In late autumn, Austin in the north was filled with white frost like smoke, and the spires of the majestic buildings on both sides of the confused road were projected on the pavement of the street

There were some messy footprints on the smooth ground, and the wanderers who wandered here looked at the majestic reindeer cavalry coming from the street in the distance, and there was no one left.

For these rebels who destroyed them, the wanderers gritted their teeth with hatred, and their hearts were also full of fear,

What's more, in the middle of this team of Austin reindeer cavalry, a large carriage with a white thorn flower pattern printed on the outer wall is slowly passing through the largest street fork in the main city, from the nervous look of the reindeer cavalry, it can be seen that there must be an extremely important person in this car,

"Stop, please?" a dull and grim voice came from inside the car, and the reindeer cavalry queue came to a halt and advanced, and an Austin officer came from the front of the queue

"What do you command, Your Excellency!" the officer bent down and looked at the carriage with a respectful gaze that came from the heart

Sitting in the car was an envoy from the Great Southern Empire, the most respected guest who was told by Lord Langla to need special care, and there had already been a strict order above, as long as it could be given, it must be done as hard as possible, but the style of this envoy made it difficult for the Austen officer in charge of the reception to hide the admiration in his heart.

With the background of a powerful empire, this envoy who holds the fate of the Austins still adheres to a simple and rigorous style, pushing the cabinet for the Duke of Langla to place him overnight in the Austin Palace, but only choosing to settle in an ordinary inn in the city, which is unimaginably simple for the main city of Austin that pays attention to status and comparison, but this does not affect any image of this envoy. It is precisely the military style on his body that reminds him vividly

"If I'm not mistaken, these are the statues of Austin Carsly the Great."

Sitting in the carriage, the Falcon Empire's envoy Berus poked his head out of the carriage and swept the messy pile of rubble beside the fork in the road with a solemn gaze. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he asked the officer with a slight frown,

Along the way, he has been silently assessing the impact of this turmoil on the Austins, and the damage to the main city of the Austins can be described as deep and tragic.

Nearly 60,000 city citizens evaporated overnight, leaving only narrow dark houses on both sides of the streets. and a closed window,

Belus could feel that behind these windows, there were a pair of eyes full of vigilance, hesitation, and fear, and if you walked through the street, you would feel the chilling coldness that pierced from the back.

Although it was daytime. In some neighborhoods where unrest has erupted, only the footsteps of patrols echo in the depths of the streets, and the figures of wanderers disappear among the ruins of the city.

The black smoke and dust that came out of the building, whistling with the cold wind, like a tornado to the gray twilight of the sky, showed that the turmoil was still continuing.

The decaying city in front of him reminded him of his hometown, in the mountains of southern Wekia in late autumn, the wildflowers all over the mountains should have covered the earth.

The people who live there will no longer feel the misery of the war. The good times are gone, and the tragic turmoil reminds people of the preciousness of peace,

The Austin officer in front of him couldn't know what Belus was thinking, so he could only respond with a respectful face, "Your Excellency is right, this is indeed the statue of the thief of Austin Carsli!"

"Isn't Austin Castle the pride of your country?"

If you remember correctly. There should be a monument carved in precious marble to commemorate the fourth king of Austin, Austin Carsli the Great, who built the main city, which was once a very famous symbol of the main city of Austin.

Under the exquisite and imaginative carving skills of the sculptor, wearing frost-heavy armor, like the legendary god of the sea, sitting on a crystal chariot pulled by four strong reindeer, the statue of Austin Casli the Great has always been the pride of Austin's people, how can he now become a thief in the mouth of Austin officers?

"If it weren't for the wrong decision of this thief, I, the Austin, would have already dominated the Northland!" the Austin officer said with some indignation on his face when he saw the confusion on Belus's face

"The envoy may not know that this Austin Castle Patriarch is not a pure Austen, his father was the patriarch of our clan at the time, but his mother was a wanderer from the northern ice sea,

There are even rumors that this Austin Carsley's biological mother is actually a female pirate galloping in the North Sea, and some people say that it is a foreign race across the ocean.

But one thing is undoubted, and that is that the mysterious woman who gave birth to Austin Castle is a person with a fanatical passion for the sea, and her fanaticism is also inherited from her son, who is said to have gone to sea with his mother at the age of four.

The cold northern sea forged his belief and body as cold as a thousand years of ice, and at the age of sixteen, he suddenly put forward the idea that the sea is also an extension of the tribe's territory at the Austin court.

In the end, the attention of our people was directed to the sea, and the most important aspect was ignored, the land, which was also the source of the weakness of our army for a hundred years, and was almost wiped out by the foreigners several times, and he was the sinner of our people, and the Duke of Langla personally ordered the destruction of the statue of this sinner."

Hearing the words of the Austin officer, Belus was silent, only those who truly understand the value of the sea will know how advanced and appropriate the decision of Austin Carsli's maritime strategy is,

In that era when everyone had no concept of the sea, Austin Carsley's opinion was not taken seriously, and even many nobles in the clan openly ridiculed this whimsical young prince at the banquet, but this young man with a tough sea of ice was a complete doer

At that time, the Austin could only be regarded as a medium power in a remote coastal area, and in the direction of the inland direction of its territory area, there were several strong opponents of equal strength, who were looking at this hillbilly neighbor from a remote area.

The brutal external environment and chaotic internal power structure are the most important problems to be solved in front of Austin Carsley, and in such a situation. Austin Castle announced that the Austins had given up their intention to enter the interior, and instead turned their attention to the vast northern seas, contrary to the direction in which the Ottos had developed inland.

In the time that followed. This Austin Castle the Great had all his wealth and taxes, and at the most severe time, he did not even buy a new dress for three years, and he used all his financial resources to unswervingly carry out what many people thought was crazy at the time.

During his 18 years in power, he did not wage a single foreign war. Life is also a typical ascetic life, and he has almost no merits that can be proud of,

When he died of an inexplicable cold at the age of 39, he left behind an incomparably powerful kingdom, a powerful navy of more than a hundred warships, hundreds of new territories newly expanded in the coastal areas, more than thirty coastal tribes that were included in Austin's rule, and an Austin population that had swelled several times...,

He allowed the Austins to spend a rare 18 years of peace in the smoke of war in the Northlands. Because of the firm implementation of the maritime strategy, the Austin, who were only medium-power at the beginning, skillfully avoided the bloody inland war that was full of disputes at that time.

In the war, it preserved considerable strength, and the rich fisheries brought by the large coastal land and the vast ocean finally established the Austin people's century-old maritime supremacy.

Even the most formidable land opponents never thought they would be able to conquer the Austins, because the sea belonged to Austin,

The instructors of this strategy undoubtedly led the Austins on a path to power, and it is not a dream to unify the Northlands in time. This is a truly respectable hero with a keen vision and willingness to execute it in a down-to-earth manner, and it is the majestic swan song of that era.

But now, this qiē dream. They were all overthrown by the Austins themselves, and Belus took a meaningful look at the ruins where the statue once stood, and sighed silently in his heart, once the former overlord of the sea lost the ocean, is it really so fragile? These fragments of statues that were smashed into pieces seem to show that all the life and glory of Austin, a maritime nation, are gradually fading away like the sunlight that is being biased in front of him.

The gloomy daylight swayed silently in the cold wind, and the deep twilight shrouded the ancient Northlanders, and the carriage entered the main road leading to the palace in silence.

The scene on both sides has also changed, and the most common cedar forest in the main city of Austin grows on the side of the road, because the roots of the trunk have red spots, so this fir is also called Austin redwood.

In Austin, where the temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius all year round, the sudden appearance of such an overwhelming fiery red on both sides of the road will definitely shock anyone who comes here for the first time.

But Belus is no longer surprised, this is a very common vegetation in the Austin area, it belongs to the hardy plant, I don't know why, the northern cold land that has always lacked vegetation coverage, as soon as you enter the area of the main city of Austin, you can find this red fir tree, large patches, like clusters of red brocade dotted on the white earth,

But at this time, Belus's gaze was extremely heavy, with an inexplicable look in his eyes, looking at a fiery red forest not far from the road,

The reason why Belus suddenly wanted to see this plant, which is almost all over Austin, was because of the top-secret information from the Admiralty that he received last night,

Red, hard, and with a large amount of storage, these conditions mentioned in the information suddenly made Belus's gaze solemn

"Could it be ......" I don't know why, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes staring directly at the tall red woods that were densely arranged in the cold beside the road,

There, large red trunks glow hard in the sun,

Because it has grown for many years, the huge trunk even needs several people to hug together, and it is densely packed like rows of sentinels standing nearby.

As the carriage moved, these red cedar forests, like sheep driven by a shepherd, quickly ran towards the back of the carriage, and unlike the familiar eyes of the past, Belus seemed very excited at this moment

"I really didn't expect the mystery to be this!"

Belus licked his chapped lips and muttered in a low voice. Although he is not sure whether his idea is correct, subconsciously, Belus thinks that he has found his real "purpose"

Because of the frequent battles with the Austin Navy some time ago, Ulcondo's North Sea Fleet won successive battles. Almost completely annihilated the Austin navy, and also captured 5 Austin North Sea sail warships in naval battles,...,

In order to know whether these sail warships could be converted into assault warships needed by the North Sea Fleet, Ulcondo, who had always wanted to expand the fleet, ordered one of the captured Austin North Sea sail warships to be secretly sent back to the Falcon Naval Headquarters in the south, and the North Sea sail warship was called Kant. It was the largest of the 5 ships captured,

The full number of personnel is 172 people, the speed is 38 knots, and the displacement tonnage reaches 110 tons, compared to the tonnage of 80 tons, the full number of people is 50 people, and the average speed is only about 22 knots.

This Kant is inferior in firepower. It is clearly superior to the dragon's tooth in all values, and in battle, the watch of this Kant is also quite eye-catching. Several times the Falcon Navy set fire on the side and two masts were blown off, but the Kant still took advantage of its speed and tonnage to severely damage a dragon's tooth warship.

Its strong defense and surprise superiority made the annoyed Urcondo personally order it to be captured rather than sunk, and finally under the attack of three dragon's tooth warships, the extremely maneuverable Kant was captured because the tail rudder was shattered.

Urcondo, who had received the treasure, immediately ordered it to be returned to the main port of the Navy, and an urgent report was submitted to the Admiralty.

It is hoped that through the comparison of the technicians of the Admiralty, the advantages of the Dragon's Tooth warship and the North Sea sail warship can be combined to create a characteristic warship that can truly adapt to the icy waters of the north.

The Admiralty also attaches great importance to the report of Urcondo,

The Northern War was personally commanded by His Majesty the Falcon. It is also the grand strategy that the empire is currently preparing, and the North Sea War not only affects the Admiralty, but also the focus of His Majesty Falcon.

Any slackness is not only greeted with rebuke, but even the anger from His Majesty, no one dares to be sloppy, the second fleet transferred to the North Sea has been assembled, and a large number of needed food and supplies are about to be transferred to the north

In the Imperial Admiralty, a secret dock of the Dragon class was built, and hundreds of professional technicians were mobilized from all over the world, and they could only carefully compare and judge the internal structure and hull skeleton of this characteristic warship sent from the north.

After the comparison of the structural and the applicability of the impact resistance, the final conclusion can be described as unexpected, which not only shocked the Admiralty, but also surprised the initiator Urcondo.

"By all accounts, the structure of this sail warship is only mediocre, but its hull is almost as hard as the storm sea serpents of the Bads.

But the most puzzling thing is its mobility, the peculiar wood material reduces the heavy effect of the texture on the hull, if you can obtain such wood, with proper modification and tonnage, it can become a heavy assault gunboat capable of high-intensity melee combat capabilities"

The chief technician of the Admiralty, who was in charge of this matter, wrote this final conclusion into the report submitted to the Admiralty, and put forward a guess with great caution: "If this wood can be used in the construction of the Dragon-class battleships, the mobility and resistance of the Dragon-class battleships will be increased by one-third, and it will become the pinnacle of force for absolute domination of the seas"

The Imperial Admiralty was shocked by such a conclusion and immediately ordered the Naval Intelligence to secretly find out where the timber for the construction of the Kant came from.

With sawn wood specimens, the Navy Intelligence disguised itself as a merchant and asked a number of professional merchants in timber, and finally all eyes focused on a special kind of Northland redwood.

According to the merchants, this is a hard-textured tree species that grows in severe cold regions,

Although it is not as hard and indestructible as the extremely precious diamond wood in the southern dense forest, because of the problem of the growth environment, it is proud of the wind and snow all the year round, and it is several times stronger than ordinary shipbuilding wood in texture,...,

Obviously, because of the environment of the North Sea, the Austins did not like to build large warships, so they did not realize that this increase in tonnage might bring about the quality of the timber.

But the reason why the Austin Navy's sail assault warships were able to run rampant in the northern seas and use ramming as the main means of warfare undoubtedly proves the preservation of this wood, which is the secret of the Austin Navy and the mission of this secret investigation in Berus.

Belus was still a headache for this, but the redwood forest in front of him made him suddenly realize, or the Austins have no habit of secrecy at all, in fact, think about it, the Austin Navy has controlled the sea for more than a hundred years, and has built no less than a thousand ships, even if there was a habit of secrecy at the beginning, it has now been forgotten.

How to get a large number of sequoias from the Austin, the question was placed in front of Belus,

The carriage stopped in front of the steps in the hall of the Austin Palace, and an Austeen nobleman who had been waiting here for a long time walked down the steps and respectfully opened the door of the carriage.

"Your Excellency, the Duke has been waiting for a long time!" the officer made a respectful gesture of invitation

Bright light shone in through the car door, but Belus felt like an unknown door was slowly opening in front of him...... If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )V

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