Lorist returned to the Northland in September, accompanied by Fatty Shi and the Flying Tigers. However, Reddy, the acting head of the Flying Tiger Legion, did not come back. He stayed in Morente City and worked with Malek to help Schward with the development and construction of the leased territory. Malek stayed because of his responsibility. After all, most of the leased territory was used for military purposes. Malek was going to wait until all the basic planning and construction projects were on the right track before returning.
Reddy stayed because of two considerations. One was the deep love between his brothers and sisters. For the first time, Schwader stood alone and became the person in charge of this leased territory. We met, so Reddy stayed for two or three months longer. During this time, he was going to hone Schward's swordsmanship. The second is that his uncle Gary Lando was reluctant to let him go back to the Northland, so Reddy agreed to return to the North with El's Guards by the end of the year, which also saved the old man from the extra sadness of seeing him off twice.
Princess Sylvia, Director Speer, Director Kedan, and high-level family officials, large and small, rushed to Beihai City to welcome them, and held a grand welcome ceremony to welcome the triumphant return of the family's armed forces who had been fighting for several years. They also prepared sumptuous banquets for Lorist and the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Legion in the Beihai City Lord's Mansion and the barracks outside the city.
Lorist was a little surprised at first, how could the miser in charge, Speer, be willing to be so extravagant and wasteful? Director Speer, who returned to the family territory at the end of last year, explained the reason to Lorist with a smile on his face. Thanks to the revival of the commercial wholesale market in Morente City, all the industrial and mining workshops in the Norton family territory have been engaged in intense work non-stop. During the production and expansion activities, new industrial workshops emerged one after another, and the family territory was full of prosperity. Last year alone, the family gained no less than three million in income from these thriving industries...
In the past, the family had no money, and Director Speer had no choice but to save money. He wished he could break a gold coin into two and spend it in half. What he feared most was that Lorist was wasting the family's money recklessly. But now that the family is rich, Director Speer finally discovered the deep meaning of Lorist's money investment. Every gold coin invested can often earn more wealth back.
So when Princess Sylvia brought him to discuss preparing a grand welcome ceremony, she got the full support and approval of Director Speer. If you have money, you should do a lot, because it reflects the face of the Norton family. And the dignity of Lorist, the sword master of the country. At the same time, it will also make the soldiers of the Norton family who have been fighting for several years feel the family's care and consideration for them, and increase their centripetal force and loyalty to the family...
After the fun was over, Lorist discovered that Princess Sylvia and the four concubines looked like they were living in Beihai City with their children. After asking, I found out that the construction of the palace outside the east gate of Angry Bear City, which has been going on for two and a half years, has been delayed. It should have been completed half a year ago, but last year, Director Speer was in a good mood because of the wealth of the family. Deciding not to compromise the family's momentum in the construction of this palace that showcases the style of the Norton family, a large sum of funds was allocated to the past. Master Siropa, who was responsible for the construction of this palace, decided to strive for excellence and build this palace into a peerless palace that has been passed down for thousands of years, so the progress of the project began to be delayed.
Well, it was only then that Lorist remembered that he had reviewed a financial appropriation document submitted by Director Speer when he was in Morente City last year, and it seemed that this was what he was talking about. It’s just that all I was thinking about at the time was how to deal with the business alliance, and I also trusted Speer’s supervisor, so I left an impression in my mind and wrote the words “read and follow” on the document, and sent the file back to Speer. Director Er, it turns out that's what happened...
Princess Sylvia likes to be clean, and doesn't like to stay in the angry bear city like a big construction site. In addition, he likes the sea, so he took his family to Beihai City and occupied the City Lord's Mansion. Anyway, the City Lord's Mansion is still empty, so it's not in vain. Besides, although the Niujiao Bay where Beihai City is located does not have a platinum beach, there are some small sandy areas, enough for the women of Lorist to bring their children to play on the beach.
In the evening, in the luxurious and spacious master bedroom of the Lord's Mansion of Beihai City, there was a particularly large bed with a jade body on the bed. Princess Sylvia and the four concubines turned their thoughts into a hand-to-hand fight with Lorist. Motivation, lingering to death. Lorist tried his best to resist the wolf-like attacks of the five women. He felt that his body and energy were almost wiped out, and then he settled the women one by one...
"Why don't you take the children to the Platinum Beach in West Degrad for a summer vacation?" After the passion, Lorist embraced Princess Sylvia in his arms and started to do homework.
Princess Sylvia still had the aftertaste of satisfaction and orgasm on her face, and she became like a lazy kitten curled up in Lorist's arms, enjoying what Lorist's chest brought her. The sense of security and warmth. Hearing Lorist's question, she pressed closer to Lorist's chest, and said slowly: "I don't want to go. We went once two years ago, and it happened that the Duke of Kenmes came with his family armed The Faliqiu Plain returned. Only 13,000 of the nearly 50,000 Kenmes family came back armed, and the entire West Degrad province was full of sorrow.
The maids who served us at Platinum Beach also had sad faces. Many of their family members died in battle, and we heard crying from time to time. Moreover, there are only a few guests like us on the Platinum Beach, and there is no lively atmosphere like the one we used to go to. It just feels deserted. And we heard that most of the nobles in the territory of the Antinac Kingdom participated in this war, and suffered as much damage as the Kenmes family. It is conceivable that in the next few years, few noble families will visit Platinum Beach, so in the second year, I went to Morente City to find you by taking advantage of Queen Sissi's incident. We are all worried about you. ..."
Lorist was very moved, and the moved little brother reacted again. He gently kissed Princess Sylvia on the forehead: "It's okay, you don't have to worry about it in the future, we have won and won peace. From now on, I will be by your side and live a good life. It’s time to go to war again. It’s late at night, it’s time to sleep, let’s hurry up and do it again…”
Princess Sylvia burst into laughter, regained her spirit all of a sudden, reached down with her hand, and asked suspiciously: "You still have spirit? Didn't you just half-dead just now? Hey, it's really hard, you Lie still, I want to be on top…”
The next day, Lorist felt his whole body was floating and his legs were weak. Whoever was tossing around with five women in the middle of the night and only slept for three or four hours would be like this, even if he was a sword master, he couldn't stand it. This is a physical problem. Even if Lorist is promoted to Juggernaut, he is still a human being, not a god. It seems that becoming a Juggernaut didn't enhance the function in this aspect, Lorist began to think about this very serious issue.
However, there should be some benefits. An old man like Grand Duke Fesabrun, a third-level great swordsman, is in his seventies and is still in good health. Ye Yu and his two daughters have no problem. Maybe you can also ask the Duke of Kenmas, although this guy is a silver rank, but he has trained his silver fighting spirit to the ability of the gun below, and has become a famous romantic prince in the kingdom. Welcome ladies...
Crazy thinking that this is over, because Princess Silvia and the four concubines finished dressing up and took the children out to meet the father, Lorist, and have breakfast together. Although they had met yesterday, the older children still felt a little unfamiliar. A brat like Anderbell had already forgotten his father, whom he hadn't seen for more than a year. And the two one-year-old children who were just born treated Lorist as a novelty toy, crawled on him, and quickly sprinkled two steaming bubbles like those puppies dividing the territory. They pissed, declaring that this was their territory, so that Lorist had to take a bath and change into new clothes when he was halfway through breakfast.
Since Princess Sylvia and the others didn't want to go back to that construction site-like Bear City, Lorist stayed in Beihai City as good as he could. It happened that he was going to reorganize the family fleet in Niujiao Bay to determine the size and organization of the family fleet. Since the decisive battle between Cape Romani and the Armada, over two years, the Niujiao Bay Shipbuilding Factory has successively designed and tested more than ten new warships. After two years of seaworthiness, Lorist will use the The performance and role of these new warships determine their standard models and fleet establishment.
In fact, Lorist mainly determined three types of new warships. The first is the Thunderbolt battleship. This is the main battleship of the North Sea Fleet of the Norton Family, and it is also the battleship that made the Norton Family Fleet famous all over the world, and the main force that wiped out the Invincible Fleet. But now the newly-manufactured lightning strike warships at Niujiaowan Shipyard have new improvements, are stronger, faster and more stable. Lorist decided to build thirty brand new lightning strike warships to replace the existing fourteen. .
Then came the medium-sized fast armed warship named destroyer by Lorist. Compared with the old-fashioned medium-sized fast armed warship, this kind of destroyer was equipped with bronze cannons, and the hull became a double-layer hull. , Even if the eighteen bronze cannons installed on the ship fired the hull together, it was safe and sound, and the streamlined hull structure not only could withstand the strong winds and waves in the northern seas, but also nearly doubled the speed.
This kind of destroyer may not be of great use in the northern waters, and the lightning strike warship is sufficient for various maritime security and patrol tasks. But the purpose of Lorist's decision to build this kind of destroyer is to deal with the pirate ships in the southern waters. Thunderbolt battleships are large ships, and their speed and agility are inferior to those small and medium-sized fast armed warships driven by pirates. It is possible to catch up unless the wind is smooth. However, these pirate ships can still escape the pursuit of lightning strike warships by virtue of their familiarity with the geographical environment and hiding in shallow sea reef areas.
Lorist believed that with these destroyers, he could vigorously attack those pirates and pirates active in the southern waters. No matter in terms of agility or speed, no medium-sized fast armed warship can be compared with a destroyer. Coupled with bronze artillery, as long as a pirate ship is found, it will be difficult to fly. The final result is either sunk or surrendered with a white flag.
Another new type of battleship is the very large battleship named cruiser. This was built based on the combination of the performance advantages of the whaling ship and the super-large warship called Sepunim Sea Castle of the Armada. The whole ship was equipped with seventy-two bronze cannons, which were divided into upper and lower layers of firepower. The window, together with the four bronze cannons at the bow and stern, is simply a fire-breathing monster on the sea. At the same time, it can also carry five hundred-man sea stormtroopers on board. Whether it is long-distance attack or melee combat, it is invincible at sea. Big Mac.
In addition, there are three new types of ships, one is a new whaling ship. In order to fight the Armada last time, Lorist conscripted all the family's whaling fleets. After the decisive battle at Cape Romani, all sixteen whaling ships were scrapped and loaded with rocks and mud and sank in the Romani. The reef area of Cape Ney became the cornerstone of the fortress of Schwards Sea Castle.
The new whaling ships were larger and stronger, more suitable for ocean voyages to hunt whales. For Lorist, this is Galintia, not Earth, and he is not an environmentalist. The sea area of this different world is extremely wide, and the number of whales is very large. The whole body of the whale is a treasure. The nearly 100 whales caught every year can bring more than 100,000 gold points to the family, and one whale can earn more than 1,000 gold points. This is a profiteering industry, and the Norton family will not give up.
The next two new types of ships are passenger ships, which are about the size of a cruiser, more comfortable and faster. At present, they have opened up Beihai City to Platinum Beach, then to Hilovas Island, Qilin Port, and then to Ametrine Port. The route to Morant City in the Golden Bay. Four of this new type of passenger ships are going to be built, one sails from Beihai City every month, and the other sails back from Zangjin Bay. The entire voyage takes 27 or 8 days in total, and the four passenger ships alternate with each other.
This is the route in the northern waters. As for the route in the southern seas, Lorist thinks that it is better to contract the passenger ship routes in the southern seas to those private ship owners. The Norton family ships passenger ships, and those private ship owners provide connections and money. Partnership operation, with the guarantee and support of the southern aristocrats behind the private sea ship owners, I believe that this sea passenger transport route in the southern waters will become a hen that lays golden eggs.
The last new type of ship is an improved version of a large ocean-going merchant ship, a large ocean-going cargo ship dedicated to transporting goods, with a cargo capacity nearly double that of the old-fashioned large ocean-going merchant ship, faster and more stable sailing. At the same time, it can also be used as a logistics transport ship to effectively supply and deliver supplies to the North Sea Fleet on a long voyage to support the North Sea Fleet's long voyage. Twenty-four of this new type of large-scale ocean-going fast cargo ships are planned to be built, and they are usually used to transport goods and raw materials from the Northland to Morente City.
What made it difficult for Lorist was that, for reasons of confidentiality, these new warships and ships could not be built in other shipyards, but only in Niujiaowan Shipyard. The Norton family's armed forces are now well-known all over the world. Whether it is the naval fleet or the Marine Corps, they have become the target of prying eyes. Only in the family territory can the spies sent by all parties be effectively isolated and arrested.
The Niujiaowan Shipbuilding Factory has expanded to nearly half of the Niujiaowan site, with more than 10,000 workers and technicians of various types. It can be said to be the largest family business of the Norton family. But shipbuilding is technical work after all, and it is not possible to speed up the construction speed by rushing to work with more people. According to the calculation results, only more than 20 new ships can be built every year at most, which is already their best effort.
But the current shipbuilding plan on paper has reached more than 120 ships, and the production plan of the Niujiao Bay Shipyard in the next six to seven years has been fully arranged. Lorist thought about preparing to expand Hilo The shipbuilding workshop on Gas Island arranged for the construction of those new passenger ships, cargo ships and whaling ships there, and finally these warships on paper could be turned into reality within four years.
In addition to the arrangement of the construction period. Lorist will also discuss with Director Speer the allocation and supervision of shipbuilding costs. In Morant City, the seven shipbuilding workshops around the Golden Bay cost about six to seven thousand gold-fords to build a large ocean-going merchant ship, but the cost of a medium-sized destroyer built by the Norton family is far several times that of this number. Among other things, the construction of the double hull of the battleship alone costs 15,000 gold dollars, plus the bronze artillery and the training of the crew and sailors, the total cost will be as high as 40,000 to 50,000 when the destroyer officially enters service.
Fortunately, the Norton family already owns the Fortress of Schwald Sea Castle at Cape Romani, and can legally collect tolls and escort fees for ships on the Golden Sea Road. The later family fleet is self-sufficient, and even has surplus money handed over to the family every year. In addition, the surrender of the Armada of the Business Alliance and the capture of the Golden Bay captured the ships of the Chamber of Commerce. After cleaning up, nearly 200 ships were auctioned in Morente City, and more than one million Jinford was earned. In this way, the family only needs to allocate about five million gold dollars to complete the shipbuilding plan, and it is not a one-time allocation, but an annual allocation of more than one million according to the progress, which does not cause a big burden on the family's finances.
After being busy for more than a month, Lorist finally set the tone for the reorganization and expansion of the family's fleet, and completed the arrangements for the construction and production of new warships and ships. The next focus is the New Year's celebration to be held at the end of the year. During this New Year's celebration, the Norton family will promote a large number of vassal nobles to the titles, and at the same time promote a group of meritorious officers and men to become new territorial nobles.
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