Chapter 791： Matilda (1/2)
Sitting in the magic car driving smoothly, Matilda looked out the window.
The wide and smooth road extends forward along the line of sight. The wide avenue can accommodate almost eight or nine large carriages side by side. Obviously, it is specially designed to cope with the pressure of modern traffic. The buildings with staggering and beautiful atmosphere are arranged on both sides of the road. Those buildings have a new style that is different from Tifeng, but different from the old Ansu-it retains the classic elegance of the northern kingdom, and has some pleasing neat lines and regular shapes.
Between these buildings and roads, you can see neatly arranged street lights, magic projections distributed at intersections or open spaces, stop signs designed for magic car stops, and streets that flooded the streets in this unrelenting winter season. Welcome crowd wearing bright and thick winter clothes.
On those magic projections, on the large color paintings of those sites, a variety of welcoming statements or pictures are presented, and even real-time images of the convoy are moving.
This is the modern magic capital, Cecil City ...
Matilda regained her sight, but still retained the perception of the transcendent, paying attention to the movement on the road outside. She looked at Philip who was riding in a car with herself. On the face of the young army commander, she looked It's almost undisguised pride.
This is normal, and a noble with such status will certainly show such pride in front of a foreign ambassador.
But on both sides of the road outside, it is not unusual for those Cecilians who are said to be just "ordinary citizens" to show similar pride while showing many expressions such as curiosity and excitement.
"I hope you are satisfied with the welcome process we arranged," Philip said, looking at the eyes of the Princess Tiphon with a smile on his face. "Cecil and Tifeng have many differences in customs, but we have A common source, which can become a closer link between the two countries. "
"I sincerely hope for longer-lasting peace," Matilda said with a smile, "this is good for all of us."
The magic guided team of the Tifeng mission passed the straight "Pioneer Avenue" of Cecil City, and headed towards the Royal District in the welcome of the citizens, the security team and the guards of the Iron Rangers. They gradually left the outer suburbs. Entering the city center, as a large square appeared out of the car window, all Tiefon messengers including Matilda suddenly heard a loud popping sound—
It's as if the Thunder exploded, and the distance was not very far. There was more than one burst, but it exploded more than thirty times in a row.
Someone in the messenger team looked suspicious, and even Matilda couldn't help looking at the opposite Philip, who only smiled at her: "No need to be nervous, just a salute.
"It is Cecil's rule to welcome guests from afar with salute."
Matilda blinked, remembering the information she had collected before, and couldn't help flashing some weird thoughts in her heart--
The Cecilians do seem to like to welcome their guests with these loud cannon sounds, but sometimes they hit the sky, sometimes they hit their guests ...
"Interesting rules," she smiled. "In the new era, there will be some new customs and habits."
When the time was approaching noon and the giant day was gradually rising above his head, the Tifeng envoy led by Matilda came to Gao Wen.
Not luxurious but grand enough, solemn, and a welcome ceremony for Tifeng people, Gao Wen stood in front of the steps of the "Autumn Palace" and looked at the "Kaolin Flower" with a smile.
Standing next to him were Hetty and Rebecca, several government office executives, and Veronica holding a platinum scepter.
Amber could not be seen at the scene, but everyone familiar with it knew that the director of the Military Intelligence Agency must be at the scene-but it had not yet come out of the air.
Matilda wore a complex and classic black court dress, long black hair dotted with golden thin chains, and dropped to her waist. She stepped in front of Gao Wen in an impeccable manner, and lowered her head slightly: "Salute to you, Her Majesty Gawain Cecil.
"I am here on behalf of the Augustus family and bring with me the friendly will of Tifeng.
"May you be healthy and long-lasting, and may your achievements pass on from generation to generation."
"In a sense, your last sentence is not a blessing, it can only be said as a statement," Gao Wen said with a joke, stepped forward, "Welcome to Cecil."
The following is a boring but unavoidable official speech link. Both sides said with a smile and compliments prepared in advance, but everyone must still maintain a solemn appearance and try to make this non-nutritive business talk to each other. Be more sincere.
Rebecca got bored in a few seconds, and yawned secretly. She looked at Matilda Augustus, who was talking to her old ancestors, and couldn't help but murmur, looking around. After watching, one side was Aunt Herty and the other was Veronica. Chatting with the former might be beaten, she turned to the latter: "Hey, you say she's also a princess, I'm also a princess, how can I do nothing? How about breaking a flattery into three paragraphs like her? "
This question is really difficult to answer-after all, Veronica can break up the same flattery into four paragraphs while the Ansu dynasty is still there.
Therefore, the "saint" lingering with the faint light around her remained silent, only shook her head slightly, and then her eyes fell on the Matilda, and she did not move away for a long time.
Matilda lifted her head with a feeling, and met a pair of gentle, calm, but lacking the texture of living people, just like crystal-cut eyes.
Those eyes seemed to have a profound inspection, which made Matilda's heart move slightly, but when she looked closely, she found that those eyes just simply swept over herself, the weird inspection before The sense has disappeared.
After the reception ceremony, there was a grand luncheon.
The formal negotiation on the establishment of embassies, exchange of ambassadors, exchange of foreign students and many other things is set for tomorrow, but before the formal discussions, the senior officials of the two sides can conduct some "attitude exchange" in advance through banquets and other activities. Surrounded by music and other elements, this attitude exchange can be carried out relatively easily. On the premise that both parties of the negotiation hope that the matter can be concluded, this preliminary negotiation often yields very good results.