Chapter 235

Before His Majesty's opinion arrived, the two major factions in the Northwest Bay could not wait to take action.

Bidwell Castle, one of the vassal territories of the Kent family, was right between the territories of Earl Malken and Viscount Johnston, and undoubtedly became a thorn in the eyes of the anti-Kent alliance. Therefore, after the two sides officially tore their faces apart, the Malken family and the Johnston family immediately sent troops to surround Bidwell Castle.

However, Bidwell Castle's defense was very strong, and the two families could not bite it down for a while. According to the information they had learned, the Kent family had quickly gathered reinforcements and rushed over here.

Earl Parker immediately wrote to other lords in the alliance, summoning them to rush to Bidwell Castle to support the Malken family and the Johnston family.

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"The Lord of Biddo Castle is a relative of the Kent family. Martz Kent will definitely deploy a large number of troops to rescue Biddo Castle, and the intelligence we have obtained shows that this is indeed the case. We must take this opportunity to fight a decisive battle with them in Biddo Castle... destroy a large number of the enemy's troops at one time... This will help us control the situation in the future..."

Chief Secretary Burnawood stood with both hands holding a letter and reading the contents in a very clear voice. Opposite him sat Paul Graman.

"The location of this area is very important. If it is still in the hands of the Kent family, then the other party can use it as a springboard to invade the land between Biddo Castle and the coast of the bay and cut us into parts."

Hearing this, Paul frowned.

The chief secretary continued to read: "Based on the current known size of the enemy, I request the Graman family and the Garnard family to immediately send at least 1,000 soldiers to Bidoburg to join forces with other families to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."

"May God bless us!... This is the end, Lord, the letter is signed by Earl Price Parker, and this should be a letter written by him personally. Do you need to read it again?"

Paul rubbed his temples and said with a headache: "No, Bernard, put the letter away first."

He didn't like this feeling very much, always feeling that he was being led by the nose by others. But Earl Parker is the organizer of the entire alliance, and his request must be treated with caution.

Alas... Let's hurry back to Lake Town as soon as possible to discuss with the military leaders.

Paul is now sitting in a room in the Port Office Building of Fulan Port. The purpose of his visit to Fulan Port this time is to visit the fleet equipped with new all-sail merchant ships.

After establishing a solid cooperative relationship with the Foster family in the corner bay, the Foster family sent several batches of shipwrights, which greatly improved the production capacity of the shipyard, which was no longer comparable to the previous small shipyard that could only repair and build a few small paddle boats.

With the overtime efforts of the craftsmen and the concessions of the navy, the shipyard has built four larger merchant ships in the past few months. Compared with the previous warships, this merchant ship has made many improvements in cargo transportation functions, with a larger size and higher cargo capacity. There are two masts on the deck, and the canvas on it is not the full longitudinal sail of the previous one. The main mast is hung with a balance sail.

Two of these four transport merchant ships were kept by Paul for his own use, and two were sold to the ship trader Mr. Bennett Todd.

Today is the day when four merchant ships are about to sail. Paul's two ships will carry a large amount of porcelain and printed books to Jiaowan, while Mr. Todd's two ships will carry a large amount of canned food and salt to the southern port closest to the royal capital Jingyao. They chose the same date for their first voyage.

Bernard took out his pocket watch and reminded Paul: "Mr. Earl, the merchant ship is about to set off, do you think it's...?"

"Really? Let's rush over immediately."

From the window of the port office building, he has seen the dark crowd of people seeing him off on the dock.

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Seeing the arrival of the lord, the crowd quickly made way. Paul came to the merchant ship still staying in the berth with a little excitement. With these merchant ships, his long-awaited ocean trade can finally be carried out.

Admiral Austin and ship merchant Bennett Todd are already standing at the dock, waiting for his arrival.

Mr. Todd bowed to him first, "Respected Lord, these merchant ships you made are so fascinating! Thank you, this is exactly what a ship merchant like me needs."

After the arrival of the new year, the State Council sent a business delegation to the capital. This delegation was composed of merchants from Alda and Bairdin-of course, they were all people who had a cooperative relationship with the Lord's Mansion.

During this trip to the capital, the merchants tried their best to sell their factory products to the dignitaries of Jingyao. After all the trouble, canned food and salt received the most orders. After all, the royal army would soon go south to quell the rebellion. Canned food, which is convenient, easy to preserve for a long time, and tastes decent, is naturally the generals' first choice of military supplies.

And Bennett Todd's two merchant ships accepted the commission of other merchants-transporting goods to the south by sea.

Paul waved his hand: "No, no, I just provided some ideas. The ships in front of us were made by the craftsmen in the shipyard with great effort. You can thank them if you want to."

No mistake, one post, one content, one book, one forum, one 6, one 9, one book!

Mr. Todd nodded repeatedly, he knew that the earl in front of him had an unusual concern for those low-level workers.

A simple ceremony was held at the pier to bid farewell to the four merchant ships. Paul took the stage and talked about the importance of ocean trade and the Government Council's strong support for private commercial and industrial activities.

After the ceremony, the four merchant ships set sail amidst people's farewells, leaving Fulan Port and sailing slowly into the distance.

When leaving the dock, Austin and Paul walked together, and the two discussed for a while the seamen's school that had just started teaching. Finally, Austin quietly asked: "Lord Graiman, is there any chance for our navy to perform in the next war? "

Paul thought about it for a while. Although the territory controlled by the Kent family was basically inland, the navy still had its place, such as allowing sailors to go ashore to serve as infantry like Maozi did.

"Austin, we may face the problem of insufficient troops in a short period of time. You can organize a fleet to continuously cruise in the Ves River. Once you receive a request for help from nearby land, immediately send sailors ashore to support. So, let your People should strengthen their firearms training.”

The current army is still unable to control the border very tightly. If troops are sent to cooperate with Earl Parker, the situation will be more severe. He needs a relatively "mobile" force to face emergencies.