Lorist only led his requisitioned fleet to Shilovas Island on December 34th. Another day is December 36th, which is the holiday of the three major festivals in Gerintia, which is the festival to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

In ancient times, people in Gerintya stayed at home to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. The cold wind was howling outside and the heavy snow was flying. It was the winter season. People celebrated at home, eating, sleeping, and doing nothing, so they were called off. However, nowadays, the popularity of cold and anti-freezing clothes has made people like to go out to play, and some shops have also launched New Year discount activities in a timely manner, which has added a festive atmosphere.

Fatty Shi welcomed Lorist at the dock worriedly. Although Lorist wrote him a letter, the letter was vague. Josk and El came and went in a hurry, only telling him that the family was in big trouble, which made Fatty Shi unable to eat and sleep well during this period, and was so worried that he even had dark circles.

However, when he saw Lorist, Fatty Shi did not grab Lorist and asked what was wrong, but first told him good news. The letter from the north said that Terman and Yuri were successfully promoted to one golden star, which means that Lorist had two more Golden Knights, and the Norton family owned as many as eight Golden Knights.

This is indeed good news. Lorist turned to look at El, and El shrugged: "I guess I have a premonition next year."

Lorist looked at Fatty Shi again, Fatty Shi said with a wry smile: "I may need two or three years. I don't have enough time to deal with trivial matters, so I can't calm down and practice. I've been stuck in this hurdle for more than a year."

Terman, Yuri, El and Fatty Shrew are all good friends Lorist made during his ten years in Morning Academy, and they are also his closest and trusted subordinates. They followed Lorist to become the Norton family knights and were all three stars in silver. Terman and Yuri were not very qualified to practice, but diligence can make up for their shortcomings. The seven-year military career finally made them one step further and become the Golden Knights.

El practiced the family-born dark attribute fighting spirit, which was originally a difficult to cultivate the fighting spirit that was slow to enter the country. Although El was not outstanding in serving as the commander of the guards by Lorist, Lorist believed that once El was promoted to become the Golden Knight, he would definitely make a splash.

Fatty Shi is the one with the best talent in cultivation among the four. Unfortunately, he was given an important task by Lorist. His excellent administrative ability dragged down his progress in fighting spirit cultivation, which is what Lorist feels most owed to him.

Lorist hugged Fatty Shi tightly: "Sorry, old man, the burden I put on you is too heavy. After a while, you will go back to the north with me. You can stay in the family territory for two years with peace of mind, practice hard and get promoted as soon as possible, and you will also own a Knight's manor castle like Terman and others."

Fatty Shi was stunned: "What's wrong, Locke, didn't you agree that I would be responsible for all the development affairs on Shilovas Island?"

Lorist smiled bitterly and said, "Sorry, we have been in big trouble. Shilovas Island will soon become a battlefield. Our enemy this time is very strong. I can't leave you here. It's too dangerous. You have to go back to the family territory. Let's talk slowly when you return to the camp later. This is not a place to discuss."

Sambawood walked over and saluted Lorist to report: "Sir, all the ships have been arranged and anchored, and the sailor crew has been prepared. Please give me instructions."

Fatty Shi looked at him and was curious: "Sir, is this?"

"Oh, come on, Sembarwood, let me introduce you. This is Shred, the chief knight of our Norton family. If I'm not here, he can make an idea for me." Lorist introduced to both parties: "This is Sembarwood, a golden pirate, which is rare, but now he is my sea stormtrooper. I've done a good job this time, and I'm just about to promote him to be Farea's deputy."

Sembawood was a little amused and crying. He looked at Lorist with a grievance on his face: "Sir, don't mention the pirates are OK, I am your subordinate now. If I am a pirate, then you will be the pirate leader."

The sea storm captain won't mention it. Senbawood thought he was the number one cannon fodder, but he was robbing sadly. Oh no, when he was requisitioning those ships, he found that Lorist rushed faster than him, and often got a ship alone. So he, the sea storm captain, became the fleet manager who cleaned up the mess and specifically dealt with Lorist's subsequent front and tail, formed the fleet, gathered the captains, and arranged sailor crews. Lorist thought he had done a good job and praised him.

Fatty Shi nodded at him: "Hello, Simbawood, don't mind the words of the adults. He just likes to joke. Since he has joined the Norton family, then do it well and you will have a bright future."

However, at the same time, Fatty Shi made a decision in his heart that he must practice hard and ascend to the golden level as soon as possible. Seeing that his former friend had become a golden knight, the adults are recruiting gold levels from outside now, but the chief knight of his family is a silver three-star peak and he is really unable to show it.

"Farrea, come here, this Sembawood will be your deputy in the future." Lorist shouted at the time of coming to greet him but ran to the large ocean-going merchant ship to see Farea constantly.

Farea got off the boat and came over: "Hello, I am Farea, the commander of the sailors."

Lorist continued: "This is Tok, the deputy captain of the Maritime Stormtrooper, and a good naval warrior. Now it belongs to you. Farea, this is Uncle Torin, Tok's father, he is good at managing logistics supplies. Seeing so many ships, he assisted Senbawood in orderly management, and now it belongs to your sailor battalion."

Fatty Shi asked next to him: "Sir, have you requisitioned so many ships?"

Loris nodded, and everyone knew exactly what the so-called requisition meant.

Fatty Shi asked hesitantly: "Sir, why do you do this?"

Fatty Shi knows Lorist's nature well. He has been with him for many years, but he heard Lorist say that robbing the road is the most unskilled crime. What he despises the most is this kind of bullying the weak by force. Now that Lorist has recruited so many ships on the sea, there must be a last resort. Thinking of the big troubles that Lorist mentioned and the soon-to-be-determined island of Shilovas, Fatty Shi wants to know what the truth is?

"Go back and talk, you'll know soon," Lorrist sighed.

After returning to the camp, Fatty Shi quickly learned the reason. He slapped the table in anger: "It's outrageous. Why should the business alliance implement the lord system to define our Shilovas Island as the territory of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce?"

Unlike Pat, North, Jim, the Norton family knights, as well as Hanske and Kodan, the two general managers, Sembawood and Torin, who were fortunate to attend the meeting, Tock and his son were shocked. They were lucky to be fond of themselves and these pirates were fond of being favored by the Count Norton, but they still had the blessing of the business alliance.

Lorist was crazy and swept away the sad ships in the ocean. He actually wanted to organize an armed fleet to compete with the Chickard Chamber of Commerce at sea. The truth scared their hearts so much that they jumped straight, but there was a strange stimulation. At that time, these pirates who were easy to understand and could run away after a fight also had the opportunity to confront the fleet of the commercial alliance. It was really exciting to think about it.

The Chickard Chamber of Commerce is the maritime overlord in the southern waters. Can you have hope of winning against such a giant?

"Not afraid," Lorist waved his hand and said, "I am going to transfer the heavy armored corps of Bodefinger from the north and form a chariot and steel crossbow corps. These two corps will definitely be solid when defending on the island. The Chikde Chamber of Commerce is just the dominant force at sea, but when it gets ashore, it will be a soft-legged crab. If he wants to occupy Shilovas Island, he must go ashore. We will annihilate as much as he comes up, and see how much manpower, material and financial resources he has to fill on the shore."

"Sir, what is the mission of our sailor camp?" Farea asked.

"From today on your naval battalion, Farea, you will be the commander of the naval army." Lorrist originally wanted to use the title of naval army, but thought that if you didn't have such a habit in Gerintia, you used the title of the naval army that was easy to understand.

"The sailors in Niujiao Bay in Northland become the reserve training camp for your maritime regiment. The ship I recruited this time asked Senbawood to assist you in organizing two armed fleets, one of which uses fast-speed sea ships to patrol, alert and maritime guerrilla missions. The other is slower to carry out the transportation of material personnel and be responsible for frontal combat. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir, I understand." Farea replied.

"I would like to remind you that this time I requisitioned a large number of ships, and even those on board have been requisitioned. There is a detailed list of Sembarwood. Now the members of the two armed fleets are mainly our sailors and the pirates who were cast by Sembarwood. Their families are in our territory, so they are the most reliable. You should choose those who were requisitioned by me with the ship and use them carefully. After all, it is difficult to control anything at sea immediately. Of course, if those people have meritorious performance, they must be treated equally and cannot be treated differently."

"Yes, sir, I will do what you told me." Farea promised.

Fareya was sent off, and Fatty Shi said: "Sir, you just said that it doesn't matter if you transfer the Bodefinger Heavy Armored Corps to come, but if you form another chariot and steel crossbows regiment, then Shilovas Island will be unbearable."

“Hmm?”

"Sir, although Shilovas Island is large, two-thirds of it is mountains and forests. In the east, the terrain is flattering, which is the main farming and settlement areas. A regiment of chariots and steel crossbows came over so many war horses that we couldn't afford it at all. Moreover, we just recruited 50,000 or 60,000 refugees from the two southwestern provinces of the Kingdom, preparing for large-scale development and construction. The grain purchased from the Second Highness was only enough for us to maintain for more than four months. The Second Highness refused to trade with us again. He said that the rest was that the reserved military ration could not be sold," explained Fatty Shi.

"Oh, that's the case." Lorist had a headache. He forgot that the food on Shilovas Island was not enough, and it became a problem to mobilize troops to raise food.

Bodfinger's heavy armored corps are good at melee combat and melee combat. Although their armor is the same as the standard equipment of the family armed forces, it is like Terman's Knights. It has an extra piece of steel wire soft armor. Although the burden is heavy, it can have stronger defense. However, they have to cooperate with the chariot and crossbow to exert their maximum power, and complement each other with one offense and one defense.

However, the chariot steel crossbow requires two war horses to move quickly, which is convenient for battlefield layout. Without the war horse, no one can carry the steel crossbow and run with the team. Moreover, the battlefield layout also increases the trouble, unlike the chariot that you can prepare to launch at any time, which is really a big problem.

It would be better for Lorist to return to the North immediately and study how to solve this problem with Master Sid and others. Moreover, there are still many things to be solved in the family territory over there, such as Professor Bob's gunpowder research and glass production under the responsibility of technician Mancheney, etc., and Lorist's idea of ​​artillery gunfire in his mind. With gunpowder, he will make out the cannons and after being equipped on the warship, the so-called powerful armed fleet of the Chickard Chamber of Commerce will all become targets, and then you can see who is the real sea overlord.

The problem is that Lorist cannot leave. He understands in his heart that the Norton family's shortcomings is the lack of high-end force. If we look at the family armed forces, no one can be called the boss if Lorist considers himself the second. Whether it is the elite soldiers or the excellent equipment, the Norton family's armed forces have surpassed the opponents of the same era. Even the 300,000 troops of the Second Highness are not in Lorist's eyes.

But there is no great sword master in the family except Lorist. This time, when I went to the Morient city, Lorist, I realized that four or five great sword masters were in charge of the seven chambers of commerce like the seven giants of the Commercial Alliance, and the Norton family had to experience it themselves.

Although the great sword master can be submerged with the sea of ​​people, how many loyal and brave family soldiers need to be sacrificed? The bloody wounds that the Grand Sword Master of Galinan brought to the Norton family were still bleeding, so Lorist was not ready to leave Shilovas Island during this period. He had to wait for the Chikde Chamber of Commerce to launch an attack on Shilovas Island.

In Lorist's heart, he believed that the Chicked Chamber of Commerce had already had a great sword master, so three or four more great sword masters could completely take over. When one or two great sword masters were destroyed, his family's armed forces could completely annihilate the enemies on the island. With this lesson, the Chicked Chamber of Commerce would understand that it was a delusion to want to get the Hilovas Island. At that time, Lorist could return to the north with confidence.

"Then it, Farea, you can organize two fleets as soon as possible, and let the fast fleet be responsible for patrol and alert tasks on Hilovas Island. After the other armed fleet is formed, it will do its best to transport food from the North to here, and at least a year's supply must be reserved." Lorist made a decision.

"Sir, what should we do if the refugees we recruit? Will the development and construction we are preparing to carry out stop?" General Hanske stood up. He was responsible for the statistics and planning of all development and construction projects in his family's territory. He was holding a thick stack of animal paper documents in his hand, which seemed to be something that needed to be reported.

Lorist almost went crazy and lamented in his heart, why can other time travelers be idle and comfortable to pick up girls and make money all day long, and when fighting, one wave of his hand, he can go to the battlefield with one wave of his hand? I have no food to transfer two corps here, and I have to rely on a lot of things to do, so I can hold meetings all day long.

After rubbing his forehead, Lorist asked, "Long story, Manager Hanske, you first talk about what development plans have you arranged?"

General Hanske flipped the documents in his hand and replied: "Sir, it is mainly about the overall relocation of Bainiao Town, the expansion of the wharf area, the construction of defense facilities such as the commercial area and Bainiao Town walls, the seawalls of the eastern island protection, the planning and reconstruction of seven villages and the development of terraces, and the reconstruction of Wanghai Manor is nearing its end. The location of the naval camp and its dedicated wharf has been determined, but the address of the fortress castle of the Guard Camp has not been determined yet, and it is mainly boycotted by the residents of Bainiao Town."

"Yeah, what's going on?"

"Sir, the residents of Bainiao Town believe that there is already a garrison of 500 people, so there is no need for the Guard Battalion. They think that the Guard Battalion can be completely responsible for the safety of Bainiao Town. We were originally planning to build the fortress castle of the Guard Battalion between Bainiao Town and the dock area of ​​the Commercial Zone." The person who stood up and replied was Pat, the commander of the Guard Battalion.

"Where is the location of the sailor barracks and fleet docks?" asked Lorist.

"Here," Hanske General Manager opened a map of Shilovas Island: "It's in this Sailfish Ridge between Whiteniao Town and Wanghai Manor. There is a small cove here that can escape the wind and waves, but we have to spend a lot of manpower to level the terrain."

Loris nodded: "Then so, arrange the Third Battalion of the Guards in the original Farama Village to strengthen it. In this way, the Guards, the Maritime Corps and the two guard brigades of Wanghai Manor, form a three-legged tripod. Even before the family was transferred to the Corps, the soft-legged crabs of the Chikde Chamber of Commerce could not break our defense."

"As for White Bird Town, let the garrisons maintain public order. But let them notify them that the war between our Norton family and the Chicked Chamber of Commerce against Shilovas Island is about to happen. If you want to leave, we will send them to the Northland. The garrisons can remain neutral. After all, the Chicked Chamber of Commerce also wants to use this place as a territory, so it should not do anything to them, ordinary residents."

Just now, El, who was in charge of the guard, pushed the door in with a white letter: "Sir, the Second Highness just sent a messenger. King Andhinak I died of illness five days ago."

The third prince died? The founder of the Andinak Kingdom, who was conspired to be sick for several years, was the third prince, the former orthodox royal inheritor of the Crison Empire, and King Andinak I, finally passed away. The second prince finally lost the only shackles that could bind him and could command a 300,000 army to launch a war to revive the Crison Empire.

Lorist took the letter of confession from El and murmured: "The sky is about to change."

To be continued.

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