In short, she asked Weiwei's first question of "crossing the line" today:

　　 "So, do you like women wearing stockings?"

　　 Although it seems to follow the topic just now, Jenkins understands how sensitive this topic is. This era is conservative and open, but some traditions remain unchanged.

　　 For example, women are very concerned about not letting others see their legs and regard their legs as a very important privacy part (Note). Only those who are shameless prostitutes or similar professionals will expose their legs in public. For any woman, this is almost equivalent to standing on the street without a shirt.

　　 Therefore, discussing "whether women should wear stockings" with men is a very private topic. Not only Jenkins, but Julia was taken aback. I didn't expect Her Royal Highness to be so bold.

"Ok......"

　　 His etiquette class was learned from the two girls. It is impossible not to know the weirdness of this topic. But since someone asked a question, he had to answer it. Now that the food is not ready, he can't use eating as an excuse not to speak, so he uttered an exclamation syllable of ambiguous meaning, and it took him a long time to figure out what should be given. Replies.

　　 "Of course, beautiful ladies wear silk stockings, of course it is pleasing to the eyes."

　　 This is what should be discussed in the bedroom. Fortunately, Jenkins’s soul does not belong to this world. Although he is ashamed to discuss these topics in his time, he can understand, otherwise he will definitely blush in shame:

　　 "Yes, I think that's the way it is. Stockings are ladies' clothing, used to enhance charm or... In short, I have no objection to ladies wearing this kind of clothing."

　　 He was vague, because he thought of Hathaway again, and wondered if Hathaway liked to wear it.

PS: Regarding the conservativeness of "legs" in that era, you can recall western movies. Aristocratic ladies may be able to wear low-chested outfits (exaggeration), but the skirts definitely cover the legs completely, no one Exposed. For this reason, Westerners regard "cheongsam" as clothing that can expose the legs as "dissolute" clothing. Therefore, such characters appearing in Western movies are indescribable if they do not represent Eastern identities ( Because of cultural discrimination and other reasons, such roles are often combined).

Chapter 1200 The first thousand and eighty chapters are publicly unveiled

　　 After a slightly "sensitive" topic, Dolores continued the conversation quite naturally, and when she got the menu she asked Jenkins if she liked foie gras. It's not that Jenkins doesn't understand the young princess's intentions, but just doesn't know how he should respond.

　　 "Meow~"

　　 The cat is lying on a soft purple cushion specially prepared for it, despising Jenkins's approach very much.

　　The offshore Nolan is rich in fishery resources, and the residents living there can eat seafood on the table all year round. Because of the climate, Luen in the northern country does not have special agricultural products, but because it is the capital of the kingdom, the food and spices from all over the mainland will be gathered, so the chefs here can also turn the decadence into magic, make expensive and inexpensive The ingredients are made into a variety of delicacies and presented to the distinguished guests.

　　 Not to mention Jenkins's opinion, at least the cat who is very picky about food is very satisfied with today's dinner. Before following Jenkins, although this cat made food on its own, it was also quite delicate; after following Jenkins, his picky appetite often aroused Jenkins's suspicion.

　　I'm satisfied even with chocolate, and Jenkins is naturally very satisfied. In fact, he has always thought that such high-end restaurants are not full of food and can only be used as a social occasion, but now he knows that it is just not enough money, not enough status, and not enough face.

　　 Dinner started at 5:30, when the sun just appeared on the horizon. And when Jenkins felt that he was eating almost, and began to stop the cat from continuing to eat, it was completely dark outside.

　　 Before he knew it, all the street lights on the street bloomed, and the night view of the city of Ruen in the northern country was shown in front of him.

　　 "What's the name of the show tonight?"

　　 Jenkins asked suddenly. In fact, Dolores mentioned it in the afternoon, but he was focused on playing with chocolate and didn't remember.

　　 ""The Crime of Scammers""

　　 princess replied, smiling and looking at the candle in front of her, not knowing what she was thinking.

　　 So far, nothing has happened all day today, and there hasn’t even been anything unexpected by Jenkins. This can be regarded as the most incredible day since he came to this world.

　　 But this incredible thing did not last long. When the carriage carrying a group of people stopped at the entrance of the theater and Jenkins was still communicating with Dolores about the detective opera he had written, the sound of approaching footsteps appeared outside the carriage.

　　 After a while, the car window was knocked, and the guard handed in a business card sprinkled with gold dust. Julia took a look after taking it, but hesitantly did not give it to Dolores immediately.

　　 So Jenkins reached out and took it in his hand. After a glance, he almost understood what was going on:

　　 "Son of the Duke? Can anyone print business cards now?"

　　 Jenkins has no business card yet.

　　 "Young people who don't know the heights of the sky always like to do this kind of showy thing."

　　 Dolores commented that she didn't want to touch the card at all, and then said:

　　 "This is probably thinking that I came here alone, guessing that there is a chance to invite me to the theater. Mr. Williams, I don't know if it is an honor to invite you as my male companion to block these annoying flies for me?"

　　 She asked generously and could not see any other meaning at all.

"of course."

　　 Jenkins smiled and nodded.

　　 This made Julia almost think that the son of the duke who handed the business card was the person invited by the princess, waiting to trigger this "knight novel"-like plot at the entrance of the theater.

　　 But she didn't dare to say anything. Regardless of whether this was arranged in advance, Julia could imagine that anyone who spoiled the night would be angered and punished by Dolores.

　　 The son of the rejected duke did not come up to talk cheeky. After getting out of the carriage, Jenkins only saw his carriage.

　　 But there are a lot of horse-drawn carriages nearby, and here is the capital of Hampawo, with countless nobles. Even the second son of the Duke is not too big a figure, so Jenkins didn't take him to heart.

　　 After getting out of the carriage, I realized how popular this theater is. The crowds are as lively as a vegetable market. Of course, no one would wear formal clothes and dresses to buy groceries, nor would anyone sit in a carriage to buy groceries at the vegetable farm.

　　 "I noticed that many people are looking at me."

　　 He whispered to Julia, who pursed his lips and did not answer.

　　 Jenkins actually knew in his heart that any man who appeared by her side and showed intimacy with Dolores’ sensitive identity was worthy of attention. And he did not cover himself with a false identity at this time, and appeared in public in the face of Jenkins Williams, thinking that tomorrow morning, news about him would spread throughout Ruen.

　　 "But what's so bad?"

　　 This is the "instruction" of the old man, he almost explicitly asked Jenkins to do this this morning. Although Jenkins didn't quite understand what the church wanted to do, he actually didn't mind using Jenkins Williams' face to act in Loen.

　　 He will introduce Alexia to his friends sooner or later, so it is very necessary to let the church and others know about his relationship with Luen.

　　 He is just curious. The church, which has never interfered with the secular government, is based on what reason to allow a saint like him to appear next to the king and daughter of the kingdom. Now the political situation on the mainland is extremely severe. The Kingdom of Fidcicle and the Kingdom of Chessland have had small-scale substantial frictions on the border, and large-scale wars are on the horizon.

　　At such a sensitive moment, it stands to reason that the church should not do this. But since it was what the old man meant, there must be some truth in it. He planned to ask Alexia tomorrow, and the shorter lady would definitely be able to understand this.

　　 After getting out of the car and seeing a little girl carrying a basket and selling flowers not far away, Jenkins whispered to Julia, and then left the carriage and walked over.

　　It is undoubtedly a wise choice to sell flowers in this kind of place. As long as the clothes on your body are decent, the servants of the audience and the guards of the theater will not mind that there are girls selling flowers here.

　　 Her voice was very good, and when she saw Jenkins coming, she smiled sweetly at him.

　　 Because of the season, she does not sell many kinds of flowers, and because it is night now, most of them are showing signs of failure. Jenkins finally chose three red roses and did not bargain generously.

　　 He has no choice, there are only roses for the flower girl.

　　 "Here, for you, Dolores."

　　 sent the flowers to Dolores after returning, and the smile on the latter's face could not be restrained at all. She didn't let Julia hold it for her, but she held the flower in her hand.

　　PS: Ask for a monthly pass. If you still have a monthly pass this month, you can support the author. After all, it is the period of double monthly pass...Although more monthly passes seem to be of no use to the author, except for occasionally looking at the list. I will be very happy to come to my own book...

Chapter 1201 The first thousand one hundred and eighty-one

　　 When Jenkins and Dolores walked up to the starting point of the red carpet under the towering stone steps of the theater while talking, Dolores hesitated and signaled that he wanted to take Jenkins' arm.

　　 Jenkins knows what this means, no matter how stupid it is. The itinerary for this afternoon and evening is a bit out of the ordinary. He doesn't want to give the girl the wrong signal here anymore.

　　 But before he thinks about how to politely refuse and come up with an alternative, Dolores has already taken the initiative. Now Jenkins doesn't have to worry about it, because it is impossible for him to shake off the arm of the princess.

　　 "Why are you frowning?"

　　 When she walked into the magnificent hall from the door, Dolores also asked.

"I have some trouble. The flower girl just now is not a flower girl. Well... to be more precise, although she does sell flowers, this is not her job or part-time job, it's just a disguise. "

　　 Jenkins possesses the priesthood of [The Asylum of the Flower Girl]. Although the attached priestly abilities are useless, it is at least used to distinguish whether it is a Flower Girl or not.

　　 He couldn't do anything in the public just now, and he didn't know who the girl was for, so he said it now.

　　 He thought that his luck would be better after he left the Maelstrom of Nolan, but he ran into trouble the first day he came to Luen. This made him have to think about whether his arrival caused Nolan's frequent accidents or Nolan's frequent accidents affected his luck in the past six months.

　　 "No, no, you don't need to solve it. Dolores, just watch the show here seriously, the girl just now is just an ordinary person, even if we don't need to worry."

　　 He hesitated for a moment, and didn't say another conclusion. He thinks that the flower seller just now may not even be a girl. It is most likely a man with similar dwarfism and very good makeup skills.

　　 Of course, this is just a feeling, there is no evidence to support it.

　　 The ticket that Dolores bought was of course a box. As a princess, she didn't need to squeeze in the rows of seats below like the "ordinary" audience.

　　 The decoration and service of this theater are better than Nolan’s Royal Opera House. Although Jenkins is not very interested in opera, he likes the huge sofa very much.

　　 To be honest, it is equivalent to a single bed.

　　The name of the opera is [Crimes of Scammers], which is a very classic traditional drama. Nolan's Silver Jasmine Opera Company occasionally performed this play, but Jenkins hadn't seen it.

　　 Speaking of scammers, no one of contemporary people can get around the topic of [Fabry Scam]. Even though this matter was concluded in January of this year and the conclusion was made, due to the reform of the kingdom’s finances and the rise of church banks, this non-existent lady is still one of the most popular people to talk about in major newspapers. One.

"I always thought it was a scam without any technical content. Anyone with the time can do what I did. If you don't count the cost of the stamps forged by me, there is no problem in completing the whole scam alone. ."

　　While waiting for the opening, Jenkins said to Dolores, just now the two of them somehow discussed the topic of Fabry. Of course, both Dolores and Julia knew the cause and effect of this incident, and even before Jenkins reported himself, they heard Jenkins complain about how troublesome it was many times.

　　 "In fact, it is not easy to think of this attention. Then, in your opinion, what new type of fraud can be called complicated?"

　　 Dolores asked, looking sideways at the cat lying on Jenkins's lap, because the cat was also looking at her, looking at her with a very human look.

　　 Jenkins didn't notice what the chocolate was looking at, he just thought Dolores asked a good question. Thinking that His Royal Highness is now taking over the newly established financial department of the kingdom, he felt that he needed to answer seriously, so he thought about it carefully and replied:

　　 "In my opinion, the so-called most advanced fraud is finance itself. But if you want to be more specific..."

　　 He thought of the tulips that Dolores had kept in the greenhouse and the flower girl he had just met, so he continued:

　　 "There are no ready-made cases, but we can make some virtual assumptions and bold deductions."

　　 He reached into his pocket and took out some flower seeds in the cat's expectant eyes. This is a gift from Dolores to Jenkins. It is the flowers of those tulips in the greenhouse. Dolores planted the very strange colors of tulips, which were all cultivated with this kind of seeds, so she distributed some of the remaining seeds to Jenkins.

　　 Chocolatier immediately lost interest when seeing such a thing, got up from Jenkins's lap and jumped onto the table, preparing to fight heroically with the snacks on the table.

"It's better to take tulips as an example. The assumption is that in Luen in the current season, tulips are absolutely precious flowers, and some tulips with rare colors and special flower shapes can even be sold to the middle class. The sky-high price."

　　 After he finished speaking, he looked at the princess, who nodded, and Julia added:

　　 "Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is indeed a realistic assumption. The nobles will not be stingy with such high-end flowers, especially in the current season."

"That's good, and it is well known that because of mosaic disease, tulip petals are prone to special stripes and colors. These flowers are regarded by the public as high-priced rare flowers. Merchants and markets also agree with this view. Although tulips are expensive, not all tulips can be sold at sky-high prices, and the assumption and deduction I made is to use tulips to make quick profits in a short period of time."

　　 Seeing that the princess and the maid did not speak, Jenkins organized the language as he recalled:

"This is actually not difficult, it just requires a lot of manpower to monitor the market. The first step is to stir up the value of tulips among the aristocracy, and let the general public generally recognize that tulips are an unusually precious flower. This is not difficult to do. Then, for a large-scale auction, some suitable identity trusts, just a few newspapers with sufficient weight.

　　 The second step is to take advantage of the hot topic of tulips created in the society, step by step to guide local businessmen to pay attention to this kind of flower, and recommend an example of making a fortune by selling tulips. This is actually not difficult. Newspapers are still needed, followed by controlled merchants and a large amount of working capital.

　　 The third step is very simple. As long as the businessmen make a profit, they will follow the trend, and as long as the follower makes money, more people will follow the trend. When a certain scale is formed, it is not just the wealthy businessmen who notice that this kind of flower can be profitable. Small shop owners with a little wealth and some middle class who are willing to take risks will participate in this game.

　　The leader of this game just needs to constantly control public opinion to make people believe that the price of tulips will only rise and not fall, and then exit the market at the right time-this is very important, so there is absolutely no problem in making a fortune. "

Chapter 1202 Chapter 1182 "Robber" Incident

　　 After saying such a long passage, Jenkins reached out for a water glass after speaking. He hadn't studied finance or economics before, and he had only heard a little about this kind of things. At this moment, he just gave an example to broaden her horizons for Dolores.

　　 Jenkins swears that he has absolutely no intention of implementing this crude plan.

　　 After finishing this, I noticed that the opera outside had already started, but none of the people in the box had the idea of ​​getting close to the curtain and picking up the small golden telescope.