British 1986

The helicopter followed the coastline, entered Swansea, and flew northwest along the outskirts of Swansea.

The entourage who followed the helicopter to London to receive Prince Hussein gently patted Hussein on the shoulder, pointed to the west and said loudly: "Your Highness, we still have about ten minutes to reach our destination. Yes, Your Excellency is waiting for you on the yacht!"

Looking out the window, Hussein was very envious of the vast mountains and dense forests below the helicopter.

Due to the geographical environment of Jordan, an environment like that in Wales is rare in Jordan. When I think of the earl living in such a place, some people in London call it a "backcountry". Hussein Because ask yourself, what does Jordan mean compared to Wales?

Barren land?

A few minutes later, as the helicopter flew over the Gower Peninsula, it finally entered the "inland sea" within the scope of Llanelli.

The extended topography of the Gower Peninsula and Llanelli is just like a big crab with open arms. The position of the crab's claws cuts off the ocean current of Bristol Bay, making the small bay in front of Llanelli Port look a bit like the Bohai Bay. It makes sense, the wind is calm and there are no clouds in the sky!

And when they arrived here, they had officially entered the territory of Carmarthenshire. Hussein listened to the loud introductions of the entourage with great effort, and looked at the gradually growing small town below his feet.

Port Llanelli, with a permanent population of about 50,000, is the largest city in Carmarthenshire and the seventh largest "big city" in Wales.

In this introduction, Hussein made a slight comparison with Jordan.

Well, there is no comparison in terms of population. In Jordan, there are millions of refugees from surrounding countries alone, while in the whole of Wales, there are less than two million people. Maybe If you look at the statistics carefully, the entire population of Wales is not as large as the number of refugees adopted by Jordan.

Compared with Wales, Jordan's economy is a bit underwhelming, coupled with the geographical environment.

Completely reduced to rubbish in seconds.

Passing through Llanelli Port and flying a few kilometers northwest, a better small port appeared in the distance. Here is the destination of Allen's banquet for Hussein today - the small village of Kidwilly .

This used to be a very ordinary fishing village, but the surrounding seaports are very convenient and can accommodate large ships. The reason why the economy is underdeveloped is that, in addition to the small number of people, this small seaport is conveniently located, but its capacity is not large. If large ships can be parked, If there are too many stops, the harbor will have to be expanded.

There is not much trade volume in itself, and there is a larger Llanelli Port next to it, so there is no need to expand here. It has always existed like this half-dead.

The surrounding villagers would never die of hunger anyway, they were already used to it.

And now.

This small port is different. The original land around the best dock has been expropriated by the largest local emperor in the region.

It was converted into a row of simple houses and used as a temporary resting place on the shore for yacht crews.

The harbor is still under repair, but it no longer affects its use.

The entire small port of Kidwilli gave Hussein the impression of being a small construction site, and a bit like a resort with a port.

In the distant port, a blue-painted yacht with a slender hull is parked here. There is still black smoke coming out of the chimney on the boat. It can be seen that it is in the startup stage. .

The slender hull, coupled with the distance, makes it difficult to see clearly, but this yacht feels like a machete, lying flat on the sea. Looking left and right, it seems to be carrying It's a bit murderous, and from a certain angle, it even looks a bit like science fiction.

When the helicopter descended and got closer, Hussein could see clearly that the bow of the yacht seemed to have undergone some modifications. A circle of breakers was installed on the bow, which made it look like a boat. The head is very tall.

But when you get closer, you can see that no matter what the painting is, you can vaguely tell that this is a yacht modified from a warship, and it is directly modified from an active British warship!

Hussein's heart became even hotter when he thought that Count Allen had such a big arm and directly bought an active warship and converted it into his own private yacht.

Although the model of this warship can only be considered to be at the upper, middle or lower level among the world's navies in terms of firepower and protection level, this thing is now converted into a civilian yacht, so its hull, In the yacht world, it is definitely the most defensive existence. Although the comfort and layout of some special yachts may be sacrificed, Hussein still jumped at the yacht that was about to land as soon as he saw it. I fell in love with this thing.

This earl’s aesthetics suited him very well!

"Hahaha my friend, welcome to the yacht Earl of Carmarthen. You have had a hard time on the road."

At the stern of the ship, after the helicopter propeller speed slowed down, Allen walked out to greet Prince Hussein in person.

Seeing this sturdy but relatively short prince, Allen always felt that he was somewhat similar to Wu Dalang in some aspects, whether it was his appearance or the experiences that were about to happen in the future. But Mr. Allen was not prepared to be Ximen Qing.

"Haha, Your Excellency Youlao personally sent someone to pick me up. I didn't introduce you properly last time. This is my sister Haya. She is only eighteen years old this year and is still studying in London. I am usually busy and don't have time to see her. I missed her birthday this time and finally took a few days off before I came to London to see her. I didn’t expect that I would be lucky enough to get to know you.”

Hussein held Ellen's right hand with both hands and shook it hard. Then he introduced sideways that the younger sister who followed her out to see the world was Princess Haya.

After all three of them had seen the ceremony, Hussein inadvertently glanced behind Allen and frowned slightly. The little secretary he was interested in seemed not to be here today.

Hussein pretended to be casual and asked: "Your Excellency, my compatriot who was following you that day didn't come today?"

There was no movement on Allen's smiling face, and the little fish took the bait.

"Oh, you said Yasin, her work here has been completed, and I transferred her to work somewhere else. What happened? What does His Highness want to see her for?"

Hussein quietly observed Allen's expression and saw that he didn't care when he talked about Yassin. He was slightly disappointed, but he was also secretly happy.

I'm disappointed because I can't see the beautiful woman today and miss a chance to get along with her. I'm secretly happy that your Excellency really has no interest in that secretary. In this way, I can pursue her with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Hussein nodded, followed Allen's example, pretended not to care, and began to look at the yacht at his feet.

When I was on the helicopter, it didn't look too big, just very slender.

But when I landed, I realized that the hull of the ship, which is more than 100 meters long, is really not small at all. Not to mention the apron with a lift at the stern. After exiting the stern and walking forward for dozens of steps, It’s just a huge swimming pool!

Don't ask why a swimming pool is designed on board since the yacht is sailing on the sea?

Who can swim in the sea for a long time? Doesn’t it hurt the skin after a long time?

What I want is the artistic conception of this kind of yacht sailing on the sea. People on the yacht can swim, bask in the sun and watch the scenery.

Some yachts don’t have swimming pools. Does that mean they don’t need them?

No, it's simply because the boat is too small to have a large swimming pool. If you just build a small swimming pool of two or three meters, it will look nondescript, so you don't have it. Which high-end private yacht doesn't have a large swimming pool?

Allen walked at the front and personally led Hussein around. This was also the second time he boarded the yacht after it was built. To be honest, even Allen himself had never visited it properly. He only had a general understanding of it. It’s just the location of each area.

Walking past the large swimming pool, there is a medium-sized dance floor next to the swimming pool. In front of the dance floor is a standard large banquet hall. There is also a long bar on one side of the banquet hall. If a banquet is held here in the future, three people can be received. Forty guests are no problem.

Because it is a private yacht, those who can be invited must basically be at least familiar friends. The atmosphere of a banquet between friends does not need to be too serious.

A layout like this on the first floor of the ship, the banquet hall and the dance floor are all convenient for guests to communicate. When you are tired of chatting, you can sit down and chat in the surrounding rest area. You can also dance on the dance floor if you are interested. , if there are fewer people, you can change clothes, swim in the pool and bask in the sun. At this time, the dance floor area can serve as a rest area.

The forefront of the banquet hall is the staircase leading to the second floor, as well as the partition between the chimney and the front cab.

The cab here is the same as the previous combat command room, with only some interior decorations and some functions optimized.

The entire first floor is surrounded by a large number of steel structure frames on both sides, coupled with thick tempered glass. No matter where you are on the first floor, you can enjoy the view outside the ship and have an unobstructed view of the surrounding sea.

The configuration on the second floor is slightly simplified compared to the first floor. There is a temporary No. 2 apron in front of the swimming pool on the first floor, which is not used normally and will only be used in emergencies.

It can usually be used as a viewing platform with a wider view, and it can also serve as a diving platform. You can dive directly from here and jump into the swimming pool below.

The entire second floor is only more than half of the space on the first floor. The front end of the second floor is connected to the front cockpit, making it an area more suitable for conversation, communication, and viewing.

There were only two floors of buildings on the entire deck, and the rest of the building was extremely tidy. Hussein followed Allen. As the functions of each place were introduced, he nodded, with a look of approval and envy.

Although in some places on the ship, you can still see traces of the demolition of some old building areas, this does not affect its functionality at all.

Even at the partition between the first and second floors, Hussein saw something that moved his heart the most.

Hidden close-range defense cannon!

This thing is located at the top of the partition between the cockpit and the rear functional area, next to the staircase area. It is also slightly camouflaged, so that many people will not pay attention to this place, but it is stored in such a hidden place. With two such big killers, this is a civilian ship!

Standing by the fence of the observation deck on the second floor of the yacht, Hussein looked at the buildings on the shore not far away and felt a little envious.

The total strength of Jordan's entire navy is only five to six hundred people!

You read that right, there are only five to six hundred people, and all the naval equipment combined is not even as heavy as the Earl of Carmarthen underfoot!

There are only a few small missile boats in the entire Jordan, and they are still missile boats with very old technology. Although they nominally carry a few missiles, they can only hit ordinary civilian ships, cargo ships, pirates and the like. They have a short range and powerful power. It's neither average nor accurate.

The reason why the Jordanian navy is so miserable is entirely because they are basically a landlocked country. The entire country's coastline is only a pitiful 26 kilometers.

Only 19 kilometers of this was obtained decades ago from the old Saudi landowners who took a large piece of land nearby. Otherwise, Jordan used to have only a pitiful 7 kilometers of coastline. With such a small coastline, there really was nothing to protect. There is no naval force left.

By comparison, just one of Allen's private yachts is stronger than their entire country's navy.

Although the attack power of this yacht may not be good, its defense power is strong. Just these two Phalanx and all the missile boats in Jordan can't do anything to it.

Hussein became more and more envious of such a super private yacht.

Allen looked at Hussein's envious eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

For this kind of friend who has just met, but is not particularly familiar with, but the other person's identity is a bit unusual, it is a bit inappropriate to directly ask the other person to come to your home.

But if you have a banquet outside, it will seem a little less important.

Therefore, Allen set the venue for the banquet on his yacht. In this way, he could show his strength to the other party without seeming that he did not pay enough attention to the other party.

At home, that is, in the castle, it is a symbol of showing a noble's financial resources, material resources, and status.

The more luxurious the decoration in the castle and the more antiques and cultural relics collected, it represents the strength of the owner. Most nobles are accustomed to inviting friends to their homes, showing them around, talking about the history of the home, and introducing various collections. Wait, and the yacht, sometimes once completed, can also play a role in this aspect.

On the temporary landing pad of the second-floor observation deck, the smoke from the barbecue on the campfire rack filled the entire upper platform, which also gave Hussein a little bit of a feeling of home.

Allen specially invited a barbecue chef from the Middle East to entertain him. Today's staple food is barbecue.

Holding a glass of beer, Hussein slowly walked up to Allen, pretending not to care and asked, "Is your Excellency from the Navy?"

"Well, I retired in 1986 because of an accident at home."

Allen smiled and pushed the wine glass in his hand to the wine glass in Hussein's hand, touched it lightly, and took a sip of beer with him.

"Haha. I used to serve in the Royal Hussars in the Army."

Hussein used his service experience to draw Allen and continue to get closer.