"A joint venture between the two of us? The new legendary battleship 'nominally' belongs to the kingdom? "
When the Holy Angel made the promise, although there was the objective factor of Faletis being the strongest kingdom in the Alliance, the direct incentive was the "capital destruction theory" that Elvin brought up when the four of them were having a secret discussion in the study.
And as long as they could obtain enough materials, Elvin could cast the [Animate Ship Spirit Spell] again. Although the cost was not low, there were no technical obstacles.
So even if it was a "joint venture", Elvin had the absolute initiative.
But even if it was just a legendary battleship that belonged to the kingdom in name, it was still very precious to the Kingdom of Faletis!
After all, after the [Southern Cross Star] went missing along with the exiled royal family of Ilya, the number of legendary battleships in the Alliance had dropped to a pitiful two, and the gap between them and their biggest enemy, the Shilius Empire, had widened.
The [Miracle Crown] was Elvin's personal battleship, and the kingdom did not contribute to it at all. No matter how one looked at it, it could not be attributed to Faletis.
At this moment, a legendary battleship that was no less important than a rank 4 titled warrior on the battlefield was very tempting to the kingdom. Even in the Shilius Empire, it was a matter of national importance.
"This …"
After hearing Elvin's proposal, Levina pondered for a while, but she could not make up her mind. He might as well just send a letter to the Queen and let her have a headache over it.
However.
Not long after, Isabella, who was still in her casual clothes, rushed to the Crown Prince's residence. Obviously, after hearing the news that was related to the core military force of a kingdom, the queen could not sit still.
"Lord Calvert, how many 'treasured trees' do you have left? You really can't sell them to …"
She rushed into the small hall and did not care about her manners as a queen and asked directly.
However, before she could finish her sentence, Isabella's attention was caught by her second daughter, who was sitting beside Elvin. She was as beautiful as a delicate rose.
This was the first time in nearly ten years that the Queen had seen such a gentle side of her daughter. She couldn't help but be a little surprised.
After being interrupted by this unexpected scene, Isabella slowly calmed down. She realized that there were too many people around and it wasn't a good place to talk.
The Queen tucked her hair behind her ear again because she was too anxious and glanced at her daughter.
"Then … Mr. Galliot, why don't we go to the secret room and discuss this further?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Elvin naturally had no objections. He got up and followed the queen who was leading the way.
Levina, on the other hand, blushed at the sight of her mother's guilty and resolute gaze. She stomped her feet in her exquisite high heels and followed them into a secret room in the residence that had been cast with all sorts of isolation spells and divine spells.
Even a Great Adept wouldn't be able to monitor this place.
"Trade bias? Franchise rights? A large interest-free loan from the Royal Central Bank? Immigration policy support? The benefits that the kingdom can offer will definitely satisfy you! "
"When the power of the kingdom increases, the power of the marquisate will also increase, right?"
"No, no, no, Your Majesty. I'm not interested in things like money. The thing that I regret the most in my life is establishing the Mercury Trading Company, Hephaestus …"
“.....”
The three of them stayed in the secret underground room for two hours. Elvin bargained with the two of them and finally reached an agreement that both sides could accept.
Both sides agreed:
They would jointly formulate a warship building plan. [Warship Building Project Code: Jade Corona].
The main body of the materials would be provided by Elvin, and the kingdom would be responsible for filling in the gaps. Then, with the power of the ancient "God of the Sun and Battle" and now "Holy Angel" Belinus, the final transcendental transformation and the awakening of the ship spirit would be completed.
In name, the kingdom owned the new warship, but the actual ownership belonged to the captain, Anita Galliot. The kingdom could request war assistance from the captain when necessary, and during this period, Anita, as the captain, had the obligation to cooperate with the kingdom's political propaganda and deterrence power.
At the same time, the kingdom would control the direction of the propaganda and create a glorious image of a female guardian, the "Jade Light", to accumulate the power of the [Title] and pave the way for her to be promoted to a [Titled Knight] in the future.
Elvin also needed to pay an extra price …
This was also the beginning of repositioning the relationship between the two sides, from a vassal and a monarch to an equal partner.
After agreeing on a time to start the plan, Levina personally came out to send Elvin off.
Her Royal Highness' hands were tightly clasped together, obviously still unable to calm down. Finally, she mustered up her courage and gently tugged at the corner of Elvin's clothes, widened her innocent lake-green eyes, and pitifully emphasized.
"Elvin, we have an agreement. If the kingdom has enough materials in the future, you have to help the kingdom build another one for free!"
She was like a pitiful woman who had entrusted her life to a man and was afraid that the man would abandon her.
In fact, the price paid for this plan was about the same for Rivenna and the Kingdom of Faletis.
Faletis' rise was too short, and their wealth was too thin. They wanted to split every copper Ford in half.
Shilius, who had 50% of the high-quality "Treasured Trees" that he had accumulated for decades, finally built the [Miracle Crown], but the remaining materials were not enough to build a new ship.
Not to mention that the six nations of the alliance could only share 30% of the materials, and it was a drop in the bucket for them to build a ship independently.
Perhaps killing the "Treasured Tree Bay", which was already under their control, would be able to gather enough materials and even have a lot of surplus. But before the country faced a life-and-death crisis, no one would do such a thing.
The material world was not like the boundless spiritual world, where space and resources had their natural limits. The Kingdom of Ilya had a lot of surplus funds, but the total scale of the warships was still very ordinary.
Elvin was even considering changing part of the land in the [Sorcerer's Garden] into "Treasured Trees", which were in short supply.
The unique feature of his Sorcerer's Garden, [Nature's Blessing], should be able to greatly shorten the growth period of "Treasured Trees".
However, oak was a kind of hardwood, and it took a long time for it to mature.
It would take at least 60 years for an ordinary oak to mature, and the high-quality iron oak used to build a battleship would take a hundred years to grow. The "Treasured Trees", which were as strong as special steel, had a longer growth period, at least 200 years.
Although the "Treasured Tree Bay" was big, the production of "Treasured Trees" was not high because of this limitation.
Therefore, even with the help of the Sorcerer's Garden, it would take at least a decade.
This limitation on the scale of warships would only change with the development of the steel industry and the introduction of steam-powered ironclad warships.
However, it was still a little early to talk about steam-powered steel warships. There was another kind of steam-powered transportation, and the three peak official wizards of the "Mechanical Immortality School" had already come up with a prototype.
They had returned to Georgia in advance and began to investigate the relevant terrain to prepare for the final landing of this great invention.
Although the ownership of the neighboring kingdoms and colonies did not belong to them, there was no boundary for economic activities such as trade of goods. With the help of this invention, it was enough to integrate the power of all the twelve Faletis colonies, and let the Marquisate take the lead to achieve rapid development.
Then, the rich would drive the rich behind … Well, that was it.
This plan was perfect!
With this in mind, Elvin turned around and grinned at the Princess.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. When did a reliable person like me disappoint you? By the way, don't forget to prepare the 'charter' for the land development order for me. There are still many ownerless lands in the new continent waiting for me to go back and conquer. "
Levina, who felt that her "seduction plan" was not going well today and was about to doubt her charm, heard Elvin's last sentence, and finally clenched her fist and hit him on the back with some anger.
"Tsk, I don't want to see you!"
.....
In the next period of time.
With the "capitalist" rebellion of Ilya, the elites of the country had been able to see the hidden dangers of class.
Under the leadership of the Church of the Black Iron Cross, the Tulip countries led by the Kingdom of Faletis enacted laws one after another and began to implement the macro-economic top-level design in Elvin's "National Bourgeoisie Theory". They listed many industries that private capital was prohibited from entering.
All industries related to people's livelihood, national security, and major economic development, such as: banking, medical, transportation construction, communications (post office), military, coal, shipping, and so on, were all monopolized by the state.
Even the members of parliament were only allowed to maintain established industries in these areas and could not expand the scale. Other private industries were redeemed and merged to become the prototype of super-large-scale state-owned enterprises.
With the precedent of Ilya, the implementation of the plan was unprecedentedly smooth.
And in the land of Ilya.
The original branch of the royal family, Charles I, who fled to the neighboring Faletis in advance, restored the Ilya dynasty under the protection of the alliance army, restored part of the king's rights, and re-established the [Royal Power].
But in essence, it was actually a puppet regime.
And the people of Ilya, who wantonly persecuted the nobles in the "uprising" and were fooled by the capitalists, became second-class citizens in the entire alliance.
Even the [Royal Power] had no intention of continuing to persecute these third-class people. But the means of production were deprived, and there were not so many jobs to arrange for them, which had in fact threatened their survival.
Moreover, although the original intention of the capitalists was not to liberate the people, but to control the state machinery to pave the way for their own wealth.
But when the so-called "uprising" was briefly achieved by them, a new pursuit of "freedom and equality" did indeed take root in the hearts of the people, opening a window for them.
So.
When their survival was threatened, many Ilya began to think of ways to escape to the legendary golden land – the New World. Although everything had to start from scratch there, there was boundless land and countless opportunities. At least they could let themselves and their families survive.
It was not entirely impossible for them to gather the strength of their relatives, friends, and fellow countrymen to develop new land and build an ideal home.
However, these ordinary people who had just embarked on their journey and were still looking forward to the future did not know that at their destination, the magical New World, a large-scale … [Spirit Tide] had erupted again.
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