The fleet has set sail.

The mighty East China Sea Fleet is lined up in a huge formation of ten miles from head to end on the vast sea.

Thousands of mermaids cruised back and forth in the fleet, blowing wind and waves, increasing the speed of the fleet.

Five huge frogs, diving in the sea, occasionally revealing a scaly claw, is full of grandeur.

In the fleet, there are four super warships. In addition to the three super battleships of the East China Sea Fleet, the Blue Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, and the Soryu, there is also the only super battleship in Amaterasu Province that has been captured, the "Amaterasu".

Su Su, Li Qing and others are now on the Amaterasu and live in the luxurious cabin of the super battleship.

Of course, this super battleship has now been renamed and is no longer called Amaterasu.

After obtaining the consent of the Imperial Admiralty, in order to commemorate the incomparable and great contributions made by Su Su in this battle, the Tianzhao was renamed "Yunyang County Lord" - by the way, according to reliable information from Yue Shanjun, the governor of the East China Sea Fleet, the emperor had issued a decree to canonize Su Su as the Yunyang County Lord, and the fief was in Yunyang County near the imperial capital.

Obviously, this is to woo Susu.

After all, she was really good in the battle of Zhongshan Island.

If it weren't for her "transcendent forbidden zone", if it weren't for her battlefield command, if it weren't for the army of the undead she created with the Calamity Staff, if it weren't for her Frozen Throne to suppress the legendary mage......

Without this qiē, in the battle of Zhongshan Island, with only Li Qing and his more than 1,000 men, it would be impossible to delay the main force of the East China Sea Fleet to come to the aid under the overwhelming superiority of Amaterasu's army, and finally win this almost perfect victory.

To be honest, in Su Su's own opinion, with her merits, the canonization of a mere county lord is really a bit of a poor treatment of meritorious heroes.

Because the title of the empire basically has no real fiefdom.

Su Su, the lord of Yunyang County, said that she was in Yunyang County, but her actual territory was just a township in Yunyang County. In addition, it is one percent of Yunyang County's annual tax revenue, which is used as her annuity.

Yunyang County is located in the center of the empire, not far from the emperor, so it is naturally very prosperous and wealthy. Even if it's only one percent of the annual tax revenue, that's a very significant number.

However, in Su Su's opinion, this gain is not worth as much as the super battleship - without her, the East China Sea Fleet would not have wanted to capture Amaterasu.

Not to mention Su Su's capture, there is also a legendary mage, thousands of Amaterasu elites, more than a dozen Holy Light Alliance holy warriors, priests, and so on.

Although she did not participate in the pursuit of the Amaterasu fleet, she said politely that the credit of the entire East China Sea Fleet may not be as big as her alone.

Because if it weren't for her suppression of the legendary mages of the Holy Light Alliance, only the three admirals of the East China Sea Fleet would not be able to have a fleet with legendary mages in charge of escorting.

In this regard, Su Su complained: "The emperor is really stingy! Since you want to win me over, why don't you just give me the Yunyang County Lord? The names have been changed anyway. ”

Li Qing was quite understanding, and said with a smile: "That's a super battleship." A small power like Amaterasu has only built such a ship with the strength of the whole country. A superpower like the Empire has only seven ships in service. The other thirteen ships under construction will take a long time to join active service. So it's hard to capture a super battleship, how can it be given to you casually? ”

Su Su hugged his arms and sighed, "Then he still wants to win me over!" ”

Li Qing spread his hands: "The problem is, even if the emperor really gave you the Yunyang County Lord, you can't really serve the empire!" ”

Su Su said: "Then the emperor doesn't know this, he doesn't try, how do you know if he can successfully win me over?" He's not sincere at all! ”

said so, but Su Su himself knew it.

As a super monarch who has commanded many planes, even if the Emperor of the Emperor packages the Yunyang County Lord and all the seven super warships in active service in the Empire to her, she will not be able to be truly loyal, but she will laugh at the Emperor in her heart for being really stupid and rich......

In fact, as the monarch of a country, or the monarch of the superpower of the Eastern Empire, the emperor could not be a fool. Perhaps, the emperor has already seen Su Su's reluctance to serve the empire from the invitation to the banquet of Su Sulian Yue Shanjun and other three generals of the Zhenguo that they are unwilling to accept this detail.

If you are willing to serve the empire, how can you not accept the joint invitation of the three powerful people of the town? Such a good opportunity to make strong allies, expand contacts, and weave a network of relationships can be ignored, doesn't it mean that Su Su has no intention of developing in the empire?

So thinking about it carefully, Su Su also had to admit that the emperor was willing to give a county lord title, a little real fiefdom, and quite a generous annuity income, and also named a super battleship after her title, which can already be regarded as quite generous.

Although he had admitted the facts in his heart, Su Su was still very dissatisfied with the emperor's appearance, pinched his little finger, and said with disgust on his face:

"If you don't send a battleship, forget it. The actual fiefdom is only a little bit, and there is still no right to mine metal deposits, and the territory law cannot be arbitrarily formulated, and the number of private soldiers cannot exceed 100, and there are many restrictions on the so-called fiefdom...... This little sweetness, not even a crumb, can I see it? ”

Xiaolongnu explained: "Although the law stipulates that private soldiers cannot exceed 100, this is only a private soldier who is recognized by the Ministry of War and issued by the state. As long as you have your own money, it's okay to hire as many private soldiers as you want. ”

Su Suhu was suspicious: "Really? Could it be that if I hire 100,000 people, the empire will turn a blind eye? ”

The little dragon girl laughed and nodded: "Of course!" If you can afford to hire that many people. ”

Raising soldiers is not an easy task. salaries, equipment, food, training expenses, pensions, ...... Which one doesn't require a big expense? And the more elite and powerful the troops, the more expensive it will be to raise soldiers.

If you don't have a large enough territory and enough money to get an industry, let alone 100,000 people, whether you can raise a thousand soldiers is a problem.

Some so-called rich and rival gods, really let them raise soldiers, even if they fill in all their wealth, how many elite soldiers can they raise?

The most important thing is that in the current era of Earth II, the consciousness of the nation has begun to awaken - at least in the Eastern Empire.

In particular, this war of the century, in which the East and the West collided fiercely, made the consciousness of the country and the nation swell up violently.

Except for a few people who were born anti-bone, admired the foreign, and counted the cheap bones who forgot their ancestors, there was no one in the entire Eastern Empire who was not patriotic, and there was no one who did not support the War of Resistance.

Just like in the troubled times of the Middle Ages, the traditional idea that whoever eats will be in charge of whomever he eats, and whoever gives money will work for whomever he wants, is completely unworkable in the face of today's national righteousness.

Against such an era, as long as the country stands firm against foreign aggression, no one can overthrow the current royal family and government.

And those big families and gate lords who raise a large number of private soldiers, the imperial government should not be too simple to deal with. A paper order ordering you to go to the front line to defend against foreign aggression, do you want to go?

Go, this private soldier will not be yours from now on.

If you don't go, when the national disaster is at the head, you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger, you are selfish, you don't care about the overall situation, and even all kinds of big hats such as plotting misdeeds will be buttoned up. It won't be long before the reputation of a family that has been inherited for a long time and has a good reputation will completely disappear, and the private soldiers below will also be scattered.

After all, no matter how private soldiers are raised by big families and big families, in the final analysis, they are all imperial people.

Except for a few sons who have served for generations, most of the rest of the private guards are hired.

And those who can become private soldiers must have a certain strength foundation. If you have a strong foundation, you must have received the cultivation of the empire's sound and perfect education system rooted in every village and village since childhood.

They are all cultivated by the empire since childhood, and they are affected by the awakening of the national consciousness of the country, how many people disregard the righteousness at this time of national crisis? How many people can withstand the fingering and even swearing of their neighbors?

Therefore, the empire is not afraid of any aristocratic and wealthy families who wantonly form a private army.

Therefore, Xiaolongnu will say that as long as Su Su can afford it, there will be no problem with 100,000 soldiers.

Because even if Su Su really smashed the pot and sold iron to raise 100,000 soldiers, when the time came, the empire issued an order and let Su Su lead the army to the front line, unless Su Su used magic to charm and brainwash the 100,000 army, otherwise he could only obediently obey the order.

Otherwise, it will not be long before these 100,000 soldiers will disappear under the pressure of public opinion from all walks of life.

And if it really comes to the point where it is necessary to use magic to maintain the loyalty of the army, then Su Su might as well directly use magic to charm the ready-made regular army of the empire, so that at least it can save the cost of training, maintenance, and equipment.

Listening to Xiaolongnu explain the current situation of the empire in detail, Su Su could only sigh helplessly and said, "Then it seems that if I want to form an army that is absolutely loyal to me, I can't recruit people from the empire on a large scale?" ”

"That's right." The little dragon girl affirmed: "If you want to form a legion that is absolutely loyal to you, you can only recruit among the wandering mercenaries who have perished in those countries and have no homeland, and then slowly cultivate their loyalty. In the Empire, you can only recruit a handful of people who are completely unpatriotic. But for those people, I'm afraid you can't use it with confidence, right? ”

Su Su nodded: "That's right." Fortunately for the wandering mercenaries, their country has perished, there is no one to whom they have no allegiance, and no one will help them recover in the foreseeable future. This rootless duckweed is easy to take.

"But when it is clear that there are countries to which they can be allegiated, and the country is still in a legitimate national crisis, and needs their allegiance, they are tempted by money or some other interest to throw themselves into the service of a private person...... Such a person cannot have absolute loyalty in any case. Magic doesn't always work. ”

Xiaolongnu smiled: "So if you want to recruit people, Susu, it's best to go to the southwest front of the empire." There are a large number of samurai and wandering mercenaries from the West and small countries in the southwest. ”

"Well, I'm going to go there sometime."

Speaking of which, Su Su was no longer entangled in the matter of the Yunyang County Lord and his own county lord title, and said to Li Qing: "Knight, aren't you very familiar with the merman?" I want to take some pictures of the merman going to sea now, can you help me talk to the merman? Let them gather together and collectively have a big scene of dolphins coming out of the water. Well, if it's possible, let those five frogs also come out of the water to play. ”

Li Qingwei was puzzled: "Well, although I know some merman girls, they can't be the masters of the thousands of mermen in the East China Sea Fleet!" Besides, even if they can call the shots, they all have tasks now, how can they gather together to perform collectively? As for the five frogs, I don't even know any of them, how can I tell them? ”

"Then I don't care, I just want to shoot a big scene like that!" Su Su's cheeks puffed out, ready to start a state of unreasonableness.

Li Qing's head was big immediately, and he weighed for a while before he said slowly: "So, I'll try to discuss it with Governor Yue?" ”

Yue Shanjun is in charge of the East China Sea Fleet, and the merman troops and the five frogs are naturally under his jurisdiction.

"Well, that's fine." Su Su nodded with satisfaction, put away his momentum, and gave Li Qing a sweet smile: "I knew that you were the best for me, knight!" Such a small request will definitely satisfy me. ”

Li Qing shook his head with a wry smile, and said in his heart, where is this a small request?

The shark and the frog are the main force of the East China Sea Fleet, and they are both dignified and strong, but they are not the dolphins of the aquarium.

Even if he is under the command of Yue Shanjun, it is because he represents the majesty of the empire, not only because he is a strong man in the town.

If Yue Shanjun ordered the sharks and frogs to have a collective performance for no reason on the march, even if it was in the name of Su Su, the sharks and frogs would definitely complain.

As for Yue Shanjun, if he can be such a big official as the governor of the East China Sea Fleet, he must be able to lead troops, and it is impossible to order his subordinates to perform collectively for no reason. Because it is detrimental to the morale of the military.

Just like what Li Qing said to Song Qiqi before: My fist only kills, not performs.

Most of the strong people have similar personalities. On the battlefield, they can obey commands, enforce orders and prohibitions, and even follow one another. But we're all so desperate, outside the battlefield, you have to take care of our dignity, right?

For no reason, let's perform group diving like dolphins, and really treat us as pets? We are soldiers, strong men who hold power, not extras!

So although Li Qing agreed to Su Su, he was still very embarrassed in his heart, so he could only use his brains desperately to think of a way.

"How can we convince Yue Shanjun to agree to command the sharks and frogs to perform a big scene?" Li Qing walked out of the cabin, scraping the hard stubble on his chin with his fingers, and muttered to himself: "I have to think of a good way......

The little dragon girl also accompanied him at this time, and left the cabin with him, leaving Su Su alone there to fiddle with the film material she had filmed earlier.

"Li Qing, you have to think about it, this mouth is not easy to open."

Out of the cabin, came to the wide deck of the super battleship, and looked at the huge figure of the flagship Qinglong traveling hundreds of meters in front, Xiaolongnu reminded: "Yue Du looks very fierce, but in fact, he has a generous temperament and treats people kindly. But this is a premise, he treats the officers and soldiers under his command the most to protect his shortcomings, once the officers and soldiers under his command are humiliated, he really wants to turn his face. ”

Seeing Li Qing's thoughtful look, Xiaolongnu said again: "The mermaid and the frog are both Yue Du's right-hand men and have made many military exploits. Even though Yue Du is a general of Zhenguo, he still respects them very much. So even if you are a great hero, once you really make such a request, Yue Du will never give you a good face. Even if this request was Su Suti, Yue Du would not let go. ”

"Well, I understand what you said. But ......" Li Qing suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he had an idea: "Hanhan, I have an idea, see if you can do it." I said to Yue Du that I want to make a propaganda film for our East China Sea Fleet to promote the mighty and domineering spirit of our East China Sea Fleet and its invincibility, so I need the help of the officers and men of the fleet to cooperate, do you think he will agree? ”

"Shoot a promotional video?" Xiaolongnu was stunned for a moment: "This excuse...... Uh, but Yue Du doesn't know what a promotional video is! The empire doesn't even have a broadcast, how do you explain the concept of a propaganda video to Yue Du? ”

"No need to explain!" Li Qing waved his hand: "Let's show him the reality directly." Didn't I shoot the scene of Su Su releasing a meteor burst to bombard the fortress? and when the fleet set sail, the big scene of hundreds of ships moving together and sails lined up, Su Su and she also took pictures, and now she is sorting out the materials. Let's show these to Yue Du, with the IQ of his powerful people in the town, he should be able to understand it easily, right? ”

"That's it......" The little dragon girl thought thoughtfully, learned from Li Qing's way of shaving her beard, flexed her crystal index finger, gently scraped the hard dragon scales on her chin, and said slowly: "The scene you filmed of Su Su releasing meteor explosions is indeed very emotional, and it highlights Su Su's majestic image at once." There is also the scene of the fleet setting sail shot by Su Su, with music...... It's really exciting......"

Li Qingdao: "How about the theme song of Pirates of the Caribbean?" ”

The little dragon girl thought for a moment and shook her head: "That song was too fast at the beginning, it was okay to use it in battle, but it was so slow when the fleet set sail...... Even if it is a super battleship, dragged down by the large fleet, in order to maintain the formation, it cannot drive at full speed, and the fast-paced tune is not suitable. I think the Finnish 'Dream Legend' heavy metal band "THEDAWN" would be more appropriate. ”

THEDAWN, which means dawn.

Later, it was put into a self-cut MV of Warcraft by netizens to describe the process of Prince Arthas becoming the Lich King. The music unexpectedly fits in tune, and the gradual rise of the scale complements the Prince of Arthas's slow fall and final ascent to the Frozen Throne.

So this piece was passed on as "Overture to the Dead".

Li Qing had also heard this song, and when he thought about it at this time, he found that it was really quite suitable - Dawn, or the song Overture of the Dead, the soft and slow piano sound at the beginning, is it suitable for the scene of the fleet drawing, slowly raising the sails, and slowly setting sail?

After that, the music gradually became exciting, and it was also suitable for the big scene where the whole fleet was getting faster and faster, and the mermaids and frogs were making waves.

The most important thing is that in the background of this song, there is also the sound of the waves, which is really in tune with the fleet.

So Li Qing smiled, "You're right, this song, from soft to boiling, from gentle to intense, if it is matched with the scene of the fleet pulling anchors and raising sails, breaking the waves and starting the ship, riding the wind, and competing for the current, it is indeed seamless." This song alone can even be directly used as a propaganda song for the East China Sea ship! ”

"Hey, hey!" The little dragon girl smiled, and whipped the cyan dragon scales on her chin, obviously very proud.

Li Qing said that he would do it, and turned around and walked towards the cabin.

"Let's go, let's go back to Su Su and ask her to use the materials and music to make a MV!"