Surprise is surprise and joy.

When I got to the dock, I really got a surprise!

At the West Indies and Millwall dockyards, there were two warships that were noticeably much larger than the others! Just as I was dumbfounded, a female voice sounded behind me: "Is Mr. Viscount still satisfied with this gift?"

I don't need to look back, I know that the woman who spoke was none other than Isabella beside the Queen. This royal prince usually looks cold, but he is very good at ridiculing people.

I just listened to her teasing: "A good news or a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

I shook my head helplessly and said, "Today I won't play according to the routine, I'll listen to the good news first!"

Isabella laughed twice, walked over to a position almost shoulder to shoulder with me, looked up at the two boats, and said, "Because you discovered Charlie's betrayal, and avoided a great catastrophe for us—I mean, in his house, we discovered their new plan."

I glanced at her, smiled and asked, "It's a big plan, isn't it?"

Although Isabella smiled, her voice said coldly: "Yes! Magnificent enough to turn the current landscape upside down! ”

I groaned, "So ......"

Isabella laughed: "With your cleverness, you should have guessed that these two ships are gifts from the Queen!"

I nodded, not making a sound, and Isabella continued in her nice voice: "The Great British North Sea Three-Masted Galleon. Standard 2nd class battleship! The displacement is exactly twice as large as that of the Venetian gunboats! The overall performance is even more than too far"!

Seeing that I was still silent, Isabella smiled again: "This kind of warship has just been developed, and this year, the three major shipyards in the country are in full swing, and only eight have been built. Six of them are equipped with the Royal Navy, and the remaining two are presented to you by the Queen, Your Excellency the Viscount! ”

I waited for her to finish speaking, and then said lightly: "What kind of artillery is there on it?" I heard that the mortar cannon you have recently developed has good performance. ”

Isabella had a very interesting expression on her face: "You really know the goods!" If it is fully equipped with new mortars, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness of this ship will increase by another 50%! However, the cost will also increase by about 30%! ”

I looked at her and said with a smile, "I'll pay half of the money for the mortar and equip the rest of my ships with it, okay?"

When Isabella saw me looking at her, she shrugged her shoulders and said, "In your Huaxia words, I did it all in the first year of junior high school, and I still care about fifteen?" Just do as you say! ”

I retracted my eyes, stared at the hull again, and said lightly, "The good news is over, now let's talk about the bad news." ”

Isabella smiled strangely and said, "Although Charlie has disappeared, his family is still alive and powerful. ”

I snorted and laughed, "Tell me about it." ”

Isabella said quietly: "Charlie and James are cousins, both members of the Scottish royal family. Charlie's father was James's mother, the elder brother of Mary Stewart, former Queen of Scots. You should know that Queen Elizabeth is Lady Mary's cousin......"

I sighed and said, "Yes, I know very well. I also know that the relationship between them is very unpleasant. ”

Isabella laughed twice and said, "You're such an interesting person! That's a lot to know! ”

I suddenly looked at her, stared at her with straight eyes, and said, "I also know that because Madam Mary Stewart's waist circumference is extremely small and too tempting, Her Majesty has specially ordered that female nobles with a waist circumference of less than thirty-three centimeters are not allowed to enter the court!" ”

Isabella's face changed suddenly-these palace secrets are generally forbidden to be passed on, and I actually know so much about them! While she frowned slightly, I stared into her eyes and continued: "The queen gave me these latest warships, I am afraid not only to thank me, but also to divert Charlie, or Mary's family's grudge against her, and want me to divert some of the firepower!" ”

I said this unceremoniously, coupled with my compelling gaze, Isabella's heart couldn't help but jump! Especially looking at my eyes, Isabella even felt that she was sweating slightly on her forehead - after being by the queen's side for so long, it was the first time that she had such a strong sense of oppression in front of a person, this guy actually had such a strong momentum, it seemed that he disguised himself well when he saw the queen! No wonder the queen said he wasn't easy......

Isabella said to herself.

I looked at her a few times, stopped talking, but pouted and smiled, and turned my head back to look back at the warship. Isabella cleared her throat, calmed down, looked at my side face and continued: "Mr. Viscount, I apologize to you personally. Indeed, you came at the right time, and brought with you a lot of valuable information, so the queen ...... She was also helpless. I just hope to compensate for your losses as much as possible! ”

I waved my hand at her, and I didn't look at her, but I lowered my voice and said, "I just hope that when you are fighting in the palace, you won't let me get too deep!" When I'm in danger, don't forget my shield! ”

Isabella was very moved to see that I didn't blame them too much for their plan, and agreed to help them carry out their plan. She said in a suppressed tone, "Her Majesty thinks very highly of you! Definitely not ......"

I interrupted her and said, "A quick knife that doesn't look like it's engraved with the Tudor royal inscription will surely be loved by the ruler!" I did a good job, it goes without saying. I can't do it well, and there's no direct evidence pointing to the Queen. In other words, I'm like a throwing knife that throws it, whatever the outcome, at least it doesn't lead to a worse outcome, right? ”

Isabella was shocked when she heard the words! She didn't expect me to say the heart of their plot!

Indeed, the reason why the queen is willing to give me the green light all the way in armaments is to repay the consideration of treating me as a "supernumerary" force, or a pawn that can be discarded at any time. In her hope, I could share some of the pressure from the Stewart family for her, support some hatred in the direction of Spain, and do some pioneering work in the direction of the new continent, Africa, and the Indian Ocean.

The cost is very low, and the benefits are very good!

However, I, as a pawn, had already seen through the entire chessboard, which had to shock Isabella! Especially when I say all this, I only have a look in my expression that is taken for granted, and there is no atmosphere, anger, or all the negative emotions that are taken advantage of, but openly scary!

This has to reposition me!

Isabella said to herself.

After thinking about it, she continued with a fixed concentration: "The queen means, or my understanding is that this is the queen's test for you!" After all, you come from the far east, and one or two cases do not represent the whole of a person, and she also needs a process of examining you......"

Under my clear gaze, Isabella's words became paler and paler, and finally she simply shut up, just slightly bowed her head and raised her eyes to look at me.

I know that although she has been with the queen for a long time and is used to seeing each other and tilting each other in these officialdoms, she still has too few opportunities to actually face problems. Because few people dare to debunk her face-to-face, or "her" mind. And today I did it, and I did it very thoroughly, so it was very difficult for Isabella to adapt for a while, and the psychological pressure was overwhelming.

I raised my left hand and gently lifted Isabella's chin with my curved index finger, which made Isabella blush, but she couldn't break free of my left hand!

"People walk in the rivers and lakes, who can not be stabbed? When you come out to drift, you naturally have to be prepared for this. Don't worry, I don't dare to say that my mind is like the sea, but at least it is a reef, and I will never back down because of these blows! Do you understand? I lifted her chin and stared into her eyes.

Isabella's posture was passive, but she didn't mean to resist, but nodded slightly. I looked at her deeply, and while lowering my hand, I whispered, "I'm willing to help 'her', or help you." But I hope, Isabella! ”

She looked at me and let out a low "um".

"I hope that if something happens against me, I hope you will tell me as soon as possible, so that I don't even have time to prepare to resist, okay?"

I whispered.

"Viscount...... Mr. Sun Qilan, I, Isabella Tudor, will not sit idly by while something threatens you happens! She whispered with an oath.

I smiled at her and whispered, "We're friends, aren't we?" ”

Isabella smiled and said, "Yes, friend! ”

Over the next few days, I overhauled the two second-class warships to make them both capable of long-distance voyages and capable of fighting with considerable combat intensity. Under the mediation of Jack Bravo, I bought three more British Galen at a relatively good price - this kind of battleship has the loading capacity and firepower of a Galen warship, as well as the speed and steering ability of the Fred paddle ship or the Venetian gunboat, it should be said that it is a three-class battleship with strong versatility and outstanding overall performance!

In this way, my flagship team once again has the basic establishment of five ships, but the overall combat effectiveness has been greatly improved! I also bought a few second-hand ships as "target ships" at a low price, and after the refitting of several main warships, I drove them to the open sea for a live-fire drill!

According to the general understanding, if we take the durability of a small Hanseatic ship as the benchmark unit "one", then the durability of the Clark merchant ship is about three, while the Calais clipper is four, the Fred paddle ship is five, the Venetian gunboat is between six and seven, the Galen warship, including my newly purchased English Galen, is about eight levels, and the latest large British North Sea three-masted galleon is more than ten super existences!

In the open sea of the North Sea, three Hanseatic boats and two Karak boats were anchored in the center of the ocean as target ships. In about ten seconds, the three small boats were torn to pieces under the fire of five new battleships! And a minute and a half later, the two Karak ships also followed in the footsteps and sank into the depths of the North Sea, becoming a fragment and break point in history!

Our shooting distance is two nautical miles! This is already close to the limit of the shooting range of most ships, and this is the accurate shooting distance of a new type of battleship!

Standing on the deck of the sea, I couldn't help but sigh that science and technology are really the primary productive forces! Under the generation gap of equipment, the number sometimes does not represent everything, excellent equipment, excellent tactics, will definitely become the master of the battlefield!

Whether it's the Spaniards, or the Stewart family, I'm going to tear it to shreds until I find the magical stone I'm sure to obtain!

Even with Elizabeth I to use each other!

Even the hands are covered in blood!