Chapter 941: Building an Ocean-Going Fleet (Part 2)

There are actually very few people who know that there is gold in the New World.

Most of the sailors who followed Mudd and Blaze to the New World were illiterate people with little knowledge.

Most people have never seen what gold looks like. Some people may not even know what color gold is. They only know that gold is a very precious thing.

Most of the sailors didn't know that the things Mulder and Blaze asked them to dig were precious gold.

Some thought they were digging for copper.

Some people thought they were digging for iron.

There are also some people who have no idea what they are digging at all. They only follow the orders of their superiors to mine and do not care about what they are digging at the moment.

Therefore, not many people knew that there was gold in the New World.

Precisely because not many people knew that there was gold in the New World, it was much easier to block the news.

Jacob and others knew very well - in fact, they only needed to block the information that there was gold in the New World.

As long as the news can be blocked, it doesn't matter whether the world knows whether there is a new continent on the other side of the ocean.

After all, if it is not profitable, even if other countries in the mainland know the existence of the New World, they will not be interested in this distant New World.

As long as other countries and organizations are not interested in the New World, the Britannia Empire can monopolize the New World and all its gold.

Judging from the current situation, the information blockade of the Britannia Empire is quite successful.

People only know that there is a New World, but they do not know that there is gold in the New World.

So far, few people know that there is gold in the New World.

After transporting the gold dug by Mu De and others from the New World to Pendragon's underground warehouse, Ilsa immediately sent people to refine the gold.

The first batch of refined gold was immediately transported to the west and traded with the best gold trading partner, the Lane family.

The Britannia Empire is currently at war with the Holy Hiran Empire, so it is naturally impossible to trade with the Holy Hiran Empire.

Not to mention the Frankish Empire.

Those small countries do not have the ability to conduct such large gold transactions.

The only countries or organizations that can conduct such large gold transactions are the Luo Lin Empire in the south and the Lane family.

Because Pendragon is closer to Dorrond, the base of the Wren family, the Wren family is currently the best gold trading partner.

Ilsa planned to use this first batch of refined gold to exchange for some iron and horses with the Wren family.

The empire fought two large-scale battles with the Holy Hiran Empire in the north, and was in urgent need of some iron and horses to restore its military strength.

The current head of the Wren family, Kong Nan, has always thought that these golds were the central inventory of the Britannia Empire for many years. Little did they know that the gold used to trade with their Rennes family was all "fresh" gold dug from the New World.

These days, Ilsa would come to this underground warehouse from time to time to take a look at the mountains of gold ore.

If all the gold in this pile of gold ore is refined, there is no telling how many good things can be obtained from the Wren family and the Rollin Empire.

Looking at the pile of gold ore, Ilsa suddenly sighed.

"I really want to use this pile of gold to build an ocean-going fleet and strengthen the navy's combat power... It would be great if there were more gold..."

After saying that, Ilsa turned her head and asked Jacob beside her:

"Mr. Jacob,

Is there really no way for us to immediately build an ocean-going fleet? "

"No." Jacob smiled bitterly, "Building an ocean-going fleet that can travel between two continents is very expensive. We still have a lot to spend money on. We currently don't have the extra financial resources to build an ocean fleet. An ocean fleet."

After hearing what Jacob said, Ilsa sighed softly again:

"Forget it... Since there is no way to form an ocean-going fleet immediately, then let's do it slowly. The New World will not run away on its own anyway."

After confirming that there was a large amount of gold on the other side of the ocean, the first reaction of everyone led by Ilsa was to form an ocean-going fleet that could stably travel between the two new continents, specifically to transport gold from the new continent.

However, their idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel-they do not have the extra money to build an ocean-going fleet.

If you want to travel stably back and forth between the two continents, the ships required will naturally have to be large ships.

The amount of money required to form such a fleet composed entirely of large ships is naturally extremely staggering.

And it is not enough to have a ship, you must have enough sailors. The training of sailors costs a lot of money and time.

Although Ilsa very much wanted to immediately establish an ocean-going fleet that could stably travel between the two continents, the treasury that could no longer squeeze out excess money forced her to temporarily put aside her plan to establish an ocean-going fleet. At the same time, she would also go to the New World. Plans to mine gold are on hold.

Rather than forming an ocean-going fleet, the current top priority is to restore the combat capabilities of the Knights that experienced two major battles, the "Overlord's Counterattack" and the "Aurora" Offensive, and to restore and strengthen the navy that experienced that great sea storm.

In particular, strengthening the navy's combat capabilities - this is the top priority.

In last year's "Overlord's Counterattack," Su Cheng showed the world the new uses of the navy and the destructive power of coordinated operations between the navy and the army.

Before the "Overlord's Counterattack" last year, no one thought that the navy could be used in this way.

After seeing this new use of the navy, except for the current tyrant Luo Lin Empire, which may not pay attention to it, other countries will definitely strengthen the combat effectiveness of the navy and consolidate coastal defense.

The Britannia Empire will naturally not lag behind. Since the end of the "Overlord's Counterattack", the central government has held many meetings to discuss the navy's reinforcement plan.

According to the draft of the navy reinforcement plan currently formulated by the Britannia Empire, they plan to gradually expand the total military strength of the navy to 50,000 people and invest a large amount of funds to develop new warships.

Compared with strengthening the navy's combat power, forming an ocean-going fleet has become a trivial matter that can be postponed.

After all, the New World can be visited at any time, but if there is no strong navy to protect the sea border, then they may never be able to go to the New World again.

After taking her eyes away from the piles of gold ore in front of her, Ilsa turned around and walked towards the exit of the underground warehouse.

Jacob also hurriedly followed behind Elsa, and walked slowly towards the exit of the underground warehouse with Elsa.

Just as they were about to reach the exit, Elsa suddenly asked Jacob behind her:

"Mr. Jacob, how are the matters and ritual preparations for the award ceremony going?"

As soon as Elsa finished speaking, Jacob quickly replied:

"It's going very smoothly. We will definitely be able to make all preparations for the award ceremony before the heroes come back."

"Yes." Elsa nodded gently and smiled, "Make sure the award ceremony is foolproof."