The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Although the British royal family is now more like a symbol in the British Kingdom, the actual power is far from what it used to be. The real power in the kingdom is the Parliament, but the reputation of the British royal family has not been due to the power. On the contrary, because it is out of the political vortex, the British royal family can let go of other things, such as establishing orphanages, establishing poor education funds and other charitable undertakings, which makes the British royal family's reputation even higher than in the past.

A few years ago, the British royal family even established the Royal Chamber of Commerce, which is responsible for managing the royal family's industries, and is preparing to form an ocean-going caravan for ocean-going trade.

Originally, everyone thought that there were only one or two ocean-going merchant ships established by the British royal family, so they didn't pay much attention to this matter. However, more than a year ago, the ocean-going merchant ships of the British royal family held a sailing ceremony and started their first ocean-going trade. At that time, they discovered that the fleet formed by the British royal family was as many as 54 ships, all of which were the latest steamers, and they could already be regarded as a regular national fleet.

Someone calculated that the money spent by the fleet of the British royal family may have emptied the private treasury of the royal family. If something happened to this fleet, the royal family would probably go bankrupt.

In the eyes of all those who are familiar with ocean-going trade, the British royal family’s approach is very risky, and many people are waiting to see the royal family’s jokes, because many people who are familiar with ocean-going trade know that the timing of the royal fleet’s choice of sailing is just right. It is the typhoon period in the ocean. At this time, almost all ocean-going ships have stopped sailing at the port.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that the fleet of the royal family of England seemed to be blessed by the sea god. As long as the fleet was at sea, the sea area it was in would be calm, and even if there was wind, it would be with the wind. Bad weather such as typhoons will only occur when the team is in port for rest.

With a unique ocean-going trade fleet during the typhoon period, the British royal family monopolized almost all of the ocean-going trade. The fleet circled the three continents of Velen. It has increased nearly five times, and not only has the initial investment been recovered, but it has even made a fortune.

It would be fine if it was just one ocean-going trade around the mainland that went so smoothly. After that, the British royal family carried out three more ocean-going trades of the same kind, and the result was still very smooth. In the last ocean-going, even some adventurous ship owners mistakenly thought that there would be no typhoon period this year. Driven by greed, he followed the fleet of the British royal family and sailed the fleet into the sea.

As a result, all these ships encountered the typhoon without exception, and finally sank to the bottom of the sea. Only one ship saw that something was wrong and took refuge on a deserted island in advance. In the end, the crew survived, and the ship was torn apart by the typhoon and sank into the sea .

At this time, the people of the Kingdom of England remembered that the royal family of England had always called themselves the family of the sea god, the son of the sea god, but no one took this claim seriously. Be more extraordinary and lay the foundation for your royal status.

But now, the miraculous performance of the British royal family's ocean-going fleet during the typhoon has reminded everyone of the British royal family's self-proclaimed name, and many people believe that the British royal family may really be the son of the sea god. Otherwise, how could it be possible? It is so miraculous that there is no typhoon when the ship is at sea, but the typhoon will come when the ship is in port.

According to this miraculous performance, it is not difficult for the British royal family to become the new overlord of ocean-going trade, but in the end the British royal family knew how to let it go. After the typhoon period passed, they sent all the ships back to the dock Take a rest and announce the end of this ocean-going trade, and the next voyage will still be during the typhoon period.

Although the ocean trade during the typhoon period of the English royal family had some impact on the prices of various commodities, after the goods of more than 50 ships were put into the countries of the three continents of Vinylon, it was only a drop in the ocean for the quantity of commodities in the entire Vinylon world. That's all, it won't cause much impact at all, and because of this, the British royal family, a new ocean-going trade fleet, has not encountered resistance from an old-fashioned ocean-going trade fleet like the Duke of Buckingham.

However, due to the injection of sufficient funds, the various prestige-enhancing philanthropic undertakings of the British royal family have expanded.

Now in the Kingdom of England, some people may be dissatisfied with Congress and curse members of Congress or government officials, but few people will curse the British royal family. This situation also makes Congress worry that the British royal family wants to use their current reputation to rebuild He is in power, so he promulgated some laws and regulations restricting charitable undertakings. However, this measure not only did not weaken the reputation of the British royal family, but also made the parliament's reputation among the people even lower. It even dissolved the parliament and returned the power to the royal family. voices emerged among the people.

It is precisely because the prestige of the British royal family has begun to affect the political situation of the entire British kingdom that the dignitaries in Port of Sete have to be cautious when dealing with any matters related to the royal family.

In their view, it must not be easy for Leo to be able to get a large amount of real estate from the British royal family, and the relationship between Leo and the British royal family is also extraordinary.

Later, they also found out that Leo seemed to have some relationship with the old man Rembrandt, which made them feel even more amazing. After all, Leo, who was born and raised in the Kingdom of England, had a relationship with the royal family of England. , but an ordinary commoner in the Kingdom of England has a relationship with a well-known university scholar in Velen like Old Man Rembrandt, which makes them really puzzled.

During these days, after some wealthy businessmen and dignitaries knew that Leo was the real employer of the Duke of Buckingham's former butler Sanjes, they felt that this was an opportunity to please the Duke of Buckingham in disguise and wanted to deal with Leo. Before they could figure out what to do, there were rumors about Leo's complicated relationship with the royal family of England, and his deep relationship with the old man Rembrandt, etc., which made them have to re-examine Leo's identity, And consider the pros and cons.

Although the Duke of Buckingham controls nearly 70% of the ocean trade of the Kingdom of England, and almost all merchants and dignitaries involved in business in the Kingdom of England depend on him for food, but now everyone can see that the Royal Family of England is catching up from behind. As long as the aura of the son of the sea god does not fade away, it will be just around the corner that the British royal family will replace the Duke of Buckingham and become the leader of the British kingdom's maritime trade.

If Leo really has a deep relationship with the English royal family, then their dealing with Leo is tantamount to fighting against the English royal family. In order to please the Duke of Buckingham, who has already begun to decline, offend the unlimited potential of the English royal family. Simple pros and cons calculations are obviously able to make correct judgments as long as people with a little brains.

So these thoughtful people restrained their thoughts and set their sights on the Duke of Buckingham's property in the Port of Sete to see what the Duke of Buckingham's people were going to do. After a few days passed, they found that the Duke of Buckingham The Duke of Han didn't seem to care about the fact that his former housekeeper was hired, and he didn't take any targeted actions, and they couldn't help but rejoice that they didn't do something too hastily.

However, what they didn't know was that Leo returned to Port of Scitech, accepted the property, and continued to hire Sanjes. These things had been placed on the Duke of Buckingham's desk in the form of documents as early as the second day after Leo's return. , and the leader of the organization that is responsible for helping the Duke of Buckingham handle some special matters also came to the Duke of Buckingham's office.

"He knew that Sanjays was my former housekeeper and still chose to continue to hire him. It seems that he has no fear!" The Duke of Buckingham closed the document in his hand and threw it casually into the wastebasket beside him, waiting for the servant to take these documents. The waste paper filled with various intelligence materials was burned.

The Duke of Buckingham of this generation is very young, only in his thirties, and has the same delicate face as the previous Dukes of Buckingham, but with his youthful appearance, his head is covered with scattered white hair, which makes him look He looks much older than his actual age.

Almost all of these gray hairs were produced in the past ten years after he took over the title and property of the Duke of Buckingham. It is obvious that he has spent a lot of energy in order to keep the giant ship Duke of Buckingham continuing to sail smoothly on the sea.

After becoming the Duke of Buckingham, he found that in his eyes, the extremely strong Buckingham ship was riddled with holes and holes everywhere, and there were countless moths from the inside to the outside, which would make the surface of the ship infinitely beautiful at any time. The giant ship sank to the bottom of the sea.

In order to maintain the family business, the Duke of Buckingham tried every means to eliminate the moths in the subordinate organization, repair various loopholes, solve some potential threats, and even avoid accidents. It's just because that friend has some blood relationship with the hostile forces he wants to clear.

Although he did everything secretly and did not leave any evidence, but as long as anything is done, it will leave traces after all. Many people have guessed from some clues what happened in the Kingdom of England. Some tragedies have the shadow of the Duke of Buckingham. Although there is no evidence to prove these speculations, some things don't need evidence, so he also has the title of a bloody duke.

A few years ago, Sanjays, the housekeeper who had served in the Duke of Buckingham's mansion for more than 60 years, suddenly submitted his resignation to resign as a housekeeper and leave the Duke of Buckingham's mansion.

At that time, everyone thought that Sanjays was dead, because Sanjays had been the butler of the Duke of Buckingham for so many years, and he must know a lot of secrets about the Duke of Buckingham. Even ordinary aristocratic families would not let such an existence who knew their secrets leave.

What is unexpected is that the Duke of Buckingham agreed to Sanjies' resignation, and allowed Sanjies to take his family to leave, and also issued a large amount of severance pay.

Everyone was watching, thinking that the Duke of Buckingham's actions were just a disguise, and there must be a follow-up, but the Sanjes family was still alive and well for more than a year later, but the large and small factory owners, wealthy businessmen, and dignitaries in the Port of Dorset where he lived because of Because of the Duke of Buckingham, he did not dare to hire Sanchez, so Sanchez could only sit back and eat.

Afterwards, some people with ulterior motives tried to hire Sanjays. These people mainly wanted to find out various secrets about the Duke of Buckingham from Sanjays, but all of these people were secretly solved by the Duke of Buckingham without exception. , as if the Duke of Buckingham used Sangers as a bait to lure those hostile forces.

As for those uninformed people who think that those who tried to hire Sanjies had an accident, it was entirely a warning from the Duke of Buckingham to let the dignitaries in Port of Sete know what would happen to those who tried to hire Sanjies, so as to cut off The source of Sanjies's livelihood, he is going to starve the Sanjies family to death, so as to tell other servants of the Duke of Buckingham's mansion that no one can leave the Duke of Buckingham's mansion.

Therefore, for a long time, Sanjies was regarded as a plague-like existence by the dignitaries in Port of Sete, and they did not dare to approach him at all, for fear of causing misunderstanding by the Duke of Buckingham.

It wasn't until Nelson's appearance that the situation changed. Nelson hired Sanjes for Leo to guard the properties transferred by the royal family.

The news was sent to the Duke of Buckingham at the first time, but the Duke of Buckingham didn't say anything, and he didn't want to do anything, so Sanjes lived a stable life for several years, which also made the people of the Duke of Buckingham's mansion Almost forgot that there was another person who knew their secret.

Now that Leo's sudden appearance made the Duke of Buckingham's subordinates think of Sanjes again, they felt that the Duke of Buckingham might need to do something, so the supervisor who specially handled some special matters for the Duke of Buckingham was recommended to inquire information.

"Your Highness, do we need to do something?" The supervisor asked tentatively.

"What are you going to do?" the Duke of Buckingham asked coldly.

People familiar with the Duke of Buckingham knew very well that the Duke of Buckingham was expressing his dissatisfaction at this time, so the supervisor did not express his thoughts, but just lowered his head, as if admitting his mistake.

"You want to get rid of Sanchez, or that Leo Dodd, right?" The Duke of Buckingham directly revealed his subordinate's thoughts, and then asked: "But you know that Leo Dodd Is there anything special about it?"

"Are you talking about the status of the royal family's illegitimate child? I have checked this matter. Leo Dodd is definitely not the royal family's illegitimate child." The supervisor replied with certainty, and continued: "I also After investigating the real estate, the investigation found that the real estate acquired by Leo Dodd was mainly managed by the Donald family, and the transfection was mainly in charge of Sean Donald, and Nelson Ma was also transferred together with the two properties. The villa in the garden area where Xiu and his wife lived, and the warehouse tavern under the name of Jason, the president of the porters union. Considering the time when Sean Donald came back from the Faran Empire, I think it might be Leo Dodd, Nelson Ma The Xiu couple and that Jason did something kind to Sean Donald, making Sean Donald give them those properties in return, so they should have nothing to do with the royal family."

"Well, it's good that you can see so much with the little information in your hand." The Duke of Buckingham took out a document from the drawer, threw it to the other party, and said, "Let's have a look!"