Facing the heir to the earl, Major General Alberto needed to maintain respect: "Commodore Caleb, do you also know the whole story of these three captured ships?"
"Yes, Major General Alberto, these three Carolingian ships are so eye-catching. And the largest and most valuable of these three ships is undoubtedly this 80-gun ship."
After Caleb came in, he did not look at his brother Kedric, but looked at Rudolph.
"Mr. Rudolf, the adjutant has told me about your heroic deeds. I would like to express my sincere gratitude on behalf of the Earl of Golden Anchor Castle. I also know the suggestions made by my dear brother." Caleb smiled gently:
"You don't need to go to Mr. Butler on this matter. I can make the decision. The Earl's Castle will send a traveling butler to the Doc Manor in the Southern Continent to have a look. The traveling butler can provide you with protection along the way. You are satisfied with this solution.
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"Very satisfied."
Rudolph got what he wanted, the Royal Navy got what they wanted, and Commodore Kaleb in front of him also got what he wanted.
Only Cedric seemed to have done everything and yet seemed to have done nothing. He received several compliments from others, and these compliments were so sincere and yet so useless.
Major General Alberto smiled at Rudolf and left the deck. There was no need to arrange for an earl's son to enter the Royal Navy, which saved a lot of trouble.
From the moment Caleb appears, all of Kedric's actions become those of the Earl's castle and have little to do with him personally. This is the art of nobility.
Others left one after another, except for Kedrick. Kedrick felt that the smell of the sea breeze was so bad, with a lingering smell of sulfur and burning.
Rudolph tried to invite Kedrick: "Master Kedrick, if you are willing, come and sit on our ship?"
Kedric nodded mechanically. At this time, he didn't want to go anywhere. He felt more comfortable on the wizard's ship than in the count's palace. He couldn't imagine how this matter would turn out in other people's mouths. A bold and lucky man
A reckless young master? A useless young master who relies on his elder brother to make the final decision? Or a fool who tries his best but is seen through by his elder brother at a glance?
When everyone else had gone away, Rudolph apologized: "I'm sorry, Master Kedrick, Brigadier General Caleb has the final decision. The situation at that time made it inconvenient for me to fight for you."
"I know that this is not your problem. I want to thank you. If it weren't for you, it would have taken me a long time to enter other people's vision. At least I made some achievements last night, which also made my future path a lot smoother. I
When I turn 16 next year and join the army, others may find out that I have done something special here."
That's what he said, but Kedric's face was not pretty.
When they left the 80-gun ship, they saw Ursula waiting for Kedric on the plank road.
"Master Kedrick, I just saw the Commodore boarding the ship. I wanted to inform you, but was stopped by the Commodore's attendant..."
Kedric put on his sunny and decent smile and said to Ursula: "It's okay, the matter has been solved perfectly."
Several people changed to a plank road and boarded the 60-gun ship next to it.
The cannonballs and gunpowder on the deck were soaked in water and unusable, and had been emptied by engineers. There was nothing wrong with the cannons, and several alchemical engineers were checking the cannons one by one.
There are two tall black chimneys on the ship. When the ship moves, these two chimneys will spit out thick smoke. There is a huge propeller on each side of the center of the ship. The power generated by the steam engine will be sent to these two
On each propeller, the propeller paddles the sea water and drives the ship forward.
The upper part of the propeller, that is, the part exposed to the air, is protected by an iron cover to prevent the propeller from being damaged. There is a bridge connecting the two propeller protective covers, which will be used by the captain or pilot in the future.
The place of hope.
Rudolph looked at the excited Cooper: "Captain Cooper, how does it feel standing on the bridge?"
"Awesome! This big toy is much more fun than the circus!"
Rudolf believed that Cooper was the most suitable captain. His living corpse could work in the cabin below without needing food or rest. It was a perfect coolie.
From now on, the bridge, deck, and first-level cabin will be the areas where living people move, and the remaining three levels of cabins will be the working areas for living corpses.
Kedrick also smiled, but only he knew how bitter he felt in his heart. Such a powerful ship was just a big toy for these heretics. If this ship was given to him, he would definitely become a qualified captain.
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After enjoying the sea breeze on the bridge, a few people went down to the first-level cabin. The cabin here has windows and is where the crew lives.
It turned out that the wet and dirty bedding of the sailors was piled up in a pile, waiting to be transported away. The Royal Navy might find these supplies of some use, but Cooper was prepared to replace them with new ones, and Rudolph had plenty of money anyway.
The second floor of the cabin is the combat area. There are artillery on both sides. The shells and gunpowder have been damaged, and the artillery can be used after treatment.
"Will it be my living corpse operating the artillery here from now on? The operation will be very stressful!" He said it was stressful, but Cooper's face was full of interest.
The third-level cabin is also the combat area, and it is also full of artillery. The good news is that the hatch on this level is very strong, and the soaking time is short, so seawater does not enter the third-level cabin. The bottom level of the cabin is the ship's warehouse.
, some coal and supplies are stored here.
The general layout of the ship is like this. There are many small rooms inside, similar to equipment rooms, which requires Cooper to learn slowly.
They finally rushed to the most important engine room. At this time, there were more than a dozen alchemical engineers busy in the engine room. These engineers were all engineers from the Royal Navy. Mackenzie was supervising these engineers here.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing Rudolph walking over, Mackenzie put down the parts in his hand: "Mr. Rudolph, the steam turbine is in good condition, and it should be repaired in another week."
"Okay, thank you for your efforts, Mr. McKenzie."
According to the agreement with Mackenzie, he will be free after the steam turbine is repaired.
"Mr. Rudolf, how do you plan to sail this ship?"
This question touched on Rudolph's pain point. This was his first time on a large steam ship, and he didn't know how to sail it.
"Mr. Rudolph, my suggestion is that we recruit a crew as soon as possible."
"I also have this idea, but you said 'we'?"
Mackenzie no longer concealed it: "Mr. Rudolph, I think I can become the first mate of this ship. I don't want to go back to the Carolingian Kingdom, where I can either continue to be a pirate or go fishing. Neither of these
What I want."
Before Rudolph could speak, Cooper spoke first: "That's great! My ship is missing a first mate!"
Cooper now has the title of captain, knows nothing about navigation and ships, and is in great need of a helper.
Rudolph felt that Mackenzie's attitude had always been very good, so he agreed to Mackenzie's request: "Very good, we now have a captain and a first mate. Captain Cooper, next you and first mate Mackenzie
Let’s go recruit a crew together.”
After saying that, Rudolph wanted to turn around and leave, but Cooper stopped him with his hand. He asked doubtfully: "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Give me money!"
"Money for what?"
"Money for recruiting crew members."
Old Gray didn't leave anything serious for Cooper, just some corpses, not to mention some extra money. Rudolph had no choice but to take out his space wallet:
"Here are 2,000 gold shields, First Officer Mackenzie, is this enough?"
Mackenzie began to count: "Second mate, navigator, boatswain... chief engineer, first engineer, second engineer... purser, cook... if you add the supplies needed by the ship,
,Far from enough."
Rudolf reluctantly took out 2,000 gold shields again: "The war has suspended ocean trade, and most of the sailors in Codor Port have lost their jobs. In the past month or two, I think we are the only ones recruiting workers. These seafarers are not difficult to find. So, enough
Yet?"
"That's enough! Mr. Rudolf, you are so smart!"
Cooper and Mackenzie took money that was not theirs and spent it happily. Rudolph and Yin Fenggna were also preparing to leave the ship, but Kedrick and Ursula kept following behind.
Facing Rudolph's confused look, Kedrick said: "Oh, I don't have anywhere I want to go, so why not go sit at your place."
Rudolf knew that Kedric did not want to return to the count's palace. It would be good to follow him. The title of the fourth son of the count was of little use to Major General Alberto and others, but it was not of much use to those alchemical engineers.
It will make them pay more attention to the work at hand.
Rudolf deliberately came to the supplies department at the port first and looked at the things that were going to be loaded on their ship. The low-level officers were really interested when they saw Kedric and prepared some better things for Rudolf on the spot.
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Everything has value, and Rudolph walked towards the cabin on the beach with satisfaction.
On the way back to the cabin, Kedrick couldn't hide his annoyance and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Rudolph, you are so capable, decisive and courageous. If you were me, what would you do if you were in today's situation?"
What will be done?”
"Well...this question is difficult..." Rudolph thought about it carefully and found it very difficult:
"What you have done is perfect. Both I and Major General Alberto agree with your suggestion. A traveling steward perfectly solved many problems. I have received safety guarantees, and the Major General does not need to lose the battle."
force.
The only problem with all this is that you need to convince the castle steward to agree to send a manor steward to the southern continent. This is also the key to the problem. The advantage of Brigadier Caleb is that he can really send a traveling steward.
He is the first in line of succession and has this power.
Just one step makes a huge difference in the outcome. Rear Admiral Alberto can thank Commodore Caleb instead of thanking you. Your plan to enter the Royal Navy has been suspended. Because of the count's order, you
There is a big difference between becoming a Navy captain and becoming a Navy captain because of your merit.
You cannot go to the earl to file a complaint. That means exposing the discord between your brothers to the earl and others. No matter who is right or wrong, your moral character will be flawed to the earl, and the gain outweighs the loss.
If I were you, I couldn't stand this anger.
Scream, don’t bully young people into poverty and run away from home! Get promoted again and again in danger, and then come back and slap your elder brother hard in the face.
What level of knight is your eldest brother?"
"Level 4 Knight."
"Oh, then wait until I become a level 5 or even level 6 knight before coming back. Don't worry if he doesn't serve you coffee obediently!"
Ursula said quickly from the side: "This is absolutely not allowed! The young master cannot run away from home!"
How could the Earl's fourth son, a scion of the noble Golden Anchor family, run away from home?
Rudolph became more and more excited as he talked:
"Think about it, if you go around saying that your elder brother bullies you, how bad will everyone's opinion of you be.
If you say nothing and run away from home, then everyone will be curious, why did the good fourth earl run away from home?
You leave a trustworthy person to secretly publicize what happened today. Once others find out, it turns out that your elder brother bullied you and took credit for your achievements. You have nowhere to express your grievances. And during the war, you have to take the overall situation into consideration. You don't want to
At this critical moment, I got stuck with my eldest brother, so I had no choice but to run away.
In this way, you expressed your anger reasonably, and more importantly, you also disgusted your elder brother. Do you think it is perfect or not?"
Kedrick was so smart and continued: "Wouldn't it be more perfect if I followed you away from home and could provide you with a layer of protection?"
Rudolph was so thick-skinned that he didn’t feel any shame when Kedric saw through his true purpose and continued:
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You are wrong, you did not run away from home with me, you ran away from home with the roving steward of the Earl's Castle. Don't forget, Brigadier General Kaleb has promised to let a
A traveling butler went to the Southern Continent with me.
Anyway, you are under 16 years old and not old enough to leave the castle. Why not come with me? You won’t have much chance here. For you, this way you can not only be safe, but also learn about the Golden Anchor family’s business in the Southern Continent.
Duo Feng, you win!"
"You won too, Mr. Rudolph."
"Then who do you think lost?"
Kedric thought for a while and said: "If the operation is good, then if my eldest brother loses, he will have a reputation of ostracizing his brothers!"
"clever!"
Kedric's eyes flickered. If he was leaving with the traveling butler, there was no need to worry about safety. A level 4 knight was a very powerful apostle on both sides of the Salagu Sea. It made sense in name. Going to see the family business in the Southern Continent, it was also
Not too much.
"Okay! I'll follow you then!"
Ursula on the side was dumbfounded. Did the wizard Rudolf just use some witchcraft? Why did the young master run away from home now?
Kedrick quickly said to Ursula: "Ursula! You must support me! Otherwise I will go crazy here!"
Seeing that there was no longer any sadness in Kedric's eyes, Rudolph knew that his goal had been achieved.
Kedrick said: "I asked the palace to send food and wine. I have been living in the temporary camp next to you these days. I don't like to go back to the count's palace anyway."
"That's right, retreat in order to advance and let them worry!"
Rudolf secretly rejoiced in his heart, abducting Kedric, not afraid that the itinerant steward of Earl Golden Anchor's castle would not help.