This kind of pretentious thing is what European nobles like to do.
Otherwise, the two grand dukes, Archduke John and Archduke William, would have behaved like a peacock in front of Miss Caitlin the day before yesterday?
There are no pretense opportunities, no opportunities are created, not to mention that there is such a good opportunity now? ?
Archduke John adjusted the temples of his spectacles, then shook his shoulders and stepped in.
There are no secrets among nobles, although what happened that night at Catelyn Manor was very private.
But some news still got out.
The details are not very clear, but everyone knows that there was a conflict between Archduke John and Archduke William that day, and then Archduke John completely defeated Archduke William.
Not only was Archduke William's nephew, William, beaten to the bottom and lost the territory of Watt City, but the father of Archduke John's lover, Earl Carl, also got that territory.
So after Archduke John came in today, all the nobles seemed more enthusiastic.
But when they saw Archduke John for the first time, everyone paused.
Is this still the Archduke John they are familiar with?
Why does it look different, and seems to be...much more handsome?
Some nobles who were familiar with Archduke John stepped forward directly.
"Grand Duke John, what are you doing??"
Archduke John adjusted his glasses and said: "The glasses produced by Datang were bought at the Donkey Fashion Flagship Store in Porto."
"What? Glasses? Never heard of it!"
"And when did a Donkey Brand fashion flagship store open in the backwaters of Porto?"
"Fashion?? Flagship store? What?"
"I do not know!"
Just a pair of glasses made these nobles explode.
Archduke John took out his pocket watch again and looked at it: "It's almost twelve o'clock. Isn't His Majesty the King here yet?"
"What is this?" asked the curious noble.
"The pocket watch produced by Datang was bought at the Donkey Fashion Flagship Store in Porto."
“Another fashion flagship store??”
"What is a pocket watch?"
"What is the use?"
Then Archduke John enthusiastically showed the pocket watch to others and began to brag about how powerful this exquisite little thing was.
In fact, even if he doesn't brag, others will be shocked when they see such small gears meshing and rotating regularly.
After hearing this, some people couldn't help it: "Archduke John, where is the Donkey Fashion Flagship Store in Porto?"
"Of course it's in Porto!" Archduke John rolled his eyes at him: "But it hasn't opened yet, because I am best friends with the owner of the store, Duke Tang of the Tang Dynasty, so I can buy it."
"Then...is this expensive?"
Archduke John snorted and asked, "What do you think?"
The nobleman who asked the question smiled awkwardly and said, "It shouldn't be cheap, right?"
"Haha!" Archduke John laughed and said: "The entire Tang Dynasty has a limited production of twelve pieces a year. We sell six pieces here. Oh, no, there are only four pieces now."
"Why four? You have one here. Shouldn't there be five more?" "There is also one sold to His Majesty the King. Do you know the price?"
"How much?" Archduke John smiled slightly: "Half of Watt City."
"Hiss!" The noble next to him took a breath of cold air.
Someone asked in disbelief: "Grand Duke John, didn't the King of Watt City confer the title of Earl Carl to Miss Caitlin's father?"
Archduke John shrugged and said: "For some reasons, the king gave Watt City to Tang, and then Tang also gave many gifts to the king. The most valuable one is this pocket watch, so a pocket watch can be exchanged for half the price." A Watt City.”
"As for why Watt City was granted to Earl Carl." Archduke John said with a slanted smile: "That's because Tang handed over Watt City to me at that time. That's why it was finally granted to Earl Carl."
Having said this, Archduke John raised his glass and asked Archduke William, who was standing far away: "Am I right? William?"
"Hmph!" Although William knew that this was not entirely the case, he did not dare to talk nonsense about Tang Ping's identity, so he could only snort to himself.
But seeing his expression like this, other nobles believed him.
Well, it seems that this pocket watch is not something that nobles like them can afford. I am afraid that only the royal families of various countries can possess such luxury goods.
At this time, another noble noticed that the clothes Archduke John was wearing were different, and asked uncertainly: "Archduke John, are you wearing a silk coat?"
"Hey, do you have good taste? It is indeed silk, and so are clothes like this..."
"Bought it at the Donkey Fashion Flagship Store in Porto?" the people next to me asked in unison.
"More!" Archduke John nodded: "These clothes are not expensive, only a few hundred gold coins. I just bought a few sets to wear. It will be more expensive if you customize them in advance, but you can look at my back. They used their embroidery techniques to embroider your family’s emblem.”
"This is called a custom-made jacket, and it's not comparable to an ordinary jacket."
These nobles were a little moved after hearing this. Although a few hundred gold coins were not cheap, such a set of silk clothes was so expensive.
If everyone else buys them, but I can’t bear to part with them, then whoever goes out to parties and doesn’t have silk clothes will be embarrassed.
"Ahem!" Archduke John coughed twice and said with an embarrassed smile, "I'm addicted to smoking. Do you mind if I have a cigarette?"
"How could it be? We all smoke!"
Some nobles took out the cigarettes they carried and handed them over. Many people even made various cigarette cases with different materials, which made them feel more dignified when they took them out.
After looking around, Archduke John said with a smile: "Sorry, some people are not used to smoking this kind of cigarettes."
Then he took out his emerald green jade pipe, and while filling it with tobacco, he said: "This is a gemstone from the East, called jade. This is not the best imperial green, but it is not cheap, either. Filling this pipe with cut tobacco makes smoking more comfortable.”
Everyone looked at Archduke John's pretentious look, and there was no need to ask. The oriental gem must have been bought at the Donkey Fashion Flagship Store in Porto.
But smoking with such high-end pipes and rolling cigarettes with their hands, the quality is immediately distinguished.
Several of the smoke lovers secretly decided that they must go to that fashion flagship store as soon as possible to buy such a pipe.
Grand Duke John pretended to be cool, and finally said to the others: "Grand Duke Tang and I are going to open a carriage factory together. I hope everyone will take care of the business."
"Carriage factory?" These nobles keenly discovered the key word inside - Grand Duke Tang.
"Is it any different from the carriage we usually ride in?"
"What's different?" Archduke John thought for a while and said seriously: "If we compare, our carriages are all rubbish!"
