Claude was really annoyed that his family kept causing trouble for him. Why should they go back to White Deer City at this time? It is still in ruins and the day of reconstruction is far away. Besides, the original acquaintances of the neighbors in White Deer City were few and far between after the civil war in the kingdom. At this time, mother Kaifani and the others would be in a strange place when they returned, and they would not be able to take care of them if something happened.
Claude had no choice but to order the carriage to be prepared and rush to the train station as quickly as possible. Because their mother and the others got train tickets from nowhere, they were going to get on the train and go to the Port of Corpicus to take a boat back to the kingdom. Even Svenson, the manager of Field Manor, was kept in the dark about this trip. It wasn't until his mother and the others had packed their luggage and were ready to set off that they found out that he was also going to White Deer City.
Claude summoned his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes: "Send someone to the Military Intelligence Department to find out who helped my mother and the others arrange this trip..."
Arriving at the train station, Claude found that he seemed to have had a bit of a distraction. His mother, Kaifani and the others seemed not to be running away from home, but to go out for fun. Because they took a compartment instead of buying a ticket to get on the train. In addition, there were many people seeing him off, including ladies who had been to Field Manor. Then Claude saw that the old butler Yaric was also there, and his mother was giving him some instructions...
Claude forced a smile, kept nodding to those who greeted him and saluted him, and then squeezed through the ladies. On the way, someone didn't know who grabbed his lower body. This was probably because some lady saw that Claude's wife Caifuni was going to travel far away, so she wanted to try to seduce Claude.
When the mother saw Claude appearing in front of her, her face suddenly darkened. She looked at Claude coldly, as if looking at an enemy: "Why are you here?"
"No, okay, why do you want to go back to the kingdom?" There were many people around, and Claude couldn't bear to look at them coldly, so he had to compromise.
"I want to go back and see your father. I haven't visited his grave for so many years." Mother said with some emotion, and then she said with a straight face: "Aren't you very busy? If you have nothing to do, just go back... "
"I always visit my father's grave..." Claude said. This is the truth. Every time he passes by White Deer City, he will visit Mr. Morsant's grave. After all, White Deer City is just over the cemetery. Intact: "Then why are Kaifani and the others going back? Emilysa is only so old..."
Kaifani held her little daughter and turned around. She still didn't want to talk to Claude. On the other hand, the little daughter Amelyssa she was holding was very happy. She was not yet four years old. She was very interested in the lively scene in front of her and was looking around with her big eyes open. As for Claude's fifteen-year-old second son, Belgacy, he was sitting in a corner of the carriage, quietly looking down at a book in his hand, as if the lively farewells next to him had nothing to do with him.
"Kafni received a letter from her sister Catherine. The letter said that her sister's family had returned to White Deer City, and her brother-in-law Gerald had returned to White Deer City to work, so Kaifani decided to take the children back to have a look." The mother was very happy. After a rare moment of explaining to Kaifuni, he immediately said: "Go back, it's none of your business here, don't be an eyesore here. I want to say a few words to them..."
In the first half of last year, Kaifani finally received a letter from her missing sister Catherine. The letter said that before the civil war in the kingdom, the Storm Fleet in White Deer City rebelled and was going to join Prince Hansback. Kaifuni's brother-in-law Gerald was also kidnapped at the time, but he gathered his friends and former subordinates from the Shark Club halfway and seized three boats to return to White Deer City. Then they took their respective families to the stormy waters and occupied a remote island, living a secluded life as half thieves and half smugglers.
In fact, Gerald has visited the overseas dominions several times and inquired about the Claude family. It's just that he didn't want to come and join Claude, because he was a little disheartened by the current situation of the Storm Fleet members who had taken refuge in the overseas autonomous territories. Those navies who came to seek refuge in overseas autonomous territories had a difficult life because they were unwilling to seek refuge in the war zones under the direct jurisdiction of the territory at that time. They could only earn a small amount of money in exchange for alcohol by transporting goods for people in the coastal waters of the territorial jurisdiction.
Later, the civil war in the kingdom subsided, and the remnants of the Storm Fleet, which had taken refuge in the overseas territories, were also preparing to return to the country. They also called Gerald, who was making a living in the storm waters, over. To their surprise, Sterling XI did not reuse them. Instead, he sent them to serve as patrol squadrons in the coastal waters to protect the safety of the Ibiniste Plain.
Those days were very difficult, and military pay was scarce and often late. Sometimes Gerald wanted to go back to the Stormy Sea to start his own smuggling business. However, when Frederick I came to power, he began to pay attention to the navy again, but at that time the kingdom had neither the money nor the ability to build another dreadnought fleet. Then the Debt War broke out, and then the alliance army invaded the kingdom itself and occupied most of the kingdom.
At that time, Gerald's Kingdom Cruise Squadron only had about a dozen light warships. They were part of the navy and could not go ashore to fight the Alliance forces. They could only fight guerrillas at sea, harass ports occupied by the Alliance forces, or intercept them. Robbery of the ships transporting supplies from the Alliance Army made a lot of contributions in this war. Now that the treasury has money, some money has been allocated to the Kingdom's Navy Department, and naval officers like Gerald have been promoted and re-employed.
A few days ago, Catherine sent another letter to her sister, but Claude was in a cold war with Kaifuni and did not know the content of the letter. It was only when my mother told her that she understood that it was because Gerald had been promoted and returned to White Deer City to take up a post, and Catherine wrote a letter to Kaifni asking her sister to go to White Deer City for a sister reunion, so Kaifni brought Bayer to her. The two children, Gacy and Alyssa, were taken away...
Claude also wanted to persuade his mother and Kaifni a few more words, hoping that they would wait for a while and then send them back to the kingdom when he was done. But my mother had no time to pay attention to him. Instead, she thought he was in the way and only talked to the ladies who were seeing her off. And Kaifani ignored him, and the carriage was full of people. Claude had no choice but to exit the carriage and give up his seat to the noble ladies who came to see him off. The false flattery and compliments of those women could be heard in the carriage.
"My lord..." The old butler Yaric appeared next to Claude.
Claude nodded: "Are you okay, Yarrick? Why did my mother call you here?"
"I'm fine, sir." The old butler Yaric saluted Claude: "The old lady and Madam Kefni called me over because they wanted to stay in White Deer City for a while when they returned to the kingdom, so they asked me to Put the monthly income dividends from the tobacco workshops into the Overseas Minsheng Bank, and send special personnel to deliver the money orders to them every six months... "
The last time Claude took stock of the family property, he took back all the shares in the industries he participated in in the overseas dominions that had been given to Caifuni for safekeeping, leaving her only 30% of the share income of the family tobacco workshop as her daily expenses. This part of the income is not a small amount, and the business is so good that I get more than 10,000 gold crowns in dividends every month.
Unexpectedly, she and her mother were still thinking about these profits when they returned to the kingdom this time. They specially asked the old housekeeper Yarik to deposit all the dividends from the shares in the bank, and then send a special person to send her bank transfer draft every six months... . ...
Originally, Claude came to the station to persuade his mother and Kaifani not to mess around, and planned to take them both home. But who would have thought that after arriving, they would find so many noble ladies coming to see off their mother, Kaifani and the others. If this caused a commotion at the station and spread, it would be a joke, but now he couldn't squeeze into the carriage to persuade his mother and the others...
The train blew its whistle, which meant it was about to start. The ladies in the carriage also began to get out of the car and say goodbye to their mother, Kaifani, and the others. Claude was about to enter the carriage again and try harder, but was stopped by the old butler Yaric: "Sir, let them go. I know everything about the manor, and you did the right thing. The old lady and Lady Kefni sometimes lose their temper when they don't want to think about it, so it would be good to let them go back to the kingdom to relax.
You don't have to worry about safety. I asked Sergeant Buster to bring seven hired gunmen to protect the safety of their party. These seven gunmen are retired veterans and are security guards of the tobacco factory. They know everything about it and are loyal and reliable. With them by their side, the safety of the second young master, young lady, and madam is absolutely no problem. Moreover, Svenson also brought a few servants to follow Madam and the others this time. As long as he is here, nothing will happen..."
Claude stopped and thought for a while and felt that the old butler Yaric was right. Because he threw his eldest son Tesore into the military camp and forced him to join the army, his mother and his wife Kaifni looked at him. Like life and death enemies. Even if he forced them to stay at Field Manor, he would be asking for trouble, and the relationship would still not improve. It would be better to just let them go back to the kingdom to relax, as the old butler Yaric said.
When the train began to move forward slowly on the rails, and the farewell people waved to the carriage, Claude had already bid farewell to the old butler Yaric, boarded the carriage, and drove towards the military headquarters. When he arrived at the place and entered the office, Claude received a piece of information from the Military Intelligence Department. The itinerary of his mother and the others was clear at a glance.
There is a member of the Dominion Parliament named Braes Bay Willis, who is engaged in animal husbandry and leather processing. This time, I planned to devote myself to ocean shipping. I invested money to establish an ocean trading firm in partnership with my friends, and also ran the route from Copicius Port to White Deer City. It’s just that the four ocean-going cargo ships and one ocean-going luxury passenger ship customized by their ocean-going trading firm are all iron-clad ships. This is the only one in overseas autonomous territories. Its launch some time ago caused a sensation among the people...
Now these five armored ships are ready and are about to embark on their first voyage to the kingdom's mainland. Congressman Blaes Belwillis also invited relatives and friends to board the luxury ocean liner to enjoy the maiden voyage of the ironclad ship named Martha. At the same time, he also planned to take his wife and children to the royal capital to experience it. Take a tour.
Mrs. Braes was a frequent visitor to Field Manor. It was said that she had a good relationship with Claude's mother and often had afternoon tea together. Therefore, she showed off the fact that she had to take a luxury ocean liner to the kingdom's mainland and then visit the royal capital to earn face. As a result, Mrs. Kefni found out about this, so she got interested and asked her mother to ask Mrs. Braes if she could buy some boat tickets for her family to return to White Deer City to see the ancestral property... ..
When Congressman Blaes Belwillist heard from his wife that Marshal Claude's mother and his wife, Mrs. Kefni, were also going to return to the kingdom's mainland on his own ocean-going luxury liner, he was overjoyed. . He immediately patted his chest and said that he would reserve the best first-class cabin for them. At the same time, he also paid for a luxury carriage on the train that the railway company was traveling on today, and asked his wife to accompany Marshal Claude's mother, wife and children to take the exam. Take a boat from Picchus Port.
It was precisely because of the attentiveness shown by Councilor Blais Belwillis that the steward Swenson and the servants did not know that mother and Caifeni had made plans to return to White Deer City. They did not find out until they were about to set off and hurriedly sent someone. Send a message to Claude. And even if Claude arrives at the station, it's a done deal. Unless he turns his back and sends someone to forcefully take them off the bus, he can't stop them from returning to White Deer City...
After reading the information in his hand, Claude was speechless. He knew very well that Congressman Blaes Bay Willis was courting his mother and wife just to have a relationship with him. It's a pity that all his flattery fell on the horse's legs, and he didn't know that his relationship with his mother and Kaifani was in a very bad situation. If anything happens to Tesore in the military camp, his mother and Kaifni will definitely want to eat him alive...
Forget it, it's going to rain and they have to go back, there's nothing that can stop them. The old butler Yarrick was right. It would be good for them to go out and relax for a while. I hope they can wake up. As for safety issues, there is no need to worry about this. Svenson is with them and can help them solve any problems. Besides, the old butler Yaric also arranged for Sergeant Kester to lead seven gunmen to guard them. Generally speaking, they would not encounter any danger.
Besides, the five armored ships belonging to Councilor Braes Bel Willis did not travel alone, but went to the Kingdom mainland together with the ocean cruising fleet from the overseas autonomous territories. Not only were they escorted by nearly a hundred sailing warships, but of course, the sailing warships were now also used as transport ships. During this trip, they also had to deliver 200,000 new rifles and 10 million rounds of ammunition to the Kingdom's Ministry of War. There is also an armored squadron to escort, and this sea channel is already very familiar, so there will be no problems during the half-month trip at sea...
Claude rubbed his brows and said, forget it, let's just leave it at that. Picking up a new Falcon letter that arrived on the desk, he saw that it was sent by Colonel Boker again. The letter said that due to the trade ban imposed by the eight colonies on the west coast against overseas autonomous territories, and the increasing restrictions on the colonial waters of various countries, Strict patrols have led to the near-extinction of smuggling on the coast. In other words, goods from overseas autonomous territories can no longer be transported to the colonies of various countries through smuggling ships.
Since the ban on trade has been implemented in the colonies on the west coast for half a year, the markets of the colonies of the Molossik Kingdom have no longer found goods from overseas autonomous territories except for goods produced in the Kingdom of Molossik. The high price and low quality of the goods from the Kingdom of Morosik has caused great dissatisfaction among the people in the colonies. Many transaction disputes have occurred in various places, and there have even been several riots, but they have all been suppressed. .
Colonel Bokoal said that the current situation is very good, and the recruitment and assembly of the young men of Pamigal are also being carried out secretly. However, due to the scarcity of some supplies on the market and the high prices, the half-blood baron Tezzinger Nora Taganem was unable to raise the military supplies needed for the training of 20,000 young men. Therefore, Colonel Bockal hoped that the Dominion Military Region could organize a transportation team to transport a batch of military supplies to them along the land channel they opened, so as to prevent the more than 10,000 young men who had already assembled from being unable to persist due to lack of supplies. .. ...
It gives me a headache, accidents happen all the time. According to the original plan, the Dominion Military Region only needed to provide weapons and equipment to the Pamigal National Liberation Front formed by the mixed-race baron, and then recruit a volunteer division to help them launch an armed uprising. During this period, grassroots officers were sent to help the armed division formed by the Pamigal people conduct military training. As for the required food, grass and military supplies, the Pamigal people prepared themselves.
Unexpectedly, those Pamigal people can't even raise military supplies now, and they need support from overseas autonomous territories. Claude thought for a while and could only make the next step. He rang the summons bell and his adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Mason Hughes, came in. Claude told him to ask Congressman Andercolos Rojoist of the Dominion Parliament to come to the military headquarters to discuss important matters.
Congressman Anderkolos Le. Joyster was the Congressman who asked the Dominion Military District to declare war after hearing the ban on trade in the eight colonies on the west coast. Since he was promoted to a hereditary baron in the kingdom, he added the word "column" to his name. , received a title from His Majesty the King. His family opened seventeen daily necessities workshops in overseas autonomous territories. The ban on trade in the eight colonies on the west coast had a great impact on his family.
Councilor Andecolos Le Joyster arrived at Claude's office an hour later. He was a little confused. He didn't know what Claude, who was well-known in the Dominion, wanted to do with him. Although the two had met before, they only nodded in friendship and were not close to each other. For him, Claude was someone he looked up to.
"I hope that everything you heard here today will be kept in your own heart, and you will be responsible for the consequences if you leak it." Claude said this first, and then stopped Representative Andecolos Le Joyster from speaking. On impulse, he went to the map and briefly introduced the wildfire plan before telling him:
"We now have a secret land passage leading to the colony of the Kingdom of Morosik. We can hand this secret land passage to you and let it become your smuggling trade route, but you are responsible for helping us Transport a batch of military supplies. It's not that we can't organize the army to transport this batch of supplies, but we have to take precautions to avoid falling into the trap.
If it is a smuggling caravan organized by your own people, it will have nothing to do with our Dominion Military Region when it is discovered. But if our Military Region organizes troops to transport supplies, it will be easily involved in the armed uprising that is about to break out on the West Coast and involve the entire overseas Dominion. . Therefore, our military region must act with caution..."
"Stop talking, Mr. Marshal, let me do it! Let me be responsible for these things..." Councilor Anderkolos Le. Joyster could no longer suppress the excitement and surprise in his heart and stood up. He promised, patting his chest.