Adelaide was truly shocked this time by Tang Ning, who was as clever as a fox and as smart as a brat.
Listen, Tang Lin's routine was one on the left and one on the right. He made up nine triggers for breaking the contract, and arranged them clearly for Luis Felipe.
When breaking a contract, you can be confident and even bite back.
If Luis Felipe didn't want to dissolve his marriage honorably, Tangning had nine ways to make him honorable, ruin his reputation, and let it rot in the streets.
The Portuguese people are increasingly disinclined to see the Gotha royal family, and Tang Ning has put their lives on the line.
"Um!"
"Yes."
"Tangning, you are such a clever person!"
"I didn't expect this? You can add it in!"
"This is great, it's a surefire success!"
"Wow, Tangning, you are so awesome!"
When Tang Ning explained the routine, Francisco, who already had an idea of an engagement, was greatly inspired after hearing it.
When Tang Ning finished speaking and was ready to accept the compliment triumphantly, Francisco made a sneak attack and used both hands to mess up Tang Ning's hair.
“You little brat, you keep doing one thing after another, I didn’t expect you to be so bad.
I'm not at home this month, so you must be jumping up and down again, bullying Helen in different ways. Now I'm going to punish you. "
"Dad! Let go."
Tangning, who received no praise, was even disciplined by her father, Francisco.
"Ah! That's too much. You even pulled my ears."
After struggling to escape from her father's clutches, Tangning hid behind Adelaide's great-grandmother and sought refuge.
"Father, don't be too arrogant, I have a backer."
"You brat, you are really good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. You will definitely be a dandy when you grow up."
"Francisco, stop making trouble, Tangning is doing very well.
Several of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg's children liked him, especially Marie and Charlotte, who hung around him when they had time. "
Francisco, whom Adelaide watched growing up, was also a naughty boy when he was a child. He has matured now, but some aspects have remained the same.
"How fast, this kid is so talented at getting beautiful girls."
Francisco knew his son, and he was quite proud of his son's treatment of women.
However, he didn't understand why his son got girls so easily, and he didn't have the ability to teach him!
Francisco, who couldn't figure it out, could only attribute it to Tangning's talent.
"Tangning, you are indeed very popular, especially women."
Speaking of this, Adelaide thought of something and said to Francisco.
"Speaking of Tangning, I thought of one thing.
Guillaume IV's health is getting worse and worse. My daughter Maria Anna has given birth to five children in a row, and the doctor does not recommend having any more children.
This time, the fifth child was born, a girl named Elizabeth.
Guillaume IV still loved Maria Anna and was not ready to have another baby, but Maria Anna gave it one last try.
If it's still a girl the last time, then give up completely.
Guillaume IV and Maria Anna are still very loved by the people of Luxembourg, and they are not opposed to accepting a queen, and there are few objections in the Luxembourg Parliament.
In this era, unlike before, the queen is also popular, and the queen is not necessarily bad. Countries such as the United Kingdom have proved this. "
Adelaide said this with some sadness, joy, and negotiation.
"Guillaume IV and Maria Anna were very pleased with the child Downing, and their daughters got along very well with him.
The Grand Duke and his wife of Luxembourg deliberately hope that Tangning can become Marie Adelaide's husband. What do you think? "
"That's great, I agree."
This is an opportunity! Of course Francisco understood.
In order for the Miguel royal family to become the royal family of a real country and end their history of exile, it is unrealistic to wait for Portugal to recover.
Although Luxembourg is a small country, it has no enemy countries and is easy to rule.
If Tangning marries Marie Adelaide, they will definitely be twin kings. Isn't the restoration of Miguel's royal family just a dream?
"Grandma, is this true? I'm not cursing my aunt.
However, if the next child is a girl, then Tangning will have a chance to revive the Bulacan Samigal royal family. "
"This is what Guillaume IV personally came to talk to me about. This is why I am both sad and a little happy."
Tangning's marriage was decided in a few words. This is undemocratic! ?
I can't bear it!
Tangning decided to voice her voice of resistance.
"Why did you ask my father what he thought, why didn't you ask me?" Tangning complained.
The aristocrats of this era were also miserable. Almost all of them had designated marriages. Although later generations of nobles also had designated marriages, more and more of them fell in love freely.
"Get out of here! Is there any problem with Mary becoming your wife?"
When Tang Ning was dissatisfied, Francisco stepped forward and made a sneak attack, giving him a kick in the back.
"If you don't like her, don't mess with her in the future. She was a playboy at a young age. Now you are stuck with them. What will they do when they grow up?"
Marie Adelaide, Francesco was quite satisfied.
The girl is not ugly. On the contrary, she is very beautiful. She is much prettier than Charlotte and has a much better temperament. She is very likely to have inheritance rights in the future.
From Francisco's point of view, Tangning didn't have the capital to be picky. This was a family matter.
It's OK to indulge Tang Ning in normal times, but at such a critical moment, if she dares to object, she will be hanged and beaten.
Tang Ning is the eldest son, unless he gives up the right to inherit. But if Tang Ning dares to imitate his eldest brother Miguel III, don't blame Francisco for giving him a love education.
"Dad, you are cruel to me!"
Tangning immediately said with a tearful voice, "I didn't say I objected, it's just that I like Charlotte more."
Coming to this era, Tang Ning knew the aristocrats of this era and was already prepared to be designated for marriage.
The daughter of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg is about the same age as him. The moment she came to Europe, her family started to talk about marrying them.
These girls are all pretty, and they are young and easy to train. Charlotte has been trained for a long time. Tangning plans to take her as his wife. After getting married, she will have more freedom.
Although Marie Adelaide is good and pretty, she is too arrogant. Tangning prefers soft girls. This type is easy to train.
"Charlotte, don't think about it, it's just Marie Adelaide."
Francisco decisively interrupted Tangning's thoughts and directly designated his future wife without giving him a choice.
"Tangning, if you marry Marie Adelaide, you will have the chance to become the king.
Moreover, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife may give birth to a daughter next time. Even if it is a boy, he may not grow up healthy. "
"Ah! Dad, you had free love back then, but now you've blocked my way."
Tangning despised her father so much now that she wouldn't give him a chance once she got in the car.
"Get lost, I wasn't the eldest son at that time, and my eldest brother hadn't been with that American woman yet."
"Woo~wow~wow~"
Tang Ning finally met her arbitrary father, but when he was used on him, even though he was an adult soul, Tang Ning really shed tears at this moment.
"When you cry, don't cry!"
Seeing that her father, Francisco, was serious, Tangning immediately ran away to find Marie Adelaide, preparing to train her.
After seeing Tangning running away, Adelaide smiled with emotion.
"Francisco, as expected, it is you, as a father, who can deal with this naughty guy.
Although Tang Ning usually doesn't do anything out of the ordinary and has never made a big mistake, but she was too out of her depth. You are someone who has been through this before. You have experience in handling things. "
"Grandma! Don't look at Tangning's crying. It's all just pretending. This kid needs to be dealt with."
Francisco, of course, understands what his child is like, but he needs discipline.
"This kid has helped me and Anna a lot with his cleverness since he was a child. He is so proud of it that he often calls me stupid dad.
No matter who he is, he likes to listen to stories since he was a child, but he didn't like to listen to fairy tales since he was a child. When Anna told him stories, he could always guess the ending, and even tell better stories, and even wrote them to earn royalties.
Sometimes when Anna was busy, she couldn't tell Helen stories and asked Tangning to tell her sister. This brat would tell some dark stories and deliberately make Helen cry.
This kid has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, it’s hard not to keep an eye on him. "
"Grandma, don't worry too much about Tangning. This kid will be fine in a while. He has a very good self-regulation ability."
Francisco was too lazy to care about Tangning. The most important issue now was Portugal.
“The Algarve region was given to me by Carlos I, and I had to figure out how to govern it.
Although this place is large, the population is too small, so it is actually not difficult to govern. In Tang Ning's words when she was in Ma'ang, it is easier to feed people in a vast land than in a small land, and just build a few pillar industries. , can feed people. "
"Oh, how are you going to govern the Algarve?" Adelaide asked curiously.
"I've learned about Algarve, which has a population of about half a million. In fact, governance is very simple."
Francesco started talking about the Algarve.
“The Algarve has always been a border region of Portugal and has not been taken seriously, and neither the royal family nor the republicans have deep roots there.
I plan to control the situation there first and then develop large-scale agriculture, animal husbandry, textile industry, fishery and steel industry.
The Algarve region actually has a good environment with abundant rainfall, but there are many mountains and hills. There are many nomadic cattle and sheep there, but it lacks agriculture and animal husbandry management like in Western Europe.
The three-wheel farming and stationary animal husbandry here in France and Germany are very suitable for it. I plan to promote it. Wool is used for textile processing. The population there is poor and the initial salary is not too high.
The fishery resources around the Algarve are okay, but there is no decent fishery, which can be developed.
In fact, Portugal has no shortage of iron ore and coal mines, but the steel industry cannot develop. I have a steel company, and Luxembourg is also a big steel country. The cost of investing in steel plants there is actually very low.
Portugal cannot develop because there are too many factions, all of which are busy fighting and not developing. The business environment is bad, and it is dumped by British, French and German industries. There are not many small and medium-sized enterprises. Decent enterprises have backers behind them, and these enterprises There are only a handful of them.
A good Portugal, in addition to exploiting some things from its colonies, ultimately relies on exporting ores and timber to earn foreign exchange. "
After all, Portugal has a very close relationship with the Miguel royal family. Seeing the majestic first colonial empire reduced to this, Francisco also sighed.
“Algarve, although there are few poor people, those people look down upon it, so that’s fine, and it’s easy for me to control.
This area has a total population of 500,000, which can be stimulated by the development of some decent industries. What is lacking is investment.
Anyway, I’m not short of money, and I don’t expect to be restored in Portugal. Let’s just treat it as a person who is standing in front of the Duke of Algarve and fulfill my obligations! "
