"My God! Is this true? Ed! Mary looked at her husband in surprise with a look of disbelief on her face.

"Yes! I think Your Majesty thinks very highly of me! Ed, like his wife, had a cheerful look on his face.

"I think that if I do a few more jobs for His Majesty this time, His Majesty will definitely remember me in his heart!" Ed said in a conjectural tone.

"That's for sure! Just make an impression on His Majesty! Your hopes of becoming a nobleman will definitely increase! Mary looked lovingly at Ina and Rodin, who were munching on bread.

"Our little angels will become nobles, and they won't have to work as hard as we do!"

"Mary! I will definitely make our little angel a high class! Ed took his wife's rough hands from housework and said comfortingly.

"You will also become a noble lady, and you will often go to and from high banquets!" Ed looked at the former pair of jade hands, and his tone gradually lowered, "I won't be doing housework by myself anymore!" ”

"Yes! Ed, I think God will bless us! Mary said movingly.

On this side, Edward and André slowly visited the castle, looking at the castle that had been used as a military base quite characteristically.

As for the Luna sisters and the guards, they had already gone to clean up the room and put things in place, leaving the big man Sean with him.

From the castle's lookout, Edward saw the whole of Portsmouth.

To the left of the city are a large number of naval ships, merchant ships that come and go on their own, and a medium-sized port. One by one, the ship's soldiers and merchant sailors disembarked and walked to a chaotic street near the harbor.

It was also the most prosperous part of the whole of Portsmouth, and the street was filled with taverns and brothels, two of the most popular places for soldiers and sailors, as well as fruit stands, grain shops, and cloth shops that supplied the ships.

Other than that, the rest of the place is either indigenous or the family of the navy, which is boring compared to the port.

Edward visually inspected the city, which made up only one-fifth of the island, and the rest of the city was barely inhabited, with only a few villages providing food and vegetables for the city.

Looking at the busy merchant ships shuttling between the harbors, Edward couldn't help but ask, "Andre, how many of those merchant ships are the merchant ships of the Rio Shesley family?" ”

André didn't expect Edward to ask this, and he was asked for a moment.

"Your Majesty! I haven't counted this! Andre said embarrassedly, and quickly added after a while.

"I've heard the sailors say that almost a third of the merchant ships belong to the Southampton family, and a third belong to his affiliated families!"

"Real merchant ships make up one-third of them, and I hear from them! Your Majesty! ”

André glanced at Edward's face cautiously, fearing that he might anger the ruler of England.

Why is it that His Majesty is not as grumpy as people say? On the contrary, it is very intimate, and it is indeed the legendary substitute.

Edward didn't pay attention to Andre's small movements, and couldn't help but be surprised in his heart.

He didn't expect that the Earl of Southampton already owned such a large merchant ship, which was almost one of the few withered nobles in the Tudor period.

He was also very open-minded, and was able to abandon the traditional way of aristocratic land management and began to do business, and at first glance he was one of the new nobles recorded in the history books in the future.

Edward's mind Andre couldn't know, Andre's careful mind Edward couldn't know.

"Andrey! Tomorrow, you get that James. Leo Shesley, come here and meet me! ”

"Yes! My Majesty! André saluted as he learned Ed's movements, but because he was untrained, Edward felt very awkward.

After André left, Edward was left alone to admire the city of his own.

It's a bit embarrassing to talk about this, the capital of the whole of England, London, is not under the jurisdiction of the king, it is actually an autonomous city.

The dignified capital of England was not in the hands of the king, and was completely governed by a group of merchants.

It is primarily the work of William the Norman Conqueror, who won the Battle of Hastings and was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey in 1066.

It was he who built the White Tower, the heart of the Tower of London, and negotiated tax laws with merchants to declare the independence of the city and its autonomy.

The king had no right to collect taxes in the capital, and he had no right to manage the appointment of officials in London, which was inconceivable in ancient China. And Edward's predecessors did not try to take back the management power, but used the royal power to influence the operation of London, and kept lying down and counting the money.

Therefore, the urban environment of London is so bad, but Edward can't interfere with anything, anyway, those big businessmen will not pay to sort it out.

Portsmouth, on the other hand, was a naval city, and almost the entire city was run by naval officers, and Edward was the allegiance of the navy, and Portsmouth could be called his.

After a bit of lewdness, Edward went to rest, after all, he had been on the road for a few days.

Early the next morning, André took James, dressed in aristocratic clothes. Rio Shesli arrived at Boist Castle.

"Good day! Your Majesty! James saluted first as a sign of respect for the king.

"Good day! Major Rio Shesley! Because James was not the first heir to the title of Earl of Southampton and had no title to him, Edward directly referred to him as a military rank.

"Mr. Major! Come with me to explore the style of Portsmouth Harbour! ”

"Of course! It is my pleasure! It is your duty to serve His Majesty the Great King! Major James readily agreed.

Although he couldn't understand Edward's intention to come to Portsmouth, James still had to work hard to cooperate.

Walking on the soft sand, Edward leisurely rubbed the sand on the beach, talking to James from time to time.

"Dear Mr. Major! What do you think about the current Navy? ”

"Your Majesty! I think it is still necessary to strengthen the allocation of funds for the Navy! At the mention of his profession, James was intrigued.

"Our navy in England can only defend itself! There is no comparison with Spain and Portugal! ”

"It can't be compared to the Netherlands!"

James's idea Edward understood very well, the Navy had always been on the margins, with little appropriation and no one to take care of.

Naturally, there is no meritorious service to be established, and for the second son of the noble, the property inheritance is not much, and the title is not shared, so he can only fend for himself.

Besides, his father helped him to the position of lieutenant in the navy, which was interesting enough, and it was unlikely that he would use the power of the family to help him again.

Therefore, the ass decides the head, the navy is strong, and if he is taken seriously, he can rise to the top and really stabilize the chassis.