Tales of the Reincarnated Lord Chapter 511: Planning

Chapter 511 Planning

Three days later, Simba Wood led the Lightning Strike Fleet to transport a fleet of more than 800 merchant and cargo ships to Cape Romani. The first time they saw Lorist. .

"His Royal Highness, this is a list of supplies and personnel carried by the transport fleet. There are a total of 843 large and medium-sized merchant and freight vessels. Of these, 103 large ocean-going merchant ships carried Trade Union in More than 100,000 recruits compulsorily recruited by provinces in the southern part of the Big 6 are young. There are more than 500 ships carrying food, and the rest are mostly military supplies. By the way, there are 38 large-scale recruits. The freighter ship carried nearly 100,000 barrels of Ivy Gum ... "Simba Wood reported in great detail.

How about Lorist? Why do Trade Union ship so much ivy gum? These 100,000 barrels are almost the total output of Romon Empire a year. Take a look at the list of materials handed over by Simba Wood. What is recorded above is that Twinhead Dragon Chamber of Commerce wrapped the production of green rattan juice of Romon Empire for one year at a price 30% higher than the market price. It also wiped out the inventory.

Strange, what does Twinhead Dragon Chamber of Commerce want so much ivy gum? Lorist only took a while to understand. Three years of continuous **** battles, already has left Falik Plains in ruins. Twinhead Dragon Chamber of Commerce purchased so much Ivy Gum from Romon Empire for the reconstruction of Falik Plains. It may be possible to use these Ivy Gum to build the defense facilities and destroyed the fortified cities where already was recaptured by Trade Union. City wall.

A barrel of green rattan gum is 100 kilograms, and a hundred thousand barrels is 10 million kilograms. With these green rattan gums as a binder, one idea in the hearts of Lorist can be perfect in the past two days. Get it. This was a pillow that was delivered during sleepiness, which made Lorist very happy.

"Very well, I am lacking manpower and labor." Lorist said to Simba Wood with satisfaction: "Let those hundred thousand recruits disembark and go ashore to do things for me. Now they already have become our Norton Family captives, No need to go to Falik Plains to send them to death. Tell them that as long as they serve five years of hard labor, they will be free to send them home. By the way, the 100,000 barrels of ivy glue will be unloaded and piled ashore.

"Uh? Your Highness, don't we ship this 100,000 barrels of Ivy Gum back to the family Territory?" Compared to those 100,000 young captives, Simba Wood values ​​those materials more, which may be related to his early pirate job. Experiencing it, we value money rather than life.

"You follow me." Lorist did not answer, but took Simba Wood out of the captain's room and came to the deck.

"Saw it, I am going to build a level here in Tsukuba. This will be the starting point for our Norton Family to control the Gold coastline in the sunny sea." Lorist said.

Simba Wood watched with a pair of bull's eyes for a long time, it was a wave of waves. Well, looking in the direction of Lorist fingers, it is the cape of the Romani cliff. Is Lorist trying to build a castle on the cliff? Simba Wood Bewildered ...

I didn't get a response. Lorist turned around and looked at Simba Wood to see that he didn't know where to go. Crying and laughing: "Look at your eyes? I don't want to build a city on the cliff, but in this reef area."

Simba Wood came to understand this, Lorist's finger really is this sea. But even the reef area cannot build a city. This reef area is about ten meters deep and only two or three meters shallow. Even if there are only some reefs exposed at low tide, unless Lorist fills this reef area, Otherwise it is impossible to build a city on it.

"This reef area is close to the Gold sea road. If you build a checkpoint here, our family can use only a few lightning strikes and Bronze artillery installed on the wall to control the throat of the South China Sea to Hidegold Bay, then Trade Union The lifeline of maritime transportation is in our hands. Our family does not need to venture to the southern waters, build a city here, and interact with Silowas Islands one south and one north. It also gives our family fleet a supply base and a foothold in the southern waters ... Lorist came up with the idea of ​​building a city after receiving a report from Schwartz two days ago. Two days ago, already sent someone to survey this reef area.

"But Your Highness, this is a big project." Simba Wood swallowed and said, "Now that our family is still at war with Trade Union, even if we have enough supplies and 100,000 captive labor, we want to fill it out. This reef area is not something that can be done in a short period of time, at least for three or four years. Is it not worth it to spend so much manpower and material resources?

Lorist laughed: "If it takes three to four years to fill the reef area, it's a bit worthless as you said. But I think it can fill the reef area and start building the city in two months. After six months, it will be the base of our Norton Family fleet. "

"What? That's impossible!" Simba Wood cried: "How is it possible to fill this hidden reef area within two months, even with the 100,000 young and captive prisoners working hard, day and night?" It's impossible to work ... "

"Of course it is possible, because we don't need to fill in the entire reef area at all." Lorist smiled grinningly: "Simba Wood, you know, the results of the naval battle three days ago came out. Invincible fleet 472 Only 147 battleships remained intact. Except for the 74 large armed forces battleships that were destroyed by us, more than 250 large, medium and small battleships remained. There are wounds left by our shelling.

If these damaged warships are temporarily repaired, they can sail to Hidegold Bay, but then they can only dock at the shore and the wind and rain will slowly rot. If these warships are repaired and sailed, it is an adventure. And irresponsible for the lives of the crew and sailors. Maybe they can persist for a while in the calm southern waters, but they can't withstand the ravages of the waves in the rough northern waters.

But our Norton Family is in Northern Land, and the North Sea is the foundation of our North Sea Fleet. So these battleships that have undergone shelling have become chicken ribs for us, and it is a pity to keep them useless. In this case, I am ready to use these warships. You think, filling these warships with mountains, rocks, and dirt, and sinking around this reef area, you can soon form a dam.

There is an oval-shaped lagoon in the center of this reef area, which is more than ten meters to twenty meters deep. This lagoon can become a harbour for our family's fleet as long as a few obscure reefs are removed. So the 100,000 barrels of ivy glue of the transport fleet you said are really useful to us. No stirring is needed. You only need to dilute these ivy glues and pour them into the cabins filled with rock and mud. Here, after the solidification, these shipwrecks have become the cornerstone of the impenetrable fortress we built on it. "

The original Lorist was the idea. Use waste. Use the broken ships to load earth and rocks and sink in the reef area to form a circle of dams. Then build a circle of fortresses on the wall. Put Bronze artillery to control the south The sea area to the Gold sea route of Hidegold Bay, at the same time, also allows the family's North Sea fleet to have a supply base and foothold in the sunny sea area.

Simba Wood suddenly realized, and admired her. This is nothing out of nothing. The castle fortress was set up in the reef area, and all the cliffs along the shore were impossible to overcome from Route 6. And at sea, what kind of warship can be used to attack the castle fortress with Bronze artillery? As Lorist said, this is equivalent to controlling the throat of the Trade Union's maritime transport line. This knife is severe enough to hurt.

"His Royal Highness ..." Simba Wood patted his forehead: "I did not expect such an incredible way. After the castle fortress and checkpoints are built here, the tolls that our family receives each year will become one. Huge income, no smuggling ship can escape the taxes and fees levied by our family. Your Highness, can I request this income to expand the family fleet? "

Lorist: "Simba Wood, my already ordered the Bullhorn Bay shipyard to build another ten lightning strike ships, preparing to expand the North Sea fleet's lightning strike ships to 24, while reducing those large armed forces battleships and redesigning and manufacturing a The new large ocean-going armed forces transport warship with a small number of Bronze guns is used as a supply ship for lightning strikes. But what do you mean by the toll at sea?

When I heard that Lorist already ordered the construction of ten new lightning warships, what new ocean-going armed forces transport ship was to be developed, Simba Wood was overjoyed, and quickly explained: "His Royal Highness, the tolls at sea are actually a disguised tax. Previously, the invincible fleet was the south Sea hegemons in the waters, all family and private ships sailing in the southern waters must pay a fee to the invincible fleet to obtain permission to do business in the coastal countries of the sunny seas and the Gold coastline, otherwise the invincible fleet will be used as pirates or smuggled ships It was sunk or confiscated in the name of the company. As far as I know, a large ocean-going merchant ship charges 25 gold fordes a year. "

"Yeah? Didn't you say that Chickadee Chamber of Commerce is the maritime overlord in the South China Sea? How did it become an invincible fleet?" Lorist asked. The information submitted by Tarkel clearly stated that the overlord in the South China Sea was Chickadee Chamber of Commerce. Why is Simba Wood different? .

"His Royal Highness, if you say that Chickadee Chamber of Commerce is a maritime overlord in the South China Sea, you are right, because the invincible fleet is a joint-stock company, Chickadee Chamber of Commerce accounts for 40% of its revenue, and the remaining 60% belongs to the other six Chamber of Commerce of Trade Union. But Vysia Chamber of Commerce After being killed by our family, his shares in the invincible fleet were swallowed by Twinhead Dragon Chamber of Commerce.

On the bright side, the invincible fleet is the hegemon on the bright side of the southern seas. It can do whatever it wants in the southern seas by the name of Trade Union. The countries along the coast of Gold coastline can only bear the power of Trade Union. And Chickadee Chamber of Commerce secretly controlled the invincible fleet, and at the same time monopolized several relatively high-yield production in the southern six countries. Their Chamber of Commerce maritime merchant fleet and armed forces fleet were the largest other than the invincible fleet.

Even the ports and wharves of some coastal countries have fallen into the palm of Chickadee Chamber of Commerce. It can be said that Chickadee Chamber of Commerce has woven a large maritime trading network in coastal countries in the south of Big Six. Only those businesses they don't look at will be the gains that Aristocrat(s) fleets and private ship owners are vying for in coastal countries. So it is right to say that Chickadee Chamber of Commerce is the hegemon of the South China Sea. "Simba Wood explained that the invincible fleet and Chickadee Chamber of Commerce have always been his focus.

"Oh, that's it." Lorist understands that the invincible fleet is called a sea overlord because of the force of the fleet, and Chickadee Chamber of Commerce is called a sea overlord because of its comprehensive strength: "That, Simba Wood, you said just now After the castle fortress is built here, huge sea tolls can be levied? What if the merchant ships do not come ... "

"Oh, Your Highness, please rest assured." Simba Wood was happy: "If those merchant ships are spinning in the southern part of the Big Six, they will not make any profit at all. Only the production of the Big Six southern part will be shipped to Hidegold Bay and sold. skilled personnel, a merchant for Morante City, can sell for a price, because the merchants of Morante City will sell these things to the central and northern parts. Then buy special products from the central and northern parts and sell them to the southern part of the big 6 through these merchant ships. Once the cost is deducted, A merchant ship can earn at least a hundred gold fordes, and running once a year is enough.

"So, why are you so clear that you are also doing such a business in private?" Lorist looked at Simba Wood suspiciously.

Simba Wood Khan has come down: "My Highness, I am not doing business privately. These are what the private ship owners told me when I went to receive the transport fleet. They helped me a lot and stopped those invincible. The people sent by the fleet to escorted them wanted to sink the ship and destroy the transportation supplies, and gave me the transportation fleet intact. I asked them what rewards they wanted, and they said they wanted to visit His Royal Highness.

Lorist is interested: "Why do they want to see me?"

Simba Wood grabbed his head and said a little embarrassedly, "His Royal Highness, it is reasonable to say that these private shipowners' merchant ships were requisitioned by the invincible fleet and Chickadee Chamber of Commerce. Joining the Trade Union transport fleet, they have now become our captives. They should all belong to us. Family seizures and loot. But those private ship owners want to see you just for their merchant ships, and plead that you return those merchant ships. Although they helped our family and stopped the wreck, they are rewarded for this. A gold fordes is enough, there is no need to return those merchant ships ... "

"I will be gone," Lorist touched his chin and said, "Promise their request and let them return the boat after they have delivered the supplies."

"But Your Highness, these are more than 300 large and medium-sized merchant and freight ships, which are worth a lot of money ..." Simba Wood is still reluctant.

"Give them back. There are more than 800 ships in the transport fleet. Even if we return these more than 300 ships to us, we have almost 500 ships left. What we lack now is not ships, but It ’s the sailors and crew who fly these ships, and we wo n’t be able to recruit enough trusted sailors in the short term. Moreover, this is also an opportunity for our family. "

Lorist said contemplatively, "Isn't our family slow to open the trade routes of the coastal countries of the Gold coastline in the sunny sea area? Perhaps this will be a good opportunity.

In the past, the trade routes to the southern seas were monopolized by Trade Union's Chickadee Chamber of Commerce and Peterson Chamber of Commerce, so that the products produced by our family Territory became the two Chamber of Commerce production and procurement points, and now they have even cut off the transaction.

This time, let these private shipowners deliver the materials to Silowas Islands, let them visit our family goods display, and let them purchase freely. Maybe the products produced by our family Territory will be sold to the big 6 southern countries through these private shipowners. ... "

"Yes, Your Highness, I must do what you say." Simba Wood understood the meaning of Lorist.

"Well, if Silowas Islands can also become a fulcrum of the Gold sea route, then the castle fortress level set here may really bring a lot of benefits to our family. By the end of the year, I will check if If the amount is huge, I can consider expanding the North Skeleton Fleet to three sub-fleets, twelve lightning strike ships plus twelve new large-scale ocean-going armed forces transport ships, and twenty-four new medium-sized fast armed forces battleships also equipped with artillery. The formation of the sub-fleet is enough for you to cross the north and south seas. "Lorist promised.

"Thank Your Highness ..." Simba Wood was so happy that his mouth cracked into his ear.

But immediately after Lorist, "Simba Wood, your task is very heavy. First, you will hand over all the sea stormtroopers to Schwartz. He needs to take care of the 100,000 young captives to work on the shore. Second, you Bring ten lightning strike ships to **** the Jigda Kingdom's Firebird Legion and the captive crew sailors of the invincible fleet, as well as the more than three hundred private merchant ships to transport supplies to Silowas Islands. I already ordered the letter Eagle Camora Baron to Silowas Islands to receive these prisoners of war And supplies.

I will take the remaining transport fleet and battleships of the invincible fleet to the port of Ametrin and the rock Legion to join the guard Legion. And you will return here after sending the captives and supplies to Silowas Islands. One is to supervise the project to fill the reef area here and control the ocean. The second is to gradually transport the 100,000 young prisoners to the family Territory Sidol Province of Duke Kenmays, and go ashore from Platinum Beach to Yungechandler Province. The family needs this 100,000 labor to open this province ...

"But do you still have to attack Hidegold Bay to capture Morante City?" Simba Wood was anxious. It sounds like Lorist excluded the North Sea Fleet.

Sure enough, Lorist shook his head: "The North Sea Fleet is not required to attack Hidegold Bay. You see the battleships and transport fleet of the invincible fleet we seized this time, we can use them to enter Hidegold Bay and capture Morante City."

Well, it is safer to enter the Hidegold Bay as an invincible fleet, and the enemy is more difficult to prepare for. If there is a lightning strike on the battleship, the enemy will be beaten, and the enemy will be vigilant and take precautions. Simba Wood quickly figured this out.

"Well, Your Highness, I will definitely complete the task." Simba Wood said in a discouraged manner.

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