The sun shines into the spacious study, casts a thin layer of light on the oak desk and the magic net terminal next to the desk, and the incense that lifts the spirit slowly drifts in the air, drills into Byron's nostrils, lets The mercenary-born Empire general could not help but sniffed, almost sneezing out.

"... A messenger from the Principality of the Holy Dragon will arrive at the northern border in the near future," said Gao Wen, sitting behind his desk and placing a document on the table. "Go and meet them."

Byron scratched his hair, but half-twisted and reacted. Now it is "Empire Age". It seems a bit inappropriate for this general to be so casual in front of the emperor, so he quickly put his hand down: "I understand-but I don't understand Diplomacy? "

Gao Wen smiled at the "general mercenary" with a smile: "Isn't your eloquence always good? Philip can be convinced by you."

"Your Majesty, this is not the same. The communication between me and Philip is mainly based on not being able to speak, but insisting on justice and the knight creed ..." Byron immediately habitually talked, but said As I was talking about it, I noticed Gao Wen's smiling and non-smiling expression, and had to add a little bit of caution and euphemism, "Of course, there are certain shameless ingredients in it ..."

Some things can't be changed by wearing the Empire General uniform-at least not so quickly.

But Gao Wen didn't care, but rather appreciated the faults and habits of a group of "founding ministers" including Byron.

He wasn't sure if it was Gavin Cecil's memory that was affecting him. Maybe it was because he could see the shadow of the founding old pigeons of Ansuna seven hundred years ago in Byron, but One thing he is sure of is that when dealing with people like Byron, Amber, and Wright who have followed him for years, it is far more important than to deal with the "professionals" who have migrated from the old king and do everything in a flash. Much more comfortable and much easier.

So he relaxed his posture, leaned on the back of the chair, and said with a smile, "Say something that should not be directly spoken by me-of the many skills required for diplomacy, 'shamelessness' is precisely the main ingredient- It even has the same effect as being able to speak well.

"Of course, you don't really care about this, because the person who is really responsible for the negotiations is not you-you are just as an empire general to pick up the ambassador at the border to show our sincerity and act as a 'face' of identity identity. It was Count Cromwell White Mountain who was responsible for contacting and escorting the ambassador to the capital. "

"Cromwell White Mountain?" Byron recalled the somewhat familiar name. "Oh, the dwarven knight lord, I've seen him at Saint Sunil."

"Although he is a nobleman in the old king's capital, he is also quite familiar with northern affairs," Gao Wen nodded. "You and him go to the northern border to meet the messenger of the Holy Dragon Principality, and you can leave it to him afterwards. , You need to stay in the north for a while and have a new assignment for you. "

"So ... the task of answering the ambassador is actually incidental," Byron nodded, and then a hint of curiosity appeared. "What is my real task?"

"Building the North Port and supporting naval bases," Gao Wen stood up and walked slowly to the wall not far from the map of the whole country. His eyes fell on the north of the empire. "For the preparation of the imperial navy and restart of the northern continent route prepare for."

"Northport ..." Byron's eyes fell on the map along Gao Wen's line of sight, gradually focusing outside the mountains in the north, on the coastline between the Kingdom of the Violet and the Principality of the Holy Dragon, "... Saint The Dragon Peninsula's voyage to the sea has left a warm current for the northern continent, and there are natural unfrozen ports outside the northern mountains ... It is indeed the most suitable starting point for restarting the northern continent route. "

Gao Wen glanced at Byron with a surprise, with a smile on his face: "Looks like you already noticed?"

"Your Majesty, I did n’t just stay with my daughter during my vacation at home," Byron smiled and spread out his hand. "You said a long time ago that you have to focus on the ocean, but the southern border was once surrounded by the mainland. The estuary, but now the North is under our control, and that precious coastline has attracted my attention for a long time. "

Gao Wen smiled.

Obviously, he and Byron reached a tacit agreement: the two were on the coastline north of the 馋 during the southern period ...

"It seems that it is the right choice for you to lead the fleet," Gao Wen said with a smile. "After the completion of the North Port, we will have the opportunity to lift the Principality of the Holy Dragon from the sea to the peninsula, the northern empire, the Ogure tribal state, and The west coast of the Dwarf Kingdom is connected, and even if the Ogure tribe is willing to cooperate with us to set up a haven at the sea cliff rift in the south of the mainland, this route can even extend to the border of the Gaoling Kingdom, connecting the whole north, west and south of the continent. Some areas are included, and it will become a true 'continental route' ...

"With the performance of the magic guided mechanical ship, this is completely achievable.

"Our fleet will then become a real 'Navy Fleet', instead of just making a fool in the river ... You must have felt that you have led the fleet for so long. Those mechanical ships can be used in more On the broad stage. "

"I have long felt that the river is not very spacious for our mechanical ships ..." Byron replied immediately, but followed by a little frown. "But as far as I know, the ocean environment is far more complicated than the river Much more, it is not possible to turn an inland warship into a navy ship directly into the sea. Miss Till reminded me that the ships she currently helps us to design are only suitable for relatively smooth inland navigation and challenge the ocean. ...... It will take some transformation. "

"Of course, so this is a long-term task. Humans have been far away from the sea for too long, and we need a long time to re-collect the information of the ocean and adjust the design of our ships. Fortunately, Tyre is willing to continue to be our consultant, and the northern border The Wilde family has also made some observations of the ocean over the past hundreds of years, and their records can be very useful.

"In addition, the construction of Beigang is not our only 'ocean plan'. After establishing diplomatic relations with the Holy Dragon Principality, we will redevelop the estuary at the junction of the eastern border and the Holy Dragon Principality to call the Dragon Fjord. Will give it to you. "

Gao Wen said unhurriedly, his eyes gradually fell on Byron, and those eyes contained some expectations.

"By then, you are truly the 'Imperial Navy Commander'."

"Ah, this sounds more powerful than General Sailor," said Byron's mouth, "I'm looking forward to that day."

...

The giant day is gradually rising to high altitude, and the bright sun is generously falling from the sky. The air is still cold, but the heat contained in the sun seems to be heralding the warm season is coming-in the light and heat coming from the face, worship Lun stood on the garden square in front of the Cecil Palace, raised his head, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Is the imperial navy commander ..." The mercenary knight with a faint smile on his face couldn't help but mumbled to himself and said, "It really sounds good."

As he said, he shook his head slightly, and walked towards the edge of the square, waiting for his magic car.

The holiday is over, and go back and talk to the peas.

A pleasant and crisp ringtone suddenly came from nearby, interrupting Byron's thoughts.

He looked up curiously, looking in the direction of the sound, but saw that in the open space not far from the flowerbed, Rebecca, wearing action-friendly winter hunting gear, was riding in some weird two rounds. " "Machine", staggered towards this side.

That weird "machine" is not like any magic machine that has been seen before. It obviously does not use any magic mechanism as a power source. Instead, it is simply assembled with iron wheels, skeletons, chains, etc., and is driven by human pedals. It sounded, and the crisp and sweet bell sounded from a small device hanging by its grip--

Rebecca was fiddling with the little device to make it jingle, her face full of excitement, but Byron saw that Her Royal Highness's situation was not very optimistic-she obviously had no control over that. A "car" with only two wheels rides on it, shaking violently. Although it seems to be riding on the open road on the side, it is getting more and more crooked, and slams into Byron with his eyes.

"Ah, Byron!" Rebecca had noticed the people on the road and shouted loudly, "Don't move, don't move!"

Byron thought for a while, stood still, and watched Rebecca fall from the two-wheeled car with a bang and a panic, when she was ten meters away from him.

But still smiled brightly.

A guard soon ran to the side, scrambling to lift the princess from the ground, and Byron also stepped forward, with a three-pointed pet on his face, looking at this girl who could be said to be growing up, helplessly With a smile: "I thought you were keeping me still and you were aiming and hitting me-my body protection and aura were on."

"Hey, I asked you to stay still and I tried to avoid it myself, but it didn't seem to develop as expected ... but it didn't hit me anyway, wasn't it good?" Rebecca aside He rubbed his head and said cracklingly, then turned his head to glance at the "two-wheeled car" just held by the attendant, and couldn't help showing a distressed look on his face, "Oh, don't break ... the total Didn't deliver a few ... "

Only then did Byron observe the weird "car". He found that the style of this thing was very different from many other Cecil's mechanical artifacts, and he couldn't help but be curious: "His Royal Highness, is this thing ... Did you just invent it? "

When he wanted to come, as long as there was something weird in the city of Cecil, and it was right near Rebecca, that was most likely invented by His wonderful princess or the research team around her. -And the former tossed out even half of all new things.

Although, due to the continuous improvement of various research facilities, more and more intellectuals are devoting themselves to technology development, the proportion of Rebecca's "creation" in various new things is continuously decreasing, but due to long-term habits As a result, Byron still subconsciously associates Rebecca with fresh things.

However, Rebecca shook her head: "No, this is a businessman who came by the way when importing textiles from Tifeng recently. The gift from the Tifeng people seems to be called 'two-wheeled vehicle' ..."

"Tifeng?" Byron was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at the weird car again. "Hmm ... no wonder the style is a bit weird, but it looks very delicate. But Tifeng people are really strange. This kind of car with only two wheels ... I'm afraid it's not easy to control. "

"You guessed it wrong, in fact, it will be convenient after learning this thing," Rebecca suddenly put her hands on her hips. "I was particularly relaxed when watching a demo, and it was convenient and fast-I just fell down because it was not Be proficient. "

Listening to Rebecca's excited snoring, Byron looked at the "two-wheeler" from Tifeng, but couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on his face.

The Tifengs started late in magic technology. In this field of technology that can almost symbolize a new era, they really lag far behind Cecil, but they have always been ahead in other areas- A very clear example is the "mechanical clocks". This kind of past was exclusively enjoyed by nobles and churches. In the past two years, along with the "on-time requirements" brought by the construction of factories and railways, it has gradually been promoted throughout the country Timing machinery was first invented by Tifeng's artisans about half a century ago.

Like many technologies of the old age, its original function was to be used in theological rituals to allow the church to determine the time of mass, to congregate believers to pray in the church by ringing the mechanical bell, and later to use it in the nobles. Inside the castle and manor house, but still have little to do with everyday life of the civilians.

The best watchmaker in the world is in Aldernan, and the best crystal glass technology in the world is also Aldernan.

Of course, the latter's key technology has been leaked to Cecil through some unspeakable channels, and the “floor window” that is gradually becoming popular in the southern region of Cecil is one of its “impact results”.

Now, the smart people of Tifeng have invented this kind of "two-wheeled vehicle", and this thing is very different from the mechanical clock and crystal glass at the beginning of its birth:

It's not elegant, it's not luxurious.

This thing seems to have been aimed at the civilian class from the very beginning ...

Byron frowned. He was not as good at analyzing changes in the situation from these intelligences as Gavin or Herty. He just instinctively thought about it and felt instinctively ...

It seems that those who master the knowledge seem to have changed their thinking.