"That destroyer was lent to you by my grandmother? And she's giving it to you?" Harrison's face was full of astonishment. To build a vessel of this magnitude required much more than just a few billion US dollars.
Docks, maintenance personnel, and supporting equipment and facilities, all these minor details together approached nearly ten billion US dollars, even for a developed country like England, it was not an amount of money readily available.
At the time it took to build these few destroyers, the nation had tightened its belt, using a large amount of resources and manpower to construct this one destroyer. Although its value might not rival that of an aircraft carrier, it was still extremely important, even indispensable to the territorial sea force.
Such an item, the Queen of England suddenly wanted to give away? And Zhang Menglong should cry if she didn't want it? Wasn't this ridiculous?
However, that very destroyer was now stationed a few kilometers out at sea, even the weapons were untouched. Harrison had every reason to believe that Zhang Menglong's credibility was well over fifty percent!
As for his sister, Princess Shana, she was the queen's most beloved princess. Naturally beautiful and charismatic, she had resources from childhood that even he, as a prince, could not match. Because of this, Harrison had complained more than once during his childhood why he, a prince, was considered less important than his sister. Was the throne going to be inherited by a woman in the future?
Because of all this, Harrison had many conflicts with Shana, but they always ended with him being punished, which he never understood why.
Late, a captain of the royal guard who had raised Harrison disclosed to him the background story. Shana's birth was not meant for inheriting the English throne but for the possibility that one day she could marry a significant figure, someone all of Europe would want to ally with!
Not only Shana, but the other 37 princesses born in this generation were born for such a fate.
Just a few days ago, he had discovered that his sister Shana was missing, and upon inquiry, he found out that Shana had been sent to that mysterious significant figure's house, even the high-ranking people in the royal family were praying that Shana could catch the eye of that important person.
And what Zhang Menglong had just spoken about, was he implying that he was that significant person?
"Impossible! That's preposterous!" Harrison shook his head.
If it was said that Princess Shana was being sent to someone to forge a marriage alliance, he completely believed it. After all, in Europe, such roles as princesses were plenty, and many needed the royal family to bond affinity to integrate and share resources, a practice not rare in history.
But Zhang Menglong claiming that Princess Shana was scrubbing toilets in his house, wasn't that nonsense? A princess reduced to scrubbing toilets—who would believe such a thing?
"You don't believe?" Zhang Menglong took out his phone and made a call to the manor's butler. "Old Butler, do me a favor, please take a couple of photos of Princess Shana, or a video would do too, and send it to me."
Soon, a video was sent to Zhang Menglong's phone. He opened the video and showed it directly to Harrison.
In the video, there was a very beautiful girl wearing a maid's outfit, vigorously scrubbing the inner walls of a toilet in a lavishly decorated restroom, comparable to a palace.
The girl radiated a quality unlike ordinary people, which did not match her maid attire at all.
Harrison recognized her in an instant--that was his sister, Princess Shana. She was really somewhere unknown scrubbing toilets! Zhang Menglong was not spouting nonsense!
"Who exactly is he!" A wave of panic suddenly surged in Harrison's heart, remembering the queen once told him that he was an incredibly significant person. Even mighty England, if it provoked this person, could face the possibility of national ruin!
The two goddess-like girls beside Zhang Menglong were shocked by Zhang Menglong's legendary-like experiences. Of course, they could not be certain if it was all true, but at the very least, they saw that Harrison was dumbfounded.
Could the Queen of England treat him so humbly if he were really just a wealthy second-generation from Huaxia?
"No, I must find out!" Harrison didn't give up until he reached a dead-end and immediately dialed the Queen's contact.
"Harrison? Weren't you representing the Royal Family at the auction co-hosted by the Rothschild family? Shouldn't you be pestering that Emma of yours by now? How do you still have time to check on this old woman?"
A somewhat time-worn voice came from the other end, but the spirit of the voice was vibrant. The Queen of England was of an advanced age, but her health was still robust.
"Grandma, I saw one of our English destroyers here, what's going on?" Harrison asked cautiously, holding his breath and becoming exceedingly tense.
"You saw it?" A more tense voice came from the other end, "So he really did attend the auction too, Harrison, you must be careful there. If you encounter the occupant of that destroyer, you must be extremely polite, even more so than towards me! He is probably a young man around twenty years old, and you must not misidentify him!"
Upon hearing this, Harrison was utterly dumbfounded, "Grandma, who exactly is he?"
"Don't ask who he is," the Queen seemed reluctant to reveal Zhang Menglong's identity, "Just remember, this man is someone the countries of all Europe combined can't afford to offend. The very Rothschild family hosting tonight's banquet are merely his servants, his slaves!"
The Queen continued, "If you have the chance to meet him, it will be an enormous opportunity. If not, you must absolutely avoid offending him, or else, even you, I will have to expel from the Royal Family!"
Harrison put down the phone, his face turning deathly pale; he could never have imagined that what Zhang Menglong had just said was all true!
"Prince Harrison, I think you must understand by now, the words I just said, I didn't lie about a single one," Zhang Menglong chuckled, "And also, the words I just said, I'll repeat them again, in Europe, I really can do whatever I want!"
"Mr. Zhang... I'm sorry... I..." Harrison suddenly became extremely embarrassed; his head was echoing with the statement that if he offended Zhang Menglong, he would be expelled from the English Royal Family!
For Harrison, this was absolutely the most brutal punishment!
"You what? Now you know to be afraid?" Zhang Menglong was in a good mood today and had no spare time to waste with Harrison.
"Mr. Zhang, I hope you can forgive my behavior just now." Harrison said respectfully.
"Enough, stay away from Miss Emma," Zhang Menglong dismissed, "Be more magnanimous as a man; don't linger around shamefully!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Harrison breathed a sigh of relief, "From now on, I absolutely won't pester Miss Emma anymore, I hope you have a pleasant evening tonight, I'll be leaving now."
"Get lost!" Zhang Menglong waved his hand.
Amazement filled Emma's eyes, Harrison, so proud and stubborn, and just in two minutes, Zhang Menglong made him submit? What kind of monster was he?
Moments later, Zhang Menglong returned to his carefree demeanor, "Right, we've had enough to drink, how about we go admire my sheets?"