Chapter 675
2021-03-06
Chapter 675 Begin to stir parties
Tulip Islands, the capital of Phalatis, Bekele.
If the residents of the old continent are asked to choose a great city that represents human civilization, although many people will instinctively call out the capital of Cyrus, which is called the Museum of All Nations, Santa Cruz.
But no one can veto it with one bite. The city Bekele, which embodies the essence of the steam industry civilization of this era, is underfoot.
The huge 95-meter-high bell tower can overlook the entire capital, the steam of the factories in the city stands in great numbers white connected into clouds, and the beautifully cast lamp posts on both sides of the main street stretch like straight sentries. To the end of the line of sight
Especially years ago.
As the coke iron smelting process flourished, the kingdom’s steel production once again ushered in a breakthrough, engineers built a large Iron Bridge with a span of 129 meters on the Thame River flowing through Bekele, symbolizing the The endless creativity and enterprising spirit of the people of Phaletians.
It is also an industrial miracle that makes the world jaw-dropping.
Although the big Iron Bridge is expensive, the national pride is unprecedented!
In particular, the 350-kilometer “Taime River” originates from the Cotswolds in the eastern part of the island and enters the sea at Newern Harbor. The city’s mother river is even more significant.
However.
At this time, the interior of the sewer system, which flows into the River Thame from the opening of the Great Iron Bridge, is not so peaceful.
Another negative consequence of a good urban drainage system is the construction of a labyrinth-like Underground World, which is dark and damp and contains some “dirt” that should not be here.
Wow.
In the underground Eastern Region, a group of humanoid rats in sackcloth robes are whispering; in the Western Region, a line of azure black spiders rustling like asphalt A group of ferocious silhouettes with scarlet hands opened the manhole covers and got into the streets.
Under the aristocratic district, several pale-faced “ghouls” and their bodies belonged to the “Lenglie monarch”. The “blasphemers” who wear gray white leather robes and belong to the “Mist of Order secret sect” also met:
“gā gā gā, the city is really lively recently, with all kinds of harbor ulterior motives. The guys are starting to get active, and there’s a continuous influx of people from all walks of life. Maybe we don’t even need our hands to make this city a mess.”
“The war has already begun, The power of True God is constantly increasing, and during this period, no matter what happens, the ‘Tulip’ who is doomed to be antagonistic must not have the slightest chance to breathe.
It’s all because of the idiots of the ‘Oathbreaker’, for a visit to the [Clock Tower] ] not only did not get the [Libra Balance holy sword], but also completely wiped out the entire army and did not return any useful news.
As a result, our follow-up plans had to change again and again, ‘Chaos Worms’ over there.”
Directly above their heads, the sun in the city is just right.
Da..da..da..
A guard dragoon riding a war horse and wearing a red military uniform with shoulder-resistant muskets. Bird-beak masked arakkoa troops in black leather coats, secret agents of the kingdom’s intelligence department.
Subordinate to the kingdom’s defense force, they began to roam the streets of the city in batches for decades. The most important ceremony in the city is approaching, and the alert level in the city has been raised to the highest.
Expected and unexpected enemies are always emerging, and this response has long been the standard configuration of celebrations in various civilizations.
Even if there is a True God Cult that will suppress it, every large-scale public event on the continent is the peak period of the active “cults” of all parties. Those guys who are hostile to civilization and order are like cockroaches, killing one person. The wave and the wave are simply endless.
Like the fallen “God of Opera” Purcell, they are attached to human society itself, and use the body that violates human civilization as a source of power.
Faith is secondary. Human anger, sadness, selfishness, timidity, despair, hatred, jealousy, inferiority complex, greed, etc. negative emotions are their favorite.
However.
Unlike the “Dark Millennium” before the “Renaissance”, True God hardly revealed Divine Vestige.
In this era, True God pays unprecedented attention to the mundane world, and even angels frequently come to intervene in mundane affairs. There is church repression, especially in the most inner capital of a civilized country, there is almost no need to worry that there will be a mad Evil God who dares to come to wantonly slaughter in person.
Of course, there are pros and cons.
Just like the root cause of this time’s celebration, the queen who can stay for another hundred years in the Spring and Autumn period suddenly abdicated, and the root cause is also the church.
“What belongs to the gods belongs to God, and what belongs to the king belongs to the king”. In reality, the next level of definition is “what belongs to the extraordinary belongs to the extraordinary, and what belongs to the mortal belongs to the mortal”.
After breaking through the third rank, the body is well maintained and there is no accidental death. What is the difference between a king who has been stable for nearly two hundred years and a god ruling over mankind?
This is something that neither the church after the “dark millennium” nor the “Renaissance”, nor the True God behind them want to see. In that case, it would be better to directly replace the Kingdom and build the established Sect Kingdom.
Among the continents, the natural transition of kings between the ages of 65 and 70 is the most common. If the time limit comes, he still loves the throne and does not go, it will invite the forced intervention of the church. In place of the gods, the pope declares the king outlawed, and then a new king is appointed.
Although the current Queen Isabella is only 67 years old, she is still three years away from the final 70 years old, but a series of internal and external factors prompted her to make this decision.
Inside.
During this time, she took advantage of the good opportunity given by the negative case of the Kingdom of Ilya, and adopted Alwin’s suggestion to nationalize all the livelihood industries.
A series of reforms that will seriously affect the interests of the inherent group have been completed in her hands, and no force can resist her Supreme prestige.
Therefore, Liwena’s power has no internal obstacles, and she has inherited a rich political legacy, just waiting for the flowers and fruits to enjoy the glory.
Outside.
Seeing that the religious reformation of the Cyrus Empire is coming to an end, the turmoil in the continent will gradually calm down, and the interest disputes between the kingdom and Cyrus will inevitably intensify in the future, and the remaining three years are not enough. for the two to decide the winner.
It would be better to let the successor enter when the intensity of the struggle is still young, and let the 35-year-old Crown Prince Li Weina, who has already gained a lot of experience, spend the next 30 years to truly create her own. The splendor of the kingdom of Phaletis.
The Crown Prince’s residence, in a blossoming garden.
Livina, who was wearing a long goose yellow dress and a jeweled Princess crown, looked particularly charming and charming. She kicked off her shoes and sat on a bench with her bare white feet tucked into her knees. Alwin on the other side of the bench chatted with each other.
crack crack
Alwin, as a core Crown Prince party, has completely brought in his identity as a Guardian Knight at this time.
Although he was casually wearing a white shirt and nibbling on an apple specially provided by the royal family, the great wizard’s extremely powerful spirit strength field has spread for several blocks, even deep underground. The small insects could not escape his perception.
If in a prosperous royal family, under normal circumstances, he should have begun to charge for the smooth upper position of the patriarch king now.
It is a pity that there is only one heir to the kingdom at present, and his current duty only needs to protect the safety of Liweina.
It even made me laugh when I remembered that Jeros and Queen Stephanie shook their heads like a rattle when they heard the news. For ordinary people, the throne is out of reach, but they avoid it like snakes and scorpions.
However, everyone has their own aspirations, and their choices are not necessarily bad.
“They are all characters like demons and monsters, so small scenes are not a big problem. With the current defense strength of the capital, we only need to worry about what Cyrus will do when the time comes. “
Liwina nodded lightly, not paying any attention to the appearance of Alwin carefree:
“I’m not worried that they will have trouble at the succession ceremony, but I’m just a little worried about the future.” The fierce battle is bound to come, even if everyone from the citizens to the adults in the center has the ambition to replace Cyrus.
But only in terms of the development speed of the navy itself, it should not be able to reach Cyrus within ten years. At the current level of Leus, the increasingly large overseas interests may be threatened by the Cyrus for a long time.”
Because any reliable maritime armed force needs to Adapted maritime trade as its basis. The navy has to guarantee and protect the merchant ship, and the taxes paid by the merchant ship are in turn invested in the construction of the fleet.
No one would be stupid enough to spend money madly to expand armaments regardless of the actual situation, and compete for the title of the world’s first navy.
But for the current Phalatis, a more powerful navy has real meaning.
The first is the slave trade that monopolizes the terrifying profits of the Southern Continent, then the Ugol Island that intercepts the new continent’s shipping routes, and finally the need to deal with the maritime threat of the overlord Cyrus, all of which make the establishment of a more A strong navy is imperative.
And the kingdom’s “shipbuilding plan” has been launched a few years ago, and the military estimates that it must at least reach the one third of Cyrus, so as not to compete for overseas interests in the whole world. , to the point of being helpless.
But now, Cyrus’ invincible fleet has more than 310 main battleships above Level 3, an indeterminate number of [Legendary battleships], and the total fleet size has exceeded 2,000 taels. Hundreds.
That’s a super huge monster that makes people feel hopeless to think about it, and it’s no wonder that Liweina feels stressed.
Although the dozens of battleships lost in the Benin naval battle that decided the ownership of the Southern Continent rulers could not be said to be insignificant, they were far from hurting Cyrus.
ka-cha!
“Your Highness, do you still remember my ‘Storm Horn’? Even after eliminating witchcraft, Yuanfan Ling Shipyard has completed the research on the craft of making iron-ribbed and wooden hulled ships, and can be put into production at any time. , the biggest advantage is fast!”
“Iron-ribbed wooden hull craft” perfectly solves the problem of the strength gap between the new continent white oak and iron oak, and is the highlight of the military shipbuilding industry, even if Liweina Needless to say, Alwin also proposed to enable it.
The advantages of the iron rib structure are very obvious. Without greatly increasing the ship’s own weight, the ship can be built longer, which can better withstand the recoil of artillery and increase the number of artillery.
At the moment when artillery accuracy and formidable power are limited, more is stronger!
And when building a new ship, it can greatly shorten the drying time of the rib. With the addition of steel box keel, standardized components, and steam drying of the ship plate, the production cycle of a battleship can be shortened from several years to several years. months.
It takes three to six years for a new ship with strict craftsmanship from material selection to completion.
In Alwin’s eyes, industrial capability is war potential!
“With the current normal production capacity, there is no problem in launching fifteen iron-ribbed and wooden-hulled Level 4 battleships within two years, and the production capacity can continue to be expanded, as long as you give an order. Then.”
Then, Her Royal Highness, who was listening attentively with her clean chin supported, gave him a charming look and said the second half of the sentence for him very naturally:
“As long as The little money is in place, and everything is easy to talk about. Isn’t it right, Mr. Garriott?”
Alwin:.
“cough cough, talk back, talk back. What, Your Highness is almost up. , we should be moving to the palace before tonight. Why don’t we bet an apple and guess if something interesting will happen on the road?”
“Hey, it’s boring! Let’s discuss, five Can I get a discount? 40% off? Don’t run!”
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