Macho Wars

The relationship between the Sidney Empire and the Kingdom of Wieland is at odds. This is something everyone in the world knows, but there is indeed a blood relationship between the royal families of the two countries.Therefore, no matter how the political and military conflicts are, as long as they have not really fought, the other party will send envoys of the corresponding level on their respective major festivals.

The sixth prince Durham was in such a situation, representing the Kingdom of Wieland in the great celebration of the empire.

It's just that Sidney XIV was obviously not at ease, deliberately trying to embarrass the neighboring prince.

During the colonial war three years ago, Durham, who had personal experience on the battlefield, was unfortunately captured by a guerrilla group behind enemy lines in the Empire, and became a bargaining chip in the hands of the Empire in the later negotiation stage.

Although Durham did not suffer any crimes during his capture, this is a big stain after all, adding a very embarrassing touch to Durham's shameful personal resume.

After returning to China, Durham benefited from the maintenance of his mother's power and was not punished, but he himself chose to put himself under house arrest for more than half a year.When he appeared in front of the public again, this former playboy had completely changed into another look.

Durham, who reappeared, changed the bad manners of his former dude, and made a clear distinction with those friends and friends, and he was no longer obsessed with spending time and sensuality.

Using his prince's identity and various resources at hand, Durham established a charitable foundation and began to engage in activities related to public welfare to help those people who were troubled by the war.

In just two years, the Durham Foundation has successively established more than 30 orphanages throughout the country.At first, it mainly adopted those war orphans, and later it faced all homeless orphans.These kind deeds have made Durham's reputation rise in the country, and many people are praising the kindness of His Royal Highness the Six Princes.

However, just when all the forces in the kingdom thought that Durham would use this as their political capital to participate in the throne race, Durham started his own anti-war speech tour with a high profile in the country.

In his speech, Durham constantly complained about acts of war, calling for dialogue to resolve national contradictions instead of blindly resorting to force.

The essence of war is destruction and will not create any value. Throughout the entire human history, how many beautiful people and things disappeared in the cruel flames of war, and repeated tragedies have never allowed the entire human community. Repentance.

Although these anti-war declarations have been ridiculed by most of the kingdom's nobles, they have a great market among civilians.

So Durham, who was supported, made a decision, not only to give a speech at Wieland, but also to go to those former enemy countries to promote his peace concept and work for the ideal world unity.

So Durham succeeded in persuading his father, let him represent the Wirant royal family as an ambassador to the empire, conveying peace and goodwill to the other side.

However, it is also in response to that sentence. The ideal of fullness is always no match for the backbone of the reality. When Durham crossed the border and came to the empire, the people of the empire generally responded indifferently to it, and the officials who received him were on the surface even though they were guest Be polite and treat him like a guest.But the arrogance and hostility in the bones make the two sides get along with each other not at all.

For his own experience, Durham had long been psychologically prepared, it was belief that drove him to move forward unswervingly.

On the day that the Wieland Kingdom delegation arrived in the imperial capital, it was arranged to stay at the diplomatic embassy.As soon as Durham got out of the car, he suddenly realized that among the imperial officials who had come to greet him, there was an old acquaintance.

On the side of the reception staff of the Empire, Dragon was the first to the left of the diplomat, and Durham's surprise was seen in his eyes.It has been more than three years since the two of them last separated. Durham's change is mainly reflected in the temperament, and there is no such thing as the original dullness.

Regarding the series of good deeds of the six princes in the country, Dragon has read relevant information and vaguely guessed what drove the former playboy to make such a huge change.

This made him secretly swear in his heart that he must conceal a secret forever, all for world peace!

"Welcome to you, Your Royal Highness."

"It's nice to meet you all."

Durham, who has become accustomed to the diplomatic scene, behaved maturely and steadily at this time, shook hands with the officials of the imperial side and greeted each other.

Especially for Dragon, Durham did not show any hostility just because he had been captured by the other party before, with a warm smile on his face, as if Dragon was an old friend he had not seen for many years.

Seeing Durham's performance so generous, on the contrary made the imperial officials a little uncomfortable who were not at ease in the beginning.

Surrounded by everyone, Durham settled in the embassy and handed Wilandt's credential to the empire.If nothing goes wrong, the official visit will be scheduled in three days, ranking first among all foreign envoys.

In the evening, the embassy held a welcome banquet, and the empire sent a prince of the same generation as the old emperor to serve as the host. In a sense, it was regarded as giving enough face to the kingdom.

Dragon also attended the banquet, and the rare female family with him was the eleventh princess Alicia.This is the first time the two publicly acknowledged their love affair to the outside world, and they received the dual support of the old emperor and Howard behind them.

As soon as the two appeared, they held hands, and the limelight even surpassed Durham, who was the master of the banquet.

Feeling a pair of surprised eyes around, Alicia's face couldn't help being stained with a faint blush, but besides being shy, she felt more happiness in her heart.

It is worth mentioning that the two "red flags" in Dragon's family were not angry because Dragon did not take them to the banquet, and Fu Mi even thought that such a division of labor was reasonable.

You must know that before this, both she and Yunlong were not good at dealing with such formal occasions. Now that Alicia is able to make up for this shortcoming, the old Li family is more prosperous!

Under the attention of everyone, Dragon and Alicia came to Darum.The Sixth Prince did some homework in advance before leaving for an envoy, knowing that Dragon is now a rookie in the imperial military, but he didn't expect to get a princess.

After being slightly surprised, Durham smiled and sent his blessings to the two in front of him.

"Congratulations, General Li! I wish you happiness."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Sixth Prince."

"Oh! Seeing the two, I really felt so moved. I used to think that love is just a game, until I met the girl in a foreign country who kept me dreaming to this day. But in order to punish me for my former wanderlust, God, Take her away from me by war. The most painful thing in the world is this, the past is like smoke!"

Alicia, who heard Dalem's emotions and didn't know the truth, thought what he was talking about was a sad love story, but Dragon couldn't help avoiding his sight, and his conscience was aching.

Chapter 394

With the successive arrival of representatives of famous families and foreign envoys in the empire, the streets and alleys of the imperial capital gradually began to feel the atmosphere of the coming festival.

From the princes and nobles to the Li people, the most talked about in private is not the upcoming national celebrations and grand military parades, but the wedding gifts of the old emperor.

After all, lace news is what the people like to hear, and most people in the empire like to watch this.

In contrast, another marriage that has also received a lot of attention from the populace, that is, "Popular General" Dragon Lee, who really announced their engagement with Alicia, the eleventh princess of the Empire.

As early as a few months ago, these two people had been rumored about romance-related rumors. At that time, there were still many aristocratic youths with envy and hatred who took the initiative to "refute rumors", saying that it was impossible.As a result, the matter has now been confirmed, or the old emperor personally gifted the marriage, instantly swelling the faces of unknown people.

And some people with a keen political sense have smelled a signal from this marriage. The old emperor is afraid that he will use this as an opportunity to carry out a new round of reform of the imperial government.

This kind of reform is often small, mainly for some old laws and regulations and adjustments to a certain extent.And generally it will not touch the interests of the aristocracy, or only touch a small part.

Similar small reforms have almost accompanied Sidney XIV's entire ruling career, and there can be dozens of times.

Some of the nobles who had recovered from their efforts gradually realized that the old emperor was copying the set of things that the academics had not succeeded step by step.It's just that he was not as radical as his old man, and tried to avoid touching the core interests of the aristocracy, so he did not incur too much opposition. After more than 30 years, he has achieved a small percentage of his goals.

Although Dragon was sent to the forefront by the old emperor and pulled a lot of hatred on him, he did gain a lot of benefits from this kind of political game, and it was really profitable.

Although it is an engagement, the formal wedding will not be possible until at least the end of this year.After all, as the younger generations, they can't get ahead of the old emperor, right?

So Dragon, who has become a "quasi-horse", spent a lot of time training on the infantry phalanx of the First Marine Division, so as to make a blockbuster during the parade!

After more than a month of arduous training, the 400 Marines who were selected to join the parade have achieved fruitful results.

Although the level of regularity and spear splitting is still not comparable to that of the Celestial Army on the other side of the earth, looking at the entire imperial military, there is no longer a rival that can match them.

The First Marine Division had secretly rehearsed twice in private. The officers, headed by the division commander Kane, were full of praise for the astonishing momentum displayed by the military parade.Some people even said that this is what the military parade should look like. In the past, those were simply performing juggling.

You must know that prior to this, the empire’s military parade did not have a unified action requirement, so many senior generals from aristocratic backgrounds have added strong " personal style".

It is better to be more conservative, that is, the phalanx soldiers march in unison, raise their hands high, and try to make the spirits more full.And other guys with very abnormal brain circuits inevitably have to embark on a weird route and play some strange "flower jobs".

Dragun went to school at the Central Military Academy, and the school organized their first-year freshmen to visit the military parade.Dragun was surprised to see the phalanx of motorized troops performing the "Three Jumpers and Arhats", and he was shocked to think that there were crossers from India in the Imperial Army.

In a blink of an eye, October entered the middle of October, and the national celebration of the Empire had entered the final countdown stage.

The streets and alleys of the imperial capital were all lit up with lights and colorful imperial flags were hung at the door of every household.Only the Avenue of Triumph in front of the palace's main entrance was completely banned, making preparations for the military parade.