In the Middle Ages, people drew cards to be promoted to nobility. - Chapter 775

Lavinia was a little curious: “Crown Prince Ruprecht? Which country is he from?”

“Bavaria… He was just the grandson of the king before.”

Viviana recalled: “I often saw him in the court in Vienna. He was a very handsome young man. I didn’t have much interaction with him. I only vaguely remember that my swordsmanship teacher when I was a child said that he was on Magic Swordsman. The talent is just a little bit worse than mine.”

Lavinia frowned: “He is quite well informed.”

Viviana thoughtfully said: “Bavaria and Austria are traditional allies and have been partners in marriage for many years. I think that his visit this time should represent His Majesty the Emperor. I want to meet him.”

“Do you need me to send someone?”

Cherinina didn’t quite understand the twists and turns. She felt that this Crown Prince Hit came to Texas just to launch an army to prosecute. After all, the relationship between the Habsburg family and the British had always been good.

But Viviana stood on the opposite side of the British.

“No need, I’ll just go with Anna.”

Cherinina hesitated for a moment, then said: “I will ask Fulin to look after you, and you should not go out of the New Basilicata defense formation. Your Excellency and Ms. Jeanne are both seriously injured now. We’d better be cautious.”

Viviana blinked her eyelashes slightly: “I understand.”

Checkpoint on the mountain road leading to New Basilicata.

The Texas soldiers, armed with live ammunition, were staring solemnly at the two uninvited guests in front of them.

Although their number is small, the centurion guarding here does not dare to be careless at all. The aura of that noble man is like an invisible ocean, which will sweep them away at any time. engulf.

His wild instinct told him that if this guy wanted to, he could easily massacre their entire checkpoint by himself.

“These Texans are so ungrateful that they actually asked Your Majesty the Crown Prince to wait here. They are indeed a bunch of bumpkins from a barbaric land.”

The attendant, who was wearing high heels and black stockings, said with concern: “Your Highness, would you like to sit down and rest for a while? I have a velvet and silk-padded chaise longue in my space ring, as well as a full set of tea sets.”

The Crown Prince felt a huge headache over this, and he waved his hand: “Stop saying such stupid things. Look at the equipment of those Texans. They are all 90% new Martini Henry rifles, and ours Soldiers still use the old Dresser rifles.”

Thinking back to the British airship and the land cruiser covered with thick armor plates that we saw on the way here, for a person like Crown Prince Ruprecht who has an extremely keen sense of war, it is very clear what this means. What.

The Federation’s army equipment has lagged behind the top powers of this era.

The attendant was surprised and said: “Where did they get such new British goods? Could it be that they robbed the British arsenal?”

The Crown Prince said noncommittally: “Maybe. During the Austro-French War, our Bavarian Army’s performance was quite poor. Now so many years have passed, the armaments of all countries have improved with each passing day, but we are still addicted to the fact that we defeated a Napoleon. In glory. It’s hard for me to imagine what kind of answer our army would be able to produce if there was another war between Germany and France.”

“Military reform is absolutely urgent.”

The attendant smiled bitterly and said: “Your Highness, no one objects to the necessity of military reform, but with Bavaria’s national strength, it is difficult to directly start the construction of steam airships, land cruisers, and steam mechas like Britain, France, or the federal government.”

Ruprecht glanced at him but didn’t answer.

If you can’t afford it, just buy it. Just place orders with those military-industrial companies in the federation. After all, they are still a country. He doesn’t believe that in this atmosphere of an impending war, he took the initiative to carry out military reforms and equip them. For new equipment, the old emperor would allow those military-industrial companies to charge him as high a price as possible – most likely only the cost price would be paid.

But this will obviously damage Bavaria’s independence, and local military-industrial enterprises will also express their dissatisfaction.

“I didn’t expect to see such a majestic mountain city in a remote country like America.”

Ruprecht changed the topic and commented: “And it has a very strong magical atmosphere. I don’t know how much magic materials they spent on setting up formations on this mountain city. The Texans probably wanted to build this mountain city.” Build the mountain into a fortress and fight to the death with the British.”

The attendant did not understand military affairs, but he understood politics: “It’s a very smart approach. Their strength is far inferior to that of the British. The only chance of winning is to beat the British so hard that they will retreat.”

But he soon became nervous: “Your Highness, that is to say, we have entered the war zone directly. This is too dangerous. Why don’t I stay here and wait for Your Highness Viviana, and you can wait for her at the foot of the mountain. ”

“Oh, who do you think I am?”

Ruprecht sneered: “Don’t worry, the British failed to land for the first time and are already injured. They won’t be able to knock on the door in a short time. But you, if you stay here by yourself, you are not afraid of being eaten by those werewolves.” Lose?”

The attendant smiled awkwardly: “Your Highness, you must be afraid. After all, they are a group of murderous cannibal monsters, but how can I sit back and watch you fall into danger?”

“Okay, that’s just a rumor. The wolves are actually not that scary. Otherwise, there would be no survivors in Italy. The Habsburg emperors would not have allowed them to secretly control Italy.”

As a top noble, although Ruprecht has no favorable impression of the wolf clan, he will not completely demonize their image like those ignorant people. In fact, the Kaiser’s secret agent leader is a wandering wolf clan.

In the Vienna court, he also had a swordsmanship competition with the spy chief. He was a taciturn but very reliable man.

In fact, there was a lot of cooperation between the Habsburg family and the Wolf Clan, not only the Wolf Clan, but also the Blood Court in the Balkans. However, for Austria, where the Catholic power is still very strong, these things must not be announced to Public.

Religion is just a tool of the rulers.

Ruprecht and the old emperors actually didn’t care whether they were ruling Protestants, Catholics or Orthodox Christians. If he had been the king of Greece, he might have risked his reputation and converted to Orthodox Christianity. .

“Here we come, that aura is definitely Viviana, she is indeed here!”

Ruprecht suddenly took a deep breath and clenched his fists subconsciously. The spiritual energy flowing in his body was like a turbulent river. He licked his lips and couldn’t help but murmured in a low voice.

“Come, my destined enemy!”

Over the years, Crown Prince Ruprecht has been called the most powerful royal family in Germany – but when talking about this, people will always add regretfully: “If you don’t count the Candle Knight.”

Viviana didn’t think so, but over the years, she had actually become a mountain that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had to climb.

“Your Highness Ruprecht?”

When the black-and-white shirt and the iconic fallow deer hood appeared in his sight, Ruprecht quickly calmed down. He bowed slightly and said, “Your Highness Viviana.”

“haven’t seen you for a long time.”

Viviana looked at Ruprecht with some surprise: “You have grown so big.”

“Your Highness, I am the father of two children.”

Ruprecht’s tone was a bit cold: “Do you need me to remind you that you have been away for more than twenty years?”

“Feel sorry.”

“I’m very confused. Where have you been all these years, just hanging out with a group of wolves in the New World? Abandoning your responsibilities, giving up the oath you made when you picked up the sword, not even saying hello, and never receiving a letter. , and disappeared without a trace.”

Ruprecht’s tone became more severe: “Do you know how the Elector contradicted His Majesty in the National Assembly just because of you? In the past twenty years, the Federation has been divided into northern and southern parts, and you cannot escape the blame! “

Viviana opened her mouth, and the faint joy in her heart of meeting her old friend again had been swept away: “Hug, I’m sorry, I didn’t expect this result.”

Lavinia on the side raised her gold-rimmed glasses and said coldly: “That’s enough. I don’t believe that just because Anna left, your country was divided. Even if I’m not a German, I still know about the Thirty Years’ War.” !”

The Crown Prince sneered: “Even if you put all this aside, ask yourself, how does His Majesty Franz treat you? How much effort did he spend in cultivating you? All libraries in Vienna are open to you, and the royal collection of classics is also open to you. You read it, and you just left without saying a word, and you still stood on the opposite side of the British. Do you know how much trouble this will bring to our diplomatic work? “

Viviana was at a loss for a moment, her lips murmured, but she didn’t know how to explain it.

“Who’s exaggerating and questioning my employees?”

A cold voice suddenly sounded, and Ruprecht looked up, only to see a silhouette of a demonic dragon flying past in the sky, followed closely by a figure that crashed to the ground like a cannonball.