Under the pale sky, more than 200 warships of the "Holy Dragon's Breath" formed a huge phalanx, slowly moving on the surface of the sea.

At the same time, according to the policy set by Emperor Caesar, the other Blackshirt soldiers would continue to escort ammunition and food to the New World, and they would follow the route they had opened up earlier, passing through the Western Sea Islands, the Eye of the Storm, and the Windless Belt, and finally arriving at the Continental Islands of Viloste.

After the return of the Black Dragon Emperor from his victory over Monet in the El Sara region, the Empire's focus was adjusted to the plan to conquer the New World, in order to cope with such a large-scale strategic deployment, in addition to putting two-thirds of the Imperial fleet into the mission, Caesar also invested several times the previous military budget, ordering the dockyards in each region to operate at full capacity, providing more ships and ships to ensure the steady progress of the Empire.

With the assembly line dock workshop running at full speed, the Empire will be able to send 500 Escort-class ships, tens of thousands of soldiers, artillery ammunition, and even armored tanks to the front line within three months, when the Dragon's Breath fleet arrives in Willow. Of course, from Caesar's otherworldly point of view, this kind of transfer can be easily accomplished by any small country, but in Eladia, this is an incredible feat, and such a military force is enough to crush a medium-sized country.

As the war progresses steadily and the ocean-going fleet has established enough Blackwing occupation in Vialist, the vanguard will be responsible for continuing to advance, while the Northlands will also send sojourners (colonists) to take root in Villeste, starting the process of resource plunder.

During this period, although the empire was facing the pressure of ocean-going war, there was also a lot of good news - the economic situation has improved and climbed, the new capital warships have been put into the experimental stage, and the infrastructure planning project of the whole territory has been completed and the blowout results have been reaped.

In the international situation, the eastern fox wolf clan announced the establishment of the wolf's heart kingdom and agreed to become a vassal of the Black Wing Empire, after the battle of Elsala, the prestige of the Black Wing Empire rose sharply, and the entire principality, kingdom and alien country in the north of Elradia all moved closer to the Black Wing Empire, and the situation between the north and south poles built by Emperor Caesar at that time had been formed.

All this went on in an orderly manner for two months, and on this day, Caesar was lying on the ground with his tail wagging and staring at the sleeping Luna in a daze, and then received the news that Corvit had come to visit the royal court.

Corvit Veron is a master shipbuilder from the trading city-state nine years ago, the founder of the Northland dockyard industry, who designed the three main warships and frigates of the Blackwing Empire, and was given the title of nobility, and is now responsible for the research and future development of the Empire's ships.

Caesar certainly would not avoid a talent like Corvit who had made great contributions to the empire, and the black dragon rarely transformed his form into a second form, giving the master absolute respect and receiving him in the court of the Black Wing.

The royal court was surprisingly quiet, unlike the palaces of the rulers of other countries, there were no groups of maids, servants and soldiers to be seen here, only a few guards at the gate, after all, this place did not need much vigilance, and the words of the Black Dragon Emperor's residence were the greatest deterrent to the outside world.

Corvette walked in, his head tilted, and all he could see was the Dragon King perched high on the throne.

"Your Majesty." He said.

"Mr. Corwitt."

Caesar's body leaned forward slightly: "I heard Hogg say that the research and development task of the new capital warship you are responsible for has made new progress, and now it has been put into the stage of small-scale experiments, thank you for your efforts for the country for so many years, I think every citizen of the Black Wing Empire should remember your name." ”

Corvette bowed: "Yes, the empire has given me a well-fed life and the opportunity to display my ambitions, and I should naturally use my meager ability to help the country as much as possible." ”

Caesar stood up and looked at Corvit's face, a face full of weather, with yellow teeth and gray hair, a shipbuilder whose career had been full of twists and turns, and which had come to the Northland to finally display his talents and find his destiny.

"Mr. Corwitt." Caesar said, "I don't think you've come to ask me for a reward, but if you have any difficulties or new ideas in your work, you can tell me directly, and the empire will give you the greatest support." ”

"Praise the Empire."

"Yes," Corvette said, was a common phrase for the Southerners: "Yes, I spent some time studying the Empire's Vloster strategy the other day, and found that if we were to ensure the steady implementation of the plan, we would have to increase our seafaring forces three or four times, that is, the shipyards in the regions would need to operate at full capacity for nearly two to three years to complete the expansion of the Imperial Navy." This does not include the wear and tear of navigation and warfare. ”

"Yes." Caesar said lightly: "Hogg has already told me the results of the calculation during the strategic deployment period, and the empire is drawing up plans for the expansion of dockyards in various places. ”

"I have no doubts about the power of the Empire."

"The expansion of the dockyard is not a problem, the real problem is the replenishment of talent. Just like a magician, every apprentice takes a long period of study, research, and practice to become a true shipbuilder, a process that can take five, ten, or even more. The miracle of the empire, the assembly line factory, can produce a large number of parts and wearing parts for ships in batches, but many components and core parts still need to be carefully manufactured and debugged by shipbuilders. ”

"Talent shortages will be the biggest constraint to expanding your shipyard industry. As far as I know, the graduates of the Imperial Academy to the shipbuilding industry have not yet received the title of shipbuilder. ”

Corvette was right, and Caesar straightened up and said, "You are very attentive, Master Corwitt, this is indeed a headache for the Empire under the surface ice floe, and only time can solve it." But since you came to mention this to me, maybe you have thought of a solution? ”

"Forgive me for my incompetence. You're right, this problem can only be solved when a new generation grows up. "But there is an urgent need to build ships, and in this case, maybe we can choose another option." ”

"Tell me about it."

"You know, I'm from the trading city-state of Nice, which is known as the city of the Inland Sea, and was once a mecca for ships with an extremely developed economy, but now with the saturation of the trading city-state and the maritime fleet of the Immortal Empire, Nice's commerce has declined, and it is no longer prosperous." "But there are still countless excellent shipbuilders and dockyard workshops there. ”

"Go on."

"Although I don't have the ability to convince the shipbuilders to come to the Northlands, the Empire can provide the shipyard workshops with drawings and design requirements to buy ships from Nicedo in bulk, and I believe that it will not be difficult to build ships that meet our requirements at the local level."

"Brilliant conception."

Caesar sat down, his head on his hands, and stared at Corvet, his voice adding a chill: "But sir, do you know that the trading city-state has cut off its commercial ties with the Northlands and is on the side of the Empire, which is in a sense the enemy of the Empire. Now you tell me that you are going to customize ships in bulk to Nice, and to transfer the wealth of the empire to the trading city-states. ”

"Your Majesty." Corvit's heart tightened, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead: "I am absolutely selfless!" ”

Actually, there is, Corvit is an ordinary person, with ordinary emotions, the city of the Inland Sea is his hometown, and even if he has been hurt, he is still full of feelings for that place.

Now that the city of the Inland Sea is economically depressed and the shipping industry is withering, if there is a chance, Corvit certainly hopes to pull it and change the status quo of Niceto, he is not a warrior or a politician, for the current international situation, this shipbuilder intentionally or unintentionally ignored it, but after being exposed by the emperor's words, he can't help but tremble and panic.

"But you're right." After being silent for a while, Caesar suddenly smiled again and said: "The construction of ships is urgent, we should use all the forces that can be used, I will arrange people to communicate with Nice, I hope you can also contribute to it." ”

Regarding Nicetu, Caesar had also investigated before, knowing the historical background and embarrassing situation of the city, and the reason why he agreed to Corvitt's proposal was that in addition to the fact that the empire really needed ships to import, he also had the intention of wooing Nicetu.

Tashanmu, the head of the trade city-state, chose to stand on the side of the Empire on which the sun never sets, but the city lords and people of the ten cities of the trade city-state did not necessarily think so, the Black Wing Empire gave orders to Nice, and Nice gave goods to the Black Wing Empire, which seemed to be a simple trade exchange, but it was not that simple.

In the pre-Northland days, soldiers obeyed their lords who provided them with food, not nominal kings or emperors.

"I am honored to fulfill your order." Corvette was ordered to step back.