Holy Court
The king frowned.
He didn't have a good impression of the Holy Court, and the Legrand royal family had a long history of feuding with the Holy Court. So far, he has not experienced much of the Holy See power himself. One time, during the Incident of the Roses, the Pope suddenly intervened in Legrand's battle for the throne. Once, the ancient Ross family of the Five Harbors Alliance regarded the Holy Court as their savior.
Both times the Holy Court gave the impression that it was just a hasty transition.
The first time the cardinal was embarrassed to withdraw, and the second time the sacred object that Guros wanted to send was intercepted by the Dawson family, and the Holy Court did not even have time to intervene.
The Holy Court seems to be dispensable in both times, and its power is not obvious.
But don't forget where the king is standing at this moment.
- He is standing in front of the tombstone of William III, and the death of William III is likely to be closely related to the Holy See! Would a king who united thirty-six states not be wary of the power of the Holy Court? how is this possible! Then, if the Legrand royal family had made adequate preparations under the condition that Legrand's unified national power became stronger again more than ten years ago, William III would still be killed under the power of the Holy Court.
Is the power of the Holy Court really just what it showed in these two times
The king had thought they were waiting for the coming Black Death, but Charles' words made him think there might be another reason for it.
"Who asked you to convey this sentence?"
The king had to raise his vigilance against the Holy Court again in his heart.
"You should have heard of her from Hawkins." Charles gave the answer, "Witches of Walway."
"Yes."
"Before Walway accepted her, she was being hunted by the Holy Court's trial. Her name was Grela." Charles explained in detail, "Her prophecy helped Walway avoid many bad luck."
"Apart from this sentence, is there anything else?" The king wrote down the name "Grera". "Maybe I can meet her once."
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. She is in a special state and can't leave the ghost ship, so she has to entrust me to convey it. Grela can't make an accurate interpretation of this prophecy, she can only say that it has something to do with the school of fish."
A prophecy, not a mere admonition.
The king's expression became serious.
school of fish…
He subconsciously remembered the astrologer's prophecy retold by the devil "...if they would come together, the dead school of fish would drown the illuminated continent." The king could not tell whether the witch's prophecy pointed to a future in which the devil would solve the Black Death, or whether original future.
If the former, then the Holy See's subsequent actions may be larger than estimated.
The King is inclined to such speculation, as the Holy See is absolutely watching his latest moves.
And after the Five Harbors Alliance was defeated, the Holy Court did not respond!
Not responding is a reaction in itself.
"Actually, I have some doubts, Your Majesty." Charles hesitated for a while and asked, "Why are you so eager to build a navy? Did Legrand lose his old navy because of the collapse of the Five-Port Alliance? If you are worried Blasey's words... I don't think they're going to launch a massive attack again in a while."
The king recovered from his thoughts, and he denied Charles' guess.
Of course he knew that Blaise couldn't launch a second expedition in a short period of time, otherwise they wouldn't have made such a big concession in Moon River Fortress.
"why?"
Charles became more and more puzzled.
"I can sense that your request for the fleet seems very urgent."
After the Battle of Cothsoaia, the King ordered that the remaining armed warships belonging to the Five Harbors be counted and numbered—Charles knew that the King would most likely want to include them directly in the Royal Warships.
"It may not be easy to carry a large fleet with the current strength of the royal family." Charles gently advised, it seems that the Duke of Buckingham is there, and he is very aware of the state that the royal family has been on the verge of bankruptcy, "If you need it, Wall The Vikings are willing to work for you at any time."
The king heard Charles' good intentions.
"It's not for Blasey." He pondered for a while, then answered frankly, "Because I need to block the southeastern sea area later."
"Blocked the sea area?"
Charles looked at the king in astonishment, not expecting to hear this answer at all.
"Do you mean blocking a port or two?"
"No." The king was silent for a moment, then spoke slowly, "The entire southeastern sea area."
"You..." Charles was at a loss for a few minutes, and finally he calmed down and said in a serious tone, "I don't recommend that you do that. No country can afford the consequences of a sudden blockade of the sea, which will cause a total disaster."
Blockade the entire southeastern sea area, you don’t have to think about it to know how much turmoil it will cause, business to and from the Abyss Strait will be completely stagnant, Legrand’s external commodity exchange will be terminated, wool will not be able to be sent out, and there will be no way to get needs from the other side of the Abyss Strait. Items... The scope of the impact will be far more than the collapse of a five-port alliance.
Not to mention, under such a big move, how can small businessmen with poor anti-risk ability survive? How should the inhabitants who depend on selling grain to the outside world deal with themselves
Charles was about to tell the king about the consequences when the king interrupted him.
"But what if in three days a city turns to bones? What if at least 10,000 to 15,000 people die every day? What if an entire country falls into the same catastrophe? [ 1]"
Charles frowned deeply as the king rhetorically questioned sentence after sentence.
"The Black Death."
The king gave the answer.
When the word "Black Death" was uttered, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
The gentle and elegant Charles was stunned for a long time, and murmured, "So that's the case... No wonder you... You've already been confirmed, right?"
Charles obviously understands more than the king how terrible the Black Death of this era is, and his tone has changed from original doubts to solemnity.
The king nodded without a smile.
"It's actually like this... Can I ask for some relevant information?" Charles bowed slightly, "I have a superficial understanding of the history of the Black Death, so I may be able to do my part."
Pirates who have been in the sea all year round are indeed well-informed.
The king pondered for a moment, and selectively informed Charles about the Black Death. He thought that since the witch also predicted the "swarm of fish", she might be able to come in handy later, and the blockade of the sea itself is inseparable from Wall. Viking's help.
"I think you overlooked something."
After Charles listened, he pondered for a moment and said slowly.
"Tell me?"
"The real time of the outbreak of the Black Death is not January." Charles' blue eyes stared at the king with a serious expression, "It is very likely... it has begun to appear now."
The king understood what Charles meant almost instantly.
The king got word from the devil in October, and four months later it broke out—meaning that in January Legrand would have the Black Death. But before the Black Death broke out in the southeast, it must have swept the continent on the other side of the Abyss Strait.
damn it.
The king understood where the problem was.
He was deliberately misled by the devil!
The information given by the devil looks true on the surface, but in fact it has a strong orientation - it makes people feel that the Black Death will swept across many countries at the same time four months later.
This is not the case. It is true that many countries will be caught in the quagmire of the Black Death at the same time in January, but before that, the beginning of the Black Death is different in each country.
It's sprawling!
The damned, liar, insidious fraudster.
Of course, the king did not trust the devil, otherwise he would not have made preparations early. But he's still partly influenced by so-called "fate lines" and the devil—his calculations of time have gone awry.
He made this series of preparations on the basis of the outbreak of the Black Death in the whole world starting in January.
It is now the end of November.
In the king's original budget, he had at least a whole month to make arrangements.
But in reality, he doesn't have that much time.
If the Black Death had begun to show signs at this time, then by January, the king will face a completely different international political situation from the early days of the Black Death outbreak. Even, he must guard against the introduction of the Black Death from now on. He was suspicious of the devil, and now he has raised this suspicion to the peak.
For the king, the most terrible thing is that his arrangements have gone wrong.
Because any deviation from him may have terrifying consequences for the entire country.
The king had to re-examine whether the devil's proposal of the "Black Death" was really just to prevent the former Templar from doing it? - Just like the hell trip, the devil is very likely to have other intentions when he proposed the "Black Death"... The bone ring obtained in the hell trip yesterday is likely to be related to this matter.
The king's face was suddenly shrouded in coldness.
Charles noticed the change in his breath: "Maybe you need some overseas spies... to monitor the situation on the other side of the Abyss Strait for you?"
This is indeed what the king needs at this time.
"Walway's brother is willing to serve you, Your Majesty."
Charles smiled faintly, as if he was not talking about driving a ship across the Abyss Channel to a dangerous area where the Black Death was likely to begin.
"You can rest assured that we will not call at any port in Legrand. Once someone is unfortunately infected, he will never set foot on the land of Legrand."
The king was silent for a moment: "Please be careful."
"Don't worry." Charles stood up straight and smiled, "The ghost ship has its own particularity."
There was a hint of pride in his words.
The king probably understands why William III, Duke of Buckingham, developed such a friendship with the pirates of Walway.
—Because they were also the geniuses of that era.
Charles hurriedly took his leave, and made preparations to lift the curse and go to sea for the king.
…
The end of November.
A series of writs were issued from the palace on almost the same day:
The king ordered the architect of the insane asylum to come to meet immediately, and the professor of architecture of the Royal Academy rushed to the palace immediately.
The king asked Baron Sheen, who was forming a new army, to come to Merz Castle immediately.
The King appointed Hawkins to formally command the Royal Fleet.
The king announced the official establishment of the "Free Chamber of Commerce".
The author has something to say: [1] The outbreak of the Black Death in the Middle Ages can almost be equated with doomsday. The data in this article is not made up by me, but the real situation during the Black Death pandemic in history. At the height of the epidemic in those days, 10,000 to 15,000 people died every day in Cairo, 22,000 people and most of the animals were lost in Gaza in six weeks, and once the Black Death arrived, it was often as short as In three days a city is dead.