Chapter 413: 8. The Knight of Albion (4)

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"Castilla is a dying patient, it should die, and sooner or later. In order to curb Albion’s greed, and for Charlemagne to become the sole leader of the human camp, we should do this legacy of the dead man in advance Good arrangement."
Li Lin took a sip of coffee and stared blankly at the Prime Minister.
"Are you saying... seizing those colonies?"
Rubbing his chin, the prime minister's lip line has been slightly curled up.
For a long time, Archbishop Li had envied the great benefits that Castilla and Albion had obtained from the ocean. As a nationalist and mercantilist, he believed that maritime trade could continuously grab from overseas Precious metals, thus solving the financial problems that have plagued this country, can also be used to build and maintain a strong national army during the war.
However, although it was Charlemagne... Ve’s merchant ships first discovered large islands in the south. Charlemagne, which can be a traditional land power, focused on more urgent land rights, without Albian’s
big fleet
and Kas. The excellent navy of Tilia's "Invincible Fleet", except for Ve's merchant fleet, the scale of the merchant vessel is negligible. Finally, under the efforts of the huge corruption team led by the Marshal of Montranci, the navy was in name only.
Without Ve’s floating ship group and supernatural superb smuggling network, a coffee bean and a spice can sell the same price of gold. Whenever you think of this, the prime minister’s talents have violated Ve’s law and discipline. It's so pleasing to the eye.
In the long run, relying on this smuggling to maintain the import of overseas commodities and resources will do no good to the country, and it will be easily cut off by the naval forces of Castile and Albion. But Charlie Mann, who lacked naval power, could not only go overseas for benefits. Even the protection of the safe navigation of offshore commercial ships and the execution of important transportation tasks are not good. In the past, the battleship of Albion with a skull and flag looted the coastal city of Charlemagne, and the delivery of materials to Lapland was forced to pay Castile. The high-rent rental vessel deeply stimulated Richelieu, and the Prime Minister began to seek to build a strong navy.
As we all know, naval construction is a long-term investment process. Its wide coverage and so many fields make it a super gold swallower far beyond the army. The recruitment of port facilities, shipyards, skilled craftsmen and sailors, the development of qualified naval officers, the naval doctrine that meets the needs and the actual environment...Just thinking about the relevant matters and the astronomical numbers behind it all are enough to collapse the financial staff . The bishop, who knew his financial situation well, had no choice but to converge his enthusiasm for the ocean and the super battleship, lamenting the goddess’ preference for Albian and Castile, and believing that he could not see the Charlemagne during his lifetime. The scene of Yangwei at sea.
However, the Seven-Day War brought Charlemagne an unprecedented dilemma and also brought the opportunity for Charlemagne to rise. The bishop's special passion for the ocean was awakened again.
Under the lightning raid, nearly half of the main battleships of the invincible fleet anchored in the port of Cadiz, 30% of the merchant fleet, the largest and best shipyard in Castilla and the best skilled shipbuilders were torched. The Battle of Azugrana burned Castile's most prosperous port to a ghostland, carrying a dozen oars of warships on the ocean-going merchant ships, shipyards and ship canals to nothing. For at least ten years, the Castile Navy will be in a state of weakness.
This is really a good thing that I never dreamed of, and the bishop was so excited that he couldn't be himself. From the bottom of my heart, I want to hug Li Lin's body, and give this businessman, who is privately known as "burning light", a passionate and long Charlieman-style kiss. It seems that only this naked way can be expressed. The excitement in his heart. In the end, the Prime Minister’s reasoning remained, and this did not provide the imaginary materials for the rotten girls.
Seizing firmly on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Bishop Master began to promote his long-planned naval reforms, and his first move made people feel the atmosphere of the storm.
Richelieu’s nephew, Jean Armand de Maier Blaze, who was only 17 years old, was appointed as the commander of the Western Fleet by the Prime Minister. Although his father is Charles IV's most trusted captain. Another blood relative of the cardinal.
But the appointment of this young commander was by no means prime ministerial, and he soon proved that he was a hero who did not bear the name of the family.
Before assuming office, he formed his own headquarters, including several highly skilled Huguenot shipbuilders and a group of skilled workers recruited from La Rochelle. In less than a month, Mailer Blazer abolished all the time-wasting etiquette, canceled all the complicated official procedures, conducted military drills, ordered the dredging of ports and waterways, and vigorously repaired the damaged warships.
In the process of rectification. Two officers who defied the order and committed significant corruption were hung on the mast to swing. The new commander used his head to establish initial authority. The sailors stared at the new commander with awe, and they dared not give up his order again. Fengyang is illegal. Then, through direct conversation and communication with the soldiers, every action and every sentence of his own was remembered by the sailors. Mailer Blazer is gaining respect and love from the bottom of the sailors. The bravery and savageness at the beginning of the establishment of the Western Fleet began to return to this unit.
This is just a small trial of the Prime Minister's huge navy reform plan. Next, using the Western Fleet as a model, the entire navy will be reorganized and expanded. In order to enhance the combat power of the Charlemagne Navy, and then achieve the goal set by the bishop-the merchant ship flying the tricolor flag and the king's golden lily transported a ship of precious metals, precious stones, spices from overseas colonies under the protection of the mighty battleship , Slaves, ivory, tea coffee...
But before that, the Prime Minister must have the support of V.e, otherwise everything will be a loft in the sky.
In the bishop’s naval armament enhancement plan ~ EbookFREE.me ~ the company’s front-loaded smoothbore artillery and Congreve rocket occupy a vital position. Without these two epoch-making weapons, Charlemagne’s naval revival is A joke.
Although the Invincible Fleet lost nearly half, but it was not dead, coupled with Albion’s naval power, it was still a daunting maritime force. It was a piece of cake to clean up the rookies with eggshells attached to Charlemagne’s buttocks. . But if Charlemagne had a revolutionary warship, a giant warship equipped with 50 artillery pieces, the war might be dramatically reversed.
After the Seven-Day War, naval technical experts who surveyed the equipment of Titans respected the artillery and patted his chest to assure Archbishop Li that a battleship equipped with 50 artillery guns could take Albion’s flagship Elizabeth in one salvo. The Bonavinca and Admiral Drake drove to feed the fish. There are 30 such warships, and Albion must submit an application report to the Navy of Charlemagne when they wash their hands at the beach!
The bold words are exciting, but in the final analysis, it only makes sense. V.e is the master of artillery casting technology. Whether they are willing to provide technical cooperation is a key step in the resurgence of Charlemagne.
Li Lin's theory of Castilla's "legacy of the dead" has shown his attitude very clearly-this country needs a navy and a colony. (To be continued...)