Arts and Sciences

Chapter 932
The sound of such applause surprised the Eagle Queen. Her hand holding the wine glass hovered in the air, and she looked at the surrounding applause in astonishment. Obviously, she did not expect that Duke Stoke's words would have such an echo. Even the Duke of Humington and the Duke of Hemmings were both dumbfounded. They didn't expect such a situation to happen. The dukes who joined together turned their heads to look around at this moment. The banquet hall on the lower floor below was filled with crowds, and the applause continued. Even the noble relatives and many officials around the upper floor applauded one after another. Come, and many other family members and officials had ugly faces, but because of the atmosphere at the scene, they all applauded symbolically.

The Prince of France and the Prince of Luxembourg at the scene were a little at a loss when they saw such a warm atmosphere. There are also such powerful dukes in their countries, but there is no one who can be so welcomed, the Prince of Luxembourg It is refreshing to see such an atmosphere, and the French prince has already started to look at the Duke of Stoke in front of him. He was dumbfounded, just relying on such an imposing manner, he was not weak at all. Compared with the handsome duke in front of him, everyone at the scene seemed to be a little bit worse, but it made Prince Samolo get closer to the duke in front of him. It means that he likes heroes in the first place, and he admires the legends of Eagle and France. In his mansion, there is a display room dedicated to displaying the belongings and monuments of historical figures in the two countries. It is relatively realistic. , Prince Seymour of France prefers the history of troubled times and wars in which the situation is changing and heroes are born in large numbers.

In the thunderous applause around him, the Duke of Stoke sorted out the context of the Duke of Humington and others. It is impossible to have an enemy with a duke for no reason. Even the Duke of Humington would not be so stupid. , he is a smart person, otherwise he would not have such a vast influence, which also caused him to put his interests in the highest position like everyone else. Similarly, being an enemy of the Duke of Stoke is not It was so simple to avenge the enmity formed more than ten years ago, and it was for his greater interests to defeat himself, so that the Duke of Humington could benefit.

But the key point is what kind of interests made the Duke of Humington attack him so unscrupulously. The Duke of Stoke recalled carefully that his family business had closed down, and he had no further interest in the Duke of Humington. Concern, and before that, he and the Duke of Humington also had no interests involved in the slightest, and now the only thing left is his administrative rights in Manchester.

This is also the only thing that the Duke of Stoke has not become vulnerable with the decline of the momentum. This is an important mission entrusted to a Duke by the country, administrative power, in charge of the role of deployment and supervision, regulating and inspecting the people's livelihood, trade, and economy in the Manchester area , the transaction ratio, the royal family’s policy communication, policy implementation and formulation, etc., this is administrative power. The largest proportion of income in the Manchester area is trade. Bybron is the second largest port of the Eagle Empire. The trade it occupies The proportion has a large proportion in the whole country. This is also called the window of the Eagle Empire, and it is also the most rampant area for pirates in the Middle Ages, because the ships here are connected to the passages of the world. Internally, the wealth of the Eagle Empire has been accumulated, and it has always been strictly supervised by its own strong sense of responsibility.

The Duke of Stoke seems to know why the Duke of Humington and his allied forces will go so far as to kill him. This is the reason. Manchester's Bybron Port is fully open, the second largest port in the Eagle Empire, and the illegal trade it brings will be terrifying wealth!

The Duke of Stoke suddenly tightened his grip on the tablecloth. He is a very smart person, but he has not grasped the crux of the problem, and has not figured out such a relationship. Now the applause around him and the successive humiliation of the Duke of Humington Among them, the Duke of Stoke's thoughts also danced, found a node, and then figured out the whole thread.

The applause stopped, and the corners of Duke Barrett's mouth twitched after he had just spoken, and then he replied after a while, and said in a politician's characteristic tone, "Angels and demons cannot be distinguished from the surface, and the same is true for people. I hope your real purpose can be achieved. As good as you say! Lord Stoke!"

"Just like I want to say to you, shut your mouth, Duke Barrett, your political career has just shown the image of your words, and the face of a politician is exactly what you wanted Electing to be the Prime Minister of the Eagle Empire is as insane as it is, but in fact, the people all over the country have a pair of discerning eyes, which proves that your support rate is only a small number of people!"

Barrett wanted to elect the prime minister, and only 1000 people in the country supported him, making him furious and becoming a laughing stock of the Eagle Empire.When the Duke of Stoke said that, Barrett's heart was already agitated like the sky turned upside down, and he didn't know how to respond, but there was the Eagle Queen next to him, so he didn't dare to continue talking down, so he just sat at the dining table in fear. On the top, his face was as green as the foie gras in front of him.

The Duke of Stoke doesn't know how many of these dukes in front of him are united with the Duke of Humington, and how many of them actually want to kill themselves because of the profits brought by Manchester's ocean trade. , so that they are motivated enough to attack him, the Duke of Stoke's brain has been fully mobilized at this moment, as if activated, so that he must maintain a full-body operation to face and deal with the things in front of him, because if he continues If he takes one wrong step, the entire Stoke family will be overthrown in an instant and will cease to exist. From now on, the Duke of Stoke knows that he can no longer become the meat on the felt board and be slaughtered by others.

"Duke Stoke, since your political achievements are so outstanding, in March of this year, [-] tons of deep-sea crude oil ran aground on a rock in the Far East and leaked. As far as I know, this ship was never approved to leave the port, but it quietly You left the port of Byberon silently. The crude oil illegally released from your port has seriously polluted the pure waters of the Great Ice Shelf. Like a sudden natural disaster, it has destroyed the living environment of more than [-] seabirds. You How do you explain the loopholes that have been created!?” A man stood up at the family table next to the banquet table, his hair was not sure if it was the deep sea oyster sauce on the table in front of him, the shiny black hair reflected the light from the ceiling above his head , Bright people feel tired for a while.

Swish!With a sound, Su Zixuan stood up at the family table three tables away, looked at the man in front of him, smiled slightly, and said with a nod of his head, "Duke Barrett's son, Mr. Mala, originally we didn't plan to The results of the investigation were announced, but you brought it up today, and I have to say that the ship that left the port of Byberon inexplicably, after confirmation and investigation, is an ocean-going ship called Sapphire Shipyard, which is in the maintenance stage. Ocean-going ships cannot carry out long-distance voyages if they have not passed the offshore voyage inspection for more than three years, let alone go deep into the hinterland of the glacier, let alone carry [-] tons of illegal crude oil. We have doubts about the acquisition of the ocean shipping company. Why, after your family bought the ocean shipping company, did this oil tanker, which is still waiting for inspection and leaving the factory, unexplainably carry [-] tons of illegal crude oil and run away? We hit a rock in the hinterland of the Great Glacier Shelf!?"

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