Chapter 348 The fleet has arrived
The female knight Liya was taken home by her parents, and only the king and his family were left in the living room talking to each other.
However, it cannot be called a complete family yet.
"It's such a pity that my sister is fighting in the south at this time. Father, how is the situation in the south?"
After Irene sighed, she couldn't help but worry about Catherine.
"Don't worry," Rodney smiled and comforted her, "the kingdom's army will definitely be able to defeat the rebels, and your sister will be back by then."
The king did not elaborate on the specific situation, Ai Lin didn't ask further. When she was in the Northwest Bay, she learned from the discussions between the Government Affairs Council and the army about the situation in the south that the kingdom's army and the rebels were in a stalemate, and that no one could do anything about the other at the moment.
Rodney asked: "By the way, Irene, what kind of person is Earl Paul Grayman?"
After Catherine led the army south, there were questions about Irene's role in Information about the northwest bay was also regularly submitted to the king. Although Rodney already had a rough idea from the information, he still wanted to hear his little daughter's own description.
"Paul... er... Count Grayman, what do you say?"
Erin tilted her head and thought about it.
“He is a quite boring person in daily life. The Earl is not as keen on socializing, banquets or knight competitions as other nobles. He is either in a daze at a pile of charts or sitting in the office writing all day long. Painting is a bit like a lonely scholar, but his knowledge is very complex and wide-ranging. He is not specialized in one area but often has amazing insights."
"He also has many interesting and practical insights. The inventions of paper and porcelain have become popular in Jingyao, right? There are also cans, which as far as I know have begun to be supplied to the kingdom’s army in large quantities, and there is also a mirror that can see tiny creatures, and..."
She originally wanted to say muskets and cannons in the end, but remembering Paul's repeated orders not to take the initiative to discuss new weapons in front of others, Erin stopped talking.
"Oh? So he is quite a talent." The king commented, stroking his beard.
He asked again: "What happened to the war in the Northwest Gulf last year?"
Irene pouted: "It's all because of that guy named Kent, who used to rely on the previous generation of the Duke of the Northwest The lords in the northwest were angry with him and dared not speak out against him. He sent people to blackmail Arda before the war broke out. I was on the battlefield when the envoy came, but you didn't see how arrogant the envoy was. "
"Later, the Duke of the Northwest passed away inexplicably. His death was very strange. Unconventionally, the title was passed to a person with a foreign name, the Earl of Kent. It looked like there was a conspiracy. The Duke's biological brother It was revealed that the Earl of Kent had used witchcraft to murder the Duke, and then the war broke out."
Is that so? The king nodded, and his youngest daughter said more or less what he had learned through the royal commissioner.
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After Hansel met with the king, he rode a horse to the west coast with his documents the next day. Two days later, he encountered the marching kingdom's army - an army commanded by his brother Harrison to exterminate the pirates.
Hansel relayed the plan to join forces and the king's order to his brother, asking him to try to get as close to Kiel Port as possible when choosing a garrison location after arriving in the war zone. Harrison agreed. He is a relatively pragmatic person and would naturally welcome more help. Moreover, this was the first time that he was assigned to stand alone, so he felt a little unconfident.
Although the brothers had not seen each other for a long time, the military situation was urgent. After having a meal together, Hansel said goodbye to Harrison and headed for Kiel Port first.
After arriving in this port city, Hansel first visited the local city hall and presented the king's order to discuss the entry of the Northwest Fleet into the port. Then he arranged for many people to stay in various cities along the coast. According to the original plan, the fleet would set off within 4 days after he left Huxin Town. If there were no accidents along the way, they should have arrived in this area by now and were in Wandering near the coastline. The fleet would often send people ashore to buy supplies and leave messages to facilitate Hansel's search for them. Although they claimed that they were the Qinwang Fleet from the Northwest Gulf, due to the refusal of port officials to board the ships for inspection, no port dared to allow them to dock before receiving clear instructions from Jingyao. Two days later, the carrier pigeon brought news that the stationed personnel and the fleet were connected. They had already headed for Kiel Port.
On the evening of January 25, 1992 in the Holy Calendar, the Port of Kiel in the Kingdom of Aldo welcomed a fleet of 12 ships flying the red dragon flag. Due to rumors of pirates, there were very few ships entering and exiting Kiel Port. The sudden appearance of a fleet of so many ships attracted many people to watch.
The first to enter the port were 6 galleys, and then 6 full-wind sailing ships. Since the rise of maritime trade in the northwest bay, residents of major ports in the south are no longer unfamiliar with this new type of ship that does not require oarsmen.
People felt a hint of chilling from the dark metal pipes protruding from the sides of the ships. Although they did not know what they were, their intuition told them that these ships were probably not here to transport goods.
Arda, for the first time, projects her power beyond the northwest bay.
Hansel stood on the dock, waving a handkerchief to the fleet. Behind him stood his brother Harrison and the mayor of Kiel Port.
Harrison: "Is this the fleet in the Northwest Bay? What a strange ship."
Mayor: "I have seen such merchant ships several times this year, but are these warships? Those dark ones What is a pipe?”
Listening to their discussion, Hansel felt a sense of superiority in his heart: Haha, you haven’t seen it before, that thing is called a cannon, and it can be fired with one shot. A bunch of living people were beaten into pieces.
"Hey! Baron Abbott!" From the berth closest to him, an Alda admiral walked across the gangplank to the dock and waved to Hansel.
"Lieutenant Colonel Tirpitz!" Hansel stepped forward to shake hands with him, "Are you sent to command the fleet this time?"
"Haha, among the three fleets, my fleet can move the most ships, so let me be the commander of this operation."
"Come, let me introduce to you, this is my brother ..."
After the people on both sides got to know each other, Tirpitz asked the question he was most concerned about: "Sir Harrison, what is the current situation of the pirates?"
Harrison replied: "We have arranged reconnaissance personnel on the road in and out of Westport. Recent signs show that they are not as active as before. They are hiding in the city and don't know what they are doing."
Tirpitz thought to himself about Han Serge's brother is really cautious. Others of his age would have been unable to hold back and start attacking the city long ago.
"Sir Harrison, I have brought you a generous gift."
"Oh?"
"We just encountered a pirate ship at sea and caught a group of tongues. Maybe we can get something out of them."
Harrison was overjoyed, "This is great, let's organize an interrogation immediately!"
(End of this chapter)
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