Claude slept so deeply that even the bell ringing at the Temple of War at six o'clock in the morning did not wake him up from his sleep. It was not until his mother realized that it was a little late that she asked Angelina to go upstairs to push him awake.
come over.
Claude wiped his face carelessly, picked up two pieces of white bread with his schoolbag on his back, and rushed out of the house. The time for class was coming soon, and if he was late in the morning, the stern teacher Wickham would not mind asking him to stand at attention at the door of the classroom.
Three classes.
I rushed into the classroom out of breath. I was very lucky. The bell for class had just rang. Mr. Vincent, the arithmetic teacher for the first period, had not yet entered the classroom. This situation could not be considered late.
"Why did you come so late?" asked Erikson next to him: "The three of us have been waiting in front of your house for a long time, thinking that you had left long ago, but we didn't know until we got to school that you didn't come."
Claude looked for the arithmetic textbook from his schoolbag and replied: "Don't mention it, I overslept this morning. I just ran all the way here."
"Your eyes are a little red and swollen, your eye sockets are dark, and your face is a little pale. Did you go to bed very late last night?" Bockar said, looking at Claude's face.
"Really?" Claude touched his face: "Isn't there a banquet at home last night? After that, my father discussed something with the guests in the study and left very late. When I wanted to sleep, he
Two wild cats came from nowhere and called Chun on the roof. You know I live in the attic. How could I sleep? I finally drove the two wild cats away, but after all this trouble, I couldn't fall asleep. I waited until I fell asleep.
I couldn’t get up in the morning after catching it…”
"Haha, you are quite unlucky." Viricolo laughed: "This is the spring season for wild cats, and the sound is quite disturbing. But there is a way, as long as it is on the roof of your house.
Kill a wild cat on your roof, and no other wild cats will come to your roof again. Do you want me to bring a musket from home and lend it to you? In fact, cat meat is also quite delicious, and is more tender than chicken.
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"Pull him down." Claude looked at him with contempt: "Do you think my father will agree to my shooting on the roof with a musket? By then, the wild cats have not been killed, and the roof will have to be renovated. If you want to eat wild cat meat, go and eat it yourself.
Go hunting in the wild."
"Vero, you said that cat meat is more tender than chicken, is it true?" Ericson was successfully diverted from the topic by Vero.
"Of course, let me tell you, that time..." Then the two of them got into a heated discussion about the quality and cooking methods of cat meat. If they were not in class, Claude doubted whether these two guys would come back right away.
Get a musket at home and search the town for wild cats.
"Claude, I know what they are discussing..." Bockaar said softly.
"Them? Who..."
"Your father and the others, my father was also there last night. What they discussed was to open a sea route from Bailu Town to the Tiersim Territory of Nubisia mainland. If this sea route can be successfully opened, then Bailu Town will
If it can be upgraded to a port city, it no longer needs to accept the jurisdiction of the Palomise County City. It will be able to obtain independent budget and allocation powers in terms of administration and finance. It will be directly under the jurisdiction of the royal city, and its status can be compared with Port Nerru..."
Bockaar spoke softer and softer, and his mouth almost touched Claude's ear.
"Oh, this is a big event." Claude understood very well why Bockaar was so cautious. If this news got out now, it would definitely cause a sensation. It turned out that his father and the others were planning this big event during this time.
Port Nieru is the only large port in the Kingdom of Overas and a military port. The kingdom's only naval fleet is located there. This navy, also known as the Dreadnought Fleet, is the guarantee of the security of the eastern coastal waters of the kingdom. Its mission is
It is to resist the enemy navy's invasion of the kingdom's waters, sweep away pirate gangs along the coast, maintain maritime trade routes, etc.
The Kingdom of Ovilas is located in the eastern part of the Falea continent. Although it has a coastline of nearly a thousand miles, there are only two places suitable for harbors. In addition to Port Nieru, which is a deep-water port and several small shallow-sea fishing ports, there are other
The place is either a beach, a tidal flat, or a cliff, which is not suitable for berthing of ocean-going ships.
After Sterling X came to the throne, he changed the aggressive strategic oppression of the countries in the eastern part of the continent by the previous king, eased relations with various countries, opened up trade routes, exchanged what was needed, and vigorously developed trade with various countries.
In a way, Sterling X is actually a businessman with a crown. He loves money and pays attention to interest exchanges. But this does not mean that Sterling X has not done his part as a king.
To work, he just turned his expansion focus to the continent of Nubisia.
The continent of Nubisia is very large, at least twice the area of the continent of Farea. Half of the countries in the continent of Farea, or coastal countries, have sent more or less troops to the coastal areas of the Nubisia continent.
Seize land as an overseas colonial territory and wait for opportunities to expand inland.
Compared to the countries in the continent of Farea, which are armed to the teeth, there are frequent battles with tens of thousands of casualties, and even a small border conflict can cause nearly a thousand casualties. The Kingdom of Ovilas is in Nubi
The expansion of the West Asian continent was smooth sailing. It only took more than seven years to acquire an overseas territory that was more than twice the kingdom's territory, and for this purpose seven Nubisian continental territories were established.
The most important thing is that the casualties suffered by the kingdom after opening up such a large overseas territory are not high. It is said that so far only three or four thousand people have been injured, and the troops sent by the kingdom to the mainland of Nubisia are only more than 100,000 people.
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The main reason is that the kingdom's army has to deal with the indigenous tribes armed with bows, arrows, javelins and stone axes. This reminds Claude of the colonial era of the West in his previous life. The modern army armed with muskets dealt with the tribal armed forces of primitive society. This is a kind of torment.
The pressure-type war and the gap between two eras allowed the kingdom's army to achieve an effortless victory.
When ocean-going galleys loaded with gold, silver, gems and various specialty raw materials from the Nubisia continent sailed into the Port of Nieru, the entire kingdom was alarmed. No matter what class they were, almost all people
The people of the kingdom are praising Sterling X's wise decision-making and extraordinary vision. It was he who insisted on spending huge sums of money and taking huge risks to send more than 100,000 troops and countless manpower to explore the overseas continent of Nubisia.
Territory, now it seems that this is really a profitable investment.
Indeed, Stirling X restored peace on the borders between the kingdom and neighboring countries, and trade flourished. He also strongly advocated the expansion of colonial territories on the Nubisian continent, and then obtained various raw materials and gold and silver wealth needed by the kingdom from these overseas territories.
, to enhance national strength. This series of measures and policies have proven that he is a very good monarch.
But at the same time, the expansion of the Kingdom of Ovilas in Nubisia Continent has also attracted the attention and vigilance of other countries in Farea Continent.
In particular, the Kingdom of Nasseri in the eastern part of Farea Continent has always been the sworn enemy of the Kingdom of Overas. Although Sterling X finally reached a peace agreement with it after many setbacks, it was actually several wars between it and the kingdom.
They all suffered a disastrous defeat and were troubled internally and externally. They could no longer hold on, so they took the ladder handed by Sterling X and got off the stage.
Unlike the Kingdom of Ovilas, which invested heavily in military, financial and human resources on the Nubisian continent, the Nasseri Kingdom also occupied two pieces of land on the Nubisian continent, but the area was not large due to the power struggle within the kingdom.
, its colonies did not achieve much development.
Seeing that the Kingdom of Ovelas continued to expand its overseas territories, and continuously transported property and various raw materials to the mainland, and its national power became stronger and stronger, the Kingdom of Nasseri finally became anxious. If this continues for more than ten years, Ovelas will
The development of the Kingdom of Ras is beyond our reach, and the fate of the Kingdom of Nasseri is terrifying even when I think about it.
Even though Sterling X has repeatedly preached about maintaining stability and peace in the eastern part of the mainland and signed a peace agreement, the Nasseri Kingdom, a mortal enemy, is very self-aware. Now Sterling X says he loves peace and waits for development
Well, what should we do if Sterling XI ascends the throne and declares that he loves war? A peace agreement? Isn’t that agreement meant to be torn up? Just find any excuse at that time. Anyway, the winner will not be condemned.
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The Nasseri Kingdom has failed in several wars on land, and now it does not dare to start a war. Not to mention the overseas territories of the Nubisia continent, with thousands of troops deployed there and the Ovelas Kingdom
Compared with the investment of more than 100,000 troops, that is a desperate gap. It would be good to be able to protect ourselves.
However, one of the biggest weaknesses of the Kingdom of Ovelas has been grasped by the Kingdom of Nasseri, and that is the lack of maritime armed forces. From Port Nieru of the Kingdom of Ovelas to the mainland of Nubisia, you need to make a big turn.
Ocean-going ships must follow the eastern coastline of Farea Continent, pass through the waters of the Principality of Sidins, the Principality of Esquiline and the Principality of Rimodra, arrive at the highest point of the eastern continent, Cape View, and then go straight north through it.
The Sea of Storms and the Ocean of Silence finally reached the west coast of Nubisia continent.
The total length of this route is more than 2,400 nautical miles, and the voyage lasts for more than a month. It is full of risks. Especially when the investment of the Kingdom of Ovelas in the Nubisian continent finally paid off, those ocean-going sails returned full of wealth.
Sea-going ships have become the coveted targets of countless pirates.
The Kingdom of Nasseri united the remaining four principalities in the eastern part of the continent and formed a joint fleet. In name, it was to combat pirates and maintain shipping routes. In fact, it was placing a sharp knife within seven inches of the Kingdom of Ovelas, because he could do it at any time.
It can cut off the sea connection between the two continents.
Moreover, the combined fleet also exceeds the kingdom's fearless fleet in strength and scale. This also reminds the kingdom that in the event of a war, the combined fleet can blockade Port Nieru and lock the fearless fleet in the port. The combined fleet can even be fully loaded
When the five-nation coalition forces landed at random from the coastal areas of the kingdom, it was like stabbing a knife straight into the heart of the kingdom.
For the Kingdom of Ovelas, the combined fleet has become a thorn in the side of the kingdom's senior officials. Since the establishment of the combined fleet, many ocean-going transport ships traveling between the overseas territory of the Nubicia continent and the Kingdom's Nieru Port have been lost at sea.
traces.
Occasionally discovered shipwrecks can only be judged to have encountered pirates, but the kingdom's senior officials knew it, but could not find evidence. The vast sea is the best place for evidence to disappear, and any crime that occurs on the sea will be lost.
Can perfectly eliminate traces of corpses.
The kingdom's ocean-going ships returning from overseas territories can now be organized into a large fleet, plus escorting ocean-going warship formations. This makes the kingdom's only deep-water port, Nieru Port, somewhat overwhelmed. After all, Nieru Port is not only the kingdom's only
The military port is also the only major commercial port in the kingdom and is responsible for heavy external maritime commercial trade transportation business.
Every time a fleet of ocean-going ships returns or sets sail, the commercial transportation business in Port Nieru is forced to stop for a few days in order to coordinate the tasks of the fleet. Under such circumstances, even if the kingdom’s top leaders decide to invest heavily in strengthening the maritime
In order to achieve the purpose of countering or destroying the combined fleet, it had to give up due to the actual situation in Nieru Port.