The mucus on the gold coin is not really "dirty". In order to finish off the king, the Duke of Buckingham pondered for a while, and reluctantly called in the royal guards again.
The royal guards who received the order to cleanse at first thought they were going to carry out an assassination mission, and they all looked solemn. As a result, after a look, I found that this cleaning order is really the "cleaning" in the literal sense.
The Duke of Buckingham stood majestically in front of the warehouse, nodding to them without a smile, indicating that they could start.
Royal Guards:…
They feel like their careers have been slipping from being a ruthless overseer to officials.
But soon, the royal guards discovered that the slime on these gold coins was really not something that anyone could handle. They are extremely corrosive, and when they drop to the ground, the stone surface is corroded into small holes. They had to carefully scrape off the slime gold coins before washing them.
The king did not go, and watched with the Duke of Buckingham.
"By the way, don't throw these things away." The king thought for a while, "Keep it and send some to our pharmacist, and let him analyze the ingredients."
The king was very interested in the biological composition of hell, and from the slime of the lord of "greed and ill-gotten wealth" may be able to analyze a little difference between human and inhuman.
After all, these slimes, like gold coins, are hard-won to a certain extent. Even if they want to throw them, they have to wait for the king's scientists to judge that they have no value before throwing them.
Could the collision of science and mystery lead to something different
The king has certain expectations.
The wealth in the palace of the lord of hell is piled up like a mountain. Unfortunately, as the devil said, these gold coins have been accumulated in hell for too long, and they have been deeply branded with hell. If too much is taken out at one time, it will cause unnecessary trouble. Even the current batch of gold coins cannot be used directly after cleaning the mucus.
The former Templar Commander must first dispel the evil aura left by the gold coins.
It's a bit of a hassle, but it's all worth it.
They relieved the king's immediate urgency.
"Statistics, and then report the specific number to me."
The king ordered that he must start thinking about how to allocate this batch of gold coins in advance.
While focusing on the navy, he also took into account the construction of the new army and the castle, as well as the early investment of the Southeast Free Chamber of Commerce that he planned to launch.
The exact number will not be known until the count is complete, but a preliminary estimate is that it will be enough to provide the initial funding for the royal navy building the king intends to carry out—just a preliminary one. Building a royal navy is expensive enough to drive any royal family crazy.
The current Legrand Royal Fleet was formed during the time of Mad King Henry.
After Mad King Henry revoked the monastery's privileges to the Five Harbors Alliance, there was also a turmoil. Although it was eventually quelled, that rebellion undoubtedly left a deep impression on the Mad King. Afterwards, the royal family invested in the purchase of more than fifty galleys, organized into three detachments, and the managers were called "galley tubes" [1].
In the early days of its establishment, the mighty royal navy did play a great deterrent role, but soon the royal family found that it could not afford to maintain the fleet, so two-thirds of the ship was sold in the later period. Instead, it continued to requisition large-tonnage merchant ships as wartime armed warships. [2]
This combination of merchant ships and military warships continued for such a long time that the Alliance of Five Harbors was so arrogant. It was not until William III unified the thirty-six states and the control of the royal family increased that the number of the royal fleet increased steadily again.
As long as you look back at the long-lasting but slow-moving history of the Royal Navy's development, you can understand what a big money-burning pit this is.
The king could already hear him throwing batches of gold coins into the sea.
He sighed helplessly.
- That's how the military is. Only by burning money can you burn a frightening army.
"Aren't you going to see Charles?"
said the Duke of Buckingham to the King.
"He has arrived?" The king was a little surprised.
He remembered that he had allowed Captain Hawkins to grant Charles the right to visit the resting place of William III. But it's only been one night, and Charles has already arrived.
The Duke of Buckingham nodded slightly.
The king understood that the duke had seen Charles.
A deceased King Legrand, a current royal duke, a mad captain, a legendary first mate who was in charge of the entire pirate... Such four unrelated people actually maintained an unimaginable depth. friendship.
"I'll go see him."
The king took the cape from the housemaster.
…
St. Weiss Cathedral, the tomb of William III.
The king, in a red cloak, stood outside the place of slumber.
The tomb of William III does not seem to fit his status as a brilliant king of Legrand's generation. Although it is stylish, it is undoubtedly rudimentary in terms of the specifications of the Wang family. On the tall tombstone, the relief head of William III coexists with the cross.
A man stands in front of a tombstone.
The first mate of the Walway Pirates, Charles.
His gray hair was combed back, his eyes were as blue as the sea, and he was wearing a black coat. His temperament was mild and could even be called "gentle". It's hard to imagine from the appearance alone that he is the master of the famous Wolfe Pirates - he is more like an old professor of the Royal Academy than a pirate.
"Good day, Your Majesty."
He heard the king's footsteps, turned and bowed respectfully to the king.
"Good day, sir."
The king stepped forward and, like him, stood before the tombstone.
"Thank you for your permission, Your Majesty."
Charles said there was more gentleness in his reverence for the king. He is about the same age as the Duke of Buckingham, but the Duke of Buckingham feels like a steel knife that can be pulled out at any time, and he is a wine that has been precipitated by time.
"I think that's what he wants to see too."
The king answered.
"William... I'm sorry, please forgive my rudeness. But," Charles azure looked at the tombstone, "this is what he once asked, and he hopes that Hawkins and I can continue to call him William."
"Please continue to call it that." The king said, he was not familiar with this kind of friendship, so he paused and changed the subject, "I can pardon your curse at any time."
"Thank you for your kindness."
Charles put his palm on his chest and leaned over to the king to thank him.
"It won't be easy for you and Mr. Hawkins to get along for many years." The king raised his eyebrows, it was hard to imagine how someone like Charles could endure the crazy pirate captain.
There was a complicated look on Charles' face: "...Probably because of such a captain, I have to stay in Walway all the time."
Looks like the Duke of Buckingham has a headache for Captain Hawkins.
"You have done Volway a great favor by making him Legrand's admiral," said Charles sincerely, "I am so worried that one day I will wake up and find that the captain of Volway has been united by his sailors. hanging from the mast."
After Charles couldn't help complaining, probably because he wanted to forcibly show respect for the pirate captain, he changed the subject and talked with the king about the royal fleet.
The king was not surprised that he knew that he planned to remodel the royal fleet.
"Do you have any suggestions?"
"Your current warship should be based on the Five-Port Alliance." Charles came to the king to make a suggestion, "represented by the ancient Ross family's warship 'Lavel', merchant ships generally set up towering ships on board. The shiphouse, you know it's for pirates. When there is a gang battle, the shiphouse can be used for shooting and defense.[3]"
"But as far as I know, they didn't play a big role in the naval battle of Kothsoya, and the speed of Volway's ships seems to be better." The king asked.
"Yes."
Charles smiled.
"We demolished the ship's building to increase the speed of the ship. Of course, this is a change made out of our identity, but it may not be an idea for you."
"Tell me."
"The artillery that your Mr. Scientist brought," Charles replied, "If your Mr. Scientist can keep improving them, you may consider building a fast warship with artillery in the future, I think this Should be what you need."[4]
"A neat and practical approach."
The king pondered for a moment and expressed his approval.
"It is an honor to have your approval, Your Majesty."
Charles seemed delighted that he could be of help to the king.
The king was keenly aware that Charles was too kind to himself, and he said succinctly: "You don't need to transfer your friendship with my father to me."
Charles smiled gently: "You are as sharp as William as Hawkins said."
"so?"
The king looked at the refined old man inquiringly.
"It might be presumptuous to say that." Charles was silent for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "He once wrote to me asking if I would like to be your godfather... He really did it, didn't he? Let a notorious man Pirates came to be the godfather of a noble prince - now you are a king."
"However, I replied too slowly."
Charles looked up, the wind blowing his gray sideburns.
"He didn't get my letter."
The person who invited has passed away, so there is no pirate in this world who can be the godfather of the king.
"Um… "
The king pondered for a moment.
"Perhaps it's a bad thing to be the godfather of a notorious tyrant? Pirates will only be scolded for a lifetime, while tyrants will be scolded for hundreds and thousands of years."
"You are not a tyrant, Your Majesty."
Charles reached out and touched the tombstone of William III, turned his head and smiled at him.
"You will be his pride."
The king did not answer.
"I came here this time to convey a word to you, Your Majesty."
Charles stood in front of the tombstone of William III. He stared deeply at the epitaph of William III. There was only one sentence - for the glory of the rose.
"Please."
"Please be careful with the Holy Court."
The author has something to say: [1] The data and structure of the royal fleet in the period of Mad King Henry refer to the structure of the royal fleet in the period of King John.
The demand for oarsmen and crews on galleys is very high, so Mad King Henry was forced to reduce the Royal Navy because of his inability to support the high fleet, and once again relied on the Five-Port Alliance.
[2] In the period of Henry VII, in order to encourage the construction of merchant ships suitable for combat, he even set up a "shipbuilding bonus", which stipulated that the construction of ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons would be subsidized at 5 shillings per ton - Liu Jinghua. "The sun never sets" [M]. Beijing: Chinese Literature and History Publishing House. 1999
[3] The structure of the "Lavelle" refers to the "Sovereign" and "Regent", and the naval battle at that time was an extension of the land battle.
[4] The battleship reform carried out during the Elizabethan period was based on this idea and achieved remarkable results.