Under the pale sky, more than 200 warships of "holy dragon''s breath" formed a huge square array and slowly moved on the sea.


    At the same time, according to the policy set by Emperor Caesar, other black shirt soldiers will continue to escort ammunition and food to the new world. They will follow the previously opened route, pass through the West Sea Islands, the eye of the storm and the windless zone, and finally arrive at the land-based islands of velost.


    After the Black Dragon Emperor defeated Monet in elsala and returned, the focus of the Empire was all adjusted to the plan of conquering the new world. In order to cope with such a large-scale strategic deployment, in addition to putting two-thirds of the imperial fleet into the task, Caesar also invested several times the previous military budget and ordered the dock workshops in various regions to operate at full capacity, Provide more ships to ensure the steady progress of the Empire.


    When the assembly line dock workshop runs at full speed, the empire can deliver 500 "escort" class ships, tens of thousands of soldiers, artillery ammunition and even armored tanks to the front line within three months, that is, when the holy dragon interest fleet arrives in vilost. Of course, from the perspective of Caesar''s different world, I''m afraid such a transfer scale can be easily completed by any small country, but in Aladia, this is an incredible feat, and such a military force is enough to defeat a medium-sized country.


    When the war advances steadily and the ocean fleet establishes enough black wing occupied areas in vilost, the leading forces will continue to go deep. At the same time, the north will also transport the settlers (colonists) to take root in vilost and start the process of resource plundering.


    Although the Empire was under the pressure of ocean wars during this period, there were also many good news - the economic situation had improved and climbed upward, the new main warships had been put into the experimental stage, and the infrastructure planning projects throughout the territory had been completed, with blowout results.


    In the international situation, the eastern fox wolf clan announced the establishment of the wolf heart Kingdom and agreed to become a vassal of the black wing empire. After the war of elsala, the prestige of the black wing Empire increased sharply, and the whole principality, Kingdom and heterogeneous countries in the north of ayladia were all close to the black wing empire. The North-South bipolar situation built by Emperor Caesar at that time had been formed.


    All this went on in an orderly way for two months. On this day, Caesar was lying on the ground shaking his tail and staring at the sleeping Luna in a daze. Then he got the news that Corvette came to visit the king''s court.


    Corvette vellon was a master shipbuilder from the trading city-state nine years ago and the founder of the North dock industry. He designed the three main warships and frigates of the black wing empire. He was awarded the title of nobility. He is now responsible for the research and future development of imperial ships.


    Of course, Caesar would not avoid Corvette, who made great contributions to the Empire. The black dragon rarely changed his form to the second form, gave absolute respect to the master, and met him in the black wing court.


    The king''s court is surprisingly quiet. Unlike the rulers'' palaces in other countries, there are no groups of waitresses, servants and soldiers here. There are only a few guards at the gate. After all, this place does not need much warning. The words "residence of the Black Dragon Emperor" are the greatest deterrent to the outside world.


    Corvette walked in step by step. He looked up and could only see the king of the dragon on the throne.


    "Your Majesty," he said.


    "Mr. Corvette."


    Caesar''s body leaned forward slightly: "I heard Hogg say that the R & D task of the new capital warship you are responsible for has made new progress. Now it has been put into the small-scale experimental stage. Thank you for your efforts for so many years. I think every citizen of the black wing Empire should remember your name."


    Corvette bowed: "yes, the Empire has given me a rich life and an opportunity to show my ambition. Naturally, I should use my meager ability to help the country as much as possible."


    Caesar stood up and looked at Corvette''s face. It was a gray face engraved with wind and frost. His teeth were withered and yellow and his hair was gray. The shipbuilder''s career went through twists and turns, experienced ups and downs after pride and frustration, and finally was able to display his talent and find his life destination after coming to Beidi.


    "Mr. Corvette," said Caesar, "I don''t think you have come to beg me for a reward when you suddenly visit the royal court. If you have any difficulties or novel ideas in your work, you can tell me directly that the Empire will give you the greatest support."


    "Praise the Empire."


    Corvette said that the idiom of southerners: "Well, I spent some time studying the Empire''s vilost strategy a few days ago and found that if we want to ensure the steady implementation of the plan, our current navigation force must be expanded three to four times, that is, the shipbuilding workshops in various regions need to operate at full capacity for nearly two to three years to complete the expansion demand of the Empire''s navy. Navigation and war have not been calculated Contention loss. "


    "Yes," Caesar said faintly, "Hogg has told me the calculation results during the strategic deployment period. The empire is drawing up plans for the expansion of dock workshops everywhere."


    "I have no doubt about the power of the Empire."


    Corvette said, "Dock expansion is not a difficult problem, but the real problem lies in talent supplement. Like a magician, every apprentice needs a long time of study, research and practice to grow into a real shipbuilder, which may take five, ten or even more years. The miracle of the Empire, the assembly line factory, can mass produce a large number of parts and vulnerable parts for ships, but Many components and core parts still need to be carefully manufactured and debugged by shipbuilders. "


    "The shortage of talents will become the biggest constraint for you to expand the dock industry. As far as I know, no graduates from Imperial College who invest in the ship industry have won the title of shipbuilder so far."


    Corvette was right. Caesar straightened up and said, "you are very attentive, master Corvette. This is indeed a headache for the Empire ordered by the surface ice floe, and only time can solve it. However, since you have come to mention it to me, what solution may you think of?"


    "I''m sorry I''m incompetent. You''re right. We can''t solve this problem until a new generation grows up," Corvette said. "But ship manufacturing is urgent. In this case, maybe we can choose another solution."


    "Tell me."


    "You know, I come from nisdu, a trading city. That city is called the city of inland sea. It used to be the holy land of ships with extremely developed economy. But now, with the saturation of the trading city and the sea fleet of the Empire, nisdu''s business has declined and is no longer prosperous." Covett said, "but there are still countless excellent shipbuilders and dock workshops there."


    "Continue."


    "Although I have no ability to persuade those shipbuilders to come to Beidi, the empire can provide drawings and design requirements for those dock workshops and buy ships from nisdu in the form of batch import. I believe it is not difficult to manufacture ships that meet our requirements at the local level."


    "Excellent idea."


    Caesar sat down, put his hand on his head and stared at Corvette, adding a chill to his voice: "But, sir, do you know that the trading city-state has cut off commercial exchanges with the north and stands on the side of the Empire where the sun never sets. In a sense, it is the enemy of the Empire. Now you tell me that you want to mass customize ships to nice and transport the wealth of the Empire to the trading city-state."


    "Your Majesty." Corvette''s heart tightened and a cold sweat fell from his forehead: "I have no selfishness!"


    In fact, there are. Corvette is an ordinary person with ordinary feelings. The city of inland sea is his hometown. Even if he has been hurt, he is still full of feelings for that place.


    Today''s inland city is economically depressed and the shipbuilding industry is withered. If there is a chance, Corvette certainly hopes to pull it and change the current situation of nisdu. He is neither a soldier nor a politician. The shipbuilder intentionally or unintentionally ignored the current international situation, but after being exposed by the emperor, he can''t help trembling and terrified.


    "But you''re right." after a moment of silence, Caesar suddenly smiled and said, "it''s urgent to build the ship. We should use all available forces. I''ll arrange people to communicate with nice. I hope you can also help."


    As for nisdu, Caesar had conducted a survey before. He knew the historical details and current situation of the city. The reason why he agreed to the scheme proposed by Corvette was that in addition to the fact that the Empire really needed to import ships, he also had a plan to win nisdu over.


    Tashanmu, the head of the trading city-state, chose to stand on the side of the sun never sets Empire, but the City owners and people of the ten trading city-states did not necessarily think so. The black wing empire gave orders to nisdu and nisdu gave goods to the black wing empire. It seems to be a simple trade, but it is not so simple in reality.


    In the days before the northern land, soldiers always listened to the Lord who provided them with food, not the nominal king or emperor.


    "It''s my great honor to complete your order." Corvette was ordered to step down.