Chapter 2750: Afternoon Tea Party

"Even if it's not for the convenience of tonight's action, investigating the group that intends to subvert the southern regime is also to consider whether it will affect the current situation after the other party dies. In Tobesk, I asked Galina to help get some information about Mrs. Shatara and Sir Wayne from the Military Intelligence 6, but so far, both of them have no doubts except for their early experiences that cannot be queried.

Miss Bell, have you figured out the itinerary of these two people today? Is there an opportunity for me to meet them? Like a Rod card game or something."

The witch apprentice who was mentioned by name immediately found her notebook:

"There is no Rod card game for the time being, but there are other opportunities. We are very lucky. Mrs. Shatara and Sir Wayne will both attend an afternoon tea party today. The tea party is organized by Mayor Ronan of the local city, and local famous businessmen are invited to discuss the expansion of the local train station next spring."

"Are they both there by such a coincidence? Won't that group of people make something happen?"

Xia De asked again, and Miss Bell lowered her head and turned to the next page of her notebook:

"The young lady got information from Her Highness Margaret. The Gray Gloves have already investigated that the goal of the Delin-Oll restorationists gathering in Vista City is the royal family, so the agents speculate that the actions of the two today are related to Prince William Anjou."

"The invitation letter has been obtained, but this time it is not in my name, and I am not a businessman. It depends on Sylvia's relationship. Her business is doing very well now."

Flora said, and Xia De nodded:

"That's fine, then I'll go to that tea party this afternoon... May I ask who is willing to be my female companion?"

Flora thought that she had always gone out with Xia De recently, and Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te, who had been staying in the hotel, would have opinions. After all, the person left behind would indeed feel bored, but she didn't expect that the red-haired girl didn't speak for the first time, but waited for a few seconds to see that she didn't speak before saying to Xia De:

"Let Flora follow you. For this kind of social occasion for ordinary people, she is more familiar than me."

The witch was moved that the friendship between the two was so solid, but Xia De asked hesitantly:

"Miss Dan Dac Nisi Te, you won't be secretly studying how to start the door to 1821 while we are away, right?"

So the rose-red eyes looked at him:

"Although in order to see the teacher again, I might indeed do some things behind your back, but I won't do such a dangerous thing alone, right? Xia De, do you really think I am only eighteen?"

Listening to her tone, it was indeed a girl talking to a close friend in a spoiled way.

The scale of this afternoon tea party held by Mayor Ronan was larger than Xia De thought. The participants were not only local businessmen and socialites like Mrs. Shatara mentioned by Miss Bell, but even members of the local church received invitations.

Looking at it this way, the Vista City Hall attaches great importance to the expansion of the local train station.

Because he didn't use his own identity, Xia De and Flora both went through some makeup and disguise after lunch before setting off.

The venue for this afternoon tea party was in the City Hall, also located in the city center of Vista City. But when the two took a carriage to the front of the City Hall, they found many people holding banners gathered there.

Xia De also took a look when he jumped off the carriage and found that they were protesting against today's afternoon tea party. This was not because they hated the gathering of businessmen, but because people seemed to think that the purpose of expanding the local train station was not to promote the prosperity of urban trade, but to enhance the troop mobilization capability of the area around Willendale, so as to better prepare for the upcoming war.

"We don't want to be the kingdom's troop station!"

"We want peace, not war!"

"We don't want to be dragged into a world war by the war maniacs of Willendale!"

"Creekwood Town never needs a king!"

Some even shouted quite amazing words.

The crowd gathered here was far less than the number of protesters from the two countries Xia De saw during the Green Lake negotiations, but considering that there were not many local residents, being able to gather was enough to explain the problem.

However, although they were protesting, they were all very polite and did not harass the businessmen who were preparing to come to the afternoon tea party. There was no need to walk through the main entrance. Xia De held Flora's hand and let her get off the carriage, then went directly in from the side door of the City Hall.

"But how do these citizens know the purpose of this afternoon tea party? Didn't Miss Bell say that this tea party was not public at all because it involved fundraising and transactions between the City Hall and local businessmen?"

Xia De was still puzzled, but Flora, who was used to the methods of businessmen and politicians, was not surprised:

"Of course it was leaked intentionally. As winter gets closer, someone is about to be unable to sit still. But don't think that leaking the news to let the public gather is to oppose the war. I think this might be to provoke contradictions. You will know the situation by reading tomorrow's newspaper."

There were already waiters waiting to lead the way at the side door. Xia De handed out the invitation, and Flora hooked Xia De's arm quite naturally. Although she had to disguise herself today, she still specially chose a beautiful black-purple dress.

Most of her dress styles were of this dark color, which was her own aesthetic characteristic.

The invitation letter helped by Miss Sylvia belonged to a "pantyhose marketer" fictionalized by her using business cooperation relationships. This fictional company had already won the exclusive sales rights of her beautiful products in the southern region of Delarion in her fictional relationship network, so it would definitely make a fortune in the future.

Of course, if you investigate, you will find that this is a scam company, and Margaret and Sylvia actually know nothing about this business partner, so no matter what Xia De and Flora do with this identity, it will not affect them.

Afternoon tea parties are different from ordinary banquets, and the layout of the venue is naturally different from banquets. But because the purpose of the two was not to attend the meeting, after entering the venue on the second floor of the east side of the City Hall, he just took a look at the Kassenrik flag hanging in the hall, and the portrait of "Lion Ryan" hanging on the wall facing the main entrance, and lost interest in continuing to observe:

"If I didn't know that this tea party was to discuss the local train station problem, I would probably think this is a conscription mobilization meeting."

The layout of the venue was indeed a bit too serious, which made Flora a bit surprised:

"So the construction of the Vista City train station, wouldn't it really be to prepare for war?"

This is not impossible. If the kingdom needs to mobilize in central Kassenrik, the best place for the preparation and training of the conscripted soldiers is Vista Forest. This place is large, sparsely populated, and easy to hide, and it is said that the choice of Willendale as the capital of Kassenrik also has a certain relationship with Vista Forest.

In short, no matter what role the local train station wants to play, this is not something Xia De needs to care about. The process of the afternoon tea party is very simple. After the guests arrived after two o'clock, Mayor Ronan asked the servants to push a huge sand table of Vista Forest and place it in the center of the hall.

Then the gentleman wearing a black silk top hat and a monocle, with a beautiful mustache, gave the opening speech for this wine party in front of the sand table. He didn't make any long-winded speech, and the content he said was just to encourage everyone to contribute to Vista City.

And after the free communication session began, Xia De and Flora were still standing in front of the sand table with teacups. Although Xia De had many local maps in his hands, this was the first time he had seen such a detailed sand table.

"To be honest, I prefer the black tea brewed by Tifa."

Seeing Xia De frowning, thinking he was thinking about some important problem, the gray-black haired lady laughed:

"You don't have to compare Galina's maid with others. That girl is considered excellent among all the apprentices of this generation... I remember you seemed to have revealed that your relationship with her is not just brewing black tea."

She opened the decorative feather fan in her hand with a clatter, covering her red lips that were hooked because of a smile.

Although Mrs. Shatara and Sir Wayne appeared during the mayor's speech, they both walked away to chat with acquaintances during the free communication session, so Xia De still had to wait a while before going up.

And using the identity given by Miss Sylvia, naturally many people who heard about them gathered around, wanting to talk to Xia De about the export business in southern Delarion. In these years, the export of any commodity will be controlled by the kingdom's policies, so everyone is very short of channels.

Flora thought Xia De would be very embarrassed by this, but Xia De could not only talk about the product types and material characteristics of that space witch, but even talk about the business environment in southern Delarion—Xia De often heard Galina and Princess Lei Qianya talk about this.

He performed completely like a qualified businessman. Although he always skillfully avoided anything of practical significance when dealing with people, even Flora had to admit that he was very good at acting.

And after the crowd dispersed a little, Xia De, who had another cup of black tea, asked the witch with a smile:

"I performed quite well, right?"

The latter nodded, but raised her eyebrows:

"Speaking of which, I have never asked. Regarding Sylvia's inventions and creations, she has always said that this is not her own idea, but the product of cooperation with others. The others mentioned here, wouldn't it be you again?"

"Yes."

"I found that I am not surprised at all, but young gentleman, how did you think of doing that kind of thing with Sylvia?" ===== CHAPTER 2751 =====