Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 11 Princess Anne

"Good day, The Princess Royal!" Purficott turned around and saw the person who stopped her, and had to stop. While greeting the person, she also curtsied.

Princess Anne, the eldest daughter of the current Queen of the Victoria Empire, is the first and only royal family member in the empire's four-hundred-year history to join the army as a woman, actually serve in the army, and even go on the battlefield in person.

Purficott really didn't expect that he would be able to meet her here.

"Oh, little Purficott, I told you, you can call me Auntie Anne. Your mother is my close friend!" Princess Anne came to Purphycott and pulled her in very affectionately. Purficott's hands.

Princess Anne, who is in her thirties, is an old acquaintance of Perfectcott's mother. The two were once college classmates.

Perficott's mother later married her father, and Princess Anne joined the army as a member of the royal family.

Because of this relationship, Princess Anne paid special attention to Purficott and treated her as her own daughter, even though she was not married yet because of her service in the military.

"Okay, Aunt Anne." After being helped up by Princess Anne, Perfectcott changed her tune.

It's not that there was any estrangement between her and Princess Anne before, it's just that behind Princess Anne stood a large number of royal attendants and officials from the Royal Shipyard, and Purficott didn't want to be gossiped about.

"Little Purficott, why are you willing to come out of your laboratory? What business come to the Royal Shipyard?" Princess Anne affectionately pulled Purficott and asked her with concern, with a look in her eyes. Full of love and affection.

"I'm currently designing a ship that can fly using the lift of airbags, so I came to the Royal Dockyard to order some parts." Purficott briefly explained the purpose of his trip to Princess Anne, and also mentioned it casually. Check out the airship she designed.

"A ship that can fly?" Princess Anne's eyes suddenly changed when she heard Purficott's words. She pulled her and asked in a low voice, "Is it because of the thing you discovered?"

As the eldest princess of the royal family, Princess Anne is naturally qualified to know that the end is coming.

Moreover, in order to warn the empire's senior officials, Purficott also approached Princess Anne and revealed the news to her.

It's just that Princess Anne joined the army as a member of the royal family. For those conservative imperial nobles, it was undoubtedly a huge deviant move.

So although this brought high reputation and glory to the royal family among the common people, it was not very pleasing to the conservative nobles.

It is precisely because of this that Purficott was criticized in the aristocratic parliament for saying "what do women know"? In addition to the discrimination against her age and gender, there is also a deeper reason for the conservative aristocrats' attitude toward Princess Anne. against.

However, as a blessing in disguise, as the end of the world was confirmed, Princess Anne also benefited from it. Now she has joined the crisis response committee as one of the representatives of the royal family and the military, and has become a high-ranking member of it. "Yes, according to my calculations and the divination results of the astrologers from the Astronomical Society, as the weather gradually gets colder, the empire will fall into riots." Purficott did not hide it from Princess Anne. He explained to her his own thoughts: "At that time, it would be very unwise to continue to stay in the empire.

So I plan to go to the colonies in the New World before the temperature drops to an unacceptable level, find a suitable sparsely populated location, and build a shelter to escape this disaster.

Taking into account many factors such as the freezing of waterways, airships are more suitable for ocean voyages than traditional ships, so I designed a vehicle that can fly across the ocean. "

After listening to Purficott's explanation, Princess Anne fell into thinking.

However, the eldest princess's thinking did not last long. She just pondered for a moment and then said to Purficott: "Wait for me here, little Purficott."

After saying that, Princess Anne turned around and walked back to the group of royal attendants. After explaining a few words to them, she returned to Perfectcott and said to her: "You don't mind if I sit with you." Will the carriage go back?"

"It's an honor! But for your safety, Aunt Anne..." Purficott hesitated. She naturally had enough confidence in the steam carriage she designed. However, Princess Anne, because of her special status as a female soldier, was criticized by conservatives. He has always been unpopular there and has been assassinated more than once over the years. Naturally, Purficott has to worry about the safety of this elder who cares about him.

In response, Princess Anne just patted the gun and sword hanging on her waist that Purficott gave her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my guards will follow us, and I am not a vegetarian."

Seeing what Princess Anne said, Purficott no longer refused and invited Princess Anne to get on his carriage.

"Ah~! It turns out that your carriage is very comfortable to sit on, little Purficott. Although the royal carriage is inlaid with gold and ivory, its seat cushion is too hard!" Princess Anne leaned against the soft interior of the carriage enjoying herself. On the comfortable and flexible sofa, he skillfully dug out the teacup and kettle from the hidden compartment on the side, and poured himself a cup of hot tea.

Holding the tea cup, Princess Anne couldn't help but ask Purficott: "Little Purficott, why do you think those old die-hards are unwilling to accept new things? Obviously the emergence of the steam engine has proved that new things will bring great benefits to the empire and it bringing more convenience and a better life to our people.”

"Because those grandfathers are vested interests, they will not tolerate anyone sharing their power and interests, just like they will not allow a twelve-year-old girl to serve as the professor of alchemy at Longton Royal University, even if I am better than They are all excellent." Purficott also poured himself a cup of hot tea. Although his tone was indifferent, it was enough for Princess Anne to hear the resentment in her words.

Princess Anne naturally knew very well about the fact that Purficott defeated all his competitors two years ago but failed to become a professor at Longton Royal University because of his gender.

But two years have passed since the incident, and Purficott herself knows that no matter how brooding about it, it won't help, but she really can't let go of this bad breath.

"Okay, little Purficott, we'll talk about those old things later, come and tell me your plan!" Princess Anne put down her tea cup and looked at Purficott with a serious expression.

(End of this chapter)