"Elvin, if the production capacity of the Mercury shipyard can continue to expand, according to your plan of trading lifespan for construction time, it shouldn't be a problem to launch more than 25 iron-ribbed wood-hulled fourth-level battleships in two years, right?"
Toot-!
Kuang Kuang Kuang …
In the long whistle, an unstoppable steel behemoth crushed the snow-white steam and flew from south to north along the dragon-like rails, entering a dark tunnel that passed through the mountains.
Now.
After a year of construction by the "Coastal Railway Company", the entire line from Buffalo to Cabusher and from Georgia to Charles was open to traffic. Including the "Georgia Corridor" that originally connected Georgia and the Far Sail Territory, more than one-third of the entire coastal railway that connected the Faletis colony was completed.
If everything went well, the later construction speed could be slightly accelerated. Perhaps by the end of next year, the entire coastal railway from St. Elvin to the Far Sail Harbor could be officially opened to traffic.
It could completely afford a considerable part of the shipping business between the colonies. Allowing the ocean-going ships to load and unload goods directly at St. Elvin, the time saved in the middle might allow them to make an additional round trip between the New and Old Continents during the navigable season. That was an astonishing 300% profit even without involving the slave trade.
By then, the role of Long Island Port, the best port on the East Coast, would truly take off.
On the Queen's special train that sailed from Yuanfan to Georgia, Rivenna, who was sitting on a walnut seat in a luxurious carriage, was holding a small ivory fan in her hand, wearing a gorgeous low-cut palace dress and a jeweled crown on her head. She was graceful and beautiful, in high spirits and radiant.
Anita, who wore a female major general uniform, looked valiant and valiant. As the number one female Knight in the kingdom, she temporarily served as the queen's guard. She sat beside Levina and behaved intimately.
The tall and valiant Elvin, who was also habitually dressed in a general's uniform, sat across a small table from them.
"Beautiful Majesty, as long as the money is in place, the posture … Ahem, don't worry, there will be no problem!"
Elvin patted his chest and promised.
At this time, a week had already passed.
Instead of letting [Emerald Corona] fly all the way back, Elvin directly activated [Dream Cruise] and brought the two of them along with the queen's huge team to Far Sail.
Because Levina didn't come purely for the sake of bonding, her first stop was to inspect the Mercury shipyard and the group of iron-ribbed, wooden-hulled fourth-level battleships that were under construction.
However …
Levina looked at the stingy guy in front of her and couldn't help but have a little resentment in her eyes. She couldn't help but take advantage of the darkness in the tunnel to lift her right foot that was wearing a pair of golden high heels and lightly step on Elvin's instep.
Just like that, hundreds of thousands of gold lions were spent without any discount. However, he had no choice but to spend this sum of money.
On the southern continent, the Oyo Tribe was the kingdom's representative, replacing Dahomey's position. The southern continent's slave trade was completely under the kingdom's control, but the attitude of the Sack Empire's prince Clement became more and more ambiguous.
Ugor Island. After several years of construction, several ports on Ugor Island had been put into use at the beginning of the year, becoming a bridgehead that connected the east and west trade routes. While the cargo throughput quickly increased, the calls for a fourth fleet also became louder and louder.
Other than that, the Portsmouth Royal Navy shipyard had already launched three Calvary Heavy Armoured Patrol Ships.
The plan of the army was to build six of these ships in the future, as well as a certain number of new fourth-level ships, to break the other pillar of the Shilius Empire, the "Peacock Islands Route".
This would give the kingdom the initiative in terms of strategy.
The territory didn't seem small, but they needed troops everywhere, so the number of fleets of the kingdom needed to be expanded!
Only the new continent that Elvin was stationed in didn't require the kingdom to send a single soldier even when it was hit by the spirit wave. Moreover, the production of raw materials and finished products had been increasing year after year, contributing greatly to the kingdom's economic development.
Looking at Elvin, she couldn't help sighing.
"Sigh, it's really difficult to drive the kingdom's chariot and break out of the encirclement of the various countries in the world!"
Elvin, who was lightly stepped on by Levina, didn't mind. If one step could exchange for an order worth hundreds of thousands of gold lions, he would have let her step on him a few more times. Hearing her sigh, he chuckled.
"Your Majesty, Sark, Atlan, and even some fellows in the alliance are unreliable. There are no eternal allies between countries, only eternal interests.
Do you believe that if there's really a sign of Pelletis replacing Shilius, these fellows will definitely jump out and drag us down?
Although "morality" is a product of the continuous progress of human civilization, there may be individuals who are moral models in this world, but there's absolutely no organization or country that is a moral model.
Even if a saint is the leader of an organization, if he can't unite the organization and consider the interests of the group in everything, then he will definitely be overthrown, and then ruthlessly stepped on by those with vested interests.
Even if there's morality on the surface between countries, it's only to hide greater interests! In fact, aren't we the same?
By the way, Your Majesty, has the 'dismemberment plan' we discussed last time been activated? "
Speaking of this, Levina suddenly became excited. She unfolded a hollowed-out ivory fan and fanned herself. Her delicate face was almost glowing.
"Ha, according to the action plan we discussed previously, a large number of the kingdom's intelligence personnel have entered the Kingdom of Frisia under various identities, buying newspapers, theaters, poets … They've begun to guide public opinion and incite hatred of Shilius among all classes, especially the upper class.
It's the same on the Shilius Empire's side. We've slowly leaked the information related to the movements of the 'Church of Riches' to the relevant departments of Shilius without leaving a trace.
Even with Empress Theresa, who is said to be pregnant and whose status has skyrocketed, mediating in the middle. But it won't be long before the upper echelons of the empire become much more wary of the key money bag of the Kingdom of Frisia. They'll definitely want to do something to deepen their control over Frisia.
In fact, our intelligence personnel have already discovered that there's no need to take the risk of contacting any core figures. Because of the systematic and irreconcilable contradictions, coupled with the covetous eyes of the 'God of Black Wings', the conflict between the two sides is only a small spark away from erupting. "
Upon hearing this, Elvin immediately interjected, "Don't worry.
"Obviously, Shilius's good days are numbered. What we need to do is to let them suffer as much as possible when they split up! "
At this point, a pair of black and a pair of lake green eyes looked at each other, and then they smiled tacitly.
"Oh, hehe … We're really little rascals!"
At this time, even Anita, who was listening to the whole process, as the two's sister and best friend, couldn't integrate into their conversation at all. She couldn't understand the hidden meaning in their words at all.
Shrugging her shoulders, she went to enjoy the late autumn scenery that flashed by quickly outside the window.
Although because of Elvin's witchcraft, the high-status entourage in the carriage couldn't hear what state secrets they were talking about, they couldn't help but envy this Marquis Garriott who could talk freely with Her Majesty the Queen.
He was originally a Guardian Knight, and during his time in the military academy, he joined the Second Princess, Levina, who was still the crown prince at that time. Then, he quickly advanced to become a high-ranking wizard, and had long been one of Her Majesty the Queen's most trusted recluses.
After inheriting the throne, the first stop he made after leaving the mainland was the territory of the Marquis of Garriott in the New World. This was enough to show His Excellency the Marquis' position in Her Majesty's heart.
Without a doubt, in the next thirty years of Her Majesty's reign, even if she had a significant other after marriage, His Excellency the Marquis would still be the most popular person in the entire kingdom, and he would be endlessly favored.
As for whether the Marquis would catch up to the Kingdom in thirty years? Even the most insensitive person in the group didn't think of such a ridiculous idea.
The thoughts of others didn't affect the two's conversation at all. After talking about the follow-up plan for a while, Levina suddenly thought of something else.
"Elvin, the intelligence personnel we planted in the new Shilius' vice king's district have already sent back the news.
The 'Fire of Thorns' you encountered in the Shattered Star Sea should have received Vice King Flavio's request for help and came to the New World to deal with the threat of 'Mother of the Sea' Milo.
Also, they had previously retreated the border by a thousand kilometers and lost a large piece of precious metal mining. Back then, Shilius didn't have the time to spare, but now that the 'religious war' is gradually calming down, it's obvious that they can no longer sit idly by.
Heh, the production of gold and silver is directly linked to the quality of life of the nobles in the Empire! "
There was no lack of sarcasm in his tone. The Kingdom used the profits of plunder and operations to support the development of the steam engine industry, but these guys used it for their own high-end consumption. It was really … enviable.
Who wouldn't want to live a good life? Right?
"Hmm … This possibility is reasonable."
Since it wasn't targeting him, Elvin didn't care much about it. He only ordered Besmir, who was in charge of intelligence, to keep a close watch and not let this powerful 'Titled Knight', who couldn't be ignored, have a chance to jump out and cause trouble.
Then, dusk gradually deepened.
After Levina experienced the charm of the steam engine locomotive and promised to convene a meeting to discuss the feasibility of introducing this new transportation tool.
Snap!
A finger snapped.
The group of people on the steam engine locomotive had been directly teleported by Elvin to the northernmost city of Buffalo St. Elvin.
Olivia, who had been preparing for the welcome banquet for a long time, was dressed in splendid clothes. As the hostess of the Garriott Family, she had been waiting for a long time in the 'White Swan Castle' with a group of 'Night Creatures' maids.
.....
Under the same night sky.
The New Shilius Vice King District was located in the capital of Juarez on the west coast of the Golden Sea.
"Prince Manolo was assassinated? Death Messenger … Fleet … [Legendary Warship – Blazing Light] … Target … Faletis Colony?! "
The Fire of Thorns, who had been attacked by an unknown mage-class Superhuman in the Shattered Star Sea and had all his men wiped out, returned to the Deputy King's District of New Shilius alone. He slowly unfolded the message from the spirit world sent by the priests of the Tinder Sect who were stationed there.
At this moment.
The candlelight on the desk shone on his extremely gloomy face that flickered like an evil ghost!
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