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Chapter 174 The Best Gift
"We have more prey than you!"

Frederick did not expect that Sforza, the emissary from the Helvetia Federation, would jump out and step on him.

In the current situation, face is the benefit, if you don't slap him back, you will get a reputation of cowardice.

After a little more fermentation, your previous achievements will be questioned, and people will come up with all kinds of evidence that you are trying to gain fame, and your reputation will plummet.

Frederick glanced at the prey of the Helvetia. The stacking technique was good. The pile was 1 meter higher than his own pile, but the bottom surface was smaller, and the visual gap seemed not as large as the height.

And they also hunted monsters, a few adult rock bears, which were even with Hellwolves.

Therefore, the Grand Duke of Mainz and the Grand Duke of Bayern did not say anything, and chose to believe in the wisdom of Frederick.

Frederick visually measured the size of the two piles of prey, then shook his head and asked Sforza, "Do you really think you have more prey than mine?"

Sforza replied naturally: "That's natural, my prey is so much higher than yours."

Arranging seats was an important event today. There were many people watching the excitement, and I didn't expect to encounter a big excitement.

Frederick made a sigh, and asked him again: "Are you really sure that your prey is more than mine?"

"That's natural." Sforza said with certainty, "Of course, if Your Excellency stands on it and is a bit higher than my prey, I will definitely admit defeat."

After finishing speaking, he himself laughed, as if he was very proud.

Frederick said helplessly: "If you are a student from Wessen State, I will fine you to clean the toilet for a month."

Without waiting for Sforza to speak, he said to the Grand Duke of Mainz: "Please also have someone measure the bottom circumference and height of these two piles of prey."

The Grand Duke of Mainz saw that he had a way to deal with it, and immediately arranged for someone to measure it.

Sforza's heart skipped a beat. He thought that Frederick would be weighed, so he filled the stomachs of many prey with wet sand, but he didn't expect it to measure volume.

He glanced at the two piles of prey. His pile was obviously much taller, and he felt more at ease.

The data of the two piles of prey were quickly measured. Frederick's pile had a bottom circumference of 15.7 meters and a height of 2 meters, and Sforza's pile had a bottom circumference of 12.6 meters and a height of 3 meters.

Frederick didn't give Sforza a chance to speak again, and stretched out his hand to gather the light elements to draw a circle and a cone in the air, and said to him at the same time: "With the known circumference of the circle, two piles of prey can be calculated. The base radii are 2.5 meters and 2 meters respectively."

"So from the volume formula πrh of a cone, it can be concluded that my prey volume is 13 cubic meters, and your prey volume is 12.6 cubic meters, obviously mine is more."

Sforza didn't know how to refute. His mathematics level was as miserable as many nobles, and he didn't know how to refute.

The Grand Duke of Mainz did not give him a chance to speak, and said with a smile: "It seems that Wesson has more prey."

Then he said to Sforza: "Oh, it's not surprising to be wrong, just keep your eyes open and look more next time."

"Come here, bring the present."

The master made a final decision, and now Sforza had nothing to say.

Soon someone put a large iron cage covered with a colored cloth on the car and pushed it over. Frederick smiled and slowly backed away.

The Grand Duke of Mainz uncovered the colored cloth and said to the Grand Duke Byrne: "Old man, you are No.1 today, and this is for you."

The guests present immediately started to discuss with a "buzz", this is a three-headed dog, this gift is indeed precious.

Frederick noticed that all the people in the Principality of Mainz were holding back their laughter, and the face of Grand Duke Bain suddenly turned pale, so he quickened his pace of running.

"I accept your kindness." The Grand Duke Byrne was obviously knowledgeable, and he gave the Grand Duke Mainz a hard look.

But this gift has to be accepted, everyone is ready to become relatives, and refusing the gift will affect the overall situation.

The Grand Duke of Mainz was a little apprehensive at first, but a heartfelt smile appeared on his face when he heard that he accepted it.

Unexpectedly, Archduke Bain looked at Frederick who could not run far, and said kindly and cordially like his own grandfather: "Frederick, come quickly, you and Maria are engaged and I have no gift for you. It happens that Maria has a three-headed dog, so I will give this one to you, and it happens to be a pair."

Frederick's face twitched, and he meowed. These three huskies are really easy to raise, and the Grand Duke of Mainz would not give them away.

The reason given by Grand Duke Byrne seems very reasonable and cannot be refuted.

Frederick turned his eyes and looked at Sforza.

Unexpectedly, after seeing his gaze, Sforza took the initiative to walk towards the three-headed husky, and said, "Oh, this is an incredible treasure... ah... ouch... I sprained my ankle, go back and get some medicine !"

It's just that it was his right foot that was twisted just now, and it was his left foot that was limping when he ran.

Frederick looked around at the people around him. Baron Wessen looked envious, but he was his relative after all, so it was not easy to cheat.

At this moment, a small transparency with high status appeared in Frederick's eyes.

The royal family naturally wanted to congratulate the [-]th birthday of the Grand Duke of Mainz, so His Royal Highness Prince Rudolf came on behalf of the royal family.

However, he hasn't come out of the shadow of half a year ago, and Frederick is here again, so he behaves very low-key.

An aunt-like smile appeared on Frederick's face, and he pulled up Rudolph's sleeve and said, "Hey, Rudolph, Uncle, I haven't given you a gift for so long, our family seems to be divided. gone."

"Today is just right. This monster looks quite valuable, so I'll give it to you as a gift. You have to accept it."

Many people at the scene wanted to laugh when they saw the young Frederick calling himself an uncle in front of the grown-up Rudolph, but now was not the time to laugh, and they all held back.

There is no problem with Frederick calling himself this way, because in the "Treaty of Wessen" Frederick called King William his elder brother, so it is no problem to call himself uncle in front of the prince, and it seems that the two families have abandoned their previous feuds.

Rudolph was stared at by Frederick, and then subconsciously said: "Thank you, uncle, for the gift."

The two grand dukes present kept smiles on their faces, but they sighed in their hearts. I don't know if it would be a blessing or a curse for such a person to inherit the throne.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, the Grand Duke of Mainz waved his hand, and the banquet began!
Hunters and cooks from various families worked together to select the best prey to be slaughtered and roasted aside, and then served to the masters, ladies, young masters and ladies.

Taking advantage of this gap, everyone presented gifts to the Grand Duke of Mainz.

The first person to give the gift was Rudolph. On behalf of the royal family, he gave a scepter with a diamond the size of a walnut, and he himself gave a purple cloak.

The Grand Duke of Mainz accepted the gift with a smile. He understood the political significance of the scepter very well, so he said a lot of words of loyalty to the royal family, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.

Next came Archduke Bain. His gift was a saber used by a certain hero in his ancestors. A general friendly relationship would not give a saber. This showed the world that the relationship between the two families had reached a new height.

Then there was Frederick, who presented a golden box as big as a microwave oven but inlaid with precious stones, and said with a smile: "The contents of the box are more precious than the box."

"Oh?" The Grand Duke of Mainz put the heavy box in front of him and replied with a smile, "If it's not precious, I'll beat you."

The price of this box can be seen at a glance, and everyone is full of curiosity and anticipation, wanting to know what is inside.

Seeing the Grand Duke of Mainz open the box, he froze for a moment, his expression becoming more solemn than ever.

He asked the servant to bring water, washed and dried his hands before carefully taking out the gift inside.

The people around him had long been full of expectations because of his performance, but they didn't expect that there was a big and thick book in the box. Many people wondered if this is the legendary magic book?

The Grand Duke of Mainz turned the pages of the book very gently and read it carefully, leaving everyone in the audience there.

After a while, his old friend, "Burning Dharma God" Becher stood up and said, "If you had studied magic so seriously before, you would be more or less a Dharma God now."

Only then did the Grand Duke of Mainz come to his senses, closed the pages of the book, and said to his old friend with emotion: "If you fall into the water with this book, I will save this book first."

Becher was used to joking with him, so he naturally didn't care, but walked over from his seat, and said at the same time: "Let me see what the book is, if it's not a good book, I'll beat you up."

He walked behind the Grand Duke of Mainz, glanced at the cover of the book, patted his old friend on the shoulder, and sighed: "Indeed, if you save me first, I won't agree."

The Grand Duke of Mainz stroked the cover of the book lightly, raised his head and said to Frederick: "Thank you, this Germanic Dictionary is the best gift I have received in my life."

Frederick smiled and said: "This is only the first volume, and it contains daily vocabulary, which is enough for ordinary people to use. There will be more vocabulary collection in the future, and it is estimated that there will be fifteen to twenty volumes."

The efficiency of the work of the translation court has been greatly improved under the leadership of Celsus. The identity and profound knowledge of the former director of the Royal Library of Constantbul have reduced the needless wrangling among those scholars.

So Frederick asked the translation court to compile the daily commonly used words into the first volume and publish them, and the more difficult professional words will be published later.

"Okay, okay!" The Grand Duke of Mainz kept nodding, "Don't rush, take your time. When will this volume be available for sale?"

This "Dictionary of Germanic Languages·First Volume" is about the size of A4 paper, 1500 pages, double-sided printing, mothproof ink and sheepskin cover, plus the cost of the editors, each copy is priced at 3 florins.

Frederick talked about the price, and then said: "Now the printing factory has started printing and binding, and the first batch of 500 copies will be available for sale next spring. The translation court plans to edit the concise version next, and the price will be lower."

The Grand Duke of Mainz nodded in satisfaction. Most people would not use such books, and the ones that are useful are not very short of money. This price is fine.

(End of this chapter)