Chapter 437 Undercurrent of the Golden Bay (Part 1)

Blue sky and white clouds, golden sandy beach.

O'Grand leaned lazily in front of the window, looking at the rolling waves outside the window, and yawned boredly. Right now, the Golden Bay is no longer the down and out of the past. Looking around, what you see is a scene of prosperity. Those dilapidated and ancient buildings have been demolished and replaced by brand new buildings and dense crowds. Seeing this scene, O'Grand couldn't help but recall the scene when he and Fang Zheng came here to explore together.

"It's almost like a dream..."

While muttering to herself, the eldest lady took a sip of the juice in hand. She still remembers the bones all over the floor and the charred wreckage all around. But now these have disappeared without a trace, and the bones of those sailors have been taken away by the priest sent by the temple, saying that they will be sent back to the cemetery on land for burial. And the wreckage has been demolished, and new buildings have been built.

"Miss, Miss!!"

At this moment, a maid rushed in with her face flushed.

"The Grande family also sent someone here, who do you think is here? It's the patriarch of the Grande family! He actually came in person!"

"Isn't that normal?"

O'Grand closed his eyes and yawned.

"Bruce, Swell, Grande... all the three major families of the Kingdom of the Holy Order are present. Do you think it is a good thing for our Platinum Family?"

"Of course it's a good thing."

Hearing O'Grand's words, the maid couldn't help but blinked curiously.

"This shows that our Platinum family is more valued by the Kingdom of the Holy Church, doesn't it?"

"Aha……………"

Hearing the maid's answer, O'Grand sighed for a long time, then waved his hands boredly.

"Sometimes I really envy you mortals, you don't pretend to be anything in your mind, as long as you are happy in front of you..."

"Woo..."

Facing O'Grand's answer, the maid seemed a little depressed, but she didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, as a Platinum Star, O'Grand has been like this since she was a child, and they have long been used to being servants.

"Hey………"

On the other hand, O'Grand stretched out his hand helplessly, pressed his forehead, and then whispered something to himself.

"I never thought it would be like this..."

As Orland complained, at the beginning, she only focused on the favorable port location of Golden Bay and commercial circulation. But after returning to the family and reporting this matter to his father, O'Grand found that his father attached great importance to this matter. Not only did he personally allocate most of the Platinum Family's working capital for the reconstruction of Golden Bay, He even personally applied to the temple again for the ownership of Golden Bay.

And when the temple intervened in the official name and obtained the remaining ownership, O'Grand finally understood the reason for this.

On the surface, Golden Bay seems to be just a commercial port with a relatively good location, but that was a matter of the age of great navigation. For the current Kingdom of the Holy Order, Golden Bay is more than that. And all of this starts with the grievances between the kingdom of the holy religion and the kingdom of flames.

Because of the unique natural environment and powerful fleet, the Kingdom of Fire controls a large area of ​​the sea, and the Kingdom of the Holy Order is a continental country, and they have to fight against the Chaos monsters that invaded from the land. How to work hard? At the beginning, the Kingdom of the Holy Church only had a few third-tier warships, which were used to fight pirates and smugglers in the sea.

But later, the navy of the Kingdom of Flames gradually developed, while the Kingdom of the Holy Order was a step behind, resulting in being choked by the Kingdom of Flames. Right now, the Kingdom of Flames controls almost all of the foreign trade routes of the Kingdom of the Holy Order, which is of course unacceptable to the Kingdom of the Holy Order.

However, due to the geographical location, it is impossible for the Kingdom of the Holy Order to send a fleet deep into the ocean, so the two sides can only go to a stalemate like this.

But now, the recovery of Golden Bay has changed this delicate stalemate.

The Kingdom of the Holy Cult has a port that can go to sea, and in terms of the geographical location of the Golden Bay, as long as the Kingdom of the Holy Cult completely controls this place, they will not only be able to protect their own shipping routes, but even prevent the Kingdom of Flames from attacking their own sea areas. further violations.

The reason why the Kingdom of the Holy Order did not take action against the Golden Bay was because of a shortage of manpower. Compared with the situation in the sea area, the Kingdom of the Holy Order is more concerned about the chaotic border on land. After all-chaos monsters can't swim.

But now, since the Golden Bay has been taken back, and it has not caused any losses to itself, the Kingdom of the Holy Order will of course start to control the Golden Bay as the front line against the Kingdom of Fire.

It is also because of this that, for this ceremony, the Kingdom of the Holy Order will not only call in its first fleet, but it is even heard that even a certain secret fleet that they have been secretly organizing will also come here to make an appearance. O'Grand couldn't be more clear about the meaning contained in this.

Not only that, but what made her even more troublesome was that after that, the Kingdom of Flame and the Kingdom of Wealth also handed out letters, stating that they would also send fleets to participate in this ceremony. Of course, the reasons written in the letters from these two countries are to express friendship and exchange needs, but as long as the arrival time of the fleets of these two countries is the same day as the fleet of the Kingdom of the Holy Church, one can know what their plans are.

It's really annoying, I'm a businessman, how come this kind of thing happens to me all the time!

Thinking of this, O'Grand couldn't help feeling like crying, and what made her even more depressed was that her father actually appointed herself as the agent of Golden Bay!

Isn't this pushing her to the fire pit?

really...

"Fangzheng hasn't replied yet? When will he come over!"

Thinking of this, O'Grand couldn't help feeling angry. He worked hard on his side, dealing with the nobles, dealing with diplomatic envoys from various countries, and dealing with trivial matters in Golden Bay. But he was lucky, he ran away after signing a contract, and when he asked him when he would come, he just replied "I will arrive on time..." By the way, when is the time, do you plan to let people from other countries Are the reps waiting for you alone?

You know, this ceremony is not just for the family forces in the Kingdom of the Holy Order, as well as the fleets of the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Wealth, and even the diplomatic envoys and representatives of the surrounding small countries—if it is not for Austria If Gran knew that what she was going to host this time was the foundation stone laying ceremony of a port, she would even think that she was participating in some large-scale meeting of the world scale!

As for why these envoys came here, O'Grand is naturally well aware. They want to see whether the country of the Holy Church is capable of safeguarding its maritime rights, and this time the "confrontation" of the fleet is for this purpose. , the Kingdom of the Holy Order wants to break the monopoly of the Kingdom of Flame on ocean shipping routes, and the Kingdom of Flame must show in front of its allies that it still has enough power to control this ocean, and the Kingdom of Wealth is colluding with the Kingdom of Flame Of course, this opportunity will not be missed. After all, the accumulation of wealth in the country of wealth is largely obtained by relying on the ocean routes controlled by the country of flames.

Originally, O'Grand hoped that Fangzheng would come earlier, and then asked him if there was any good way, but the bastard just didn't show up, making her mad!

You must know that things have developed to the present, and it is not just an ordinary foundation stone laying ceremony. If the kingdom of the holy religion can overwhelm the fleets of the kingdom of flames and the kingdom of wealth, then the dominance of the kingdom of flames in the ocean will begin to be shaken. But conversely, if the fleets of the Kingdom of Flame and the Kingdom of Wealth still show strength no less than that of the Kingdom of the Holy Order, then the status and prestige of the Kingdom of the Holy Order on the mainland will also be cracked.

It can be said that this ceremony... even concerns the future of the entire continent.

However, why am I so unlucky!

"Miss!!"

Just when O'Grand was crying deeply in his heart, suddenly, the door opened, and a servant hurried in.

"Just now we received a report that the vanguard fleet of the Kingdom of the Holy Order will arrive soon!"

"I understand."

Hearing this, O'Grand also had a serious expression on his face, then he stood up and straightened his clothes before going out the door.

"Get ready, I'm going to the pier to meet the VIP!"