Chapter 348 The Fleet Has Arrived

The female knight Leah was taken home by her parents, and only the king and his family were left in the living room talking to each other.

However, it cannot be called a complete family yet.

"It's such a pity that my sister is fighting in the south at this time. Father, how is the situation in the south?"

After Irene sighed, she couldn't help but worry about Catherine.

"Don't worry," Rodney smiled and comforted her, "the kingdom's army will definitely be able to defeat the rebels, and your sister will be back by then."

Regarding the specific situation, the king did not elaborate, and Irene did not pursue the question. When she was in the northwest bay, she learned from the discussions between the Government Council and the army about the situation in the south that the kingdom's army and the rebels were in a stalemate. At present, No one can do anything to anyone.

Rodney asked: "By the way, Eileen, who is that Count Paul Grayman?"

After Catherine led the army south, intelligence about Eileen in the northwest bay was also regularly submitted to the king. Although Rodney already had a rough idea from the intelligence, he still wanted to hear his youngest daughter's own description.

"Paul... er... Count Grayman, what do you say?"

Erin tilted her head and thought about it.

"He is a quite boring person in his daily life. The Earl is not as keen on socializing, banquets or knight competitions as other nobles. He is either staring at a bunch of charts or sitting in the office writing and drawing all day long. He is quite interesting. He is a bit of a solitary scholar, but his knowledge is very complex and broad. He is not specialized in one area but often has surprising insights. "

"He also has many interesting and practical inventions, such as paper and porcelain. These have become popular in Jingyao, right? There are also cans, which as far as I know have begun to be supplied to the kingdom's army in large quantities, and there is also a mirror that can see tiny creatures. ,besides……"

She originally wanted to say muskets and cannons, but she stopped talking when she remembered Paul's repeated orders not to take the initiative to discuss new weapons in front of others.

"Oh? So he is quite a talent." The king commented, stroking his beard.

He asked again: "What happened to the war in the Northwest Gulf last year?"

Eileen pouted: "It's all because of that guy named Kent. He used to do evil things relying on the trust of the previous generation of the Duke of the Northwest. The lords of the northwest dared not speak out against him. Before the war broke out, he sent people to blackmail him. Passing through Arda, I was on the battlefield when the messenger came, but you didn’t see how arrogant the messenger was.”

"Later, the Duke of the Northwest passed away inexplicably. His death was very strange. Unconventionally, the title was passed to a person with a foreign surname, the Earl of Kent. It looked like there was a conspiracy. The Duke's brother came out and revealed that it was the Earl of Kent who used the name. Witchcraft murdered the Duke, and war broke out."

is that so? The king nodded, and his youngest daughter said more or less what he had learned through the royal commissioner.

…

After Hansel met with the king, he rode a horse to the west coast with his documents the next day. Two days later, he encountered the marching kingdom's army - an army commanded by his brother Harrison to exterminate the pirates.

Hansel relayed the plan to join forces and the king's order to his brother, asking him to move as close to Kiel Port as possible when choosing a garrison location after arriving in the war zone. Harrison agreed. He is a relatively pragmatic person and would naturally welcome more help. Moreover, this was the first time that he was assigned to stand alone, so he felt a little unconfident.

Although the two brothers had not seen each other for a long time, the military situation was urgent. After having a meal together, Hansel said goodbye to Harrison and headed for Kiel Port first.

After arriving in this port city, Hansel first visited the local town hall and presented the king's order to discuss the entry of the Northwest Fleet into the port. Then he arranged for many people to stay in various cities along the coast. According to the original plan, the fleet would set off within 4 days after he left Huxin Town. If there were no accidents along the way, they should have arrived in this area by now and were in the area. Wandering near the coastline. The fleet would often send people ashore to buy supplies and leave messages to facilitate Hansel's search for them. Although they claimed that they were the King Qin fleet from the northwest bay, due to the refusal of port officials to board the ships for inspection, no port dared to allow them to dock before receiving clear instructions from Jingyao.

Two days later, the carrier pigeon brought news that the stationed personnel and the fleet were connected. They had already headed for Kiel Port.

On the evening of January 25, 1992 in the Holy Calendar, the Port of Kiel in the Aldo Kingdom welcomed a fleet of 12 ships flying the red dragon flag. Due to rumors of pirates, there were very few ships entering and exiting Kiel Port. The sudden appearance of a fleet of so many ships attracted many people to watch.

The first to enter the port were 6 galleys, and then 6 full-wind sailing ships. Since the rise of maritime trade in the northwest bay, residents of major ports in the south are no longer unfamiliar with this new type of ship that does not require oarsmen.

People felt a hint of chilling from the dark metal pipes protruding from the sides of the ships. Although they didn't know what they were, their intuition told them that these ships were probably not here to transport goods.

Arda, for the first time, projected her power beyond the northwest bay.

Hansel stood on the quay, waving a handkerchief to the fleet. Behind him stood his brother Harrison and the mayor of Kiel.

Harrison: "Is this the fleet in the Northwest Gulf? What a strange ship."

Mayor: "I have seen such merchant ships several times this year, but are these warships? What are those dark pipes?"

Listening to their discussions, Hansel felt a sense of superiority in his heart: Haha, you haven't seen it, that thing is called a cannon, one shot can smash a bunch of living people into pieces.

"Hey! Baron Abbott!" At the berth closest to him, an Alda naval commander walked across the gangplank to the dock and waved to Hansel.

"Lieutenant Colonel Tirpitz!" Hansel stepped forward and shook hands with him, "Are you sent to command the fleet this time?"

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"Haha, my fleet has the most ships among the three fleets, so I was appointed as the commander of this operation."

"Come, let me introduce you, this is my brother..."

After the two sides got to know each other, Tirpitz asked the most concerned question: "Sir Harrison, how is the pirate situation now?"

Harrison replied: "We have arranged scouts on the roads in and out of Westport. Recent signs show that they don't seem to be as active as before. I don't know what they are doing in the city."

Tirpitz thought to himself that Hansel's brother was really cautious. If it were someone else of his age, he would have been unable to hold back and started to attack the city.

"Sir Harrison, I have brought you a generous gift."

"Oh?"

"We just encountered a pirate ship at sea and caught a group of tongues. Maybe we can get something out of them."

Harrison was overjoyed, "That's great, let's organize an interrogation immediately!"