Claude didn't know that his riot at the Black Snake Club Casino was misunderstood as a hired murder. Of course, he couldn't explain it. Days had to go on day by day, so he decided to stay calm during this period and act like a murderer.
Fortunately, he plays the role of a responsible forest farm supervisor and the second son of the Field family. Therefore, in the next few days, he still ran both ends, going to the forest farm to inspect every day, and then going home to be a filial child and love his younger brothers and sisters.
's brother.
On the afternoon of January 8th, Borik, who had gone to the Royal Capital to deliver a letter, finally came back. He was wearing new clothes and his face was glowing, and he brought back a reply from Lady Maria. According to him, his trip to the Royal Capital to deliver the letter went very smoothly.
He was also very lucky. After arriving at Baron Noriman's residence in the royal capital and delivering the letter, Baroness Maria soon summoned him and asked him about what happened in White Deer Town, and was very concerned about Claude's situation.
In the end, Lady Maria asked him to stay at the Baron's Mansion for a few days, and then she would write a reply and ask him to take it back to Claude when she was done with her work. She also asked the Lutheran housekeeper to entertain him well. So Borik
So we stayed at the baron's house and had good food and drinks. During this period, we also visited the royal capital several times and saw the prosperity of the royal capital.
After waiting for another two days after the New Year, Mrs. Maria summoned Borik again, gave him a reply letter, had someone buy him new clothes, and rewarded him with a gold crown. Then he set foot on
On the return trip, he worked hard. Although there was heavy wind and snow on the road, it still only took him five days to get back.
Claude now regrets why he didn't think about his financial problems that night in the casino. He even paid a large sum of money to the last Silver Taller around him to the two members of the Black Snake Society who led him. etc.
It was only after he returned home that he realized that he had no money. Although he found a few riaso in the cabin, the money was not of much use. As for the eight silver thalers given to his sister, because they were spent during this period
In terms of medicines and supplements for my family and my mother, they are almost all gone.
If I had known better that night, I would have just grabbed one in the casino. Although the gambling table was full of chips instead of cash, I could have found an exchange place in the casino, where I should be able to make a lot of money. Anyway, I was like this
If you are poor, you can definitely rob the rich and give to the poor. I only blame myself for not thinking at the time that fighting in such a vain was really uneconomical.
Claude didn't have any moral bottom line at this time. He didn't think there was anything wrong with robbing the Black Snake Club's casino. After all, it was ill-gotten gains. He didn't feel any guilt after taking it and spending it on alchemy magic experiments.
This is much better than being trapped by money now. It's a pity that I didn't think of this at all, and my heart was filled with the frustration of entering the treasure house and returning empty-handed.
At this moment, Claude and Borik were waiting in line at the National Bank to withdraw money. The reason why Claude regretted not grabbing a big deal at the Black Snake Club was that he needed to pay Borik a
The reward of Jin Kelang reminded Claude of the reality that he no longer had any money around him.
I didn't expect so many people to queue up to withdraw money at the National Bank just after the New Year. There is only one counter for withdrawing money at the bank. The tellers are slow and the queue is long. Many people are complaining. Claude
Only later did I remember my mistake. If I had grabbed one at that time, I wouldn't have had to wait in line here.
Fortunately, Madam Maria opened an account for Claude in the National Bank. Otherwise, Claude would probably go to the Black Snake Club's casino again at night. Last time, he went to settle accounts with Albert, so this time
It's very likely that he really went to rob. For money, Claude doesn't mind going to the Black Snake Club to cause trouble. Even if it is a risk, it is better than being embarrassed and having no money to pay the bill...
Finally the queue came to an end, and Claude advanced three gold crowns from his account this time. He first paid one gold crown to Borik who was waiting aside. This was the agreed reward. He thanked him a few times and left.
The remaining two Jinkelang went home and gave one to my sister for household use, and the other one was kept by her side in case of emergencies.
After everything was settled, Claude had time to sit down and put away his idea of going to the Black Snake Club Casino to rob. He took out Madam Maria's reply letter and opened it to read what it said.
When Claude wrote to Mrs. Maria, he detailed the changes that had occurred at home and his father's arrest on charges of endangering the security of the kingdom. At the same time, he told what he knew about his father and their plans to open up White Deer Town to Nubi.
The route plan of the Direct Territory of Tiersim, the kingdom of the West Asian Continent, was also revealed in detail. In the end, the route was successfully developed. Father and the others also introduced the situation of organizing a merchant fleet to trade.
Claude knew very well that at this time, only with the most sincere attitude could he obtain Madam Maria's help. He did not need to hide his father's plan and told Madam Maria what he knew and guessed, so that he could
Please ask Madam Maria to find out what happened, which prevented the merchant fleet from returning on time, and my father and the others were arrested for this...
Madam Maria did not disappoint Claude, and her reply was filled with several pieces of paper. In addition to expressing her sympathy for the misfortune of Claude's family at the beginning of the letter, the next step was to get down to business and introduce her story.
Inquire about the situation.
Something really happened to the merchant fleet, but it was not a shipwreck or offending a powerful person as Claude imagined, but it was an unfortunate target of pirates.
Mrs. Maria said in the letter that the anti-Austrian five-nation alliance in the eastern part of the mainland knew very well that they could not compete with the Kingdom on the Nubisian continent, so on the one hand, they vigorously strengthened their maritime power and controlled the Kingdom of Ovelas to seven overseas locations on the Nubisian continent.
Maritime routes of the direct-administered territories. On the other hand, they lured and recruited large and small pirate gangs on various islands near the Nubisian continent, allowing them to go to the seven overseas direct-administered territories of the Kingdom of Ovelas on the Nubisian continent.
Looting and destruction forced residents of the seven overseas territories to move inland, away from the coastline...
The Kingdom's transport fleet to the seven overseas territories of Nubicia can only be carried out twice a year, once in the first and second half of the year. Each time, two-thirds of the Kingdom's fearless fleet needs to be dispatched for maritime escort, and transportation
The size of the fleet cannot exceed fifty ocean-going transport ships. Even so, each fleet trip will be subject to countless small-scale attacks, and it will only reduce the number of three to five warships or ocean-going transport ships when returning.
The voyage went very smoothly, and many sailors called the sea route to Nubicia the bloody road...
Under such circumstances, Captain Altruni's ocean-going fishing vessel the Red Sea Shark did not attract anyone's attention when it first arrived in the Tiersim Direct Territory. People thought it was just a lucky smuggling ship. Lucky
They managed to avoid the siege by the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance maritime patrol fleet and the attacks by pirate gangs active in the coastal waters of the Nubicia continent. But when they returned, they might not be able to have such good luck again. No.
People discovered that Captain Altruni had opened up a new route.
Therefore, when Captain Altruni arrived at the Overseas Territory of Tilsim for the second time with a huge merchant fleet, everyone there realized that this red-faced captain was not just lucky, but had mastered a trick that was not good for him.
A well-known secret route.
However, Captain Otruni stuck to his promise and strictly prohibited his crew and sailors from revealing the secrets of the new route. The turmoil soon subsided. In the Tiersim area, no one dared to blatantly attack merchants from the mainland.
fleet, but secretly there are countless interested people running to communicate. The situation is like the sea before the storm, unusually calm and depressing...
Mr. Morsand and his friends planned to open up this new route. They only saw the golden money and ignored the risks they were about to face. In fact, they were just a group of small local officials and businessmen. Although
He has an adventurous spirit and a speculative vision, but he does not understand the overall situation and the real situation of the Nubicia continent, so it is inevitable that he will fall into trouble.
This is what Mrs. Maria lamented in her letter. She obviously had good cards, but Mr. Morsan and the others ruined the game. All this can only be blamed on Mr. Morsan and the others for being too greedy. Otherwise, in the future
After the new sea route was opened, it was reported to the royal capital immediately, so a title could not be lost. However, they wanted to make a profit first and sent a merchant fleet to the Nubicia continent, so a good thing turned into a bad thing.
Captain Altruni also had a premonition that something was wrong, and did not return as planned. Instead, he quietly set sail late at night a few days in advance. However, the pirates planted many spies in the overseas territories of Tiersim and were able to evade the first batch.
Unable to hide the second batch. Five days after going to sea, countless pirate gangs swarmed in on sea ships, and the merchant fleet was besieged. After losing most of his men, Captain Otruni had to order the surrender in order to save the lives of the remaining personnel.
As a result, the new route fell into the control of pirates.
It is said that Captain Otruni and several sailors who were unwilling to join the pirate gang were left to fend for themselves on an uninhabited island in the Silent Ocean. The rest of the crew and sailors were forced to become part of the pirates. They took the pirates with them
The gang followed the new route through the Silent Ocean and arrived at the Stormy Sea, where they found several islands as a place to stay, and began to attack and plunder trading merchant ships and transport fleets on the outer sea routes...
This is also the main reason why the Kingdom's Admiralty requested that Mr. Morsan and his associates be dealt with severely and charged with endangering the security of the Kingdom.
The Kingdom's Dreadnaught Fleet was already overwhelmed by the sea route blockade of the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance's Maritime Combined Fleet. In addition, the twice-yearly escort missions have caused most of the Dreadnought Fleet's combat power to be consumed fighting pirates.
During the repeated killings, they could only barely guarantee the security of the eastern waters of the kingdom and maintain a strategic confrontation with the United Fleet.
No one expected that the new shipping route planned by Mr. Morsan and his associates would be mastered by pirates from the Nubisian continent, which would cause such great harm to the safety of the shipping routes in the central and western waters of the Kingdom. In less than half a month,
More than 20 trading and transport ships were hijacked and plundered, which was like a stab at the most vital part of the kingdom.
The kingdom's fearless fleet had to send a temporary squadron to the central and western waters to patrol and look for traces of pirates. They were lucky enough to happen upon five pirate ships robbing them. After a fierce naval battle, one pirate ship sank and two
Several of the pirates who were captured and surrendered were the sailors and crew members of the Bailu Town Merchant Fleet who were forced to surrender and become pirates, so the truth of the matter came to light.
The Kingdom's Admiralty was very angry after receiving the report. They believed that the failure to kill local officials like Mr. Morsan and the few businessmen who invested in the merchant fleet was not enough to deter those greedy guys who did not care about the safety of the kingdom. Because these guys opened up
The new route attracted pirates active on the Nubisian continent, causing immeasurable losses and harm to the central and western waters of the kingdom!
If the Dreadnought Fleet detaches a squadron to patrol the mid-western waters all year round, the Dreadnought Fleet will be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Anti-Austrian Alliance Combined Fleet due to insufficient strength, and may even lose the fragile balance of maritime power.
and peace, leading to a large-scale naval battle between the two parties, and the anti-Austrian alliance completely closed the sea route to the Nubisian continent. The consequences were something the kingdom could not afford...