Extraordinary Sailing

Tulip Islands, Capital of Phalitis, Bekele.

If the residents of the Old World were asked to choose a great city that represented human civilization, although many people would instinctively call out the capital of Cyrus, which can be called the Museum of All Nations-Santa Cruz.

But no one can veto it at once, the city of Bekle, which embodies the essence of the steam industry civilization of this era, under his feet.

The huge 95-meter-high clock tower can overlook the entire capital, the factories in the city are lined with white steam, and the beautifully cast lampposts on both sides of the main street extend to the end of the line of sight like straight sentinels

Especially years ago.

With the development of coke and iron smelting technology, the kingdom's steel production once again ushered in a breakthrough, engineers built a large iron bridge with a span of 129 meters on the Thame River flowing through Bekle, symbolizing the infinite prosperity of the Phalatis people. Creativity and enterprising spirit.

It is also an industrial miracle that astounds the world.

Although the big iron bridge is expensive, the national pride is unprecedentedly concentrated!

In particular, the 350-kilometer-long "Tam River" originates from the Cotswolds in the east of the island and enters the sea at Port Newing. It is the mother river that nourishes Bekele and more than ten cities along the way. Significant.

but.

At this time, the interior of the sewer system that flows into the Tyme River from the bridge hole of the big iron bridge is not so calm.

Another negative consequence of a good urban drainage system is the construction of a maze-like underground world extending in all directions. The interior is dark and damp and contains some "dirt" that should not appear here.

huh huh huh.

In the eastern part of the underground, a group of human-shaped rats in sackcloth robes are whispering; in the western part, a line of black and blue spiders made of asphalt crawled across the wall; a group of fierce figures with blood-red hands opened the manhole cover and entered out the streets.

In the underground of the aristocratic area, several pale-faced "ghouls" under the command of the "cold lord" and "blasphemers" who belonged to the "secret sect of the mist of order" in off-white leather robes also met together:

"Quack quack, this city is really lively recently. All kinds of guys with evil intentions have become active, and there is a constant influx of people from all walks of life. Maybe we don't need to take action at all, and the city can be made It's a mess."

"The war has already begun, and the power of the true god is constantly increasing. During this period, the doomed 'Tulip' cannot have a chance to breathe.

It's all the idiots of the 'Oathbreakers'. Not only did they not get the [Scale Balance Holy Sword] during their trip to the [Clock Tower], they were completely annihilated and did not even send any useful news back.

As a result, our follow-up plan has to be changed again and again, 'Chaos Worm'."

Directly above their heads, the sunlight in the city is just right.

Da da da..

Guards dragoons riding war horses and wearing red military uniforms with muskets on their shoulders, extraordinary knights with neat and clean armor like a mirror, arakkoa troops wearing beak masks and black leather clothes, secret agents of the kingdom's intelligence department.

The defense force belonging to the kingdom began to roam the streets and alleys of the city in batches. The most important ceremony in decades was approaching, and the alert level in the city had been raised to the highest.

Anticipated and unexpected enemies always emerge in endlessly. This kind of coping method has been a standard configuration for celebrations in various civilized countries for a long time.

Even with the suppression of the Church of the True God, every large-scale public event on the mainland is the peak of the activity of "cults" of all parties. Those who are hostile to civilization and order are like cockroaches, killing one wave after another is simply endless.

Just like the fallen "God of Opera" Purcell, they were born attached to human society itself, and they used the body that violated human civilization as their source of strength.

Faith is secondary, while human anger, sadness, selfishness, timidity, despair, hatred, jealousy, inferiority, greed, etc. Negative emotions are their favorite.

However.

Unlike the "Thousand Years of Darkness" before the "Renaissance Movement", the true God hardly showed any miracles.

In the current era, the true God pays unprecedented attention to the mortal world, and even angels frequently descend to interfere in mortal affairs. With the suppression of the church, especially in the most trusted capital of a civilized country, there is almost no need to worry about some insane evil gods daring to personally descend and kill.

Of course, there are pros and cons.

Just like the root cause of this celebration, the root cause of the sudden abdication of the Queen, who can still work for another hundred years, is also the church.

"God to God, what belongs to the king to the king" is a lower definition in reality is "what is of the extraordinary to the extraordinary, and what is of the mortal to the mortal".

After breaking through to the third level, what is the difference between being a king who has been a king for nearly two hundred years and gods ruling mankind?

This is what the church after the "dark millennium" and the "Renaissance" and the true God behind them are unwilling to see. If that's the case, it's better to directly replace the kingdom and establish the church state.

Among the continental countries, it is most common for the king to transition naturally between the ages of 65 and 70. If the time limit comes and he still clings to the throne, the church will be forced to intervene. Instead of the gods, the pope declares the king illegitimate, and then establishes a new king.

Although the current Queen Isabella is only 67 years old and three years away from the final deadline of 70 years old, a series of internal and external factors have prompted her to make this decision.

Internal.

During this period of time, she took advantage of the great opportunity given by the negative case of the Kingdom of Ilia, and adopted Aiwen's suggestion to nationalize all livelihood industries.

A series of reforms that would seriously affect the interests of the established group have been completed in her hands, and no party can resist her supreme prestige.

Therefore, there is no internal obstacle for Rivina to take power, and she has inherited a rich political legacy. She just needs to wait for the flowers to bear fruit and enjoy the glory.

on the outside.

Seeing that the religious reform of the Cyrus Empire is coming to an end, the turmoil in the mainland will gradually calm down. In the future, the interest dispute between the Kingdom and Cyrus will inevitably intensify. The remaining three years are not enough for the two to decide the victory burden.

It's better to let the successor enter the arena when the intensity of the struggle is still small, and let the 35-year-old crown prince Rivina, who has already experienced many things, spend the next thirty years to truly create a real kingdom belonging to the Kingdom of Phalatis. brilliant.

The Crown Prince's mansion, in a garden full of flowers.

Liwena, who was wearing a goose-yellow dress and a jeweled princess crown, looked extraordinarily charming. She kicked off her shoes and sat on a bench with her bare snow-white feet hugging her knees, following Ivan who was leaning on the other side of the bench. They chatted one after another.

click click click

As a core princeling, Aiwen has completely taken over his identity as a guardian knight at this time.

Although he was wearing a white shirt very casually and was still gnawing on an apple specially provided by the royal family, the great wizard's extremely powerful mental force field had spread for several blocks, and even the small bugs deep in the ground could not escape him. perception.

If he was in a royal family with a large population, under normal circumstances, he should have already started to charge for his lord's smooth ascension by now.

It's a pity that the kingdom currently only has this one heir, and his current duty only needs to protect Rivina's safety.

It was even funny to think of the way Jeros and the princess Stephanie shook their heads like a rattle after hearing the news. For ordinary people, the throne is elusive, but they avoid it like snakes and scorpions.

However, people have their own ambitions, and their choices may not be bad.

"They are all monster-like characters, and the small scenes are not a big problem. With the current defense strength of the capital, we only need to care about how Sirius will make moves at that time."

Liwena nodded lightly, not paying any attention to Ivan's carefree look:

"I'm not worried that they will attack at the succession ceremony, but I am a little worried about the fierce battle that will inevitably come in the future, even if the adults from the citizens to the central government have ambitions to replace Sirius.

However, based on the development speed of the navy itself, it should not be able to reach the current level of Sirius within ten years, and the increasingly large overseas interests may be threatened by the Sirius for a long period of time. "

Because any reliable maritime armed force needs appropriate maritime trade as its foundation. The navy has to escort the merchant ships, and the taxes paid by the merchant ships are in turn invested in the construction of the fleet.

No one would be so stupid as to spend money and expand armaments regardless of the actual situation, and compete for the title of the world's number one navy.

But for Phalitis now, a stronger navy already has practical significance.

The first is the slave trade that monopolizes the terrifying profits of the Southern Continent, then the Ugol Island that intercepts the route to the New Continent, and finally the need to deal with the maritime threat of the overlord Cyrus, all of which make it imperative to build a stronger navy.

However, the kingdom's "shipbuilding plan" has been launched several years ago, and the military estimates that it must reach at least one-third of Cyrus's, so as not to fall to nothing in the worldwide competition for overseas interests. The point of fighting back.

But now the Armada of Sirius has more than 310 main battleships above tier 3, and a variable number of [Legendary Warships]. The total size of the fleet has exceeded 2,200 ships.

It was a huge monster that made people feel hopeless just thinking about it, so it was no wonder that Rivina felt stressed.

In the Benin naval battle that determined the ruler of the southern continent, although the dozens of battleships lost could not be said to be innocuous, they were far from hurting Sirius.

Click!

"Your Highness, do you still remember my 'Storm Horn'? Even after eliminating the witchcraft, Yuanfanling Shipyard has completed the research on the manufacturing process of iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships, and it can be put into production at any time. The biggest advantage is that it is fast! "

The "iron-ribbed wooden shell craft" perfectly solves the problem of the strength gap between white oak and iron oak in the New World.

The advantages of the iron rib structure are very obvious. Without greatly increasing the weight of the ship, the ship can be made longer, better able to withstand the recoil of the artillery, and increase the number of artillery.

At the moment when the accuracy and power of artillery are limited, more is stronger!

Moreover, when building a new ship, the drying time of the ribs can be greatly shortened. With the addition of steel box keels, standardized components, and steam drying of the ship plates, the production cycle of a battleship can be shortened from several years to a few months.

We must know that it takes three to six years from the selection of materials to the completion of a new ship with strict craftsmanship.

In Aiwen's eyes, industrial capability is the potential for war!

"With the current normal production capacity, it is not a problem to launch another 15 Tier 4 battleships with iron ribs and wooden hulls within two years, and the production capacity can continue to expand, as long as you give an order. Then..."

Then, Her Royal Highness, who was listening attentively with her smooth chin, gave him a charming look, and spoke the second half of the sentence for him very naturally:

"As long as the small money is in place, everything is easy to talk about. Isn't it, Mr. Garriott?"

Alvin: .

"Ahem, let's talk back, talk back. Then what, your Highness's time is almost up, we should move to the palace before tonight. Why don't you bet an apple and guess if something interesting will happen on the way?"

"Hey, it's boring! Let's discuss it, can you get 50% off? 40% off? Don't run away!"

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