Heroes of Silver Moon

"Is this...whether I will build a warship or not, has anything to do with solving the financial crisis in the new French territory?" Simon asked suspiciously.

Clifford smiled mysteriously, nodded and said: "Of course it has something to do with it, because of the Sea Clan's attack, the Royal First Fleet defending the east coast suffered heavy losses and was unable to patrol the east coast anymore.

The Second Fleet was unable to deploy to defend the west coastline.

Unable to clear the shipping lanes, sea bandits became more rampant at sea, and many merchant ships that had contacts with the Silvermoon Kingdom were looted.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment of insufficient coastal defense strength, His Majesty the King specially took out 1.2 million gold coins to alchemists in the whole kingdom, preparing to invite bids for the construction of warships. "

"The First Fleet has suffered heavy losses? Sea clan bandits?" Simon frowned.

The First Fleet is the main force of the Royal Fleet. It is commanded by the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Fleet, Guy's father-in-law, Viscount Doyle. How could it suffer heavy losses inexplicably?

"Is Guy okay? Tell me what's going on." Simon asked casually.

Guy is the son-in-law of Viscount Doyle, and Viscount Doyle has only one daughter. Even if Viscount Doyle himself dies, Guy will never die.

So, Simon is not worried about his situation.

"Master Guy is fine." Chris answered Simon's first question first, and then told Simon exactly what happened to the First Fleet.

After hearing this, Simon frowned deeply, and murmured: "The special occupation of the Sea Clan, Tidecaller?"

At this moment, he thought of many things.

The sudden torrential rain in Xinfaling, the speculation made by the goblin patriarch Bishop, the sudden appearance of a powerful spellcaster from the Sea Clan, and the heavy damage to the First Fleet all connected together.

He is already convinced that this sudden appearance of the tide caller of the sea clan is the chief culprit of the food crisis in the new French territory!

"Why? You don't seem surprised?" Clifford seemed to see something, and asked with narrowed eyes.

Simon quickly came back to his senses and changed the subject: "Is there any explanation for this warship bidding?"

Clifford was not surprised by Simon's behavior of changing the subject. In other words, he was used to the strange secrets of this student.

"The royal family's warship bidding is open to all alchemists and mages in the whole kingdom. They will first make the model and deduce the performance on the battlefield sand table. Finally, the builder quotes the price, and the royal family decides whether to buy it or not."

Clifford explained in detail, and Simon nodded frequently.

"That is to say, if the warship I built is strong enough, I might even take the 1.2 million gold coins all by myself." Simon licked his lips, and there was a flash of emotion in his eyes.

Frankly speaking, the current new law collar is like a Pixiu who only eats but does not pull. No matter how many gold coins there are, it is not enough to spend.

And according to Simon's estimation, this situation may continue for a long time in the future.

If he could eat the 1.2 million gold coins, or eat more than half of them, it would undoubtedly greatly ease the financial crisis of the new French territory.

However, after a short period of thought, Simon shook his head and said: "The new French collar is currently facing a food shortage, and problems may arise at any time. It is impossible for me to leave for too long at this time."

Clifford frowned, as if surprised by this answer, he stared at Simon, crossed his hands, and pointed his index fingers at each other.

After a long time, he sighed and said slowly: "Simon, think again! This time the situation is very dangerous, Silvermoon Kingdom really needs it, your whimsical idea in alchemy."

Simon was a little embarrassed and hesitated: "But..."

Clifford interrupted him, and said with piercing eyes: "If you go to build a warship, I can communicate with the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and they will lend Xinfa a batch of food worth 100,000 gold coins."

Simon was a little moved. If he had 100,000 gold coins of food, then the food gap in the new French collar could be plugged.

But there is still a problem...

"However, the new legal territory is still in the investigation period. If I ask the royal family for help, what should I do if the royal family does not recognize my ownership of the territory after the investigation period is over?" Simon looked at Clifford seriously.

Asking the royal family for help, it's not that Simon has never thought about it, but there is a very serious problem, that is, the new legal collar has not been successfully developed by him in a strict sense.

Once the royal family takes this as an issue and refuses to admit that he has the ability to open up and defend the territory, then it will be too late for him to cry.

"That's not going to happen!" said Clifford firmly.

"What if?"

Simon said solemnly: "You know, the royal family is not the king's monopoly, and there are many stakeholders involved.

There are a total of forty cities and towns in Xinfaling. In the eyes of these people, Xinfaling that has been developed by me is just a big piece of fat, which makes them greedy.

How can you make sure that these people won't use the excuse of asking the royal family for help afterwards to steal my hard work over the past three years. "

Clifford's heart sank when he heard that. He usually doesn't like to participate in politics, but this doesn't mean that he knows nothing about intrigues in this area~www.readwn.com~As Simon said, don't look at the current king The group of people in the capital, because the kingdom's waterway was cut off, were sweating profusely and wandered around.

But once Simon solves the problem, they will take their minds off and look at the new law collar that has shown its flaws.

The land of forty towns, even if the mountains are removed, there are twenty-five towns, and with Simon's large investment, these lands have been developed.

Such a big piece of fat, I don't know how many court nobles and how many collateral nobles of the royal family can be fed.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Simon to have such concerns.

But the key point is that if the sea clan is allowed to cut off the route, the merchants will not see the achievements of the Silver Moon Kingdom's navy for a long time, and it will inevitably cause an irreversible and devastating blow to the maritime trade of the Silver Moon Kingdom.

At that time, the comprehensive national strength of the Silver Moon Kingdom will drop by at least a few levels, and it may not be able to recover from this momentum for decades.

Seriously thinking about the best of both worlds, Clifford sighed helplessly: "Well, in my own name, I will borrow 100,000 gold coins of food from the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and then transfer it to Xinfaling, and then you will return the money to me. It's all right!"

After thinking for a while, he found that there were no logical loopholes, and there was no place that could be exploited. Simon nodded slowly this time, and said, "That's fine. I'll go to the capital with you after I explain something."

The banquet ended in a hurry, Clifford and Bronco were arranged to go to the guest room, and Simon summoned Harris and Deborah in the study.

"It takes a lot of time to build a warship. I may have to leave for a long time this time. The main purpose of calling you here is to arrange the future development of the territory and explain some things to you." Simon said seriously.