Chapter 687: 18. The end of the expedition (11)

"The matter of Albion is really thanks to His Royal Highness."
Ji Aier got up from the seat, slightly leaned back, Roland hurriedly bowed to return.
The attitude of the saint is polite and polite. There are no loopholes in terms of etiquette and wording. Cooperating with correct and gentle manners gives people a sense of humility.
It was just a feeling. After seeing Ji Aier's speech at the train station, when facing the saint, Roland did not dare to relax.
"That's an inexorable thing, and it's really overwhelming to worry about your troubled Highness."
Looking at Roland who raised his head, Ji Aier smiled.
"I haven't had a chance to thank you before. I'm deeply disturbed by this, so I took the opportunity of you as a train guard to force you to come over."
"really sorry."
"Because of my position, I can't greet you in public places like the court. If important people of the church show goodwill to the successors of the consortium, it will inevitably invite a lot of unnecessary associations, let alone entrust you to help. For things that are public, I don’t want to trouble you again and again for my own sake."
Should I say that I am gentle or considerate? Pressing the disrespectful little question, Roland returned the gift properly.
"Your Highness alone, you remember this little thing, and you will love me, this is already the glory of supremacy."
"How could I forget?"
Ji Aier laughed and covered her mouth:
"That's a significant adventure for me. I really didn't expect anyone to remember something so long away and use it to interfere with peace."
The surprise attack by a cardinal really caught the church by surprise. Although they somewhat understand the values ​​of Prime Minister Richelieu's "faith needs to make way for national interests". But they never imagined that the cardinal would actually send his men to collect evidence against the Virgin, so as to attack all of Charlemagne's enemies, and even torture the church for half.
What's more troublesome is that because things happened in Albion, where the heretic church began to flourish, and because of the feasts involving the Virgin, the church can't openly shoot. If it were not for cooperation with Albion and v.e, it would really make a disgrace.
"So at least let me thank you."
"Very frightened."
Following the gesture that Ji Aier was asked to sit, Roland sat down cautiously.
The top box is converted from a whole car, which includes the living room, living room and bathroom with bathtub. Taking into account the limitations of the weight of the cabin and additional armor. Therefore, the decoration is relatively simple-relative to the Zeppelin.
The brown and black oak wall panels are polished and light, and are surrounded by delicate lacquered ivy patterns. Curtains made of gold velvet and satin have hung down, and the floor is covered with thick wool stalls. It feels as light and elastic as cotton. Two rows of shiny leather sofas cling to the wall. Several dark green silk cushions were placed on it. Diagonally on the sofa is an aluminum upright piano. The other corner is the dressing table. The new magic lamp on the roof of the car sprinkles with soft white light, which makes people feel at ease and relaxed.
Although it has been criticized as an
upstart
in art and decoration, it is in terms of
comfort
,
practical
, and
meeting customer needs
. V.e company is indeed second to none in the world today.
"Your company is really unique in terms of technology."
Eyes were squinted at the light that Imir rarely saw, and Ji Aier said half-jokingly:
"The reading lamps placed on the writing desk are also very helpful for things like reading and writing."
Due to his conservative stance on new technologies, in addition to necessities and some luxury goods, Ymir has always adopted a boycott attitude to the products of the new technology applied by v.e, and Ji Er, who is a virgin, has relatively limited contact. If it was not for the sake of fire prevention and safety, the consortium might not have new lighting fixtures, but traditional candles and oil lamps. Even so, the new air conditioning system and refrigeration equipment were cancelled under the church's insistence.
As a core member of the church opposed to new technology, Ji Aier's statement aroused Roland's interest.
"Is Her Highness still satisfied with these?"
"His Royal Highness, we are not old-fashioned against all new things."
With a wry smile, Ji Aier nodded and saw the promised sign, and the maid next to him took out the tea set. In a blink of an eye, steaming black tea and snacks were put on the coffee table.
"Applying ‘surgery styles’ to life areas like ovens, lighting, and locomotives like this is a completely new area that we have never thought of. In this regard, it is better to concentrate on learning than to resist it blindly.

It was only then that Roland remembered that in addition to the status of a religious idol, the Holy Lady was also a rare eight-level magic expert, and then he was relieved of Ji Aier's speech.
For traditional magicians, v.e's various technologies are completely new fields. Only a small number of people can apply magic to the entire society, which not only involves observation, cognition and recording of various phenomena, but more importantly, practical application. For magic experts who are always soaking in towers and laboratories, and are satisfied with this, this is an issue that has never been thought of or cared about. When this never-before-seen technology system is presented, a large part of them often maintain the consistent arrogance of the nobility, refuse to study in depth, and spare no effort to resist and destroy these out-of-control technologies until they eat a bomb meal or Poverty fell into cessation.
But for some magicians who have a broad vision and are full of academic research, the new technology brought by the consortium is a gluttonous feast. In the past, inexplicable questions seemed to be answered from v.e's technology system, so they not only did not resist the consortium, but also enthusiastically supported the development of the consortium, visited various factories, and communicated with technical personnel. The only thing that dissatisfied them was that for the reason of "commercial secrets", the technical information opened by the consortium was limited to a very small part of the peripheral information, and truly valuable technical information was only circulated internally.
For the old scholars who are enthusiastic about research. This is really bad...
"However, this is not incomprehensible. For businessmen, the most important thing is to make money. It is impossible to give up the stable financial resources and hard work after all."
Hit the heart.
To this sharp comment, Roland only responded with a bitter smile.
His eyes narrowed, Ji Aier stared at Roland and continued to say:
"The pursuit of maximizing benefits was originally the basic principle of business conduct. To this end, we must firmly grasp the core of technology... The nobles in the past did the same, which is also the same way. But--"
After a pause, the atmosphere became subtle. Ji Aier continued to face the unshakable purple pupils of the teenager.
"I personally think that even what is publicly available may not be truly advanced."
(It’s really sharp enough.)
Keeping quiet, Roland smiled bitterly in his heart.
What the consortium announced was indeed not a new technology, except for necessary facilities such as railways and shipping that played a strategic role in wartime. Most of them were eliminated by Alfheim. Behind the 2nd, 3rd and even more technologies.
So arranged. On the one hand, it is to prevent the excessive expansion of the strength of the human camp, which will threaten Yalfheim in the future, and the deeper intention is to make arrangements for the "new order" after the war. One day after the establishment of a ruling system with elves as the core. Various technologies will also be relatively open, and the application of various new technologies is bound to bring rapid prosperity to other races. On the other hand, it is impossible for the elves to give the ruled nation too strong power. It would not be good for the whole system to have a second and third hetero-ethnic v.e consortium.
Out of this kind of precautionary psychology and practical needs, the popularization of knowledge about new technology systems and the preparation of laws and regulations have been carried out in secret, and a certain degree of progress has been made. What needs to be done right now is to embed "this level of technology is the best level that humans can achieve"-such a concept is embedded in the public's thinking through various intelligence operations. To pave the way for the future promulgation and implementation of "technical specifications" laws.
These are the secrets that only a few high-level executives know about, and Roland has only guessed a rough idea from only a few words.
Saint Jair, who didn't even have a word, boldly speculated a conclusion that pointed directly to the core.
"It is indeed not the most advanced product that is introduced to the world."
Maintaining a proper sitting posture, bearing the gaze that the other party seemed to urge to continue, Roland said:
"The really advanced things are all in the laboratory, where they are tested, inspected, found to be ill, and amended. You should also know that anything is not new."
"..."
An impeccable answer, as a company that values ​​quality as life, this answer is naturally reasonable. For a conservative religious leader, the phrase "not just new" is also consistent with their consistent propaganda.
Ji Aier nodded her head gently, and could not see any shaking on her gentle smile, but Roland felt that her sight on her body became sharper than before, as if looking at a real opponent.
That's right, although no hostility has been shown, the verbal confrontation is enough to make the heart stop.
"His Royal Highness, what a cautious person... does not seem to be the same as Mr. President?"
(Come on this trick.)
Roland's forehead began to hurt.
As a man, I am most afraid of being compared with others, and then commented as "no". If the other party is a woman, the effect will be strengthened several times.
Imagine that a woman pointed at her nose and scolded, "Are you a man?", how many dear friends can sit still?
Regardless of whether it is possible to set out the intelligence, Ji Er's move is enough to plant unpleasant seeds between Roland and Li Lin. Over time, the suspicion between the two will become larger and larger, and eventually become an irreversible counterpoint. Will therefore fall into a split. For the church, this is as easy as a shot, and it won a major battle.
But this idea is actually not reliable. They do not have a deep understanding of the real situation of the consortium, its internal operating system, and the relationship between Roland and Li Lin. It's just that such a plan has been drawn up based on subjective assumptions, hoping to easily succeed. If they have the most basic understanding of Li Lin, they will never do such a futile thing.
"His Majesty, the adoptive father... the president and the people you have dealt with so far are completely different, comparing us to something..."
While carefully organizing the wording, several sharp alarms sounded and the lights in the carriage suddenly switched to red. ‘
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"A train robber?"
Nona took off the headphones for monitoring and looked suspicious.
"Robbing this armed train? That group of guys got their brains flooded?"
The bandits and bandits in Lapland have always had a lot of things. Due to the fierce local customs and the defeated and scattered soldiers wandering around in battle with the Principality, the security of this country has not been very good. "Railway guerrillas" picking up rails and robbing trains are also emerging in an endless stream. Until the consortium dispatched armed train escorts, and the joint army carried out "sweeping" and "cleaning the countryside", the public security along the railway gradually stabilized, but it was far from being reassuring. degree. The current situation is the best comment.
"The exact number of enemies is unclear, and it is roughly estimated to be around 800 rides."
"The 800 ride... is a big bandit, but it's impossible for the cavalry to hijack the car. I'm afraid there will be a fellow party in front of it."
He took the boat-shaped cap from his old partner Ravl and shook it away, then put the soft cap on his head.
The armament of this train is complete~EbookFREE.me~ It is unrealistic to want to rely on 800 cavalry to get the following cars. Under the intensive rifle shooting, the bandits have no chance. And their weapons cannot shake the armor plate, nor can they prevent the train from moving.
Maybe they didn't know about it, they just saw the lights inside the car, the interior and exterior were luxuriously decorated, and they planned to get a good vote. As a result, they made this irrational mistake. It may also be entrusted by someone to take the passengers of this car as hostages, and put forward a request to Charlemagne. Anyway, this group of bandits wielding sabers and rifles is an outright threat.
"Most of the railroad tracks in front have been damaged, and the train will stop after a while, by then--"
Passing through the bustling residential car, entering the last special car with a tight seal, the subordinates who completed the preparation work are waiting in line for instructions. Looking at the crew members who were familiar with hands and feet, Nona's mouth skewed upwards, and small canine teeth emerged from the gap.
"You have a chance to test it in practice, are you also happy? "Ron Green ()"."
The metal device that entered the combat state did not answer her, but reflected the dark, cold inorganic luster. (To be continued...)