"Your Highness, the Sea Legion currently has twelve Thunderbolt warships, eight fast cruise warships, forty-six large ocean-going schooners, one hundred and twenty-four medium-sized fast merchant ships, one hundred and eighty-four medium-sized armed merchant ships and four Fourteen large armed cargo merchant ships. In addition, there are thirteen large ocean-going whaling vessels and nearly a hundred medium and small offshore fishing vessels, four fast schooners, a sailor training camp in Oxhorn Bay and five Training warships, there is a large naval corps station at Sailfish Ridge on Shirowas Island.
In addition, there is a cruise squadron of twelve warships in the Hane Yabada Islands. The total establishment of the entire sea corps has reached 58,000 people, because the harvest from commerce and fishing has offset most of the military expenditures. The family's annual military expenditure for the sea corps is now 280,000 to 350,000 Jinford , Compared with the Rock Legion and the Flying Tiger Legion, the military expenditure is only about one-third of theirs. "
The Lightning Strike Warship of the Sea Corps is a sail artillery warship built on the basis of the Tempest and mainly focused on long-range attack with bronze artillery, while the fast cruising battleship is a fast schooner warship built on the model of the Flying Fish of Dawn, but it has been cancelled. The large steel crossbow installed on the ship was modified with nine small bronze cannons to attack the enemy with long-range and maneuverability. It can be called light cavalry at sea.
Fatty Shi is presenting a report to Lorist with a thick volume of documents about the Marine Corps. After the plan to adapt and expand the four Guard Corps is complete, Lorist is going to make some contributions to the family's savings in military expenses. The knife slashed at the Sea Legion.
"The commander of the Sembawood Army has received an order. He is currently on Hilovas Island and will arrive here in half a month. At the same time, he will also bring the main commanders of the Sea Corps to hold a reorganization meeting. In April, he submitted I submitted an application to expand the number of Thunderbolt warships in the Marine Legion, and hoped that within three years, the Niujiaowan Shipyard in the North Sea could build six new Thunderbolt warships. However, this application was rejected by me. At present, the Niujiaowan Shipyard has accepted the The order for the Kenmes family to build twelve large ocean-going merchant ships and medium-sized armed merchant ships lasted for two years, and there was really no room left to build new lightning strike warships," said Fatty Shi.
"Kenmes is really fast. I remember I approved a document last year about building a ship for the Kenmes family. It's about two large ocean-going merchant ships and eight medium-sized armed merchant ships, right? "Lorist asked.
"Yes." Fatty Shi replied: "The total cost is 150,000 gold dollars, including the weapons on board and the training of the sailors. His family has sent more than 800 people to our family's sailor training camp for training."
"How about this, you send a letter to ask that guy Kenmes, if he doesn't mind, we can sell them the medium-sized armed merchant ships that were deleted after the reorganization of the Sea Corps this time, and he won't have to wait for two years Sixty to seventy percent of the new ships should be enough for him to organize offshore business. Of course, except for the new ships that have been put on the ship frame and started to be manufactured, those that have not yet started to be built can be sold.” Lorist said.
"Here is a plan, which is my general plan for reorganizing the sea corps. You can take a look at it. After Semba Wood arrives, you can discuss it with him. If there is something inappropriate, we can make changes." Lorist handed it over to him. Fatty Shi's copywriting is the fruit of his painstaking efforts in the past few days.
Fatty Shi took a look and was taken aback: "Your Highness, are you going to open Beihai City and Niujiao Bay? And Hilovas Island..."
Loris nodded.
Fatty Shi continued to look down, thought about it after reading it, and said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, your slashing was really ruthless, which almost reduced the size of the entire naval army to one-fifth."
Lorist stood up, walked to the large family territory map hanging on the wall, looked at the coastline of the territory on the map and said, "No way, I have been tossing around on land for the past few years, and I haven't paid much attention to the sea army. But I didn't expect it to expand to such a degree now that almost even a small fishing boat has entered the establishment of the sea army, and the number has reached more than 58,000. You know, I was shocked when I heard you talk about it ...Although Semba Wood is very conscientious, and every year the family has completed the tasks assigned to him well, whether it is sea commerce or fishing, he has tried his best to do his best, but this is not what I want. "
"Maritime trade should be a major profit growth point for the family's finances, but now whether it's sea trade or fishing, our profits can't even meet the military expenditures of the Marine Corps. The family still needs to subsidize two to three hundred thousand Jinford every year. It's very abnormal. Of course, I don't doubt that the commander of the Sambawood Corps and management personnel of the Marine Corps have committed corruption. After all, our family's financial revenue and expenditure are supervised and managed by Director Speer, which is already very good. It was only after I read all the dossiers about the Sea Legion that I realized where we went wrong...
The purpose of setting up the Sea Legion is to establish a sea family armed force that can maintain the safety of the coastline of the family territory, protect the islands of our territory, and guard against attacks from the sea. It can carry out surprise attacks on the enemy located on the coastline, and attack the enemy's merchant ships, fishing ships, and trade fleets. The commander of the Sambawood Legion has achieved this. Our family's sea legion has become the overlord of the northern seas, and even we have no enemies who can threaten us at sea.
Sambawood misunderstood one point, that is, he took care of all sea affairs, every ship and every sailor was incorporated into the family's armed forces by him, so that the sea army swelled into a giant. This is not what I want, a group that governs all affairs at sea. It is not a family armed force, but a maritime business association, and it is also an association that needs financial subsidies from the family every year. "
Lorist slammed his fist twice at the location of Niujiao Bay on the map: "Look at Beihai City and the port here at Niujiao Bay, why aren't they lively? We spent so long in Morente City, we should I really understand why Silver Bay is known as the first seaport in Galintia, it is full of vitality. Yes, vitality, I thought about it for two days before I realized it. But look at Niujiao Bay, and Beihai City has been established for several years. Why is it so deserted in the new year? It's very simple, that is, ships from our family's sea corps come and go, and even the dates are fixed.
Take a look at our sea trade again. Now there are only two sea routes. One is the sea route from the Kingdom of Shayslan to the Haneyabad Islands and then to Hilovas Island. The main commodities are spices and all kinds of products produced in our family territory. Living supplies. The second sea route is from Beihai City to Hilovas Island. But what we need to pay attention to is that the terminus of these two sea routes are both on Hilovas Island, and the foreign trade depends on the Peterson Chamber of Commerce and the Chickard Chamber of Commerce. I doubt that our commodity profits will be given by these two chambers of commerce. Artificially lowering it means that we have become the producers of these two chambers of commerce, and this is also the most important key to making up for the military expenditures of the Marine Corps due to the lack of profits from our maritime trade.
In fact, we have many business opportunities, such as trading with nobles along the coast in the northwest region of the former Ridleys Kingdom, or directly transporting goods to the Fali Hill Plain, or even the golden coastline further south to find trading partners. But our family has an agreement with the Peterson Chamber of Commerce that they should be the agent for the transaction with the Ford Business Alliance, and what the Chickard Chamber of Commerce needs is most of the spices we shipped from the Shayslan Kingdom, and they also proposed Following the agreement signed by the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, they will represent the trade of goods from our family territory on the Gold Coast...
This is the main reason why I want to split the Sea Legion. The Sea Legion should return to the military and become the most reliable family armed force on the sea. As for the commercial fleet, the fishing fleet can be classified by establishing a chamber of commerce, except that our family owns two or three merchant ships. Except for the armed fleet and the fishing fleet, the rest are all open to allow private funds to come in, allowing these private fleets to buy goods from our family and go to other places for trade, and our family only needs to collect taxes. Only in this way, Niujiao Bay in Beihai City will be full of vitality, and these non-governmental fleets will bypass the agreement signed between our family and the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, so that the products produced by our family can find a larger market. This is also my plan to open the North Sea The main purpose of the city and Oxhorn Bay and Hilovas Island. "
Fatty Shi raised a few pieces of paper in his hand: "But Your Highness, you have cut down the sea corps too much. According to your plan, the entire sea corps doesn't have fifty ships in total, and the total establishment is only 8,000 to 1. Twelve thousand people."
"Enough is enough. There will be no sea legion in the future, only the North Sea Fleet. Samba Wood will not be the head of the legion anymore. He will become the admiral of the North Sea Fleet." Lorist said with a smile.
"Is this really possible? I don't know about naval warfare, but the Armada of the Ford Business Alliance has more than two hundred warships, and every time they patrol the golden coastline in the southern sea, there are nearly a hundred ships. And you I am going to divide the North Sea Fleet into two cruise fleets, I always feel that the force is too thin." Fatty Shi asked suspiciously.
"Hehe, don't compare the Armada of the Business Alliance with our family's North Sea Fleet. The Armada is still using the old sea tactics of jumping gangs at sea. For our family's lightning strike warships, those are all slow. Target. No matter in terms of maneuverability or long-range attack capability, the maritime armament of any country in Galintia cannot compare with our family's warships. To put it bluntly, our North Sea Fleet is at least 50 years ahead of others in strength.
With six lightning strike warships as the main force, four fast cruising warships as a supplement, two or three large ocean-going schooners as supply ships, and a dozen medium-sized fast merchant ships as frigates can form a cruising fleet. Patrol the North Sea waters and sea trade routes to protect the safety of those civilian fleets, and there is also a cruise fleet for rotation. Although I don't plan to increase the ships of the North Sea Fleet, I still plan to replace all the long-range attack weapons of those supply ships and frigates with bronze artillery to increase the long-range attack power of the cruise fleet. "
After laughing at the Invincible Fleet of the Ford Business Alliance and preparing to install bronze cannons on every ship in the cruise fleet, Lorist thought for a while and said to Fatty Shi: "We must make a plan for the division of the Sea Legion within this year. All the deleted ships will be repaired and refurbished. I am going to announce this news to the nobles and wealthy people attending the New Year's celebration at the end of this year, so that they can join the sea trade. Of course, no matter what these people plan to Whether to form a chamber of commerce or a merchant fleet, our family will occupy 30% of the shares, as the price for us to open Beihai City, Niujiao Bay and Hilovas Island."
"Okay, I got it. I will split up the Marine Legion according to your plan as soon as possible, form the North Sea Fleet, and try to report to you the results of the adaptation of the Sea Legion as soon as possible." Fatty Shi said while holding his hand. Put the few sheets of paper in the folder he was carrying, and then took out another document from the folder: "Your Highness, please take a look at this plan for the planning of the entire Northland transportation and road facilities..."
Lorist was about to pick it up when he heard Genorio's call from outside the study: "Miss, this is His Highness's study, you can't go in!"
"Who are you, and where is Schwader?" The voice was very familiar.
"I'm Genorio, His Highness's attendant, Senior Brother Shi Huade has gone to the back mountain to practice in seclusion."
"Oh, new here, big fool, get out of the way, I have something to do with that bastard Locke."
"No, you can't go in..."
"Don't force me to do it, get out, you dare to stop me with only one Bronze star, Bai Chang is such a big man."
Then there was a "crash", and it was obvious that Genorio had been thrown into a corner.
Fatty Shi put the file back into the folder: "Lock, it seems that you are in trouble, let's discuss this file next time."
Lorist smiled wryly and looked at the door of the study room. The door was pushed open, and Aridoli came in angrily. Genorio behind him should have just got up from the ground, trying to stop her with a red face, "You can't Go in, ah, Your Highness..."
Fatty Shi had already walked to the door, and patted Genorio's chest: "Big man, it's okay, His Highness won't blame you. You can't afford to mess with this young lady..."
Then he nodded to Aridoli: "Hello, Knight Aridoli, long time no see, you are beautiful again."
"Sorry, Baron Shredder, am I being too reckless to interrupt your official business?" At this moment, Aridoli became very ladylike again, and gave a breast-stroking knight salute to Fatty Shi, but this woman The chest of the half-length cavalry armor is too protruding outward.
Fatty Shi smiled gloatingly: "It's nothing, we've finished our discussion, so let's take our leave first. If you have anything to do, please talk to His Highness."
As the door was closed, Aridoli returned to a fierce expression on her face.
"Yali, you're too rude. But I'm still very happy to see you. Is Fenna Galley back? You've been away for too long this time." Lorist smiled quickly.
"Hmph, you wish we didn't come back, don't you, so you can live with your princess." Aridoli snorted through her nose.
"Hey, what are you doing, you are so angry, who offended you?"
"It's you, you bastard. Last time I said that proposing to Princess Sylvia would help the Norton family, so I endured it too. But this time, the Fessabrun family has become your family's enemy. You You still want to marry her, so you lied to us before!" Aridoli kicked Lorist, but Lorist was quick and didn't kick.
"Hey, don't touch your hands, just say something..."
"I'll kick, kick you bastard to death. You asked me to be your lover and I accepted it. She also agreed to let my aunt be your concubine, and she gave birth to you a son. It doesn't matter to us two, but my sister The first time I gave it to you, if you bastard can't marry her, don't provoke her, and let her be your concubine. Our two sisters and aunt of the Dina family have followed you, you have to give it to my sister An explanation."
"Yali, don't mess around, your sister, Fenna Galli, and me are her own choice, and I didn't lie to her..."
"I don't care, you have to give me an explanation." Aridoli rushed over, and quickly threw herself into the trap, and was held in Lorist's arms and locked her arms.
Well, I've been holding back for more than two months, now Lorist can't bear it when he touches Aridoli's body...
"Yeah, you're so considerate, Ya Li, I love you so much..." Lorist said while kissing her, his hands were taking off her half body armor.
Aristoli was shocked and struggled immediately: "Are you crazy? It's morning..."
Her mouth had already been blocked by Lorist, and she was soon turned into a little white sheep, which became soft and began to tremble under the touch of Lorist's hands.
Lorist hurriedly pushed her against the wall, hugged her around her thighs with his hands, and entered her body straight... (18,000 words are omitted here, readers imagine..."
Once on the wall, once on the desk, and once on the sofa, Lorist finally felt refreshed and entered the realm of a sage. This will be half leaning on the sofa with her arms around the limp Aridoli, and her hands are still tossing on her body: "Ali, why are you back suddenly, are you all right in the territory?"
"I, I didn't come back, I just dropped by to send my brother to Nico Academy. My sister has already gone to see the princess. I'm here to find you, you bastard to settle accounts... "Although Luo Rist was tossing enough, but the first female knight of the Dina family was still very arrogant.
"I really like this way of settling accounts. Really, I didn't lie to you." Lorist said.
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