The Marquis of Whitehead looked at Anne without any expression, and after a moment he showed a look of regret and said, "You behaved differently when you were a child, you are better than all my children, including your eldest brother.

I have always been troubled by this matter, and if you were a boy, I would not hesitate to send your brothers to a remote place and declare you my first heir.

But you are a woman, and I can only train you to be the guardian of the family, not the leader of the family.

This is the helplessness of being an important family in the empire, and it is the fate that you must face as a child of the family.

You...... I also have this awareness.

Therefore, I have arranged for you to enter the Imperial Navy Command as an intelligence staff officer. ”

As a child of the Whitehead family, Anne has long accepted her identity and destiny, and she is willing to give everything for the family. She knew that the Great Family, while showing its glory in the Empire, was also precarious, and that if the family was to survive, someone had to make sacrifices. The Marquis, although not a good father, was definitely a competent family leader.

However, Anne could not have imagined that her father would arrange her into the newly established Navy Command, although he was also engaged in intelligence work, but the span was indeed a bit large.

"Father, I'm afraid I won't be able to do the work in the navy."

The Marquis said: "There are not many people in the Florinque Empire who are qualified for the work of the navy. I've got the list of Imperial Navy Commands, and they're basically generals transferred from the Army. It seems that the Empire has become very wary of the naval part under the jurisdiction of the Blue Corps, and has not allowed them to participate in the establishment of the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet.

The Imperial Navy Command was directly accountable to the Emperor.

At my suggestion, the command of the Navy would be established in Saroyan. ”

The Marquis of Whitehead was speaking of Imperial secrets. Everyone knew that the Frominck Empire was going to build an Imperial Naval Fleet, but no one knew the specific details, because even the Emperor had not made a final decision on the plan to build the Imperial Fleet.

The Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet had too much influence on the future national strength of the Flominck Empire, but as a traditional inland empire, no one had the ability to lead the Grand Fleet. Originally, the navy of the Blue Corps was formed to cultivate naval talents for the empire and accumulate maritime experience. But the Marquis of Whitehead's exposure of the Blue Legion navy made the emperor dare not use these corrupted Blue Corps navy at all.

The transfer of army officers to form a naval department was a helpless move. Fortunately, the construction of the Grand Fleet will take time, and it will not build all the naval warships at once. During this time, the Imperial Navy could send students and self-study to learn naval warfare tactics, and could first purchase some small warships eliminated by foreign navies as training ships, so that naval officers and sailors could conduct actual sailing exercises.

This solution of catching ducks on the shelves is really helpless. The construction of the Imperial Navy has been delayed for too long, and the environment is harsh, and it is estimated that it will never be built if it is not hard to build a large fleet.

Anne knew what her father had put her in the Navy Command for.

The Council of Marcellus and the Eastern nations will not sit idly by and watch the Empire's Grand Fleet form a fighting force, and will definitely find ways to obstruct it in every possible way. The Special Security Service is not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the military, which has its own intelligence agency. The Marquis of Whitehead let Anne enter the Navy Command as an intelligence staff officer, which is equivalent to pushing Anne to the front line of the intelligence war in Saroyan in the future, and the danger is naturally self-evident.

"Yes, father. I abide by your arrangement...... When will I hand over to Kemir and report to the command of the Navy? ”

The Marquis of Whitehead knew that Anne would not refuse, and he nodded with satisfaction and said, "It will take some time for the formation of the Navy Command. Ten days later, however, the Admiralty Chancellor would lead the naval officer corps to Saroyan. When the time comes, the Imperial Navy will put out a tender for the construction of the entire Grand Fleet.

The Imperial Navy will give preference to companies native to the Empire, followed by companies in the province of Marcellus. If there were no companies in the empire and provinces that could meet the requirements of the navy, foreign companies were the last option.

In short, His Majesty has given a death order, and the Imperial Navy has no time to wait, and it must be determined in this tender that the Empire will have a large fleet. Even if all the ships of the entire fleet are handed over to foreign shipbuilders for construction......

There will definitely be attempts to sabotage the Empire's Grand Fleet plans, and your task is to make sure that this tender goes smoothly. ”

"I see, father." Anne took over the task, and then said, "Actually, we use the special steel provided by Young Master Liang, and in the design of the battleship, it shouldn't need to be too advanced. The hull's own defenses, coupled with the Empire's large-caliber naval guns cast from special steel, are enough to put our Grand Fleet up to the navies of other countries. ”

Speaking of special steel, the Marquis can't help but think of the Saroyan No. 1 Iron and Steel Plant, which has not yet been put into production. Most of the equipment in the steelworks was supplied by the Whitehead family, and it was all very, very ordinary machines. The whole steel plant is no different from other steel plants inside and out, and even the steelmaking raw materials purchased and stored in the warehouse are not special.

Without special machines and raw materials, how can such high-strength special steel be refined?

The Marquis of Whitehead was puzzled.

Seeing that the naval officer corps is about to come to Saroyan, the tender for the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Navy will also be launched in the short term. Without mass production of special steel, many things cannot be operated.

The Marquis replied to Anne, "But it is not me who controls the first steelworks of Saroyan. The market for these special steels will cover the whole world in the coming years, and our fleet does not have an advantage in materials.

Young Master Liang is a person...... I can't see through him. He worked with us on the construction of the steel mill and on several research projects with the council. After the construction of the steel plant, the Holy See sent workers to help him build the shipyard.

What the hell is he trying to do? Is he still going to participate in the bidding for the design of the battleships of the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Navy?

What scares me even more is ...... Scarab Company tacitly acquiesced to Blackfire as their competitor, and they abolished the Marcellus branch and ceded the entire market to Blackfire. Why did this newly rising company make such a big concession despite the killing of the president of its own branch?

Annie, I know that you know the identity of Young Master Liang and the background of the Black Fire Company, and you have been preventing me from investigating them. You are a safe distance between me and Young Master Liang, but you should also know that you are from the Whitehead family. Do what you are supposed to do and don't make him an enemy of the Empire.

And also...... Answer me.

Is the attitude of the Scarab Company towards the Black Fire Company in line with the strength of the Black Fire Company and Young Master Liang? ”

Anne replied without hesitation: "The attitude of the Scarab Company is very normal, and I believe that the Scarab Company has had many conflicts with the Black Fire Company. The attitude of the Scarab Company has already explained the outcome of those conflicts......

If you have a plan to snatch Blackfire's steelmaking technology, don't implement it. ”