“Yo!”
As soon as he walked to the airport gate and listened to the music outside, Alan's eyes lit up. He used to have a very bad impression of Canada, feeling that this place was full of barbarians from a wild and desolate land.
But when he came to Canada this time, Alan suddenly discovered that Canadians are really good.
Rumors misled me!
This feels much better than when I was in Australia!
There was music playing and people welcoming him, and this feeling of being valued... Alan liked this feeling!
It would be even better if this plane was his private plane, with his family emblem painted on it, and dozens of guards in classical knight costumes got off after it landed.
Tsk, what a pity...
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"Dear Sir Allen, welcome to Canada. I am the secretary of the Governor General, His Excellency Governor General Raymond. On behalf of the Governor General and all my colleagues in the Governor General's Office, I welcome you!"
A small bouquet of flowers was handed to Alan by the Governor's secretary with both hands. When the two met, the Governor's secretary's face was flushed.
Who says that Great Britain has no loyal subjects overseas? !
This secretary was originally a conservative, and had been extremely fascinated by medieval culture and British aristocratic culture since childhood. His childhood dream was to become a knight!
This is the highest honor that an ordinary person of common origin can strive for in his lifetime.
And the person in front of him was not only a noble earl, but also a border noble earl from an ancient family. This was a very remarkable family background!
Plus... he was also the head of the Welsh branch of the Knights Hospitaller, which just hit the secretary right in the heart!
This feeling... most people can't experience it!
A living noble lord, also the branch chief of an ancient knight order with an ancient history and "world-renowned", was standing in front of him.
The secretary instantly turned into a little fanboy. After handing over the flowers, he nervously wanted to shake hands with Alan, but he didn't know how to do it. He could only stand beside Alan awkwardly and rub his hands.
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"Good afternoon, Excellency. You have worked hard on the journey. The Governor has asked about it several times, so I called your butler..."
Without giving the Governor's secretary time to think, the deputy leader of the England team squeezed forward, got in front of Alan, saluted in a very standard manner, and then explained why he called old Carl.
This kind of small matter usually doesn’t need to be explained specially, but... isn’t this the special status of the team leader? Other team leaders... would at most curse a few words, but the one in front of him, he dares to kill people!
Moreover, he is the type who can kill people without any problem. Which deputy team leader would not be afraid of such a person?
He was not familiar with Alan, so he could only observe all the etiquette, because the more polite the better.
…
Seeing that the deputy team leader had taken his place, the governor's secretary frowned slightly, squeezed inconspicuously, and moved closer to Alan to explain in person: "Sir... Governor Raymond wanted to invite you to give a speech at the opening ceremony, but you haven't arrived yet. There's not much time left, so I urged the deputy team leader."
"Hmm? A speech?"
Alan blinked. With his cultural attainments, giving a speech in this kind of situation...
This is a sports event attended by more than 70 regions around the world. In terms of the influence of the participating regions, it is second only to the Olympics. This kind of event...
Forget it, forget it. It won’t do him much good to say something good, but if he says something bad and it is over-interpreted by others, it will only get him into trouble. There’s no need for that!
"I have no interest in giving a speech. Just let Governor Raymond proceed as planned."
Alan looked at the team behind the deputy team leader, and then at the convoy ready in the distance. There were not many media around, but some people were already taking pictures with cameras in the distance.
"Okay, I'm very satisfied with today's welcome ceremony. Let's go to our residence first and talk about it. This...is not the place to talk."
…
Seeing Alan pointing at the people taking pictures in the distance, the governor's secretary became furious. These people had been attracted by the band when Alan was not here. People were speculating that they were going to welcome some important person. At that time, he had sent someone to drive them away once, but they still came back like flies. The noble lords of Britain attach great importance to privacy!
"Okay, okay, sir, please get in the car. We have arranged accommodation for you. I hope you will be satisfied."
"Oh? Haha... I'm really looking forward to it!"
This time, the Canadian side specifically notified Allen's people that Allen did not need to arrange accommodation in advance, and that their Governor's Office would be responsible for the arrangement, and would absolutely guarantee that Master Allen would be satisfied!
In view of the assassination in Australia at the beginning of the year, the murderer's motive has not been found out yet. The Governor-General of Australia was reprimanded by the Queen in a letter. The Governor-General of Canada felt sympathetic. Allen was one of the parties involved. This time he led the team to participate in the Commonwealth Games on behalf of two regions of Great Britain. The Governor-General did not want another assassination to happen here, so...
He picked an absolutely great place for Alan to live!
…
Exit the airport and head south to the city of Victoria. It is very close to the United States. Vancouver is across the sea. It is one of the few cities in Canada that can be considered as decent. As for other places...
That's the big countryside!
Think about it, their total "land area" ranks second in the world, second only to Russia, but the total population is only more than 30 million. Among these more than 30 million people, nearly 80% live on this side close to the American border, distributed in a strip. The large tracts of land to the north are either farms or small villages, and many are uninhabited areas.
Not far from the airport, the modern scenery had begun to fade away. After driving south for half an hour, Alan looked at the scenery outside the car window and felt like he was back home.
Woods, green space, no people.
Isn't this a replica of Wales?
Just before getting off the plane, when looking down at Victoria from the sky, Alan was amazed that such a small "Canada" could be so developed. But now as soon as he left the airport, he was exposed.
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"Sir, we are only ten minutes away."
After passing through the forest path, we finally entered a place that looked a bit like a small town. Here... the scenery is quite good, just like Carmarthen!
Alan glanced at the scenery outside. He didn't know where the Governor General of Canada would arrange him this time, but looking at the remoteness of the surrounding area... Damn, these barbarians, they wouldn't arrange me to some military base in the wild, right?
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The Royal Military College of Canada is located in Hatley Park and a century-old castle.
About fifty years ago, the Canadian government bought the right to use this castle and established the Royal Naval College to train naval officers.
After the war, the academy was upgraded and renamed the Royal Military Academy.
The teaching results of this academy may not rank among all military academies, but what is their only advantage?
Nice scenery!
It is known as the military academy with the most beautiful campus scenery in the world.
Just this introduction... Alan's eyes widened.
As a scoundrel from the navy, what is the most beautiful military academy campus in the world?
He couldn't understand why Canadians cared about the beauty of the scenery at a military academy.
What does this have to do with combat effectiveness?
No wonder Canada always played a supporting role during World War II. With their mentality, there is no need to expect them to do anything. Being able to be cannon fodder is already good enough for them!
…
When the convoy arrived in front of the campus office building, looking at the familiar architectural style, if no one had said anything, Alan would have thought someone had stolen his old castle.
Look at the mottled stone walls, the old black spots, the creepers on the walls, wow...
The scenery was indeed quite nice, if there was no flag on it, Alan would have thought it was the remains of an abandoned castle in the wild.
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Perhaps seeing the confusion on Allen's face, the governor's secretary took the initiative to introduce with a polite look: "Sir, we saw in the introduction that your family has a long history and you are also very fond of history. This is a place that the governor specially found to suit your aesthetic taste."
"Although this castle is only a few hundred years old and not as good as the castle at home, but... the scenery here is also unique with the castle. There are swans in the park in the distance."
"swan?"
Why are you introducing this to me?
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Little Stone winked at the governor's secretary, leaned over to Alan and whispered, "Master, the governor means that he heard that you like to eat swans, so he picked this place on purpose. There are fresh swans all around here. Whenever you want to eat them, you can always have someone go get them!"
"???"
Alan was stunned for a moment, looked at Xiao Shitou, and then looked at the governor's secretary who was nodding and bowing beside him.
Damn, is this how I look in the eyes of Canadians?
Look at what you are saying?
What do you mean I love to eat swans?!
Who leaked the news? If the Queen knew about this, she would be scolded!
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The governor's secretary didn't notice Alan's expression at all. After seeing that Little Stone had finished explaining, he continued, "Sir, this is the academy's holiday period. There are not many people on campus, and not many ordinary people will come here. The security environment is absolutely first-class. As long as they are not students in training uniforms approaching, if they are ordinary people, as long as you think they will threaten your safety, your guards can shoot at will. It has nothing to do with us!"
A notice had been sent out a month in advance. The place is remote and it's a military academy, so it's not open to the public either on weekdays or holidays. As long as ordinary people come, it's a violation. If they commit suicide, it will have nothing to do with the governor.
This was the best accommodation Governor Raymond and his staff could come up with for Allen.
Castle, got it!
The surrounding environment is vast and sparsely populated, and there are no ordinary people yet!
If this doesn't work, then if anyone breaks in, just kill them at will. If they die, it's their bad luck.
This way, as long as Alan doesn't get into trouble in public, he will be safe throughout the whole process!
Allen pulled the corner of his mouth. You don't say... Although I haven't met Governor Raymond yet, this arrangement...
He already felt that Governor Raymond was a wonderful man, and his ability to shirk responsibility was quite British.
…
Alan stayed at the Royal Military Academy campus for one night. Although the facilities were not luxurious, he was quite satisfied with the environment.
The next afternoon, we took a bus to the city.
Victoria is a city that witnessed the decline of Britain from its glory days.
More than a hundred years ago, when Britain was at its most glorious, the construction plan for this city was full of British style, luxurious and grand.
In particular, the hotel booked by the England and Wales teams is the Queen's Hotel, also known as the Fairmont Empress Hotel, which was praised even by the Queen. This hotel was specially built to highlight the luxurious temperament of the British royal family at that time. It has a similar meaning to the Gateway of India in India, and both were built to welcome royal members to inspect.
A pure and classic five-star hotel.
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Wow wow wow…
As the door of the conference room was pushed open, Alan stretched out his hand, and Xiao Shitou behind him skillfully caught the windbreaker that slipped from Alan's shoulders and put it on his elbow. Alan walked to the front of the conference table. Xiao Shitou looked at the cleanliness of the chairs and the conference table, and nodded under the uneasy gazes of several leaders of the England and Wales teams around him, and then Alan sat down.
"Ahem... I don't have much to say about this meeting today."
Alan loosened his collar. The opening ceremony would be held in the evening. As the head coach of the two teams, he only made his official appearance today. To be honest... he had been slacking off for too long, so he had to show up.
"You may not be familiar with me, but the only thing I ask of you is that you do your part well, bring glory to the empire, and tell the athletes below to just do their best!"
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Hearing Allen's words, England's deputy team leader looked a little unnatural. He is under great pressure now. It is widely rumored that Allen is lucky and the people who follow him are generally lucky as well. But now that this gentleman said this, what if the result this time is not ideal?
Who is ultimately responsible?
Looking at the deputy head coach of the Welsh team who was like a salted fish next to him, he definitely couldn't be the scapegoat, so... wouldn't he be the ultimate scapegoat?
"Your Excellency...I..."
"I've already told you, don't be nervous. I don't have any requirements for your grades. Just do your best, but..."
Alan took a quick look and stretched out his right hand, and the little stone next to him handed a small bag to Alan.
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“Bang!”
Everyone in the conference room looked at the small bag placed on the conference table, feeling somewhat confused.
"Here are some of my family supplementary cards. In a few days... my Earl's yacht will arrive at the port. If the England team can rank in the top three, uh... if Wales can rank in the top 20, all the athletes who get a place can board the boat with their cards and travel along the coast from here to back, all for free!"
"???"
The deputy head coach of the England team was dumbfounded. He didn't care whether he could get on the yacht or not. What he cared about most was why the England team had to be in the top three while the Wales team only had to be in the top 20?
This is not fair!
Should salted fish be given preferential treatment?
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"What questions do you have?"
Seeing that the rewards had been distributed but there was no reaction from the people below, Alan looked at the England team's deputy head coach who was closest to him with some surprise.
"I……"
The deputy head coach of the England team forced out a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "Thank you, sir. This reward... is very good... very good. I am just pleasantly surprised."
"Then what are you still standing there for? Why don't you go and inform the athletes down there?!"
“Yes! Yes!”
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