Chapter 232：

Before His Majesty's opinion came, the two major factions in the Northwest Gulf couldn't wait to start.

Pittburgh, one of the vassal territories of the Kent family, happened to be embedded between the territories of Earl Malcolm and Viscount Johnston, and undoubtedly became a thorn in the side of the anti-Kent alliance. Therefore, after the two sides officially tore apart, the Malcolm family and John The Ston family immediately sent troops to surround Biduobao.

However, Bidowburg's defenses were so strong that the two families couldn't take it down for a while, and according to the detected news, the Kent family had quickly assembled reinforcements and rushed towards this side.

Earl Parker immediately wrote to the other lords in the alliance, urging them to rush to Pittburg immediately to support the Malcolm and Johnston families.

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"The lord of Bidowburg is an in-law of the Kent family. Maltz Kent will definitely invest heavily in the rescue of Bidowburg, and the information we have obtained shows that this is indeed the case. We must take this opportunity to fight against them in Bidowburg. ...to eliminate a large number of the opponent's troops at one time...this will help our side control the future situation..."

Chief Secretary Bernard Wood stood holding a letter in both hands, reading the content in a very clear voice, and Paul Greiman sat opposite him.

"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 Bidowburg and the coast of the bay, and cut us into pieces."

Hearing this, Paul frowned suddenly.

The chief secretary continued to read: "Based on the size of the enemy army known so far, I request the Greiman and Gardner families to immediately send at least 1,000 soldiers to Bidowburg, and join forces from other families to defeat each other in one fell swoop."

"May God bless us! ... This is the end, my lord, signed by Earl Price Parker, this should be a letter written by him himself. Do you need to read it yourself?"

Paul rubbed his temples, said with a headache, "No need, Bernard, put away the letters first."

He doesn't like this kind of feeling very much, there is always a feeling of 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 go back to Huxin Town as soon as possible to discuss with the high-level military.

Paul is now sitting in a room in the port office building of the port of Fulan. The purpose of his visit to the port of Fulan is to visit the fleet equipped with new full-sail merchant ships.

After establishing a solid cooperative relationship with the Foster family in Jiaowan, the Foster family successively sent several batches of shipwrights, which greatly improved the production capacity of the shipyard, which was no longer the previous one that could only repair and repair. It is comparable to a small shipyard that builds several small galleys.

With the overtime efforts of the craftsmen and the concession of the navy, the shipyard has successively built four larger merchant ships in the past few months. Many improvements, larger volume, higher cargo capacity, and there are two masts standing on the deck, the canvas on them is not in the form of full longitudinal sails as before, and the main mast is hung with a balance sail.

Of the four transport merchant ships, two were kept by Paul for his own use, and two were sold to Mr. Bennett Todd, a ship merchant.

Today is the day when four merchant ships are about to sail away. 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. They chose the same date for their first voyages.

Bernard took out his pocket watch and reminded Paul, "My lord, the merchant ship is about to leave. Do you think...?"

"Really? Let's rush there immediately."

From the window of the port office building, he had already seen the dark crowd on the dock.

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Seeing the lord's approach, the crowd quickly gave way. With a little excitement, Paul came to the side of the merchant ships still in the berth. With these merchant ships, his long-awaited ocean trade could finally start.

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

Mr. Todd bowed to him first, "My lord, these merchant ships you have created are really fascinating! Thank you, this is exactly what a ship merchant like me needs."

After the arrival of the new year, the Government Council sent a business delegation to the capital. This delegation was composed of merchants from Arda and Berdin—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 the products of their factories to the dignitaries of Jingyao. After some tossing, canned food and salt received the most orders. After all, the royal army will soon go south to suppress the rebellion. Canned food, which is convenient, easy to store for a long time, and tastes decent, is naturally the first choice of military supplies for the generals~www.novelhall .com~ And Bennett Todd's two merchant ships accepted the entrustment of other merchants to transport goods to the south by sea.

Paul waved his hand: "Where is that? I just provided some ideas. The boats in front of me are all made by craftsmen in the shipyard with hard work. If you want to thank them, thank them."

Mr. Todd nodded and said yes, he knew that the earl in front of him cared a little bit unusually for those low-level laborers.

A simple ceremony was held on the pier to see off the four merchant ships. Paul came to the stage and repeated the old tune to talk about the importance of ocean-going trade, as well as the Government Council's strong support for private commercial and industrial activities.

After the ceremony, the four merchant ships set sail in the sound of people's farewell, and left Fulan Port and sailed slowly into the distance.

When they left the pier, Austin and Paul walked together, and the two discussed for a while the sailor school that had just started teaching, and finally Austin quietly asked: "Master Greiman, does our navy have any chance to perform in the upcoming war? "

Paul thought about it. Although the territories controlled by the Kent family were basically inland, the navy still had room to play, such as letting sailors go ashore as infantry like Maozi did.

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

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