Chapter 114: Eventful

The East China Sea, in 1509, seems to be in an eventful year.

First, William and his Morgan Pirates rose in the waters around the Kingdom of Navia, and there were "red-haired" Shanks and his red-haired pirates, such a great voyage came to settle in the windmill village of the Kingdom of Goa, and finally there was the North Sea military power, the Kingdom of Jerma invaded the East China Sea.

The kingdom of Jerma was founded on military and technological power, and had no fixed territory, and was operated separately by ship in peacetime, but could be combined when needed.

Most of the country's citizens are men, and almost all of them are soldiers, and the country's army is called Jerma 66, which is very well-known because it has been the villain of newspaper comics, and has entered the eyes of the world, but this has also led to the East China Sea, and even many people in the world to perceive Jerma 66 as a fictional evil army.

It is not until it has now appeared in the East China Sea and conquered one of the countries in the East China Sea, Corkia, that it seems to have approached reality from the unreal.

On the day of the outbreak of the war, there were passing passenger ships that witnessed the whole process from the discovery of the Germa 66 to the direct capture of the Corgia, which had all kinds of advanced weapons and a high degree of professionalism.

However, it is surprising that the legendary evil army of Jerma 66 ignored the fact that these passenger ships were just passing by, and as the passenger ships left the port of Kokia, the war spread and caused a panic among the countries of the East China Sea.

The kingdom of Jerma is notorious for its fierceness, but its previous activities have been in the equally dangerous waters of the North Sea, a country founded on military and technology that once dominated the North Sea, and at one point successfully defeated four kings, and also took pictures of defeating four kings.

Anyone who knows a thing or two about these rumors can come to the conclusion that the vast majority of countries in the East China Sea will not be able to resist in the face of such a military power.

The media in the East China Sea reported on the incident, and there was not much conclusive evidence, most of which were chasing after the wind, but it did convey the panic very well.

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In the East China Sea, in the kingdom of Navia, in the city of Kalmar, King Norton I put down the newspaper in his hand, stood up from the throne with a sad face, and began to worry about the country and the people again.

The two attendants next to him glanced at each other, and then looked at each other in unison, not wanting to attract attention, they knew too well what the king was doing.

Maybe Norton I had a good temperament, and sometimes he wanted to be a wise king, but then again, how many monarchs, even if they were faint, would want their country to get worse and worse?

But this kind of thing is not something that can be achieved by patting his head and thinking of bad ideas, just talk about the prohibition of alcohol, the climate of the Kingdom of Navia is cold, and there are many hills and few plains in the territory, and the grain production is not high, but the people prefer to drink, so it is not impossible to limit this, and it is not impossible to find some solutions to improve the situation, but Norton I, under the instigation of Count Alcatio, directly ordered a one-size-fits-all ban on alcohol.

A king who has never been out of the royal city, and the vast majority of the people don't even know how tall or fat he is, really thinks that he is the ruler of the territory de jure, so he also has irrefutable authority in the hearts of all the people?

The attendant secretly cursed in his heart.

As a result of Norton I's complete ban on alcohol, the people complained, and blamed the resentment on the "initiator", that is, Norton I himself, and the alcohol was not banned, and the entire kingdom's underground alcohol trading market was almost monopolized by Count Alcatio, and all the profits from trading alcohol and beverages went into the Chancellor's own pocket, and there was no need to pay taxes.

But the squire knew this, but he was not interested in telling Norton I, the closer he got to these high-ranking royal families, the more he could understand that these people were actually just ordinary people, and many times they were just lucky, and if there was no authoritative guarantee from the world government, in this world where the strong were rampant, they might have been torn off the throne long ago.

Even if it is a king, a fool is still a fool, and will not change because of his status, Norton I is ignorant and willful, but he is stubborn and self-serving, and favors Count Alcatio, who is obedient and obedient in everything, and Count Alcatio, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ranks first among the four ministers of state, controls the country's finances, and can be called one person under ten thousand people, and the family is deeply rooted in the royal city, not something that a small attendant can afford to provoke.

If his own monarch was wise enough, the attendants might have been bold and outspoken, but all this situation was caused by the king who was pacing slowly and frowning in thought, and the two attendants really did not have the courage to risk their own lives.

Finally, Norton I seemed to have come up with a countermeasure, and said to one of his attendants: "Go and call the Chancellor of the Exchequer." ”

The attendants hurriedly retreated, and it wasn't long before news came from outside that Chancellor of the Exchequer Alcatio had arrived outside the palace.

When Norton I ordered Alcatio to come in, he saw this gray-haired old man, who walked quickly to the hall with a quick face, came to Norton I, knelt down on one knee first, and meticulously saluted Norton I, and while struggling to stand up, he asked aloud, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

In fact, Arcatio already knew on the way here that Norton I had called him over after reading the news in the newspaper about the appearance of the Kingdom of Jerma in the East China Sea, but he pretended not to know at this time.

Norton I kindly raised his hand, and from a long distance, he helped Alcatio, who was struggling to stand up from the ground.

As an important minister of the kingdom and an old man left by the previous king, Alcatio was so old that he no longer needed to pay a big salute like now, but no matter what the other ministers of state, Alcatio still insisted on doing so, even if Norton I personally admonished him, it did not work, although he was old and frail, he was still meticulous when saluting.

How could Norton I not favor such a submissive and loyal courtier?

Norton I said with a heavy face about the invasion of the Kingdom of Jerma into the countries of the East China Sea, and Alcatio didn't care about it, but his face still pretended to be solemn with Norton I's story.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"In order to protect the people under our rule, we must expand our army! and increase our military strength to prevent the kingdom of Germa, a country that has fallen into despair, from targeting us next!" Norton I said impassionedly, "If they really dare to come, I will make their heads bleed!"

Alcatio's heart was full of resistance to this policy, he was in charge of finances, and he knew best how much money was going to be spent on army building, and it was a long-term expenditure, and more importantly, he didn't know if it would be useful or not.

Regardless of whether the army that has been built so hard is the opponent of Jerma 66, what if the other side does not include the Kingdom of Navia in the target of the attack at all?

But no matter what he thought in his heart, Arcatio still responded respectfully in the face of Norton I's orders, and did not even have the slightest objection.

Regardless of the outside world, Arcatio was always obedient to Norton I, which made him fully trusted by Norton I.