Hearing such an unconfident answer from the Secretary of the Admiralty, the Marquis of Whitehead could only sigh: The Imperial Navy is really poor and white, but the Empire has been waiting for two hundred years, and it is impossible to wait for another two hundred years. No matter what difficulties are encountered, it is necessary to assemble a large fleet.

"Marshal, everything is already here, please announce the start of the Imperial Navy's Grand Fleet recruitment meeting." The Marquis said very modestly: "Today is the home of the navy, I am just a guest, everything is based on the sea power of the empire, this procurement does not need to take care of anyone's face, including me." ”

Although the Imperial Navy had its headquarters in Saroyan, it was directly under the Emperor, and Governor Marcellus had no jurisdiction. The Marquis of Whitehead made his position clear to Field Marshal Hopkin, and also hinted that the Imperial Navy, the battleship brought by the Black Fire Company had nothing to do with him, and he did not have to give himself face when purchasing the Navy.

Hearing the marquis's hint, Marshal Hopkin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The Imperial Navy was established in Saroyan, and although it was not subordinate to Governor Marcellus, the logistics of the entire fleet were under the management of the Governor's Palace. If the Marquis asks the Navy to purchase the Black Fire Company warships, pretend to be public and private, and make money for himself by picking up the wool of the empire, the Navy Command really wants to give the Marquis this face.

Corruption is also a serious cancer within the empire.

In fact, when they saw the warship that the Blackfire Company used to bid on, everyone thought that this battleship was used by the Marquis of Whitehead to cut the cake of the Imperial Navy's funds.

Now, now that the Marquis has made it clear, the Imperial Navy doesn't need to buy this kind of lifebuoy battleship that is enough to make it stink for 10,000 years.

The tender for the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Naval Fleet of the Frominque Empire begins.

All shipyards participating in the bidding submit information to the Imperial Navy about their participating ships, including the performance of the vessels, the armament they can carry, the cruising speed, the maximum cruising range, the characteristics and the cost.

The Imperial Navy will select corvettes, torpedo boats, minelayers, minesweepers, anti-submarine ...... from the many ships to bid for A total of 132 light warships with different functions formed the empire's first coastal defense fleet.

Among them, 40 to 50 corvettes constitute the main fleet of this coastal defense fleet.

All the warships that did not bring prototypes and remained on the drawings, no matter how high the performance on paper, were not in the consideration of the Imperial Navy. The environment in the waters of the empire is very bad right now, and the navies of the eastern countries may rush over at any time. The Imperial Navy urgently needed warships with mature technology, which could be manufactured in large quantities after placing orders.

Once the things on the drawings are in trouble during construction, it is the most precious time of the Imperial Navy.

Eliminate some of them first, and then conduct a comprehensive comparison.

When the Imperial Navy sees the type of ship it is interested in, it will let the prototype ship on the dock go through a sea trial, and at the same time listen to the representative of the shipyard give a detailed introduction to its own warship.

As the intelligence staff officer of the Imperial Navy Command, Anne knew immediately that the warships used by the Blackfire Company to bid had been eliminated. She knew that behind the Blackfire Company was a group of heroes from the ancient magic era, and that seemingly ugly battleship might really have some black alchemy technology in it.

If that battleship is really good, and the Empire misses it......

Thinking of her father, Anne suddenly didn't know which side she should stand on, but she knew that she had to figure out the battleship brought by the Black Fire Company, so she went to the stand of the shipyard's representative to find Da Liang.

At this time, Da Liang sat comfortably in a rattan chair, wearing sunglasses on his eyes, a parasol held up by Sophia on his head, and a maid holding drinks and fruits on the side, Robin and Eric wearing black trench coats and black sunglasses, standing behind him like bodyguards. It seems that he is not here to participate in the bidding meeting, but to play at the beach. This style also attracted frequent sideways glances from people next to him, and Da Liang carefully selected the maid for himself...... It's really beautiful.

"Young Master Liang," Anne sat down next to Da Liang, who was wearing the navy's colonel uniform. At this time, the navy came to find the bidder, there must be some insider, and the people around looked at it in an instant. Sophia immediately cast a soundproof barrier, and the surroundings instantly fell silent. Anne continued: "The battleship brought by the Blackfire Company this time...... The appearance is really very unique, which is difficult for the Imperial Navy to accept. I didn't find any information on Blackfire's bid, it seems to have been thrown away.

I would like to know how well that battleship is performing, so that I can recommend it directly to the Secretary of the Navy, Marshal Hopkin. ”

"Thrown away?" Da Liang asked with a very bad face: "Didn't they look at the data I provided?" ”

"This ......" can't be said that this battleship is too strange, the Imperial Navy is too lazy to look at it, and when Anne was thinking about how to explain, Robin bent down and whispered: "Boss Liang...... Ignorant people like to respond to something completely new, in a stupid way.

You should know that the Imperial Navy was still an army some time ago, and most of them were timid when they saw the sea for the first time, and they were very conservative about forming a large naval fleet, and they were based on the principle of not making mistakes, so there was no need to expect them to have forward-looking ideas for naval warfare. The reason why Blackfire made this ship look like this must be because you have foreseen the direction of the future sea power struggle.

In my eyes, each design of this ship has a unique meaning, representing the wisdom of your era.

You don't need to be the same as the seasick naval officers, you should let them know how ignorant they are with the facts. ”

Robin's inconspicuous sycophant ...... made Eric next to him tremble, his eyes glared at Robin, and sent his subtext with his gaze: "What nonsense are you talking about?" Don't disturb what Miss is going to do! Do you know what that ship is? ”

Robin also glared back: "What do you know? According to my work experience, can the things of ancient heroes be ordinary? In previous cases, who dared to question the ancient heroes, the last face was not slapped like a pig's head.

This time my new boss personally came to the bidding meeting, and I promised that the ship would be very good.

Remember! I'm an expert, and I'm helping Miss steer things down the right path. ”

Robin's words made Da Liang's bad mood change again because the information was thrown away. It is true that hovercraft technology is not yet understood by people in this world, and it is inevitable that Niu B will not understand this design. Da Liang believes that as long as he gives himself the opportunity to demonstrate here, all the warships here ...... Except for submarines, they can all go home.

Da Liang said to Anne, "Go to the Minister of the Admiralty, my ship is the kind of ship that the Empire needs most." ”